Meanwhile with Scrooge and Liu Hai...
"You'll feel so much better after a night in one of our luxury suites," Liu Hai smile to Scrooge, coming behind the check-in desk. "Maybe a week. Perhaps a year. You may never want to leave."
"I'll need a room with a personal sauna, a poolside view, and a distraction." Scrooge replied.
"A what?" Liu Hai asked before looking to see Scrooge was now running to the exit.
"Check-in is always by the exit," Scrooge told himself before running for the door. "Thanks for the help, Liu Hai! Come on, kids. We can make it in time for the Golden Cricket's last chorus."
"I'm with you," Donald said as he came to join his family. "Let's go."
"Let's get out of here." Cherry said.
"Where you going, cous?" Gladstone asked, trying to stop Donald. "There's tons more games. Oh, and the buffet."
"I get it," Donald glared. "You're the cool uncle. I'm not."
"Just tell them or I will!" Lionel told Gladstone.
"You wouldn't dare!" Gladstone glared.
"You wanna try me?" Lionel smirked before looking to the others. "Ooh, this is gonna be good. Glorious Uncle Gladstone is a prisoner in this here casino!"
"What?!" The others asked out of shock.
"Hey, I warned you, didn't I?" Lionel asked Gladstone.
"Yes... You did... And it's true..." Gladstone groaned to him before looking to the others. "I'm a prisoner here, and that's why I called for your help."
"Why didn't you just tell us?" Louie asked.
"Because I'd find out." Liu Hai replied before he soon appeared behind them and changed shape as he had magical powers.
"Oh, right, that's the reason." Lionel said.
It seemed like everything turned into playing cards.
"What are you?!" Cherry asked Liu Hai.
"I am Liu Hai, ancient spirit of chance and fortune," Liu Hai grinned darkly. "Now, let's test your luck."
"Finally, a proper adventure." Scrooge smirked.
"This should be interesting." Atticus said.
Liu Hai chuckled darkly as he shuffled a deck of cards.
"I sat through The Waters of Aquanadon three times when I could've been fighting a demon?" Scrooge chuckled.
"It's Aquarioon." Huey corrected.
'Ugh.' Lionel thought to himself.
Cherry nudged Huey as now wasn't the time for that.
"Uh, yeah, you don't wanna mess with Toad," Gladstone warned Scrooge. "He's a luck vampire. He's held me captive here to feast off my natural good luck. I'm that delicious."
"Are you actually bragging about that?" Atticus asked Gladstone as now wasn't a good time for bragging.
"I hoped Donald would break my lucky streak," Gladstone explained. "You know, 'cuz he's-"
"Bad luck." Scrooge said.
"A total jinx." Dewey added.
"The worst." Huey added.
"So's Cherry most of the time." Dewey added.
Cherry soon glared sharply at the boys. Louie began to feel bad for Donald and Cherry now.
"Gladstone's good fortune has been satisfying, but surely, as the richest duck in the world, Scrooge McDuck's luck must be the most delicious feast of all." Liu Hai smirked to them as he shuffled the cards in his hands.
"Luck has nothing to do with my success." Scrooge glared.
"He's right." Atticus told Liu Hai.
"Oh, really?" Liu Hai challenged.
"I'll prove it. One game," Scrooge retorted. "If I win, you set us free. If you win, we stay permanently. Unless you think the spirit of luck and fortune will lose."
"Hmm... I can't resist such a challenge." Liu Hai replied.
"So then that's a yes." Lionel said.
"Thank you, Screwdriver McDollarsigns," Gladstone smiled to Scrooge. "I knew I could count on you."
"Behold," Liu Hai said, showing them what looked like a race track. "First to the end wins."
"Nice." Lionel said.
"I'm not sure about this." Cherry said.
"Too bad!" Liu Hai snapped.
"DON'T YELL AT HER!" Thor and Lionel glared before looking at each other.
"Let's do this." Atticus said.
"Okay, Toad, let's do this." Scrooge said, rolling up his sleeves.
