Neb: I suppose now is as good of a time as any to continue. Technically I started the story yesterday and uploaded today. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy the story, I do not own Ducktales. Also I changed the characters name from Felix to Vincent. I know it doesn't make too much of a change, but I like the name Vincent better for this character. Can't really explain why.
Three years later. Vincent
A team of mercenaries made there way through an ancient Roman Temple dedicated to the Sun God Helios. Three of the men were wolf looking fellows, two looked like bears, one was a white feathered duck, and the final was their leader who looked like a stag.
"Excellent work team," the stag spoke up. "The Shadow Syndicate will reign supreme once we uncover the lost treasure of Helios. I will be able to set up headquarters all along the globe. We will show this world why our crime family is the number one artifact hunters."
"What about the duck family boss?", one of the bears spoke up.
The stag gentleman glared angrily at the bear man who went quiet and hid behind his brother. He then scoffed before signalling the group to head into the temple. "Vincent, I want a full magical scan on this area."
"Again, that's not how my powers work," the duck boy yelled.
Vincent was now a sixteen year old mage and treasure hunter. He hadn't lived with his old man ever since Madame Aurora became his new mentor slash guardian. She had taught him the ways of chaos and order, the two known strongest sources of magic and through it he became a mage who uses the element of destruction. It wasn't his choice on what element he could wield or which source he could draw from. His mentor drew from chaos and could use multiple different elements of magic through it, though she favored levitation and gypsy magic that allowed her to see into others futures. Vincent however got stuck with blowing stuff up and drawing through the source of Order. The combination confused him, and raised his number one question for his magic research; where can you find logic in destruction.
Back to the temple, Vincent scanned the area and then turned to the other members. "I don't know, just don't touch anything that looks cursed. If it's sealed, don't break the seal. If it's on a pedestal, don't take it off of the pedestal. If it has gems in it's eyes, don't look in its eyes." He thought for a moment and then shrugged. "I think that pretty much covers that."
"Gem eye curses are Aztec," the bear spoke up again.
"Really Donny," Vincent rubbed his eyes. "You're going to call me out in front of everyone now?"
"Sorry," the bear responded.
Vincent and the other mercenaries started heading into the temple, but Vincent noticed something was off. He saw that there was smoke near the temple. "Are people living here?" He wondered away from the group for a moment and saw there was a crashed red plane, with other ducks wondering around it, grabbing supplies from it. Vincent kept low as they discussed their plane crash amongst themselves.
"Great going Launchpad," the green one spoke up. "Now how are we going to get home."
"I fixed worse," the tall duck pointed out. "Don't worry, I'll have her up in no time."
"We'd better take this time to explore then while we are here," the elder duck pointed out to the green duck and two other boys who were dressed in red and blue. "Um, where is Webbigail?"
"She kind of got lost during the crash," the blue one explained. "Don't worry though, I saw her stick the landing like a pro."
"Well I mean of course," the green one laughed. "It's Webby after all."
"Oh no this is bad," the red one panicked. "Webby is lost alone in an ancient temple and... who am I kidding this is her dream."
"Well I guess the mission is find Webby," the elder duck decided. "After that we look for the lost treasure of Helios."
Vincent stepped away and headed back to his group. He should probably tell them they have visitors. As he made his way back to the front door he saw his group had run ahead without him. "Dang it," Vincent groaned. He headed inside the temple and sure enough it looked like several traps were already sprung. As he saw arrows on the walls, a pit trap that was opened, and one of the bears was turned to stone. There was a note for Vincent from the Shadow Syndicate boss telling him to fix the bear when he catches up. "I... I don't know how to do that!" Vincent groaned before reaching in his bag. "Maybe his mentor had given him a potion that could remedy the situation. More likely there was some sort of totem at the end of the temple that needed to be destroyed in order to break the curse. That's how magic usually worked in the books he read. Vincent double checked as he pulled out his book of Chaos and Order. Yes, he was sure now that there was an idol at the end of this temple that probably resembled Helios or the Sun itself. "Hang in there Donny," Vincent patted the statue. "I'll get you out of there." As Vincent made his way down the temple something small was moving in the shadows. He pulled out one of his crystals from his pocket as he got ready to defend himself. The shadow leaped at him and it was a small child. More accurately it was a girl who looked around tenish waring a pink skirt and an explorer hat.
