"Oh no…" Magica gasped as they saw the symbol through Fenton's phone screen. "What is it?" Scrooge asked. "He's going to drain their lifeforce to restore his own! We're lucky he's so weak that needs to rest awhile before casting his infernal spell, but we've got to hurry or there won't be anyone left to save!" She started to go for the door but Scrooge stopped her with a hand on her shoulder. "We have to wait for Gyro; we need whatever he has that can help us get to them." Poe nodded. "He's right, I know you're panicking but if we rush in unprepared we won't stand a chance." Magica sighed. "You're right…" Fenton noted the atmosphere around McDuck and DeSpell but kept quiet, he knew when to button his beak and now was not the time to test either one's temper.
After a few more minutes Gyro came in with a duffle bag of supplies. "Okay; I tried to modify what I could as quickly as possible." He started as he spread several items out on the desk. He pointed to each item while giving descriptions of each. "These pins are equipped with the anti-magic barrier technology; these lasers are anti-magic counter rays; they should hopefully counter most spells."
"How exactly would those work?" Magica asked. "Well, after studying video footage of some of your bouts with Mr. McDuck as well as some magical texts I figured out a way to counter balance magical energy with electric energy to cancel out some magic spells. They're not too thoroughly tested though." Gyro explained before returning to the rest. "Now I have here two small drones, slightly bigger than what you were using before, both are equipped with holographic projectors and low lever lasers, think stun guns." He explained. "You can use the drones to scout ahead and for defensive purposes." Then he pulled two belts from the bag. "And finally, we have the belts that allow you to carry all these things."
Scrooge nodded. "Okay. That should do it. Thank you, Gyro." "Of course, Mr. McDuck. Oh, one more thing, here." He handed them each a small rod, each about ten inches in length. "What are these?" Magica asked. "Press the hidden button on the side." Gyro pointed to a small button that was almost invisible. Magica pushed the button and the rod extended to almost five feet in length. "You never know when a rod might come in handy. Testing for booby traps, as a basic melee weapon, to aid in long jumps, the possibilities are endless really. Sometimes the simplest tools are the most important and useful." Magica nodded. "Thank you."
"Gyro, can you and Fenton distract the spectres outside so we can get in?" Scrooge asked. "Mr. McDuck, don't insult me; of course, we can." Gyro grinned confidently and strode out of the room. "This is a job for Gizmoduck!" Fenton exclaimed before uttering his phrase to activate the Gizmoduck suit. "Blatherin' Blatherskite!" In a flash the suit appeared and incased him, turning him into Gizmoduck. "Between myself and Dr. Gearloose we should be able to buy you plenty of time to infiltrate the enemy stronghold." He said, now speaking in his Gizmoduck voice. Then he remembered Magica and Poe were in the room and had just seen him don the suit. "Don't worry about us Giz; we have more important things to worry about than what's under your visor." Poe said. Magica shrugged. "Why should I care who or what you are? I only care that you're going to help us." Gizmoduck looked at Scrooge for confirmation he could believe the DeSpell twins. "Don't worry about them, they won't give away your secret." Scrooge said with a nod. With that Gizmoduck left to join Gyro in distracting Haguk's minions.
"Well we should be on our way too." Scrooge said. "What's the plan?" Poe asked. "After all, you said we go in without magic to start so where does that leave me?" "Simple; you're our ace in the hole. Keep yourself hidden and get close enough to use your magic against Haguk when the moment is right. Do you think you could seal him back in the medallion?" Poe stood quiet for a moment as he thought about it. "I could try, no guarantees of success though. However, there is one thing we should discuss about that first…"
He looked at Magica. "There's no way to know if you and the others will get your magic back once Haguk is sealed away again; I don't know how he took it so I don't know that I could undo what he did. Will you be okay with that?" Magica's eyes reflected her uncertainty as she thought about her brother's words before resolve settled back into her expression. "I'll deal with it somehow. At least I won't have to hear about being 'soft' or a 'failure' anymore; especially if they're in the same boat and left with no room to talk." She laughed a bit, clearly attempting to reassure herself.
Poe looked at his sister sympathetically and Scrooge found himself impressed with her at that moment; she was willing to sacrifice something that was such a big part of who she was if that's what it took stop this madness and save her family. They truly were more alike than he'd ever realized. She just hid her sappier emotions far better than he ever could.
