Episode 3: Jealousy Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
It was a nice, calm night to be in the St. Canard Cementary. Morganna and Darkwing were sitting at an old stone table preparing for one of their dates. But right now each of them were lost in the other's eyes.
"Oh Dark" said Morganna before being interrupted by Darkwing's com-link.
Grumbling at the intrusion Darkwing scuttled through his cape until he found the com-link and turned it on. Launchpad's voice soon came over the other end of the line.
"DW!" Launchpad's voice screamed " we've got trouble! The Fearsome Five is holding the mayor hostage!"
"Criminals" mumbled Darkwing "can't I get just one night of peace from crime fighting? Is that so much to ask?"
"Is anything wrong Dark-darling?" asked Morganna.
"NegaDuck is holding the mayor hostage...again" said Darkwing "I'm terribly sorry this date was so short Morganna, but I've got to go,"
"I understand," said Morganna, her voice sounding disappionted.
"Thanks" said Darkwing planting a quick kiss on her hand " I knew you would,"
With that Darkwing was off to stop another villianous scheme concocted by the Fearsome Five leaving Morganna alone once again. Needless to say Darkwing's heroic enduvers annoyed Morganna to the brink of extinction, but she knew that nothing would ever sway Darkwing from the path of being a true hero.
Returning home the scarlet witch was greeted by her bats Eek and Squeak and Archie the spider. But not long after she had settled in at her home was there a knock on the door.
"Yes?" said Morganna striaghtening her hair " who is it?"
The door opened to reveal a duck the same height as Morganna, wearing a black dress instead of red, and had a slightly more evil atmosphere surrounding her fisque.
"Long time no see Morganna," said the duck in the doorway.
"Mystella!" gasped Morganna in surprise " what are you doing here?"
"Can't I come greet my own sister once and a while?" said Mystella "I'm curious to why you are still living in the real world. Have you found yourself a boyfriend hmmm?"
At that Morganna bristled. Mystella was what you would call the black sheep of the family. From the moment she was born Morganna's dad sensed that a dreary future indeed followed her birth, and at first he admired that prochecy.
But cheerful moods proved sour when Mystella betrayed the whole family by becoming a fortuneteller for a closeby village. She turned the whole town againist Morganna's family while giving no indication that she was a socereress herself.
Her betrayal led to her exspellsion from the family for life and her powers revoked. She could talk big all she liked, but there was no magic to back it up.
"What business is it of yours?" said Morganna.
"Ah" said Mystella " so I'm right,"
As if to prove how much Mystella's statement was true Darkwing knocked on the door with a boque of flowers in one hand. He was surprised as Morganna was when he saw Mystella there.
"I came to apologize for rushing off during our date" said Darkwing his eyes shifting from Morganna to Mystella " who's she?"
"Darkwing, this is Mystella" said Morganna with distaste sharpening the edges of her voice "the traitor of my family and my sister,"
"Sister?" said Darkwing surprised "then how come I've never met her before,"
"She was banished for turning a whole village againist me and my family" said Morganna " and now spends the rest of her life as a mortal being. The way it should have always been,"
"Really Morganna" said Mystella " such rudeness in face of such a handsome guest. Mr. Darkwing was it not? I have come all the way down here seeking aid,"
"For what?" spat Morganna before Darkwing could reply.
"You of all sister should know what I am speaking of" said Mystella " the Amber Phoenix has been stolen from me and I plan to get it back,"
"The Amber Phoenix?" said Darkwing "why that's over at the St. Canard Musuem. I'm sure that they'll be happy to give it back if it was stolen,"
Planting a quick kiss on Darkwing's cheek before departing Mystella said "See you soon then Darky-poo,"
Mezmorized by the kiss it took a few seconds for Darkwing to recover after he and Morganna were left alone.
"Dark" said Morganna " we need to talk. You can't trust Mystella, she's...unpredictable. Please promise me you'll stay far away from her,"
"I promise Morg," said Darkwing.
"Aahh," sighed Eek and Squeak.
"Yuck!" said Archie.
Outside Mystella laughed and said "Soon I shall have all my powers back and destroy my family once and for all. But first I need to take care of Morganna's little boyfriend,"
From her sleeve Mystella pulled out a small blue vail that noone knew anything about. As hard as it may seem the contents of this bottle nearly caused the complete destruction of St. Canard. And who more shocking to carry out this deed than Darkwing Duck.
After leaving Morganna's house Darkwing marched off towards the Ratcatcher when a sudden cry for help caught his ears. Abandoning his plans to depart Darkwing rushed off to where the sounds were coming from.
When he reached the sight, all that was there for his eyes to see was Mystella lying on the ground unconious. Darkwing felt a dreadful urge steal at him between his promise to Morganna and helping a fellow citizen in need.
Naturally choosing to take the more responisble route Darkwing walked over to help Mystella. He was about to move her over to a nearby tree when an ambush of bright red smoke engulfed him and made him black out.
