You guys, I am weak right now for Ducks. I'm really inspired right now to do this story. Maybe because I was fortunate enough to hear the whole song of "Into the Unknown" from Frozen 2 which gave me an idea for a big and important scene in the story. And the song "Crossing the Line" from Tangled also inspired a new scene I'll be writing later in this story. You'll find out soon because let's just say, there musical numbers. I bet you Dewey will be involved in a way. XD
Jp Bake - You think that's scary. Let me tell you that you haven't gotten to the creepiest part. As time goes on, it'll just get creepier and creepier. Which is why I'm very inspired right now. With Halloween coming, it's my chance to get the creepy out while I still can.
Lilbree - thanks. Looking forward to seeing you in future chapters.
Angelwings2002 - well wait no longer! Here you are!
Back to the story!
Interrupt the story. (As in we're back in the time where the kids are 22 years old)
All of a sudden, a loud roar of thunder hit the mansion along with a flash of lightning. In a split second, the mansion went dark causing some screams and mumbles in the crowded room.
"What's going on?" Gosalyn was the first to ask.
"Must be a power outage. Nothing too serious I would say," Scrooge concluded. He got up from his seat and began to head up stairs, "I'm gonna need some help to come with me to see what happened. Gyro, Fenton, Gandra Dee, Manny? may you four come with me?"
The scientists nodded yes and began to follow him.
"Awe man, but we were starting to get to the good parts," Louie complained.
"I'll take over while they're gone," Della hopped into the chair. "Now, where were we?"
"You just got a call from Fenton," Louie reminded her.
"Oh yea! The moment Uncle Scrooge told us that we needed to go back, we wasted no time in hopping into the limo. Everyone was panicking, but no one was panicking as much as my brother ..."
"Hey! You were panicking just as much as I was!" Donald interrupted.
"Not as much as you,"
"Oh yea?!" The twins bickered back and forth for a good while. Beakly sighed and gently pushed Della off the chair. She sat down indicating she would take over the story.
"We got the call from Fenton and we were all panicking…."
Back to the story (kids are 10-11 years old)
"Can't this rusty old thing go any faster!?" Della screamed at Launchpad. He was speeding the limo across the streets, nearly crashing into every lamp post in sight.
"I'm trying my best Miss D," Launchpad was just as scared as all his friends. Scrooge kept looking through his phone, checking all the messages and voicemails he received. All of them were anything but good.
Uncle Scrooge! Help! ~ Dewey
Something is on the ship with us! ~ Huey
There's water leaking into the ship! ~ Louie
"Blast me bagpipes," Scrooge whispered in great worry. He checked his voicemails, all of them had the same scared tone to them.
"Uncle Scrooge! Help! Help! There's water bursting through the windows! The ship is sinking!" The voicemail was from Huey who sounded panicked along with screams in the background.
"Where's Webby!?" Dewey screamed.
"She's at the deck! Everyone get out now! We need to get to higher ground!" He heard Gandras voice command the children. He could tell they were all running and splashing across the water in the halls. Nothing but their heavy breathing and screams was heard.
"Look out!" Lena's voice boomed on the speaker followed by a loud crashing sound.
"No! We have to get her out of there!" Huey screamed before ending the voicemail. Scrooge looked at another and listened closely.
"The ship isn't parked at the dock! What do we do!?" He heard Dewey's voice. Scrooge moved onto the next voice mail.
"The ship is breaking! It's breaking! What do we do!?" Webby cried out. Next voicemail.
"I almost drowned! I almost drowned! Please hurry!" Lena spoke in a panicked voice. Each voicemail was them screaming in fear, he couldn't take it anymore. He had to help them and help them now.
"We're here," Launchpad announced as he drove into the parking lot.
"Out of my way!" Donald didn't even wait for the driver to stop the limousine. He slammed open the door and jumped out with his twin sister close behind.
"I knew I knew I knew it! I knew we shouldn't have left the boys by themselves! I knew we…." Dellas talking came to a sudden halt when she and Donald made it to the dock. They gasped and looked out in the ocean wide eyed. The ship was no longer on the dock. It was gone, disappeared, vanished.
"Where's the ship!?" Della cried out. As if an answer from heaven above, they all saw an explosion from a flare gun in the sky. The blue sparks formed letters that spelled out.
