Chapter 7
Webby went down stairs to check and see who was at the door. Dewey was wondering if their uncle ordered a package or something, but then he started thinking of another option. Dewey tried to stop Webby from opening the door but it was too late. The door was opened as the person at the door snapped his fingers. Webby was under Nathan's complete control. Dewey was about to do something until Nathan held the orb up.
"Webby invited me over for dinner." Nathan said with an evil grin. "And if you even give a hint about Webby being, you know, I'll hypnotize your whole family and make them jump off the roof. Got it!" Dewey didn't have a choice. With the power that Nathan possessed, he was pretty much unstoppable.
"That power is gonna kill you." Dewey warned. "Don't you know that the orb is slowly sucking your life force away from you." Nathan held his hand up to silence Dewey.
"We can talk about that during dinner." Nathan said as he hypnotized Webby to show him around. Dewey was contemplating on whether he should follow Nathan to make sure nothing goes wrong or tell his brothers that Nathan was in the mansion. Dewey decided that it would be best to follow Nathan and Webby. "Oh Webby, do you mind if I put my arm around you?" Nathan said evilly grinning at Dewey.
"No master." Webby said in a hypnotic voice. As Nathan put his arm around Webby, Dewey couldn't help but feel like a piece of his heart broke off from inside of him.
"Aw, what's the matter little blue?" Nathan said as he started holding Webby closer. "Are you jealous? Because if that's the case I can just hypnotize your whole family." Dewey grew worried for the safety of his family as Nathan laughed maniacally. "The best part about this orb is that sometimes I don't even need to use it to manipulate you into doing what ever I want. Now leave us be or else." Dewey had no choice but to walk away. He went to go find his brothers and tell them about the situation.
As everyone sat down for dinner, the hypnotized Webby introduced Nathan and everyone greeted him. They all started eating dinner as Mrs. Beakley started asking questions.
"So, how did you two meet exactly?" Mrs. Beakley asked as Nathan was trying to think quickly.
"We met at a diner and we started hanging out after that." Nathan said causing Dewey to get upset. Nathan then looked at Dewey and then showed him a glimpse of the orb. Dewey decided to keep his beak shut as Mrs. Beakley started asking more questions.
"What do your parents do?" Mrs. Beakley asked. Nathan answered that question very pridefully.
"My father is an innovation/entrepreneurial expert and my mother is a lawyer." Nathan said as Scrooge finished his dinner.
"Welp, ma belly's full so Imma go sit in ma study for a wee while, you lads have fun." Scrooge said as he left. Their uncle Donald wasn't in the room either since he had to go to his new job to work the night shift. The only adult in the room was Mrs. Beakley. Nathan used the orb causing Dewey to become frightened. He thought he was gonna use it to hypnotize them, but he actually used it to stop time. Time stopped around the children as Nathan started grinning.
"This orb is the best thing that has ever happened to me." Nathan said as he held the orb up. "With this power, nothing can stop me." Dewey tried to reason with him, but Huey informed Dewey that it was already too late. Nathan was too far gone, he wasn't gonna give up the power of the orb willingly. Nathan then whispered into the orb as Dewey was confused.
"What are you doing?" Dewey asked as Nathan laughed.
"I'm inserting a memory inside Beakley's head." Nathan said as he opened a portal. "Tomorrow is our big day, and I don't want it getting ruined by you lot. I also inserted a memory inside your uncle Donald's head, so don't go wondering why you all are grounded." Nathan grabbed Webby's hand and took her through the portal. He then unfroze time and closed the portal back up. Beakley woke up and she was confused about why the boys were sitting at the table.
"Boys, dinner is already over, it's time for bed." Mrs. Beakley said as the boys looked at the clock. They were surprised that it was 10:00. They headed off to bed as Dewey panicked. He didn't want Nathan doing anything to Webby that she didn't want to do. Huey started coming up with a plan to fix everything. Dewey sat on the patio as Louie walked outside to join him.
