Episode 5: NegaDuck's Sacrifice

" Ah come on Dad spill" complained Gossalyn " did you really see Atlantis? Where is it? Can I go?"

" Oh no you don't young lady" said Darkwing " I know what you're up to. Admit it, you just want to make a bundle of cash selling Neptuna's secret,"

" Ah come on" said Gossalyn " sciencitists have been trying to locate that place for ages. Plus, you do have that little gift Neptuna gave you,"

" This thing" said Darkwing in a serious tone as he held up the pendant " turned a sea dragon into a raging monster, and is therefore staying with me until SHUSH can destroy it on Monday,"

" Hmph" said Gossalyn as Darkwing left the room " all the dads in the world, and I get stuck with the cheapskate,"

" Ah don't be to hard on him Gos" said Launchpad taking a seat beside her " the man's just doing his job. It wouldn't be fun if everyone on Earth suddenly turned evil now would it?"

" I guess not" said Gossalyn " but Dad just doesn't notice a golden oppurnity when he sees one,"

" You mean like the time you thought you captured the abominable snowman and it turned out to be Tank trapped in a puffy white snow suit?"

" Well he certianally looked like a monster" said Gossalyn sighing " ok, I won't give away Neptuna's secret even though it is worth a lot of moolah,"

While the converstation was going on in the living room Darkwing was trying to find the perfect place to hide the amulet just in case Gossalyn tried to steal it when a big shadow suddenly blocked the light to his room.

" Who's there?" asked Darkwing nervously.

The darkness didn't answer, and when Darkwing was about to ask again a big, hulking shadow jumped him and forced the amulet down his throat. Before the attacker left he knocked Darkwing unconious and dissappeared back to the shadows where he came.

Launchpad and Gossalyn had heard all the commotion from downstairs and ran up to Darkwing's room to see him knocked cold on the floor.

" DW, wake up!" yelled Launchpad, shaking Darkwing virgiously.

" What happened?" asked Gossalyn.

" The...pendant?" stumbled Darkwing as he recovered from unconiousness.

Gossalyn spared a quick look at the dresser, the pendant was gone.

Next night, on patrol, Darkwing was still antsy on how anyone could have stole the amulet while he wasn't looking, and worst of all his picture of what happened to him last night was all a blur.

Things pulled to a sudden stop when Darkwing passed by a resturant window where Megavolt and Saphire were on a date. Darkwing didn't know what the make of it.

" Megavolt? Dating?" said Darkwing in shock " have I entered the Twilight Zone here? Well good news is Megavolt's not doing any harm,"

As Darkwing was about to move away a dark voice inside his head suddenly stopped him cold.

"what do you mean 'not doing any harm'? He's a villian! Your enemey. Destroy him! Destroy all of St. Canard!"

"Huh?" said Darkwing, shaking his head and drove away from the resturant "that's strange. For a moment it sounded like an evil voice entered my head. I should really stop watching those horror movies with Gossalyn before bed,"

"Hey DW" came Launchpad's voice over the Ratcatcher's radio " I got the burgers. Mind giving me a lift home?"

"Sure pal" said Darkwing, turning the Ratcatcher to go to Hamburger Hippo " on the way,"

"Brainless fool, pathetic sidekick. He should be lying dead with the rest of the garbage,"

"What!" shouted Darkwing, stopping the Ratcacther in its tracks " I would never think such horrible things about my sidekick! Something must be wrong with me. I'm losing my mind,"

"And it's only going to get worse," said Darkwarrior, watching from the shadows.

Fifthteen minutes later Darkwing, Launchpad, and Gossalyn had finished their burgers and headed to bed. Well at least two of them were heading for bed.

Gossalyn decided to stay up and play her new videogame; Slime Ghoul Zombies 3. She was so entranced by the flashing pictures and noise on the screen to notice her bedroom window creep upwards, allowing a dark figure to seep in.

Before Gossalyn even knew that someone was behind her, the dark figure had her in his clutches. Gossalyn sent out a chilling scream, waking up Darkwing and Launchpad from nearby rooms.

Father insicts kicking in, Darkwing praticlly mowed the door down in order to get to his daughter. However, it was already to late. Gossalyn was gone and her videogame was flashing 'GAME OVER' on the screen.

