On the other side of the door was a hallway at the end of which was a large door, the door that led to the room where Haguk was holding the others. Off the left of the large door was a small staircase that led to another door. On the right was a final door, behind which could be heard snoring that rumbled like thunder. "That must be were Haguk is resting." Magica said, eyeing the door. "What was your first clue?" Scrooge asked sarcastically. "That's not Haguk; that's Rosolio's snoring." Magica snickered. They snuck quietly to the end of the hall and tip toed up the staircase to the left and opened the door at the top. It led to a small storage room with two narrow window slits letting in a little light from outside and on the inside wall. Magica looked through the one on the inside wall and saw that it looked out into the room with the cages.
"I see everyone, they seem to still be okay." She whispered to Scrooge. "Good. Let's get setup." Scrooge took the anti-magic barrier pin from his belt and pinned it to his lapel, Magica followed suit, pinning hers to her dress. They activated their pins. "Hopefully this will keep us hidden from Haguk." He said, pulling out the smartphone-like remotes for the drones and began flying them into the other room. "Here, you control one." He handed a remote to Magica. She fumbled with the drone for a moment before getting a shaky handle on it. Scrooge activated the projector in his drone when he was satisfied that the drone was a decently hidden spot.
"Is everyone alright?" Everyone startled and looked toward the door and saw Scrooge standing there. "Uncle Scrooge!" Huey, Dewey, and Louie cried happily. "Mr. McDuck! How'd you get in here?" Mrs. Beakley asked. "That's not important; what is important is that I'm here and I'm going to find a way to deal with that magical relic." He said, trying to comfort his family. "So, did Magica take off?" Winnicent asked. "I wouldn't be surprised if she left us here." Hexa said. Both of them sounded somewhat sad.
"Oh, Give me a little more credit than that." Magica said, walking up behind Scrooge. "Aunt Magica!" Lena and Minima both chirped. "Y-you came to help us?" Castandra stammered in surprise. "Well of course I did. Don't sound so excited." Magica responded. "You're my family after all. Even if you're just a bunch of troublemakers." Mrs. Beakley chuckled. "So, I guess the witch has a heart after all." Magica just rolled her eyes and turned to Scrooge. "Let's get this over with before I change my mind." Scrooge nodded. "Right. Well first we need to get Haguk in here." He said, then looked at everyone. "I want you all to make a ruckus and lure Haguk." He instructed. Hexa looked at him like he was crazy. "Have you lost your mind?" "We can't get you out of the cages until Haguk is dealt with so either help or be quiet." Magica snapped. Everyone nodded and began shaking and rattling their cages as much as they could and they hollered to be released; making as much racket as they could.
"SILENCE!" Haguk bellowed when he appeared in the room. Everyone became silent at that point as his voice thundered through the room. "Alright you, old windbag!" Scrooge barked. "I'm going to give one chance to let our families go before things have to get ugly." Haguk laughed. "You really think I'm frightened of you? Allow me to demonstrate why you're in no position to threaten me!" Haguk raised his hands and sent a magical beam at Scrooge. Everyone either gasped or screamed when it struck and raised a dust cloud where Scrooge stood. Haguk looked at Magica and did the same, another dust cloud. Haguk laughed and was about to gloat about how stupidly easy that was when suddenly a sound unfamiliar to him permeated the air. It sounded like it was supposed to be a rhythm or melody but it was like none he'd ever heard nor could he discern the source of the sound. Then the dust clouds cleared.
"Is that all you've got?" Scrooge, still standing before Haguk, unharmed, grinned smugly. "Really Scrooge? This song?" Magica sighed, shaking her head. "This so cheesy." Scrooge shrugged. "If fits." He said, Can't Touch This echoing through the room; punctuating the fact that Haguk's attacks had literally not touched either of them. "What sort of magic is this!?" Haguk demanded, confused and startled at the ineffectiveness of his magic. "Modern magic Haguk!" Scrooge said as he and Magica proceeded to alternate between using the drones' lasers and the anti-magic lasers to fight Haguk and counter his magic attacks.
While Scrooge and Magica distracted Haguk; Poe had flown in through one of windows and carefully made his way behind Haguk, perched on a ledge near a candle. He waited several minutes more, watching the projections of his sister and Scrooge making a mockery of Haguk and confusing the ever-living of the ancient warlock with loud, semi-modern, music to mask the sound of his wings as he moved around the room to get into position. Poe returned to his normal self, then waited; when he saw his opening, he took it. Pulling the dime amulet from his pocket to enhance his power he recited his spell when the music stopped.
"Evil Warlock return to darkness from whence you came, to bother us again nevermore!" Poe chanted loudly as he held the amulet, which now glowed with a soft turquoise colored light. "Dad!" Lena shouted when she saw her father. "Poe?!" His sisters and grandmother gasped in surprise. "Hello all!" Poe called back before chanting his spell again. "No! No! NO!" Haguk cried as he, still possessing Rosolio, began to be sucked into the medallion around his neck.
"I think we actually did it!" Magica exclaimed, as it looked as though Haguk was finished. Then their celebration was ended before it could even begin. "Nononononono! Not ME!" Rosolio had managed to partially wrench control away from Haguk, enough to use his magic to knock Poe into the wall behind him, causing him to lose consciousness, stopping the spell.
"ROSOLIO! YOU MORON!" Magica howled, furious with him. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING YOU DOLT!" Scrooge screeched, equally furious. They both yelled angrily at Rosolio for several minutes, tempers beyond lost.