I'm too young to die
Another shot in green shot up into the sky and exploded into words that read.
We're gonna die!
"How did they get over there?" Donald asked with shock filling his mind.
"Abandoned ship! Abandoned ship!" Huey cried out as he held up the flare gun Gyro gave them. He typed in another message and shot it up.
S.O.S
It read in red. Lena and Violet opened the door from below deck and climbed there way to their friends.
"Lena! Violet!" Webby tackled her friends in a tight hug, "I'm so glad you two are safe!"
Not too far behind, Manny and Lil Bulb climbed into the deck. With his hooves, Manny asked. Is everyone here? Webby? Dewey? Lena….
But before he can count everyone, the ship cracked in the middle splitting the boat in half. The kids screamed as Manny pushed all the kids to one side of the boat. The half they weren't on, sank into the water first, making the half they were on to start to tilt and follow it into the water.
"Everyone hurry!" Huey cried out as he hopped onto a lifeboat with his friends. Dewey jumped in no problem, Louie nearly slipped, Webby skipped right into the boat, Violet needed help from Manny, Gosalyn wasted no time. Lastly, it was Lenas turn to hop on board.
"Lena!" Webby pointed next to Lena, trying to warn her of an incoming object. Lena looked to her side and was harshly knocked off her feet by a chair. She fell to the floor and slid down the ship, splashing into the cold ocean below.
"No! Lena!" Webby shouted for her friend.
"Webby?!" Lena cried out as she tried to stay above the surface. The salty water kept dragging her down but she fought back with all her might. She could feel the waves pull her away from the ship and her friends. Water splashed into her eyes nearly blinding her. She was all alone in the middle of the ocean, with nothing, not even stars or the moon to light up the dark, "Louie?! Violet!"
"Lena!" She heard Webbys voice echo to her again from far away. Her voice wasn't the only thing that was heard. The sound of the lifeboat they were on snapping and hitting the water nearly drowned out Webbys voice.
"Help!" She heard Violets cries echoing. The kids tried to swim above the water, some of them grabbing onto a piece of the lifeboat to keep them floating.
"Everyone! Stay in one spot!" She heard Scrooge tell everyone.
"Boys?! Where are you!?" Dellas voice sounded like she was in great distress. Lena tried to glance over the waves and saw the adults rowing a lifeboat towards the kids. Waves kept pulling her away farther and farther from them, until they were gone from her sight.
Sounds of screams and voices calling out for help filled the atmosphere faster than Lena can process. She didn't know what to do. She turned around in all directions hoping to see where the screams were coming from. But there was nothing but darkness and waves blurring her vision. Soon enough, she began to feel dizzy, suffocating from the lack of air. Everything began to turn black and every noise around her was muffled. But she kept fighting back.
"Help me!" She cried out, "Anyone! Someone! Help!"
In a second, the young duck felt herself get pulled underneath the water. The moment she felt this, she kicked up and waved her hands so she can make it back to the surface. For a split second, she was able to reach for air and call out once more.
"Webby!? Louie?! Violet!? Where are you!?"
She couldn't call out to her friends anymore. One big wave came crashing down and took her under. Lena kicked and swung her arms around, trying to swim back up but it was no use for her. Darkness began to fade in, she couldn't breath, see or even hear. In a second, she was consumed by total darkness.
After what seemed like forever, Lena found herself regaining consciousness. She tried to open her eyes, her vision was blurry but she could see just enough to know she was back on land. She lay on the sand where some of her friends were sitting by her side. She could hear muffled sounds. Sounds of everyone talking and panicking for some reason.
"Where is she?" She could barely hear a familiar hero talking, "... por qué ella? Porque! !Dónde está¡"
"... No….. Why….." She could only hear parts of Huey sentence. He sounded ... sad?
"Lena? You ok?" She heard Webby ask her. She could feel her small hand slid across her face, trying to move her hair from her eye's. Lena couldn't stay awake for much longer. She again gave into the darkness and fell unconscious once more.
The darkness wasn't completely dark. It was bright, it felt warm, cozy. Like there was nothing here that could harm her. She felt safe. Blessful music filled her ears as she made her way around a gem cave. Glittering gems in every direction she looked, filling the cave with rainbows of color. All unique with different colors and shapes. She ran her fingers across the beautiful gem, feeling their smooth texture.