"Stay back infiltrator," the pink girl yelled.
Vincent dodged her attack, but put his crystal away. He wasn't going to blow up a kid. Instead he tried his best to fend her off while she jumped, flipped, and crawled all over the walls while landing a few kicks on him. "Athletic," Vincent blurted out after receiving a kick to the beak.
"Thanks," she responded before running down the temple.
Vincent regathered his thoughts and ran after her. "Hey, it's not safe," he yelled after her. He remembered the Duck family had mentioned one of their party members getting separated. "Webby," he called out. When he finally got around the corner he saw Donny's brother was holding onto her while their boss the stag was giving an disinterested look. Webby was looking at him wondering how he knew her name.
"Vincent," his boss spoke up. "Do you know her? We were just about to dispose of her."
Vincent saw that she had already knocked out two out of three of the wolves. How strong was she? "Who a, Webby," Vincent said again and mentally face palmed. There was absolutely know way he was going to participate in harming a child. Even if she's a super strong one. "Yeah, she's my sister sorry."
They all looked at him confused. The girl especially.
"Yeah she must have snuck up on your boat before we left port," Vincent lied. "Sorry again, please don't kill her."
"She's very formidable," there leader stated before nodding to Donny's brother to put her down. "Any luck on fixing Donny."
"I suspect that there's an idol at the end of this temple that powers the curse Donny's under," Vincent explained. He helped the wolves up while talking. "Once we break it, the curse is broken."
"The sooner the better," Donny's brother nodded. The big bear and the wolves glared angrily at Webby who only stuck her tongue out back in defiance.
Vincent signaled her to stand behind himself, surprising she followed his order.
"You'll be receiving a pay cut for this," the stag stated as he and the team moved forward.
Vincent stayed back to speak to Webby. When they were out of earshot he turned to her. "Your friends are out that way."
"Why are you helping me?", Webby asked, she was still confused by his actions.
"Don't worry about it," Vincent waved it away. "I couldn't ever let a kid get hurt under my watch. Even if she's part of a rival group."
"Well thanks I guess," Webby nodded. "Who are you guys anyway? Do you work for Glomgold?"
"That screw up?", Vincent chuckled. "No, the group that I was hired by is the Shadow Syndicate. I'm not a member, but we share a common goal. The man in the suit with the antlers goes by Mr. Elite. I don't know his real name. I do know Donny and Ronny though, I've worked with them a couple times in the past which is how I got this job. The wolves you were knocking around are the Fang Bros. I don't know there names either."
"Who are you?", Webby pressed.
"Oh right, how rude of me," Vincent responded. "I'm just your average treasure hunting mage, Vincent Tailfeather."
"Woah, that is so cool," Webby grinned with stars in her eyes. "How many places have you already excavated?"
"This is my third place," Vincent bragged. "First time was with my mentor, the second was with the big grizzlies." He wasn't sure why he was telling her so much, but they started walking and talking. She told him about her friends who were probably worried about her on the island, about the mansion she lives in, and that her grandma is the most amazing granny ever. She then started asking him about magic, does he read tomes, why kind of tricks can he do.
"Alright slow down," Vincent chuckled. "I mainly blow stuff up. My books are more like history books and guidelines rather than actually spell tomes, and no I don't do tricks. Also, if you find yourself in a similar situation like this again. Don't give away personal information like where you live."
She gave him a sour look after that and he rolled his eyes at her.
"Vincent, quit playing with your sister and get this door open," Mr. Elite yelled back at him.
Vincent stayed between Webby and the rest of the Shadow Syndicate as they were glaring back and forth at each other. "I'm going to need the goon squad to back off," Vincent called out.
Mr. Elite nodded to them and they all backed off. He then pointed to the door.
