Aln: Wow, cheese and kill. Killer cheese? Reading this I know why I didn't post it before. With brain currently fried, I'm gonna go one stupider on my old self and post the last part of this chapter as is. Well, yeah, so I did run it through a spell and grammar check but these problems I have are bigger than spelling 'didn't' right.
The King Verse
Part Six: So Long
"It's another universal copy of me." Phantom Duck realised the answer as they sat around Morgana's dining table at lunchtime the next day.
"Oh, why didn't I think of that?" Gosalyn snorted. "Mallards sprouting out everywhere and 'oh, no, don't listen to Gosalyn' sheesh."
"Megav-watt, are you any closer to solving how I got here and how to send me back? That's one sure way of getting this Darkwarrior out of your universe -send him back with me."
"Sorry." Megawatt sighed and turned, his dreadlocks hanging as he slouched, leaning with his elbows on the edge of the table. "First off, we need to get access to a linear power amplifier. Those things don't come cheap. Then I have to adapt it so that it can pick up subspace frequency signals. Then I have to tune it in to the correct universal frequency that matches your specific bodily resonances. Can you say 'difficult' and 'time-consuming'? It's gonna take weeks, maybe a month. And then if something goes wrong, I could potentially send you to a universe populated-entirely-of-goldfish!" He clasped his hands to his head in horror. "You could end up having eight second conversations for the rest of your life!"
"If anyone can do it, Megs, I'm sure you can. I mean minus the talking goldfish." Phantom patted him on the back in encouragement.
"Maybe this Darkwarrior copy has found a way to get here voluntarily." Gosalyn offered.
"Yeah! If I can catch him, I may be able to get the information out of him to get us back."
"You're going to torture him?" Morgana frowned at him as she landed plates of monster dessert in front of them. "I don't condone that, Phantom."
Phantom shrugged. "Okay, well then, what about a truth serum in G minor?"
"Yes, that would be far more acceptable." Morgana responded positively.
Phantom checked his watch. "Time for us to go, 'put on the Ritz' again, Megs. Morgana?"
"Here. It's finally ready." She handed him the vial across the table. "But be very careful with it."
Phantom took it from her fingers. "Er, what exactly is this going to do to The King?"
"It's a revisionary transfiguration enchantment spell approved for use on mortals by the witches' council in 734 A.D." Morgana smiled.
Phantom frowned at the vial. "I want to knock him off the chart, not give this oppressive dictator a primordial punishment."
"Oh, Phantom." Morgana smiled at him. "That's exactly what it's going to do on both counts."
"Well, that's alright then." He nodded back to her and tucked it into his front pocket.
Once again, The King received the letter, his guards left unconscious outside the doorway. There was nothing on the security cameras.
The door knocked and a vision of Drakey Mallard stepped over the guards with a tray and two steaming mugs.
Drakey, you ain't seen nobody in here, right?"
"N-no, your coolness." The Mallard cowered. "I h-have your c-cocoa ..."
The king grabbed the drink and drank.
Lamont took the other mug. "I don't know what we gonna do, big brother?"
"He's gonna strike a light soon enough." The King mused as he sipped his drink. "And when he does, we're gonna be ready for him."
"Yeah, but how does he get in here without nobody seein' nothing?"
"That letter keeps coming back, huh?" Drakey said softly.
Lamont turned to Drakey, marshmallow froth on his lips. "Tell me what you say right now, Drakey?"
"Sh-shall I write return to sender on it?" Drakey offered meekly. "Address unknown, no such person. No such soul?"
"Drakey, did you see who brought these letters?"
"No." He answered flatly. "I'm not Drakey. I'm Drake Mallard!" He reached back and connected his fist with Lamont's face. He glared at the King as Lamont fell solid on the ground. The King coughed as he tried to reach for Cecile. Instead of getting a hold of the guitar, he knocked her to the ground with his shaking fingers. The brothers started glowing with green magical light.
"You think you gonna make me soft with your fancy guitar! A-ha-ha! I can tell you all them tricks aren't gonna get you far. A-uh-uh."
"You're Phantom Duck."
Drake frowned at The King. "I believe that Macawber's potion is working as we speak."
The King fell to his knees, turning dark green. The dazed Lamont was also turning green and groaned.
"So long, see ya, honey!" Drake gritted in bitter triumph and snatched Cecile from the floor, smashing her spectacularly on the edge of the large wooden desk. "You know it's not worth trying ..." He took out a letter from his vest pocket and put it on the table, watching Morgana's curse taking effect.
The King starting to shrink in size and gradually he disappeared inside the folds of his white and gold outfit. "So long," Drake stepped towards the door. "So long," he turned back for a moment for one last satisfactory look.
The two tiny frogs clambered out from under their clothes, croaking in personal horror at their predicament in the fading afternoon light.
"So L-o-n-g," Drake stepped out of the room and shut the door behind him.
There was just one more villain left.
"I am the terror that hunts in the night."
"Oh, fudge." Gosalyn turned around to see the smoke cloud, rubbing her arms, still two streets away from the safety of the club. "I wish I was electric like dad right about now."
"I'm right here, Gosalyn."
Gosalyn felt a shiver run up her back at the quiet sing-song voice in the darkness.
"I am the jackal that gnaws on your bones."
"You're gonna be in trouble, Darkwarrior!" Gosalyn shouted as the smoke fully cleared to reveal Darkwarrior with his hardware. "He's gunning for you."
"You can't sing your way outta this one, punk. Eat ammunition hoodling."