With their plan of attack decided they set off for the tower; Poe using his magic to return to raven form and make himself invisible so that he could get to the tower unnoticed and wait for Scrooge and Magica to begin distracting Haguk. That was really all they could do, keep Haguk busy until Poe had an opportunity to act; without Magica's magic they really only had defensive tactics on their side and no way to actually fight back.
Pushing any uneasiness and doubts to the side Scrooge and Magica quickly made their way to the tower. Gyro, his Little Bulb, Manny the sentient horse-statue-thing and Gizmoduck were fighting the dozen or so hooded spectres that guarded the tower. Each time a spectre went down it just regenerated and returned to the fray. Scrooge and Magica threw a few kicks and punches themselves as they rushed past the battle zone. Just as they were about to enter the tower a pair of spectres, large both in rotund belly and almost eight-foot height, appeared between them and the door. They tried to fight them off; Scrooge knocked one on his butt with a swift sweeping kick and was about to open the large wooden door when he heard a shriek behind him. "Put me down!" The other large spectre guard had managed to grab Magica by one of her legs and was holding her upside down while she simultaneously tried to free herself and hold the skirt of her dress up. She kicked him in the face but he still didn't let her go.
"Hang in there!" Scrooge called as he rushed to her aid. "Like I can do anything else right now." She deadpanned. The first guard hadn't fully regenerated yet so Scrooge made use of his gut by bouncing on him like a trampoline to land a right hook in the face of the one holding Magica, who at that point, finally released her. As she began to plummet to the ground she screamed but her scream was abruptly cut off as she felt someone catch her. She looked up into the face of Scrooge statue head of the man-horse-thing. "Eek!" She jumped away from Manny with a start. Scrooge chuckled behind her. "Are you okay?" "That thing is extremely unsettling you know." She said as Manny rushed back to help the others. "I know." Scrooge replied. "Now let's get in there and put that ancient warlock back in his place." Magica nodded and they ran into the tower.
Once inside they carefully and quickly made their way up the steep spiraling stone stair case running along the tower wall. Just as they reached the final landing another set of spectre guards appeared and attempted to knock them off the stairs with their staves. Scrooge and Magica pulled out the rods Gyro gave them and used them to fight off the guards. They clashed staves and rods several times like a great sword fight for several minutes before one guard swung at Magica and knocked her off her balance. Just as looked like Magica was going to tumble back down the stairs she made her move, revealing she'd let the guard knock her back on purpose; She rammed her rod into the ground behind her and with a mighty shove reversed her course and slammed her foot into the guard, sending him sailing into the air and off the landing.
"Aaaahhhh!" Scrooge's scream echoed in the tower as Magica looked over and saw the other guard had knocked him off the landing and, as he desperately clung to the edge, the guard smashed his fingers with his foot and Scrooge fell from view. "SCROOGE!" Magica cried, rushing the guard with her rod and sent him flailing into the darkness below with his companion. With the guard out of the way she stood shaking, fearing the worst; the tower was taller than the money bin and with only candles along the walls for lighting the darkness swallowed everything below where she stood. There was no way Scrooge could have survived that fall.
Magica was left to finish the fight by herself, just her and Poe. She stood alone in the silent darkness panicking; wondering how she would do this without Scrooge's help, what she would say to his family, when she was scared out of her wits by a voice below her. "MAGICA! Help me!" "Scrooge?" She immediately took one of the candles from the wall by the door and sunk to her knees, looking down. Just a little over a foot below the landing Scrooge has hanging on for dear life to his rod, which he'd managed to jam into a crack in the wall to save himself from falling to the ground below. "Oh, thank goodness you're alive!" Magica sighed in relief. "I won't be much longer if you don't help me!" He barked. "Right." Magica extended her rod and held it out to Scrooge who grabbed it. Once she had pulled him back up on to the landing he looked down. "Well, that's another hat lost." He said, placing a hand on his now hatless head. "At least it was just your hat." Magica said, relief still all over her face. Scrooge grinned teasingly. "You were really worried about me, weren't you?" Her face flushed a bit. "Oh, don't flatter yourself." He snickered a bit. "Well thank you for saving me... and for your concern Magica." She turned to the door. "Come on you fool, let's keep going; Poe is waiting."