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By; VC
Discalimer: The basics. The original ducks are not mine. VC however is as well as her past or anything related to her. The story plot is also mine. And the evil guys, they belong to Disney too, I�m not making a cent, at least not that I know of.
Note: Anything written like this (Hello) is telepathis speech and if you don't know why, you have not read my origin.
And now, the story:
::cough, cough::
"Hey Wing, you don�t sound so great. You�ve been coughin� like that all day." Duke was sitting on the couch reading the paper when his leader came in coughing up a storm.
"I�m fine, don�t worry about it," insisted Wildwing.
Duke simply shrugged his shoulders and retreated behind his paper. He had yet to sit down and relax all day and he wasn�t about to ruin his chance just because Wildwing was being a bit stubborn.
Duke began reading some article about politicians fighting in congress over some new hot topic. He kept hearing Wildwing�s coughing in the background.
"Wing, you sound awful, you should go see Tanya!" exclaimed VC when she walked into the room.
"Don�t bother V, I already said something to him," replied Duke to his daughter as she moved beside him on the couch.
VC leaned her head against her dad and started reading the paper.
"Gee, and I thought you and Mallory were the only stubborn ones around here," VC said with a wide smile.
"Ya know kiddo, I would not push my luck if I were you. Didn�t you just get in trouble with Mallory earlier this morning?" insisted Duke.
"Me! Trouble! Never!"
Duke reached over and messed up her hair. VC started aughing and reached over to mess up her father�s feathers. Before long, Wing and the newspaper were long forgotten as VC and Duke broke out into a playful wrestling match. They managed to somehow ended up on the floor. Finally, they were interupted when Tanya walked in and fell over the two of them.
"Oh, Tanya, we�re sorry! Are you okay?" asked VC in a hurry.
"Yeah, uh, you two need to be more careful where you play at."
Duke quickly hopped to his feet, then reached down to help up Tanya. "Sorry �bout that." He smiled slightly at her.
"Uh, that�s, uh okay, I�m fine and all, so what��" Tanya was interupted by another outbreak of coughing from Wildwing.
Tanya turned towards Wildwing. He didn�t look all that great. She had also noticed Nosedive and Mallory looking a little worse as well.
"Wildwing, I think you should come down to the infirmary and let me run some tests. I, you know, think you may be sick."
"I�m telling you guys, I�m fine," Insisted Wildwing.
"Look Wing, if you�re fine, it�ll show up on the tests and you can go back to doing whatever your doing, but if your not, it�s better to catch it now and get it done with. You night give it to the rest of us or something," Duke explained, knowing the though of putting the rest of the team in danger was the only way to get him to go for the tests.
"Fine," agreed Wing, " but you�ll all be feeling stupid when you find out it�s nothing."
Wildwing left and headed to the infirmary, Tanya following him. Duke watched them go, then turned to see VC with a smirk on her face.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing," replied VC aloud. (It�s just that you were staring at her for an awful long time there.)
Duke stared at VC for a moment, then said aloud, "Your crazy," before heading towards the bunks.
VC smiled, it was only a matter of time. All they needed was something to make them say something. VC would wait. At least for now she would.
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"Well, I�ve got good news and ad news. Which do you, uh, want first?" asked Tanya.
"The bad, let me get it over with," replied Wildwing.
"Well, you have Marisness, or at least something like it. You�ll be fine in a few days but you�ll need to rest for now. It will have to, you know, run its course."
"Marisness, how can I get that here?" asked Wing.
"It most likely exiists here too but humans or immune to I, like VC is. You didn�t let me finish though. You can give it to the rest of us, so whoever doesn�t have it yet, should go stay in a hotel for about a week or so."
"You said who doesn�t have it yet?"
"Yeah, that�s the, um, good news, kind of. You won�t be here alone. I ran tests on everyone here in the pond. Mallory, Nosedive, and Grin all have it. Duke I don�t and VC is immune," exlained Tanya.
"So what do we do?" asked Wing.
"Well," instructed Tanya, " you, Mallory, Grin , and Nosedive will have to stay here. VC said she would stay and take care of you all. Duke and I will be at a nearby hotel. We�ll have our comms if there is an emergency. And we�ll deal with Phil. So you just lay down and, uh, I�ll, you know, tell the others."
