Ok ok ok! So after the new episode, I just had to stay up all night writing this. Has anyone made the connection that Boyd, Violet, and Huey are dedicated woodchucks? They could've been the nerdy trio! So, of course, I had to pull Boyd out of nowhere for this chapter! His relationship with Huey is too adorable! And Gyro is actually the father? Oh, the best episode to watch on my birthday! Also, Happy birthday to my close friend Jen! She used to write fan fics as well for anime but stopped. So I dedicate this chapter to you Jen!
Ninjatana Warrior - thank you and sorry about Louie.
dalek117 - ooooohhhhh you know things will go bad. If I could make Huey and Violet go through some bad events, I could easily make Dewey and Webby go through it too!... and you really found the puzzle pieces huh?... Well, at least you haven't figured out my biggest secret. Where is Huey and the others? And I was going to peacefully accept your request to do things calmly, but after seeing Jordan's latest chapter, he is practically challenging me! so Jordan! Move!
Caetlyn27 - glad you liked it….. I can't help but feel my heartbreak so much right now seeing all the comments about Goldie having a beautiful moment with Louie. Cause what I have in store just might crush it all.
Angelwings2002 - thank you and the bracelet isn't coming off soon.
therealjordan23 - At first I was going to have Louie set the fireworks up wrong and blast everything in sight before they could kiss, but I felt like everyone would hate me for that. Haha. And as for the bracelet Lizzette gave him, there was a sentence in "Out of Time'' that said "Whenever he would get really frustrated, he would tug on the bracelet Lizzette gave him. The red gem still stayed there hanging. No matter how hard he banged it, it stayed in one piece. The bracelet was also on pretty tight. The gold chains had a strong knot so it was almost too impossible to take off the bracelet." Basically, Lizzette planned ahead just in case the plan backfired. You must've had a good time writing Louie being possessed then in your story. And I still feel bad for that dog. It must've been terrified. And thanks, I'm planning on staying in second place a good while. And you know for a fact I'm adding that fan fiction of a fan fiction, just a little editing, and boom!
GiddyReflections - That is exactly what I wanted. For it to slowly kick in that it was a love potion. Thank you.
Unknown - same, I don't like shipping kids. Let kids be kids! They can think of romance when they're older. And I think having Goldie and Louies scene pushed back was worth it too. And if Huey has Donald's anger, why not his bad luck? XD.
Jpbake - Thank you and that was kind of your friends. What I did was watch Astro BOYD in the media room of the house. Big screen and speakers. Popcorn, drinks, pizza, candy. The whole movie theater experience and I couldn't ask for a better episode to watch on my birthday! The animation! Oh how beautiful! I loved it! And your welcome for the date. And the joke was that Lena saw it as a pg 13 movie while Violet clearly knew it wasn't pg 13. And your welcome, you'll always be my original fan fic buddy.
Disney Boy - Thank you! And yes, Huey was the first to go missing. But the question is, where does the soul go?
Lets Dewey It - Thank you!
Lilbree - Thanks! And your welcome! And yes, Huey is being controlled by the red gem, and Gandra and Fenton have their rings.
Lucy moon - very flattering, thank you.
Average Everyday Sane Psycho - Thank you very much.
Guest (aka my little sister) - it was a matter of time until she found me. Yes, I listen to music at night! It relaxes me! And I drank wine by accident once. Our mom put wine in cranberry juice, I drank it and threw up for 2 hours.
Let's go!
"Lizzette?" Abigor knocked on their room. His cousin has been sleeping all morning. He was already drenched from watching over the souls in the Cocytus river, "I am not about to let you skip out on today's chores. I already got dragged into the Cocytu river by wailing souls. Almost killed by the Titans, you're going to feed Cerberus, not me."
After a while, Lizzette gave no response. Abigor rolled his eyes and gave another knock.
"Lizzette, this isn't funny. Open up," Abigor grabbed the doorknob and tried to open it. Locked, of course. He pulled out his ember necklace from his pocket and put it around his neck, "Thank you, uncle Zeus, for giving us back our items."
Abigor yanked the doorknob off and pushed the door open. He saw his cousin still in bed, half her body was hanging off her bed. Her long hair was all over the place and there seemed to be broken glass on the floor.
"Lizzette?" Abigor grew concerned at the sight of the broken glass. He stepped over it and was about to shake his cousin awake until he heard her mumble. He leaned a little closer to hear what she was saying. It wasn't understandable in any way. The only word he heard was forget me nots.
"Forget me nots?" Abigor repeated confused. His eyes trailed to the floor where he saw a baby blue color liquid. His eyes widen in panic. He glanced at the side of the room where her desk was. She was clearly working on a potion. This caused a strike of fear on his face as he whispered, "Not again."
In the mansion, the six teens were hanging out in the media room deciding on what film to watch. As Dewey and Louie looked through their collection of films, Webby and Lena were uncomfortably sitting on the couch. If Webby thought there was bad tension before, well now was worse. Lena had just discovered Huey got in the house last night when Violet told her before going to sleep. So of course, her first reaction in the morning was to march right into the mansion and wait for him to show up in the media room. The only one getting in the way of her target was her little sister.