The music was soft and gentle, lurring her deeper into the cave. The deeper she went, the louder the music sounded and the darker the cave became. Fewer gems were seen and without their light, it was almost dark. Deeper and deeper she went, almost hypnotized by the angelic voices. She needed to follow it, even if it meant going into the darkest part of the cave. And into the darkest part she went. Set before her were three glowing gems that appeared to be the source of the harmonizing sounds.
Break the stones of life,
Remember who you are,
Can you hear their cries,
Come to the other side,
Let them see,
Who they're meant to be,
Set the memories free,
And come to the other side,
The other side,
Huh? How pretty. Lena knew this wasn't a good but she couldn't help herself. She walked closer to the three gems that was before her. These were different than the ones she's seen so far. One was a very dark shade of purple, almost sharp like. The second one was glittering green gold. Sparkling brighter than the sun. The last one was a baby pink. Smooth, beautiful, tempting to touch. She reached her hand for the purple stone, and grabbed it. She pulled it closer to her and admired the gem. It was gorgeous, it even had electric blue streaks across it.
"Wow," Lena whispered with a smile. She was so memorized that she didn't even notice that the song stopped playing.
"I don't think so," a female voice whispered harshly to her. She felt three pairs of hands grab onto her and tug her away from the gems.
Back in reality
"NO!" Lena shot out of a bed. Again? Another dream?! When will they end?! She wanted them to just end already.
"Lena! Your awake!" She felt a familiar pair of arms wrap themselves around her, "Oh I'm so happy you didn't drown!"
"Webby? What happened?" Lena looked down at the little girl. She was crying rivers to the point it was almost impossible to see her eyes.
"The boat sank and we all hopped onto the lifeboat," Huey began explaining, " then you fell off the boat and the life boat broke and crashed into the water. Uncle Scrooge came to save us along with mom and uncle Donald."
"He also swam after you when we found you drowning," Webby explained with sadness in her voice. Lena wrapped her arms around her friend to comfort her. She looked at everyone else with another question wondering in her mind.
"Where is everyone else?"
At the hall, all the kids pressed their ear against the door to listen to Scrooge talking. He sounded worried and sad.
"Are you sure we should be doing this? Wouldn't your great uncle be kinda mad if he caught us eavesdropping?" Gosalyn asked her friends.
"Don't worry, were naturals at this….. Well I am anyways," Louie comment with a smug face. Huey opened his beak to say his thoughts on this but soon paused and thought about it. Seeing he was right, Huey shrugged and placed his ear back on the door.
"How will the kids react?" Della asked in concern," I mean, the boys have such a close relationship with Webby and Lena, I couldn't bare…."
"The boys have each other. And besides, it's for their own good," Donald placed a comforting hand on his sister's shoulder.
"And I'm sure Webby and Lena will be just fine dear," Beakley assured her.
"There has to be another way, I don't want to do this to them," Della pleaded to her uncle.
"I'm afraid there is no other way," Scrooge sadly told her. He bowed his head to avoid eye contact with his niece before telling her in a sad manner, "You will all leave first thing tomorrow morning."
"Leave?!" They heard the group of children behind them. All the adults looked back to see all 7 kids gathered around the door. Knowing there was no better time than now, Scrooge sighed and gestures for the kids to sit down. All 7 of them sat down on a nearby coach and readied themselves to listen.
"Your mother and uncle Donald will be leaving Duckburg tomorrow," Scrooge wasted no time to tell them. All the kids gasped at the news followed by some panicked gibberish.
"Where are they going?" Huey asked.
"When will they be back?" Dewey asked. Scrooge held up his hand to signal for silence. All the kids quickly stopped and gazed up at their great uncle.
"Della and Donald will be leaving Duckburg along with the triplets. And they aren't coming back," the moment he said this, the room was full of gaps and what's.
"Wait but why?!" Webby clutched onto her chest. She couldn't bare the thought of the triplets leaving.
"Was it something we did?" Dewey felt his whole body stiff at the news. He couldn't accept that this was happening.
"If this is about me taking some coins from the money bin today, I promise I'll put them back," Louie pleaded.
