Gathering 'information' on the computer, the other female typed away. Danielle watched her for a minute. "You're very good at this."

"Why, thank you Danielle. Alright, let's get going."

The two females jogged to an exit the other female knew about. When they heard someone say,"Hey, Danielle!" Said female turned around to see Greybeak. "Oh, hello. Uh-Greybeak."

"Yeah-Oh, hey Lucy. Didn't see you there."

"Hello."

Greybeak turned to Danielle. "Where are you off too?"

Danielle paused, she didn't want to lie, but if she told him, then he'd tell Canard, and then he might have her head for going behind his back. Even if she might be right, Canard is still the captain.

"Recon Mission, I thought Danielle could come just in case." 'Lucy' replied.

Greybeak looked at the two females, then nodded. "Okay, good luck."

Lucille and Danielle went to the exit. The latter was scared of being out there, but she knew she had to try.

As they exited the safety of the base, Danielle pulled her jacket closer around her. "So, uh ... your name is Lucy?"

The other female duck, keeping an eye on their whereabouts, shrugged. "Lucille, but ... yes."

"Oh, I'm sorry-"

"Nonsense, you can call me Lucy," she replied, taking a moment to turn and smile at her.

Danielle, following Lucille closely, smiled back shyly. "Thanks for, well ... for listening, Lucy. And for, um, taking the risk out here, you know."

"We're all together in the end, love!" Lucille replied, returning her attention to the barren surroundings. "We need to be to defeat the Saurians."

"Right. Let's go." As the females walked away, Lucy thought. "Hook. Line. And sinker."

Canard returned from his mission. As he was walking he thought about Danielle, his mind wandered to the argument. He knew he was right, so why should he apologize? But then again, she did seem downhearted. "Maybe I can get her to change her mind." But when he entered the Medical Bay, he didn't see her.

"Weird," he muttered to himself as he exited. Maybe she had returned to her bunk early. But he was pretty positive her shift was supposed to last another hour or two, at least.

He determinedly walked towards the personal bunkers, and turned a corner too fast, ramming straight into someone.

"Hey!"

"Watch it!"

Both drakes looked at each other, and only one of them stood up straighter from the result.

"Uh, Captain Thunderbeak, sir, sorry for the, uh, collision," Greybeak answered quickly, forgetting to salute.

Canard sighed at seeing him. "Greybeak, have you seen Angelwing?"

Greybeak stared at Canard strangely. "Well, yeah. They went on that recon."

There was a long silence before Canard managed to say, "Wait, what?"

"...Vanderflock and Angelwing went on a recon mission." Greybeak was cut off when Canard grabbed his shoulder.

"How long ago?!"

"I don't know ... maybe a few hours?" Greybeak responded, arms up in surrender despite not quite sure knowing what was going on.

"Who authorized it?!" Canard demanded, shoving Greybeak away.

The drake, despite his offended expression, simply shrugged. "I ... I thought you did, sir.

"I was out on a mission." Canard replied. Greybeak said, "I'll check with Amy and Abby, maybe they know something."

"Okay. I want to know who authorized that recon. And I want to have a talk with them."

Canard walked away. "Danielle, you better be okay."

Outside, everything was eerie and dark. Danielle could see shadows, and strange, scary shapes. Just for moment, she wished she was back at the base. This girl had a mission, she knew what to do, and she had a friend. They had been traveling for a good while, when they came to a building. It was an old warehouse for supplies. It had no windows to protect the supply from the harshest Puckworld blizzards.

"We're here." Lucy said.

Danielle replied, "We should check around for an entrance."

"We're gonna have to split up."

"Why?" Danielle asked, studying the broken-down warehouse. Something seemed ... off.

"We'll cover more ground that way," Lucy insisted, then added, "The entrance to the Brotherhood is hard to find, and we shouldn't be out in the open any longer than necessary."

"All right," Danielle answered her, not wanting to sound suspicious or skeptical. Lucy pointed behind the cream-colored duck.

"You go that way, and I'll go the other way." Lucy started heading the opposite way. "Be careful!"

"You too," Danielle called, not entirely thrilled about the plan. She sighed and turned towards the path she was supposed to take.

Lucy rounded the corner, then sped away back to the base cackling to herself. "Stooge!"

Danielle walked to the other end, and found a doorway. With the door broken and hanging from it's top hinge. Danielle called out. "Lucy, I found a way in!" No answer. But, figuring Lucy would catch up, Danielle pulled the door open and cautiously stepped inside. It was even darker inside than it was outside, and it was quiet. Too quiet.

"H-hello?"

Danielle called out nervously. Then she backed into something. Something big. And hard. And alive! A light flickered on and Danielle realized she had backed into a big, orange, saurian!

"Gotcha!"

The Saurian gloated as he grabbed the female duck into his huge, clawed, hands. A shimmering green glow enveloped them both and the warehouse was empty once more.

Canard stood next to a long table, studying multiple sets of blueprints. Greybeak, Wally, and both McMallard brothers stood along the table's length, laying out a map of the city.

"All right Captain, if we take tunnel A to the sewers here," Thom explained, "then we should be able to dig through this section to reach the slave camp."

"What about guards?" Canard asked, his hand resting under his beak in thought.

"We have multiple sources that-"

"Captain?"

All the males turned to look at the purple-haired mallard standing in the room. She looked downright terrified standing there. And Canard could see tears in the girl's eyes.

"What is it?" Canard asked.

"Sir, may I ... may I have a word with you, in private?"

"Not now-"

"It's about Angelwing," she interrupted. This got the tan drake's attention, along with the other four males.

"What's wrong?' Canard walked to the female duck.``Is she alright?"

"I- I was on a recon mission. Angelwing said she wanted to come with me. And-A-and..."

The tan male stared at her. But she wasn't finishing. Did something happen to Danielle? Oh Drake, he hoped not.

"While we were out, Angelwing turned away and told me she was going to look for Duke L'Orange."

The feathers on Canard's neck rose up in immense annoyance. With a mad groan, he pinched the bridge of his beak. 'Danielle, why didn't you listen to me?!' Marcel, on the other hand, asked Lucy,

"Why didn't you stop her?"

"Captain, Angelwing was captured by Saurians!"

"WHAT?!" he yelled, causing the female duck to wince. He turned to face the others in the room. "McMallards, complete the plans. Make sure that there's a backup tunnel for the evacuees. Greybeak, Wally, you're with me."

"Sir?" Greybeak asked, both ducks walking up to Canard.

The captain grabbed ahold of the female duck's arm and guided her back into the hallway. "Who is this?" he asked his soldiers, pointing to the female duck.

Wally looked at her scared expression, then back to Canard. "Lucille Vanderflock. She's been mostly working with our tech group."

"What's your rank?" Canard asked Lucy directly.

Lucy quietly stated, "Private, Captain."

"Who gave you authority to let Angelwing assist?"

"She did," Lucy answered, hugging her arms tightly to her body and staring at the ground.

"She does not have that authority, either," Canard heatedly scolded.

"I'm sorry, Captain, she insisted for a medic to be on the mission, and I thought-"

"You are to take us where you last saw her, immediately."

"Yes, Captain."

Lucy turned around, with the three ducks following. A cruel smile formed on her beak as she led the way.