Remembrance

Chapter 4

Morgana went home as quickly as she could. Eek, Squeak, and Archie all greeted her, only to be left dumbfound when she ran right passed them. McCawber Manor was full of all kinds of doors, every one would take you to a different place. She came upon a certain floating door. A door she swore she wouldn't enter again. She hesitated, but this was for Dark. She had to know who Megavolt meant. If Darkwing's secret identity was to be discovered, he and Gosylan would be in great danger. Morgana wasn't about to let that happen, she love Darkwing and adored his daughter.

The door slowly opened and Morgana stepped inside. She was instantly transported to Dream World. She started wondering through, only to hear chuckling from behind her.

"Noddoff?"

A small goblin appeared as if from no where. He had a high pitched voice and menacing eyes. "Why my dear sweet Morgana, what are you doing here? I thought we had an agreement. You and your boyfriend stay out of my world, and I stay out of yours."

"I need your help."

"Oh, so now you need my help? After you ruined my fun the last time?"

"Noddoff, I wouldn't be asking if it wasn't important."

"And why should I help you? What's in it for me?"

Morgana was getting nowhere and her temper was starting to show. "Listen to me, you little ghoul. My dark might be danger, and you are going to help me." Sparks started to fly from her hands as she spoke.

Noddoff knew he was no match for her when she was awake. When he held her captive last time, he was only able to get the upper hand because she was asleep with his strongest sleep sand. They may be on his turf, but he would lose this fight. "Ok ok, my sweet, but I must ask one thing of you."

"Which is…?"

"A simple, innocent kiss."

Back in the normal world. Steelbeak was tearing his feathers out trying to bring on FOWL's new super weapon. "What do you mean it won't work?"

"I'm sorry Steelbeak; the lazars require too much power. We can't produce that amount of electricity." One of the eggman answered.

Instead of giving a response, Steelbeak just used a blunt object. "High Command is not going to like this. I have to get that weapon online." Steelbeak thought. He remembered what he saw when he was messing with the Fearsome Five earlier today. Megavolt had been hooked up to that toy. When the surge happened, Energy flowed everywhere. Suddenly a grin appeared on his face. "Maybe it's time FOWL tried other tactics in their recruitment policies."

Back in Dream World

Noddoff sat in what looked like a securities clerk's desk. He had Monitors everywhere, each displaying a different dream. In front of him sat dozens of tapes, all with the label 'Megavolt' on them.

Morgana stood behind him and watched as he inserted one tape. Noddoff began to cycle through it and then paused. "Ok this was Megavolt's dream today."

The tape displayed an image of Megavolt in civilian clothing on a bridge crying out to a duck at the other end of it. The duck's face was darkened, and Morgana couldn't identify him. Megavolt tried to run to him, but he didn't get anywhere. Finally he shouted, "DRAKE, come back!" And then the dream faded.

"That's strange. That bridge looked like Darkwing's tower."

"I'll tell you what else looks like Darkwing's" Noddoff opened a cabinet and pulled out another tape. He then played it. It was the same scenario, only from the Duck's perspective, the Duck being Drake Mallard.

"So Megavolt did mean my Dark"

"It would appear so. Since my encounter with Darkwing a few months ago, I've been monitoring his dreams. This one keeps popping up."

"What does it mean?"

"Do you want me go analytical."

"Please Noddoff, my Dark might be in danger."

"Hmmm…Well let's start with the fact that both the hero and the villain are sharing the same dream. This signifies that they are or were close. So close that they can or could predict each others move. Now let's look at the setting. This bridge means a lot to both of them. It is a solid structure so it must be a base for something that they hold dear. It is also a bridge so to them it serves as a way to connect with another. Now let's look at the road. This is a symbol for a quest. It appears never ending, so both Darkwing and Megavolt believe it not to be over. Now the fact that they don't go anywhere means that something is keeping them apart. It could be anything, but it is very significant. Now Darkwing gives up at one point, he turns his back, so he decided to move on from whatever this all means. However he regrets it. And Megavolt only sees that someone he cares about leave him on this quest alone."

"Someone he cares about?"

"Why yes, you didn't pick that up? Megavolt is hurt when Darkwing leaves, and calls him by his real name, which only a few know. And even Darkwing says he's sorry in his dream and calls Megavolt by his name, one of which fewer know."

"You know Megavolt's real name?"

"So does Darkwing." Noddoff played Darkwing's tape again and when he had given up and turned around he mutter under his breath, "Elmo….I'm sorry."

Morgana gasped. "So my Dark and Megavolt know each other."

"Or knew each other. They both appear much younger in these dreams. They appear to have cared for one another, but the road keeps them apart now."

"Does my Dark know that Megavolt is this Elmo person?"

"From what I can gather from his dreams, no. What this appears to be, is that Drake and Elmo KNEW one another in the past. Now only Darkwing and Megavolt KNOW each other in the present."

"I should tell him."

"Whatever this quest was, Darkwing made the decision a long time ago to move on from it. Obsession is never healthy, you must consider that."

"Thank you Noddoff, you've really helped."

"Just remember my dear, to leave Dream World to me."

Bushroot and Quackerjack were having a hard time keeping up with their friend. Megavolt was using the power lines as skates and zooming past the city. They lost sight of him, but knew where he was heading.

