Silver haired street fighter of war
I do not own The Mighty Ducks or any of the other characters within this story, only the characters that I come up within my mind.
A young teenage/adult girl, who has been abandoned by her mother and ran away from a terrible orphanage, struggles to survive within the streets of New York City but that soon changes when she is suddenly transported to a different world. She now fights to survive a war that is taking place on a planet that isn't inhabited by humans, but by ducks. Can she survive?
The beginning and the first face off: Part 8
Back at the Aerowing, Nosedive was sitting in the pilot seat while he glanced at all of the buttons that were displayed on the control panel. Kathryn was standing right behind Nosedive with her hands on her hips while she watched the 17 year old drake in front of her. The two teens were tired of sitting on the bench as they waited for their friends to return from their mission.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing Nosedive?" asked Kathryn with a doubtful look on her face.
"Sure I'm sure Kat girl," answered Nosedive as he turned to look at the 16 year old behind him with a confident smirk on his face. "How hard can it be to get this heap in the air?"
Kathryn only rolled her eyes, but kept quite as she watched the blonde haired drake in front of her. Nosedive frowned as he stared long and hard at the controls that were displayed in front of him before smirking as his eyes laid on one of the small orange buttons on the dashboard.
"Alright!" shouted Nosedive excitedly. "Nosedive to tower, here goes nothing!"
Nosedive cover his eyes with his left hand as he raised his right hand up and pressed his finger down on the button that he had chosen. A few seconds passed but the blonde didn't hear the engines of Aerowing start up. The teen dropped his hand from his face before turning his gaze on the front window where he saw the windshield wipers flipping back and forth in front of him.
"Wrong button Rookie," said Kathryn in a dull voice.
"Rats!" exclaimed Nosedive as he snapped the fingers of his right hand in frustration.
"You know I can help," offered Kathryn. "I know a little bit about how to start up the Aerowing."
Nosedive raised an eyebrow up in surprise before he turned his seat around to face the female duck that stood behind him.
"Why didn't you tell me that sooner?" questioned Nosedive.
"I just wanted to see how far you'll go in figuring out how to start the Aerowing up," replied Kathryn with a smirk.
Nosedive frown as he glared at Kathryn in amusement. For a 16 year old Kathryn sure knew how to press someone's buttons.
"Okay then Mrs. Smarty Pants, answer me this question. Do you know how to fly this heap?"
Kathryn's smirk faltered as she stared at Nosedive for a second before turning her gaze down to the ground in embarrassment. Nosedive smirked when he saw that he had won the battle before he started speaking again.
"Okay then, I'll tell you what. You help me get the Aerowing up and running then I'll take it from there. Is that a deal?"
Kathryn looked back at Nosedive in shock for a moment before smiling at the blonde: "You got it, Rookie."
With that, the two teenagers got to work in starting the Aerowing up.
The Master Computer Chamber
Back inside the tower, Tate, Mallory and Tanya were setting up the bombs in the Master Computer chamber. Tate was just placing his bomb on one of the generators before looking over at Tanya that was setting up her own bomb a few yards away from him.
"All set over here Tanya!" shouted Tate as he gave the yellow she-duck a wave.
"Alright!" called Tanya as she began to give Tate and Mallory instructions. "Now throw the toggle switch!"
"Got it!" exclaimed Tate as he easily flipped on the switch.
As for Mallory, the red head wasn't sure on what Tanya had said as she looked back and forth from the red button to the switch.
"Toggle switch," muttered Mallory with a frown before deciding which one to press "Affirmative!"
Mallory's finger hovered over the switch for a second before moving to the red button where she quickly pressed it and that's when things started to get chaotic for the group. Tanya quickly saw what Mallory had done as panic began to rise up within her body. Tate also saw what the red head did and there were only two words that he could say at this moment in time.
"Oh-no," he muttered.
Tanya quickly ran over to Mallory as she grabbed the red head by the arm.
"I told you to throw the switch, not press the button!" yelled Tanya as the two of them quickly raced over to Tate who waited for them before he took off running as well.
"Switch, button, what's the difference?" questioned Mallory.
"Simple," spoke Tate as he began to answer Mallory's question. "It only gives us 9 minutes of escape time!"
As soon as he said it, Mallory's bomb quickly went off as an explosion occurred behind the trio before they quickly jumped down from the plat form to avoid getting burnt to a crisp.
