Mighty Ducks- The Second Line : D.U.C.K.S. : Mysteries of the Limbo

The AeroWing made its way through the purple and blue haze of the Dimensional Gateway. The Ducks were on their way back from PuckWorld after a long battle against the powerful Authority. They all needed a rest, and also a warm shower. Sunrise piloted the jet with Wildwing next to her in the chair beside her. The Mighty Ducks were sitting with the Second Line waiting to arrive home. Chance was in the SilverWing following the AeroWing. Stivz's body was neatly placed in the back of the jet, with a white lenin sheet over him.

Wildwing looked out the front windshield and stared at the colorful fabric of the Gateway. He wanted to know all of the Gateway's deadly natures, and what kind of secrets it contained. Were there any more Saurians in the Limbo? And are there anymore B.R.A.W.N. security commandoes keeping them inside?

Nosedive and Duke were looking out the window. Dive was getting dizzy of the swirling space around the jet. Duke laughed.

"And you always wanted to fly the AeroWing." he said. "You can't even hold on to your lunch!"

Nosedive looked up at Duke. "I can outlast you on any roller coaster, buddy."

"The AeroWing continued to cruise through the spirals when suddenly, there was a violent crash. The Ducks inside the AeroWing were tossed from one side of the place to another. Wildwing called over to Tanya.

"What the heck is going on here?" he said, holding on to the chair he was just sitting in.

Tanya looked out the windshield and saw a large hole in the Gateway fabric. She gasped.

"I have good news and bad news." She said. Mallory slapped herself in the forehead.

"Just great! What's the good news?" she asked.

Tanya grabbed a little of her hair. "The good thing is, is that the thing in front of us isn't an electromagnetic worm, so it can't suck us into Dimensional Limbo."

"And the bad news?" called Grin.

"There's something coming out of the Limbo through this hole!"

"Crap!" said Wildwing. "Get ready to fire weapons!"

Mallory hurried to the weapons controls and looked for a target. Before she could find anything. There was a thump on the top of the AeroWing.

Chance crackled in over the radio. "There's something on the top of the AeroWing!"

"Blade grabbed the radio mouthpiece and answered Chance. "We've kinda already sorted that out, babe!"

The top hatch of the AeroWing came open, and three shadows stood in the empty hole in the roof.

"Get ready!" whispered Wildwing. The Ducks reached for their weapons and aimed at the hole. Smoke entered the AeroWing and the shadows of the three strangers fell from the hole to the floor. The hatch in the roof closed by itself, and the smoke finally cleared.

When the strangers could be seen, the Ducks gasped. There were two more Ducks and a young Saurian. The Saurian was colored blood red with blades on his back. He had beside him a red motor cycle that was as bizarre looking as himself. The Ducks were both females, one of them was dressed in a light blue bodysuit and cape, and the other was in a uniform that resembled a B.R.A.W.N.'s body armor.

Nosedive held his puck blaster firmly as he pointed it at the three. The Duck in the uniform looked over in his direction and leaned over near him. She stared right into his eyes, hypnotizing him. Nosedive blinked to prevent from being distracted. When he opened his eyes, his puck launcher wasn't in his hands anymore! Instead the Duck was holding it, twirling it like a keyring, smiling.

"Hey!" said Nosedive. Wildwing stepped forward to make the usual speech.

"We mean you no harm, but who are you? And what are you doing with that lizard?"

The Duck with the bodysuit spoke. "We also mean you no harm, we just ask of a mode of transportation to anywhere but the Limbo."

Wildwing's eyes grew a little wider. "You're from the Dimensional Limbo?"

"Yes." The stranger said. "My name is Cooleigh Wingshield, and I am a traveler. I have the ability to open and close the Gateway to Dimensional Limbo whenever I please. I just can't escape the Gateway unless an outside force takes me away."

"I see now." said Duke. "Kinda like a different version of Back to the Future!"

"Who are the others?" asked Mallory.

Cooleigh continued. "My two associates are Coolette DeCool, and Fasttrach."

Coolette stepped towards Nosedive and returned his weapon to him. "I am the part of the elite from the B.R.A.W.N. special forces units." she said.

"The only Duck to graduate among the robots!" Fasttrach added. His nose emitted a little smoke as he talked.

"And what's your story?" Tanya asked to the Saurian.

Fasttrach snorted and took a deep, warm breath. "I am the neglected child of Lord Diablo and Lucretia DeCoy. I grew up on my own until when I met these two. We teamed up, and now we seek refuge to anywhere but Dimensional Limbo."

Wildwing scratched the bottom of his chin and nodded. "Allright, you can join us, but have to be careful. Earth is not really the safest place in the universe."

"It can't be worse than the Limbo." Said Cooliegh.

