the tag game across saint canard had almost gotten out of hand and both individuals had been so lost in it that none of them had had any track of the time, they had even made it all they up in buldings and up on the bridge, running the long way up there and into the tower, it had been so wild that when they finally had made it home to the mallard house Drake had plummeted down on the couch Gosalyn following him, and as the sun had been raising the two ducks had fallen asleep in sitting position, Drake with an arm wrapped around Gosalyns shoulder and Gosalyn leaning her head towards Drake still wearing the purple fedora hat.
"Dw!" a voice called softly shaking Drake lightly. "Dw!" Launchpad repeated. "Wake up."
"Wha.. what." drowsily Drake opened his eyes. "What's happening." he yawned.
"I didn't want to wake you but." Launchpad hesistated. "They are here."
"What? who's here?" Drake asked.
"The waddlemeyers." Launcpad told. "I just saw the car by the end of the street."
"Impossible, they shouldn't be here before two!" Drake stated annoyed.
"Urh well." Launchpad hinted at the clock on the wall which choose that moment to ring two o'clock.
"Oh." Drake muttered and looked down at the sleeping duckling beside him. "Hey, sweety." he started to shake her. "Wake up."
"Wha?" Gosalyn opened her eyes and then yawned as she streched out her arms. "Is it morning all ready?" she asked.
"More than that." Drake sighed. "It's two in the afternoon."
Gosalyn's eyes widened. "But that means." she gulped.
And just then the doorbell choose to rang.
"I'll go get it." Launchpad assured.
Drake looked sadly after him, before returning to Gosalyn. "now we mustn't cry, be a strong girl now." he sat down on her knees in front of him. "Keep that spirit high, brush your teethes and eat your vegetables." he instructed. "Don't do to much serious trouble, stay out of prison in the least."
Gosalyn nodded her big green duckling eyes never leaving Drakes face, though her beak was quivering slightly.
"No please don't cry." Drake begged. "Because if you'll cry I'll just start crying." his own beak was quivering. "And then two special agents will think that I am a total whimp and.. oh to hell with it!" he exclaimed and embraced Gosalyn tears flowing down of his eyes. "I should be happy for you, I mean that's your parents.. your real."
"You hate them don't you?" Gosalyn asked knowingly in her tear-filled voice.
"I think they are the two biggest dorks I have ever met, even compared to every single dork I have met, and that's saying something! bigger dorks than Megavolt, than Stealbeak.. Gizmo duck is pleasant company in comparison!" he stated. "And I hate them! I hate them so much!"
Gosalyn smiled as she sniffed, that was the dad she knew.
and at last she let go. "Don't become hurt just because I am not there to watch out for you any-more." she smiled weakly.
"Hey, not on your life! I need to be there when you need me." Drake told firmly. "Darkwing Duck will always look out for you, be sure of that!"
"I know da.." Gosalyn halted confused as she eyed the red haired duck in the front door waiting for her, and then she rolled her eyes. "Dad." she finished to Drake. "Your my dad to." and she tipped up on he toes and kissed him on the cheek, before she finally let completely go and ran out to meet her old new parents.
As she wandered between the two married ducks holding one in each hand, Drake observed them together with Launchpad from the door.
"would you look at that, have you ever seen worse people?" Drake asked Launchpad. "I mean, that mother is a mental case, to overprotective! It's like she's putting up a show just to show off! and that father is a wreck! a wreck I tell you! Noticed how his eyes were always either squinting or shifting? That's a sign of guilt! a bad egg, bad bad egg! he probably doesn't have any backbone! they are never going to be able to take probably care of Gosalyn." Drake ranted. "Her with her prober fashion sense and her money, teaching Gos to be a lady can you just imagine? And him just sitting and observing keeping it calm.. holding the Mrs. in check from going overboard.. they are.. they are.." Drake defeated inflated. "Perfect." he had to admit. "The perfect couple to raise a spirited daughter."
"Don't feel bad." Launchpad padded Drake on the shoulder. "You were at least as good as them, twice as good as both of them combined!"
"I wish." Drake muttered.
then the little neighbour duckling with thick rimmed glasses came running. "Gosalyn wait!" Honker screamed out.
"Honker?" Gosalyn stopped.
"Oh my" Mr. Waddlemeyers squinted eyes looked down at Honker, before he at last just took his glasses and finally just putting them on for good. "And who's this?" he asked kindly with a weak smile on his beak.
"Dad." Gosalyn had decided to at least try with these two. "This is my best friend, Honker."
"Oh Percival." the woman was crying again, which made both Percival and Gosalyn making the kind of same face expression. "We missed so much! she's so big, all ready a boy friend." she whiped her eyes. "And a fine lad to."
