Chapter VIII
My name is Dewey Duck, and I am a survivor. After defeating Painful Lust, we saved everyone inside the cavern that were being tortured by Falcon. I'm honestly shocked that Huey was able to take these guys out by himself. Well not completely by himself, April helped as well. We're now making our way to Cape Suzette, the location of the last of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Out of all of them, he is the most powerful. No one even knows his name. They can only identify him as Rank 1. Considering that he is the most dangerous out of all of the Horsemen, I'm only taking the ones that are in good condition. I don't want to risk anyone getting hurt, or worse, killed. The people I'm taking are Iris, Dante, and April. Huey is extremely upset that he's not going. He needs rest, I'm only doing what's best for him and the group. Whether he likes it or not, someone has to look out for him.
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Huey was trying to convince Dewey to let him come with the group, but Dewey wasn't listening. Dewey was too busy focusing on Huey's broken ribs. Huey was pleading.
"That guy is one of the strongest Horsemen." Huey said upsettingly. "There is no way you can face him alone. You need all the help you can get." Dewey then poked him in the side, causing him to wince.
"That's why I'm not taking you." Dewey said explaining himself. "If I take you, I don't mean to be so blunt, you'll die a horrible, horrible death. I don't want that for you. You're about to start a family." Huey was then reminded of something.
"Speaking of which, where's Henry?" Huey asked as Henry made himself known. As he walked over to Huey, Huey introduced him. "Everyone, this is Henry. He's apart of the family that April and I hope to build." Henry then started to speak.
"Uncle Huey, are these people nice?" Henry asked as Dewey and Louie were shocked.
"Did he just say uncle?!" Dewey and Louie said in unison.
"Well it wasn't me." Louie said looking at Dewey. Dewey wasn't convinced.
"Of course it was you!" Dewey yelled. "You're the one who's been around tons of women during your time at Dusk's Dawn. And plus, you're single." Louie got angry.
"I'd prefer it for you to call it a bachelor." Louie argued as he butted heads with Dewey. "And do you really think I would knock someone up like that and run away!" Huey was getting annoyed.
"As much as I would love to hear you two argue about who's the worst parent, he doesn't belong to either of you." Huey said causing Dewey and Louie to sigh with relief. Huey started explain who Henry was while everyone listened. They were shocked by his backstory and they felt that he was very brave for his age. The RV finally made it to Cape Suzette. Once everyone was properly introduced, Dewey and his group headed out, but not before Huey talked with April.
"April, please be careful out there. Make sure you come back." Huey said as April kissed him on the forehead.
"Rest up." April said as she walked with Dewey. Dewey then looked towards the rest of the group.
"We'll be fine, I promise you that." Dewey said as he put his hand to his sword. "And we're gonna get Webby back." Dewey had a fire in his heart as they walked into the city that would doom them all.
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Rank 1 stood next to Webby as he forced her to put on a dress. It was for their wedding that was going to happen in 12 hours. Rank 1 then started to speak.
"Well your friends are here." Rank 1 said gleefully. "I can't wait to kill them, or at least play a few mind games with them. They will really enjoy that, my sweet." Webby didn't want her friends to die for her. She decided to speak up.
"Please don't hurt them, I already said I would marry you!" Webby said as Rank 1 laughed.
"Yes, but even if you didn't want to marry, you would still do it." Rank 1 said maniacally. "This is punishment for you for leaving in the first place. I'm gonna let you watch your friends die. They will die as I slaughter them like the pigs they are." Webby tried to grab him before he left, but he slapped her hand away. "Don't touch me, you still have commoner blood on your hands. Now I'm going to have the Deadly Snakes kill your friends, Death Adder." With that said, he called his trained assassins to every member of Dewey's Group.
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As Dewey and the rest of his team started making their way through the city, Dewey felt someone else's presence. Dewey then took out his sword.
"If you don't wanna die, you'll come out slowly!" Dewey was surprised when nobody came out. Dante then pointed his gun at the area that the presence was coming from. The person then walked out of the area they were hiding in. It was Henry. April was confused.
"Henry, what are you doing here, it's too dangerous?!" April said as Henry rubbed the back of his head.
"I just thought I could help, considering I'm still okay as well." Henry said as April sighed.
"Henry, if anything happens to you, I don't Uncle Huey and I could handle it." April said worried about Henry. "You have to go back to the RV, please." Dewey then looked straight ahead. He looked more serious than anything.
"It's already too late to go back down now." Dewey said as the group looked at him.
"What do you mean?!" Iris asked fearfully as Dewey looked at the trail to the RV.
