Trip to L.A.
Chapter 1: The Announcement
It's been months since the kids moved to Hollywood.
Drake and Launch Pad are on patrol.
"So how are Gosalyn and Honker doing?" Launch Pad asked.
Drake shrugged. "Good, I guess. The last time I talked to them was when they moved to L.A." He sighed.
"Still hard to believe isn't it?" Launch Pad asked.
Drake nodded his head. "Yeah, it is. I still think that she will come skating down the stairs or tag along on missions. And then it hits me, she's married and moved to L.A." Drake said.
"Do you mind if we call it a night? I promised the girls that I would read them a story before they go to sleep."
Drake sighed. "Sure why not. It's a slow night anyways."
"That's good, cause I'm starving." Launch Pad said.
He turned the rat catcher around and drove off into the distance.
Back with Morgana and Diana.
Archie and his spider friends come sniffing and walk into the kitchen.
"Let's see…" Morgana said from reading the list.
Diana walks in with a turkey bird. "So is that everything?" Morgana asked.
"I think so Morgana." Diana said putting the turkey into the oven.
The old coco clock started to go off.
Morgana looked at it and gasped.
"Uh oh, we have to get this food over there fast. Or she'll be mad." Morgana said.
They picked up some food and put it in the truck.
"Like our motto says. 'In a hurry and need something to eat? Then let us cook. Cause we're bone appetite." The girls said.
Morgana started up the truck and they drove out of the garage.
Minutes later Drake comes rolling in from the chairs.
"Morgana, I'm home." He said.
He walked into the living room and saw all the bills.
"Stupid mail man. Why does he have to leave all these bills at my house?" He asked.
"Morgana? What's for dinner?" He asked.
He looked around and found a note on the fridge.
"What's this?" He asked.
He cleared his throat and read it.
"Dear Drake, Diana and I are working late." He said.
He rolled his eyes. "Again? That's like the 5th time this week." He said.
Launch Pad came walking in with the twin girls. "You too Drake? I've been eating so many TV dinners lately. That there starting to taste like reruns." He laughed.
"Very funny Launch Pad. But this cruel and unusual punishment. All I want is a home cooked meal. With my wife in my home." Drake said putting the food in the microwave.
"Gee Drake, Morgana and Diana can't help it. They've been busy." Launch Pad said.
"Yeah but my wife should make me happy not hungry. Look at me L.P. I'm wasting away here." Drake said.
"Look again Drake. You could live off for a year on that belly." Launch Pad teased.
"Ha ha!" Drake said.
He got his dinner out and started to eat it.
He walked into the living room.
"Maybe a little TV will get my mind off of my stomach." He said.
He turned it on and a lady was cooking a stake.
"And after you get that done. It's time to check the oven." She said.
She opened it up and there was a turkey inside of it.
"I can't take this. I wonder what's on the other channels." He said.
He changed the channel.
What ever channel he was on kept showing food.
Hours later..
Drake and Launch Pad are watching TV.
When Diana and Morgana came in.
"Sorry I'm late Drake. But Ms. Swan's party lasted longer then I thought." Morgana said.
"Excuse me? Do I know this woman?" Drake asked.
"Gee, maybe you are hungry Drake. If it affected you're brain cells." Launch Pad said.
"Drake, I know that I've been busy and working later but.."
"But nothing. You're never around anymore. I need you." He said.
"Oh Drake. That's so sweet." Morgana said.
"I need you to make my dinner." Drake said.
"Drake Mallard! You may be still living in the Stone Age. But I'm not. I'm busy, I'm a working woman. And I don't have time to wait on you hand and foot."
"What have I done to deserve this treatment? Nothing!" Drake exclaimed.
"That's right Drake. You have done absolutely nothing. And that's why I'm worried about you. Every since Gosalyn has got married and moved to Hollywood you have been in a rut." Morgana said.
"What a talking about? All I want to do after my day is come home eat dinner and watch TV." Drake said.
"That's my point exactly." Morgana said.
Diana cleared her throat.
"Ahem, let's go guys." She said picking up the twins.
"Yeah, I can sense there going to have another family melt down." Launch Pad said.
Just then Herb and Binki come running in with a movie.
"We got a home movie from the kids." Herb said.
Drake face lightens up, Launch Pad and Diana walked back and sat on the couch.
