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Mallory wandered around a little aimlessly, being outside helped her a lot. She didn't want to go too far from civilian population due to Orgg and Dragaunus still being out there. So here she was, at the very mall she was abducted from. Even so she still liked it here. She wasn't going to let what happened to her ruin enjoyment of this place.
Looking around herself she spotted Wildwing approaching her. He wasn't wearing his mask and the dark circles under his eyes were gone. That was strange considering that even when he was sleeping on the couch he still had them. The look he gave her made her instantly weary.
"Mallory." He said her name with a sneer.
"Wildwing-"
"Your off the team." He crossed his arms over his chest. His stance was all wrong. When he was reprimanding someone he always put his hands on his hips.
"What?"
"You heard me. I just finished all of the video's from Dragaunus." He looked at her like she was a disease. It was obvious to her that this wasn't Wildwing so she would play into it to see what would happen.
She stared at him a moment then hide her eyes in her hands. Looking suddenly very ashamed. "Oh stars! Wildwing if I could have avoided it I would hav-"
"Mallory the things you did... I don't know If I can trust someone like you on the team... Your a monster."
Mallory looked up at him with watery eyes. "But where am I suppose to go?"
Neither realized that the real Wildwing was hiding around the corner, silently fuming that the Chameleon was trying to use his form to get Mallory to run from the safety of her team. The slime.
"I don't know and don't care. Just leave. I can't even look at you." The fake Wildwing turned away and Wildwing was getting prepared to attack when Mallory struck. Doing a spin kick she nailed him hard in the side of the head. He fell sideways and grabbed his head in pain on the ground. "Please Chameleon. All those times you tortured me by pretending to be teammates there to rescue me, you I think I can't spot you now. I know my team you filth." He changed back into he true form and went to hit his teleporter only for his arm to be stepped on by a big white boot. Following the boot up to the person's face he was frightened to see Wildwing glaring down at him.
"Nice try shit head." The last thing he saw before he was knocked out was Wildwing's large fist heading right for his face. Then nothing.
With Chameleon unconscious. Wildwing tied him up and called the others for a pick up. After he turned to Mallory to find her watching him wearily. "I would never ask you to leave." He watched her face. She nodded. "I know."
"Mallory. I should have told you about the videos..." Mallory scowled at him. "... but I needed to know what you went through. Mallory I want to take care of you. The only way that I could even remotely understand what was going on in your head was by watching what happened to you. I won't speak a word about it. Please understand that I did what I did because I..."
He didn't get a chance to finish what he was saying due to the Migrator's arrival and the others running out to them.
"Beautiful guys! You caught the Chameleon!" Duke grinned.
"Mallory did all the work. I just punched him in the head." He was looking at Mallory who was staring at the ground. "What was he going to say?" She wanted to know desperately.
The others got into the Migrator dragging Chameleon with them. "Yo you guys coming?" Nosedive asked before entering.
Mallory went to follow but Wildwing gently took her hand and stopped her in her tracks. "I brought my bike here. Well meet you guys back at that pond."
"Alright. Tear it up Bro." The other ducks left quickly leaving Wildwing and Mallory alone, waking back to his bike in silence. Once in front of it he turned to her again and leaned against it. Clearly not ready to leave until they talk.
"Mallory what I was saying before..."
"I get it. Your trying to be a good leader and-"
"That's not just it... Mallory the reason-"
"I know you told me you wanted to take care of me."
Wildwing sighed. She was being difficult. Standing up he grabbed her shoulders. "Please let me finish."
"You should have talked to me first about it." She interrupted again.
"Mallory I-"
"Did it ever occur to you I didn't want you to see that. That I was ashamed. That I have blood on my hands that I will never be able to wash away!"
"Damn you Mallory! You'd rather wallow in your misery then let others help you!" Wildwing was getting frustrated.
"I have been trying! What about you!? What has been your problem?! You wouldn't even talk to me!"
"Because I failed you as a leader! How could I look you in the eye knowing that I've failed you so tremendously!" He threw his arms out as if announcing his failure to the skies.
Mallory stared at him wondering why he always takes the blame for everything. She was about to say more when he interrupted her this time. "I realize that it wasn't the best way to go about it but I was trying to come to terms and deal with it in my own way! In the end I made things worse and for that I'm sorry." He got quieter towards the end of his sentence. "I'm sorry Mallory."
She could only stare sadly at him. He moved forward and grabbed her shoulders. "Mallory, being here without you and knowing you were in danger almost killed me. While you were gone there wasn't one moment that you weren't on my mind. I was obsessed with trying to get to you. It was like a part of me was taken when you were taken."
