Chapter 1-28: Shadow War (part 2): The Day of the Ducks

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Louie reluctantly stands next to me instead of going inside to start the houseboat like he wanted, and Mrs. Beakley exclaims, "Magica DeSpell!"

Dewey asks, "Wait, who?"

I ask, "You've never heard of her? She had some kind of weird grudge against Uncle Scrooge and all of Clan McDuck, and she was his strongest adversary."

Webby adds, "But no one's seen her since they fought on Mt. Vesuvius 15 years ago."

Huey asks, "Hold on a minute. If she disappeared 15 years ago, and you're 16, how did you hear about her, Izzy?"

I respond, "Uncle Scrooge told me about her when I was little, but he never told me how he defeated her, just that Id never have to worry about her."

Mrs. Beakley says, "Alright, all. Cool heads. We must help Scrooge before anything else-"

A giant seaweed creature pulls itself onto the houseboat, and Louie shoves Huey and Dewey toward it, exclaiming, "Take my brothers first, please!"

The creature then pulls the seaweed off of itself, revealing the headless Man horse that Gyro nicknamed Manny and took as his newest lab assistant.

I breath a sigh of relief, and Uncle Donald says, "Oh."

Huey adds joyfully, "It's just Manny!"

Gyro pulls himself onto the houseboat as well, Lil Bulb on his shoulder as they both shake water out of themselves, Gyro shaking his hat and Lil Bulb twisting his lightbulb head off and dumping the water out befote putting it back on.

Gyro exclaims angrily, "That's it! No more underwater labs. It's volcanoes or abandoned castles from now on!"

Huey asks, "Dr. Gearloose? What happened?"

Gyro explains, "Our own shadows came to life and wrecked the lab!" Huey opens his mouth to say something, but Gyro shushes him, saying, "Ah bah bah, my Shadow Control Ray is still in the test phase, so this one is not on me."

I ask, "I'm sorry, you were working on what?"

Gyro responds, "A Shadow Control Ray. Keep up, orange niece."

I snarl a bit before responding, "We never thought it was you anyways. Magica DeSpell is back, and she's taken everyone's shadows."

I gesture out at the shadow vortex above the Money Bin, and Gyro gapes at it in surprise.

Uncle Donald stands atop the houseboat's railing, announcing, "Everybody listen up!"

He then says something I couldn't understand. I can usually understand his speech, but that one was just too much gibberish.

We all ask in confusion, "What?"

Launchpad adds, "Did anyone get any of that?"

I respond, "Most of the time I understand him, but not this time.

Huey adds, "It's mostly context clues."

Louie adds, "We get, like, every third word."

Dewey adds, "Nope, completely unintelligible."

Uncle Donald chases after him, angrily exclaiming, "I'll show you unintelligible!"

After watching Uncle Donald squawking at Dewey and chasing him for a moment, Gyro groans, saying, "Ugh, I don't have time for this." He pulls out a small, pill-shaped device, explaining, "The Barksian Modulator, able to translate neural impulses into sonic transmissions."

We all look at him in confusion, and Launchpad asks, "Huh?"

I say, "In layman's terms, please? You're speaking to a bunch of kids and non-scientists."

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 17 ⏰

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