Beyond Sight.
Chapter Three:
Wildwing limped along the hall towards the kitchen cursing every few steps when he had to take a break and give his leg a rest. He'd only been out for a few hours initially but Tanya had kept him bed ridden for a week to make sure the wound healed over enough for it not to reopen. Jessica had kept him company a lot of the time, along with Nosedive who always teased the hell out of Wing when he was sick in any way by pretending to be him. He knew damn well it was an act to cover Nosedive's worry but it still annoyed him just the same. He'd finally managed to persuade Tanya he was well enough for them to go out to a fun fair Nosedive had been raving about for the last three weeks on the promise that he wouldn't go on anything too adrenaline pumping and that he would take regular rest stops. They were going to meet Jessica and her room mates there and it would be the first time he'd actually met Cassidy and Hitome so he hoped nothing would go wrong like it so often did when they went anywhere, he just wanted to act like a regular guy for a change not the leader of a team trying to fight a war and save two universes.
"Yo Wing if you're finished hopin' we're ready to go bro!" Nosedive yelled from the end of the hall earning himself a glare.
"Will you shut up if Tanya realises it takes this much effort to make it from my room to the kitchen she'll never let me go!" Wildwing hissed and watched as his younger brother grinned and casually walked over and let him lean on the smaller ducks shoulders. Once they got to the door they separated and walked into the kitchen where the others were waiting for them.
"Are you sure you're up to this?" Tanya asked sceptically.
"I'm fine Tanya honest." Wildwing lied whilst trying to disguise his limp and glaring at Duke, who was trying very hard not to laugh.
Wildwing sat at a picnic table near a burger stand waiting for Jessica to arrive getting more bored by the second. They'd arrived early and he had followed Nosedive around for half an hour before making his way over to where he and Jess had arranged to meet whilst the others went off to do what ever it was they wanted to do. Tanya had gone with Duke, Grin with Nosedive and Mallory had gone off on her own.
"Hey freak!" Someone yelled from his left, "You one of the carnies or something?" Wildwing saw it had come from a young guy surrounded by about four or five others dressed in leather jackets and the like. Wildwing frowned and looked the other way to see Jessica approaching with a blonde girl about Dive's age and a Japanese girl. Wildwing noted the blonde girl was about five foot eight with bright blue eyes, a model like figure and her wavy hair was tied up in a pony tail with bangs either side of her face. The Japanese girl was considerably shorter with her jet black hair in pig tails and black rimmed glasses and a more shapely figure. The three women walked over and sat with him.
"Hey Jess," he said getting up and holding her chair for her then looked at the other two, "you must be Hitome and Cassidy right?"
"That's us!" Cassidy said smiling.
"And you the guy who keep Jessica out all hours," Hitome said grinning, "what you get up to? She won't tell!" Wildwing blushed more at the suggestive way she asked than because they had done anything more than make out, "Ah I see so you have been doing the deed huh?" Cassidy burst out laughing, Jessica groaned and Wildwing blushed even more.
"Hitome will you stop!" Jessica scolded, "I'm beginning to think this was a bad idea." She said shaking her head.
"Hey ladies why hang out with a freak when you can hang with us?" One of the gang from a few minutes before shouted out. Wildwing stood up to go do something thoroughly male but;
"Why would we hang with you when we can hang with a six foot hottie who's the captain of an ice hockey team?" Cassie asked with a completely innocent look on her face, Wildwing raised an eyebrow and noticed the other ducks approaching.
"Maybe they think we like charity?" Hitome said loudly, also noticing the approaching ducks.
"What do you mean charity!" Another guy yelled at them.
"Well aren't those clothes from the bargain basement or something?" Cassie pointed at them still donning her innocent face, "or did you get given them by a hostel maybe, you know," she turned to her companions, "those places for the down and outs that give out free food and clothes."
"Why you little. . ."
"I hope you ain't insulting a lady in my presence boys?" Duke said as he and the others made it to their table.