Huey and Violet were sitting closely on the couch, waiting for the other two brothers to pick out a film. If looks could kill, Huey would have been tortured and stabbed multiple times with the glare Lena was giving him. Webby, on the other hand, raised her eyebrow at Huey and Violet.
Ever since their "talk", the two have been closer than usual. It wasn't unusual for many couples to show their affection in public, but it was totally out of character for Violet to publically kiss Huey's cheek, or for Huey to boldly cuddle Violet right in front of Lena. And their means of affection didn't end there, they often praised each other out loud.
Their personalities had changed a lot too—Violet didn't seem so emotionless and cold, and now seemed so much happier and outgoing. Huey wasn't timid or shy, he was confident and sure of himself. This would've been great news, but considering the circumstances they were under, none of the gang felt too thrilled that their personalities were changing so drastically.
"You're adorable," Violet giggled.
Lena narrowed her eyes. Her little sister giggling?
"You're cuter." Huey teased.
"No, you are," Violet smirked, gently cupping his cheek.
"Well, I'm going to be sick," Lena muttered, stepping out of the room.
Both ignored Lena's annoyance and gazed into each other's eyes.
"Vi…" Huey murmured, lost in her eyes.
Louie caught Webby and Dewey's eye, and together, they frowned.
"Alright, enough is enough. What's going on with you two?" Webby finally asked.
Both didn't stop looking at each other.
"Guys?" Webby asked, a little louder.
"What?" Huey asked, annoyed.
Now there was a surprise. Whenever Huey didn't hear someone in the first place, he would always say, 'Pardon' or 'Come again?'. Huey never responded with 'What', as he found it rude and disrespectful. Obviously not this time.
"She said," Dewey frowned. "What's up with you two?"
Louie nodded. "Yeah… we're happy for you, but what is happening? This all seems so… rushed."
"Yeah. How did you two even fix your fight?" Webby asked.
Violet giggled again and cupped his face. "I could never stay mad at him. Never."
Their friends shuddered at the way Violet confidentially said "never". It was like she promised that there would never ever be a fight between them again. The tone of her voice stated that from here on out, it was smooth sailing between her and Huey.
"But guys, you've been acting weird ever since your talk." Dewey reasoned.
Huey rolled his eyes: another sign that he wasn't being himself. Eye-rolling was usually Louie's thing.
"Why do you care? Huey and I are perfectly happy." Violet said.
The gang collectively gasped. Violet never ever used their short names, always opting to use their full names.
"Guys—" Webby tried.
"Just leave us alone," Huey grumbled.
He grabbed Violet's hand and she allowed herself to be led out by Huey. But not before Huey turned around to give them a small, almost sinister smirk that definitely didn't correspond with his usual friendly, kind-hearted nature. And with that, the two exited the room, leaving their friends shell shocked.
"Something weird's going on," Dewey confirmed.
"You think?" Louie asked sarcastically.
"Not like that. Isn't it strange that right after Lizette and Abigor leave, those two are all lovey-dovey?" Dewey wondered.
"What makes you so sure it's tied to those two?" Webby asked.
"Lizette is the descendant of some love goddess. There's no way Huey and Violet suddenly act like that without a catch." Louie said.
"But Scrooge said that they were banished into the Underworld. There's no way those two creeps could bother us… right?" Dewey asked, his voice wavering.
Louie looked down and Dewey and Webby warily glanced at him. Louie was always the one with the solutions, but it was dangerously real when even he couldn't see the angle out.
"There's something else going on. I don't like it one bit." Louie said gravely.
At the docs, Donald had called over Daisy yesterday night. Telling her everything that happened and how they were leaving early. She came as soon as she could and was at the docs early in the morning. She parked the houseboat, called him over, and waited for her husband.
Donald had Launchpad drive him to the docs with his luggage in tow. He didn't want to tell the boys just yet but he knew he would have to eventually. Daisy called him over for something he didn't know. She said it was a surprise but he wasn't in the mood for surprises. When he made it to the docs, he was indeed surprised.
"What's going on?" Donald claimed.
At the docs, there were many old friends decorating the place with streamers and tables.
"A going away party!" Daisy chimed as she came out of the houseboat. She hopped off and embraced him into a tight hug, "I missed you so much, Donald."
"Uh… me too," Donald hugged her back still in shock, "But a going away party?"
"You didn't think you could keep it a secret did you?" Gosalyn hopped off from the boat and on the doc. In her hands was an arm full of streamers, "Red hat told me about the early departer."
"When Gosalyn told me how you and your family were leaving, we couldn't just let you go without a proper goodbye," Drake told him as he took some tables out of his car.
Donald looked to the side where the beach was and saw some tables were already set up.
"Awe, you guys are sweet, but we can't allow this." Donald sighed. He then felt a playful slap to his back.
"Of course you can!" Launchpad added, "We already invited everyone you know."
"Gyro, Fenton, Gandra, Boyd, Storkulese, Selen…." Daisy added some names, "And I hear Panchito and Jose are coming to do a little concert before you leave."
"Really?" Donald thought about it after that last part, "It would be nice to see them again….. But just please make it small. I don't want to attract any attention."