With Canard's group
Riko and the rest of Canard's team members were trying to put up a great fight against Dragaunus's henchmen and Carlo. Grin was taking on Siege who was swinging him around for a while but was soon let go as the Saurian sent the drake flying before Grin slammed into the wall of the chamber. Canard was holding Chameleon within his arms as the skinny lizard wriggled around to get out of the drake's hold.
"Stand still you shape shifting sicko!" exclaimed Canard angrily.
Chameleon soon surprised Canard as he shape shifted out of the drake's arms and was now on the floor in the form of a small baby.
"I'm only three and a half years old," said Chameleon in a baby's voice.
The lizard soon shifted again in to a more muscular figure before he punched Canard in the face as he knocked the drake to the other side of the room.
"Kids grow up so fast these days," spoke Chameleon with a smirk.
Riko was sword fencing with Carlo as the 24 year old man locked swords with the silver haired teenager. Carlo's sword was black at the hilt while the blade was a crimson red that glowed like molten lava.
"What a waste that you're talent in being used on the losing side while it could have been more useful on the winning side," berated Carlo with a smirk.
"Stick a sock in it!" growled Riko as she unlocked blades with Carlo before taking a swipe at him.
The two human's continued their sword fight with each other as they tried to get a hit in with their sabers. Duke was looking for Wraith who had somehow disappeared from the battle. The drake held his saber at the ready when he quickly sensed someone behind him before he turned and saw Wraith standing before him with a sword held in his hand with the blade made of nothing but hot flames.
"Care to fight fire with fire?" growled Wraith before he shot forward and slashed Duke across the chest.
Luckily the sword only burnt through Duke's shirt and not the flesh. Duke turned to glare at Wraith, but quickly saw that the old Saurian wasn't alone on his assault. Chameleon, still in his giant form, was standing beside Wraith as the two of them started to gain up on Duke. Riko saw what was happening to one of her teammates before she quickly kicked Carlo away from her then ran over to help Duke. The 18 year old jumped over the two Saurians by doing a backflip in the air before landing on her feet beside the older drake.
"Mind if I join in?" asked Riko with a smirk.
"The more the merrier," replied Duke with a smirk of his own.
The two held their sabers at the ready as Wraith, Chameleon and Carlo started to advance on the two teammates. Off to the side, Canard was slowly getting up from the floor when he suddenly saw Siege standing over him.
"Now duck, you're lunch meat!" growled the Saurian.
But before Siege could lay a blow on Canard he was suddenly grabbed from behind by the tail. The Saurian quickly looked behind him to see that Grin had grabbed him before he felt himself being lifted off the ground by the larger duck. Grin started to spin the heavy weight Saurian around before letting go of his tail. Siege was sent flying towards the other members of his group before he collided with them. Riko and Duke watched as Carlo and the three Saurian Overlords crashed into the wall. Riko turned around to face Grin with a smirk.
"Nice throw big guy!" she called out.
Carlo and the three Saurian Overlords slowly got off of each other as they tried to recover from what had happened to them. Suddenly Siege's communicator came on line as a voice yelled from the other end of the line in urgency.
"Siege, bring the others to the Raptor at once!" shouted a voice from the other end. "The power cells, they're overloading!"
Siege quickly responded as he and the others within his group stood up from the ground and gathered around each other. Carlo turned to glare at Riko as he pointed the blade of his sword towards the 18 year old.
"This isn't over yet," growled Carlo angrily.
Riko glared at Carlo before she and Duke quickly shield their eyes from the bright green glow that surrounded Carlo and the three Saurian Overlords before they disappeared from the group's eyes.
"I'm thinking maybe that was a little too easy," said Duke as rubbed his bottom beak thoughtfully.
"Forget it," spoke Canard as he and Grin ran up to the duo. "We gotta find Wildwing."
"Right," said Riko as she deactivated her saber along with Duke. "Grin, you know what to do."
"As I said before," spoke Grin as he walked over to the door that had cut the others off from Draguanus's chambers. "Mind over metal."
Grin quickly slipped his fingers between the two doors before he started to use his strength to pry them open. The doors soon opened and the group quickly ran into the hall as they started their search for Wildwing. Riko was ahead of the three drakes with a determined look on her face.
