A REWRITTEN FAMILY HISTORY
Heads up near the end of the flashback scene there is some talk and an eventual fade to black love scene... since the core demographic of this show is a younger audience I feel the need to be transparent about the matter...anyway thanks again for all the likes and reviews of this...also if there is a certain moment you'd like to see me attempt to flash back to again don't hesitate to ask me as the flashback aspect at times has blocked me up
Song used in the flashback moment is I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden
Gyro didn't know all the nuanced details of how Lunaris managed to have been overthrown. His gadgets, Gizmoduck included, Lena's magic and even a bait and switch between Scrooge and that Darkwing guy had only got them so far however they just didn't have the numbers and soon only Scrooge, Beakley, Donald,and Launchpad had remained uncaptured. He knew that the whole event was the farthest thing from Della's mind and that the boys are more than likely unreliable narrators and so he'd never know the finer details about how his family had rode in on a giant krill in the eleventh hour and between them never backing down, an unholy alliance with Flintheart Glomgold, and the dazzling heroics of his bride to be's 'moon bestie' Penumbra the day was saved.
It had been roughly 72 hours since Lunaris was sent on an orbit around the earth and since then Della had hardly left his side.
They had been sitting on the couch of the brownstone, her head rested on his shoulder as a slight sigh escaped her bill.
"You know, I could get used to this." Della spoke smiling up toward him.
"As much as I loathe procrastination I could get used to this too," He admitted thinking that the past few nights where Della had finally spent the night were the happiest moments he'd spent in over a decade. Placing a kiss on her forehead he could see the slight flushing in her cheeks.
"Maybe it's time to take our relationship to the next step?" Della soon asked, causing his own cheeks to begin to flush.
July 2006:
Gyro sat in the lab just as he'd done practically every night that summer toiling away on what was to be his greatest invention to date, a fully functional rocketship that would take his career as an engineer as well as McDuck enterprises to new heights. Sure, mechanical engineering wasn't his specialty but with some slight consultation with Della things were falling right into place.
"Ereeka," the chicken soon exclaimed as he began to dance around the lab celebrating a victory not noticing as another figure entered his underground sanctuary until that person began to dance around with him like the free spirit she was.
"So, what are we celebrating Gearloose? You finally able to crack the algorithm for World Peace?"
He couldn't help but let out a slight chuckle as he curled his lips into a smirk.
"Trust me if I figured out World Peace I would be doing more then just bopping along to the radio."
He watched her take a seat on his desk chair twirling herself around as if she owned the place which she definitely did not, placing the bag that she was holding gently besides her as she did so.
"Well then tell me your cause for celebration and I'll tell you mine."
The tone of Della's voice was utterly intoxicating in the moment and the thought that she had her own breakthrough had intrigued him.
"Well, I think I've made a defining breakthrough where the Spear of Selene is concerned."
He couldn't help but watch the way that Della's face lit up as in the moment however he didn't want nor need a distraction even one as pleasant as she always was though he would never give her the satisfaction of saying that to her face.
"That's amazing!" Della exclaimed as Gyro watched her open her bag pulling out a rather familiar sized rectangular item causing another smile to spread across his bill. After Della had come back from her second summer with the McQuack's she'd been at a crossroads as to whether or not she wanted to continue to tour the air show circuit or if she wanted to pursue a higher education. Naturally, Gyro had convinced her to get a degree in mechanical engineering stating that he didn't want to see her waste her potential...plus the fact that it meant she'd be hanging around the manor well…
"Let me get a good look at it!" He replied looking down at the framed piece of paper stating that Dumbella Duck had earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Duckburg University.
"I figured since you weren't at the carriage house you'd be here in the lab and I wanted to go out…"
"You're out now," flashing Della a smirk, Gyro handed her back the frame which she tucked gingerly back in her bag for safe keeping before crossing her arms over her chest.
"You know what I mean, live a little Gearloose...come out to the club...dance with me."
Gyro simply shook his head.
"You know I don't like fraternizing with drunk buffoons and besides…" He paused pointing to the stereo in the corner of the room, "there is plenty of room in here to dance."
Watching as Della curled her lips into a smirk that radiated both an air of mischief and seduction he listened as she rebutled.
"What about upstairs? We just HAVE to toast to our accomplishments and I know where my Uncle Scrooge hides his Good Scotch."
Gyro knew that Della wouldn't take no for an answer and so after a moment of silence he began to file away his notes and gave in.
Some time had passed as the duo had now been sitting in the office belonging to McDuck Enterprises CFO Bradford Buzzard. Gyro had been sitting on the lush leather desk chair while Della had been seated cross legged on the floor. Both of them had glasses half full of an amber liquid while a half filled bottle of Scotch sat on the desk.
"You know, if it weren't for you I think I'd still be struggling on the design for the Spear."
"Wow...is Gyro Gearloose admitting he needed someone else's help or am I more buzzed then I think I am?"
Gyro nodded his head as he got up off the chair to kneel beside where the female duck had been sitting.
"Seriously Della, you're smart...beautiful…"
A flush fell on her cheeks as he brushed a piece of her hair behind her ears with his fingers.
"You think I'm beautiful?" she asked extremely shocked by his words it seemed.