"No no, it's not…. Wait you what?!" Scrooge barely processed what his nephew just told him.
"Nothing," Louie was quick to stay quiet. Scrooge kept his gaze at him for a short while before continuing his explanation.
"Like I was saying, it's not because of anything you kids did. Frankly, I've gotten used to your childish shenanigans. But our reasoning for this is much deeper. I'm afraid you boys just aren't safe here in me mansion,"
"Just because of what happened at the cruise? So the ship nearly sank to the bottom of the ocean, so what? It happens. Uncle Donald's boat sank like 3 times already," Louie told him.
"I'm afraid you didn't get the whole story kids," the kids looked up at their uncle in confusion. Scrooge cleared his throat and began his explanation, " true, no one got hurt and everyone got off the ship on time, but not everyone was found. You see, when Gandra was watching you kids for the night, she suddenly disappeared."
"She did?" Huey was surprised. Scrooge nodded yes.
"While we were visiting Gladstone, Fenton called her to see how you boys were doing. She said everything was fine and then mentioned about the ghost statue in the hall."
"Yeesh, Yea. That thing wasn't pretty to look at," Louie remembered the way that thing looked just standing in the middle of the hallway.
"Well, when we asked Gladstone, he told us there was no ghost statue on his cruise ship," this small fact sent chills down the kids spine.
"But… we saw it. It was just standing their near our room," Dewey claimed.
"That's what scared the scottish out of me. We have concluded that she was taken away by a stow away,"
"So, after just one unfortunate event, your convinced we have to move away? Have you forgotten who we are?!" Dewey stood up on his feet and bravely posed, "We're your nephews. The Mcduck family! We can handle anything!"
"Not this time," Scrooge placed his nephew back onto the coach, " When you kids went to Gosalyns' house, Drake Miller went missing not to long ago….
This caused a gasp out of Gosalyn.
"But I just saw him this morning," she argued.
"I'm sorry lass, but something got to him when you were away. I received a message from him saying he needed to skip the cruise because something was lurking in his house. He sent Gosalyn on the cruise so she wouldn't get hurt. That's when I pieced everything together. Both Drake and Gandra were in charge of taking care of you boys. Each one went missing trying to prevent the intruder from getting to you lads."
"We haven't been 100% honest with you boys," Della suddenly spoke up, "You see, we've been going over to Gyros lab a lot lately. We found out that there's something out there that's after the Mcduck family. Something related to these gems ..."
Della pulled out a glass container from behind her and placed it on the coffee table. While the kids looked on in confusion, Lena was filled with terror. These couldn't be the gems in her dreams, could they? The kids, except Lena, got up and surrounded the green gems.
"They've been appearing all over Duckburg and we're afraid that it's targeting us," Della continued to explain.
"So what?!" Dewey spoke up, "We've faced danger before and survived the unspeakable! We…"
"Dewey, this isn't like the shadow war, or the invasion or even F.O.W.L. There's a magical force that's picking off everyone who's a threat to it one by one and we can't even track it down. It already reached two of our allies and we don't want anyone else getting hurt. I can't afford losing you boys again," Della pleaded with them. She grabbed the container and gave it to Gyro. She turned to her kids once more and kneeled down to their height, "I know you boys love it here but it's not safe anymore. We have to go."
The kids tried to open their beaks to say something but nothing came out. They were stuck. How could they argue with their mom about this.
"I'll be waiting for you boys at the dock in my house boat tomorrow morning," Donald claimed sadly, "There we'll make our way to Cape Suzzette."
"Sounds like a plan," Scrooge nodded. He then looked over at the triplets with a saddened look, "You lads better go to sleep now. You've had a long day."
Della and Donald gently pushed the kids out of the room and towards their rooms. Not a single one of them uttered a word. They were too sad from the news to even make a peep.
Morning
Scrooge looked at the clock on the wall. 5 am it marked. One more hour until they leave. One more hour to be with them.
"How you holding up?" He heard a familiar voice behind him. He sighed in annoyance when he recognized that voice.
"How did you even get in here Goldie?" Scrooge mumbled under his breath. The blond lady walked around his office, checking out all the valuables he had in their.