'Don't worry Wildwing, we're coming!' thought Riko firmly within her head.
Riko continued to run when her vision suddenly flashed for a second before a familiar streak of light came across her vision. The streak of light quickly made a sharp turn to the right. Riko didn't hesitate as she quickly followed after the streak of light in hopes that it will lead her to Wildwing. Canard, Duke and Grin followed after the 18 year old as fast as their feet could carry them.
"She's fast," stated Grin to his two companions.
"Much faster than any of us," said Canard. "That makes me wonder if our so called friend really is human."
"Now's not the time to start judging her Canard!" exclaimed Duke as he glared at the tan drake. "Right now we got to find Wildwing and following Riko is our best option at the moment."
"And what makes you say that?" questioned Canard.
"Let's just say that Riko has a strong feeling on where we might find our missing friend," answered Duke.
The three drakes continued to follow Riko where the silver haired led them to a platform with a control panel standing in front of them. Riko quickly looked over the edge of the platform and saw an 18ft drop where electrical rays sparked was below her, but what Riko saw being lowered to the rays was what really made her heart stop. Slowly being lowered to the electrical rays was Wildwing as he was standing on a small platform with his feet chained down to it.
"Guys, over here!" shouted Riko as she pointed down towards where their teammate was.
Canard, Duke and Grin quickly came up to where the 18 year old was standing and looked down to see what she had found.
"Wildwing!" yelled Canard in fear.
"We gotta figure out a way to help him or he'll be…" Riko didn't dare finish her sentence as she quickly started to think of something before noticing the large vent above their heads. "That's it, Duke use your grappling hook on that vent up there!"
"You got it Silver," said Duke.
Duke quickly lifted his right arm where his grappling hook was resting on his wrist before activating it. The grappling hook instantly shot out and flew through the air before it wrapped around one of the grate bars of the vent. With his saber activated in his free hand, Duke quickly jumped off of the platform as he swung towards Wildwing. The white drake quickly grabbed hold of the ex-thief as Duke cut the bonds around his ankles before the older drake swung the two of them back up onto the platform. Riko quickly stepped towards Wildwing after he and Duke landed safely on the platform.
"Are you okay?" asked the 18 year old.
"Yeah, I'm fine," answered Wildwing with a reassuring smile.
Riko let out a sigh of relief when she heard what Wildwing had said, but her relief was short lived when the group suddenly felt the platform shake underneath their feet. Riko was nearly thrown off the platform, but Wildwing quickly grabbed her left arm and pulled her back from the edge.
"What the heck…" started Duke as the group stared at each other in confusion.
"Red alert!" shouted Tate's voice as he, Mallory and Tanya ran down the hallway towards the group. "We gotta get out of here now people!"
"Tate, what's going on?" questioned Riko as she looked at the black drake in confusion.
"Let's just say that Mallory was right," said Tate once he and his two team members stopped in front of the group. "Machines really don't get along with her too well."
Suddenly the outside wall of the hall blew up behind the group. The team members slowly turned their attention to a large hole that was now present in front of them.
"That was unexpected," muttered Riko with Wildwing nodding his head in agreement.
The group made their way towards the hole with Canard in the lead and they looked down towards the ground.
"The Aerowing is gone!" exclaimed Canard angrily when he saw that their aircraft wasn't there before he turned to glare at Wildwing while pointing an accusing finger at him. "That little brother of yours he…"
Canard was quickly interrupted when he and the group heard the loud engines of the Aerowing. They all looked in astonishment as their plane suddenly appeared in front of them, but they were more surprise to see who was flying it. Sitting in the pilot seat was none other than Nosedive with Kathryn standing behind him.
"Yee-haw!" cheered Nosedive excitedly "Nosedive and Kathryn to the rescue!"
Riko smirk as she crossed her arms over her chest: "What was that about Wildwing's little brother?"
Canard turned to glare at Riko while Wildwing placed a hand on top of the silver haired human's shoulders.
"Now's not the time to get into an argument Riko," said Wildwing firmly.
Riko looked at Wildwing in surprise for a second before lowering her eyes down to the ground. Wildwing was right, now wasn't the time for her and Canard to start butting heads with each other while other lives were on the line. The front ramp of the Aerowing unfolded where it was able to reach the edge of the hole that the group was standing in front of. Everyone quickly ran up the ramp as they headed towards the cockpit. Once everyone was inside the front ramp of the Aerowing quickly foaled back up as Nosedive backed the plane up before putting it into overdrive so they could escape the collapsing tower. The group members soon made it to the cockpit where Riko, Wildwing and Tanya quickly making their way over to Kathryn and Nosedive.
