Ch.6: Magic Meets Machine
Negaduck and the others recieved a surprise as soon as Darkwing returned with a robotic cat, and a bleeding Morganna in his arms. Wasting no time, Honker got out his medical kit and started treating Morganna's injuries.
While Darkwing rushed over to Morganna's side Vaporia studied her new surroundings in awe. Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw Negaduck and the rest of the Fearsome Five.
"Uh excuse me?" said Vaporia, leaning in close to Launchpad " aren't those guys criminals?"
"Yeah, but don't worry" said Launchpad " their on our side now,"
"And just who are you?" asked Negaduck, instantly hating this new arrival.
" My name's Vaporia" said Vaporia " I met Metalwing at the Robot Cafe and helped him save this woman from a gang of robo-muggers,"
"Why'd you help an organic?" asked Bushroot.
"Because an organic gave me life," said Vaporia, proudly.
A small groan interrupted any more Q&A. Lazily, Morganna opened her heavy eyelids and surveyed her surroundings, studying all the faces in the room. She saw the glaring faces of the Fearsome Five, the familar faces of Gossalyn, Launchpad, and Honker, the face of the strange robot cat that had saved her life, and finally, the metallic face of her former love, Darkwing Duck.
Thinking it was a dream, Morganna lifted up one her hands and caressed Darkwing's face. Even though Darkwing could not feel the soft touch of the soccerror's hands, his voice cooned with pleasure.
"Dark?" questioned Morganna, still confused " is it you?"
"Yes Morg" said Darkwing, holding his lover's hand " it's me,"
"Omega Rex" said Morganna, suddenly sitting up " he turned you into a machine didn't he? That's why you vanished so long ago,"
Darkwing silently nodded in reply. A sudden realization hit Vaporia.
"Metalwing" said Vaporia, making Darkwing turn his eyes on her " you mean to tell me you're...you're..?"
"I'm Darkwing Duck," said Darkwing.
"Then Omega Rex lied" said Vaporia, sighing in disbelief " he didn't kill off 's number one crime fighter after means...the Resistance lives! Yes! I waited years for this news! With Darkwing Duck back in action, Omega Rex won't stand a chance!"
"Don't you serve Omega Rex?" asked Gossalyn, confused.
"Built in surge protector" said Vaporia " Dr. Rolland wanted to make sure that no virus in the world could ever effect me. He didn't want to risk his life partner being hi-jacked by other men,"
"You mean Dr. Rolland was a dating a...," Honker started to say, but was interrupted by Darkwing.
"There's no time for that story now Honk" said Darkwing, then looked to Morganna " Morganna, what happened to you? How are you still alive?"
"Well" said Morganna " when Omega Rex went crazy and started taking over St. Canard, I fled back home to my family where I would be safe. I used Nanny's crystal ball to keep an eye on how things were going in ,"
"The first image that I ever saw was the Fearsome Five telling Gossalyn and Launchpad that you had died while trying to stop Omega Rex. I went into mourning for about two years, my heart missed you so,"
"Finally, I decided to do something about the one who had killed you. I hit the spellbooks hard, studying spell, after spell, after spell. Looking for a way to shut Omega Rex down and reverse all the pain and suffering he caused. There was only one spell that could work, the Curse Stone,"
"What's a Curse Stone?" asked Gossalyn.
"A very powerful gem created by the most powerful ingredinents mankind has ever known" said Morganna " I spent years working on the formula until I finally got it right, and the Curse Stone was formed,"
Reaching into her red dress Morganna pulled out the Curse Stone, making everyone stare in amazement. The meduim, round stone was pulsating fiercely with an intense blue light, clearly not shy to show off it's power.
"Once this stone is placed inside Omega Rex's matrix" said Morganna " the computer will die and all the citizens who were turned into machines will return back to normal,"
"What about the ones who died?" asked Megavolt.
"They...can't be brought back," said Morganna, solemnly.
"You did fine Morg," said Darkwing, giving her a peck on the cheek.
Morganna blushed at the cold, metal touch of Darkwing's lips. Even though it lacked it's usual vigor, the passion it displayed was sincere.
"Great" said Gossalyn " now we got away to shut Omega Rex down. The only problem now is how do we get to him?"
" I've been scanning over the blueprints to Omega Rex's fortress for years" said Vaporia, bringing out a map " security cameras run the whole perimiter, he'll be able to see our every move. Tripwires have been set all throughout the hallways, triggering traps by even the slightest pressure,"
" And of course there's robot guards, a gaint security lock that leads to the power core, and Omega Rex himself,"
"However we'll never get that far unless we disconnect the security cameras first" said Honker, looking over the blueprints Vaporia had laid out " Hmmm, maybe a huge blackout will sort out the power long enough for us to get inside,"
"Someone say blackout?" said Megavolt, grinning evily, sparks flying from his fingers.
"Megavolt and Quackerjack can break into the power plant and cut off the main circuit breaker" said Darkwing " the whole city will blackout, and no one will be able to see the rest of us as we go inside,"
"Then we make our way to the power core" said Gossalyn " but Morganna's Curse Stone into Omega Rex, and all of St. Canard returns to the way it was,"
"Sounds like a plan to me" said Negaduck, pleased to finally get some action " let's go!"
With that the Resistance hopped into Vaporia's hovercar and went to carry out their plan. Today was the last day for Omega Rex.