Kilthalia
�Mom! I really appreciate this! Really!� he quickly said, embarrassed. �But Dad�s here! I�m not a baby anymore!� he whispered though clenched teeth.
�Sssshh. Let me take care of this cut, honey,� his mother consoled. �Drake, you�re getting me...upsettable.� she warned her husband that was snuggled up behind her.
�After you�re done, you coming back to bed, honey?� he said alluringly.
�Of course. Real soon.
�I�m sorry, Lucifer, you kinda interrupted something your father and I were doing,�
Lucifer looked over his mother�s shoulder to watch his father, clad in only his boxers, walk back to their room. �Ma! I�m thirty-five! I know what you were doing! You don�t have to be so secretive!�
�I can�t help it! You�re my baby boy!�
�Thanks Mom,�
�You�re welcome, sweety. So, how�d this happen?� she referred to the cut over his eye.
�Well,� he sighed. � �Negaduck� and I got in each other�s ways. He was pulling off a job at the new construction site. He was sabotaging the foundation and weakening some support beams. I was running through that same site, trying to elude Dipwing, after I robbed Dad�s favorite store,�
�The St. Canard Jewelry Emporium,�
�The same. I literally ran into my vexing little brother, right when he was using a slow corrosive acid. He spilled it when we collided. That stuff�s expensive! And from Iraq too! He got it so mad he picked up a 2x4 and used my head as the baseball.�
�Ooh! How horrible! He never ever liked you too!�
�Yeah, I know! But luckily I knew better and I tried, I tried to duck. He still managed to knick me.�
�But Darkwing was chasing you��
�Yeah, Darkwing witnessed the whole thing... So when Anthony was done with me he went after Dipwing, whom, in turn, ran the other way, screaming.�
�Cool,� came a deep resonating voice.
�Hey Dad,� Lucifer turned back to his mother. �I swear, Anthony�s worse than Dad! No offence,� he assured him father, whom shrugged it off.
�He learned it from the best. But it�s terrible how you two fight more than you two do superheros. That�s going to be your downfall.� His father warned.
�How�s the knee, Dad?� Lucifer changed the subject.
�Achy, very sore�� he winced.
�Especially since you and Mom were...� he was cut off by a smack in the arm from his father. Lucifer chuckled.
�Nooo! Silly kid!� Drake mumbled to himself. �So,� he said suddenly. �Aren�t you supposed to be out there doing dastardly deeds?�
�Alright! I can take a hint!� Lucifer got up and put his mask back on. His mother cleared her throat. �You aren�t going anywhere without giving me something!�
Lucifer bent down and kissed his mother good-bye, straightened his posture and said his good-byes to his father and left.
When he got back home he was greeted by a stampede of little feet. Their smallands Hound, Beasley, got there first and toppled Lucifer to the floor, then the kids got to him.
�Hey guys!�
�Daddy!� came the chorus of the three children. Lucifer gave them hugs all around, then a pair of slender legs stood before the pile of people and pet. One of the leg�s feet was tapping, impatiently.
�And where have you been, Lucifer Rachester Hudigan?!� a stern feminine voice accused.
Lucifer looked up to see his wife holding a rolling pin. �Dear,� he exclaimed. �I was just at my parents! That�s all!�
�Oh Daddy, Daddy, can we go visit Granma n Granpa?!! Can we?? Can we??!!�
�Uh, not today, gang. They�re busy. But maybe I�ll call over tomorrow and see if it�s ok, ok?!�
�Yay!!� the kids cheered and ran off with their dog hot on their heels.
Lucifer got to his feet and walked over to his wife. �Kara,� He chuckled briefly, and before he could speak, his wife cut him off. �Why is it you always go home to them before you come home to me?! Why!?�
�Cause I want to see the two people who gave me life so I could be here with you! I think I�m entitled to that.�
��But you always see them more than your own family,� she said, sadly.
�Oh, Honey! I�m so sorry you feel that way,� The tall super villain held his wife in his arms to comfort her.
Elsewhere in St. Canard, an enraged duck tears up a newspaper, then takes a solitary picture from the wreckage and pins it up to the wall. He proceeds in using it as a dartboard for his numerous deadly blades.
�I hate that S.O.B.!! He always gets the front page! He always gets all the attention!! Never me!! Don�t I work hard enough for the title of Number One?!!�
Nearby, a woman with her legs up is sitting on a couch. She casually says, �Why don�t ya just shoot ya older�� She was cut off when he turned around and slapped her hard across her face.