"You have our word Mr. Duck," Boyd came out from behind him. In his arms, multiple tables and chairs he carried to the beach. On the beach, he set up all the tables with no problem.
"Capability of carrying about a thousand times his weight, well built, and well-coordinated," Honker suddenly showed up nearly startling him.
"Oh! Honker! Hi!" Boyd laughed off the shock and placed the tables, "Here to help?"
"Gosalyn convinced me to come over here," Honker grabbed a table from Boyd's arm and set it up, "I may not have known the McDuck kids for long but they do seem very important."
"Important? They're more than that!" Gosalyn showed up and put in some chairs, "They are the key to many adventures and treasure. They hunt down only the best. Duckburg will never be the same without those trouble makers. Which is why I'm giving Dewey a going-away present."
She pulled out a necklace from her pocket. It was beaded with blue and white seashells and in the middle was a sparkling blue gem.
"Ooh," Boyd's eyes were glued on the gem, "Just for Dewey?"
"Huey and Louie will get another present. I only have one of these. The gem I found not too long after I came back from disappearing," Gosalyn put the necklace back in her pocket and pulled out the necklace from under her shirt. This one was plain and simple. A white rope tied around a dark deep red gem with sharp edges. Honker pulled his out as well from under his shirt. A light lime green gem with smoother edges, "I put them as necklaces thinking it looked nice. Never took off mine, it's my little lucky charm."
"I never had a reason to take mine off either," Honker put his away.
"Neat. I'm sure Dewey will love his," Boyd smiled.
"We have an extra one," Gosalyn nudged Honker on the shoulder. Honker pulled a necklace from his pocket. Silver chains with a sparkling white gem attached to it, "Seems like your color. Want one?"
"Yes please!" Boyd grabbed the gem first. The second he wrapped his hand around the gem, he froze completely. His smile slowly falling from his beak. Something felt off. The gem was giving his circuits a strange and strong feeling. Like electricity was running through his bones at lightning speed. The feeling became faster, stronger, if he was flesh and blood this would be pure agony.
"Something wrong?" Gosalyn asked when she saw his look of confusion. When the energy became too strong for him, Boyd let go of the gem and jerked his hand back.
"That gem….. where did you get it?" Boyd asked. Gosalyns eyes widen a bit at this question. She looked at the gem as she spoke.
"I found it. I thought it looked nice so I made it into a necklace," she explained.
"I can't tell why, but the gem appears to be giving off a strong energy," Boyd explained. Gosalyn and Honker looked at each other worryingly.
"Strong energy like?" Honker urged him to continue.
"I…. I can't explain it. My circuits felt like they were going crazy for a moment. Energy like electricity was running through my body…." His eyes glanced over to Gosalyns necklace. He eyed long enough to make the red-haired girl notice. She quickly grabbed her necklace and put it under her shirt.
"Why don't you check on the triplets?" Gosalyn told him. Boyd broke out of his thoughts.
"Pardon?" Boyd asked, shaking his head.
"I hear they don't know about the early departure. Why don't you go make sure they don't come here. A distraction," Gosalyn explained. Boyd's thoughts soon moved from the gem to his friends. A smile spreading across his small beak.
"Ok," Boyd happily turned around and ran off. Once he was gone, Gosalyn and Honker looked at one another, sharing a worried look.
Back at the mansion, it's only 8 in the morning and Lena was already losing her mind. She was sitting at the stairs of the mansion, watching Huey and Violet who were a good distance from her. The two were giggling and laughing about whatever they were talking about. If you could even call it talking.
Lena never felt so left out of her sister's life. It was like no one else existed to her besides him. They were sitting at grass, sharing their lunch together, feeding each other, and just being a cheesy couple. Huey and Violet had HERO sit with them. Huey wanted to show off his invention some more to her. Violet seemed more than impressed by every little thing HERO did. Too easily impressed. Violet was never the type to fully express her emotions in public. What really pushed Lena off the edge was when Huey placed his finger under Violet's chin and slowly started to pull her face closer to his. Yep, Lena was on her feet and was just about to march her way over to them. Luckily someone else beat her to it.
"Hey, guys!" Boyd came in like a superhero. To Lenas eye's he was, for interrupting the moment. Boyd turned off his rockets and landed next to the couple. Huey and Violet didn't look annoyed like before, but rather happy to see the robot kid. From what Lena could see, they let him sit with them and enjoy the picnic they had.
"Finally lost your mind?" Louie showed and took a seat next to her.
"My sanity is more like it," Lena replied. She continued to look down at the ground, her hand buried in her hair, "I'm so worried about Violet. She isn't herself."
"I'm worried about Huey too. He seems so…. sinister," Louie never thought he would ever say anything like that in his life, "I wanted him to be more confident in himself but this is too sudden."
Louie glanced over at Lena to see she was nervously tugging at her hair. Her eyes were closed tight and a frown was painted on her beak.
"Hey…." Louie hesitantly lifted his hand up. He hovered it over her shoulder, debating if they were on good terms or not, "Don't worry. I'm sure Violet is ok. Maybe we're just overreacting."
