JDE: Metal Mouth's Revenge
Chapter Three: The Jaws of Defeat
Mystica McCawber and Felina Crackshell, the civillian identities of Spellbound and Gizmoduck 2.0, walked through the park, having crossed paths after attending to their personal business.
"So, how are your folks doing?" Felina asked.
"Pretty well." Mystica replied. "How'd your board meeting go?"
"The way I wanted, of course." Felina smiled smugly. "They may as well call it a chess boardroom, with all those pawns on it."
The two then chanced upon the frozen body of Aqueous.
"Hey, big guy." Felina greeted her teammate. "What are you doing out here? I thought you were on monitor duty?" When Aqueous did not respond, she tapped him on the head. "Aqueous?"
Mystica placed the side of her head on his chest.
"His heartbeat... It's practically nonexistant." She proclaimed.
"Can't we do something?" Felina asked worriedly.
"Maybe..." Mystica raised her hands, which were starting to glow. "Extremitus locomorto!"
The glow on Mystica's hands enveloped Aqueous' body, then faded. A moment later, Aqueous started to move.
"Good job, Myst." Felina congratulated her. "Aqueous, who or what did this to you?"
"Metal... Mouth..." Aqueous spoke slowly, his body not yet back to full speed.
"Metal Mouth?" Mystica asked. "I thought he was in a coma."
"He got better." Aqueous grimaced. "Somehow, he has gained the Bronze Boarder's powers. We must get to Gosalyn and Honker before he does!"
"And how exactly do you propose we outmanoeuvre someone on a flying skateboard?" Felina asked mockingly.
"Simple." Mystica grinned. "We know where his targets are."
Miles away, within a rustic cabin in a picturesque valley, Gosalyn and Honker were still unpacking their suitcases. Honker pulled a very skimpy night dress out of Gosalyn's suitcase.
"I don't think this will afford you much protection from the elements, dear." He said ironically.
"I'll take my chances." Gosalyn grinned back.
Suddemly, the cabin wall caved in, revealing Metal Mouth, who had finally tracked them down.
"Surprised to see me?" He asked wickedly.
"Mikaal." Honker spat.
"Did you really think your puny mind could incapacitate mine forever?" Metal Mouth spat. "Well, you were wrong. Now, I will have my revenge!"
"We'l be the ones taking revenge, tin-teeth." Gosalyn roared, drawing her trusty bow from her suitcase. "For whatever it was you did to the Boarder!"
Gosalyn fired, releasing a flare arrow which blinded Metal Mouth.
"You came prepared, I see." Honker noted, as he pulled his crossbow out of his suitcase.
"Great minds think alike." Gosalyn smiled. "Now, let's take 'im down!"
The two archers fired explosive arrows at Metal Mouth... who formed an energy shield around him, which took the force of the weapons.
"You cannot win." Metal Mouth snarled. "My genius was always superior to yours, Muddlefoot, and now, I have the raw power to match!"
"You like it raw, tough guy? Then take it, raw!"
A miniature guided missile suddenly impacted on Metal Mouth's back, blasting him across the cabin, and right through the wall. Gosalyn and Honker raced outside, discovering that their teammates had arrived.
"Sorry to interrupt your romantic getaway." Gizmoduck 2.0 said, her missile turret still smoking.
"Don't worry about it." Gosalyn smiled. "The mood had already died."
Having brought their suitcases outside, Gosalyn and Honker pulled out and donned their costumes, just in time to behold a slightly singed Metal Mouth rising above the cabin.
"The gang's all here." Metal Mouth sneered. "Like pins, waiting for me to bowl them over."
"We'll just see about, smiley." Quiverwing quipped back.
Gizmoduck 2.0 launched more of her miniature missiles. With a wave of his hand, Metal Mouth turned them to stone. As the stone projectile fell harmlessly to Earth, Quiverwing, Straight Arrow and Aqueous flung their arrows and trident. Metal Mouth held out his hand, stopping them in mid-air. With a gesture, he turned them around, flinging them in reverse.
As her teammates ran for cover, Spellbound threw a mystic bolt at Metal Mouth, who caught it in his hand.
"Foolish magician." Metal Mouth sneered. "You can't make me disappear."
With that, Metal Mouth threw the ball of magic into the distance, where it exploded behind a nearby hill.
"Now, let's all go for a spin!" He roared.
Spinning the board in place, Metal Mouth created a tornado, sucking up the Justice Ducks and throw them back to the ground.
"Had enough, yet?" Metal Mouth sneered.
Aqueous was about to retalite when Straight Arrow stepped in front of him.
"Yes." He said simply.
"What?" Aqueous gasped. "Have you gone mad?"
"No, I've gone sensible." Straight Arrow declared. "We cannot defeat Mikaal, so it's pointless to try."
"My, how refreshingly realistic of you, Muddlefoot." Mikaal smirked. "In light of this, I shall spare you all... so that you can watch as I subjugate the world, knowing there is nothing you can do to stop me!"
Laughing maniacally, Metal Mouth flew off into the distance.
"You'd better have a good explanation for that, mister." Gizmoduck 2.0 eyed Straight Arrow resentfully.
"He does." Quiverwing grinned, recognising the look on her boyfriend's face.
"Then tell us!" Spellbound demanded.
"During the fight, I noticed Mikaal passed up several opportunities to finish us off." Straight Arrow explained.
"I see." Aqueous nodded. "So when you realised he had no interest in slaying us, you decided to play along."
"Right." Straight Arrow grinned. "I played to his vanity."
"And when you play to his vanity, you're playing to a full house." Quiverwing smirked.
"So, now what?" Spellbound asked.
"Mikaal thinks he's defeated us." Straight Arrow told his teammates. "He'll become complacent, ignore us... giving me ample time to figure out how to remove the Boarder's powers from him."
"Exactly." Quiverwing nodded. "It ain't over yet, team!"
To Be Continued...
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