"Oh and what are you going to do about it?" Duke drew his sabre and looked at them.
"Oh I don't know. You figure it out." The men paled and ran off.
"Talk about rude!" Cassie turned back to the table.
"I take it you guys are Hitome and Cassidy?" Duke said as the other ducks sat down at tables either side.
"That we are and you you're Duke right," she pointed at him, "and Mallory, Tanya, Grin and Nosedive." Each one acknowledged her as she said their names and she carried on, "so, are we going to go have some or not!" Cassie said standing up then looked at Jess and Wildwing, "you know I think there's a tunnel of love around here somewhere."
"Do you want to die a slow and painful death?" Jessica asked her head wresting on her hand.
"Are you two sisters?" Mallory asked.
"NO!" the girls answered in unison.
"We look alike but that's as far as it goes!" Jessica said, although Wing could have sworn he'd heard a 'thank god' muttered from her direction.
"Anyway. . ." Cassie was interrupted by beeping coming from their comms, "Okay why are you beeping?" She put her hands on her hips.
"It's a drake one alert!" Wildwing said standing up but was pulled back down again by Jessica and received a glare from Tanya.
"You are by no means ready for any type of battle so you're staying here," Tanya said sternly, "w-we can handle this." Wildwing looked like he was going to protest but he thought better of it and watched the others leave, Nosedive complaining the whole way about how he was going to miss all the fun.
"So now that mom's gone you want to go on a few rides?" Wildwing asked.
"I guess, but nothing too heavy duty, I may not be a bad as Tanya but I still don't want you hurting yourself after losing so much blood!" Wing rolled his eyes at his girlfriend and looked to Hitome and Cassie for help.
"Don't look at us; she'll kick our buts if we don't side with her." Cass said apologetically.
"Tunnel of love it is then." Wildwing said grumpily whilst putting a protective arm around Jessica's shoulders.
"Aww, you two are cute!" Cass squealed as she and Hitome followed behind, the couple chose to ignore the teenager and carried on. They went on a few of the tamer rides and Wildwing won a stuffed animal for Jessica on a shooting game, then Cassidy wanted one so they went to another stand with a hoopla and after she tried a few times, Wildwing had a go himself and won her a toy.
"Is she always like this?" Wildwing asked Jessica as he watched Cassidy bat her eye lids t another guy who also won her a doll then walk back to them.
"What acting hyper cute and sweet all the time to excess?" Wildwing stifled a laugh, "You don't know the half of it." Jessica got a picture in her mind of Cassidy in what were her 'work' clothes and shuddered at the thought of the pleated micro skirt, hooded sweat shirt cropped to show her belly, thigh length socks and the oh so cute heeled shoes that reminded her of the ones Mary Poppins wore, only they weren't black they were pink (any dancers out there think Chicago's).
"You're beeping again." Cassie pointed out and Wildwing answered his comm...
"Yo Wing you ain't gonna believe who we just found out in the desert!" Nosedive said before his older brother could say anything.
"Who? What happened?" Wildwing switched to leader mode.
"Canard! I mean he's got a broken arm and he's a bit dazed but it's him and he's here at the pond and. . . ." That's as much as Wildwing heard as he zoned out not believing his lost friend could possibly be safe and sound at the pond. He felt a poke and realised Hitome was trying to get his attention and she pointed at the screen, "You commin back or what? I can come out with a duck cycle if you want."
"We can give him a lift." Cassie offered.
"Cool see ya bro!" and the screen went blank.
"Canard's the guy you said was in . . ." Jessica made a face as she tried to remember, "Limbo was it?"
"Yeah, I thought he was dead."
"Well he's not so what are we waiting for let's go!" Cassie grabbed Wildwing and Jessica's arms and dragged them in the direction of the car park where she led them to her red convertible.
Well there ya go, hope ya liked it another one soon (I hope!). Toodles Angel xxx. P.S. Thanks for the great reviews!