Neb: Aleister Crow and Nicholas Flamingo, two of history's greatest Alchemists had become enemies of the Duck children. Upon traveling inside the painting, Vincent had unfortunately touched the painting. Much like most magic items that get touched by Vincent, the painting is set to explode, that may just wipe the new world that they've traveled to out of the multiverse. No one is sure how to get home, or how much time they have. But the Alchemists are certain of one thing. Eliminating Vincent will undo the spell he had casted on the painting. I do not own Ducktales.
The Duck Children ran through the town past the wandering villagers. The Villagers didn't seem to respond to the kids moving in a hurry.
"I think we are losing them," Huey figured before a monster emerged from a nearby sewer. The creature was a mixture of a giant lizard, a goat, and a lion.
"You just had to open your mouth," Lena responded as Vincent moved between Huey and the Monster.
"Don't run children," Nicholas spoke up as he and Aleister closed in behind them. "We only want the Destruction Mage. We will help the rest of you get home safely."
"No," Webby yelled at them as she turned to face the two Alchemists. "Your not taking Vincent!"
Nicholas shook his head before revealing a red stone in his pocket. He used it to conjure fellow flamingo men from the dirt beneath them. "Then my Homunculi will make short work of you."
"Unless my Chimera takes care of our target first," Aleister smiled as he held out a book that glowed.
The Chimera charged at Vincent. Vincent in turn chucked one of the crystals Anya gave him back at the creature causing it to fly back from the explosion.
The flamingos charged, but Webby started flipping around a kicking them back. With each kick the Homunculus Flamingos turned back to dirt.
"Quite annoying," Nicholas shook his head. He revived his flamingo army in an instant as he raised the stone.
"Chimera," Aleister called out as he turned a page. "Be a good boy and enforce the Book of Law." The Chimera returned to it's feet as well and grew bigger. It even started breathing fire at Vincent.
Lena created a shield of magic blocking the fire.
"Good work Lena," Vincent called out.
"I can't hold it," Lena grunted.
Vincent ran next to her and reinforced her shield with his own shield.
The area shook once more and this time glowed a much brighter red as buildings begun to crack and the sky begun to tear.
"Don't you see why we need to do this," Nicholas yelled. "Your presence here.. no the very spell you cast on whatever portal you came through is tearing this world asunder! Show reason boy and accept your fate!"
Vincent lowered his head as he heard people beginning to scream from the town. Maybe this man was right, it was him or this entire world.
"Don't even think about it," Huey yelled at him.
"Yeah there's no way your going to let them kill you," Louie added.
"They have no proof that ending you will end the spell anyways," Violet pointed out.
"We're going to find a way out of here and then you can call off whatever you did to the painting," Dewey figured.
"They are just children," Aleister shook his head. "They don't understand the sacrifices that has to be made for the better good. "But you do. You understand hardship and sacrifice. Think about them, if this world dies, so do the very kids that you protect."
"I," Vincent begun.
"Don't finish that thought," Lena responded. "I know what it's like to be a danger to everyone else. But there has always been another way!"
"Come on big bro," Webby spoke up. "Let's all go home together."
Vincent nodded at Webby and then turned back to the Chimera. He channeled his power into Lena and his own Shield and wrapped the shield around the Chimera before blowing it up. "Thank you everyone," Vincent smiled. "We are going to find a way out of here."
"You fools," Aleister yelled. He turned the pages of the book again as he started fusing the Homunculi together into a giant mud golem.
"You face the Book of Law and the Philosopher's stone together," Nicholas sighed. "We are far too powerful for a couple second rate sorcerers and a bunch of children!"
"Pink, I know we aren't giving up Vincent," Lena begun. "But there isn't a clear way out of here."
"I was hoping Artifact would have been the way out," Vincent added. "That shop could teleport anywhere on Earth. But, the problem is we are on a different Earth."
"Vincent, you've theorized traveling within paintings before," Violet pointed out. "What was one of your old theories on escaping?"
"Well I didn't exactly theorize getting trapped there," Vincent shook his head. "I assumed that whatever portal we came through... would still be there."
"I hope that pause was you figuring out how to get out of here," Dewey grunted as the Duck children were trying to avoid getting squashed by the giant mud golem.
"What do you got Vincent?", Violet questioned. "We are literally running out of time."
They group noticed areas around the town were beginning to float into the sky and disintegrate as the world stopped flashing red and begun to glow red constantly.
"We all got separated when we fell into the painting, but we didn't all fall through separate portals," Vincent explained. "We all fell into the same portal, but if that's the case then how would we all have been broken up into groups?"
"Well I was holding onto Webby," Lena pointed out.
"And we were fighting each other," Dewey added.
"And I was holding onto Vincent," Violet nodded.
"If we all got separated, but we all fell into the same portal, it would mean," Vincent begun again before creating another shield blocking the mud golem. He then chucked a few more crystals at the beast sending it flying back. He then pointed in the air before continuing, "that we all fell through the same portal up in the sky."
They all looked up and noticed that the parts of the buildings were all gravitating towards the red sky. From there a swirling vortex begun to emerge.
"That's the portal," Lena called out.
"If we ride the debris, we can make it out of here," Webby figured.
"Are you kidding, everything is shredding apart upon contact with that thing," Huey pointed out. "We still have no proof that, that's the way out."