Tanya turned around and left the infirmary. Wildwing laid down on the bed. One week, in the Pond, with both Mallory and Nosedive. It could be worse of course. Duke could be sick too and stuck with them too. Wildwing smiled. Poor Tanya, she had to spend one week with Duke, by herself. At least he ha Grin to suffer with, she will be on her own. Boy, was this ever going to be a long week for everyone.
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Duke threw his last little bit of clothing into his duffel bag. He and Tanya were heading to the hotel. They�s just finished arguing with Phil, insisting he cancelled all the publicity stunts this week. Tanya was giving last minute instructions to VC, then it would be one week before he would return.
He turned around and was surprised to see VC standing in his doorway.
"I thought you were with Tanya," said Duke.
"She�s finished with me for now. She�s ordering everyone else around now."
"Be careful around here. Mallory and Dive can get pretty violent when they start fighting."
"I�ll be fine Dad. Don�t worry, the most dangerous thing around here will be me if Phil says one more thing about how much money he is losing. He wants to sue the world for getting everyone sick."
They both started to laugh. Duke headed down the hall and VC followed him. Finally Duke turned around and hugged her goodbye.
"I�ll call you later V," Duke said as he headed towards the elevator where Tanya was already waiting.
"Bye!" said VC. Both Duke and Tanya waved goodbye to her. As they disappeared, VC smiled. Maybe this was just what those two needed. VC turned to go check on her patients. She�d leave thoughts about her father and Tanya for later. Right now, she had four sick ducks to worry about.
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Tanya was laying in her room, watching TV. Her and Duke had been here for about four hours. Duke�s room was right next door. She�d heard him practicing with his saber. Tanya tried o work on some simple equations, but her mind kept wandering.
There was a knock at the door. She opened it and there stood Duke.
"Hello," said Tanya shyly.
"Hey," said Duke, " I was wondering, do you want to go to dinner tonight? It�s better then eating by ourselves tonight."
"Um, yeah, sure," said Tanya.
"okay, how about in an hour. I really need to take a shower. Uh, no rhynming intended there."
Tanya smiled. "Okay, I�ll see you in an hour."
"Okay," smiled Duke and he turned toleave. Tanya shut her door. What had just happened? Her knees had went weak and her mind blank. The only other time that had happened was when...
Nah, it couldn�t be. This was Duke her friend, nothing more.
She shook her head and went to get ready. She only had an hour.
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Back at the Pond, VC had her hands full. She had never met such a whining group of ducks in her life. Well, there had been that one time when the entire Brotherhood had been sick. Of course she had only been ten and kept agitating them.
Right now, Wildwing was sleeping and Grin was mediating. She was fine with that. But if Nosedive and Mallory complained or cried about one more thing, she was going to hit them both. To be honest, it was Dive causing most of the problem. Mallory was simply picking fights with him. That of course made it worse. VC felt like she was running a preschool.
For now, they were watching TV. At least, that was what it appeared to be. In reality, they were fighting over what they were going to watch. VC had had enough. She walked over to them, grabbed the remote, and turned off the TV. The other two looked at her in shock.
"Hey, V, why�d ya turn off the tube, girl?" asked Nosedive.
"Because," said VC, trying to keep her calm, "I am taking care of four sick ducks, two of whom are very annoying, If you two don�t shut up for a few minutes, I am going to loose it. Trust me, you have to put up with me for the rest of the week, you do NOT want me to loose it this early in the week. Do you two understand me?"
"Umm�yeah VC," said Dive a bit caustiously.
VC turned back and went to the table. Then she heard Nosedive and Mallory start it again. She wanted to scream. Instead, she grabbed her food and turned around quietly, then stormed out of the room, leaving the remaing two ducks in a state of confusion.
"What�s wrong with her?" asked Mallory.
Nosedive just shrugged his shoulders and turned back to the TV.
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By 8:00, Duke was realizing what a wonderful person Tanya was. Until this time, they�d never really talked about the things they were talking about tomnight. He�d always thought of Tanya of being one of the more normal ones in the group.
It turned out she actually hadn�t had that normal of a childhood. She didn�t know her real parents, they�d left her when she was just a baby. She had lived in an orphanage until she was seven. Then, the Vanderflocks adopted her, giving her a new name. Her first name had been Gertrude, but when the Vanderflocks adopted her, they let her change it to Tanya. She then made Gertrude her second name.