"You know, the usual. Breaking in through your open windows," she said jokingly but Scrooge wasn't in the mood. She looked over at him with a smile but quickly frowned at the sight. She sighed as well, letting him know she was upset too, "Beakly let me in."
"She what?" Scrooge finally looks over at her.
"I know, very out of character for her. But she sent me a message saying the boys were leaving today so I thought I would stop by and say my goodbyes to little sharpie," Goldie walked a little closer to him but Scrooge walked right past her. He opened his office door indicating her to leave.
"I know you well enough Goldie. You want to steal whatever you can from the boys before they leave,"
"Me? Steal from children?" Goldie asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Since when did you start caring about us?" Scrooge grumbled.
"Hey, I may have a bad reputation with your family but I'm not completely heartless," Goldie said a little more sincere, "I care for these boys more than you think Scroogie. Just let me see them one last time before they leave."
Scrooge glared over at her for a long while, thinking on what she could want from them.
"Fine, but I'm keeping my eye on you," Scrooge warned her. Goldie gave him a warm smile before walking out of his office. She walked towards the foyer and waited with the rest.
In the living room, the boys were all packed up and ready to go. Well, not quite ready.
"Boys we have to go! Hurry!" The triplets heard their mother's voice at the hall.
"In a minute mom!" Dewey called back. He looked back at his worrying brothers who were all as anxious as him.
"Are you sure Webby told you to meet her in the living room?" Huey asked his blue-colored brother.
"Yes! She said it was extremely important!" Dewey insisted.
"Boys! Donald already has the boat set up, we're gonna have to go now," their mom came into the room and urged the boys.
"Please mom, Webby still not down yet. She said it was important," Dewey tried to convince their mother.
"I wish I could but if we leave any later, we'll make it to our new home late at night. I'm sorry," Della walked towards her boys, kneeled down to their height before pulling them into a hug, "I know you boys never thought we would have to move so far away from home, and leave your friends and Uncle Scrooge, but we have no choice. We are in grave danger, and the longer we stay here, the greater the chances of something terrible happening to one of us… I don't want to leave either. I've been stranded on the moon for 10 years and thought of nothing but returning home to my family. To you three…. And I can't even bare the thought of losing you boys to someone who wants to harm you."
The triplets felt their hearts shatter even more. It hurt them too much to leave their home. Even more than when they were leaving because they were mad at Scrooge. Yes it hurt them to leave their uncle but that was mainly out of anger. And they all united at the end. But now, it was different. Now they were leaving not because they wanted to but have to. They were being forced apart from each other all thanks to some mysterious situation.
"We understand mom," Huey nodded his head before looking at his younger brothers.
"As much as I hate to leave this wonderfully rich life, I can see why we must go," it pained Louie to say it but he had to agree. All the treasure in the world wasn't worth his or his family's life.
"I…. Guess we can leave now," Dewey finally gave in and bowed his head in defeat. It pained Della to do this to her sons. Seeing them sad made her sad. But there was no choice, they had to go and go now. The family walked into the foyer where their friends were waiting for them.
"There's my little sharpie," Goldie kneeled down to look at Louie.
"You came?" Louie seemed confused at her appearance. Goldie gave him a warm smile before grabbing onto his hands. She placed something small and hard between his palms, "A little something to remember me by."
Louie took a look and found a gold green colored ring for him.
"How did you… what's the catch?" Louie asked.
"No catch this time. I'm really going to miss you," Goldie replied. Louie gave a small smile at this response, giving her a small hug before leaving with his mom.
"What's this?" Huey was talking with Fenton. The scientist handed him a metal box.
"It's a project Gandra was working on before the ship sank. And… well you know….. I thought she would have wanted someone like you to complete it,"
Huey opened up the box to see some little nanites inside of it. Tucked in on the lid was the medal wand to control them.
"Fenton I couldn't take these. They should go to you. Your the one who was closest to her…."
"I know she would be happy to see a young mind like yours completing her work," Fenton interrupted him. Huey gave a bright smile and tackled him into a tight hug. After he was released, he held the box close to him and followed his mom outside.
Outside, Scrooge was waiting by his limo with the door wide open for his family.
One by one, the triplets hopped in. Each one as sad as the next. Della was just about to join her sons into the limo but the second she stepped foot into the limo, she halted.
