"Oh, come on!" Cherry complained.
"What's wrong now?" Atticus asked.
"A storm?!" Cherry replied.
"It's just a little rain." Atticus shrugged.
"Have you not seen the clouds?!" Cherry panicked.
"I'm sure LP can get us out of here okay." Lionel smiled to her.
"Aw, come on, a little lightning never killed anyone." Launchpad reassured the others.
"Statistically speaking-" Huey began with a glare.
"Ah, relax." Lionel told him.
The plane went out of control for a moment until Launchpad hit the controls.
"See? Nothin' to worry about!" Launchpad told them.
Webby soon gave Dewey a signal. Dewey smirked and soon flipped a couple of switches and pushed a button which made a red light flash on and off.
"What about that flashing red light?" Webby soon asked the pilot.
"Huh? That's just probably the 'everything is fine' light." Launchpad replied.
"Okay, but hypothetically, what if it's the 'everything is not fine" light'?" Dewey asked.
"Oh, no!" Launchpad then panicked, pushing the buttons and prepared to make an emergency landing.
And where everyone began to scream and panic. Cherry yelped, holding onto Lionel which made him smirk a bit as he seemed to enjoy that. Of course, no one panicked as much as Donald did. Webby soon winked to Dewey who gave her a nervous thumb's up before panicking with the others. They soon crash landed on an island.
The thunder rumbled and lightning flashed until suddenly, the dark clouds went away in the sky to show the bright sun.
"Where are we?" Louie asked as they looked out the window.
"According to the JWG, we're off the tip of Greece, and-Wait," Huey replied, looking at his map, but soon did a double take. "This can't be right. I thought it was a myth."
"What is it?" Thor asked.
"Ithaquack." Scrooge whispered seriously.
"What?!" Donald yelped.
"Did you say Ithaquack?" Jessica asked Scrooge.
"Ye know it?" Scrooge replied to her.
"Mom and Dad told me about it." Jessica said.
"Of course they did... I should've known." Scrooge replied from that.
"My uncle told me about this place too." Thor soon added.
"Launchpad, you have to get us out of here now." Jessica said.
"Sorry, guys, gotta figure out what this flashing light means," Launchpad replied. "I always say, better safe than whatever the opposite of safe is. Yeah. I do say that."
"I don't think that's right..." Thor narrowed his eyes.
"When have you ever said that?!" Scrooge complained to the pilot.
"I say we go exploring." Atticus smiled.
"Yeah!" The kids agreed to that.
"No!" Donald glared.
"Everybody stay on the plane!" Scrooge added.
Unfortunately for them Atticus, Mo, Cherry, Lionel, Thor, Webby, Huey, Louie, and Dewey rushed out of the plane to explore Ithaquack.
"I don't know about this, but we might as well take a look around while we can." Cherry said.
"That's the spirit!" Lionel smiled to her. "Ya know, most people have five senses, but I have a sixth one for adventure!"
"I'm sure you do." Cherry teased.
"And what's your hidden sixth sense?" Lionel teased back.
"Eh... I dunno... Cynicism?" Cherry shrugged with a small smirk.
"I can believe that." Lionel smirked back.
Webby and Dewey were soon seen hiding behind a rock.
"Ooh... I smell a love story." Thor smirked, seeing them, leaning against Cherry to take a closer look.
"I think they're just talking." Cherry grunted from the pushing.
"We're here!" Webby smiled. "We did it!"
"Yeah!" Dewey smiled back before looking confused. "Wait, why did we do that?"
"Dewey, this is Ithaquack." Webby reminded him.
"Ith-What?" Dewey asked.
"Home of legendary Greek artifacts?" Webby reminded.
"Oh, Greek-What, what, what?" Dewey replied.
"Like the Spear of Selene-" Webby began.
