Chapter V

My name is Dewey Duck, and I am a survivor. As Dante and I were trying to hunt Rank 4, we soon realized that we are the ones being hunted. We're trying to make our way back to Iris and Baron before it's too late. If I know anything about my master, it's that he takes out the weakest ones first. I'm assuming he's going for Destiny and Louie since they're still recovering. I feel awful for what I did to Destiny. I can never forgive myself after that. And I don't even know who Louie went up against to make his injuries worse. Master Washi could also very much go for Iris and Baron since they are likely to attack him. Or he could go for all of them. I'm just hoping he doesn't go for any of them. But knowing the type of person he is, he's too honorable to do any cheap tactics. I still hope he's the honorable man he was before.

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Huey, April, and Henry were in a cave just halfway to Cape Suzette. Instead of being treated as prisoners or intruders, they were treated as guests. They were eating at a long dinner table table that look just like the table at McDuck manor. It could have been considering that nobody lived there anymore. The table could fit about 20 people, but there were only 6 people sitting there aside from the 3 guests. There were hundreds of people eating on the floor. Men, women, and children looking as if they were starving. All the clothes they were wearing looked like that of cavemen. Huey was disgusted by this establishment. Falcon then started talking while sitting at the head of the table.

"I guess you're wondering why there are so many open seats." Falcon said as Huey listened. "It's because the people on the ground are slaves. They were captured from Cape Suzette after Rank 1 said Rank 1 didn't like how they worked. He said they were too stupid to work any faster." Falcon then walked over and stepped on a woman eating on the ground. The woman screamed in pain as Falcon laughed hysterically. "Rank 1 was right, and they're also easily replaceable." Falcon then got a sword and stabbed the woman in the heart. Huey was furious and was about to go for his bow. Before he could, one of the people sitting at the table shot Huey with in the hand with an arrow. The arrow also went through the table. Huey was surprised that he was actually feeling so much pain.

"I'm sure you met my number one assassin." Falcon said as Huey stared at him. "As far as you're concerned, his name is Painful Lust. He does what ever you ask without fail. He always kills his target in the most brutal, humiliating way he can think of." Lust licked his lips as he stared at Huey.

"I can think of 152 ways of killing you right now." Lust said as Huey took the arrow out of his hand.

"I can tell that you don't like the glory of the hunt when hunting a predator." Huey said as Lust continued to lick his lips.

"You are a fierce warrior, I can't wait to make you scream in agonizing pain." Lust said as April noticed a kid walking over to his now dead mother. Falcon noticed this. The kids was crying and weakly hitting Falcon's legs.

"You killed her!" The kid screamed repeatedly as Falcon got down on one knee. He placed his hand on the boy's shoulder.

"I know you're in pain little one. You just saw your mother die for no reason. It was unnecessary for me to kill her." Falcon said as the kid started getting scared. You could see the fear start to form in his eyes. "Now as an apology present, I will allow you to be with your mother. Please take this dagger and rid yourself of pain and suffering." The kid fearfully took the knife and sliced his own throat with it. Huey, April, and Henry looked on in horror as Falcon returned to the table. "Now that we have that all sorted out, how about we get down to business." The 3 of them were shocked.

"I don't know what kind of business he would want after make a child commit suicide in front of us." April thought to herself as Falcon pointed at Henry.

"I see that you've been taking care of my nephew." Falcon said as Huey paid close attention to him. There was nothing that they could do to get out of this situation, and he knew that. They were outnumbered and outmatched. "I've been watching him for quite a while now, and he's been doing wonderful under your care. His strength and speed have certainly improved. I would like to take him off your hands and have him work for me. How much supplies do you want for him?" Huey felt angered by this. He wanted to treat his own nephew as a slave.

"He's not for sale." Huey said angrily as the room went silent. Falcon then broke the silence with a sinister laugh.

"I don't think you understand the situation." Falcon said as Huey stared into his cold hearted eyes. "You are surrounded. You are outnumbered and outmatched, your weapons are on the other side of the room, and we have the weapons to kill you in two seconds. And instead of killing you and taking Henry for myself, I'm offering you supplies to pay for him and you're not taking the offer." Falcon said as April stood up for him.

"We're not giving him to you for just a few supplies!" April said angrily as Falcon was confused.

"Then what do you want for him?" Falcon asked as he came up with an idea. "I know, how about we have a little bet." Huey was confused.

"What kind of bet?" Huey asked as Falcon grinned.