She also hadn�t been smart her entire life. At the home, and when she first started living with the Vanderflocks, she had been a little terror believe it or not. It wasn�t until she had been with her new family for a bit did she begin to realize her full potential. Her new parents showed her all sorts of new things. Mr. Vanderflock was into mechanics, so she was able to seee all sorts of things. That�s when she decided that�s what she�d do.
"I must be boring you to death," insisted Tanya.
"No, actually, your not." replied Duke.
"What about you? How did you uh, end up in the Brotherhood?"
"That is kind of a long, complicated story. To make it short, my family had a lot of money. My parents always said I should be like my Dad, but I didn�t want to. I ran away when I was thirteen, went to the streets. I learned that I was a really good theif. It was just small stuff like wallets and food. Then one day, I picked the wrong wallet, or so I thought. It turned out, he was the leader of the Brotherhood. He liked me, thought I had potential so he took me with him. I proved myself, they let me stay and trained me. I was a really fast learner. It didn�t take me long, then after time, I became the leader."
The rest of the meal continued longer then it needed to. They talked about fellow team members, what they thought about different things. One ting they kept coming back to was VC. Tanya was amazed with how VC had behaved and her personality at the time.
Duke was happy to have someone to tell these stories to. He didn�t really want anyone to see he was really soft inside, at least where VC was concerned. He knew that was a weakness. He had learned that painful lesson once before and didn�t want it to happen again. But, he liked being a dad and it wasn�t something most people saw him as. He remembered Mallory had laughed not to long after VC had landed here and he had told the ducks the truth.
"When she was seven or so, we let her training begin. The Brotherhood was in a state of panic. First, because they were afraid she would hurt herself. When she became good, everyone was afraid of her showing them all up. By the time she was ten, she was as good as most of the members who had spent their entire lives being thieves."
"I can only imagaine. She seems to enjoy showing off her talent. I bet the others hated her for it," said Tanya. Duke was amazed that all traces of her stutter was gone as she became less tense.
"Nah, they all loved her. She was just annoying, very annoying. Not much has changed."
"VC, Annoying! I can�t imagine!"
Duke laughed as Tanya did a very could imitation of being shocked. They finally deicided it was time to head back to the hotel to get some sleep. They left the restraunt and started walking. They continued their discussion until they reached Tanya�s room.
"I had a great time. We, uh, have to do this again some time," said Tanya.
"Hey, we have all week to do stuff. How about I meet you downstairs for breakfast tomorrow?"
"Sure was Tanya�s simple reply.
"Okay, see ya around eight. Good night," said Duke. He turned around and left. Tanya entered her room and fell onto the bed. She felt like she was floating on Cloud 9. Little did she know, right next door, Duke was feeling the same way.
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"Lord Dragonus," said Siege, "I just heard some interesting news on the radio."
"Unless it has something to do with eliminating those medaling mallards, I don�t want to hear it."
"Then this will truly please you my lord," interupted Wraith as he appeared in a cloud of smoke.
"What?!" yelled Dragonus.
Suddenly Chameleon runs into the room.
"The ducks are sick! The ducks are sick!" he shouted.
"They are! Wonderful! Good work Chameleon," praised Dragonus.
Chameleon smiled proudly as the other two henchmen growled under their breath, planning their revenge for a later time.
"I have a plan that will rid me of those cursed ducks once and for all. Now listen closely you idiots. I can�t afford to have any of you messing up.
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It had been two days since Duke and Tanya had left the pond. Two days, since VC had been put in charge of four very aggrevating ducks. She had the urge to jump off the nearest bridge.
Wildwing was very depressed right now. Mallory was itching for a fight. IR was taking almost all VC�s energy to keep her in the Pond. Nosedive was whinning like crazy. Every time Grin sneezed, half the things in the house feel or rattled. VC was not having a very fun time.
However, she had heard from her dad and Tanya. From the sound of things, they were having a great time in each others company. Maybe all this would be worth it, who knows. She liked Tanya.
Just then, Drake 1�s alarm went off. Wildwing, Mallory, and Nosedive raced into the room. Grin came at his own pace. VC sat down and typed something into the computer. She went pale for a moment, then turned to the others.
