Chapter 4:
The next day Gosalyn and Drake are walking along the beach. You see body builders in the back ground and Gosalyn is eating yet again.
"Look Gosalyn, I am so sorry about last night. I was just trying to help." Drake said.
Gosalyn sighed. "Oh, it's okay dad. I know you mean well. It's just that you have the attendances to go over board with things." She said.
"Who me?" Drake asked.
" Yeah you. Like the time you 'helped' me with my 7th grade science project." Gosalyn said.
Drake laughed at the thought about that. " Yeah I almost blew up half the school." Drake mussed.
" I was so embarrassed. You were the only parent to be on permit dention." Gosalyn said.
"I was just doing it cause I love you."
"Yeah, I know. Just can you back off a little bit and give me space." Gosalyn said.
"Sure thing. I know that this wasn't what you planned. But I miss you Gos. And I wanted to see you. You know, the house is empty with out you in it." He said.
Gosalyn chuckled. "I moved out of the house a year before I moved here with Honker." She said.
"I know, but you was still in St. Carnard Gos. I'm used to going to you're apartment during weekdays. Now I have to take a week off to go visit you." He said.
Gosalyn sighed at that. "I know what you mean. All of my friends are still in St. Canard and I haven't had time to talk to them. I get home sick a lot dad. So it's not like I'm forgetting about my roots. And it's not like you can't call me up or fly in the Thunder Quack to see me. I mean after all we do work for the same company. It's not that hard." She said.
"Speaking of I heard that you and Herb have heart warming conversations." He said.
"Who told you that?" She asked.
"You're new 'dad' Herb Muddle foot. So am I replaced with him now?" Drake asked.
Gosalyn looked at him weird.
"What are you talking about?" She asked.
"He told me that you two talk every other Monday together on the phone." He said.
Gosalyn paused. "We do? I know I talked to him maybe a couple of times on the phone since moving down here. And that's only because you was out on patrol those nights and I was bored out of my mind. That's all." She said.
Drake looked at her surprised. "Oh. So Herb was…"
"That's right, he was thinking too much about it. I mean we talked for what 5 minutes. And he thinks that it was a heart warming conversation. I mean, come on dad. I love him and all but he doesn't have a clue what I'm about. All he did was tell me how Tank is doing in jail. I mean, heck shouldn't I know that? I was the one who put him in there in the first place." Gosalyn said.
Drake chuckled and shook his head.
"Yeah, that was something to see." Drake said.
She held his hand and the two started walking back down.
Gosalyn started to chuckled.
"What's so funny?" He asked.
"I still can't believe that you got kicked out of the class." Gosalyn said.
"I thought that I saw Steal beak. So, I bet Grizzlicoff was just pleased that you joined. " Drake said.
"Who Grizz? No, we're cool. In fact we work on most missions together." Gosalyn said.
Drake was shocked to hear that. "You kidding me! He gave me hell when I joined."
Gosalyn sensed something going on. "Hold that thought." She said.
Drake looked at her confused. Gosalyn walked up to a spot and picked up little piece of string. "Hmm… interesting." Gosalyn said.
"What are you talking about? It's just little piece of string." He said.
Gosalyn turned to him. "Dad, you of all people know. That any thing can be a clue." Gosalyn said.
"Yeah, but that's just a little piece of string." He said.
"No, it's a string from Steal beak's tux." Gosalyn said.
She pulled out her little hand held computer from her pocket.
"I have something like that." Drake said.
Gosalyn brushed her long red bangs out of her face and pushed the buttons.
"Yeah, but not as good. You have the last years model. I just got this a couple days ago. You get the stuff that I didn't want." Gosalyn said.
Drake's jaw dropped when she said that.
"Computer, track this string down." Gosalyn said.
The computer went on and a picture of Steal beak showed up.
"It came from St. Canards Steal beak." The computer said.
Gosalyn smiled and turned back to her dad.
"Told ya." She said.
She wrote down in her hand held memo and put it back in her pocket.
"Anyways, dad like we was saying before. No more surprises, okay?" Gosalyn asked.
"Yeah sure Gos. I promise no more surprises." Drake said with his fingers crossed behind his back.
"Good, cause you all are a lot to deal with." She mussed.
They continued on there way back.
They walked into the house and everybody jumped up.
"Surprise!" They exclaimed.
Gosalyn was startled alittle bitand looked around and the decorations. "Morgana! What's all this?" Gosalyn asked.
"It's a baby shower." Morgana said.
Gosalyn rolled her eyes. "You shouldn't have. Really." She said.
"Don't be ridicules. What's a mother for?" Grandma asked.