"Well, how about this?" Falcon started as Huey listened. "We both have a fight. We can both use our demon abilities. If I win, I get to take Henry as my slave, and you and that girl as my prisoners. If you win, you get to have your friends back, all of them." Huey was confused by what he meant until he looked at a few slaves opening two very large doors. Inside were Harper, Dagger, and Jax. They were in chains and they were badly injured and bleeding all over the floor. He then looked at Webby in the cage. She was still asleep. Huey didn't know what to do. He didn't want to risk the lives of his family, but he also didn't want his friends to suffer. Falcon started laughing maniacally. "Conflicted I'm sure. Well don't worry, I'll give you time to think about it. Go and talk with your friends before I close them in there for another month." Huey and April ran over to them.

"Are you guys okay?" Huey and April asked as Dagger answered. He was the only one awake.

"We didn't understand the type of pain Beaks must of put you through." Dagger said as Huey was confused. "We've been beaten, stabbed, humiliated, raped, I can't even think of all the things Lust has done to us." Huey didn't know what to say. "Please Blood, I know this sounds like I don't believe in you, but staying here is worse than death. You should just leave the kid and go." Huey looked down at the ground. April then started to speak.

"No Huey, you can not possibly believe that you won't win." April said as Huey continued to look down at the ground. "Even if you don't win, I don't care if we become prisoners. As long as we fight for Henry. I would never give up on him, and neither should you!" Huey then walked out of the prison area and went to Henry. Huey got down on one knee and placed a shoulder on Henry.

"Henry, even though we only met a few weeks ago, you're like the son I never had." Huey said as Henry's eyes lit up. "I've always gone with the option that would give me the best odds. And if I fight for you, the odds are not in my favor." Henry's eyes turned into betrayal as Huey got up. He turned to Falcon Greaves.

"If I can't have weapons, neither should you." Huey said as Falcon Greaves dropped all of his weapons.

"Fair enough." Falcon said as Henry watched as Huey was getting ready to fight.

"Just so you know, I've never fought in a fight I didn't know I could win." Huey started as he was getting ready to use his demon abilities. He made a fire ball in midair. Falcon was not fazed. "This is just a taste of my power." Huey threw the fire ball at Falcon. Falcon blocked it with a dark aura. Huey was shocked.

"You're flame seems to be too calm." Falcon said as Huey was confused. "You rely too much on your other abilities than you do on your demonic power. You don't have to explain your power to me, you probably don't even know yourself. My power is the power of darkness. I control all darkness and fear. I can scare people into doing things they don't even want to do, such as killing themselves. I can also feed off of other people's fear, and turn it into dark energy. Their fear of death and suffering. Their fear of their loved ones dying. That's the power that I possess. That is why you can't beat me." Huey didn't care about his power. He was determined that he would win.

"Shut up, you only care about yourself." Huey said as he developed fire in his eyes. "You're a power hungry mad man that only cares about bringing pain to others. You're a bully, and I don't like bullies. That's why I'm gonna win this fight." They continued to clash as everyone watched. Nobody in the room can predict the outcome of the fight.

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Dewey and Dante were running back to the RV. Once it was in sight, a man with an eye patch was sitting down at a table, drinking a cup of tea. He then looked at Dewey. It was Washi Tori.

"Dewford, I've been waiting a long time for this moment." Washi said as Dewey stayed silent. He noticed that Baron and Iris were unharmed. "I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you about who I really was. The fact of the matter is, I wasn't supposed to train you. I was only supposed to kill you." Washi the started to have a flash back.

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5 1/2 Years Ago

Washi walked into the strange building where all the Horsemen of the Apocalypse were meeting. It was only the top 4 at the time. They invited Mark Beaks, but he refused to come. He was too busy with a new test subject for his Lazarus project. He had been training Dewey for a few months now. He's on his way to becoming a skilled swordsman. The meeting went on as usual. They were discussing the whereabouts of Dewey Duck. They then asked Washi if he knew where Dewey was.

"Yes, I did find him." Washi said as everyone was curious.

"What did you do?" Rank 2 asked as Washi looked blankly at the table.

"I killed him, he was not the Blue Swordsman." Washi said as all of them were furious. They didn't know how they could ever figure out who the Blue Swordsman is. As the meeting ended, Washi went back to the desert that he and Dewey were training in. He walked into the little hut he set up to see a young Dewey attacking a wooden dummy with a wooden sword. He then called out to him.

"Dewford, it's time for us to do more training." Washi said as Dewey smiled with delight.

End of Chapter V