Mallory's eyes grew large at where this was going. Was her normally stoic leader really saying that he felt for her what she realized she felt about him months ago? Mallory realized that she was in love with Wildwing even before she was taken. It was unexpected for her. At first she was incredibly against it, he didn't seem to like her like that but maybe she was wrong. "Mallory I love you." ...She was wrong.
He pulled her forward and kissed her hard, Mallory melted into him. When he finally broke the kiss she felt like her head was floating she was so flushed. "You don't have to tell me right now that you feel the same. I won't push you after what you've been through. I can wait for your answer."
With that he climbed on the bike and offered her a helmet. She took it slowly, feeling like she was having an out of body experience. Climbing on behind him putting her hands on his waist to hold on. The drive back was silent as both were lost in their own worlds.
Wildwing wondered what she was thinking and Mallory thought about his confession to her. She was happy but frightened at the same time. Why? She honestly didn't know. Should she tell him? Scolding herself she nodded her head. Of course she should tell him how else is he to understand what she is going through. From now on she would not hide anything from him.
When they arrived back at the garage Tanya was there waiting for them. "Where's the Chameleon?" Wildwing went straight to business.
"In the holding cell below. The others are watching him."
"Alright. We need to interrogate him."
"I can do that." Mallory spoke up surprising both Tanya and Wildwing. Both looked at her like she had grown another head. "What? I can."
"Tanya can you give us a moment. We'll both be there soon." Wildwing asked. Tanya nodded and headed back down to the others. Once she was out of sight Wildwing turned to Mallory with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm not sure you interrogating Chameleon is a good idea."
"Why?"
"Because we just want answers Mallory. I'm worried you might lose control of your anger. Don't get me wrong. I want to beat him senseless too. But I'm afraid that your going to make it personal."
She wanted to tell him he was god damn right it was personal but kept her mouth shut. This was her leader that she was talking to right now not the Wildwing that just confessed his love to her. She knew the difference.
"It won't be personal. I can do it." She said with an even voice. "Let me do it Wildwing. The moment you feel that I can't do it then you can pull me out... but you won't need to. I'm a soldier. I know when to leave my shit at the door."
Wildwing stared at her for a moment then nodded. "Fine but I'm going in with you." Mallory nodded to that, she couldn't argue with him, he was the boss. Wildwing lead the way down, he didn't like the idea of the Chameleon being in the same room as Mallory but she wanted to do this, she needed to do this. He could see it in her eyes, it was just like him when he had lost his best friend. He would have done anything to get back at the lizards. Mallory and him both understood that feeling now. "Just as long as she doesn't hurt herself, then I'll allow it." He thought as he looked over at her from the corner of his eye, she was focused on the job they needed to do like a good soldier. "That's my girl."
Wildwing turned his sights back to the front, they approached the cell where the others were waiting. Tanya had the Chameleon hooked up to a machine to track his vitals and if he was lying. He was strapped down to a metal table, restraints on his limbs, even his tail. The other ducks stood to the side with their arms crossed making way for both Wildwing and Mallory.
They entered the cell and Mallory was instantly in work mod. Chameleon looked up and smiled until he saw her walk in to do the interrogation. His smile fell and instantly he was nervous. "Hey I thought you were just going to ask me questions. Not kill me. She's a monster." He turned to Wildwing. "You should know right?"
Wildwing ignored his comment. Instead he crossed his arms and lend against the cell wall. "He's all yours Mal."
Mallory didn't even smile at him as she stepped up. "What is Dragaunus planning Chameleon? Why would he send you off to try and make me leave the team?"
"You can't honestly expect me to answer that." He laughed.
"Why not? You realize that out of everyone that works for him, you are the most expendable to him. Why are you so loyal to someone who doesn't care about you?" She went for what she knew was a soft spot for him. It worked and his face dropped a little. "I bet he beats the shit out of you if you fail a mission." His face changed again. This time he looked angry. "The look on your face tells me that I'm correct."
"Hey Mallory. Can you tell me something? I was curious who bought and fucked you your last days there?" He put emphasis on those two words, wanting to hurt Mallory I some way. Mallory's face didn't change but everyone else's did. Wildwing actually stepped forward but Mallory continued questioning the Chameleon like she hadn't heard him, making Wildwing settle.
"There is no reason for you to remain loyal to him. Tell us what we need to know and maybe we can cut a deal."
"I figured that it would have been Orgg but then he told me he never got a chance to. He said someone else bought you. Was it that duck you danced with?"
"Answer my questions Chameleon."
"Then I heard rumors that it was a woman. You have lesbian sex with her?" At this Mallory moved faster then the Chameleon thought possible for a duck. She grabbed his tongue and pulled hard, twisting it beyond what it is supposed to do but not damaging it.