The chicken nodded his head. He had thought this since that night of the museum gala...the vision of her in that sapphire blue evening gown imprinted in his memory amidst all the scientific facts that he'd harbored.
"Excruciatingly so."
He watched as her cheeks flushed an even darker shade of red as her hands reached out to run her fingers through his mop of curls.
"You know, I've never admitted it out loud to anyone...well except perhaps Loopy and Selene...but you're kind of cute too."
He could now feel his cheeks beginning to flush to a shade that equally matched his companion. She thought he was cute...not to mention she had shared this information with her friends? He could feel his heart racing at the thought that perhaps...maybe...having a meaningful romantic relationship with a person was very much something that would be in the cards for him after all and it wouldn't just be him and his rag tag array of inventions for the rest of his life.
"Maybe it's time to take our relationship to the next step?" Della spoke, breaking him out of his thoughts as she looked upon him with a raised brow another glint of mischief in her eyes even more troublesome than the look he'd been given from her earlier.
"Are you asking me to be your boyfriend?" he asked, wondering just what Mr. McDuck would think about the prospect of his beloved niece dating one of his employees.
Della let out a sound that he couldn't quite pinpoint… was it a laugh or a moan or a bit of both as she rolled up onto her knees so that they were eye level with one another. First she had shrugged off her jacket leaving her well toned arms exposed from the curve hugging white tank top she'd been wearing underneath. Her hands soon reached up as she began to run her hands through his curls some more, her eyes locked onto his with an intense stare.
Soon, her bill began to push hard against his as she initiated a kiss. He had always wondered what kissing Della would have been like since that night when he was eighteen and Duckworth turning the porch light on interrupted their moment but he never pictured it like this. Sure, both their breaths reeked of Scotch but there was such passion...such intensity...while he was lost in the moment he didn't realize that his hand had reached out and hit the ON button to the radio they'd brought with them causing music to fill the air…
Pulling away from the kiss Gyro began to turn off the radio as Della's hand enveloped his just as the next song began to play.
"Dance with me."
Maybe it's intuition
Somethings you just don't question
Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant
And there it goes, I think I've found my best friendI know that it might sound
More than a little crazy but I believe
He obliged as they both stood up their bodies moving as one as they began to twirl around the room. This was like a dream a really really REALLY good one at that he thought as the final refrain of chorus filled the room their bills briefly meeting once more.
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
By the time the song ended and the station took pause for identification Della had managed to perch herself on the corner of the desk kicking off her shoes and tossing back the last of his liquor. As he looked back up from turning the radio off he was met with a wave silently asking him to come over. As he reached the table, he felt her hands reach up as they began to fidget with his suspender straps.
"Let's do something impulsive." she teased.
"I thought 'borrowing' your Uncle's Scotch was impulsive." he replied as he shrugged his suspenders off leading to Della to move her hands towards his buttons as she shook her head. He'd never been one to think about engaging in casual sex with someone before however with this impossible woman he thought there was a first time for everything. Moving his own hands to the hem of her tank top he soon flashed her a smile in return as if to tell her he'd been all in.
"If you're wanting to move up the wedding could we at least have a proper first date?"
Flashing her a smile he thought about how it all just happened so fast after that night. Della realized her eggs were fertile and they were going to be parents..him wanting to do right by her by taking her to city hall to become her husband. The chocolate shakes they shared at Hamburger Hippo had both been their first date as a couple and their honeymoon at the same time.
"Oh my god!" Della exclaimed straightening herself up from her position clearly having wheels swirl around in her mind as clearly that wasn't what she'd been thinking about before but clearly she had been thinking this now.
"Selene said she wanted to catch up, perhaps instead of going off to Ithaquack she can get Zeus to allow her to come down to earth for some well warranted girl time...maybe Penny can come to so we can show her some good old fashioned Earth Fun…. not that a spa would the first thing I'd think of as being fun when traveling to a new place...but mud baths can be quite relaxing...and anyways…."
Gyro just continued to watch as his fiancé rambled thinking about how cute she was when she did so.
"...I can get myself all gussied up you know, new dress, maybe do something different with my hair and then we can go out dancing. That is if you've grown to become comfortable fraternizing with Drunken Buffoons."
"I'll have you know I've gone out drinking with Don and his college buddies a few times while you were away."
Her bill once more pursed into a smile as her head returned to using his shoulder as her own personal pillow.
"Anyway, the next step I was talking about was moving in here with you and Huey, being a real family."
Leaning over, Gyro couldn't help but tilt his bill to place a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"If you're sure." he whispered.
"Very, if the past few days taught me anything it was that life is a precious thing and I already wasted two whole months by living in the manor. I don't want to waste another."
A part of him wanted to ask her what about Penumbra, after all with the Moonlanders who had been stranded being taken in by the citizens of Duckburg as if they were foreign exchange students and the one who was Della's so called 'moon bestie' living in the manor surly she would want to be by her side while she transitioned into life on another planet right.
"I know what you're thinking, what about Penny?"
It was as if she read his mind.
"Launchpad seems pretty fond of her so I trust him to make her feel welcome...and besides I'm just cross town and we do have a guest room if need be.
"Well then...how long until you're packed?"