Chapter VIII

My name is Huey Duck, and I am a horrible father figure. I'm letting the person I need to protect, fight for me. I want to stop him, but there's nothing I can really do. I can't feel my body, all I can do is lay here. Lay here next to the one person in the world that I love with all my heart. I'm fine with that. If I'm gonna die, I might as well die next to the person I love. But I'm not fine with the person I love dying for me. Is this how they felt when I challenged Wraith? If it is, I now understand their pain. I need to get up. I need to kill Wraith before he hurts them.

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UNKNOWN (Day ?)

Huey

Huey heard a voice calling to him. It was a voice that he recognized, and was shocked to hear. He woke up on top of a castle in the middle of the desert. He had no idea what was going on, but he did know the person standing in front of him. It was Wraith.

"Where did you take me?!" Huey said as got into a fighting stance. "Where's my family?!" Huey tried to activate his fire, but it didn't work. "Where are my powers?!" Wraith tried to calm him down.

"Woah calm down there, let me tell you everything that's going on." Wraith said as Huey began to listen. "We are in your mind right now. The person you were fighting is Wraith. But I'm his other half. Every demon has a good half to them. Once the evil side starts becoming good, the good side becomes evil and vice versa. Once one side dies, the other takes complete control. But if you die, then I die." Huey was confused.

"Wait, if you're saying you're my demon, then how come your other half is also a demon?" Huey asked as Wraith sighed.

"I'm getting to that." Wraith said as Huey listened more. "If the other side takes complete control, then they will be able to travel through all dimensions. Heaven, Hell, the Shadow Realm, you name it. If you win this, I can take you to Heaven, so you can kill Mark Beaks and send him to Hell." Huey was satisfied with this. "But first, we need to unlock your full potential." They started walking down the castle. The castle had no real purpose it seemed, because there were no rooms. Only a spiral staircase that lead downwards. As they walked, they continued talking.

"None of this explains who you really are." Huey said as Wraith started to get to that.

"Oh right!" Wraith said as Huey listened. "You and your brothers share a bloodline of powerful warriors. Each warrior had an angel watch over them. You and your brothers each have angels of your own. I was assigned as your angel. Both of your brothers have yet to unlock their full potential, but for you, I can help you do it now." As they continued, Huey asked one more question.

"So what am I supposed to call you?" Huey asked as Wraith explained.

"You used to know my name before all of this." Wraith said as Huey was confused. "I'll restore your memories after you unlock your full potential. Then and only then will your power truly flourish. Till then, you can call me D." D then stopped walking and started to speak. "The fire bird dies and get reborn as a new. And this bird goes by one name. It is now time for you to answer." D then kicked Huey off of the staircase for him to plummet down below. "To unlock your potential, answer the question." D said as Huey continued falling.

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HELL (Day ?)

Henry

Henry and Wraith were throwing many punches towards each other. Henry jumped back and made ice come out of the ground and stab Wraith in the chest. Henry then made fire in his fists and punched wraith repeatedly. Wraith couldn't get out, so he just stood still and let him take the shots. Henry then created a vortex of fire with ice in the center. The ice and fire created a mist. It made it impossible for Wraith to see. Henry then created ice spears and threw them at Wraith in many different directions. Wraith was getting more and more angry. Henry then made ice chains and hooked all of Wraiths limbs to them. He then blasted him with flames in all directions. Wraith didn't know which way each were coming from. Wraith didn't like losing to a kid, he felt something he has never felt before. He felt weak, he felt as if he wasn't strong enough to win.

The lava started to bubble up and rise. Henry was looking through the mist and instead of just the shadowy figure of Wraith's body, he saw two red lights on his head. Henry was confused by this, so he started to prepare for something bad to happen. The mist that Henry created disappeared. Wraith melted off the ice chains that Henry made. Henry looked at Wraith and didn't see Weakness, he saw pure rage.

"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Wraith yelled with deadly intent. Henry could feel his lust for blood. The lava went up every sentence that Wraith spoke. "You think this is funny don't you?! You think I'm weak! I'M NOT WEAK! I WILL KILL YOU! I WILL SHOW YOU THAT I AIN'T WEAK!" Henry punched him with his fire fists again, but this time it didn't hurt him. Wraith head butted Henry to the ground. Henry winced in pain. Wraith then took the lava from the volcano and clenched it in his fists. He then stood in front of Henry as Henry spit blood on the ground.

"The real fight starts now." Wraith said as Henry stood up.

"Okay, come an get it alpha jerk." Henry said as Wraith rushed towards him.

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HUEY'S MIND (Day ?)

