Neb: I do not own Ducktales. Last chapter it was revealed that some of the pilots that went up to space in order to save Della did not return to Earth. Della proposes a rescue mission to make up for the trouble she had caused. This was also revealed in Louie's former chapter where he visits Albert's real home, a broken down building that hadn't had any occupants in years. Huey and Violet are working to get to the bottom of Albert's grudge. Louie is also working on figuring out what happened back then. Dewey and Webby are with Scrooge and Della about to go on another adventure. I got to say this story is working it's way to the wrap up point. There may be a lot of chapters or there may be a few chapters left, but I can feel the ending coming and I would like to thank those who had stuck around with me this long. The Viewcount on Fanfiction Net stopped working, so I don't actually know how many of you there are, but I appreciate you reading my stories anyways. I hope you all enjoy.
Louie had launchpad take him down to the McDuck Enterprises Archives. He needed to learn more about the missing pilots and why they were kept a secret until now. At least he knew it wasn't Scrooge's fault. He and his brothers already blamed Scrooge once upon a time when they learned about their mother getting lost in space. It turned out to be Bradford's fault, which Louie was confident that this was the case as well.
Quackfaster was at her desk typing away on her own computer when Louie showed up in front of her.
"Quackfaster?", Louie asked.
"Have we never met?", Quackfaster wondered. "It does not matter, I have met the blue one and the red one had come to this library a couple different time when researching the missing mysteries. What brings you to my humble abode green one?"
"Yeah I actually never been to this place," Louie admitted. "Pretty big archive, anyways I was hoping to find records of my mother's disappearance?"
"In order to find what you seek!"
"Yeah yeah, trials and what not," Louie waved it away. "I don't need information on my mom, just the pilots who went up after her."
"Have you tried a search engine?", Quackfaster mumbled before going back to her computer. "Suck the fun out of it why don't you..."
"Well you've got a computer right in front of you," Louie pointed out. "Just look up the pilot Alven Argyris."
"I can't," Quackfaster shook her head.
"Why not, just type it in," Louie responded.
"No I mean those files had been restricted for years," Quackfaster pointed out. "If your not going to play my game, then just go ask your mother or Scrooge."
"So they are kind of away right now," Louie explained. "Where can I find the restricted files? Bradford must have had a ton when he was in charge."
"As much as I hate Bradford," Quackfaster shook her head. "Restricted is still restricted. I could lose my job over this!"
"My Uncle would never let that happen," Louie shrugged. "Come on, just point me in the right direction and we'll pretend I stumbled upon the information instead."
Quackfaster glared down at Louie and then shrugged back. "Try Director Buzzard's old office. He'd have a computer as well with all his juice restricted information. All you would need is to guess the password."
"Your a life saver Quackfaster," Louie grinned before heading out of the archives towards the elevator. All he needed to do was guess Bradford's password. Wait what was he thinking? Bradford wasn't launchpad, he wouldn't make his password obvious. In fact Bradford was the only one at FOWL who played things carefully, working his hardest not to reveal his identity or the secret organization he ran. This was not going to be easy. Louie pulled up his phone. I need a backup plan... I got it!"
An hour had passed when Louie had entered Bradford's office. His pictures, books, and files were unfortunately cleared out of the office after he had left, but his laptop remained on his desk. Either Bradford was confident no one would get in his office or his computer, or he didn't have time to grab all of his things. To be fair, Bradford hadn't been back to McDuck Enterprises since he was found out in St. Canard.
"Alright Louie, what is this about," a woman spoke up as she entered the door.
Gandra Dee, Fenton's girlfriend, and one of the top inventors/ hackers in the world. She even use to work for FOWL as one of their agents back in the day.
"Hey Gandra," Louie smiled. "I just need you to hack into Bradford's laptop for me. I don't know the password, and I doubt I'll ever come up with it."
"Hmmm," Gandra thought for a moment. "Yeah sure." She stepped passed Louie and opened Bradford's laptop. She started typing away for a moment and then shrugged before zapping the laptop with her nanotechnology. "Got it!"
Louie moved the laptop towards himself before scrolling through it. "Thank you Gandra," Louie smiled. "This is perfect!"
"So what's this about anyways?", Gandra asked. "I doubt any FOWL information would be on Bradford's work laptop."
"I don't care about that," Louie shook his head. "That story was closed up full circle, instead I'm looking into Bradford's part when my mom went missing."
"Well here, let me see the laptop," Gandra figured. She opened the history of the laptop and sent it back eleven years. "Ok, there's mainly talk about McDuck finances and how building multiple spears was driving the company bankrupt."
"Perfect," Louie nodded. "And how did they accommodate for that?"
"They scrapped every spear that came back to earth making almost half of the funds that the company had lost. There are a ton of angry emails back and forth between Bradford and Scrooge."
"I didn't know Scrooge knew how to email," Louie pointed out.
"He would have had to adapted to the times eventually," Gandra figured. "Even if emails are a thing of the past now and people mainly face chat with each other now."
"Does it have any information on the pilots that flew the spears?", Louie pressed.
Gandra kept looking and then nodded. "There are a list of names," she explained.
"Find Alven Argyris," Louie instructed.
"Alven Argyris and Leona Argyris?", Gandra figured. "It says they both co piloted one of the spears."
Louie looked over her shoulder to see a picture of the two red ducks that look like Albert. "That's it, what happened? Why were they lost?"
"It doesn't say," Gandra shook her head. "It shows the flight school they attended and a few battles they fought against Sky Pirates. It says that they have a one year old son."
"Albert," Louie nodded. "So Bradford knew about the kid and let them go up anyways. I wonder if Scrooge knew?"
"Here, I'll download all the information about them on this flashdrive," Gandra decided before handing the stick to Louie. "As for my payment, I'll be taking this laptop."
"W-what? Hey I thought you were over the evil thing!"
"I was never evil," Gandra argued. "Besides, I'm risking alot hacking into a laptop for a child. The least I could do is profit from this a little."
Louie glared at her, before taking the flashdrive. "Fine, I don't care actually. Just don't bankrupt the company."
"Again, not a villain," Gandra shook her head. "Bradford had information on me that I deleted back at FOWL, I'm just going to make sure that he didn't have any backups of it."
"But why do you need to take the whole laptop?", Louie wondered.
"Well there might be other useful information," Gandra shrugged. "It doesn't matter, I helped you and now this will help me, deal?"
"Deal," Louie sighed.