The two villains came up to the light house and climbed the stairs. Megavolts door had been left opened. They slowly entered, and heard rustling and objects being tossed.

They looked around the corner, almost afraid of what they might see. Megavolt was digging through his closet, toss and throwing objects, looking for something.

"And people say I'm mentally ill?" Quackerjack asked.

"Megs?"

"Huh? Oh hi guys, what brings you here?"

"So much for the improved memory." Bushroot said to Quackerjack, then looked back up and Megavolt. "What are you doing?"

Megavolt continued to look through the boxes. "I think I'm finally remembering who I was. It's so exciting. Did you know that I was the Champion at the National Chess Tournament….I didn't….and I hate chess!"

"That's great Megs, are you sure you don't want to go see a doctor?"

"Hmmm….what, no doctors…too many questions." Just then Megavolt found what he had been looking for. It was an old framed photo of when he was a kid. He appeared smiling and with a kid duck. "I found it" Megavolt said in almost a sad tone.

He sat down and just starred at the picture. Bushroot and Quackerjack walked over and sat next to him, one friend on either side. They looked at the photo.

"That's me on my first day of school. I made a friend. He should be his secret hideout and we took this picture to remember that day."

"Why was that day important?" Bushroot asked.

"It was the day we both made our first friend." A tear went down Megavolt's face.

"You better be careful Megs, you'll short out." Bushroot sounded concerned.

"Where is he?" Was all Megavolt could say.

"Who?" Quackerjack asked.

"Drake…..Friends are supposed to be there for you. Where was Drake when I lost my memory?" Megavolt sounded bitter and angry.

"I don't know Megs, I think only he does." Bushroot tried to comfort him.

Quackerjack didn't like this. "Well whoever this so called friend is, one thing is clear, He doesn't care enough to be in you life now."

"Don't say that!" Bushroot snapped back. "We don't know what happened 9 years ago."

"I do" Megavolt said as he continued to stare at the picture. "Prom was that night. Drake and I couldn't find dates. We were kind of dorks in our High School, but Drake always thought he was popular. He wanted to go, even after I protested. Eventually he talked me in to going 'stag'. Before the dance started I wanted to test my latest experiment. I was always doing that in school. This time I was trying to see if the static electricity in the room would power a light bulb. I hooked up the school gym's treadmill and applied carpet to it. I then began to run. Just as the experiment was turning out to be a success, an old school bully came in and tied me to the tread mill. For hours I ran and ran. Prom had already started and still I ran. I kept thinking, 'Drake will come in and save me, he always does!' But he never did. I began to hate him and the bully that did this to me. Just as I was about to give up on hope, the treadmill lost control. I was thrown across the room. When I got up and touched the door knob, all the static electricity went straight to my brain. It fried it and I discovered that my body could now direct that electricity. I decided to crash the Prom, looking for revenge on the bully that had done this. But Darkwing should up. I lost that fight, and I couldn't remember who I was. Everything was lost to me. I wondered down the streets until I found a familiar house, it looked like mine, at least of what I did remember. I gathered all my stuff and ran away. I couldn't remember anything and I was a wanted criminal now. Drake was nowhere and I had no one to turn to. Over time, with more and more shocks and more and more fights with Darkwing, all my memories began to fade. Until today that is."

"I think I remember reading about that. It was Darkwing's first appearance." Bushroot said

"Actually no, he appeared before that, and stopped a Villain from taking over the world. Drake told me all about it, years before I actually saw Darkwing in the flesh. Funny, I always thought Drake had made him up somehow…I guess not."

"Well that's quite a story Megs." Quackerjack tired to cheer him up. "But you don't need that guy anymore. You got us."

"Yeah! The Fearsome Five will always be there for you!" Bushroot added.

"I know that. It just hurts. I've just always wondered what happened to him"

"Maybe something did happen to him. You don't know." Bushroot started to reassure Megavolt, but Quackerjack noticed something in a nearby box. It was a newspaper from 15 years ago. Megavolt was on the cover, as his younger self. He read the heading out load without thinking, "School boys save the city!"

"What? Oh I forgot about that."

"What is it?"

"Drake I saved the city years ago." Megavolt read the article. "Elmo! THAT'S MY NAME!"

"Elmo?" The clown and plant said in unison

Megavolt noticed the phone number on the top. "I wonder if it still works?'

Back at McCawber Manor, Morgana was having a moral debate. Darkwing had the right to know who Megavolt was, but it could hurt him if he had made peace with it. She needed advice. She thought about Launchpad, but then he'd know too and would have the same moral dilemma as her. No, she needed someone who knew Darkwing but wasn't as close to him as she or Launchpad were. She needed someone who she knew she could trust and someone with enough morals to give her the proper advice.

She reached for the phone. Dark would kill her if he knew who she was calling, but she couldn't make this decision on her own. She dialed the number she had memorized. The line picked up and she heard his voice…."GIZMODUCK HERE!"

Author's note: WOW…A long chapter. Poor Megs, I felt really bad for him. Just so you know, Noddoff appeared in the episode "Ghoul of my Dreams" Darkwing's subconscious calls him Drake in one of his dreams, so I always assumed Noddoff knew who he really was. More cameos to come in next chapter.