"I was afraid of this, it�s Dragonus. He�s attacking a nearby power plant," she said.
"What are we waiting for, let�s go!" yelled Nosedive.
"No, you guys won�t be any good, your sick. I�ll call my dad, tell him what�s going on, him and Tanya can go check it out, then we�ll know what�s up," ordered VC.
Her reply was met with many groans, and an odd look from Wildwing.
(He thinks I�m taking his job)
"Go lay down guys, NOW!"
VC flipped her comm as they others left the room. True, she could have just used her telepathic link with her father, but this was a force of habit. Not to mention, she wasn�t sure what he was doing and didn�t want him to hurt himself. Many times the link took a lot out of her dad and he became tired very quickly.
"Dad, come in."
It took a minute but she then saw Duke�s face on the small screen.
"Hi V. what�s wrong."
"It�s Dragonus, he just attacked a nearby power plant. You and Tanya need to check it out. You should come by the pond and pick up the Migrator. You might need it."
Duke acted as if he were taking orders from Wildwing, but inside he was laughing so hard. In the background he could hear Tanya laughing a little to. His daughter was really on a power trip.
"Okay. We�ll check it out and then call you back," said Duke.
"K, and I AM NOT ON A POWER TRIP!"
VC turned off her comm unit and waite. She would have to make sure her dad and Tanya stayed out of trouble. She also had to keep the others here.
"Maybe I can tie them to their beds," she said aloud.
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Duke turned to Tanya. The two were out in the park, working out. They were taking a jog when VC called them up. Tanya was leaning against a tree, waiting for Duke.
"What was that about, besides the power trip?" asked Tanya.
"Dragonus, he attacked a power plant. We�re about a block from the Pond, we need to go get the Migrator, VC thinks we may need it. Let�s run their first."
"Are you, uh, sure its a good idea with just us?" asked Tanya.
"No, but we don�t really have a choice, so let�s move."
They took off running to the Pond.
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The Migrator pulled up in front of the power plant. The lights were off and it was quiet. Tanya and Duke crept towards the back of the building. Duke looked inside one of the windows.
Inside, Siege and Wraith were tearing apart boxes, obviously looking for something. The Chameleon was no where to in sight. Duke got back down and turned to Tanya.
"It�s just Wraith and Siege, but the Chameleon may b around here too. Let�s go in that door over there," said Duke, pointing towards a door a few meters away.
The two snuck into the plant quietly and carefully. They took cover behind some boxes, watching as Wraith and Siege continued searching the other boxes.
"What are they looking for?" asked Tanya quietly.
Suddenly, the two of them heard the Chameleon�s voice behind them. "Notmuch, just something to rid me of those medeling mallards," he said in the form of Dragonus.
Tanya and Duke reached for their weapons only to knocked out from behind. The three henchmen stood over the fallen ducks.
"I thought they were sick," said Siege.
"Maybe they just fought sick," suggested Chameleon.
"They didn�t sound sick to me," satated Siege.
"Sure they were, didn�t you hear her speak. She�s all stuffed up," Chameleon pointed to Tanya as he said this.
"You idiot!" yelled Siege," She always sounds like that!"
Just then, Dragonus appeared in the plant. "What is taking you idiots so long?!" he yelled
"We went duck hunting," said Chameleon in an Elmer Fudd morph.
Dragonus looked down at the two unconcious ducks laying on the floor. He walked up to Duke who was laying underneath Tanya, and kicked him in the side.
"They were suppose to be sick, but this might be even better. Take them to the Raptor, place them in a cell. I think I have a plan for them."
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Duke awoke in a cold, dark cell, but for some reason, he was warm. It took a moment for him to realize that someone was with him in the cell. Actually, that person was laying with him. He turned his head and managed to see that the other warm body was Tanya.
Duke caustiously sat up. He hurt too much to move a lot right now. He also didn�t want to wake up Tanya. He carefully pulled her up a little so it was a bit more comfortable for him. His hand brushed the back of her head and came away with blood on it. Duke realized that she had a large cut on her head and was loosing blood. He ripped off a piece of his shirt and placed it against Tanya�s head.
