Chapter 8

Huey just finished explaining to his uncles about what happened. They were still a little confused about the whole thing, so Huey tried to elaborate more. As he was explaining in further detail, both uncles fell asleep. Huey thought it was because he bored them, but then he saw an odd looking light flying around next to them. The light then revealed a holographic projection of Nathan.

"It seems that you've been revealing too much, Hubert." Nathan said to a frightened Huey.

"How do you know my name?" Huey asked as Nathan laughed maniacally.

"The orb lets me know everything now." Nathan said cynically. "I know everything about you, even your biggest fears." He snapped his fingers and created a dark shadow the cast halfway across the room. Huey didn't know what it was, but he knew he didn't want to go near it.

"What is that thing?" Huey said fearfully. Nathan just laughed as he watched Huey back up in fear.

"I'm not telling you, and do you know why?" Nathan asked rhetorically as Huey looked up in terror. "Because that's your biggest fear, the unknown." Nathan then snapped his fingers and disappeared. Huey noticed that the shadow was coming closer and he was running out of space to back up. He tried to think of a way for him and his uncles to get out, but all that was in there was the window. Huey realized that the window was his only option. The window led straight out to the pool, so he decided to drop himself from the window into the pool. He grabbed his uncles and dropped from the window and he swam to the edge of the pool. He saved his uncles thanks to his Junior Woodchuck drown proofing badge.

Dewey and Louie were walking to their next requirement. As they walked, Dewey started talking.

"It's gonna be too late by the time we get her." Dewey said as Louie agreed.

"Well this is our only option right now Dewey." Louie said as Shark walked behind them. Dewey couldn't stop thinking about what was on the piece of paper.

"Shark, that name on the paper, who was it?" Dewey asked as Shark got angry.

"How bout you mind your own business and don't worry about it." Shark said angrily. Dewey didn't expect that so he kept his beak shut. Shark then started to feel bad about his reaction to the question. "Look, I'm sorry, it's pretty hard to talk about okay. If you wanna know, ask your eavesdropping brother." Shark said in a nicer tone. Dewey accepted the apology, but this only made him more curious. As they continued to walk to their next requirement, Louie stopped walking for a second. Dewey and Shark were trying to figure out what was going on. Louie then collapsed causing Dewey to rush over to help. As Louie started losing consciousness, Dewey tried to keep telling him that he was gonna be okay.

Louie had a dream. He was in a car and he was sitting next to a girl. The girl seemed really impressed.

"So, are we ready Ryan?" The girl said with enthusiasm. Louie wasn't talking, but he was looking through the eyes of the person that was.

"My name isn't Ryan, remember?!" Ryan said as he turned on the ignition. The girl just laughed.

"Shut up and drive Ryan." The girl said while she was laughing. Ryan started driving the car from the empty parking lot they were in. As they drove down the road, the girl suggested something dangerous. "Try going one hundred." Ryan thought she was crazy, but he didn't care. He started going one hundred miles per hour. As he drove, he noticed that there was a turn. He was prepared for this, so he made the turn, but he wasn't prepared for what happened after. There was a truck and the car hit it. Ryan fainted, but he regained consciousness right away. He looked to see if the girl was okay, but it looked as if she had been severely injured.

"Shark?!" The girl said before going unconscious. Ryan grabbed her and tried to wake her up.

"Terra, Terra!" Ryan said to no avail. Little did he know, Terra was now in a coma that she probably won't wake up from.

Louie woke up as Dewey threw water in his face. He noticed that Shark was out cold as well. Dewey was happy to see that his brother was awake. They heard a voice from behind them.

"Dang it, I didn't mean for you to see that." Nathan said as he held up the orb. "I was just intending for the ruthless one to see his worst nightmare. Reliving a pain that he caused to the one person he loved most. All because he wanted to show off." Louie looked horrified by the power that Nathan had. Nathan noticed and took advantage of this. "Oh what the heck, you two can experience your worst fears as well." Nathan snapped his fingers and made the boys experience their worst nightmares. Louie looked up and saw what he feared most, death. He saw everyone he knew and loved dead, and he was next.

Nathan laughed as he looked to see everyone's terrified faces. He was delighted that his plan was working.

"Now you can never stop me." Nathan said cynically. "Once I take you out, Webby will be mine. No one will be able to save her. And she will come with me to the duckutaunte ball." A voice was heard from behind him.

"Cool plan, but you didn't take into account one thing." Dewey said as he took the Sphere of Selene from out of his shirt. "I'm not afraid of anything." Nathan then opened a portal to go back into hiding, but Dewey was not gonna let him escape so easily. He tackled Nathan through the portal and then the portal closed. Louie and Shark stopped experiencing their fears.

Huey tried to look for something in Scrooge's garage that could help him open the portal. The darkness was started to spread throughout the whole mansion. As this was happening, Huey finally found the components he needed to open the portal. Huey noticed that the darkness had finally entered the room, but then he realized something. His worst fear isn't the darkness, it's the unknown. Huey stepped into the darkness as the darkness finally turned into light. Huey then started working on a way to open the portal as he conquered his fear.

Dewey felt strange. He didn't know where he was, but he knew it wasn't home. The whole place illuminated with light blue. Everything glowed, even the floor. He saw Webby all tied up in the distance. He started running over to her, until he was stopped by Nathan. Dewey was getting sick of him already.

"Do you really think you can save her?" Nathan asked rhetorically. "You are in my world now. You can not escape, you can not fight back, you can not save her. Do you know why? Because you are too weak. You think of yourself as a strong and capable leader, but you are nothing but a weak, naive, little fool. Now I don't feel like capturing anymore prisoners tonight, I think I'll just have to settle with killing you." Webby then started speaking.

"Dewey that's not true!" Webby yelled. "You are strong and capable. Don't listen to a word this monster says, because I'm 120% sure he's crazy. Dewey, you're not weak, you're one of the strongest people I know. So please, show him how strong I know you can be." Dewey felt a warm feeling inside knowing that Webby was supporting him. He felt like he knew he could win now. Nathan interrupted the moment.

"Oh shut up!" Nathan said as he hit Webby. Dewey felt his heart sink. Nathan had just hit Webby right in front of him. Dewey was heartbroken, but his broken heart soon turned into rage. He looked at the Sphere of Selene and it showed him something that he could use to his advantage. Dewey let his rage take control as the whole place started trembling. Nathan didn't feel as powerful as he did before. He tried to use the orb, but it didn't work. Lightning then started coming out of Dewey to Nathan's surprise. The trembling then started to go down.

"You made the biggest mistake of your life." Dewey said as Nathan started to get frightened. "The orb showed me something. It showed me that I can do whatever I want in this world. So let me tell you all the things you did wrong. First, you intentionally tried to hurt my brothers. Next, you tried to hurt me. Then, you tried to hurt my family. But the one thing that you can never do, IS HURT WEBBY!" Dewey started making the whole place shake once more. "I think it's time to give you something to fear." Dewey let lightning shoot out of his hands as Nathan held the orb up in defense.

End of Chapter 8