"Well put it in." Drake said.
Morgana took the tape and put it in the VCR.
You see a close up of Gosalyn with green make up on, alien ears.
"Okay Gos you're on." Honker said.
"Greetings earthlings, I've come in peace. Sorry that we haven't contacted you sooner. We have been busy doing research on you're people and trying to come up a plan for world conquest." She said.
"Gosalyn." Honker said.
Gosalyn chuckled. "Sorry couldn't help my self. Anyways, hi folks back in St. Canard. Honker and I are doing fine. What with my job transfer and Honker starting his own business still. We're been very busy. I mean really busy." She laughed.
It zoomed to show a very pregnant Gosalyn.
Everybody gasped. "My baby is having a baby!" Binki exclaimed.
"I'll call them!" Drake exclaimed.
He picked up the phone and dialed the number.
In Gosalyn's office at the advertising company.
She's just getting ready to leave for home, she picked up the phone.
"Duck advertising company, Gosalyn Muddle foot speaking." She said.
"Gosalyn what are you still doing at work? You should be at home resting you're feet." Drake said.
Gosalyn chuckled. "Hey dad. I take it you got my package. Don't worry dad, my day is almost over. Honker should be picking me up soon." Gosalyn said.
Drake was about to say something when Binki grabbed the phone from him.
"Gosalyn, this is Binki. I just wanted to say we are so proud of you." She said.
"Thanks mom. Why don't you all come to L.A. in 5 months for the big invent?" Gosalyn asked.
"Oh, we wouldn't miss it for the world." Binki said.
Drake grabbed the phone back from her.
"You better get home Gos. I don't want you to over do you're self." He said.
"Well, I'm going to go to the head quarters first…." She trailed on.
"NO! You are not going to do that Gos…." He went on rambling about it for a couple of minutes.
Gosalyn rolled her eyes and then saw Honker walking into the building.
"Oh, there's Honker. I'll talk to you later." She said.
"Gosalyn! Gosalyn! Don't you dare hang up on me!" Drake exclaimed.
"Bye dad." Gosalyn said as she hung up on him.
"Gosalyn!" Drake exclaimed.
He hung up the phone and rolled his eyes. "Same old Gosalyn."
"Can you believe it Binki we're going to be grandparents." Morgana said.
"Young Grandparents if I might add. Isn't that right Grandpa Mallard." Herb said.
"That's so right Grandpa Muddle foot." Drake said.
"Congratulations you guys." Diana said.
"Things wore a lot easier when we wore parents. Now things are more complicated." Drake said.
"Yeah, you still have trouble programming the VCR." Launch Pad said.
"Well the birth may be months away. But it's never to early to start a pair of booties." Morgana said.
She walked to the seats and started knitting.
"Aw, would you look at that Morgana. Our first grandchild." Drake said.
With Gosalyn…
Gosalyn turned off her computer and stood up.
"Hey Honks." She said.
Honker waved and smiled at her. "Hey babe, you're ready?" He asked.
"Yup, just putting my stuff away and off we go." Gosalyn said.
She and Honker kissed each other. "Dad called right before you came."
"Oh yeah? What did he say?"
"The usual stuff. Being over protected about things as usual."
"Ah, got the movie huh?"
"Yup, and he's giving me pointers and so did you're mom."
"My mom was there too?"
"Apparently everybody was over there." Gosalyn said.
As they walked towards the door they bumped into Kelly. Gosalyn arch enemy who is jealous of her in every way. Kelly narrowed her brown eyes at her.
"Kelly keeps giving me the creeps." Honker said as they walked to the car.
He opened the door of Gosalyn. "You should try working with her. Ever since I got the monster movie account a few months ago. She's been giving the evil eye." She said.
Honker closed the door and walked over to the drivers side and started up the car.
"It's slow night tonight Gos. There's hardly any crime. Let's just go home." Honker said.
"Thank god. I am so tired. And I have to work on the account little more."
Honker just drove off back to their house.
The next night…
Darkwing is out chasing Steal beak.
"You'll never catch me Duck!" Steal beak exclaimed.
Steal beak and his goons hopped into the van.
"See ya Darkwing. I have to catch the latest movies." He said.
"No you don't!" Darkwing exclaimed.
He tried to catch up with him but they took off on him.