Gosalyn starred at the woman, she seemed more and more insane the more Gosalyn got to know here.. god it would become difficult to call that woman 'mom'... well, at least she was a former undercover agent, she would have to be cool in some way.
"Urh.. we are not." Honker started.
"I'm differently to young for boyfriends." Gosalyn yucked the tounge sticking out of her mouth and the fedora falling down so it suddenly covered her eyes and she had to lift it with a hand before she could regard Honker. "What's up Honk?" she asked.
"I wish you wouldn't go." Honker at last spat out.
"Oh don't take it to hard." Gosalyn said. "You can take care of yourself, the only thing you need is a little confident and you'll humiliate those bullies in smart ways I can't even think of."
"That's not why I don't want you to go." Honker answered a little taken a back. "Stuff is just so much more fun with you around, here!" he suddenly reached ford what looked like a hockey puck.
"Your giving me a puck?" Gosalyn asked amused.
"I don't think you would fancy any of my books." Honker told honestly. "It's the puck you send through the window into rectors office and hit our rector in the neck with.. so he went out cold."
"Wauw it is?" Gosalyn asked looking with re-newed interest at it, turning the puck in her hands. "How did you get your hands on that?" she asked.
"I was asked to go up to get forms at his office and it was laying on the table so I just.. sort of slipped it into my pocket." he blushed lightly. "Thought it would make a good memorabilia."
"Oh Honk, so you do have a rough side." Gosalyn hugged him close. "I knew it." she sniffed. "Thanks Honk."
"You're welcome." Honker swallowed awkwardly padding her on the back.
And then Gosalyn let go, grapping her parents hands again. "We'll see each other soon enough." she promised. "I'll come to a science fair or something."
"Wont be the same though." Honker sighed.
"Don't worry it'll all be fine!" Gosalyn assured. "Bye Honk!" she gestured as she was hushed into the car.
Her old new father deciding to sit on the back seat with her while the old new mother took drivers seat.
Gosalyn had long ago decided that she actually kind of liked the old new father, he reminded her a lot of her grandfather, they had the same kind air around them, all though he did regard her rather sadly right now as old new mother started the car, his hand found it's way to his horse tail and he pulled it to slip his hand through his own hair which left it pretty messed up, it looked like he had been waiting for an opportunity to do just that, the next thing he did was taking of the business jacket and loosen up the tight, to sigh as he leaned back.. suddenly looking much more like a odd scientist than any kind of agent.. and he looked more at home looking like that as he took himself to the forehead leaning over, his eyes looking strained forward as his face was ones again in one of those frowns.
"Don't worry dad, we'll be happy together." Gosalyn assured the red haired duck.
The red haired sighed looking warily at the woman as to make sure she wasn't listening. "You don't need to call me dad if you don't want to." he whispered silently. "Call me Percy, or uncle Percy would be nice.. I can see you all ready have a dad." he glanced out of the window where he regarded the duck who looked back at them.
"You mean that?" Gosalyn asked.
"But please call me dad when your mother is in the room." he hesitated. "it would make things easier."
"I understand." Gosalyn nodded.
Percy smiled slightly as he blinked. "You sure grown into one heck of a spirited girl." he commented. "I could just imagine rectors office was actually on the third floor." he pointed at the hockey puck.
"Fifth." Gosalyn corrected. "Yeah, it was quite a shoot. You like Hockey?" she asked hopefully.
"I'm not much of a sports person." Percy admitted. "I am sort of an inventor like my own old dad, he taught me everything I knew when I was a lad."
"Cool." Gosalyn uttered. "You work in the same fields as grandfather?" she asked.
"Sure do." Percy nodded. "Inventing mechanics. Patients, testing and planning is always the thing, but when the invention finally works." he smiled. "It's all worth it, if you like I'll teach you." he differently suddenly seemed a lot more ease with himself. "It's really amazing all that you can build." he smiled to himself. "When I was your age my brother could spend days looking for me, because I had been so completely lost in a project that I forgot everything else, I was just sitting in my little cave lost to the world because of the engineering going on."
Yep, this wasn't Drake Mallard, but Gosalyn actually liked this Duck.
"So what now?" Laucnhpad asked as the car had finally left.
"I guess we just move on." Drake sighed. "Sell the house, there is no reason to have it, there's more than enough room for two bachelors like us in the tower wouldn't you say?" he asked. "I only bought the house for the sake of trying to induce a little normalcy in our life, now it's just a waste of money."
"Sure is going to be weird." Launchpad noted. "Not having a house to go home to.. not having Gosalyn running around."
"I know that Lp." Drake sighed. "Boy do I know it."