"You two sure know how to make an entrance," praised Riko as she stood beside the two teens with a smirk on her face.
"It's what we do," echoed Nosedive and Kathryn.
With that said the team started to chase after Dragaunus and his ship. They were already on the raptor's tail when suddenly aircraft shot an electrical beam out in front of it and what happened next really took the group by surprise. Appearing before the groups' eyes was a large tunnel with the raptor was flying right into it.
"What the heck is that?" questioned Wildwing.
"H-his ship seems to be generating some kind of dimensional gateway," answered Tanya when she inspected the readings on the control panel of the Aerowing.
"That's the same dimensional gateway that I came through," voiced Riko once she recognized the blue portal in front of her. "And just by looking at it I'm guessing our lizard fiend is going to use it to escape to another dimension."
"Then we'll follow him!" exclaimed Wildwing before he turned to Nosedive. "C'mon baby bro, punch it!"
"Hang on!" shouted Nosedive before he sped the Aerowing up.
The Aerowing shot forward as it followed the Raptor into the dimensional gateway with the aircraft quickly catching up to the Saurian ship.
"We got them now!" exclaimed Tate excitedly.
But the black drake's joy didn't last for in that instant a strange giant creature suddenly appeared in front of the teams' vision. The creature had an electrical blue body that was in the form of a worm and was about the size of the Aerowing. The plane started to jolt around when the strange creature suddenly wrapped its large body around it and the group had to work desperately to keep their footing. Wildwing quickly grabbed the back of the seat that Tanya was sitting in to steady himself.
"Tanya, what is that thing?" ordered Wildwing.
"Well, if I didn't know better, I'd say that's an electromagnetic worm!" answered Tanya fearfully.
"What's an electromagnetic worm?" asked Riko.
"It's a creature that likes to feed off of metal and other electrical devices," spoke Kathryn as she answered Riko's question.
"Hey if that thing gets big enough it will swallow the entire ship!" exclaimed Duke from his seat.
"So how are we going to get rid of it?" Riko asked before she nearly stumbled into Wildwing.
"Well, it has to consume some sort of matter," answered Tanya.
"We'll have to jettison something!" exclaimed Wildwing.
"Like with what? Everything is bolted down," questioned Kathryn.
"Maybe we can…" Tate started but he never got to speak his idea because all of a suddenly the group heard a door being opened from the side of the Aerowing.
The group felt a strong gust of wind that was trying to suck all of them out of the cockpit. Riko quickly turned around to see what was going on before gasping at the sight before her.
"Wildwing!" she shouted over the wind.
The white drake quickly turned to look over his shoulder and he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Standing by the opened side door of the Aerowing was Canard. Wildwing instantly remembered Riko's dream and fear overcame his heart as he ran over to the tan drake with Riko following right behind him.
"Canard, what are you doing!?" yelled Wildwing.
"You heard Tanya, I'm going to shut this thing down!" shouted Canard as he glanced at Wildwing for a second before glaring back outside at the worm.
"Are you completely insane!?" exclaimed Riko angrily. "If you throw your life to that worm then the team will be losing the only leader in their fight against Dragaunus!"
"Riko's right, you can't be serious about this!" yelled Wildwing as he placed a hand on Canard's shoulder.
Canard looked at Wildwing and Riko with a serious look on his face: "It's the only way you two!"
With those words said Canard took the mask off of his face before he tried to hand it to Wildwing who refused to take it.
"Take it Wildwing, take it!" ordered Canard.
Riko quickly turned her eyes down towards Canard's feet before letting out a gasp when she saw a blue tentacle from the worm wrap around the drake's ankles.
"Canard, look out!" shouted Riko.
But the 18 year old girl's warning came out too late as Canard was suddenly pulled out of the Aerowing.
"Canard!" yelled Wildwing as he quickly grabbed his friend's outstretched arm that still held the mask. "Hang on!"