"Ah, ah, ah... My house, my rules," Liu Hai told them. "Gladstone still belongs to me. So he is my champion. You get... Hmm... Him," he then pointed right to Donald. "The winner goes free. The loser is doomed."
"How is that even fair?!" Atticus glared.
"My home... My rules..." Liu Hai smirked darkly.
Atticus glared at Liu Hai but soon smirked as he knew Donald's temper would be the deciding factor in the race.
"I wish there was a way to see what was going on?" Cherry asked.
"Oh! Oh! I can do that!" Thor smiled to her.
"Um... Okay?" Cherry replied.
Thor soon made a giant screen appear to show them what was going on without them.
"Whoa." Cherry said.
"I love having magic." Thor smiled.
"...How...?" Atticus asked. "Are you a Wiccan?"
"I'm a warlock." Thor smiled.
Jessica soon looked to see Scrooge glaring at Thor for using magic.
"What?" Thor asked.
"Keep yourself under control with that." Scrooge told him.
"Um, yes, sir." Thor replied.
Jessica sighed out of relief since she knew how much Scrooge hated magic.
"Did I do something wrong?" Thor asked.
"Scrooge doesn't like magic." Jessica told him.
"Oh.. I'm sorry..." Thor replied.
"It's alright, he's just had bad experience with magic in a fight." Jessica said.
"Sorry again." Thor said.
"That's okay." Jessica smiled, standing on her tiptoes a little to ruffle up his hair as he was very big for being Cherry, Atticus, and Mo's age.
"We came out here to help you and you put our family in danger!" Donald glared at Gladstone.
"So not cool!" Cherry added.
"I'm sorry, Don. I really am," Gladstone replied. "But I literally just can't lose."
"He said while being smug." Cherry rolled her eyes.
Atticus glared before bring out his father's spell book and flipped through the pages to find a spell that would be perfect for Gladstone.
"Atticus, what're you doing?" Jessica asked out of concern.
After flipping a few pages, Atticus looked serious. "Let's see how smug Gladstone is without his luck." Atticus glared.
"Atticus? You're starting to freak me out." Cherry said.
"'Feeling so smug with all your luck, Let's see how feel with only just bad luck!'" Atticus recited with a glare towards Gladstone.
"Atticus?!" Cherry replied.
"That'll teach him!" Atticus glared. "He has to pay, Cherry! He's so smug and boastful with his good fortune, let's see how HE likes to get stuck with all the bad luck!"
"I have mixed feelings about this." Cherry said.
Atticus turned to her.
"Gaugh!" Cherry yelped. "You look like me when you found out I used your toothbrush to clean the bathroom floor when we took the fall for the boys' little fireworks prank back home."
"Oh, my..." Jessica gulped as she faced Cherry.
"Good luck." Gladstone told Donald.
Donald growled and soon began to run while Gladstone walked calmly.
"Which path will they take?" Mo asked.
"They seem to be going different ways." Jessica said.
Donald seemed to be having an easy path for once, walking through the water arches while Gladstone seemed to get sprayed by the water.
"Well, that's different." Scrooge commented.
"Yes! It worked!" Atticus cheered.
"Does that mean you're gonna stop making that evil stare?" Cherry asked.
"What evil stare?" Atticus asked.
"That glare you made when you were casting that luck spell." Cherry replied.
"Ohh, well, I was just annoyed with Gladstone." Atticus said.
"Honestly, after the day I've had, so did I." Cherry replied.
"Let's watch and see how this goes." Mo said.
"Fair enough." Cherry replied.
Gladstone yelped as he nearly got hit by lava as he tried to avoid it as the lava sprayed out, melting the cards in front of Donald as he walked down the easy path which felt surprising to both of them since it was normally the other way around.
"Huey, got any interesting facts on Aquarioon?" Mo asked.
"Hmm... Let me see..." Huey paused in thought. "Oh! There is only ocean. There is only light. And among the primal chaos lives Aquarioon!"