"Della?... Something wrong?" Scrooge asked behind her. In a second, the richest duck in the world felt his one niece embrace him into a hug.
"I'm really going to miss you Uncle Scrooge….." She said in a voice that was on the point of breaking in sadness. The nephews couldn't stand the sadness as well. They hopped out of the limo and joined in the group hug.
"I hope we can see each other again someday Uncle Scrooge," Huey said between his sobbs.
"Me too lads…. Me too…" Scrooge let out a sorrowful sighed. He didn't want to show it but he had tears at the very edge of his eyes. Knowing they couldn't stay any longer, Scrooge let his family go and let them hop into the limo. He shut the door the door for them and watched as Launchpad drove away.
"Wait!" Webby cried out. She dashed out of the door and down the stairs with Lena and Violet close behind. In her hand was a small purple box wrapped with a pink bow.
"Girls, what are you doing?" Beakly put her hand in front of them but Webby ducked under her granny's arm and ran after the limo.
"Dewey! Louie! Huey!" She kept crying out. The triplets heard her voice and looked at the mirror to see their best friend running after them.
"Webby?" Dewey was surprised to see her. He rolled the window down and stuck his head out the window. He saw that they were nearing the gates.
"Dewey! We made this for you!" Webby said. She ran after the limo as fast as she could before tossing the box over to him. Dewey reached his arms out and was able to catch the box in time. Poor little Webby, had to slow down when the limo past the gates. The golden gates slowly closed in front of the broken hearted girl. She felt so helpless at the fact that she couldn't do anything to keep the triplets with her. But it had to be done. She slowly jogged over to the closed gates and wrapped her hands around the bars. Watching as the limo drove further away from her and disappearing into the horizon. Her beak began to tremble in sadness as tears began to fall.
"There there Webby," Her grandmother walked up to her and gave her a pat on the back, "It's for the best."
"I know," the little girl wept. She turned to her guardian and threw herself into her arms for comfort, "I'm gonna miss them."
"We all will," Beakly told her softly. From the door, Scrooge watched as everyone gathered around Webby, trying to comfort the poor girl. He had to admit, he hated seeing her like this, he hated making his family sad, but he had no choice. It was for the best.
In the limo, the triplets were unwrapping the box the girls gave them. Huey took out a white card that was inside the box.
"To the three bravest,smartest and sharpest boys we know," Huey read out loud. He smiled at the compliment before opening the card. Inside it read Never forget your family in Duckburg with a family picture in it. A picture of Donald, Della, Scrooge, Beakley and Webby in the front of the mansion.
"No way," Dewey laughed when he took out some bracelets from the box, "Webby actually found something with my name on it!"
"She probably got them custom made," Louie laughed as he put his green bracelet on. They looked back inside the box and took out some pictures. The very top one was Dewey helping Launchpad out with fixing the limo, along with a bonus picture of the oil spraying all over the two of them.
"Hehe, I remember this," Dewey laughed.
"Hey cool," Louie tool out a picture of him and Goldie at Doofuses house, "I'm really going to miss her. She was really smart and cunning…. Like me."
"Hey, I remember this," Huey took out a picture of him and Fenton doing some tweaks with the Gizmo suit, " This was the same day Webby and I set up the lab for his first date."
He picked up the other pictures to see him and Webby decorating the lab with red hearts and italin decor. One picture even showed Webby and Manny trying to tie the spaghetti together.
"I still have no idea how she managed to tie those noodles together,"
"Awe, I remember this," Dewey looked at a pic of him and Webby in Brazil next to the flower that nearly ate them, "I'm glad to see she kept at least one pic of us in Brazil."
"Haha, I remember when we took Webby out for the first time," Louie looked at a picture of him and Webby at Funso's Fun Zone. Each picture held a precious memory. Times when they had sleepovers with Violet and Lena, when they helped Fenton with gadgets and gizmos, and even times when they were with their great uncle.
"I'm really gonna miss them," Louie said softly. His brothers took a look at their baby triplet who had tears forming in his eyes. Never in their life would they have ever thought of leaving Duckburg forever. Well, besides that one day during the Shadow War. The green brother was heart broken, sad and depressed. Knowing just how he felt, the two older brothers pulled him into a tight hug that lasted the whole trip.
Yelp! I'm done with this chapter!