Disclaimer: I do not own the ducks! Please don't sue me for writing about their greatness!!! --Jaz

Nosedive opened his eyes, looking around. He saw Buzz Blitzman, who was being held by Siege, and another human, a girl, tied to a chair, sitting before Dragaunus.

"How dare you try to escape me, Melena. You can go nowhere, do you hear me?" He looked to Chameleon, who was taunting Blitzman. "Chameleon! Take care of this duck immediately."

"Duck?" Nosedive whispered, eyeing the girl. She was attractive, as far as humans went, with long red hair and bright blue eyes. Wait...he knew those eyes. And didn't Dragaunus just call her... "Mel?" he gasped, causing the girl to look his way, biting her lip.

"Wraith!" Dragaunus yelled to his other crony. "Shut the other duck up! I must be running a freaking petting zoo..." he mumbled to himself, turning to the nerdy boy genius. "Now, give me the formula, or I will have your hide!"

Blitzman looked up at him, fear in his eyes. "Okay... Take two parts carbon with..."

As Wraith went over to Nosedive, taking him out of his chains, intending to take him to a lava pit nearby, Nosedive kicked him away, setting himself free, shooting Chameleon with his puck blaster. "Eat puck, Saurian Scum!" he yelled, and untied the human girl's ropes. "C'mon. Buzz, let's go!"

Later: On the roof of the Pond

Nosedive walked circles around the human girl, inspecting her. "Dude... That's so weird!"

"Dude, what?" She asked, begin to spin with him.

"You totally look like my baby sis. But you're like, human."

The girl rolled her eyes. "My name is...Melinda Lillard. But I was once the duck called Melena, yes."

"What do you mean, 'once'? Do you mean you're, like, my sister? Creepy..."

"Dive, you can't tell Wing. Or Duke."

"Wait, what's Duke got ta do with this?"

"Just shut up and I'll tell you the story." She sighed, laying back, looking at the stars. "Last year, when Dragaunus invaded Puckworld... He captured me. You know that. He was testing out a new formula of his; Turning ducks into a different species in order to wipe ducks out of the galaxy. I was test subject one. He decided to keep me around. Dive, you wouldn't believe how hard it is to be human. I hate it." She let out another sigh.

"Mel? You still never answered my question. What's Duke got to do with any of this?" Dive looked over at her curiously. He had no problem accepting that this...this human was his baby sis. He knew the forlorn look in her eyes all too well to argue with her.

"When I was captured, I was on a date with Duke. I used to sneak into the video room while Dragaunus was spying on Puckworld. From what I can tell, he hasn't forgiven himself for not protecting me. The poor soul." She looked over at her brother. "Please don't tell any of them. I would have liked for you not to know at all."

"Hey, you know me, Mel... Won't tell nobody. Cross my heart." And he crossed his heart with his hand.

Mel laughed at the familiar rhyme they used to say when they were kids. "Thanks, Bro. Thanks so much."

"Yeah, no prob, babe!" he smiled fondly. "C'mon, let's go re-introduce you to the gang. Melinda, Right?"

She nodded. "Melinda."