Ch.13: Wilting Shadows
It had all started back with Plucky Duck the 1st, one the few toons that ever survived the great tragedy that took place many centuries ago. After Bugs had set up the Earth Protection Fore, the first alien invasion to claim Earth had begun.
Fleeing the devastation, Plucky, along with the other Tiny Toons fled and colonized their own little planet, where they and their ancestors could continue to grow in peace. Despite Buster's doubts, Plucky did eventually settle down with Shirley the Loon, and started adding his own legacy to the toon bloodline.
Plucky was extremely depressed about all the old things he had to leave behind, and fed tales to his children in hopes to keep those forgotten dreams alive. He especially got emotional when talking about his old mentor Daffy Duck, a once proud cartoon star, which was lost but never again found.
Tears flooded up his eyes every time he thought about that black mallard, and his kids made it their mission to make sure the memory of Daffy was honored and kept alive.
Now, here in the present day, Plucky Duck the 3rd was wondering what to do. He had never forgotten the vow he had made as a child to keep the spirit of Daffy Duck alive. He even respected the fact that there was a rumor that a famous space hero, taking the name of Duck Dodgers, had honored Daffy even though he was likely dead.
"But apparently" thought Plucky to himself " his descendants are still alive, and that duck I almost killed could possibly be his new heir. Can I bring myself to this, even though the Star child is most likely in their midst's?"
There was no debate about this, he had his orders from Master Rasvim. Immunity from destruction for the Star Child. The planet of Tiny Toon had to be saved, no matter what the great cost.
Meanwhile, back on the planet Mars, Danger Duck was just wondering around the halls of the palace, looking for his chambers after an awkward great feast. The Queen had put together quite a celebration to celebrate Duck Dodgers return, but the mood of the party was grim, especially when it concerned all the horrors happening through space.
Leaving the heavy brainstorming to Tech and Ace, Danger dismissed himself from the after dinner meeting, and was looking forward to get some shut eyes from a comfy silk bed. Guessing that he was getting near, Danger turned another corner down the hall, and stopped when he saw the hero Duck Dodgers step out into the scene.
Excitement flooded up in Danger's chest for moment as he took up the superhero in radiant light. Then, he noticed, that the space hero looked rather squirrelly, as if he was hiding a secret that he didn't want anyone else to know.
Spider senses tingling to the extreme, Danger Duck sneakingly shadowed after Duck Dodgers, taking careful precautions to not being seen. Duck Dodgers continued on for several minutes before finally stopping, and stepped into a room. Danger was on the edge on whether or not to follow him inside when the shifty little alien, Melvin, decided to scuttle on by.
"What's that space freak up to?" thought Danger, trailing after the little black man for himself.
Eventually Melvin led Danger all the way until one of the regular computer terminals, and began typing in commands, bringing up the image of an older Martian up on the view screen.
"Ah Melvin," greeted the alien online.
"Commander Z-9" bowed Melvin in response " I await your report. Why hasn't the assassin yet to kill the Martian Queen?"
"You really want your mother gone that badly do you?" scoffed Z-9 "These things all take time little prince. Master Rasvim assures me that Plucky is doing all the work that he can, especially after I lied telling him that the Queen is hiding some very valuable information regarding the Star Child. Rasvim's been looking for that old thing for centuries, he was easy to fool."
"Well just make sure he hurries it up!" said Melvin " We got visitors here, and I doubt they'll make it easy for him to kill my mom,"
"What kind of visitors?" asked Commander Z-9.
"A bunch of ACME heroes calling themselves the Loonatics" said Melvin " and an old legend by the name of Duck Dodgers."
"What?!" shouted Commander Z-9 in rage " Duck Dodgers…alive?!"
"Believe me" said Melvin " I'm just as shocked,"
"Dodgers will ruin everything!" shouted Z-9 "Capture him! Bring him down! Make sure he never leaves Mars alive!"
And with that said, the video screen went black with a hiss.
Danger Duck gasped at overhearing the whole plot, barely believing his own two ears. He needed get all this information back to Ace and the other pronto, or else both the Queen and Dodgers were doomed.
However, just as he was about to run out to warn his friends, Danger stopped in horror when he suddenly found himself floating in the air, trapped in a giant bubble fired from a little pistol that Melvin held.
"Ugh! Ugh!" groaned Danger, pushing against the sides of field "Let me out of this stupid thing!"
He flashed in a brief second in order to quack out of the bubble shield, only to appear moments later, still trapped inside.
"Foolish Duck" stated Melvin " hasn't anyone ever told how rude it is to eavesdrop. Well, you won't be warning anyone while you're trapped in the ACME Bubble Field. I'll be back to destroy you later after I take care of my mom and her friends. Sayonara Danger. Hahaha!"
And with that little evil laugh, the snickering prince left.