A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
By Alex Lyons3
Disclaimer: I do not own Mighty Ducks or anything attached to the great Animated show. Enjoy the enjoyable fanfic that is here merely for your enjoyment.
Chapter 6.
Duke threw his hockey gear into his locker, snarling to himself all the while. Nosedive looked at him in disgust. Duke hardly ever missed a shot that was sent his way, but tonight's game was dreadful. Duke had seemed to be preoccupied with his thoughts this night.
"Hey, Duke! What's up with you? You've been in a funk all week! You need to get over it!" Nosedive said rather loudly. The rest of the team looked up at the two of them.
Duke glowered at Nosedive.
"Um, Dive..." Wildwing said, unsure of what to do, Duke looked about ready to kill Dive. "Duke. Come on you two. Let's go down to the Rec Room, we all need a little R and R."
"No, man! I want it to come clean! We had this game coming up for days, Dukester here needs to get over his little mood swing!" Nosedive shouted, eyeing Duke angrily.
Duke just turned from Nosedive and punched in the code for the elevator. The doors slid open and Duke walked in without a word to the rest of the team.
"Nice going, Nosedive!" Mallory snarled.
"What? You know as well as I do that he needs to get over whatever it is that's bothering him!" Nosedive said angrily.
"Dive!!" Wildwing shouted. "I understand that you're frustrated, but Duke's having problems. We need to ask that he bring them to us, not demand them immediately!! How'd you feel if I suddenly demanded an explanation for your poor performance in that battle with Dragaunus late June?"
The whole team knew which incident Wildwing was talking about, it had been dreadful and Dive had gotten hit almost immediately. Nosedive blanched slightly.
"I think I'll go apologize." Dive mumbled and left the locker room the same way Duke had.
Duke was sitting on his bed when his door whooshed open. He turned and glared when he saw that it was Nosedive.
"What do you want, kid!?" He said angrily.
"I came to apologize." Nosedive said, fighting the urge to look down away from the older drake's gaze.
"That's civil! So, let me guess, your brother sent you?" Duke asked bitterly as he carefully pruned the dead leaves off of his tiger lilies.
"No. No one sent me. I came on my own. Of course, they did point out that I was being a bit of a jerk." Nosedive said lamely.
"A bit?" Duke asked, looking at Dive with a bit of a grin on his face.
"Okay! More than a bit, but come on! You aren't one to ever miss the puck. I mean, what's wrong, man? You know that if The Dive can fix it, he'll fix it!" Nosedive said almost proudly.
"And if he can't?" Duke asked, sounding depressed.
"Then, he'll listen and find a way to fix it. It might not happen right away, but...Duke...come on. Your team needs you! We don't know what's wrong and we'd like to help, but we can't if you don't open up." Nosedive answered, looking at Duke worriedly.
"I'm afraid that no one can help me, kid. Just leave me alone." Duke said his head drooped.
Dive looked at him, but then the residing sound of the alarms going off brought them both out of their stupor.
"Super Hero Time!" Dive said and raced along the halls to Drake One, followed closely by Duke.
"So, Tawny, what's the buzz?" Nosedive asked as he came rushing into the room.
"Dere's somebody in da pond!" Tanya said typing away trying to get the cameras to work.
"Oh man! Not Ol' Draggy again!" Nosedive wailed angrily.
Tanya shook her head. "N–no, n–not him. I–it i–is another duck, I...uh...dink."
"Could it be Canard?" Wildwing asked hopefully.
"It could be Chameleon in disguise." Mallory pointed out to him.
"N–no, i–it i–isn't C–canard. It's a g–girl!" Tanya said surprised.
"Let's go team! It might be DeCoy!" Wildwing snapped.
The others nodded and were out the door.
Thea stood there in the bleachers looking around in utter amazement.
'Too bad daddy doesn't like hockey.' She thought in disappointment, 'I'd really like to play again.'
The Mighty Ducks noticed that their visitor seemed preoccupied, unlike DeCoy or Chameleon, who would not have been looking around in stunned silence. Wildwing, Nosedive and Duke came up behind her while Mallory, Tanya and Grin came up in front.
"Hold it right there!" Mallory snarled aiming her puck blaster at Thea's head. "Who are you?"
Thea looked at Mallory as though she was the strangest thing she had ever seen. Her big blue eyes, covered by her sunglasses, were wide with fright.
"Okay!" Wildwing said as he turned on The Mask. "That's weird!" He exclaimed as Thea turned around and Duke dropped his saber.
"What's wrong big bro?" Nosedive said still clutching his gun.
"She's not there!" Wildwing said in shock.
"What?!" Mallory and Tanya exclaimed.
"I just, uh, fixed it!" Tanya said indignantly.
"No, I mean, The Mask is working! However, she's not showing up!" Wildwing said still shocked.
"Then, how do we know if she's a real duck or not?!" Mallory asked not daring to lower her blaster.
Duke looked at Mallory, "She's legit."
"How do you know?" Wildwing asked, puzzled as to why The Mask wasn't working.
"This is a Swanson." Duke said, hand out towards her.
Mallory's and Nosedive's eyes got real big.
"A Swanson?! Are you serious?" Mallory asked, lowering her blaster.
"What's the last name have to do with why The Mask isn't picking her up?" Wildwing asked clearly confused.
"Bro?! Didn't you ever pay attention in history class?" Dive asked indignantly. "She's a Swanson! Drake DuCaine's descendant! The Mask won't pick her up because she has DuCaine's blood flowing through her veins!"
"Never knew you paid attention in class, baby bro?" Wildwing said amused.
"When it came to DuCaine, man, you know I did." Dive said, lowering his own blaster.
"This is all very educational and all, but why are you all standing around me as though your jaws are about to drop?" Thea asked, clearly she was amused.
"Sorry!" Mallory said holstering her gun and saluting. "Mallory McMallard ma'am! Puckworld Special Forces, at your service!"
Nosedive started to chuckle. Mallory glared at him angrily.
"It's okay, sweetheart, we know that your only being extremely polite." Duke said with a chuckle.
"Well..." Mallory said, clearly at a loss.
"This here is Grin, he likes yoga and meditation," Duke said starting to introduce everyone since Wildwing and the others seemed to not know what to do. "This is Tanya, she built everything here. Of course, Mallory, who can fight as well as she can shop. These two are the Flashblade brothers, Wildwing and Nosedive."
"And...this here is Duke L'Orange, resident..." Nosedive was interrupted when Thea's fist shoots out and hooks Duke's beak.
Duke hits the ground with an audible crack.
"THAT, is for all those lies you told me! THEN, surviving and leaving me there to die!" Thea shook with rage.
Okay, I'm at a loss as to what I should write next. So, maybe if I leave it at a cliffie and come back after a few reviews it'll jog my brain into action. :D So, review!