He couldn�t see very much in the dark, but there was some light filtering in the cell from above. He didn�t see a door but he would have to get up and check around. His guess was that the door was in the ceiling and that above them, was where the henchmen were. He knew he was in the Raptor, it was the only logical place for Dragonus to take them.
Duke knew they were in trouble. He hurt a lot. Tanya also looked to be injuried badly. Neither had their weapons. Their pucklaunchers, comm, his saber, and her omni-tool had been taken. Without weapons or communicators, they would just have to sit and wait.
"Duke," he heard Tanya whisper softly, "where are we?"
"The Raptor. You okay?"
"I think so, my, uh, head just hurts."
They both stood up shakily and began to search the cell. It was hard to see so they had to feel their way around the sides. Duke was surprised when he ran into a small bunk.
"Well," he said," at least we�ll have a place to sleep. I found a bunk."
"How kind of them," said Tanya saracastically.
"Hey, don�t look a gift horse in the mouth."
Duke�s second surprise came when Tanya bumped into him. She had been coming the other way and was unable to see very well. They both feel onto the small bunk as a result, with Duke on top. It was very easy to get the wrong idea from the way they were laying. Duke�s face was a mere inch or so from hers.
"Umm, Duke, you can get off me," said Tanya.
"Oh yeah," said Duke as he began to move off her. Then, completely by accident, the tip of his beak brushed against hers. Both froze for a moment, neither sure what had happened. Both had an odd feeling and both liked it. It was espicially odd for Duke, who had kissed many women, but never had this feeling. If he hadn�t remembered where he was, that kiss might have gone a little further.
Duke finally pushed off of her and sat up in the bunk, Tanya did the same and laid her head on the wall.
"Yeow!" she yelled.
"Tanya, you okay?" asked Duke
"I will be, it just hurts a little."
"I think there�s enough light, let me try and see how bad it is."
Tanya felt a little odd, espicially after what had just happened but she obeyed. Technically, Duke was the leader since Wildwing was sick. She turned her head and felt him pushing her hair aside.
"That looks like it hurts a lot," said Duke.
"It does."
"Why don�t you lay down here, I�m going to look around this room some more, see if I can find anything."
Tanya laid down for a bit and listened as Duke moved about the small cell. After a few minutes had past he returned to the bunk and sat down beside her.
"The opening must be on the ceiling and my guess is that Dragonus�s goons are sitting right there. I can�t reach it anyway and the bunk is bolted down so that I can�t move it and stand on it," Duke informed her.
"What about VC? Can you use your link with her to have her find us?" asked Tanya.
"I could tell her we�re in trouble but she probably already knows that. I could tell her we are in the Raptor, but we don�t know where the Raptor is and they can�t find it. Even if she gets inside, there�s no garuntee she can locate us. But I can try and contact her al east so they know to look for Dragonus."
She watched as Duke started to look blankly at the wall. Tanya had never believed in telepathy until she had met VC, and to be homes, she still did not understand it. After a few seconds, Duke shook his head.
"She knows," was all he said.
He looked very tired. It was very hard for him to inishiate contact with VC. It took a lot of energy on his part. Tanya moved over on the bunk.
"You better lay down," she said.
"I�ll sleep on the floor, you take the bunk."
"No," insisted Tanya," we can both fit. I trust you."
That was all it took. Duke didn�t have enough energy to bother fighting over something like this. He laid down on the bunk next to Tanya. He was close enough to notice that she was shivering and he had to admit it was really cold in the cell. He then remembered how warm he had been when he had first awaken, it gave him an idea on how they could keep warm.
Duke moved closer to Tanya, close enough to put his arms around her. He felt her stiffen and quickly answered her question before she even asked. "Body warmth. It will keep the two of us from freezing to death in here." Tanya relaxed a little. It wasn�t like she was going to complain or anything, hey it wasn�t too bad at all. She too moved a bit closer wrapping her arms around him. They both fell asleep in that position, like two lovers trying to never let go of the other.
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"They�re in trouble!" shouted VC.
"Where are they?" asked Wildwing.
"The Raptor. Dragonus caught them," VC replied.
"All right, let�s go team." Wildwing yelled as they headed for the hanger.
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The remaining ducks began to scan all around Anaheim for any unusual activity. They found nothing. There was no trace of the Raptor or Dragonus. They were all beginning to get very frustrated. If Dragonus wanted something, he should have done something by now. Then the aerowing flew over the power plant that had earlier been attacked.
