The arrival of Grin and Mallory

Penny was sleeping in her new bed with a smile on her face, she was having a dream. In her dream, she was dreaming about being with her father, Wildwing and Nosedive. None of them ever said a word but Penny didn't care, she knew they loved her no matter what happend and everything was perfect and peacefull without any worry or threts what so ever. Suddenly it all went red and Penny saw her best friends and her father dissapear before her eyes as the robots stormed the land and one of them aimed a gun at Penny...

Penny jolted awake and woke up. She panted and looked around the room, on the wall was a clock that read 1:31 AM. After that dream, there was no way she was going to get any sleep now. She got up and walked around the underground base with her flashlight lighting her way. With a sigh, she sat down on a table where a pencil and a sheet of paper was and drew a picture of herself with Canard, Wildwing and Nosedive all playing hockey and being together. A little tear leaked from her eye as she looked at the picture "I miss you." she said

"Missing someone you love, right?" Penny turned in a panic but calmed down when she saw Duke "Oh, it's only you Duke. Yes, i miss them. I miss my daddy and my two best friends Wildwing and Nosedive. We always did everything together and... i miss them." Duke gave Penny a tisue and said softly "Don't cry sweetheart, we'll find them. Why don't you go back to bed?" "I can't," Penny explained "I just had a dream that ended badly."

Suddenly, with out any warning, a blarring alarm went off and the two jumped back in shock while Tanya, who had woken up, joined them "It's the intruder alarm! Someone's tresspassing!" "At this hoar?" Duke asked "Who could it be?" "What it if's those robots?" Penny said as she grabbed Duke and pulled herself close to him "Don't worry kid, It's could be just a false alarm."

Tanya, Duke and Penny arrived at a computer and looked at the screen to see two ducks in ragged clothing. One was a huge male with black hair in a little pony tail wearing what used to be a white shirt and blue pants with torn parts down his feet while the other was a female with red tattered hair wearing what used to be a yellow dress with a blue belt. "Are you sure this is where we can hide?" the famale duck asked "I senced it." the big male said.

"Should we let them it?" Penny asked "Eh, why not?" Duck said as he pushed some buttons "The red head looks cute anyway." then he pulled out a mike and spoke into it "Hello there." "Who's that?" the girl duck outside asked as she struck a fighting pose "Whoa, take it easy babe. You running from the robots?" "We've just escaped from one of the camps." the female said "So yeah, that clears as running away in some point." "You see a tube?" Duck asked "Go down it and you'll be home free and have a place to crash for the night."

The two ducks saw the tube with the help of the girl's light and went down, falling and landed with a thud on some pillows. Tanya, Duke and Penny ran to meet them and found that they had both landed on their heads, thus their tops were covered and only their legs were free. Tanya and Penny helped the big male and he landed on his rear on the floor "Whew, thanks." he said Duke helped the female and when they saw each other and gasped

"You?" Duke gasped "You?" the girl duck asked in shock "Oh no, Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! There is no way i'm gonna stay down here with the master thief i've been trying to arrest for years!"

"Master thief?" Penny asked confusingly "That's an interesting story." Duke told the girl before he turned to the girl duck "Now look, because i'm in a good mood i'm gonna put you're little 'thing' with me aside since you look like you needed help. Or would you like to play cat and mouse with the robots?" "Why you little- why i oughta..." The female duck's voice trained off when her eyes spotted Penny and she froze just like that.

"Who and what is that?" she asked Penny felt a little angered when she said 'What' in that sentance "Easy with the words." Duke said "This is Penny, this is the daughter of, i kid you not, Canard Thunderbeak. Who, i might add, was you're repected partner a few years back." "You're Canard's daughter?" the female asked "Yes, and since you two know each other i'd like to know your names by now if you don't mind." "I'm Mallory." the red headed duck said as she shook Penny's hand "I'm Grin." the big duck said with a bow "An honor to meet the child of the great Thunderbeak."

"Since when did you guys know all about my dad?" Penny asked "You mean he never told you any of his high lights?" Duck asked with a tilted head "Uh, i guess not." Penny admitted with a shrug "Boy, have you got a lot to catch up on." Duke said "But first can we please go back to bed?" Tanya said with a yawn "I still need my beauty sleep." "Allow me to show you two your sleeping quarters." Duke said smoothingly as he tried to grab Mallory but she moved away from him "If you don't mind, i prefer to find my own sleeping quarters. I'll spare you from being turned in but if you make any funny moves with me you'll be asking for it.

"This should be a very long night then." Tanya said Penny then remembered what Mallory said about escaping from the camps and said "Mallory, when you and Grin were in those camps, did you happen to meet two brother ducks by the name of Wildwing and Nosedive Flashblade? They're my best friends." "I don't remember." Mallory said "I'm sorry, but maybe i'll remember in the morning."

"Maybe my dad is at those camps." Penny said with a frown "Never." Grin said "Canard would never be caught by any goon." Mallory said agreeing with Grin "He was the toughest of the tough and nothing, absolutly nothing would make him feel week, small or even helpless. He's a true war hero." "Then... If he was that great why didn't dad ever tell me this?" Penny asked "I'm so confused. And i've got a head ache just thinking about it."

"Just stop thinking and start resting," Duke said "I have a feeling we're gonna have a long day ahead of us in the morning." Penny couldn't help but feel that he was right. And she was going to ask him about being a 'master thief' in the morning.