A Rewritten Famiy History

So in writing this chapter I've decided action scenes are like smut scenes for me in that I just can't get a good grasp on writing them...although a part of it could be that I didn't re-watch Lets Get Dangerous and take copious notes as I was working on this arch. Anyway with the recent announcement that the final block Ducktales will air Feb 22nd my present goal is to get about 2-4 updates done before the block starts wish me luck

Anyway again thanks to all the likes, favorites and comments


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Citizens of St. Canard! Those flashes of light you are seeing outside are not your friends and neighbors getting an early start on Independence Day activities in fact all community events planned for tomorrow are canceled. As you might have heard 48 hours ago a portal opened up and brought with it four super villains. 's finest as well as Gizmoduck have been fighting non stop however this is a call to action. I haven't felt the need to make a statement before but I know you're out there and like the theme song states "when there's trouble you call DW" so help us Darkwing your our only hope.


Darkwing had been pacing around the room as Mayor Owlson's press conference ended.

"This is not what I signed up for," he replied in a panicky tone.

"No!" Launchpad said in an excited tone, "it's Better! Actually putting yourself against THE Fearsome Four! It's what dreams are made of DW."

Della who along with Huey had since found her way to Darkwing Tower shook her head as she placed her hand on Darkwing's shoulder.

"Not helping," she mouthed to her friend as the hero let out a sigh… he had already "faced off against the fearsome four" however in his last bout it was all controlled with stunt work and cgi.


October 2017:

It had been a whirlwind of four months between screen tests and costume fittings and stunt coordinating but here he was on the first day of principal photography.

"Let me get a good look at you," Alistair spoke as he stood in the doorway of Drake's trailer getting a good look at his vision come to life. "Now give me a Let's Get Dangerous!"

"Let's Get Dangerous," Drake replied with such passion selling the role he was seemingly meant to play.

"That gave me such Goosebumps," Alistair spoke, "I can just hear the fan reaction now!"

Drake couldn't help but smile thinking that sure he had a small contingency of fans from the soap circuit however he had been to multiple comic cons and had seen just how fierce some of the fans from more major properties were. He hoped he didn't disappoint.

"So, I think...no I know that the first scene we shoot should be a memorable one so I was thinking the fight with Megavolt from the climax of the film's second act should do the trick."

Drake nodded and soon he stepped onto set being met with the sight of a rat dressed exactly like the famed villain of the series.

"I was talking to one of the stunt coordinators and they suggested we use silly strings to simulate the electrical currents," the other actor said with a smile as he pressed a button on a gauntlet on his arm allowing for a burst of the substance to fly out.

"Impressive," Drake said brushing some debris off his sleeve wondering how they would remove it in post as he walked to his mark and action was finally called


It was a day he would cherish forever and a day that he had hoped would help him in this present moment.

"You have to do this Darkwing…if we beat them and send them back to where they came then surely we can pull my grandfather back from where he was taken."

"Who said anything about a we," Darkwing replied as he raised his brow toward the red headed teen who rolled her eyes back at him.

"Teamwork makes the Dream Work," Dewey said.

"Best Superhero Team Up Ever!" Launchpad added with glee as Darkwing shrugged. Sure the hero he was emulating was traditionally a lone wolf but his friend had been into something in his stories and perhaps he needed a personal Thorn, Lennon, Delphine, and company.

Gaining some semblance of composure, Darkwing turned to the others in the room realizing that he couldn't wallow in self doubt as that would only lead the city to fall further into disarray and what if the villains decided to cross the bridge into Duckburg? Gizmoduck was already in the thick of it and barely holding on from the news footage he'd seen so far.

"Okay, so Quakerjack is most likely hiding out in the abandoned toy factory district so he'll probably be the easiest to track down," Darkwing finally said taking charge of the situation.

"That's not actually a thing is it?" Della asked.

"Welcome to St. Canard, Delphine."

"Who is Delphine?" Huey asked with a confused expression as his cousin flashed him a smile as it was clear the blue dressed tween was pleased the other boy wasn't the smartest in the room at least in the moment.

"There will be plenty of time for you and Goss to read Launchpad's fan novel once we save the day… in the meantime we should assess our arsenal just like we Dew it playing Legends of Legend Quest."

Huey simply nodded his head when an excited tone filled the room.

"Found a crossbow with arrows that have your face on them….just like your bike….nepotism much?"

"I prefer the term authenticity," Darkwing spoke with a shake of his head as he crossed the room making his way toward his bike. As Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It 'All The World's a stage' and he was about to find his mark and call 'action'… or more precisely 'Let's Get Dangerous'.

"Okay, so when are we going to Dewey this!"

Della crossed the room and placed a hand on her son with a shake of her head.

"WE," aren't going anywhere, "Darkwing, Launchpad and Gosalyn are going to take to the streets while YOU stay here with me and Huey."

"I thought you were a fun mom?" Dewey spoke with his arms crossed.

"You can help me run surveillance of the city," Huey said with a wide grin as he began to tap on the keys of the supercomputer that sat beside him.

"I AM FUN!" Della exclaimed, "I just think you would be better off staying here as just in case something were to happen and Darkwing needed backup there you would be."

There was a moment of silence as Della turned to Darkwing who along with Launchpad nodded his head.

"Your mother is right kid, you'd be a much better asset if you stayed here at least for the time being."

Giving Della a slight wink he knew that she was being a good mother, trying to keep her boys from unnecessary harm and he knew that if he had any chance of winning an argument he'd be trying to do the same thing for the teenage girl.

And so was the plan...head to the warehouse to corner Quackerjack and then hope apprehending the others fell into place.