"Violet would never act like this," Lena snapped but mostly at herself, "Whatever happened last night, it was more than just talk. Violet isn't herself and I… I want her back."
She buried her other hand into her hair, tightening her grip from all the frustration she was feeling. Louie slowly and carefully put his hand on her shoulder and gave a comforting rub.
"We'll figure it out. I know we can," Louie said. Lena peeked through her finger and looked at Louie.
"We?" She repeated. Louie gave a shrug.
"I'm sorry about the fight. It was pretty childish of me to demand you apologize first. We're not 10 anymore, we're almost adults. I was just so worried about Huey. I thought he wouldn't have the confidence to talk to Vi unless he had assurance and not worry about his friendship status with you…."
"I…" Lena took a deep breath in and out. Thinking of what words to say, "I'm also sorry. I was being a bit stubborn. I should've apologized to Huey about the threat. That was between the two of us, and I shouldn't have used Violet as a way to avoid apologizing….."
"It's ok," Louie smiled, "You were looking out for what was best for Violet. Like how I was for Huey."
Lena only sighed at this, her hands still covering her beak. She looked into the distance, swimming in her deep thoughts.
"At least we can both agree we love our sibling to the point where we beat each other with hockey sticks," Lena said a little cheerier. Louie couldn't see it, but he could tell Lena had a smile on her beak. He wrapped his arm over her shoulder and spoke.
"We'll figure out what's wrong with them I promise," He whispered.
"Do we even have a hint of what could be wrong?" Lena asked, scooting in closer.
"Well, I do have one idea. But we're going to have to see the cousins in the underworld," Louie revealed. Lena snapped her gaze from the couple to Louie.
"What? We are not going there. Scrooge won't let us," Lena told him. Louie looked ahead at where Huey, Violet, and Boyd were.
"Then we'll just have to sneak away," Louie said, his eyes looking intensely ahead of him. Lena looked at where Louie was looking at and her mind instinctually clicked on what he was thinking.
"You think he could help?" Lena asked, a little worried. Louie didn't answer her. He just let a smirk form on his beak, knowing his plans rarely ever fail.
Back at the beach, Boyd made sure Louie and Lena weren't anywhere close to the set up of the party. They had asked the robot to take them to the Island of Ithaquack.
"Are you sure? It's a long way," Boyd asked the two, "Why not just ask Launchpad?"
"We can't let anyone know we're leaving. It'll be a quick trip, you'll see. I even have my khopesh with me just in case!" Louie told him. Boyd looked down for a moment and thought this through.
"You two did say this is for Huey and Violets well being. And if you two feel comfortable with this, I'll be willing to help!" Boyd agreed.
"Perfect!" Louie fist-bumped the air.
"Hold on Boyd. Are you sure you can carry both of us? It's a long ride and I don't know if…." Before Lena could say another word, she felt a force push her forward and before she knew it, there was ocean beneath her and sky above her.
"Hold on tight!" Boyd told them. Lena and Louie were on his back, with Lena in front and Louie behind her. She gripped onto Boyd's shoulders, fearing that she might fall off. Louie, on the other hand, whooped as loud as he could and wrapped an arm around Lena.
"I got ya Lena, you won't fall off," Louie assured her. This didn't calm her 100% but if he trusted this machine, then she did too.
On the beach, Gosalyn and Honker caught sight of Boyd flying away with the two.
"Should we tell someone?" Honker asked his friend. Gosalyn looked ahead, watching as Boyd disappeared in the distance. She gave a worried look and said.
"Big-time," with that, they both ran off to the party.
The Island of Ithaquack was just an hour away, but with Boyds speed, he was faster than a plane. They would be there in 30 minutes tops. As they waited, Lena gripped onto Boyd's shoulders even tighter. Only, this wasn't out of fear.
"Something wrong?" Louie asked her. He could feel her body become tense and stiff.
"Nothing new. Just worried what we might find out," Lena said, "Violet and Webby are the only family I have. They're like sisters to me and I can't afford to lose either of them. And knowing Magica is a part of this whole thing only adds more pressure. I refuse to lose any of them to someone like her."
"I couldn't agree more," Louie held onto her a little tighter, a way to tell her she wasn't alone on this thought, "Nothing is going to take my brother away."
"You have a close bond with Huey don't you?" Lena started some small talk.
"We have our differences but what can I say, we shared our lives together. He helps me out at school and I may get him out of tight situations from school bullies. He's my bro and I do anything for him," Louie explained.
"You've gotten softer since I last saw you," Lena laughed. Louie playfully punched her shoulder.
"Yeah right. I'm still the evil triplet you know and love," Louie laughed, "What about you and Vi?"
"We've gotten closer since you boys left. She would always comfort me the best way she could. I love Webby with all my heart but Vi just has this soft-spoken side to her. Whenever Webby or I have a bad day or just need some motivation, she's very motherly to us. She listens in on what we have to say and carefully chooses her advice for us. It's one of the things I love about her," Lena answered.
"And you say I've gone soft," Louie teased. Lena laughed at this but her body language was another story. She was still tense like her mind wouldn't let her body relax. Louie gave her another squeeze for comfort. Trying to get her to feel safer and positive about this situation.