"Just going to have to do a leap of faith kid," Vincent smiled. He then ducked as a blast of dark energy flew past him.
"Enough games," Aleister growled. "I'm with the red hat kid. That's too much to gamble, surely our world will be doomed."
"Hey if it isn't a portal out of here, it'll do your job for you and rip me apart," Vincent pointed out.
"W-wait a minute," Louie responded. "Now I'm with Huey, that's too much of a gamble!"
"We are out of options," Violet sighed. "Besides, Dewey is already headed towards the vortex."
"W-what?", Louie responded shocked again. "Dewey!"
"Come on guys," Dewey yelled. "You all scared?"
Lena, Webby, Violet, and Huey started jumping up after him.
Vincent nodded to Louie to go on ahead. "It'll be alright, I'll be right behind you."
Louie groaned before jumping after the rest of the group.
"Again," Vincent spoke up. "You have nothing to lose here. I either escape and turn off the spell, or I disintegrate and it's shut off anyways. That's my final argument. Take it as you will."
Nicholas and Aleister looked at each other before sighing.
"Fine," Aleister spoke up. "Leave before we change our minds."
Vincent nodded to them and then jumped on a floating street sign. "I wish we met under better circumstances. The two of you changed the field of magic, and I would have asked for an autograph if I had any of your books on me."
Aleister smiled and then turned away. "Perhaps in your world you may run into us yet."
"Unlikely," Vincent shook his head. "The shop is ran by a Gypsy instead. I don't know what happened to you two in my world."
"Really?", Aleister chuckled. "Well that's a shame. Now hurry along, you wouldn't want our world to end before you reach the Vortex."
"R-right," Vincent nodded. "Well, goodbye."
"One last thing," Nicholas spoke up. "Have you ever turned off your destruction magic before?"
Vincent paused for a moment after that. His first instinct was to lie, but for some reason he couldn't.
"I thought so," Nicholas tsked. "Even if you make it out, our world is doomed. Your painting, will blow up if you live!" Nicholas waved the stone again this time creating golems out of broke rubble from the buildings. Two of them already hopped onto Vincent before he could grab his crystals. "Finish that duck," Nicholas commanded.
"No," Lena and Webby yelled back as they tried to hop back to him, but the portal was to strong. They couldn't move back from their positions as they were being sucked upwards towards the vortex.
Vincent saw one of the golems hover over himself as it was ready to slam it's fist down. He closed his eyes not wanting to see his end. But his end didn't come, he waited a moment, but he seemed to be fine. Vincent opened his eyes to see the golem floating away from him as several tarot cards were sticking out of it.
"Anya," Nicholas yelled. "What is the meaning of this? Our world will die if you interfere!"
"I don't care," Anya growled as she threw more of her cards at the golems keeping them away from Vincent and dispelling them.
Aleister then moved forwards as he created a blast of magic in his own hand, but fell back as one of the cards flew into his hand causing his own magic to dissipate. "Sealing magic isn't one of your abilities Anya," Aleister pointed out. "You're straying from your current path, that will have consequences."
"I told you already!" the little girl yelled enraged. "I don't care what happens to me, or any of you! I'll protect this boy!"
"Why?", Nicholas yelled. "I'm your mentor, I've trained you for a hundred years! What could he have given that would throw all of that away. I taught you that sentimentality is for the foolish!"
The girl looked down as a tear fell from her eye and then turned back to Vincent. "Tell Madame Aurora when you see her to stop being a foolish old woman. Maybe her age has closed her off, but I am certain that you are what she always wanted."
"H-how can you be sure?", Vincent wondered.
Anya kicked the street sign forward pushing it towards the Vortex faster.
"Answer me," Vincent yelled.
Aleister raised his book as he summoned two flying chimeras towards Vincent. But he was met with resistance as Anya managed to seal the two chimera's away inside her own deck of cards. "Anya!"
"I told you two alread," Anya growled once more. "Leave my son alone!" She threw her whole deck of cards in the air. "I call upon the Path of Chaos, sever the strings of Fate that bind me to these old fools!"
"Anya," Nicholas yelled. The cards begun to fly around the two Alchemists and started individually attaching to them. "You will regret this forever child!"
"I am not a child," Anya shook her head. "I am over a hundred years old. You found me on the streets and raised me to have only one life as your floor attendant, but I could have had more! I Anya Aurora will be taking over the shop from here!"
Vincent was shocked by everything he saw. He wasn't sure what to say anymore as he watched Anya fight her two mentors with her card magic. Eventually Vincent couldn't see the battle anymore as he finally got sucked into the Vortex and fell into the attic.
"He's out, throw the painting out the window," Huey yelled.
Vincent turned his head to see the painting glowing red ready to blow up like all the other magic items he touches. "Wait no," Vincent yelled. He placed his hand on the painting and called upon the Path of Order. When the explosion emerged from the painting, Vincent absorbed the explosion into his right hand.
The Duck children had all looked away when it happened expecting to be swept away by an explosion, but when they noticed everything was ok they turned to Vincent who was holding onto the painting completely intact.
"How did you do that?", Lena wondered.
"Sealing magic," Vincent grinned. "I..." Vincent fell over as he felt his manna was completely drained. Mortals don't have an infinite source of manna, and the Path of Order didn't give him a lot to draw from either. "I'm going to pass out."