Episode 2: Ready to Fly
Night time came when Drake 1 sounded the alert for a disturbance downtown.
"Strong winds? A gigantic creature?" Tanya said from the report.
"It has to be one of the spell pages," Subria informed.
"Well we are not going to wait, let's move out!" Wildwing ordered and the ducks and the two princesses rushed for the Aero-Wing.
The Aero-Wing flew away from the stadium and hurried towards downtown.
Suddenly, the wind picked up and it nearly sent the ducks flying, but Pearl cried out, "Look, over there!"
She pointed to a giant bird creature flying overhead of them and its powerful wings sent strong gusts of wind. "It is the 'Fly' page, it gives anyone the power of flight," Pearl explained to them.
The planes' controls were unable to hold off the powerful wind gusts, but it held on.
Then, something shot past the bird creature and it was heading towards the Aero-Wing.
"Bang left!" Wildwing shouted and he and Nosedive gave a hard left turn.
The plane managed to slip past the unknown object, but it turned around and it faced the ducks' Aero-Wing.
"Is that…?" Duke sputtered.
"No, it can't be!" Tanya cried out.
"The Raptor!" Mallory finished for them.
"But that thing crashed in the ocean months ago!" Nosedive informed.
Then, the screen turned on to feature Dragaunus , the ducks' most hated enemy.
"Well Ducks, are you surprised to see us?" the dragon ruler asked, but they didn't answer.
"It seems they're speechless at our new and improved Raptor!" Siege commented.
"First off, let us introduce our newest member of our team," Dragaunus said and then, Louran appeared.
Pearl's heart pounded so hard that it nearly burst out of her chest and her eyes grew wide with terror.
"Louran! How did you escape?!" Subria demanded as she hid her friend behind her.
"All thanks to His Powerfulness, Lord Dragaunus, and these must be the nuisance he mentioned, what a pleasure that we'll squish you!" Louran informed and gave an evil grin.
"So, you are Louran, you look uglier than I imagined," Wildwing said, but that angered the dark wizard.
"I should've warned you, don't make him angry," Pearl whispered to Wildwing.
"Well, I see a little princess right there, did you miss me, you little pest?" Louran asked, with an evil grin.
"What did you call her?!" Mallory bellowed.
"Don't worry about that, we need the page," Pearl reminded them.
"Thank you for reminding me; friends, let's get that spell," Louran informed his comrades.
"Not unless we get it first," Nosedive said, in a feisty voice.
The two planes rushed away towards the bird creature, but the blowing wind overloaded the planes' systems.
"Get as high above it as you can!" Pearl ordered, but the ducks stared at her.
"Why in the world should we take orders from you?" Nosedive asked, but Wildwing stepped in.
"Why do you want us to do that?" he asked, a bit more gently.
"If we take it by surprise, we have to do it above it. Please, trust me," Pearl answered.
"All right, you heard her, take us at least ten feet above it!" Wildwing ordered his team and they nodded.
The Aero-Wing launched itself high into the sky, away from the spell's wind power.
Once the plane was ten feet above the creature, Pearl gave new orders, "Open the door, please!"
Wildwing at first was shocked by this, making him remember the day Canard opened the door and sacrificed himself to the worm.
"You are crazy!" Nosedive shouted, but Subria gave a growl.
"She said to trust her! Do as she says!" the African princess demanded.
Wildwing shook the memory out of his head, "Okay, but I'm going by your side, understood?" he said and she nodded.
He opened the door and they saw the creature below them and Pearl opened the book.
"Wind spell, I command you to bind this spell!" she shouted and the 'Wind' flew down and bound the spell in its grasp.
The bird cried out and Pearl looked at Wildwing, taking his hand, "Trust me on this. Jump!"
The two jumped out of the Aero-Wing and they hurtled towards the creature, with Wildwing gripping Pearl's wrist.
They landed on the bird and Pearl shouts out, "Fly page, I command you to return to the book from where you came!"
Something began to happen, the 'Fly's' form began to swirl around in the air until it entered the spell book and took residence in a vacant page.
Suddenly, both Pearl and Wildwing had resumed the free-fall towards earth. "What are we going to do?!" Wildwing shouted at the princess.
Pearl struggled with the book, but was able to shout out the words, "Fly page, I command you to give us your wings!"
Then, Wildwing noticed wings sprouting out on Pearl's back and wings also appeared on his back.
They stopped falling, instead it felt like they were floating above the landscape and it felt wonderful to them.
"Well now!" someone shouted and the Raptor appeared before them.
Louran showed his face and continues to shout, "You got lucky this time, princess and you ducks! For the next time we meet, I will get the next spell!"
The Raptor flew away and it disappeared into the night sky.
Both Pearl and Wildwing resumed their flying, safely towards the ground. Wildwing, however, whirled around in the air and Pearl did the same thing until they landed in the stadium's parking lot
"That…was…fun!" Wildwing said, breathlessly.
The two looked at each other in the eyes, their hearts pounded loud enough for them to hear, and Wildwing had the same feeling as he felt before.
"Your Highness, I swear and I hope my friends will, too, that we will protect you and your friend and help you capture the spell pages, every last one of them," Wildwing informed, kneeling to her.
Pearl nodded and then, the Aero-Wing flew over them and landed back inside the stadium.
Awhile later, the other ducks and Subria rushed towards them, "Bro, are you okay?" Nosedive asked.
"Ducks, I swore ourselves to be bodyguards to Princess Prydwen and help her capture the spells to the Book of Avalon, unless any of you object to do the job," Wildwing said to his comrades.
None of them spoke, they just shook their heads, and they went back to their headquarters as they talked to one another.