"The only words that should be coming out of your mouth should be answers to my questions. Nothing else. Do you understand?... Nod if you do." She said not breaking her even tone. Chameleon gagged and struggled for a bit, whimpering at the pain his tongue was in. Finally he nodded and Mallory let his tongue go. Wiping her hand on his uniform. Tanya handed her a towel which she took with a nod, cleaning off the excess drool.
"Now answers. What does Dragaunus want?"
"He wants to capture you clearly." Chameleon huffed.
"Yes but why?"
He was silent for a moment but Mallory smacked him on the back of the head. "Hey answers. Or do I need to remind you again that you will talk or you will suffer." Chameleon jumped when he was hit.
"He bought you from Chargg as a slave. So as he sees it, he wants his property back." The others ducks behind Mallory gasped. Wildwing shifted a little unhappy with what he was hearing but not willing to show how much it affected him. Chameleon smiled over at Mallory. "Congratulations. Your his new pet. Hehehe."
"So you were pretending to be Wildiwng kicking me off he team to get me to run away. To bad for you, your acting sucks. So say that it didn't and you actually managed to get me away from them, what was the next step?"
"Hum... Well I just don't know. Sorry guess you wasted your time."
Mallory looked over at Wildwing and walked next to him so that she could whisper in his ear so the Chameleon couldn't hear. "Do I have permission to move to the next phase with him? Actual bodily damage."
"How much we talking here." He whispered back not moving his head.
"Break his fingers and toes." Wildwing narrowed his eyes. "Granted but try to get a little more from him before you start." Mallory nodded and turned back to the Chameleon.
"It doesn't make sense that you wouldn't know the next step. Tell me Chameleon. Or else I'll have to start hurting you again."
"Oh come on! We weren't this mean when we tortured you! We just strung you up and beat you senseless." Mallory looked over at Wildwing, who nodded, giving her the okay to start. He was done listening to the Chameleon talk anyway.
Mallory grabbed one of the Chameleon's fingers and placed her thumb against it. "I'm going to count to eight for an answer and I'm going to use your fingers to do it. Remember you only have eight fingers Chameleon. One." With her first count she snapped his finger backwards, making it folder over unnaturally. The sickening crack echoed in the cell. Chameleon screamed. He didn't think she would go this far, he didn't think Wildwing would let her.
"Two." Snap another finger was snapped in half. Cries rang out through the basement level. Wildwing watched Mallory work stoically. He was impressed with how she didn't let him faze her and proud with how strong she was. He may not like this kind of thing but they needed answers and this was Dragaunus's goons they were talking about. He had to be stopped. There was no way he was gonna let lizard lips get his dirty claws on Mallory.
"THE NEXT STEP!" He yelled out. Trying to make Mallory stop. Breathing in and out heavily and quickly. "The next step was to corner, capture, and brand you."
"Brand?" Nosedive asked from outside of the cell.
"Yes brand! With hot metal! Burn his mark into your back shoulder and chain you up." Chameleon was shaking in pain and fear now. "He was going to use you to lure in your team and kill them. That's still the plan."
"Does he have a way of knowing that you have been captured?" Mallory held on to his next finger.
"Not unless one of us hit the button on our teleporter saying that we failed the mission."
"Did you hit the button?"
"...No."
Mallory looked over at Wildwing. They locked eyes and knew that they had a rare opportunity here. Dragaunus thought that the Chameleon was still out trying to separate Mallory from her group. They could get Chameleon to say they he did and set a trap for Dragaunus.
Mallory turned to Tanya. Tanya looked over his vitals and readings. "He's telling the truth." She reported.
Turning back to the prisoner, Mallory looked him over and walked back over to Wildwing, putting her face next to his ear again. "What do you think?" She whispered.
"If we can get him to cooperate and tell Dragaunus that he was successful in separating you from us, then this might actually lead to the successful capture of Dragaunus. Convince him to do it."
Mallory turned back to the Chameleon again but he saw her eyes and instantly rejected what ever she had to say next. "No way! I'm not stupid. Your going to tell me to betray him but I fear him more than you guys."
"That would be a mistake. You saw what I did out there on the rink. You think I won't do worse to you? Think again. I will kill you if I have to Chameleon."
"He would rip out my spleen if I helped you."
"I will gut you and strangle you with your own intestines. Does that sound better?" She asked.
Chameleon didn't respond, only started at her like he was seeing her for the first time. His changed his form and suddenly it wasn't the Chameleon sitting in front of her anymore but Ashley.
"You wouldn't hurt me would you Mallory? You said that you would help me."