"Hey, it�s the Migrator. Why�d they leave it there and not take it?" asked Dive as he pointed out the window.
"I don�t know,. It must be a trap, but that could be our only clue. We have to check it out," said Wing.
Dive landed the Aerowing and the ducks exited. They began to search around the plant while VC and Dive looked in the Migrator for clues. They exited just as the others returned from their search. They all had a look of disappointment on their faces.
"Nothing," said Dive.
"Did anyone find anything?" asked Wing.
He was diappointed to hear a course of no�s. His disappointment was short lived because just then Dragonus appeared. His henchmen were no where in sight. The ducks reached for their weapons.
"That wouldn�t be a wise move," stated Dragonus.
"And why not?" asked Dive.
"Because, then you�ll never see your teammates again."
"What do you want Dragonus?" asked Wildwing.
"For right now, I want you to put down your weapons and come with me. The ducks, seeing no other choice at the time, obeyed.
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Duke awoke to the very pleasant feeling of someone in his arms. He wasn�t sure who it was or where he was, but he liked the feeling. The other person in the embrace had her arms wrapped tightly around him and he could feel her hot breath on his neck since her face was burrowed into him.
He slowly opened his eyes and was surprised to see a very beautiful female duck laying in his arms. It took a second for Duke to realize that the female duck was Tanya. She looked gorguious. Her long blonde had fallen out of the hair band and was laying flat. Her glasses had slide from her face and were laying off to the side.
Then it all came back to him. The Raptor, Dragonus. He turned to Tanya, who in her slumber, remained peacefully unaware of the problem that they faced. Duke knew they should talk about this and try and form a plan, but he couldn�t bring himself to wake her. She looked so peaceful. Duke reached over and grabbed her glasses, placing them on the floor. Who would have thought that under that pair of glasses and genius ideas was an amazingly beautiful woman.
VC, she knew. Little rascal.
These past few days had been very interesting to Duke. When he found out that he and Tanya would be stuck in a hotel together, he thought he�d be bored out of his mind. He resolved to try and break through that shell that Tanya always kept around her. Inside, he found just a plain wonderful person. He had enjoyed every breakfast, dinner, lunch, and even workout that they had spent together. When this was all said and done, he wanted to spend more time with her, see where whatever this was, headed.
His thoughts were interupted by a loud sound and a blast of light. Duke jumped up and next to him, he felt Tanya wake up and do the same. While waiting for his eyes to adjust, he reached down and picked up Tanya�s glasses, handing them to her so she could see. He then stood almost protectively in front of her. He reached for his saber, forgetting it was not there. He watched as Siege and the Chameleon moved forward towards them with their guns.
"Let�s go you rotten ducks," ordered Siege as Tanya and Duke began backing up towards the light. They suddenly felt their feet leaving the floor. Duke realized they were being moved by Wraith and the �dark powers�.
When they were out of the cell, they were rudely dropped on the floor. Then, Siege grabbed them both, one in each hand. Duke thought his arm was about to fall off. They were taken into another room, this one lighted and with out anything in it.
"All right ducks, this is gonna be fun," laughed Siege.
The next thing Duke felt was a sharp pain as his arm was snapped in half. Siege threw him violently to the floor. Tanya was now being held by the Chameleon in his strong man morph. Duke staggered to his feet. Before he could gather his senses, Siege fist connected with his good eye. Duke heard Tanya shouting in the background. Duke tried to once again stand up but again Siege knocked him down. Finally, after about three tries, Duke thought he had found his chance. Siege turned his back to him. Just as Duke prepared to attack, he heard the a sound that made his heart stop.
As Siege moved, Duke saw Tanya laid on the floor, a laser shot to her side. Suddenly, Duke was filled with anger. He violently attacked Siege. They rolled on the floor for a few moments. Then, Duke pinned Siege to the ground. Duke�s victory was short lived because he cursed as a laser blast came in contact with is side. The Chameleon had shot him. Duke was unconcious.
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The other ducks were sitting inside the power plant. Their weapons had been taken and place on a consel behind Wraith. The ducks just sat their and watched and waited. They were all getting aggrivated and tired. Finally, Wildwing had had enough.