"We'll get your sister back soon. And hopefully my brother as well," He said. Lena looked over her shoulder and to him. The smile plastered on the green triplets face was enough to assure her everything was alright. She gave a smile back and nodded. Leaning her body back a bit and relaxed just like he wanted.
Only it didn't last long. Lena's eye's switched from looking at Louie to behind him. Her face went pale and her pupils shrunk. Louie immediately took notice of this and turned around as well.
"Boyd! Look o…." Louie didn't even get a chance to warn his friend. A flash of energy struck the ocean below them, missing the robot by centimeters.
"What was that?" Boyd flew even faster ahead, worried whatever was coming was going to strike again.
"I'm not sure!" Lena tried to get a good look at their attacker. It looked like another robot. Silver colored, electricity running through its limbs and blood-red eyes. Just like Boyd, it had rocket feet allowing it to fly and it was right on their tail.
"Awe great, another evil robot," Louie held on tight as dod Lena, "Boyd, I'm…"
"On it!" Boyd didn't even let Louie say another word. He kicked his feet down allowing them to go straight up in the air. Louie and Lena gripped onto Boyd's shoulders as tight as they could, trying not to get pulled off.
"Not what I was going to say at all!" Louie cried out but the wind drowned out his voice.
Right behind them, the bot was a good distance but that didn't stop it. It created some electricity in its arms worrying the two ducks.
"What is it doing?" Lena sounded scared.
"I don't know and I don't like it!" Louie cried out in fright.
The bot shot up lines of electricity, aiming for Boyd. The robot parrot saw it coming and took a sharp left and right, not wasting a millisecond. He swirled to his left and dived down, making a beeline to the bot. He zoomed past the bot and landed a punch to its stomach. While it slowed the bot down, it didn't seem hurt.
The bot dived down and again aimed at Boyd. This time with its two arms, it threw circles of electricity and threw them like a frisbee. Boyd swung his body to the left to avoid a hit but suddenly halted to avoid another blast that was inches ahead of him. The sudden force from the stop was enough to loosen up Lenas and Louie's grip on Boyd.
"Hang on tight!" Boyd told them as he flipped back to avoid another hit.
"WE'RE TRYING!" Louie shouted, one of his hands gripped over Lenas to make sure she was holding on as well. The force of the wind was almost enough to pull the two off of their robot buddy's back.
Boyd flew horizontally this time, giving the two time to adjust. Only they had a few seconds to do so. Another line of electricity was coming after them, making Boyd spin to his right like a screwdriver. Once he stopped, Lena and Louie's eyes felt like they were spinning out of control. They were seeing double of everything. They looked down to see they were a couple of feet above the water, and right behind them was still the same bot.
"We need to lose that thing!" Lena shouted over the loud wind.
"On it!" Boyd claimed confidently.
He took a sharp turn that nearly pushed Louie and Lena off of him. He curved to the side creating a circle around the bot, and soon enough, it was Boyd's turn to aim and shoot. He held his palms out and shot out his energy blasts at the bot. The bot proved itself to have the agility that was just as good as Boyds. It dodged back and forth, not letting a single ray of the blast hit it. Boyd kept circling the bot, aiming blast here and there. All while Louie and Lena tried to hold in their breakfast.
"It's too early in the morning to deal with this," Lena mumbled.
Finally, Boyd was able to get another hit on the bot with his laser. The bot was pushed back a bit but that didn't stop it from charging straight at them. Boyd stomped his feet down, letting him fly straight up into the sky. The bot shot out more electricity at him, forcing Boyd to dodged them with some loops.
Lena wrapped her arms around Boyd's neck while Louie wrapped his arms around Lena's waist. Both felt like they were riding a mechanical bull. Only the bull was in the air and being shot at by an evil robot.
"You two ok?" Boyd asked while still dodging the hits.
"Define ok," Louie tightens his grip on Lena.
Boyd didn't even have a second to respond. He did another loop in the air to avoid a string of electricity, but the second he started to come down, the bot was waiting for him in his path. The bot swung it's arm back before landing a hard punch to Boyd's stomach. The impact was enough to push Boyd back a good 10 feet, while also being too much for Louie and Lena. The two lost their grip and fell straight down towards the ocean.
"Guys!" Boyd looked down horrified.
Luckily for the two, they weren't too high up and landed in the water safely. The bot was about to dive after Louie and Lena but Boyd was quick to react. He wrapped his arms around the bot and pulled it up. The bot struggled in Boyd's grip. It kicked, punched, and even tried electrocuting him. No matter how hard the bot hit him, Boyd wasn't about to let it go after his friends. Boyd continued to fly up with the bot in his arms. When he assumed he was high enough, he flipped over and kicked the bot up. While it recovered from the hit, Boyd threw some punches towards it. Throwing a single punch to its face, shoulders, and soon made multiple punches to its stomach faster than the eye can process. As a final move, he grabbed the bots' shoulders and kicked it away from him.