Darkwing fell to the ground and watched them drove off.
"He has to catch the movies?" He asked himself.
He then gasped. "Hollywood! He's going to Hollywood!" Darkwing exclaimed.
Just then he got a big grin on his face. "Perfect!" He exclaimed.
The next morning…
Drake along with the others are now in a plane.
"This is you're caption speaking. Today we'll be flying straight to Hollywood the final frontier." The caption said.
Morgana and Binki are sitting next to each other.
Morgana is knitting. "Oh, this is so existing Binki. I'm glad that Drake suggested that we go months ahead of plan. This way we can surprise the kids and see Hollywood." Morgana said.
"I know, I always wanted to go window shopping on Rock wood drive." Binki said.
"Oh me too. But I don't think Drake's wallet could handle it." Morgana said.
"This was a great idea Drake. Going to see the kids early." Launch Pad said.
"Yeah, I thought this was we could spend some time with them before the baby gets here. Besides Quackerjack is going to be there. I can stop him from what ever he's doing and see the kids." Drake said.
"Hard to believe that you're going to be a grandpa huh?" L.P. asked.
Drake sighed and nodded his head. " Yeah, it seems like just yesterday Gosalyn was a little kid herself and now she's a mom!" Drake exclaimed.
He pulled out a picture of Gosalyn from his pocket and smiled at it.
There was a baby crying and Drake turned around. "Hey, can you do something about that baby?" He asked the lady.
"I am so sorry sir. He's just hungry. Can you hold him for me for a second?" The lady asked.
She handed him to Drake, started crying loud.
Drake sighed. "Who me? But I'm not good at this." He said.
"Oh boy, you're going to be one helpless grandpa." Herb said.
"Well I'm a daddy. Not a mommy." Drake said.
The baby hit him in the beak and he goes flying back.
Crashing into the flight attended , spilling the food all over him.
"Sorry lady. Boys will be boys." He said.
"Fasten you're seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy ride." She said.
The baby then smacked him on the beak and laughed.
"Oh boy. I'm not ready for this." Drake said.
Now they're in a camper and driving around L.A.
"Hey we made it! Hollywood or bust!" Herb exclaimed.
"Bust is right. This RV is costing us a fortune to rent."
"But Drake this way we have a place to stay. Gosalyn said that her little house isn't big enough for all of us to stay at."
"Plus one more on the way remember?" Morgana asked.
Drake laughed. "How could I forget." He said.
There are posters of Quiverwing Quack all over with S.H.U.S.H's stamp approval on it.
And the other attractions there are.
"We're not in St. Canard anymore." Drake said.
"I heard that Quiverwing is the best crime fighter they have ever seen." Herb said.
"How lucky are the kids to have that hero in the neighbor hood." Binki said.
'I didn't get my own posters and build boards when I joined S.H.U.S.H.' Drake thought to himself.
"You're right Morgana. I was in a rut. But now that I'm a going to be a grandpa. I see everything in a brand new light." Drake said.
"That's wonderful Drake. But you can start by seeing that light." Morgana said.
Drake looked and saw another car around, he quickly hit on the breaks and did a u turn.
Drake is driving and is lost.
"Drake, that's the fifth time you passed Hollywood and Vine." Morgana said.
"That's nuts. I know exactly where I'm going." Drake said.
"You might think so. But the map says you don't." Launch Pad said
"Oh who needs a map? I have a perfect sense of direction. Gosalyn's place is around here." Drake said.
"Yeah, that's what you said 2 hours ago." Herb said.
Drake grinned his teeth and grumbled to himself.
Quiverwing is in a meeting with J. Gander and Grizzlicoff at S.H.U.S.H
J. Gander is showing her all the newest gizmo's.
"These are all the latest technologies we have Quiverwing." J. Gander said.
Gosalyn picked one up and looked at it. "Cool." She said.
"Cool indeed. You can take what ever you want. And we'll send the rest to Darkwing." J. Gander said.
"That no good duck. He should be glad that we send anything at all." Grizzlicoff said.
Gosalyn ignored that and kept looking at the newest stuff.
'This is so cool! Getting first pick at these stuff.' She thought to herself.
She then looked at the clock and gasped.
"See you later J. Gander and Grizz!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"Bye Quiverwing." They said.
Gosalyn hopped on her rocket board and took off.