Vincent pulled out his crystal again that started glowing a bright red. He tossed it at the door blowing it open in a single strike. The temple shook for a second, but it was a controlled explosion so Vincent was sure he wouldn't cause a cave in. That's when they made there way into the treasure room.
"Perfect," Mr. Elite grinned. "Now everything is falling into place."
"Cool," Vincent nodded. "I'm going to take her back to the boat."
"Nope," Mr. Elite growled. "Not until Donny is fixed."
"Yeah," Ronny spoke up. "Where's the idol?"
"It's right there," Webby pointed towards a golden statue shaped like the sun. "I read the text."
"Never mind the pay cut," Mr. Elite grinned. "Your sister is useful."
That was when things became problematic. The other ducks had made there way into the treasure room.
"Woah," the green one yelled. "Look at all of this."
"The Duck family," Mr. Elite yelled. "Get them!"
The Fang Bros charged, followed by Ronny after he broke the idol with one swing.
The elder duck was surprisingly spry as he instantly took down the Fang Bros like they were nothing, though he was having a difficult time fighting Ronny. Understandable given the man was a four hundred pound grizzly bear.
Webby moved in to help the elder duck which sealed Vincent's fate.
"Traitors," Mr. Elite yelled before pulling out a pistol and firing it at Vincent.
Vincent managed to dodge and responded by throwing a crystal back at Mr. Elite knocking him back from the explosion. Vincent then saw Donny entering the room no longer turned to stone charging at him. Vincent did his best to avoid the bear's attacks, but recieved a claw to the chest sending him flying back into a wall.
"All shall fear the Shadow Syndicate," Mr. Elite laughed as he got back to his feet. He kicked Vincent in his bruised and cut chest sending him rolling into a pile of gold coins. The weight of the coins was keeping him in place. Mr. Elite turned towards a small pillar that had a golden mask upon it on a pillow. "The Mask of Helios is mine!"
"Wait no," Vincent yelled before coughing from the blow he took to the chest and the weight of the treasure on him.
When Mr. Elite took the mask the temple started shacking and the breaking.
"You don't touch thing on pedestals," Vincent coughed.
"That's like the number one rule of treasure hunting," the elder duck stated.
"Enough Scrooge McDuck," Mr. Elite called out. "I've been watching your work from the shadows and I have to say, your an impressive foe. But for now I'd say the kids are more your priority over this treasure.
Ronny and Donny had a hold of the triplet boys and a hold of Webby.
"Alright let them go," Scrooge stated. "We'll leave in peace."
"Good choice," Mr. Elite grinned. "Grab what you can boys." The kids were tossed in a corner Once Scrooge was tied and the Shadow Syndicate made their way out of the treasure room with as much treasure as they could carry. Mr. Elite then fired his pistol at the door frame causing the entrance to break apart and cave in.
Vincent decided it was all over now. He had failed his mentor and now he was going to die here. Apparently the green one agreed, because Vincent could hear the green one freaking out about the mess they were in. Then the red one started deciphering the texts on the wall. The blue one and Webby had both made there way towards a wall that the red one pointed at. The blue one gave Webby a boost and she pushed a tile on that wall that opened up a back entrance. Scrooge, the elder duck had gotten up after that and told the kids to run for the exit. Well at least no little kids would be dying today. Vincent closed his eyes for a moment as he remembered the face of his mother. It brought a tear to his eye, it was a coping mechanism to deal with his father's abuse when he was young. That was when he felt his body being pulled. Vincent opened his eyes again to see Webby tugging at his sleeve. "Leave me."
"No way," Webby called out. "You're my brother right."
Vincent stared at her in shock, but didn't have time to respond as the other ducks moved in pulled him out from under the treasure. They made there way out treasure room just in time before it collapsed and headed towards the crashed plane. Though, if anything surprised him the most today, it was that the plane was all fixed again like the tall duck said it would be.
"Let's go," Scrooge called out.
Vincent was loaded onto the plane and so was a treasure chest. He leaned back as he grabbed his chest. He saw the smear of blood on his feathers and groaned as he reached for his bag to pull out a first aid kit.
"So, who is this anyways?", the Tall Duck spoke up.