"All right Dragonus, we�re here. What do you want?"
"First," said Dragonus, "we need to wait for our other guests to arrive."
Just then, Siege and Chameleon appeared in a ray of teleportation energy. With them, were an unconcious Duke and Tanya. Both looked to be seriously injuried. They other ducks gasped in disbelief. They two ducks were dropped to the ground in a pile. Wildwing�s eye flared with anger. Two members of his team had been hurt.
"What do you want?" asked Wing.
"I want the codes to you headquarters, then I want you to leave this place, forever."
"Why the codes?" asked Wing.
"Let me put it this way Wildwing. If you don�t do what I ask, I kill them," he said as he pointed to the two dormant ducks.
"Now," said Dragonus, " do you really think you have a choice."
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VC was watching the entire exchange from the back of the group. She had to do something. She noticed that the shadows of the Raptor extended from where she stood to behind the consul where Wraith stood. She could disappear into the shadows and get the weapons. She checked to make sure no on was watching her, then slipped into the shadows.
She quietly and carefully made her way towards the consul. No one had noticed her missing, yet. Finally, she was behind the consul. She reached over, praying no one would notice. However, someone did. Nosedive saw her and was watching. Siege noticing Nosedive�s glances towards the consul, looked, and was just in time to see VC grab her saber.
"Behind you!" Siege yelled.
(Damn it Nosedive, you screwed it all up. If we get out of here alive, I�m gonna kill you.)
All three goon moved towards her. VC activated her saber, preparing to fight. The other ducks raced towards the soon to be battle and grabbed their weapons. Grin and Mallory took on Siege. Nosedive and Wing had the Chameleon. This left VC with Wraith. Perfect.
She deflected one of his huge fireballs with the flat of her blade. Then she lunged at him. He managed to move enough so that he was not hit, but his staff was broken in half. VC moved in on him. Suddenly, he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
I hate it when they do that.
The other henchmen followed Wraith�s example and disappeared in a bright light of teleportation energy. The other ducks moved on to Dragonus. However, he had other plans. He produced a gun and pointed it at Tanya. The other�s stopped dead in their tracks.
"Enough games Wildwing. Give me what I want or she dies, right now."
The other ducks were at a lose. They didn�t know what to do. However, during the battle, Duke had awoken, but he still laid on the floor. Suddenly and without warning he jumped up and attacked Dragonus. The others ran to help but that was hard when they kept rolling on the floor. Then, Dragonus grabbed Duke�s broken arm and Duke was forced to let go. Before Dragonus could strike back, he heard the clicking of a number ofpucklaunchers.
"Don�t move Dragonus," ordered Wildwing.
Realizing that he was outnumbered, Dragonus reached over and pressed his teleporter and disappeared. Everyone groaned, that was starting to get annoying. VC hurried to her father�s side and reached down to help him up.
"Ow, watch the arm!" he yelled.
"Sorry," said VC. "what happened here?"
"I�ll tell you guys later. I just want to go home for a while."
The other ducks agreed that was a good idea. Grin picked up Tanya and VC helped her father towards the Aerowing. It had been a very, very long day. He just wanted to go to sleep, and maybe take some painkillers.
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VC sat in the infirmary by the computer. Her two patients were fast asleep. Her father had fell unconcious on the way home. Both he and Tanya were on some painkillers and were ordered no working for a few weeks. That was okay though because the other ducks had fought off their cold and were back to normal. Whether that was good or bad, VC did not know.
She hadn't figured out what had happened between her dad and Tanya, but both had awoken on seperate occasions, asking about the other with genuine concern. The other ducks remained uninformed abut these events. VC could keep a secret for now.
Tanya and Duke would be spending a lot of time together over the next few weeks. They were both hurt pretty badly. Her father had a broken arm, a laser shot to the side and had suffered some internal bleeding. Tanya also ahd suffered fromsome internal bleeding and a laser shot to the side, but had also taken a serious hit to the head which eemed to have caused a lot of blood lose.
VC stood up and headed for the door. It had been a long day and she was tired. She had gotten little sleep since the others had gotten sick and she was unbelieveably ired. These two would be okay for now. They were both stable. She smiled as she walked out the door.
"Goodnight guys," she said, "I guess you'll be having to use a couplesick days now."
FINIS
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