�If you ever dare to try and say something like that ever again, Trinity, god help you. You�ll wish you were never born!� he growled, angrily. The male duck dressed in a red turtleneck, a yellow double breasted jacket with black buttons, a black cape and a red, wide rimmed fedora stomped to the other side of the room with his arms raised. �At least �Dad�s� out of the picture or I�d have to contend with the name as well!!� He cut his thought short and glared down at a snivelling little nine-year-old girl. He snapped at her abruptly, �Why don�t you go be useful for once and go play on the railroad tracks!!?�
The girl ran across his path to her mother, standing in the hall and clings to her and cries.
�ANTHONY!! How dare you!!�
The demonous duck says deeply, �Ah, K.C.� He clasps his hands behind his back. �Listen Killer, Lucifer�s being an S.O.B and taking all the credit I do! How else am I supposed to vent my anger?�
K.C. screeched at the menacing eyes behind the black mask, �I don�t care!! Just leave my baby girl alone!!� She looks down at the girl and assumingly walks her away, down the hall. �C�mon sweetie. Let�s get you away from mean ol� Uncle Anthony,�
The girl sniffled, �ok,� When they disappeared into another room Anthony called down to the,, �Stop spoilin' her! Life�s not milk n� cookies as you make it out to be!!�
K.C. came back a few minutes later, after quietly shutting the door to her daughter�s bedroom. �Anthony, I swear, if you ever act mean to her again, I�ll�.�
�You�ll what?� he challenged.
�I�ll take Mary Lou and go home to Mom and Dad and never see you ever again!�
�Ooh! What a threat!� he mocked. �FINE! Go right ahead! I�ll just come after you�and Mary Lou�in your sleep!!�
K.C. gasped in horror as he sneered at her.
�Amazing,� Trinity broke the tension with her monotone voice. �He usually laughs after threatening people,� She turned to Anthony. �What�s the matter, Negaduck? Why ain�tcha laugin� now?�
�She�s my little sister. And I�m closer to her than anyone.�
K.C. added, �Except that I�m also close with Lucifer!�
�What? You three related er sometin�?�
Anthony, aka, Negaduck warned, �You got a problem with that?�
Trinity quietly said, �No,�
An aging duck, dressed in a pink button down and green argyle vest rushed into the upstairs bathroom. �Morg, what happened??!� he demanded, urgently concerned.
�Kamendant had a run in with Negaduck,� she quietly said, distracted.
�The first one, I sincerely hope?�
�No,� she said gravely. �I�ve managed to stop the internal bleeding for now,� She got up and washed her hands.
�Darling, what happened?� He walked over to her and touched his wife�s face. She flinched with pain. He carefully turned her face ever so gently and discovered a black eye and a couple of scraped and bruises. �Oh Morg,� he breathed, concerned.
His wife broke down into tears and dropped to her knees to hug her husband�s waist, tightly. �Oh Drake! It was awful!� she bawled. �When he summoned me I got there just before the final blow, and then he came after me when I tried to stop him! It was horrible, Drake! You never could have lived through it!�
Drake held Morgana comfortingly. �You can�t prevent these things from happening, Morgana,�
She sniffled, �We should have gotten rid of the original for good when we had the chance!!�
�Now, now. Morgana, when I wanted to do just that you always wanted to give him another chance, as I had given you! He�s done just that, only�� he paused to redemise. �His son took over,� he finished, quietly and slowly. �Honey, I made you some tea. Just the way you like it! Lizard gizzard and all! MmmMmm!!�
She sniffled, wiped her eyes then got up. �Thank you dear,�
�Say, did you use any magic to help?�
�I�m no witch doctor, but I tried to speed up the healing process to save him,� A pause between them for a long moment. �I can�t do anything to help my own wounds, if that�s what you�re getting at,�
�No, no. Not at all, but, uh, there is something I can do to help,� He stood up on his tippy toes and kissed her face.
Morgana went downstairs for her tea and Drake stayed with his son. �Oh Kame, what a hard life we live,� He soothed out Kamendant�s feathers upon his head and cheeks. His son remained still. Tears came to Drake�s eyes and he put his own head to his son�s and cried.
�Drake, darling?� Morgana glided in. He looked up to see her, his bottom lip trembling. She got down on her knees and they held each other and cried.
�D, Dad?� a weak voice trembled in pain. Drake stopped his crying and looked over to see his son in the bathtub.
�Kame,� he brushed his son�s hair from his eyes.
The near identical, yet younger male duck tried to smile, but instead cringed in pain and grabbed at his side.
�Kame!� Drake cried, concerned.
Morgana got up and used her magic to see what was the matter. �It�s a broken rib. I can�t say I�m surprised,� he stopped concentrating and looked down at the two most important men in her life. �I�ll try and fix it, but my powers of healing are limited.�
�Heh, yeah. That�s my field!� Kamendant commented, quietly.