Chapter Ten: Something's Wrong Here...
"What now kids?" Scrooge muttered under his breath under his breath as he looked up from his newspaper.
Dewey shoved the ripped picture under his uncle's nose, vibrating with excitement. "We found this in an old scrapbook in Mom's room! There really is a fourth egg!"
"What?!" Scrooge dropped his newspaper, seizing the photo from his blue clad nephew. "Della Ailith Duck! Get down here this instant!"
"I didn't do it! Whatever it is that I'm being yelled at about…" Della came tearing down the stairs, pausing only long enough to rub where her leg stump met with her prosthetic. "What is it that I didn't do again?"
"You didn't tell any of us that there was a fourth egg!" Huey yelled as he pointed to the photo.
Louie arched one eyebrow upwards, surprise etched onto his face. "Wow Huey… you are really upset about this."
"I could have another brother somewhere...that will actually back me up unlike you two!" Huey snapped as he flung himself backwards into an armchair.
Della glanced over at Webby for five seconds, before turning to face her boys. "Okay...which one of you snuck into my room. That is my room boys, not a playground for you four."
"We all did it." "I was against it from the very start! I simply went with to make sure they didn't mess up any of your things!"
Della didn't think about it, she took a deep breath, before grinding out the names. "Hubert Jet Va...Duck! Dewford Turbo Va...Duck! Llewellyn Rebel Va...Duck! Webbigail Danger Vanderquack! I am disappointed in all four of you…" Della stopped midtirade, noticing the confused looks on all of their faces. "What?"
"How do you know what my full name is..?" "You keep trying to say another name instead of Duck for our last name."
Della blinked rapidly, before planting her hands on her hips. "None of that matters. You are all grounded! No adventures for a whole month!" Della glared at the kids, her expression serious.
All of them shrunk away at her fury, still pondering the fact that she knew any of that...and tried using a different last name with the triplets. "Yes ma'am." "Yes Mom."
~Next Day, School~
Mitch looked over his class, noting that everyone seemed excited for the lesson...minus his four favorite students. "Is everything okay over here?" He placed a gentle hand on Huey's shoulder, drawing his attention.
"Yeah...fine. We've just been grounded and nothing makes any sense!" Huey sighed dramatically as he slumped in his seat.
"Do I... want to know what you did to get grounded?" Mitch felt his heart pound loudly in his chest, panic rising up inside of him. Had they gone searching for HIM and nearly gave away their location to HER in the process?
"We found an old photo in Mom's room that proves that there was a fourth egg… and Mom totally freaked out over it!" Louie rolled his eyes, as if he didn't quite see what the big deal about this whole thing was.
Mitch coughed, even as he looked over at Dewey, who was mumbling something under his breath. "Is that all? I'm pretty sure that De...Ms. Duck was probably just mad that you invaded her privacy…"
"Yeah, but she kept trying to use a different last name for us...and she knew Webby's full name...and I didn't even know that she had a middle name!" Dewey exploded finally, turning to face him.
Webby timidly spoke up, uncertainty edging her voice. "The photo that Louie mentioned also had two others in it with Della." Taking in a deep breath, she ducked her head down. "One of them was you Mitch…"
Mitch tensed, his gaze flickering over the group. Now, how does he go about explaining this to them...without placing anyone in danger of HER anger?
~With Scrooge and Della~
Scrooge laced his fingers together as he eyed his niece that was sitting across from him. "Della...I am sure that you are wondering why you were brought here…"
"Not really. I was told that you wanted to discuss something with me." Della shrugged, leaning back casually leaning back in her chair, propping her feet up on his desk.
Scrooge coughed, using his staff to push her feet off of his desk. "Well...yes. However I asked you to come here to … whatever happened to the fourth egg Della?"
Della eyed her uncle, for five seconds before she dropped her gaze to her lap. "I...can't tell you. You aren't the only one with enemies out there. I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful. I can't risk any harm coming to my baby girl." Standing abruptly, she walked off, snapping the door shut behind her.
Scrooge nearly fell backwards, a soft gasp escaping him. "A little girl... " What Della said about enemies finally registered in his brain, and he collapsed as if he suddenly had the entire world upon his shoulders. "Oh Della...what have you gotten yourself into this time?"
A/N: Done! Ok...a smidgen short... but I actually liked where it ended slash it'll take me a few more days to figure out what happens next. Anyways, the triplets and Webby are questioning Mitch, and Scrooge is questioning Della. And Scrooge now knows the gender of the last/missing egg! Apparently the boys have a sister to track down now. Any ideas on who she is?
Again, if I take longer than two weeks to update this... let me know! It's been a month once again since the last time I updated. For me...that is way too long. Also, I know that in the show that Dewey's middle name is Dingus, but I had already decided that the names Della gave them would be their middle names long before I found out about his middle name...and by long before I foudn that out I mean three hours before I was tolf by my sister that actually watched a Ducktales episode without me! I'm looking at you...either Cat or Angel... can't remember which one...
Oh! Before I forget, Della's middle name is a Scottish name for girls that means Seasoned Warrior. I figured with her Scottish ancestry she deserves a Scottish name. And then I found that one and it was PERFECT!
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