Grandma showed up behind a stuffed animal.
"Grandma! What are you doing here?" Gosalyn asked.
"What? You didn't think that I would miss the birth of my first great grandchild do you?" She asked.
She looked at Gosalyn and gasped.
"Girl sit down." She said.
Sat her down, Archie and the spiders come running in with a present.
"Aw, isn't that cute. I think they want you to open this one first." Drake said.
Gosalyn grabbed it from the spiders and opened it up.
Inside was a little purple shirt.
"Aww." They all said.
"It's so tiny." Gosalyn said holding it up.
"The twins had one just like it." Diana said.
"Morgana, we need to get everything ready. The baby could come in any moment."
"Don't worry mother. We got everything ready. We painted the nursery and hung the mobile."
"Did you get the diapers?" Mother asked.
"We got the highchair, the cradle the rocker… oh my! We forgot the diapers."
"See, it's a good thing I got here when I did."
"But Mother.."
"Now Morgana I know how to be a mother." She said.
"That's for sure." Drake whispered to Launch Pad.
"Mother you don't have to treat me like a child." Morgana said.
Gosalyn sighed. "Now you know how I feel." Gosalyn said.
"What do you mean? Have I been to pushy?" Morgana asked.
"Well, You wouldn't let me have been able to put it a word in edge wise…" Gosalyn started to say before Grandma butted in.
"Don't worry about a thing sweetie. You're Grandma is here. Drake go be useful and buy some diapers."
"Yes mother dear." Drake said.
He and Launch Pad walked away.
"Morgana sterilize the bottles. And where's the baby powder?" She asked.
Gosalyn sighed and watched them walked away.
When there was a knock on the door.
Gosalyn looked at it weird. "Who could that be?" She asked.
Honker shrugged. "Don't know why don't you go and check." He said.
Gosalyn raised an eye brow at him.
"Honker are you up to something?" She asked.
"Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not. Why don't you answer the door." He said.
After about 4 or 5 try's to get up she finally managed to get up.
"Man, I have a big butt." She said walking to the door.
She opened it up and saw Ally standing there.
"Surprise!" Ally exclaimed.
Gosalyn's jaw dropped when she saw her. "Ally?" She asked.
Ally nodded her head. "Yup, the one and only." She said.
Gosalyn let out a huge scream. "Ahhh!" She exclaimed.
"Oh my gosh! What are you doing here?" Gosalyn asked.
"What you didn't think I was going to miss my godchild's birth did ya?" Ally asked.
"No, I didn't think that at all. Come in, come in." Gosalyn said.
Ally walked in and sat her suitcase down on the floor.
"I still can't believe that you're here!" Gosalyn said.
"Yeah, me neither." Ally said.
The two hugged each other and walked to the couch and sat down.
"So, Ally tells me what have you been up to?" Gosalyn asked.
Ally shrugged. "Not much really. Do you think that we can go somewhere private to talk?" Ally asked.
Gosalyn nodded her head. "Yeah, there's a star bucks close by that we can go to." Gosalyn said.
She looked over at Honker and the others. "It's okay Gos, I have to work on my flyers for the shop. You two go ahead and have fun." Honker said.
Gosalyn nodded her head and grabbed her coat and the two walked out of the house.
At the coffee shop they're drinking and talking.
"So, anyways I found Leo with another girl last month. She's pregnant with his kid, he kicked me out." Ally said.
Gosalyn just sat there not knowing what to say or to do.
"Oh my gosh! Ally, I am so sorry to hear that." Gosalyn said.
Ally sighed. "Don't worry about it Gos. You knew all along that he wasn't good for me. I'm surprised that you're not rubbing it in my face," Ally said.
"Rubbing what in you're face?" Gosalyn asked.
"You know you was right and I was wrong." Ally said.
Gosalyn chuckled. "Oh that. Ally, right now I'm just thankful to get out of the house and make my own decision." Gosalyn said.
"Family driving you nuts?"
"Is the sky blue? I can't do anything with out them putting their 2 cents in." She said.
"They're only doing this because they love you."
"I know that. It's just that well.. never mind." Gosalyn said.
"No, tell me what you was going to say?" Ally said.
"Well when you grew up with have my past. You kind of jump to the worst." She mussed.
Ally just looked at her concerted. "What are you talking about? I know that you grew up in a orphanage…" Ally trailed on.
Gosalyn sighed and looked down in her coffee.