"Very insightful." Mo smiled.
Donald panicked at first as it looked like he was going to fall while Gladstone panicked what might happen to him next. The others gasped, but luckily, Donald landed on a slide and he was still going down smoothly.
"All right!" Lionel beamed. "Now that's what I like to see after a series of Donald's misfortunes that've been going on since 1934!"
And where Gladstone didn't have such an easy landing. They soon came up to a jade tiger card which made them both rather nervous.
"It's Dewey Jr!" Dewey beamed.
"I think this is a wrong time to be happy to see him." Atticus told Dewey.
Magic soon sprouted out, chasing them with the tiger's form. Donald slipped and fell, getting flung back from a card.
"Hey! Donald's supposed to be the lucky one!" Atticus glared.
"Wait for it." Thor told him.
Donald was soon flung off of the card and ended up at the slide, safe and unharmed while Gladstone was jabbed with the stripes that turned into spikes, holding him against the wall.
"I guess luck has a mysterious way of doing things." Atticus said.
"It sure can sometimes," Thor replied. "It's like when you take a pot of gold from a leprechaun. It sorta sucks away their good fortune."
"You should know that once Donald wins the race the spell will wear off." Jessica whispered to Atticus.
"Hmm... Well... As long as Donald finally wins something, I think that's fair enough." Atticus replied.
"I have to agree." Jessica nodded.
"It was nice of ya to do that though," Thor smiled. "Cherry's lucky to have a brother like you."
"Uh... I'm not her brother." Atticus said bashfully.
"We're sibling figures." Cherry explained.
"I can see that." Thor then smiled to both of them as they seemed like a great pair.
They soon went back to watching the race. Donald soon walked up to what looked like a pinball machine with some food involved.
"The Buffet of Many Lands!" Webby called out.
"You can do it, Donald!" Atticus added.
"I've never been the best climber..." Donald sighed to himself, but he went for it anyway.
And where thanks to his new luck, Donald was doing great. A chicken drumstick fell down which made Donald bounce around a bit, but made it out on top and was a few feet away from the finish line.
"This is great! Now Donald just needs to cross the finish line!" Atticus cheered.
Gladstone looked pretty beat up, and to make matters worse on him, the jade tiger soon came out. Liu Hai laughed from all of the chaos, even if Donald and Gladstone's lucks had been switched.
"Okay, this looks bad for Gladstone." Mo said.
"I'd almost feel bad for him if he wasn't such a tool with his good luck." Cherry commented.
"Quick, Donald, pass the finish line; once you pass the finish line the jade tiger will disappear and your brother won't become its next meal!" Lionel called out.
"Are ya sure?" Donald asked.
"I'm a billion, million, zillion percent sure!" Lionel told him.
"That's almost like 100%!" Thor added.
"Almost?" Cherry deadpanned.
Donald decided to trust Lionel and Thor and soon rushed off to the finish line.
"Hey, $20." Gladstone smiled, finding more money.
Donald soon made it across the finish line, finally beating Gladstone in something.
"Wahoo!" Atticus and the others cheered.
"Yeah, Uncle Donald!" Louie beamed.
"WHAT?!" Liu Hai cried out.
Donald and Gladstone were soon brought back and the screen disappeared as Donald had won the race.
They were all soon back in the casino.
"Well, at least I still have the luckiest buffet on Earth," Liu Hai said as he came to take Gladstone with a wicked grin. "Bad fortune, Mr. Gander."
"Actually, it's Donald who beat Gladstone, so technically Donald's now the luckiest guy on Earth; it's really him you should take." Atticus said.
"That's right-" Donald nodded before panicking. "Wait, what?"
"Hmm... A well-reasoned argument," Liu Hai pondered in thought before grinning. "Donald Duck is my prize."
"That wasn't the deal!" Louie glared at Liu Hai.
"All bets are off." Liu Hai glared back, trapping Donald.
"Scrooge?! Do something!" Cherry cried out.