When he reawakened Mystella's voice was all he could hear. She was talking to someone, but Darkwing didn't know who. Whoever it was his voice sounded strangely familar.
"I held up my end of the bargain" growled the dark, eerie voice of Mystella's companion "now you hold up yours,"
Mystella reached into her pouch and brought a vail of dark red liquid and handed it over to the stranger.
"Here's the spell you asked for" she said "it should suit your needs perfectly,"
"It better," said the dark voice again. Within a moment the mysterious person was gone carrying away his prize.
Forcing himself to stay awake Darkwing saw Mystella bend down low in order to meet him eye to eye. Why bend? Because, my dear veiwers, Darkwing was chained to the floor!
"You'll never get away with this you manical banshee," said Darkwing.
"And who are you to say I won't?" said Mystella " once I force you to steal the Amber Phoenix for me all my powers shall return and I'll be the only true socereress left,"
"Oh really?" said Darkwing "it's not like you can just cast a spell on me. You have no magic,"
"Ah" said Mystella pulling out the small blue vail " that's where you are wrong. Before my powers were stolen from me I managed to transfer some of my magic into a small blue vail. But unfortunately I only have enough for one spell. Then again, one spell may be all that I need. Of course there's always Plan B,"
A gaint screen suddenly lit up showing the home of Drake Mallard a.k.a. Darkwing Duck. What can you say Darkwing was shellshocked. How on earth did Mystella find out where he lived?
"So what's it going to be?" said Mystella "risk the innocent lives surrounding your home or become my slave?"
Seeing as he had no choice Darkwing lowered his head in defeat and said "I'll help you,"
"Then drink," said Mystella pushing the blue vail into Darkwing's hands.
Reluctantly Darkwing started to consume the strange liquid down his throat, his heart weighing heavily with guilt. Forced to become another criminal's slave what could possibly be any lower for a hero?
A musuem guard had a strange tale to tell that night. He was standing watch over the Amber Phoenix display case when a sudden funnel of smoke had him surrounded.
Coughing fiercely on the choking smoke the guards watering eyes barely caught the glimspe of a shadow approach the display case and break the glass to pieces.
An alarm went off almost instantly making the whole room glow red from the lights rotating beams. As the smoke started the clear the guard could vaguely make out the form of the thief that had broken into the Amber Phoenix display case. None other than Darkwing Duck.
Needless to say when the newspaper got wind of this robbery several things happened. The whole city was in a panic of what crime Darkwing would commit next.
NegaDuck and the other members of the Fearsome Five couldn't believe it. And Launchpad and Gosalyn were as shocked as everyone else. But Morganna had another suspision in mind-Mystella.
Summoning up a quick locating spell Morganna traced Darkwing all the way to a warehouse on Fourth Anvenue. The sight that awaited her was anything but pleasent.
Mystella stood in the center of the room waving her hands over the Amber Phoenix. On the wall to her left Darkwing was chained to the wall with a look of great defeat. It was as if his very spirit had been broken.
And what happened next would only make his feelings worse. Mystella had finished casting her spell and a bright golden light suddenly rose up from the wings of the Amber Phoenix.
Morganna moved herself to the shadows of the crates to aviod being seen and watched as the golden light consumed Mystella with it's mystical glow.
"Yes" shouted Mystella "after all this time, my powers are mine again,"
"Not for long my dear sister," hissed Morganna stepping out of the shadows. Without thinking twice she fired two blue bolts of energy directly at Mystella.
"Morganna?" said a confused Darkwing as if he had just woken up from a dream.
But in front of his eyes was no dream. In fact you could classify it as local disaster. Magic was flying all over the place and a storm was begining to pour outside.
Lightning flashed again and again making both soceresses look dangerously deadly and fierce. Darkwing closed his eyes in order to not see the torment that was taking place in front of him.
Mystella's magic in that blue vail had a serious side effect besides making him her slave, his fighting spirit had been completely and utterly shattered.
He didn't even try to resist anymore againist her threats as she chained him to the wall. A cry of pain from Morganna caused Darkwing Duck to look up. Mystella had Morganna pinned to the wall!
"No!" cried Darkwing, but before he could struggle free another force stopped him causing him to black out once more.
When his eyes reopened Darkwing felt himself desperately searching around for any sign of Morganna or her traitorous sister. Instead, there was nothing but a big, black hole to where the warehouse had been. Mystella and Morganna were nowhere in sight.
"Look what you've done" came the same eerie voice Darkwing had heard Mystella's partner use " dead because of you,"
"No, no" said Darkwing "it's not true,"
"Drink in the sight before you Darkwing, cause this is your future. You will destroy everything you've ever treasured and I'll be right by your side leading the way,"
With a laugh Darkwarrior Duck had vanished leaving a bemuddled Darkwing Duck to sit alone in the rain filled gutter.