"She's always the hero." Dewey started as he grew more and more upset. "Not once have I ever seen her been the damsel in distress. Even then, she always finds a way out of it. But this time, I don't think she can." Louie started feeling bad for Dewey. "Now this is my chance to be the hero. Instead of her saving my life, I'll save her life. I'll make sure Nathan will pay for what he did." Louie was confused. He thought Dewey was taking this conversation down a different turn.
"Dewey, you're not seriously gonna fight him are you?" Louie asked as Dewey cracked his knuckles. Before Dewey was gonna do anything, Huey showed up with his full proof plan.
"Don't do anything Dewey, or we won't be able to go with my plan." Huey said as the brothers started to pay attention to the oldest. "I made a list of the requirements that you need to fulfill before the Duckutaunte Ball tomorrow. With this plan, we'll definitely be able to rescue Webby." Louie was starting to get upset.
"Oh yeah, like the plan you had last time?!" Louie said as he started to fold his arms. "What makes you think it's gonna work this time?" Huey started to sigh.
"Louie I get it, you have every right to be mad at me." Huey said as Louie started to unfold his arms. "You trusted me and I let you down, and I'm sorry. But right now I need you to trust me one more time. Can you please do that for me. And if not for me, do it for Webby." Louie unfolded his arms and looked into his brothers eyes. He knew that Huey would make his puppy eyes, the ones that always make him go along with his plans. Louie tried to resist but he realized it was no use.
"Ugh, fine." Louie said as Huey jumped with joy. Huey then gave him and Dewey a list of requirements that have to be met. Dewey looked at the list and then looked at Huey with surprise.
"Huey, are you sure you wanna do the last thing on the list?" Dewey asked with concern. "I mean, after everything he's put you through, you really want help from him." Huey sighed.
"Look, that requirement is optional." Huey said trying not to show his true feelings about the situation. "But I feel like he's one of our best chances of getting Webby back. Not him personally, just his relations." The boys thought about what they were going to do, until they heard the screams of their uncle Donald. They wondering why he was yelling, until Dewey remembered that Nathan inserted a memory to make their uncle angry. Donald was yelling until Scrooge came down.
"What's all the fuss about?" Scrooge said as Donald started yelling angrily.
"The boys burnt down the house boat!" Donald screamed as Huey told Dewey and Louie to go out the window to fulfill the requirements. Scrooge tried to calm Donald down as Huey came downstairs to hold their uncle off.
"Why would you burn down the houseboat?" Scrooge asked as Huey explained.
"We didn't, he has a memory stored in his head that makes him think we did." Scrooge started thinking and he looked out in the backyard at the houseboat. It looked just like it was before. Scrooge showed Donald and Donald stopped getting angry. His anger was instead replaced with confusion.
"Lad, you've got a lot of explaining ta do." Scrooge said as he pulled Huey and Donald in his study.
Dewey and Louie finally made it to their first requirement. It was a house, but inside housed one of their least favorite people. They were very skeptical about the whole situation, but they knew that it was one of their only options. They knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer, and someone did. It was Shark, Huey's old bully and Mark Beak's nephew.
"What are you doing here?!" Shark asked angrily as Dewey was very angry about being.
"We need your help." Dewey said as Shark started to close the door. Dewey shoved his foot in the door so it wouldn't close.
"Huey said this would probably make you cooperate." Louie said as he held up a piece of paper with a name on it. Dewey and Louie didn't recognize the name, but Shark did."
"Fine, what do I got to do?" Shark asked as Dewey and Louie were both surprised.
Nathan was sitting in the dimensional plain with Webby in magical restraints. Webby tried to escape but the restraints just kept getting tighter. Nathan started walking over to her and slapped her. He then held up her chin.
"It's no use love, you can't get out of those restraints." Nathan said cynically.
"You're crazy!" Webby said angrily as she continued to struggle. She had intentions on killing him.
"Am I crazy, or crazy in love?!" Nathan said as Webby continued.
"No, you're just crazy." Webby said as Nathan created a drink and took a sip of it.
"We'll see." Nathan said cynically. He then snapped his fingers and made Webby disappear as he admired his powers.
End of Chapter 7