"I don't believe this…" Goldie stared at the two of them as they shouted. "They are both essentially having a temper tantrum right now." She sighed and shook her head. "Like two peas in a temperamental pod." "That's it," Donald slumped down. "We're doomed!" He moaned defeatedly as he started scratching his will into the floor of his cage. Daisy just shook her head and sighed as she watched Donald.
"M-Magi-poo please! You know I love you and I'd do anything for you!" Rosolio whined, trying to calm Magica. "Oh really? You would do anything for me?" She glared at him angrily and he gulped. "Okay… well, maybe not anything…" He said sheepishly. "You are the biggest pain in the tailfeathers I've ever met!" she screeched. "You've ruined our chance to end this nightmare you idiot!" Scrooge barked, also glaring angrily at Rosolio. "Oh, woe is me," Rosolio whined. "I guess nobody-" before he could continue lamenting no one caring what happened to him Haguk took back control of his body and laughed his thunderous laugh. "At least this pitiful vessel is useful to some degree." He cackled, then attacked them again with more magic. Haguk flung his magical beams in every direction, determined to hit at least one of them, and in doing so destroyed the wall and part of the floor of the room where Scrooge and Magica were hiding.
The holograms disappeared as the two tumbled into the room from their hiding place and the remotes were flung across the room.
Scrooge and Magica coughed as they got to their feet in the settling dust and realized what their situation now was. "Ah, phooey." Was all Magica could quietly mutter while Scrooge remained silent, desperately trying to think of a new plan.
Haguk cackled even more as he realized that he had only been dealing with some kind of phantoms and now his opponents truly stood before him with no more of their 'modern magic' to help them. He raised his hands and cast a lightning bolt in their direction.
Scrooge quickly grabbed Magica and jumped out of the way; hitting the floor with his arms around her. "Thanks." Magica forced herself to ignore whatever fluttery feelings the embrace caused. Then they heard Rosolio's voice force its way back out. "Get your hands off my Magi-poo!" Magica groaned in annoyance as she got back to her feet. "Really!? Rosolio, if I could turn you into a toad believe me, I would! This is NOT the time for your stupid jealously!"
While she yelled at Rosolio the wheels in Scrooge's mind started to turn. A faint phantom image had begun to appear behind Rosolio as he fought to keep control of his body. Scrooge realized that the more Rosolio fought the more he pushed Haguk out; and Rosolio, it seemed, fought either to save his own skin or out of his affections for Magica. It looked as though a change of tactics was in order.
"Magica look behind him." Scrooge whispered. She followed his gaze and saw the hazy image behind Rosolio. "The idiot is actually forcing Haguk out!" She whispered back. "And we've got to keep him doing it." Scrooge replied. "Follow my lead." He made a dash for the nearest remote and maneuvered the drone it controlled onto the ledge that was once the room he and Magica projected from, he then wrapped an arm around Magica. "Don't worry sweetheart; I'll do everything in my power to protect you and get us all out of this mess." He spoke over-dramatically, laying it on real thick to anger Rosolio. Magica held back the urge to laugh at Scrooge's acting and played along, wrapping an arm around him as well. "Oh, of course you will Scroogie darling!"
"What in the world are they doing?" Hexa asked in complete confusion as she watched the scene unfolding below, Scrooge trying to play the hero and Magica… swooning? "Look at Rosolio, he's starting to turn red as a tomato!" Winnicent couldn't laughing a little at the red-faced goose. "That's exactly what they're doing!" Castandra exclaimed. Granny DeSpell nodded. "Yes, look! Rosolio is forcing Haguk out! They're fighting Haguk with their awful acting!" Everyone continued to watch, almost holding their breath to hold back laughter, as Scrooge and Magica continued their horribly cheesy routine.
"Stop it, stop it, STOP IT!" Rosolio cried as they kept calling each other sickeningly sweet pet names like pookie, sugar lump, Scroogie-bear and Scrooge even used Rosolio's pet name 'Magi-poo' for good measure. They could tell that Rosolio couldn't do anything but yell as he fought for mobility so for the moment they were safe as Haguk clearly couldn't do anything himself so long as his focus was on fighting Rosolio for control so Scrooge decided to kick their routine up a notch. "Since our engagement party was so rudely crashed maybe we should take this chance for one more dance before things come to an end, just in case?" Scrooge asked, using the remote to setup a song to play through the drone's speaker. "Okay Scroogie-woogie, but this time I'm choosing the song." Magica took the remote and set a song.
As 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' began to echo throughout the room Scrooge and Magica danced to lively rhythm, making sure their movements kept them close to each other and only just ever so slightly suggestive; all while having a pretty good time ticking off both Rosolio and Haguk, who occasionally got a word or two out about how stupid the whole thing was before Rosolio resumed shouting and whining about it.
As the song ended and they stopped dancing all felt silent. Scrooge and Magica looked uneasily at Rosolio, who simply stood, with eyes cast down, now eerily quiet. "Rosolio?" Magica asked, not daring to move from her spot beside Scrooge. He looked at her, eyes welling up. "You really do prefer him to me?" Magica sighed angrily. "Is this really a good time to be so emotional?" she groaned. "Please just answer me Magica." He so often called her 'Magi-poo' or 'Il mio amore' that Magica knew he had to be serious if he used her actual name. She deliberated for a moment about her answer; then finally spoke. "Truthfully; yes." He nodded slowly. "I see. Well then, I shall stop fighting it and let it be." Rosolio said with resignation. If he had come to that conclusion even forty-eight hours before it would have been a great relief but at that very moment it sent a wave of panic through both Scrooge and Magica. "No, don't stop fighting now!" They both cried as Haguk's laughter rang out again.
"Mwuhahahaha! Now I will finish this!" He said, raising his hands and hurling a magical blast at Scrooge and Magica.