Riko quickly wrapped her arms around Wildwing's waist as she tried to help in pulling Canard back into the ship. Grin ran up to the two as he wrapped his arms around Riko's waist and began to pull as well. The trio pulled with all their might as they tried to get Canard out of the worm's grasp, but the strength of the worm pulling Canard away from them was too strong. Wildwing's grip on Canard's arm began to slip. Now, the only thing that kept the two connected to each other was the mask of Drake DuCaine. Wildwing looked down at Canard as the tan duck gripped the mask for a moment before looking up at his best friend.
"Take it," he said in an almost pleading voice. "You're team captain now."
Riko's eyes shot open when she heard those words and began to fear what will happen next.
"You idiot, don't you even think about letting go!" shouted Riko as she glared at the tan drake.
Canard looked at Riko sadly before speaking two words that stung the 18 year old girl's heart: "I'm sorry."
Then, as if watching in slow motion, Canard let go of the mask as he was pulled away from the group.
"NO!" cried out Wildwing as he, Riko and Grin fell back into the Aerowing.
"CANARD!" shouted Riko as she caught glimpse of the tan duck disappearing as he was swallowed up by the worm.
Duke, who had gotten out of his seat, quickly pressed the button on the side wall as he shut the door. The worm that had been wrapped around the Aerowing suddenly unwrapped itself from the aircraft before it disappeared within the void of the dimensional gateway. Everyone was quiet within the Aerowing as they let the occurrence of what had happened to their leader sink in. Riko and Wildwing were sitting on the floor as they both looked down at the mask that the white drake held in both of his hands.
"I can't believe it," muttered Tate as he broke the silence among his teammates.
"Sacrificed himself, to save us," voiced Duke.
"Truly, an evolved soul," spoke Grin.
Riko could only look down at the mask that Wildwing held in his hands as the shock of what happened sunk in. Another life was taken within this war that she chosen to become a part of. The 18 year old continued to stare at the mask as it changed from its battle form to an ordinary hockey mask before hanging her head in sadness while tears started to form in the corners of her eyes.
"That idiot," muttered Riko quietly to herself. "Why didn't he think before he leapt head first to his death?"
Wildwing heard what Riko had said as he turned to look at the silver haired human and saw her shaking with tears slowly running down her face. Wildwing knew that Riko and Canard weren't on good terms with each other, but that didn't mean that Riko was heartless she was just too stubborn to show anyone her feelings. The white drake sadly looked down at the mask before placing it inside his brown hip pouch. Riko continued to cry as she stubbornly tried to hold back her tears, but failed miserably before she suddenly felt Wildwing wrap his arms around her. Riko was a little shocked at first but soon relaxed within the white drake's embrace as she also wrapped her arms around him as well.
"We've tried our best Riko," whispered Wildwing. "We've tried our best."
Riko only nodded her head for she didn't have the courage to use her voice right now. They were quickly brought out of their embrace when Nosedive quickly shouted at them from the pilot seat.
"Uh guys, those Dino-creeps are getting away!"
Riko and Wildwing quickly pulled away from each other as they turned to look towards the front of the Aerowing. Tanya, who had been out of her seat at the time, ran up to her seat again and sat down in it.
"Oh no!" she gasped in horror. "They've must have passed through the other end of the gate way."
"That's not good," said Kathryn as she and Tate looked at each other in worry.
Riko, who had finally found her strength to stand again, stood up with Wildwing as they both started out the front window for a second before looking at each other. No words needed to be spoken between the two of them for they knew what they had to. Riko gave Wildwing a smirk before she spoke to him.
"I'll follow you wherever you go Wildwing."
Wildwing smiled at Riko before he turned around to face the front with a determined look on his face.
"Then that's where we're going!" exclaimed Wildwing firmly. "Punch it Nosedive!"
With that order given, Nosedive quickly charged the Aerowing into overdrive as the ship shot through the gateway at full speed. A bright flash appeared and blinded the team for a second before if quickly subsided. Once the team got their vision back they saw a green landscape and city in front of them. They were all standing at the front window as they took in the sight in front of them.
"Ugh!" growled Mallory in frustration when she didn't see their target. "Where's the Raptor?"
"I think really question for us here is, 'Where are we'?" said Tate as he looked at the scenery in front of him.
Riko looked out at the landscape in front of her before spotting a sign that they were passing over. The sign read "Welcome to Anaheim" and that's when realization dawn on the silver haired human.
'I'm back on earth.'
To be continued