Remembrance

Chapter 16

"But you're supposed to be dead!" Launchpad exclaimed as he stood looking at the villain. It was almost eerie to see him like this, the exact twin of Drake. The only difference was the eyes.

"Did the city throw a parade or something?! I'm sick and tired of you people thinking I kicked the bucket."

Gosylan came running in, phone in hand. "Launchpad, Honker's on his way, we got to call Steggmutt and Nept……" Her statement was cut off when she saw him, "Dad!" She grabbed him, and held him close.

Negaduck made a face. Every instinct told him to go grab his chainsaw, but then he'd be going back on his deal with Darkwing. Besides he needed the Justice Ducks, at least what was left of them. Instead, he just tired to push her away.

"Dad?..." Gosylan was confused; her father was stiff and uncomfortable. She looked up and did not see love and caring in his eyes.

"Guess again Kid." Gosylan immediately let go. She recognized that voice, so like her father's, only twined with hate and disgusted.

"Negaduck!"

"Seriously….You people defeat me every time I have a major plot to rob a bank or museum, yet you can't get this through your heads."

Morgana made a grab for Gosylan, "What are you doing her? Dark said you knew who he was."

"That's because I am him, in my universe."

"So you've known all this time?" Launchpad scratched his head.

"Look! Any moron with a gun and my knowledge of Drake Mallard could put and end to all my misery. I'm better than that. When Darkwing Duck dies, the world will know Negaduck was the better Duck and he didn't use any cheap ways of obtaining what he wanted."

"So this is an ego thing?" Morgana asked

"Well….I am Darkwing Double."

"You still haven't answered my question!" Morgana was getting angry

"FOWL has got my team. The Fearsome Five insistent exactly fearsome without five members, you see."

"Look Negaduck, we got our own problems." Launchpad tried to his best to reason his way out of this. He kept thinking, what would DW do?

"Yeah I know. Dead-eye over here…" He motioned to Morgana "..hit a walking tank with amnesia and now he's been brainwashed by FOWL to kidnap Drake Mallard, unknown to them who is Darkwing Duck."

"How did you…." Morgana was speechless.

"Not a lot gets by in my town without me finding out."

Launchpad looked over at Morgana, "You did this to Fenton Morg?"

Morgana, still holding Gosylan, looked down. "It was an accident. I was trying to hit Megavolt. He was coming close to finding out who Dark was, and I was only trying to protect him and Gosylan."

"You should have asked for help." Launchpad continued.

"I should have told Darkwing to begin with, I just didn't want to see him hurt."

Gosylan was confused, "Wait, how could that hurt him?"

Morgana was about to answer, but Negaduck came up and looked her in the eyes. She didn't see hate, she saw sadness. "You can ask him when we rescue him from FOWL and we all back to being villains and hero again."

"Yes, but why does FOWL want DW?" Launchpad asked.

Negaduck was silent for a moment, then he spoke. "If Drake never told you, then I'm not the one to."

Morgana, Gosylan, and Launchpad all looked at each other; none of them had the answer. It was strange. Here were three people who cared for Darkwing more than anyone in the world, yet it seemed his greatest enemy knew more about him than they did.

"I still don't know if we can trust you Negaduck." Launchpad said.

"And I expect that you don't. But the fact of the matter is FOWL has 2 members of the Justice Ducks, and 2 members of the Fearsome Five…."

"Three members actually…"Morgana cut him off. "They captured Megavolt a little bit ago."

"So Steelbeak figured it out then. This only puts us at a bigger disadvantage. We have to move fast, he's gonna kill Darkwing and Megs."

"What do we do?" Launchpad had always relied on DW for strategy, now he was feeling useless."

"We have to get to Quackerjack and Bushroot, the more numbers we have the better off we'll be. Morgana, you and Quackerjack will handle Gizmojerk. I take it you don't want to hurt him, so you can knock him out however you please. Just make sure to tell QJ not to kill him…." Negaduck was cut off by Gosylan starring. "What?'

"Since when did Negaduck, public enemy number one, become leader of the Justice Ducks."

"We don't have time for this. They will kill your father, do you understand that."

"Why do you care?"

"It goes back to the ego thing kid. When Darkwing Duck dies, it will be my hand, not some two-bit crook taking orders from shadows in the dark."

Just then Honker came in through the front door. He looked confused; Gosylan had said Mr. Mallard was kidnapped.

Negaduck just looked at him, "Great, Arrow Kids here. Get you're costume Quiverwing.'

Morgana stepped in, "I don't think Dark would like his daughter coming along on this one."

"This battle is going to be about numbers, the more we have, the better chance we have of rescue."

"There's just one problem" Gosylan looked up. "With Morgana, Launchpad, Quiverwing, Arrow Kid, Neptunia, and Steggmutt all fighting with no Darkwing Duck, Steelbeak will get suspicious. He might figure everything out."

"Gos is right. Steelbeak will be expecting DW to show." Launchpad added.

Negaduck smiled, "So where does you're Dad hang his cape kid?"