She snorted. "He's already here, you know?"
Darkwarrior didn't take his eyes off her. "Who?"
"The Phantom of St Canard."
"I can't believe I bought that!" Darkwarrior groaned. "Did I mention ... you can't sing?"
"I'm a duck!" She snorted. "I do the quacking around here, not the swan songs. And as for you, you ... mallard of menace, you can just take a dive back into the multiversal mosh pit you came from because I've had quite enough of you!"
"I am the tenor that sings in the night!"
"No more singing!" Darkwarrior exclaimed angrily. "No rock and roll, no opera, just peace and quiet."
"I am the goodbye you didn't get to say."
"Well, well, slightly maudlin are we, no?"
Phantom threw down the smoke cartridge for distraction off to the side, and Gosalyn got out of the way.
"I am the memory that haunts your dreams!"
Darkwarrior struck out at him through the cloud and connected with air.
"I am Phantom Duck!"
Phantom Duck laughed as he reformed behind him. He tripped Darkwarrior up as he spun around. "Music hits me ..." He took a blow and staggered back "so hard, makes me say ..." He sidestepped out of the next swing. "Oh my lord, thank you for blessing me with a will to fight and two good fists. It feels good when I know you're down-"
"Shut up!" Darkwarrior quacked in anguish. "All I hear is Rock 'n' Roll gaga!" Darkwarrior bellowed at him. "It's been a hard day's night with nine to five 'Miss. Ducky you're the one' and 'it's my money, I'll buy what I want to!' " He ground his teeth. "If I hear 'I lost my earring at the disco' one more time I'm gonna-"
"Fresh new kicks!" Phantom double web-kicked Darkwarrior and he landed against the nearby lamppost with a heavy thump. "Look, git, either you work hard or you might as well quit!" He watched the other crumple to the ground and stayed down.
Darkwarrior was out for the count.
Phantom duck hauled Darkwarrior up to the wall. Gosalyn came back over and pulled Darkwarrior Duck's hat and mask off.
"It is; I was right. It's another of you guys: Drake Mallard. What is this place: Rome as in 'all universes lead to'?" Gosalyn stared down at the captive and shook him. "Oi, purple dude, whoever your name is. Wake up!"
"I am Darkwarrior Duck." He stared groggily at her. "You're all going to be dead very shortly."
"Well, gee, I'd like to say it was nice knowing you only it couldn't be further from the truth."
Phantom took Gosalyn's arm, drawing her away from the death-wishing fiend.
Phantom crossed his arms as he returned to face Darkwarrior Duck. "And you know what? You're going to be dead a whole lot sooner. Now how'd you get to this universe; you got a portal or a key or something? Red slippers, maybe?"
"The Darkwing Duck universes are converging. We will all soon be only one universe. One St. Canard. And I plan on it being my St. Canard if I have to destroy every last Darkwing Duck myself."
"Darkwing Duck!" Phantom growled, stepping back. "He's the only one half-decent of the lot of us that I've seen as yet and you're not destroying any universes on my watch!" He took out his harmonica again and blew a note.
Darkwarrior shuddered.
"Ack!" Gosalyn grabbed the harmonica from Phantom. "What the heck did you just do?" She checked Darkwarrior's pulse for a moment before he went limp. "He's dead!"
"You heard his plan, Gosalyn. He wanted to start deleting universes."
"That is not what I asked you! I asked you what you did!" She yelled at Phantom.
"Little girl blue," Phantom said calmly. "I have no one near to chase away my fear." He pointed at himself. "The demons that haunt me make the Fearsome look like perky trick or treaters!" He scowled. "I've been haunted since the night that Launchpad died." He pointed at Darkwarrior, advancing on Gosalyn. "If I didn't finish the job, Darkwarrior would kill everything in the multiverse that didn't meet his approval and that, honey, means starting with you. Don't tell me how to do my job, young lady."
"Couldn't we have just locked him up, Phantom?" She sobbed.
"If the universes are converging," Phantom Duck repeated, "no lockup is going to-."
The air shimmered around them and the two Mallards disappeared from the scene, leaving Gosalyn alone in the street.
Credits (did I get em all?)
ABBA So Long
ABBA SOS
AC/DC High Voltage
+C+
Cosgrove Hall Count Duckula
I Got A Woman by Ray Charles
+B+
Hank Ballard There's a Thrill Upon the Hill (Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go)
+D+
Disney Darkwing Duck
Disney Poor Unfortunate Fool
Dolly Parton 9 to 5
+F+
Feldman, Goldsteinand Gottehrer My Boyfriend's back
Lee Falk & Ray Moore The Phantom
+G+
Walter Gold, John Gluck Jr., Herb Weiner It's My Party
Macy Gray: I've Committed Murder
+H+
Merle Haggard? Skid Row
M C Hammer U Can't Touch This!
+I+
Isley Brothers Shout
+L+
Gaston Leroux Phantom of the Opera
The Living End Prisoner of Society
John Lennon A Hard Day's Night
+M+
Madonna Crazy For You
Jeff Moss Rubber Ducky, You're the One
+O+
The Offspring Walla Walla
+Q+
Queen Radio Gaga
Queen One Vision
+R+
Joe Raposo I Lost My Cookie At the Disco
+S+
Jesse Stone a.k.a Charles E. Calhoun Shake, Rattle and Roll
+W+
Jeff Wayne/Gary Osborne The Spirit of Man
Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom of the Opera
Joss Whedon Rest in Peace
+Z+
Led Zepplin Stairway to Heaven
Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale Back to the Future