"It's the 19th year anniversary of my birth parents death in a couple of days. And with everybody fussing over me. Just brings me back when I was 5 years old when my mom first got sick. I remember like it was yesterday. It was an early morning, I woke up. Like I always did, and I walked down into the kitchen to see my dad making break feast for me. It was some cereal I think. You know nothing big. I sat down at the table and he handed me my bowl. I asked him why isn't mom making break feast for me. He said 'Oh mom's not feeling too well. But don't worry it's nothing big. Just eat you're break feast, and go out and play.' So I did, then the next couple of days he was making eggs and toast. I asked him again why isn't mom making it. He told me that moms in the hospital, and that she'll be back in the next couple of days. Don't worry about it though. She'll be fine. Just eat you're breakfast and go out and play. By the time that he was making French toast and bacon she was gone. Died of cancer, then the next year I woke up and saw my grandpa making break feast. Dad was in a coma got in a car accident, after about a week I was living with my grandpa. Then about 3 years my grandpa died and I moved into the adoption place. I met my dad and when ever somebody ever does something nice for me I always think the negative." She said.
Ally had never heard Gosalyn talk about her past before, was shocked to hear that.
"Oh my gosh, Gos. I never heard you talk about this before." Ally said.
Gosalyn shrugged, sighed. "Nobody does. Not even Honker or my dad. I didn't want them to feel sorry for me. So I just put on a big grin and laughed acted like everything is fine." She said.
"Gos, I don't know what to say." Ally replied.
"Don't then. There's nothing to say. I know if I talk to anybody about it. They either want me to go to therapy. Which I refuse to do. So I just keep it to myself, and I plan keeping it that way. Don't you tell a living soul what I told you." Gosalyn said.
Ally was shocked to hear that as well. "Oh okay, Gos." Ally said.
Gosalyn sighed and took a last sip of her coffee. "You ready?" Gosalyn asked.
Ally nodded her head. "Yeah, I'm ready." She said.
Gosalyn tried to get up, but her big butt was stuck in the chair.
"Umph! Now I know how Tuskerneimi feels." She said trying to get out.
Ally looked at her weird. "Who?" She asked.
"Just somebody I know that's all. A little help here." She said.
Ally got up from her seat and grabbed Gosalyn's arms and started to pull.
"Man, Gos you're big butt is stuck in there good." Ally replied.
"Ha ha very funny Al. Just wait till you're 9 months pregnant and see whose laughing."
"Oh, I'm not going to have kids. I'm going to travel the world. I don't want to settle down just yet and be stuck behind some desk all day like you." Ally said.
'Ally, if you only knew.' Gosalyn thought to herself.
With one final tug both of them go flying out of the store and landed on the sidewalk.
"Ahh!" They both exclaimed.
Gosalyn landed on top of Ally.
Gosalyn looked around for Ally. "Ally, where are you?" She asked.
"Look below." Ally said.
Gosalyn sat up and saw her smashed, chuckled nervously. "Ooops, sorry Ally." Gosalyn said sitting up.
"Now I know how a pancake feels. It's okay. We just gave the people inside something to talk about." Ally said.
Gosalyn chuckled. "Yeah, I bet they never saw a pregnant women fly before." She mussed.
They dusted each other off and headed to the car.
Later that night..
Honker is working on his flyers to the new computer store, when he fell asleep on the computer.
Drake and Launch Pad come walking past his office and saw him.
"Poor kid, must of tuckered himself out." Launch Pad said.
Drake walked in and saw Honkers flyers. "These flyers are really good. I know he will make it he just needs a head start." Drake said.
"Yeah, and the money." Launch Pad said.
Drake thought about it for a second and then got an idea.
"I got it! We'll print out all the flyers and pass them out to everybody." Drake said.
"Oh gee D.W. do you think that it's such a good idea? I mean didn't Honker say that he has a meeting with somebody tomorrow?" Launch Pad asked.
Drake shrugged. "Yeah, but a little help wouldn't hurt." Drake said.
He printed a bunch of them out and then deleted the computer.
"Come on, we don't have much time." Drake said.
He grabbed the papers and they headed out.
They looked around and pulled the book from the shelf.
"We'll have this done before the kids even wake up." Drake said.
They walked into the secret passage and the book shelf left.
Outside..
Steal beak and his goons kidnapped Mother in law thinking that she was D.W.
"Now get there and shut up!" Steal beak said throwing her the limo.
They then took off in the limo.
Seconds later Gosalyn and Ally arrived back at home.
"I'll see you tomorrow Gos. I'm heading back to my hotel room." Ally said.
"Oh okay. Night then." Gosalyn said.
The two of them hugged and Gosalyn got out of the car and closed the door behind her.
Ally took off in the car while Gosalyn walked back into the house.