The bot was pushed at least 15 feet away from Boyd. It looked down at where Lena and Louie were swimming. The two were headed for a small piece of rocky land nearby. It then looked back at Boyd who was charging back to it. Thinking fast, it flew up dodging Boyd by a second. While Boyd curved into a loop and started to dive towards the bot again, the bot split itself into two. Boyd slowed down a bit from his shock. He was not expecting that at all. Boyd lost concentration allowing the bot to land a punch on his chest, almost making Boyd lose balance and fall into the water. One of the bots dived down towards Lena and Louie while the other stayed to fight off Boyd.
From below, Louie saw the whole thing. The bots could multiply and he wasn't liking the look of it. One thing he did notice, was that the bot got smaller when it multiplied. Louie dived into the water as did Lena. The bot splashed into the water after them. It looked to its left and right, searching for the ducks. When it caught sight of them swimming towards the rocky land, it raced after them. Lena and Louie swam up to the surface for air and looked behind them. Through the water, they could see the bot coming for them.
"Waterproof?" Lena couldn't believe how advanced this thing was. She climbed onto the rocky land but Louie wasn't so lucky. The bot grabbed him by the legs and was just about to drag him underwater.
"Lena!" Louie grabbed onto the land, trying to pull away from the bot's grip. Lena didn't need Louie to say anything. She threw a blast of energy at the bot forcing it to let go of Louie. The blast was strong enough to break some bits of metal from the bot.
"You ok?" Lena asked. Louie nodded yes but his eyes were glued to the ground. He noticed small bits of metal moving around. They collected into a pile and crawled off the land. The bits of metal reattached itself to the bot.
"Oh boy," Louie gasped. This thing can rebuild itself as well. The bot climbed out of the water and was quick to fight again.
It threw a punch towards Louie who swiftly dodged it. Lena ran to the side while Louie distracted the bot. She formed another ball of energy and was about to aim it at the bot. Only, the bot must've seen it coming. It stretched it's arm towards Lena and wrapped it around her. This was another shocker. The arm looked like black chains wrapped around her and at this point, it was clear the bot was made up of smaller bots.
"Let go!" Lena struggled in the bot's grip. Louie swiped out his khopesh and gave it a swing. He smacked the bot on the head making it let Lena go and tumble back. Louie took notice of how this seemed to cause damage. The bot split into two again, making it even smaller. It was now half their size but still strong.
Lena added a few punches to the bot that went after her and Louie swung his khopesh towards the one that went after him. With every hit Louie landed, he saw how it fell apart easier. It was smaller, faster, and still strong, but it seemed easier to cause damage than before it multiplied.
"Louie!" Lena cried out. Louie didn't even notice he was dozing off in thought. The bot pushed him off the patch of land. Louie swam back up to the surface only to get pushed below the water again by the bot. No matter how hard Louie tried to fight back, the bot was stronger.
Seconds felt like minutes for the green duck, as he felt the bot hold him down. The hands were crushing his shoulders and he didn't know just how much longer he could endure the pain. When he started to feel his lungs burn from lack of oxygen, he felt the bot let go of him and get pulled back. Louie wasted no time and swam for air.
"Louie!" Lena helped him up. Louie saw that Boyd had pulled the bots back and forced them to become one again, making it bigger. Boyd flew off to the side and grabbed Louie and Lena in the process. Boyd held Lena in his arms while Louie held on tight on Boyds back.
The bot again chased after them, making Boyd fly up to avoid being hit. Boyd looked down, still flying up, and shot out his heat vision towards the bot. The bot dodged the first few but got hit eventually. This time, it didn't seem to take any damage.
"What is that thing made out of?" Lena asked no one in particular. Louie started to form a plan in his mind. If the bot was easier to damage when it multiplied, then it's stronger when it's only one.
"Boyd dive down!" Louie told him. Boyd asked no questions and made a sharp dive. He made sure to move to the side to avoid being punched by the bot. Once he zoomed past the bot, Louie cried out "Fly horizontally now!"
Boyd moved his legs to the side to do as Louie wanted. They were now only a couple of feet above the water. Louie turned around to see the bot was following them as always.
"On the count of three, drop Lena!" Louie said followed by a loud what from Lena.
"You sure about this Louie?" Boyd asked, very unsure.
"Just trust me! That thing is weaker when it multiplies!" Louie told him, "One….."
"Louie, don't do it!" Lena cried out.
"... Two….." Louie ignored her pleas.
"Boyd don't let me go!" Lena pleaded to him instead.
"... Three…." Louie finished.
"But I…." Boyd hesitated.
"Now Boyd!" Louie commanded. Boyd did as he was told and dropped Lena into the water. As expected, the bot split itself in two again and one dived down after Lena.
"Should we help her?" Boyd asked, a little worried.
"She'll be ok….. hopefully," Louie muttered. He saw a piece of land coming and took this as his cue, "Good luck Boyd!"
"What?" Boyd asked. Louie hopped off of his friend and rolled into the patch of land. The bot again split itself, making it only half Louie's size now. The second bot came towards Louie and landed a couple of feet in front of him. Louie swiped out his trusted khopesh and got in his fighting position.
"Give it your best," Louie challenged.