"Selene! I knew it!" Dewey beamed, taking out his phone to find an old note that he discovered from his missing mother. "My mom's note to Scrooge said she took the Spear of Selene. If we can find the spear-"
"Maybe we'll find out what happened to her and uncover Scrooge's greatest mystery!" Webby cheered to him. "To the naos!"
Dewey looked confused once again.
"That's Greek for temple." Webby translated.
"Okay, stop assuming I know things," Dewey replied. "Like, baseline, assume I know nothing."
Louie was seen relaxing on the beach, getting a sun tan. Donald stood over his nephew, blocking the sunlight, carrying Huey in his arm.
"You're in my light!" Louie complained, turning on his side.
"No, we have to get back to the plane," Donald told Louie, picking him up next, looking cautious for his young nephews. "You don't know what's out there."
"Oh, come on; what could be dangerous on this island?" Atticus asked Donald.
Suddenly, Donald got tackled down to the ground.
"Hey, get off of him!" Atticus glared until he saw the stranger hugging Donald.
Louie and Huey both looked confused as the stranger laughed while hugging Donald. Thor looked just as confused as Huey and Louie.
"Oh, glorious day!" The stranger beamed to Donald. "May the Fates sing of your return, friend Donald, sailor of the seven seas!"
"Hiya, buddy..." Donald mumbled.
The stranger soon noticed Huey, Louie, Thor, Atticus, and Jessica.
"Be these colorful creatures your kin?" he then gasped, looking to and from Donald and the small group. "By Hephaestus's Hammer, half-grown heroes in the making!"
Thor smirked to that and flexed his arms a bit to look big and strong.
"Um, who are you?" Huey soon asked.
"Your uncle must've told the tale of Storkules! Colossus of Corinth, hero of Heliopolis, and, my proudest accomplishment, best friend to Donald Duck!" The stranger replied before he soon did a handshake with Donald who just sat there.
"You haven't changed one bit, Storkules." Jessica smiled.
The god looked up and down at her. Jessica stood up straight and spun herself around so that he could get a full look at her.
"Jessie Fudo?" Storkules soon asked.
"Yep." Jessica smiled.
"My, have you grown..." Storkules smiled back to her. "You look just like your mother."
"She must be pretty then." Atticus said to his sister.
"Aww, you." Jessica giggled to both of them.
Storkules soon noticed the color of Atticus's hair and the color of his eyes. Jessica stepped aside.
"This... Must be your brother?" Storkules guessed.
"Yep, Storkules; I'd like you to meet Atticus again." Jessica smiled.
"I've met him before?" Atticus asked.
"You were a baby." Jessica clarified.
"Ohh." Atticus smiled.
"Dude, you just got even awesomer in my book." Thor whispered while beaming to his new friend.
"Storkules, The Storkules is your best friend?!" Huey asked Donald out surprise.
"Uh, more like an acquaintance." Donald shrugged.
"Ha-ha! Thine tongue be as quick and mighty as, well, me." Storkules laughed, nudging Donald which seemed to stick him further down into the sand.
"So cool." Thor smiled.
"You seem a bit strong yourself." Storkules said to Thor.
"I sure am!" Thor beamed with a smirk. "Let's wrestle!"
"Donald! Get the kids on board! We can't let him know we're here." Scrooge whispered loudly.
"Can't let who know we're here?" Atticus asked.
Suddenly, it got dark and scary as Donald got himself out of the sand.
"Scrooge McDuck! You dare defy the will of Zeus?" A voice boomed before someone soon floated down on a cloud, revealing to be Zeus, who was the King of all gods, which, of course, excited Huey.
"The king of the gods? Get out! So many questions!" Huey gushed to Zeus. "Do you control all storms, or just lightning? Does being immortal also make you impervious to pain? Do you cry?" he then tried to stomp on the god's foot.
'Wow, he sure got excited fast.' Thor thought to himself.
"You know where I can find a good gyro?" Louie asked the god before whispering some advice to his brother. "Always ask the locals."
"The myths are real! This place is amazing!" Huey gasped in excitement.