Back at Gosalyn and Honker's house.
Honker is in the office working on his computer.
Gosalyn comes walking in with a big bag of fast food and a huge pop.
"Hi Honey, I'm home." She said taking a sip of her pop.
Honker looked up and smiled. "Oh hi Gos." He said.
"No go yet?" Gosalyn asked.
Honker shook his head. "No, not a single one. I know my computer business. Will be a perfect idea." He said.
Gosalyn sighed. "Oh Honk." She said.
"Maybe I should go back to fixing cars. Life was so much easier back in St. Canard." Honker said.
Gosalyn smiled at him and sat down on his lap.
"Honker Muddle foot, you such a whiz on the computer. That I'm sure you'll find somebody to help you with it." Gosalyn said.
"Maybe, but I still can't help but worry. I mean with the baby on the way. We're going to need the money" He said.
Gosalyn sat on his lap and smiled.
"Well, I believe that all you need is love. And we got plenty of that." She said.
"Yeah, and more to come. I can almost hear the pitter patter of little feet." He said.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Huh?" Honker asked.
"Surprise!" They all exclaimed.
Gosalyn walked into the living room.
"Morgana? Dad? What are you guys doing here? I thought that you wasn't coming til next week." Gosalyn said.
"We just couldn't wait to see you guys. And the chip of the old Mallard." Drake said.
"You mean Muddle foot." Herb said.
Morgana and Binki are kissing Gosalyn, Drake, Herb are congratulation Honker.
"Congrats Honker. I knew you had it in ya." Drake said.
"Happy to see us son?" Herb asked.
"Well sure dad. It's just that Gos and I kind of thought that we'd have some time alone together before the baby gets here." Honker said.
"Oh, you'll have plenty time together after the baby arrives." Morgana said.
"Like when you're changing the baby." Drake said.
"Feeding the baby."
"Changing the diapers."
"Or burping the baby." Herb said.
"But Honker and I.." Gosalyn trailed on.
Binki sat Gosalyn down on the couch "Not another word Gosalyn. You must not over do you're self. I know all about these things." Binki said.
Drake remembers something and ran into the kitchen.
"Waters important. You got to drink lots of water." He said.
"Uh thanks dad. But I really don't need.." Gosalyn said.
"You just rest you're feet Gosalyn. And don't worry about dinner. Binki and I will take care of everything." Morgana said.
"But Gosalyn and I can take care of ourselves." Honker said.
"Hey you kids are still kids. What do you know about raising kids?" Drake said.
"Gee Drake we didn't know anything about raising kids. And we did okay." Herb said.
"Yeah that was long time ago." Drake said.
Binki picked up the bag and looked in.
"Tsk tsk tsk. This is no good. It's full of grease and fat." She said.
"Why do you think I eat it?" Gosalyn asked.
Binki shook her head. "No good for a mother to be." She said.
She threw it in the trash, Gosalyn's jaw dropped to the ground.
"My food. She threw it away. I don't believe it." Gosalyn whinnied.
"That stuff will only make you're baby fat Gosalyn." Binki said.
"Then you must have eaten it by the bag full when you was with Tank." Gosalyn said under her breath.
"You really need to eat healthy food Gosalyn. This stuff isn't good for the baby." Binki said.
Gosalyn just sighed and shook her head.
"Binki's right Gosalyn. You look cold and tired. You want a blanket or something?" Morgana asked.
"Uh..please. Morgana, dad I uh.. appreciate what you're doing. But Honker and I are fine." She said.
"Its no trouble at all. All we want to do is help." Drake said.
"And there's so much to do." Morgana said.
"The cooking, the house cleaning." Binki said.
"So then it's settled. You don't have a thing to worry about. We're going to be here for the a whole month!" Drake exclaimed.
Drake then ran to the RV and backed it up close to the house.
Gosalyn and Honker's jaw dropped when they heard that.
"I'll take care of the cooking." Morgana said walking into the kitchen.
"I'll take out the garbage." Herb said.
"I'll do the shopping." Binki said.
"I'll clean the house." Drake said.
They all started to talk amongst themselves.
Gosalyn covered her ears and looked up at Honker.
Honker sighed. "Something tells me this is going to be a very long 6 months." Honker said.
Gosalyn nodded her head.
To Be Continued….