"I'm not doin' anything." Scrooge seemed to smirk, despite Donald's demise.
The group was soon teleported out of the casino without Donald.
"Scrooge... I know Donald's a bit unlucky and hard-boiled, no pun intended, but we can't just leave him!" Cherry said.
"Yeah, I can't believe you just gave him up!" Louie glared, agreeing with Cherry for once.
"Just wait." Atticus smirked.
"Atticus?!" Cherry and Louie replied.
"The kids aren't wrong, Uncle McDuncle," Gladstone said. "What do we do?"
"Three, two, one." Scrooge and Atticus counted down.
Donald was soon thrown out towards Gladstone, crashing onto the ground together.
"Huh?" Cherry asked out of confusion.
"His luck... It's awful... SO AWFUL!" Liu Hai cried out, looking like he was dying.
And where what happened next was surprising. The house began to shake and seemed to disappear from existence along with Liu Hai.
"We're free!" Lionel and Thor smiled to each other. "Finally free! Wahoo!"
The others chuckled a bit to their new friends.
"You were stuck in there?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah..." Thor said. "My parents told me to be careful in this realm because it's like the Gray Area; things aren't always exactly as they appear."
"What's the Gray Area?" Atticus asked.
"It's a dark part of the Supernatural Realm," Thor said. "Young witches and warlocks are forbidden to go through there without an adult because there could be big, bad monsters and dangerous paths."
Cherry rolled her eyes in disbelief.
"Sorry, we don't believe that." Huey said.
"Hey, you asked, and it is true!" Thor pouted to them not believing him.
"It's probably because they've never been to the Netherworld." Lionel told him.
"Hmph..." Thor pouted. "Well, that's where I'm from anyway."
"As for me, I'm from the 5th dimension, I can do just about anything." Lionel smiled, magicking up flowers for Cherry with a big grin on his face.
Cherry took out a fly swatter and tried to squash him, but fell as he teleported to the other side.
"Guess that was a little too forward." Lionel said.
"What are you, a bug?!" Cherry glared.
"Shh~" Thor said, covering her mouth and holding her aside. "Lionel doesn't like being called a bug."
Cherry simply blinked before looking at Lionel.
"I guess we should go home now." Thor told Lionel.
"Fair enough... We can tell when we're not needed." Lionel added.
"No, no, please stay." Jessica said.
Thor and Lionel zoomed right back over with smiles.
"Uh... I mean... If you want." Jessica said.
"Please!" Lionel begged.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I own a mansion, not a boarding house!" Scrooge glared to Jessica.
"Please, can they stay? I'm sure they won't be a bother." Jessica begged.
Scrooge rolled his eyes before seeing puppy dog pouts from the two. "Oh... All right..." he then sighed. "But that's it on any extra people stayin' in my mansion!"
"Understood." Mo nodded.
They soon walked off together.
"So, what do you think of luck now, Louie?" Cherry asked.
"Heh... Luck's overrated." Louie rolled his eyes.
"Excuse me, what was that?" Cherry smirked.
Louie rolled his eyes and crossed his arms with a grumble, "Luck is overrated!"
"Yeah, it is." Mo nodded.
Launchpad panted as he was shown to be worn out and attacked.
"Whoa... Launchpad, what happened to you?" Dewey asked.
"Eh, you know, tourist stuff." Launchpad replied.
"Nice to know." Thor said.
They soon went to the plane to go back home after a very big adventure.
"Goodbye, Ziyi, wherever you are." Launchpad whispered in the distance.
"And away we go!" Lionel cheered.
The plane soon took off with them.
"All right, maybe we can go see that temple." Jessica smiled hopefully for the sake of the kids.
But once they arrived at the temple, it wasn't as exciting as they had hoped. The kids seemed to fall asleep while Scrooge looked disappointed from the golden cricket.
"Okay, we can go now." Scrooge told the others.
"Thank you!" Atticus told him, feeling grateful to hear that.