She paused and looked up in the sky.
"Is that the Quiver jet?" She asked.
She quickly shook the thoughts out of her head
"Nah, couldn't be. The alarm would have gone off if somebody messed with it." She said.'
She walked in the house and closed the door behind her.
Launch Pad and Darkwing are in the Quiver jet.
"We'll just put the flyers in the morning papers and then call it a night." Darkwing said.
Launch Pad landed the jet on the ground and they put the flyers in the papers. "There only one left." Drake said.
Launch Pad tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to a huge house with a gate with bunch of guard dogs.
Drake gulped at that. "Oh boy." He said.
He chuckled at looked at Launch Pad. "Say L.P. you always wanted to be a hero. Well I'm giving you the chance." Drake said.
Launch Pad shook his head. "That's okay D.W. You do it." Launch Pad said.
Drake gulped again and looked at the gate. "Things we o for our kids." He said.
He pulled out his gas gun and put a hook in it and shot it at the tree and flew over the gate, landed next to three big guard dogs that just growled at him.
"Nice doggy. Nice doggy." He said.
The dogs started barking and chasing after him.
"Ahh!" Drake exclaimed.
He took off running to the door and put the flyer in the paper and grabbed the gas gun and flew over the dog. One dog jumped up and bites him in the butt.
"Ahh!" Drake exclaimed.
He landed over next to Launch Pad.
"Come on Launch Pad let's get out of here." Drake said.
The two of them took off back to the jet.
The lights in the house came on and a guy comes walking out.
"What's going on out here?" He asked.
The dog walked to him and he took the fabric out and looked at it.
"Hmmm.." He said.
The next morning..
Everybody is in the kitchen getting ready for break feast.
"Oh yum. I'm starving." Drake said.
Gosalyn grabbed the waffle from him.
"Me too." She said.
She then ate it down in one bit.
"Sorry to eat and run but I have to get going. I'm going to show Tom Duck's new promotion for the movie to himself." Gosalyn said.
Drake looked at her.
"But Gos, it's Thanksgiving! Shouldn't you have the day off?" He asked.
Gosalyn put her jacket on. "I didn't know that you guys are coming till the last minute. I already promised him that I would work. Binki is going to make dinner, Herb is watching football games all day, and Ally is going to go sight seeing till dinner. Honker has a meeting to go to anyways. So it's not like I'm going to be missing anything. I'll be back before dinner." She said.
Morgana looked up at the clock worried.
"Hmm.. I wonder what's taking mother so long. She never sleeps this late." Morgana said.
Drake chuckled and took a sip of his coffee.
"Don't worry about her Morgana. She needs her beauty sleep. And that could take years." Drake mussed.
Gosalyn rolled her eyes at that. She knows better then to say anything. Doesn't want to start a family war again. She had enough of that to last all year long.
Honker came walking into the kitchen scratching his head and looking confused.
"Gos, have you seen my fliers?" Honker asked.
Gosalyn shook her head. "No, not since last night." She said.
"Man, where could they have gone? I have a meeting today with some guys." Honker said.
Drake slinked down in his seat and chuckled nervously. "I uh.. kind of lost them." He said.
Honker's eyes widen when he heard that. "You did what?" Honker asked.
Gosalyn's jaw dropped to the ground when she heard that, she leaned over towards him.
"Dad, how could you!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"I did it for the baby Gosalyn." Drake said.
Gosalyn rolled her eyes and Honker sat down in the chair, with his head covered.
"Well thanks a lot dad. Now that you ruined it for the both of us." Gosalyn exclaimed.
"What am I going to do? I don't have any copies of it! It took me forever to make those flyers. Now I don't have anything!" Honker exclaimed.
"I told you he wouldn't be happy about it." Launch Pad said.
Diana looked at him shocked. "You was in it too Launch Pad?" She asked.
Launch Pad was startled by that.
"Well.. you.. see.." He trailed on.
Gosalyn throw her arms in the air. "Great! Just when things couldn't get any worse it does." She said.
Morgana walked back in. "Drake, I can't find mother." She said.
Honker narrowed his eyes at Drake.
"Is she lost too?" Honker asked.
"Don't look at me, I have no clue where's she at." Darkwing said.
Just then Gosalyn's monitor buzzed.
"The alarm!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
Everybody went running into the living room and the screen came down from the ceiling.
You see Steal beak with his goons and Grandmother tied up in the back.
"Attention Quiverwing and Darkwing. I think I have something that belongs to you." He said.
"You hooligans, you let me go before I tie you into a bow!" Mother said.