"It used to be amazing, until Scrooge and his mortal riffraff showed up and ruined it!" Zeus replied sharply.
"What?!" Huey and Louie asked out of shock.
Donald looked over to his uncle who looked a bit nervous in response.
Meanwhile...
"Webby, where did you go?" Mo groaned to herself. "I'm supposed to keep an eye on you," She soon saw where Webby and Dewey were going and they weren't alone. "Oh, good... She's okay..." she then sighed and went to go and catch up since Webby was her responsibility.
"'Dear Scrooge, I've taken the Spear of Selene. I'm sorry. Della'," Webby continued to read aloud before smiling to Dewey. "We're close to the truth. I can feel it."
"What if my mom explored this very path? What if I'm literally walking in her footsteps right now?" Dewey beamed before inhaling the ground a bit with a sigh. "I can still smell her feet."
"That is disturbing." Lionel said.
"I can't say I blame him though as he's never known his mother." Mo replied.
"Eh, fair enough." Lionel shrugged.
"So this is the Temple of Heroes." Cherry said.
"That is correct," Webby nodded to her. "Okay, so we know Della took the Spear of Selene and betrayed Mr. McDuck and Donald-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. We don't know she did something bad. That note can mean lots of things," Dewey said to her. "'I've taken the Spear of Selene to get cleaned. I'm sorry I spilled soup on it'. 'I've taken the Spear of Selene back to the store. I'm sorry you already had one. Happy Birthday'!" he then listed some examples on what his mother's note could had meant.
Cherry knew exactly what the note meant, but kept it to herself.
"Oh! Or 'I've taken the Spear of Selene from your money bin", I'm sorry I betrayed your trust'." Webby suggested.
"Webby, no." Mo nudged her little sister a bit.
"Or... Or probably one of your things. Heh," Webby then said nervously before showing the building before them once they made it up the hill. "The only way to know for sure is in the Temple of Heroes!"
"Cool." Lionel said.
"Impressive." Cherry added.
"'Of Heroes'?" Dewey replied. "Pretty clear sign my mom wasn't a traitor."
"Of course she wasn't." Jessica said.
"So, you knew my mom too?" Dewey asked her.
"Oh, yeah," Jessica smiled. "She and Donald are good friends of mine and Atticus's parents."
"Awesome." Dewey smiled back.
Meanwhile, the others sat down as Zeus had them sit down to hear what he had to say about Scrooge, showing them through vases.
"Ithaquack was the secret vacation spot for gods and heroes, and I was the god of hospitality. The King of the Beach! Everyone loved me," The gold told them, showing hatred for the old billionaire duck. "Then Scrooge showed up. Defeated the unkillable Gorgon. Found the lost treasure of Troy. Was really good at building sand castles. Bah!"
"Whoa." Atticus said.
"Seems pretty fun." Thor smiled.
"'Twas." Storkules said, showing a vase of him and Donald being BFF's.
"No, it twasn't!" Zeus glared. "Scrooge showed up like he was so cool and ruined it!"
'Wow, he doesn't seem to let go of the past.' Atticus thought to himself.
Scrooge grumbled a bit from Zeus's response. "Leave it to an immortal to whine about the good old days," he then stood up and approached the god. "So, where is everyone?"
"They all left when you did," Zeus huffed to him. "Said they didn't want to party with a 'lame god' who couldn't even best a lowly mortal."
Atticus had a different idea of why people left as he held up a vase that showed Zeus using his lightning powers and everyone running away.
"There may have also been a year-long lightning storm." Zeus soon shrugged.
"Hmm..." Atticus glanced at the god.
"This reminds me of my old bedtime stories." Thor smiled to Atticus.
"It does?" Atticus asked.
"My dad always told me stories like this about god who were big, strong, and powerful!" Thor beamed, standing up as he waved his arms around in excitement. "When I grow up, I wanna be a God of Strength! Who knows? Maybe you could be big and strong like me someday."