They soon got back into the plane and went straight back to Duckburg, making them all happy to be back home.
"Nice house," Thor smiled. "I wonder if I should call home first."
"Eh, probably, your mom tends to worry a lot." Lionel advised.
"Yeah... She does..." Thor nodded truthfully.
"Man, I could use a nap after an adventure like that." Cherry yawned a bit.
"Let's get some sleep." Mo added.
"Come on, boys, I'll find a room for ye two." Scrooge told Lionel and Thor, leading them away.
"Okay," Thor said as he began to dial his mother's number. After a few short rings, he soon got an answer. "Hey, Mom?" Thor smiled.
"Thornton? Oh, Thornton!" Moxie answered frantically with tears in her eyes. "Thornton... I'm sorry..."
"No, Mom, I'm sorry, I never should've run away from home!" Thor told his mother.
"You ran away from home?!" The kids gasped.
"Oh, I didn't mention that?" Thor asked them.
"Why did he run away form home?" Webby asked.
"He got jealous from all the attention his little sister was getting, so he decided to leave home, feeling like no one would notice or care." Lionel told them.
"Just because your sister is the youngest, and she gets most of the attention doesn't mean no one of your family would notice or care; it means that they would notice and they do care." Atticus told Thor.
"I don't know who said that, but he's right, Thornton," Moxie said on the other line. "We've missed you very much. Even your little sister. I'm just glad you aren't hurt, and I'm sorry about that argument we had before you ran away from home and I sent you to your room without supper."
Thor smiled and began to cry as he felt worse for breaking his mother's heart because he was jealous. "Mom, I'm so sorry I ran away!" Thor cried.
"Oh, Thornton, we miss you all so much!" Moxie said.
"I miss you guys too!" Thor cried out. "I even miss Bebe! She's an annoying little pest, but I miss her! She needs me!"
Atticus and Jessica smiled that Thor made up with his mother for running away from home.
"So, will you come home?" Thor's mother smiled.
"Sure, I'll come back home soon," Thor said. "I found a place to stay for the night, then I'll come straight home after breakfast tomorrow morning. Keep my seat warm for me."
"Might take all of us with your big butt!" A young voice teased.
"Phoebe, be nice to your big brother!" Moxie scolded her younger daughter.
"Yes, Mommy..." Phoebe pouted.
"Thornton, you be careful now," Moxie said. "We miss you very much."
"Yeah, Mom, I miss you too." Thor sniffled as he began to break down crying.
Lionel soon used his magic to make tissues appear for Thor.
Thor took them, blowing his nose and drying his eyes. "I'll see you soon, Mom... I promise..." he said to her.
"See you soon, Thorton." Thor's mother replied.
Thor soon hung up and continued to blow his nose.
"So that's why you were at the casino... You ran away from home and had nowhere else to go." Atticus frowned to his new friend.
Thor nodded simply with a frown back.
"Oh, Thor..." Atticus said. "I'm so sorry. That must've been really traumatic."
"I'll get over it as long as my uncle or dad don't see me cry..." Thor said with his voice cracking. "Real men don't cry!"
"And who says that men don't cry?" Atticus asked.
"My uncle." Thor pouted, rubbing his eyes.
"Ugh... Typical man response," Cherry rolled her eyes. "I actually like it when guys show their emotions. It shows that they're human."
"I agree." Lionel said.
Thor still blew his nose emotionally.
"Aw, you poor thing..." Jessica coaxed.
"I'll have Mrs. Beakley make a dinner for ye." Scrooge told the boy.
"Thanks, Mr. McDuck." Thor smiled.
Scrooge smiled back and walked off.
"Maybe you could tell us a little more about your family?" Cherry offered to Thor. "I mean, that is, if you want to."
"Yeah." Mo nodded.
"Well... Okay... I guess I could tell ya what happened before I ran away from home." Thor said before taking a glass of water to drink after he was done crying.
"It would give us an understanding as to why you ran away." Louie said.
They soon met together in the living room.