Ch.8: Horrors of the Heart

"I knew it!" shouted Negaduck " I knew we couldn't trust her!"

"Let Gos go!" yelled Launchpad.

"Vaporia, what's going on?" asked Darkwing, confused.

"Oh, poor misguided Darkwing" said Omega Rex " we had this all planned from the start. As soon as I saw that you were online again, I had Vaporia act like she was fighting againist me so you would lead me right to the Resistance and reveal their plan,"

"But I thought you couldn't control Vaporia because of her..." started Morganna, before she was interrupted.

"...Surge protector?" finished Vaporia " you're right, he can't, and didn't need to. I was tired of being Dr. Rolland's wife! Doing all the cooking and cleaning, oranizing his Elivis Presley collection, being a servant to his every whim! When he built Omega Rex, it was love at first sight,"

"Together we plotted againist Dr. Rolland and took over the city. First killing off our beloved creator and then, what we thought, Darkwing Duck,"

"Your mission has been doomed from the start heroes" said Omega Rex " it's a machine's world now,"

Just as Omega Rex said that, Gossalyn kicked Vaporia in the shins, knocking the robot over, and broke free of her grip. She quickly ran into the safe hands of her father who gripped her tightly. Darkwing's eyes glew red with anger as he looked at Vaporia.

"Negaduck" said Darkwing, turning to his former enemey " how would you like to help me teach this scrap heap a lesson?"

"Thought you'd never ask," said Negaduck, grinning evilly as he got out his chainsaw.

Together the two mallards attacked Vaporia, while the others went to stop Omega Rex. They had to get that Curse Stone inside of him no matter what, or else the whole future would remian this way forever!

"Oh no you don't," said Omega Rex, arming up his defenses. A larger laser cannon suddenly appeared from the ceiling.

"Gos! Get out of the way!" yelled Launchpad, pushing the young duck just as the laser cannon fired.

Gossalyn stared in horror as she looked at Launchpad. A big injury had been blasted into the duck's side, and a massive amount of blood was spilling on the ground below. In a few short seconds, Launchpad's body dropped dead on the ground.

"Launchpad!" yelled Gossalyn, tears following from her eyes as she ran towards the dead piliot.

Omega Rex immediately turned his laser cannon on the defenseless girl, and was about to kill her too, when Morganna stepped in and turned his laser cannon into pudding.

Growling in anger, Omega Rex focused his full attention on Morganna, determined to out-wit her magic. Not noticing that Honker was getting closer to him, with the Curse Stone hidden cleverly in his pocket.

Meanwhile, in the fight againist Vaporia, Negaduck had successfully sliced off one of Vaporia's arms with his chainsaw. As she jumped in for another attack, Darkwing grabbed Vaporia by the tail and threw the robotic feline into a nearby wall.

Activating the missle feature of his new metallic body, Darkwing fired at Vaporia, making the deadly machine go up in smoke.

"Sure hope she ain't missle proof," thought Darkwing, turning his eyes to where the others were battling.

His red eyes lit up in surprise and anger, when he saw his darling Gossalyn crying over a lifeless Launchpad. Morganna stood there protecting Gossalyn, while Honker ran to stop Omega Rex.

Knowing their help was probably needed, Negaduck and Darkwing were on their way to help Morganna, when a metal claw came out of nowhere and gripped Darkwing's neck.

Negaduck couldn't believe what he was seeing, Vaporia was still alive! Although it was clear that the robot cat had taken some heavy damage from Darkwing's missle attack, it still seemed like she had enough strentgh to keep going.

Without thinking, Negaduck grabbed Darkwing's hands and started to pull the metal mallard free. Morganna turned her eyes away, for just a second, from Omega Rex when she heard Darkwing's yell.

Her eyes widened in horror as she what Vaporia was about to do to her love, and in anger, she blasted the robotic feline with a powerful magicial blast. Vaporia's metal body imploded, scattering the cat's parts all across the floor, and making Darkwing and Negaduck fall back in surprise.

Morganna sighed in relief, Darkwing was safe. However, before the socceress could bask in her victory, a howl of pain erupted from behind her. While her magicial protector had been distracted, Omega Rex had brought out a new ray gun and used it to shoot Gossalyn. Now the young duck was lying lifeless over the form of a bleeding Launchpad.

Darkwing and Negaduck gasped in horror at the scene, while Morganna cursed herself for being so careless. Boiling mad, the socceress unleashed a deadly stream of magic at Omega Rex, determined to make the computer implode, just like she did to Vaporia, but Omega Rex was prepared for her this time.

Drawing a mirror out of the ceiling, Omega Rex reflected back Moraganna's attack, making the socceress implode instead of himself. By the time Morganna was destroyed, Honker had made it to Omega Rex's control panel and was about to install the Curse Stone, when Omega Rex coiled a cable around his foot, and lifted the genius high into the air. Crushing the genuis in his coil, and making the Curse Stone drop to the floor.

"You have failed Darkwing" laughed Omega Rex " just look around you. All are dead because of you,"

Darkwing heard Omega Rex's taunt, but refused to respond, his mind focused on other things. Three of his closest allies were dead, and another one was crushed. Struck down by an enemey that Darkwing himself failed to defeat in the past. A mistake that led to the utter enillation of St. Canard, and now his friends.

No matter how hard Darkwing wanted to cry, he couldn't. No matter however he tried to deny what his eyes were seeing, the dead bodies of his friends were still there. He wanted so much to express the pain he was feeling, but not a single tear could be shed. His robot body had robbed him of that. Omega Rex had robbed him of that.

The mere thought of his lost tears sent Darkwing into a rage, making his eyes glow a bright, blood red. Angry sparks started flying all around his body, and a loud, eerie growl escaped from his throat.

For the first time in his life, Negaduck backed up in fear. Darkwing looked absoluteley demonic in the state he was in. This andriod was out for blood, and Omega Rex was going to pay!