"Yeah." Atticus smiled nervously.
"Whoo! Football!" Thor beamed, picking up Atticus.
"Hey! Take it easy with my brother, kid!" Jessica said.
"Oh... Sorry." Thor said bashfully, letting Atticus back down.
"Oh, don't worry about your brother, he's fin;e he still has the demigod strength I gave him as his present on the day of his birth." Zeus reminded Jessica.
"Then you nearly made my mother's hair fall out because he crawled around, moving the furniture without realizing it." Jessica replied.
Thor looked surprised after hearing that.
"But now that you have returned, Storkules, noble Donald, and his fiery sister-Halt!" Storkules smiled as he picked up Donald before stopping himself and looking around. "Where is Della?"
"Uh... Yeah... Stork, about that? It's complicated..." Jessica said softly.
Donald looked over to his nephews, bowing his head a bit somberly about his missing sister.
"I see and as for your parents and Bud and Michelle Butler?" Storkules asked Jessica softly.
"They're out there somewhere, even if we're not sure where..." Jessica said. "I know that they'll be coming back soon though, and so will Della Duck."
"I've always believed in that... Even if Cherry kinda gave up on all hope of seeing our parents again." Atticus said to his sister.
"Oh, my..." Jessica frowned.
"She was always a bit of a pessimist while I'd be the optimist." Atticus frowned back, feeling bad for Cherry to live in doubt.
Storkules soon thought up an idea on how to cheer them up. "Then we shall embark upon a rousing adventure to honor our fallen compatriot!"
"Adventure!" Thor beamed.
"I don't adventure anymore." Donald frowned to Storkules.
"What?! But adventure is the very blood in your veins!" Storkules told him before getting another idea. "Well, we must at least hold a feast to celebrate your return!"
"Food!" Thor beamed.
"Pretty easy to lighten the mood around you, huh?" Atticus asked Thor.
"Yes!" Thor beamed.
"What do you say, Zeus?" Jessica asked.
Huey and Louie both looked very hopeful.
"Father, surely the god of Hospitality would not cast out a crew of weary travelers." Storkules said to his father.
Zeus paused for a moment before giving in. "Well, no, I guess not."
"It shall be a bacchanal for the ages!" Storkules then proclaimed. "Beach party!"
Unfortunately, the party was not that lively. Thor dully blew a noisemaker as he looked like he could fall asleep at any minute now. Louie seemed to lounge however with some grapes. Atticus looked just as bored as Thor as he played with his food. A pegasus was shown, trying to play the harp to entertain the guests with.
"Mm! These are the best graves ever!" Louie beamed as he ate his snack.
Scrooge soon took out a chip and ate it. "A little salty."
"Dip not good enough for you, mortal?!" Zeus complained, throwing the table aside in rage from his reaction. "You offend Olympus!"
'Oh, why must Scrooge cause trouble with Zeus?' Jessica thought to herself.
"Maybe people didn't leave because they liked me, but because they didn't like YOU!" Scrooge soon retorted to Zeus.
This caused Jessica to simply groan as she knew Zeus wouldn't let Scrooge get away with that.
"Ha-ha! Perhaps some festive beach games will lighten the mood." Storkules suggested.
"Yes! A contest!" Zeus replied as he soon came out into the field. "Your family versus mine in a series of heroic trials. Yea, all will know that we are the superior party hounds and return to the island!" he then looked back to see Scrooge trying to make the kids leave.
"This is exactly why we stopped vacationing here." Scrooge mumbled to himself.
"We're leaving now?" Thor frowned.
"But guys, epic trials! Zeus!" Huey piped up.
"Delicious grapes!" Louie added.
Zeus soon made the thunder rumble and he held a bolt in his hand, glaring at Scrooge and the others who tried to wander free. "You're not going anywhere."
"Woo-hoo!" Huey and Louie cheered.
"Aw, phooey..." Donald and Scrooge groused in unison.