Mallory froze and Wildwing moved in fast. Grabbing the Chameleon's head he slammed it hard against the thick metal table behind him. Making the Chameleon lose focus and change back into his true form. Mallory was furious but refused to show it. Standing she smirked down at the Chameleon. "I think we can stop for a bit. Let him mull this over." She kept her voice even. Chameleon smiled up cruelly at her.
Wildwing decided that he had enough and took over. "I agree." He punched the Chameleon in the forehead hard. Knocking him out. Mallory's face fell instantly once he was unconscious, seeing Ashley's face again was hard.
"It's been a long day and I'm tired. I'll talk to you guys in the morning." Everyone said goodnight to her expect Wildwing. He intended to follow soon after, once he was done giving out orders and instructions.
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Mallory made her way quickly to her room. Grabbing the first thing that was next to her she tossed it across the room, shattering it on the wall with a mighty yell. "Fucking bastard! How dare he use her face. I should fucking strangle him!" She tossed her alarm clock, it hit the wall with a satisfying smack. Taking deep breaths she finally calmed herself down and slide to the floor. Where she took a few minutes to practice her breathing like Grin had taught her.
Wildwing walked into the room and found her like this. Sitting on the floor breathing heavily. "Mallory! You okay?"
She didn't lift her head to acknowledge him. Only nodded. He swiftly crossed the room and picked her up off of the floor, placing her on her bed. Taking a seat next to her he checked to make sure that she didn't punch anything and hurt her knuckles. Luckily she didn't.
"And here I thought you were doing so well." He mumbled.
"Sorry to disappoint."
"I'm just concerned for you and your wrong, I'm not disappointed. Quiet the opposite. You did what you said you would. Left your shit at the door and focused on the job. You were impressive. Mallory that stunt he pulled in the last part would have gotten to anyone. If it had been me and he did that with Canard's face, I would have lost it but you didn't. You did great. Now it's time for me to take over."
"No! I can finish this!"
"No Mallory." He looked at her sternly.
"Please if I don't it will just look like weakness. It will look like he actually got to me. I won't allow that. Please Wildwing!" She grabbed his hands and brought them to her face, making him hold her while she stared into his eyes, trying to get him to listen. He watched her a moment with hard eyes, thinking that she was using his affections for her against him. She never before had grabbed his hands and put them on her like this. He liked it but at the same time he felt she was being tricky. "Don't think that because I'm in love with you that using my emotions against me will get you what you want. I'm still your captain and you should treat me as such."
She glared at him. "I'm insulted that you think I would. I never would expect such a thing. I thought you knew me better then that." She let go of his hands. Wildwing dropped them to his lap. "Well until you give me an answer, don't do that. It's unfair and you know it." He went to get up but Mallory stopped him.
"You never gave me a chance to give you an answer."
He settled back down and watched her. She couldn't tell what he was thinking by his stoic face. "I do love you." She said looking him straight in the eyes but then turned her eyes to the side, unsure.
"But..."
"But I'm... frightened." This seemed to catch him off guard.
"Why and of what?"
"I honestly don't know but I am. I realized that I was in love with you six months after we arrived on Earth."
He moved closer to her now. "Why didn't you tell me?" She gave him an 'are you serious' look.
"Because your my captain, it's against military code so I made sure not to act differently. Besides what would you have honestly said?"
"I don't know. But you didn't exactly give me an option in it."
"That's because the answer would have been 'well that sucks. I'm not interested so lets stick to being friends and not fuck up team dynamics." She gave a thumbs up at the end of her comment. Showing her sarcasm.
"Are you still afraid of fucking up team dynamics? You honestly think that I would let that happen?" He leaned in closer to her to look at her face, which looked to the floor.
"Well... When you say it like that..." She mumbled, a slight blush on her cheeks as she looked away. He took her chin delicately and made her look at him. The blush on her cheeks grew redder with how close his mouth was to hers.
"I think that it's safe to say that your fears are unfounded." His breath ghosted across her beak/lips, making Mallory instinctively close her eyes. He moved in and pressed a gentle kiss to her mouth. Mallory kissed him back sweetly, until he broke it. "There is something else that I need from you though." She raised an eyebrow at that. " I need you to talk to me and tell me everything that happened." She stared at him with vulnerable eyes for a moment before nodding her consent. He smiled and kissed her again, this time more demanding. Breaking the kiss, Wildwing caressed her cheek and stood up without removing his hand. "We'll talk more in the morning about whether or not you should continue interrogating Chameleon, in the meantime you need to rest. Get some sleep." She just nodded and leaned into his hand that was caressing her face. Her captain had spoken, this was the end of the conversation for now.
He nodded and left her to sleep. She didn't see his face when leaving but if she did, she would have giggled at the smile on it as he walked to his room.
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