Huey

D waited for Huey to come up from the bottomless pit that he pushed him in. Huey's mind is faster than then real world time, so six hours on Earth was equal to one year in there. On hell it is even faster. D had waited six months for Huey to come out of the pit. Surely enough, Huey's hand could be seen climbing up the wall. Once he fully picked himself up, he stood in front of D.

"I will now restore your memories, all of them." D said as he tapped his hand on Huey's head. He saw a glowing light and felt everything come back to him. He saw things about himself that he never knew. He looked at D and realized who he really was. "Before you say anything, I'm making up for it every day." Huey then put his hand on his shoulder.

"I know you are, but your other half needs to die." Huey said as he looked at the fake sun in his head. "So where's Rose?" Huey asked as D answered.

"She was never your demon, in fact your demon doesn't even know what to say to you." D said as Huey was confused. "You demon will make himself known in the near future, as for Rose, you'll also find that out yourself." Huey just agreed with what he was saying as he tried to go back into his body. D stopped him. "You're not gonna like this. I can't give you the power if you're not angry enough. I gotta show you this before you go." D showed him Henry fighting Wraith, and it looked as if Henry was losing. Huey was more scared than angry, but he could feel the anger breaking through the fear.

"Let your anger fuel you to act." D said as Huey could feel all the anger bubbling up inside him.

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HELL (Day ?)

Henry

Henry tried to defeat Wraith, but he was too strong. There was nothing that he could do. Wraith then laughed as he picked Henry up and slammed him down on the ground. He repeatedly punched him as Henry just laid there. Wraith then looked towards April. He dragged Henry over towards her.

"That's your mom or aunt or whatever she is to you, you care about her." Wraith said as Henry spit blood at his feet. "I knew it. You care a lot about her. Now what your daddy did to me, it made me want to destroy everything he ever had. And if there's one thing I know about him, it's that he's abstinent. But I'm not. Let's see how he feels when I get to his wife before him." As Wraith tried to grab April, he was stopped by Henry. Henry punch Wraith in the jaw, but it was no use, Wraith then head butted Henry to the ground. "SIT DOWN AND WATCH KID!" Wraith yelled angrily as he picked up April. But someone stopped him, and this time it wasn't Henry. Wraith was thrown backwards as smiled.

"You did good Henry, but I'll take it from here!" Huey said angrily as Wraith laughed.

"Here for another beating?" Wraith said as Huey started using his new found power. Huey's flames turned blue and half of his body was that of a bird. Huey had a blue fiery wing on the right side of his body. He also had blue fiery claws on his right hand and foot. "HAHA, YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU FIRE IS BLUE IT CAN STOP ME NOW, THATS RICH! BY ALL MEANS, YOU CAN TRY!"

"You shut the hell up!" Huey said softly but angrily. "I let you beat me up, I let you beat my fiancée up, I let you beat my son up, but if you think I'm gonna let you have your way with April, you have another think coming. This is personal, and not just because of April, Derek." Wraith was surprised that Huey figured out who he was. Huey then continued to speak. "Blue flames are hotter than lava, it's a known fact. Now don't be afraid when you finally see the one thing you feared so much."

"I'm afraid of nothing." Wraith said as Huey laughed.

"Exactly." Huey said as he used his ultimate move. "Phoenix Mode 10%: Blue Flame Overkill!" Huey then launched a powerful blast of blue fire at Wraith. Once the attack was over, Wraith fell to the ground in defeat with a huge gaping hole in his stomach. Huey then looked towards Henry and April. April was still knocked out, but Huey could tell she was okay. Huey then saw the door to Heaven open up. April started to wake up as Huey walked two the door. "You guys go to Dewey and the others. Tell them I'll be a little late to the party." April tried to stop him, but he already made up his mind. Just as Huey was about to leave, him and April both heard a loud bang. Huey didn't see where it came from, but he still looked in the direction of Wraith. Wraith was holding his fingers like a gun and pointed it in the direction of Huey. Huey looked down and didn't see any holes.

"I'm going down, but at least I took one of you with me." Wraith said as Huey eyes grew wide. He looked at April and saw she was fine. Then Henry started to speak.

"Uncle Huey,...I...don't" Henry said as he started to fall to the ground. Huey caught him and started to hold him in his arms. Huey and April both started crying as their adoptive son was about to die in their arms. "I love you guys, so much." Henry said as he was about to pass out. Huey then started to look at the door to Heaven.

"April, go to the others." Huey said as April questioned his strategy's effectiveness.

"What are you going to do?" April said as Huey carried Henry to Heaven's door.

"I'm going to save my son's life." Huey said with intensity. He went through the door to Heaven as it started to disappear behind them. April made her way towards Dewey.

End of Chapter VIII