Gizmoduck had pulled up to FOWL HQ. He entered it quickly, all he wanted was to be done with this task and find M'Ma. Hopefully, this Stealbeak guy would know where she was.

He entered the large chamber to see Steelbeak giving orders to some of the eggmen. The giant turbines running the waters masked whatever they were saying. He looked up to see someone in a plastic box. He was tied up and looked very sad. For some reason, this person too looked familiar. Actually everyone did now that he thought about it. Steelbeak, the eggmen, this Drake guy, everyone seemed so familiar.

He rolled in and plopped the unconscious duck on the ground. Steelbeak's eyes widened. "Ohhh….This is too good."

"DRAKE!" Megavolt cried. He was helpless.

"Quite you!" Steelbeak shouted. "Eggmen, tie him up, this revenge thing is just what the doctor ordered."

"Ummm, Steelbeak?" Giz asked, "About our deal?"

"Oh yes, I haven't forgotten, Oh Mrs. Gizmoduck!" Steelbeak called. Ammonia entered the room, all dolled up as best she could.

"Hello Sonnie!"

Gizmoduck had this uncomfortable feeling. This didn't feel like M'ma, not at all. She came up and gave him a giant hug. "What do you say we go to do Mother-Son stuff, like bake a cake or maybe a work on some woodchuck badges."

"Don't you wanna just stay watch some TV?"

"Or we could do that!"

Steelbeak came up, "You know all this mother-son bonding stuff is really getting me, since you twos are staying in, you mind guarding the prisoners Giz?"

"Umm…sure I suppose."

"Is something wrong?"

"NO, its just feels off. It's hard to explain. Everything seems familiar, yet not."

"Well don't worry, we'll sort your memories out alright. I told my superiors about you, and they want to help."

"They do?"

"Yeah! They are working on a device that will restore all your memories; we just got to wait for them to finish it."

"That's great!"

"Yeah I know, so Mrs. Gizmoduck and I will go talk to them right now and see how they are coming along with it. Yous guard Drake and Elmo, don't trust either of them."

Once Steelbeak and Ammonia were out of earshot, Ammonia asked, "But Steelie, if High Command restores his memories, then he'll be a superhero again."

"Relax Ammonia, High Command isn't working on a Memory restorer, they are working on a Memory implanter. Basically I can implant any memory I want into Gizmoduck's mind."

"Ohhhh….that sounds fun"

"You have no idea."

Two eggmen came up and saluted the two, "Agents, reports are coming in that there is activity in the reservoir."

"What kind of activity."

"Well for one, someone spotted a giant octopus."

"Neptunia!" Steelbeak exclaimed. "Find her, net the whole lake if you have to. With her here, the rest of the Justice Ducks will soon follow."

"You think old Darkwing will show?"

"Since I got his muscle working for me now, it's almost a guarantee. It will be nice to see them duking it out again." The two laughed and continued on to the communications room.

Gizmoduck was on patrol in the room. He's weapons were drawn and he was circling the area.

"How could you Gizmoduck!" Megavolt looked up.

"I don't think I'm supposed to be talking to you."

"You've always said you were a defender of the innocent. Fine, I'm not innocent, let me die here. But Drake is. He's just a Dad, a great one too if he raised Gosylan. Now he's gonna die too, and it's because of you."

"Steelbeack said you two plotted world domination and blew up his face back when you were just children. That doesn't sound innocent to me."

"What's wrong with you! Get Darkwing here or Morgana, someone who actually knows Steelbeak is the bad guy here."

"Steelbeak is not bad! He found my M'ma"

"She's not your mother! If there's one thing I know well, it's about dealing with loss of memory. Trust you're instincts Giz, what does you're gut tell you about that woman."

Gizmoduck looked down. "Not to trust her."

"Then don't!"

"But they also say not to trust you."

"Fine, but what do they say about Drake?"

Gizmoduck looked confused, "Strange, I feel more confident and safer. Like someone's watching my back."

"Well that wasn't the answer I was looking for, but you have to let him go."

"I'm sorry, but I just don't trust anything you say."

Neptunia didn't know what to do. Nets started filling the reservoir, and she was cornered in a small area. She didn't want to act without the Justice Ducks here but now she had no choice. She surfaced and ordered Hal to attack the boats. She then started a small wave to turn them over. 'This was easy' she thought. She was starting to circle the boats, coming in and out of the water like a normal fish as she controlled wave after wave.

The eggmen panicked at the sight of the octopus. One grabbed a tranq gun and aimed at Neptunia. It hit her hard and she fell into the water. She lay there still conscious, but barely. With no one to tell Hal what to do, he submerged into the water, and disappeared. The eggmen's boats circled around the fish. One threw a net around her.

All of sudden, another wave happened, a big one. The caught most of them off guard, and they fell in. Suddenly, Neptunia body was surrounded in water and quickly submerged. The waves stopped after that, leaving the eggmen very confused.

Author's Note: Very sorry this took so long. My internet was down and couldn't upload anything. The good news is, the story is almost completely written. Glad everyone is enjoying it and the story is really picking up at this point. More to come, Reviews and Feedback wated.