In the water, Lena was swimming as fast as she could to avoid being captured by the bot. The bot threw many punches, trying to land at least one on Lena. The girl proved herself to be a strong swimmer and dodged nearly all the punches the bot threw. Keyword nearly. After many successful dodges, Lena was hit in the stomach. She felt herself sink deeper into the water, giving the bot multiple chances to throw hits. When she couldn't take the pain any longer, she used her magic to create a shield and push the bot away. She used this as an opportunity to swim back up and catch some air.
Her time on the surface didn't last long as she felt the bot pull her back in. The bot swam deeper and deeper before throwing Lena against a rocky wall. Lena again summoned a purple shield to protect her. She kicked the bot away and swam up as fast as she could. When she looked down to see it was coming after her, she threw some energy blasts down in attempts to hit it. Right and left, no matter how fast she threw them, the bot would swiftly dodge them like nothing. Lena then took notice of a crack on the rock wall they were next to. While still throwing energy at the bot, she looked up to see the crack led to an edge that had many rocks. She threw a couple more energy blasts and swam up as fast as she could. When she passed the ledge she threw a blast of energy, breaking it.
The rocks began to slowly fall but eventually, it came down like a waterfall. If a waterfall was made of rocks. The bot below was only able to dodge the first few rocks until one smacked it's arm, breaking it off. Another landed on its legs, shattering them, and finally, a bigger boulder rammed into its body. The boulder pushed the evil bot deep down and out of Lena's sight. Feeling the victory in her heart, Lena proudly swam up for more air.
She looked to her side to see Louie battling his own fight. He was doing great for a boy without magic or super strength like Boyd. He landed many hits with his khopesh, slicing away bits of metal from the bot. The bot pushed Louie down to the ground, but this was a good opportunity for the green duck. He kicked his feet up and pushed that bot off the patch of land. Louie stood up and dusted his hands with a smirk.
"Done and done," he said proudly. He soon regretted celebrating so early when he felt the same bot ram against him.
His body slammed against the rocks below him, leaving bruises and cuts on his arms and hands. He looked up to see the bot charging up a ball of electricity in its hands. The ball got bigger and bigger in just seconds. Louie looked around for his khopesh but couldn't spot it anywhere. The bot was finished charging up and ready for the final hit. It threw the ball of electricity right at Louie making him shut his eyes tight. Only, it never hit him.
He opened his eyes to see Lena had swum in just in time and hopped in front of him. She created a purple shield to protect both of them. When the electricity hit the shield, it sparked around it. The shield now had sparks of electricity racing around it and Lena wasted no time in throwing the shield at the bot. The shield pushed the bot back, knocking it off its feet and electrocuting it. It was stunned only for a couple of seconds before hopping on its feet. It charged at full speed towards Lena but a surprise awaited him. Louie slid past Lena, khopesh in hand, and sliced it across the air. The khopesh sliced across the bot's neck, making the head crash and break on the rocks. The tiny bots started to rebuild again but Louie didn't give it a chance. He repeatedly smacked the bot into many little pieces and even crushed the tiny bots under his feet. Lena took this as an opportunity to help and blasted the bot as well. Seconds turned into minutes as the two destroyed the bot together. After a while, the smaller bots that made up the bigger bot were no longer rebuilding itself. They just laid on the rocks, destroyed, and some fell into the water.
"I didn't need my knight in shining armor to save me you know," Louie teased and nudged Lena, "I had it under control."
"Yeah right," Lena laughed and rolled her eyes. In a blink of an eye, Louie was taken away by a flash of silver. Lena looked to the side to see Louie was being dragged away by the bot Boyd was battling, "LOUIE!"
"I got him!" Boyd flew by fast. Lena could feel the vibrations from the speed Boyd was going.
"Let go, you piece of worthless metal!" Louie tried to punch the bot but his fists alone weren't strong enough. The bot held onto Louie by the collar of his hoodie and went straight up into the air at full speed. It's red cold eyes were looking straight at Louie's eyes. Louie didn't have time to be scared or worried, he needed to get down, "What are you doing? What's your goal? Kill me? What do you want from me?"
Louie struggled as much as he could. It took him a minute or so to realize he was having trouble breathing. He looked down to see he was hundreds of feet above the ocean. In fact, they were passing the height where planes fly. Louie looked at the bot's eyes again, this time showing nothing but fear. What was it planning? How far was it taking him? The air became thinner and thinner by the second.
"Wh…. what are you?" Louie managed to get out. His vision became blurry but he was still able to get a good look at the bot. Something about it looked familiar. The silver coating, the eyes, the fact it was made of smaller bots.
Louie's eyelids soon became too heavy for him to keep open. He couldn't breathe from the thinning air and it made his lungs feel like they were on fire. He shut his eyes and the green triplets body went limp.
"Release him!" Boyd finally caught up and pulled the bot into a tight hold. He tried to pull the bot down but the bot had other plans. It let go of Louie, letting him fall back down to the ocean, "Louie!"
Boyd raced down after his friend while the bot raced behind him. Lena watched in horror as the sight of her friend slowly came into view. She gasped at the fact he was unconscious and was just about to hit the ocean in a couple of seconds. Boyd reached out for him and the second he felt Louie's hand, he pulled Louie to him. He held onto him tight and pointed his feet down to slowly decrease their falling speed. He didn't need Louie dying of whiplash by suddenly stopping him from falling.