"There are currently 3 people after us." Dewey said as the group was concerned. "2 of them went to the RV. If Henry goes down there, the 2 will most likely take Henry as a hostage and use everyone's innocence against them. The reason I kept Louie, Dagger, Harper, and Jax down there was because they somewhat recovered. Back to the last person pursuing us, they happen to be right here. Waiting for us to let our guard down." Dewey stared at the top of the building they were standing near. The assassin made himself known.
"Well down, you're better than I thought Blue Swordsman." The assassin said as Dewey took out his sword. "My name is Cobra, and I am the best assassin in the world. Painful Lust truly believe that he was better than me, but look where that got him. Six feet underground with all the bugs and dirt. Now I will show you what real power looks like. I will show you what it means to die by the hands of an assassin. My master, Rank 1, sends his regards to your..." Cobra was cut off by Dewey cutting through his body with an electric sword.
"If you're the strongest, that means the other two are weaker than you." Dewey said as Cobra just stared straight ahead. "Figured as much. Okay so here's how this is gonna work. I'm tired of the childish games that the bad guys always play with the good guys. So how bout the good guys play a game with you. See, I made a perfectly clean cut through your body. If you talk, you die. If you move, you die. If you're strong enough to hold still until I contact my brother to weld you back together with his flames, you win and you get to keep your life. By the way, how did you expect to kill us with out any demon abilities. People who drank the demons blood can't die by the hands of a mortal being. And also, you and Lust, pretty much have the exact same skill level." With that said, Dewey and his group left while Cobra was forced to stand there. Henry was then amazed by Dewey's sword skills.
"Wow, Mr. Dewey, you're amazing!" Henry said as Dewey laughed.
"You wanna know something funny?" Dewey asked as Henry was intrigued. Dewey then whispered to him. "I didn't really cut him at all. I just wanted see how gullible he was. And I was right, he is incredibly gullible. But even still, he is a great warrior. Just not when it comes to bluffs. Henry looked at Dewey and thought he was even more amazing.
"Wow, but I bet Uncle Huey is way cooler!" Henry said as Dewey laughed.
"Yep, he's probably the coolest one in our family." Dewey said enthusiastically. He then whispered to April. "I can't even lie, he was such a nerd. The coolest was most likely Louie." April chuckled as they decided to go to the big palace in front of them.
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Louie and Dagger were staring at each other intensely as Harper and Jax were prepared to fight. Louie then started to speak.
"Panic at the Duckco lover!" Louie said to Dagger while grinding his teeth.
"Fall Out Duck listener!" Dagger also said while grinding his teeth.
"Do you two really hate each because of your music choices?" Harper asked as Dagger and Louie retaliated.
"Stay out of this blondie!" Dagger and Louie said in unison. Louie then faced Dagger again.
"So I hear you got demon abilities." Louie said as Dagger told him the power he had.
"I have the power to make people unlucky." Dagger said as Louie got even more mad.
"You're such a copycat, I have the power of luck." Louie said as Dagger got angry as well.
"It's not like I choose a power like this!" Dagger yelled as Jax was getting annoyed.
"Enough, we don't have time for this." Jax said s he looked in the direction of the 2 assassins coming towards them. "Dagger, Llewelyn, try taking your anger and hatred for each other out on them. That way it can actually benefit the team." Louie started getting upset.
"Fine, but don't call me Llewelyn!" Louie said as Dagger started laughing.
"Your name is Llewelyn?!" Dagger yelled laughing hysterically. Louie then threw a carbon card at one of the assassins.
"I'll fight with you, but the moment I feel just a little unlucky, I'll end you!" Louie yelled as Dagger threw a knife at the other assassin. The assassin couldn't dodge and got stabbed in the arm.
"Alright, then let's kill these bastards." Dagger said as him and Louie got ready for combat.
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The evil person who started all of this, Natas, was sitting on his throne when one of his warriors came in. He was delighted to see him.
"Sloth, any news on the 3 I sent you out to kill." Natas said as Sloth kneeled before him.
"I have come to tell you sir, that Pride took the liberty of killing them himself." Envy said as Natas was skeptical. "Gluttony, Lust, and... Envy will never bother you again." Natas interrupted him.
"It took you a while to say Envy, are you sure she's dead?" Natas asked as Sloth stared him in the eyes.
"If she wasn't dead, you would be the first to know, sir." Sloth said as Natas smiled.
"Very well, is Wrath still guarding the gate?" Natas asked as Sloth smiled.
"No one will be able to come in." Sloth said with an evil grin. Natas then looked at a clock on the wall.
"It's almost time for you to go." Natas said as Sloth looked at the clock as well. "Once you go to the human world, make sure they know, that the time has come for them to give up their lives." Sloth agreed.
"I will, and I will make sure they realize the error of their ways." Sloth said as he disappeared from sight.
"That is quite an incredible power." Natas said to himself as stood up from his throne. "No matter what the Blue Swordsman does, he'll still lose in the end."
End of Chapter VIII