Wildwing then remembered something. "While you were in the Limbo, did you ever happen to see another Duck by the name of Canard?"

Cooleigh answered him. "Yes, we've seen that Duck. But, a few days before we were scheduled to leave with him, he disappeared."

"Nobody knows where he might have gone." Added Coolette.

Wildwing lowered his head. Grin walked over to him. "I'm sure he's fine." He said. "He knows how to take care of himself."

Wildwing breathed in a deep breath and let it out. "I guess so," he said. "I guess I'm just overreacting."

As the newcomers were introduced to the Second Line and the rest, Sunrise turned in her pilot's chair. "We're approaching the Earth realm."

The new Ducks along with Street, Warstrike, and Phoenix, rushed to the front of the plane to catch their first glimpses of their new home.

"Where are we approaching?" asked Blade.

Sunrise read a reading on the control panel and read it out to the team. "Anaheim, California, United States, North Amer-"

"That's enough, Sunny." Sighed Nosedive. He then threw himself back onto one of the chairs in the AeroWing.

Sunrise called back to Chance in the other plane. "We're coming up on Earth!"

"Allright!!" Chance answered back. The rest of the Ducks smiled.

The AeroWing came out of the purple haze and suddenly, the skyline of Anaheim appeared below them.

Wildwing smiled a wide smile, "We're finally home."

Later that day, the Ducks unloaded the AeroWing and moved back into the Pond. Street, Warstrike, Phoenix, Coolette, Cooleigh, and Fasttrach were moved into the Second Line headquarters facility.

"Looks like a packed house!" said Blade. Nylessa reassured her.

"With the money we pull in after the season's over, we can expand the compound."

Fasttrach had a little problem settling in. His spiky skin on his back would tear up the mattresses. Chance laughed as she saw him trying to get up through all the stuffing.

"We'll fix that for you later."

In the evening, Wildwing came into the Second Line compound with Duke following him. Wing held Stivz's silver mask and Duke carried his large puck rifle.

Wildwing tapped a tile panel on the floor, and a cylindrical column rose from the ground. A white and bluish light shined down upon Wildwing and the column. Wildwing slowly and carefully place Stivz's mask on the column, and then stepped back a little. The mask suddenly rose a few inches from the column and began to spin slowly. The light still shined on the mask. Duke lifted Stivz's puck rifle and placed it in a display mounted on the wall. The display closed up inside the wall, protecting the rifle from any intruders.

Wildwing looked up from his silent vigil and saw the Second Line in front of him, all looking sad and somber. Blade and Nylessa were crying, and Chance had her sunglasses on.

"Stivz was a Duck who probably saved most of our lives." Wildwing began to speak. "If he didn't save your life, he changed it in a big way. We will probably never see another Duck quite like Stivz. We may have had our fights now and then, but he was my best friend. He was a friend to all of us, and a father to his team. We must remember him ,and keep his mission in our minds. And our hearts."

Wildwing bowed his head and shed a tear. The drop of water slid down his bare beak and fell to the floor. Wing sniffled and left the room. Duke stayed and payed his last respects quietly. As he turned to return to his quarters, Erin stopped him.

"Where is Stivz's body now?" she asked.

Duke turned around and looked into the young eyes of the curious Duck. "His body is in the vehicles hangar, we have a place made for him this afternoon."

The Second Line nodded and then turned to go to bed. Erin lagged behind and spun around to take on look at the spinning mask. She then walked back to the column and stared closely at the floating mask. She looked deep into the dark eyes of the silver mask, and felt that he was looking right back at her. She could faintly see two little white lights inside the sockets of the eyes. She shook her head and rubbed her forehead.

"No, it can't be." She said. "He's gone." She returned to bed and cried herself to sleep, as did most of everyone else. The mask was left in the middle of the Second Line Ready Room, the only light was the blue haze glowing on the column, and the reflection of the silver mask spinning slowly in its angelical state.

In the hangar, Stivz layed still on a platform with glass sides. His hair was still, his entire surroundings were still. The only light that shined on him was the faint glow of the red exit sign on the other side of the garage. His eyes were closed, and his heart was still. Wildwing sat on the hood of the Triton and looked over the body of his dead friend. He had his head in his hands, and he was thinking about how all of this happened. He rubbed his hands over his face and held them on his beak. He took one last look at his friend before turning in to bed. When he glanced at the body, he noticed a faint pulsating light coming from the top of Stivz's hand. He bent in to take a closer look and peered through the glass. He saw the ring Stivz was talking about on Stivz's finger. The diamond in the middle of the ring was glowing, and the light was pulsating slowly, getting brighter and brighter with every second that ticked by.

BAck to StivzWorld

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