Neb: I do not own Ducktales. I've done flashbacks for each of the family members landing on Dewey, who's flashback was lackluster. This was due to the fact that Vincent had spent his time with the other duck family members and Dewey never actually got a chance to have a one on one conversation with Vincent. Huey visited him in the hospital, Louie invited him to work for McDuck Enterprises, Lena and Webby had several chapters dedicated to speaking with Vincet, and Violet had even been studying Vincent's abilities and his enemies. Now that we've gotten more on our Current Vincent, it's time to look into the other timeline. Cassandra will reveal the story of how she met Vincent and Artifact. I hope you all enjoy.

"Your story does sound like mine," Webby realized. "Though, you ran away from home and you were by yourself."

"That was very reckless," Violet nodded. "You made your mother worry and ran from police officers."

"That was my only chance to see my dad," Cassandra argued. "I...well it didn't matter in the end anyway."

Cassandra's Flashback

Cassy and Vincent got talking to each other for a long time while the Shadow Syndicate scoped out the area. Vincent told Cassy about his powers and how he could project energy through his mage crystals. He told her about Artifact, Madame Aurora, and the regulars(a group of individuals who hang out at Artifact).

In turn Cassy spent a while talking about her dad, how they would always study together, go to movies, and he would take her to his work place."

"He sounds amazing," Vincent nodded.

"He was," she smiled. "My mom and he were becoming distant lately. They argued constantly, slept in different rooms, and never ate together. They spent more time out of their days scheduling how they could spend time with me without having to spend time with each other."

"That's rough kid," Vincent admitted. "I'm sorry they put you through that."

"What about your family? Are they magicians also?"

"I'm a Mage," Vincent corrected. "No, they didn't know magic. My mother passed when I was really young, and my Father... well he was a piece of work. So why did you run away?"

"That's the end of my story," she explained. "My own father had enough and left a year ago, he ran off with some French woman he had been spending a lot of time with. She was nice enough, but I didn't expect them to run off together. He said something about a new adventure and how he'd come back and visit. Accept he didn't. I wasn't going to be one of those kids waiting every birthday, every Christmas for him to magically show up, I took matters into my own hands."

"And you snuck on Fang's boat," Vincent connected the dots.

"Tailfeather," Mr. Elite called out. "Get this door open."

Vincent looked ahead and saw a large stone door with markings all along it. Ronny and Donny were both struggling to budge the stone door. "I suspect a password is needed to be stated."

"Or you can blow the door open with your magic," Mr. Elite rolled his eyes.

"I can't... oh wait, that's something I can do," Vincent realized. "Step back everyone."

"I'll cover the little one," Donny nodded.

"Hey thanks big guy," Vincent smiled.

"You're too soft Donny," Ronny shook his head.

As the other's backed up, Vincent pulled a mage crystal from his pendant and loaded it into a bronze fire arm covered with ancient Celtic markings. He aimed the fire arm at the door. "This is my Spellock pistol, my equivalent to a magic want or staff. Though my destructive blasts are far more devastating with this than some stick with a mage crystal glued to it."

"Noted," Mr. Elite grinned. "Proceed."

Vincent's red aura flared up and entered his gun causing the markings on it and the crystal to glow red as well. He then fired the gun blowing a hole straight through the stone door.

"Geez, hopefully you didn't destroy anything valuable," Fang grunted.

The temple begun to shake from the blast, but it calmed down after a moment.

"Probably best to put that thing away," Cassy pointed out.

"Your sister is wise," Mr. Elite chuckled before stepping through the hole in the door created by Vincent. "I'm surprised we haven't met with much resistance in this temple."

"Well some of the pig gentleman got cursed in the beginning," the rabbit girl pointed out.

"Alas, I hardly knew thee," Mr. Elite shrugged.

Fang and his brothers begun to laugh with him as the others entered the room.

"You didn't make the hole big enough Tailfeather," Ronny growled.

"It's fine," Mr. Elite decided. "You two can prep our boats. We'll be bringing a lot of precious cargo your way."

As he stated this, Fang and his brothers begun lighting torches along the room revealing stacks of gold and gems scattered around in piles.

"I believe we found the treasure," Mr. Elite smiled. "Now where are the Artifacts?"

"Probably those things," Cassy figured as she stared at a Trident stabbed into the center of the golden pile and a medallion placed over a pillow. Poseidon did like his tridents."

"Nevermind the pay cut," Mr. Elite nodded to Vincent. "Your sister is useful."

Vincent kept digging through the treasure up until he found what he was looking for. Five glowing crystals, all as blue as the ocean.

"I think those are supposed to activate this," Mr. Elite figured as he held up the trident and saw five empty slots within the fork itself.

"That is unfortunate," Vincent admitted as he pocketed the crystals. "I'm sure a resourceful man like you can find an alternative power source."

"I've put up with your backtalk this far," Mr. Elite growled. "Give me the crystals now Tailfeather, or I put up with it no longer." He drew his pistol and the Fang Bros and the rabbit girl headed towards them.

Vincent drew his own pistol as the two of them glared at each other.

"You are outnumbered and outgunned," Mr. Elite pointed out.

"Or perhaps I just have more resolve," Vincent grinned back.

"Um, Vinney," Cassy spoke up as the wolves closed in towards her. She grabbed a nearby bronze short sword from the pile of treasure and held it up to defend herself.

"Tell your boys to back of Mr. Elite," Vincent warned.

"You should have hired more backup Tailfeather," Mr. Elite shook his head. "Even if you win a shootout with me, she is doomed."

"About that... I did," Vincent smirked.

Flipping past Fang was a rabbit man wearing yoga pants and a brown leather jacket carrying what appeared to be a Katana. The man grinned as he instantly took down Fang and two of the other wolves without even having to use his blade. The rabbit girl pulled out a dagger of her own and clashed blades with the man.

"Quinn, what are you doing?", she yelled. "Don't tell me he hired you."

"Oh sweet," Cassy responded impressed.

"Cassy," Vincent spoke up. "I'd like you to meet one of Artifact's regulars. Magic Assassin and Enforcer of Order, Quinn Swifthop."

"How dare you," Mr. Elite growled as he pulled the pin back on his revolver. That was when a blast of magic energy landed next to his feet causing him to stumble back.

Cassy looked up at the ceiling and saw a bluejay like man wearing brown robes carrying the matchlock rifle version of Vincent's gun trained on Mr. Elite. The man was probably twenty five given how tall he was.

"Thanks Bel," Vincent called up to him. "Now slowly pass the trident and the medallion over."

Mr. Elite looked angry, but there wasn't much he could do. He lost the moment Ronny and Donny were sent back to the ships. "You made the hole in the door small on purpose."

"What can I say," Vincent laughed. "I've seen Ronny and Donny in action and couldn't risk getting mauled to death."

"Very good boy," Mr. Elite admitted. "I'll have to keep my eye on you." He tossed his gun one the ground and then passed the two artifacts towards Vincent.

"Medusa's Left Eye huh," Vincent figured as he read an inscription on the medallion. "I'm keeping this thing closed at all times. Grab what you can boys. The Shadow Syndicate can have what's left."


End of Cassandra's Flashback

"I got the drop on them," Vincent shook his head in disbelief. "That Quinn guy who almost killed me, was my friend!"

"Yeah, he was, so was Belvedere, and Z'Gamaru. We met Z'Gamaru back at the ships having taken down Ronny and Donny by himself and we all sailed towards France after that."

"To meet your dad," Vincent put together.

"Yeah," Cassandra nodded. "I didn't like what I found though."