Boyd went from a mile away from the ocean to a couple of feet in just seconds. He finally stopped falling when his feet were inches away from the ocean. The rockets in his feet pushed some water away, splashing it everywhere. He looked up to see the evil bot coming at him. Boyd waited there for a while, letting the bot come closer. When he was close enough, Boyd did a flip and kicked the salty water at the bot, blinding it for a good while. The bot wiped away the drops of water and saw Boyd flying away.
"Lena!" Boyd called out. He dropped Louie to her, allowing her to catch him with her magic. She carefully placed Louie down and checked for any serious injuries.
"Louie," Lena shook him, trying to see if he was conscious in any way. From a distance, she could see Boyd battling the bot.
Boyd was flying circles around the bot as if taunting him. The bot blasted electricity, left and right, up and down, trying to get a single hit on Boyd. The robot parrot kept kicking up water to blind the bot and distract it from aiming at him.
Boyd raced past the bot, landing a hit on its chest. He then raced past it again, hitting it in the back. Boyd came from all directions, diagonally, right, left, down, up, then kicked water at it. The bot couldn't keep up, Boyd was nothing but a blur to it.
It was strange to see the bot just hovering there, scanning every Boyd's move. After many hits later, the bot was able to predict Boyds next move. Boyd kicked a good amount of water in front of him. The water shield Boyd's sight of the bot but he knew it was there. The second he stopped, the water died down and the bot was gone.
"What?" Boyd cocked his head to the side in confusion. Before he had a chance to look around, he felt a sudden force punch against the top of his head. The force was enough to push Boyd into the water. When Boyd swam back up to the surface, he felt the bot grab him by the collar of his shirt and push him back at great speed.
"Boyd no!" Lena gasped when she saw the bot was pushing Boyd towards the rocky land. In a flash, the bot slammed Boyd against the rocks Lena and Louie were on. The bot saw that Boyd was knocked out and let him sink into the water, "No!"
Lena hopped into the ocean and swam after the robot boy. She was able to grab Boyd by the waist and swam back up the best she could. She threw Boyd back in the rocks and pulled herself up, gasping for air. She glanced up to see the bot holding Louie in its arms. Lena got on her feet and summoned some energy in her hands.
"Don't you even dare hurt him!" Lena demanded. The bot looked down at Louie and its eyes turned black. It scanned Louie's head to toe. Soon a ding was heard and it looked back at Lena, eyes back to red.
"Lewellyn Duck. Male. Part of the McDuck blood. 17 years old." the bot spoke. Lena gawked at what she just heard. That thing could talk the whole time! The bot placed Louie into Lena's arms, letting her carry him in bridal style, "Master needs me. I have all the information I need."
With that, the bot flew off, disappearing in the distance. Lena stayed on the rocky patch of land, her beak wide open and mind trying to process everything at once.
"WHAT THE DUCK JUST HAPPENED!" she cried out.
At a hidden place. Merlock was watching the whole scene from what looked like a circle of magic. He could only see what the bot was seeing. In this case, a screaming Lena.
"I believe this is enough information we need," Merlock wiped away the magic. Behind the circle of magic was a familiar green duck.
"Are we just going to let them reach the Gods? They'll find the truth about the gems eventually." the duck complained.
"Magica, Magica," Merlock chuckled at the ladies' impatiens, "It's all about strategy and patients."
"I'm losing my patients!" Magica claimed loudly, "It's been 7 years. We have half of Mcduck's allies in our hands. The triplets are back. What are we waiting for?"
"If you haven't noticed, we lost our two inside men to the underworld!" Merlock snapped back at her, "I had to improvise the plan by including Zeus to fill in the muscle. The part Abigor had."
"What about that pink little girl. Lisa?" Magica asked.
"She was a master at strategy. Saw everything that came before it happened. Planned ahead and was heartless doing it. Without her, we need to gather as much information about the family as we can." Merlock explained. Magica rolled her eyes at this. Even she had to admit, Lizzette was almost as heartless as she was and could manipulate anyone. Careful at planning and could form a plan in a second. Where were they going to find someone like that?
"Do you think that the gold rocket is still orbiting the earth?" Magica thought out loud.
"Gold rocket?" Merlock repeated, confused.
"I do believe there is someone who is just as good at strategies. Or maybe even better," Magica hinted
Originally, I was going to update yesterday. This chapter was going to be a comedic one where Lena and Louie spy on Huey and Violet, trying to figure out what's wrong, and then bribe Launchpad into taking them to Intha Quack. But after Astrod Boyd, man oh man! I deleted that chapter right away and replaced it with this! I just had to have Boyd in the action! I was so inspired by the animation during the GizmoDuck vs Boyd fight, I had to add another battle with Boyd. And telling you right now, that whole battle alone took me an entire day, that's right, 24 hours to figure out. That's a new record honestly. Sitting down in my swinging chair, thinking about how I was going to write this. 9 hours of typing and editing. I took a break and continued to type and edit it! This was a perfect chapter for my friend's birthday because she loves anime! So what's better than making a chapter inspired by an episode that was inspired by anime? See y'all soon