Drake and everybody's eyes widen. "Mother?" Drake asked.
Gosalyn and Morgana gasped and then looked over at Drake.
"I think you have something belongs to me. I want the pearl!" Steal beak said.
"Pearl? What pearl?" Drake asked.
"Don't play stupid." Steal beak said.
"Who's playing? That duck is the actual thing." Mother said.
Gosalyn chuckled a little at that.
"Ha ha very funny Gos." Drake whispered to her.
"Look Duck give me the pearl or you wouldn't see her ever again." Steal beak said.
Drake thought it about for awhile.
"Is that a promise?" Drake said.
Morgana and everybody narrowed their eyes at him.
"Drake! That is my mother!" Morgana exclaimed.
Drake rolled his eyes at that. "It would be a quite thanksgiving." He said.
"DAD! Drake!" Gosalyn and Morgana exclaimed.
"Okay okay. Calm down, I was just joking. What do you want?" Drake asked.
"I want the pearl. Look inside the bowling bag." Steal beak said.
Drake raised his eyebrow at that and looked over at Gosalyn. She just shrugged at that.
"Bowling bag? Okay, Launch Pad hand me the bowling bag." Drake said.
"Sure thing D.W." L.P. said.
Launch Pad walked over to the door and picked up his bowling bag and walked back to Darkwing, opened it up to show a big pearl.
Drake's eyes widen when he saw it.
"Whoa, where did this come from?" Drake asked.
"Now that we're on the same page Darkwing. Meet me in front of the Hollywood bowl in 5 minutes or else." Steal beak said.
The screen went black.
"Come on L.P. let's get dangerous." Drake said.
"Wait! I'm coming too." Gosalyn said.
"Oh no you don't! You're staying here. You need to rest." Drake said.
" Listen, I'm you're only choice dad. You don't know where the Hollywood bowl is. But I do. I'll let you handle Steal beak, while I stand back and watch. " Gosalyn said.
Drake looked at her and sighed. "Okay, but if things get too dangerous…"
"I know back down. I got it. Come on Arrow man." Gosalyn said.
They walked over to the bookcase and walked out.
They're now in the Quiver jet and Launch Pad is flying.
"Okay, this is the plan. We trade bags, grab mother and then we're out." Drake said.
"Easy mission. Grizzlicoff and the other agents are going to be waiting." Gosalyn said.
"Waiting for what?" Drake asked.
"Like you said dad, I am 9 months pregnant now. If I go into labor, there will be somebody backing me up." She said.
Drake looked back at her surprised. "Wow." He said.
Honker spotted the Hollywood bowl coming up.
"There's the Hollywood bowl right down there sir." Honker said.
Launch Pad crashed the jet and they hopped out.
Gosalyn is looking over her jet.
"My baby. You crashed my jet." She said.
Drake chuckled. "That shouldn't surprise you Gos. I mean, remember all the times he crashed the Thunder Quack?" Drake asked.
That got a big grin on her face. "Yeah, I guess you're right." She mussed.
"Hey! I'm not that bad." Launch Pad said.
Gosalyn and Drake looked at each other and busted out laughing.
"That's a good one L.P." Gosalyn said.
"Okay, this is the plan. We trade bags, grab mother and then we're out." Drake said.
"Easy mission. Grizzlicoff and the other agents are going to be waiting." Gosalyn said.
"Waiting for what?" Drake asked.
"Like you said dad, I am 9 months pregnant now. If I go into labor, there will be somebody backing me up." She said.
Drake looked back at her surprised.
They all began walking inside the bowl.
"Now we all know what to do right. Launch Pad hand me the bowling bag." Drake asked.
He gave it to Drake, opened it. It was the bowling ball.
"This is the wrong bag!" He exclaimed.
"Well you didn't say what bag." L.P. said.
"Where are you when they was passing out brains? On a coffee break?" He asked.
"I don't drink coffee D.W. It keeps me up all night." Launch Pad said.
"I'll keep you up all night." Darkwing said giving him a look.
As they wore walking Gosalyn started to fell little different. She was slowing down and grabbed Honker's arm and breathing heavy. He looked at her.
"Gos, you okay?" He asked
She started to shake and tremor as Darkwing and Launch Pad are talking.
"I… think…. it's…. time." She trailed on.
Drake looked at his watch thinking she was talking about meeting Steal beak.
"No we still have another 6 minutes left." Darkwing said shaking his head.
Gosalyn took another deep breath and bite down on her lip.
"No…. Darkwing! I….. mean….. it's….. time!" She exclaimed.
Everybody looked at her and gasped.
To Be Continued..