"DW look!" said Lauchpad, picking up a scrap of tiny white paper on the floor.

Darkwing took the note from Launchpad, glaring as he read it's contents.

"Meet me at the ammunitions plant on Main Street, if you ever want to she your daughter alive again,"

"Whoever did this" growled Darkwing " I'm going to kill them,"

Gossalyn was sitting tied up in the center of Charlie's Ammunition Factory hanging her head in defeat. She had tried to get out of the ropes with little avail. Whoever had kidnapped her sure knew how to tie a good knot.

Suddenly the door to ammunition warehouse popped open and NegaDuck walked in. He had come to the warehouse to stock up on more weapons for his crime spree. What he didn't expect to see was Gossalyn.

"What are you doing here?" asked NegaDuck, marching over.

"I could ask you the same thing " shouted Darkwing's voice from the doorway, as he walked in with Launchpad " where do you go off trying to kill my daughter?"

"What!" said NegaDuck, furious " I haven't tried to kill anyone! I found her here! Although I have a feeling your imposter had something to do with this,"

"My imposter?" said Darkwing.

"He's been terrorizing my mind ever since the day you rescued me" said NegaDuck " not only me, but all the Fearsome Five. Megavolt' girlfriend almost died because of that maniac!"

"So that's why he's so upset with me" thought Darkwing " he mistook me for the imposter,"

"What color were his eyes?" asked Gossalyn, suddenly curious.

The unexpected question caught everyone by surprise.

"What does his eyes have to do with it?" asked Darkwing, looking at Gossalyn.

"Maybe more than you know" said Gossalyn, then turned to NegaDuck " so, what were they?"

"Red, why?" said NegaDuck.

"Just what I feared" said Gossalyn " it's...,"

Before she could finish a cloud of red smoke appeared on one ammunition crates dragging everyone's attention. Shivers went down everyone's back as an eerie voice spoke out of the smoke.

"I am the terror that hunts in the night!

I am the claw that severes your heart.

I am Darkwarrior Duck!"

Darkwing backed up in surprise when the dark figure stepped out of the smoke and into the light. Darkwarrior Duck looked almost exactly like Darkwing Duck, except for a few minor differences.

Four obivous differences were he had spiked shoulder pads, looked slightly taller, had glowing red eyes, and broadcasted an aura about him being evil to the core.

" I thought you died with the future?" growled Gossalyn, glaring at Darkwarrior.

"You really think you could stop me in my universe?" laughed DarkWarrior " one simple spell from an old flame's spellbook and I was transported back in time in an instant. Here to make sure that Darkwing grows up to be the hero he rightly deserves,"

"You mean villian!" shouted Gossalyn.

"Yes" grinned DarkWarrior, lighting a match " and your death shall be the tool in order to complete the amulet's spell. Bye, Bye Ducky,"

With that said the match dropped, landing on web-like trail of kerosene. The longer trails of kerosene headed towards the ammunition crates, while the shorter trail headed straight towards Gossalyn.

"Gossalyn!" yelled Darkwing in horror.

NegaDuck, being the closest to the trapped duck, grabbed Gossalyn and started running towards the door, yelling for Darkwing and Launchpad to do the same.

Darkwarrior laughed and disappeared just as the trails of kerosene finally reached the ammunition crates. It wasn't long before Charlie's Ammunition Factory started to blow sky high.

Darkwing and Launchpad had safely made it outside. NegaDuck and Gossalyn were almost to the door when an explosion went off near NegaDuck, making him fall to the floor.

Gossalyn flew out of the villian's hands to be caught by Launchpad on the other side of the door. She was safe, but NegaDuck wasn't so lucky.

The fire and explosions had weakened the buildings structure and soon the whole cieling started crashing down towards NegaDuck's fallen body.

"NegaDuck!" Darkwing yelled, his eyes filling with tears, when he saw the cieling fall. " NegaDuck."

"He's gone," Launchpad cried.

"He saved my life," said Gossalyn, tears falling from her eyes too.

"DarkWarrior" growled Darkwing, standing up, his eyes narrowed in anger " is going to pay for this!"

A few feet away from the explosion, a figure wrapped in torn brown blanket heard Darkwing's explanation and grinned.

"Not if I get to him first Darkwing!"