“Bored. So bored. This dimension is so boring. How can there be a whole dimension totally of white, black and brown?! What about red and maroon and purple and green, blue or orange?!” said a duck laying the wrong way on his bed. “Because this is the DemonVerse, Dad!” Two kids come into view, a boy duck and a girl cat. “Well I know that!” “Whatcha doing?” “I’m reading, my little princess!” “What’s that?” “Oh, this is a book! This one, in particular is fantacy!” “What’s that?” “Totally make believe! See, some books are informational, like dictionaries and encyclopedias. Dictionaries tell you the definition of words and there’s another that tells you other words for the same meaning, called thesoritheses!” “Daddy, what’s make-believe?” “Oh man, you demons really haven’t an inspiring bone in your bodies, do you?” The kids remain quiet. Their father explains, “Well, make-believe is totally in your mind, like pretending! It’s like drama, thinking you’re something you’re not and acting out the part!” “Is that why you call my a princess even though I’m not?” “Exactly why, my little princess!” The demon daddy duck nuzzled and cuddled with his children, until the Demon Counsil interrupted. “You certainly are too used to being mortal, aren’t you?” “Yeah, I guess.” “You’re lucky we let you raise them, you realize?” “Yes, of course!” “Where is your mate?” “Er…Katalina is out…getting dinner…” “Demon’s don’t need to eat…” “Yeah, well, I miss eating,” The Demon Counsel fades out. Jack realizes that his daughter is snuggling up to him, frightenedly. “Tonny, what’s the matter?” “They scare me,” “Oh, there’s nothing to be afraid of! They’re really nice…once you get to know them!” He snuggled her and then tickled his son’s cheek. He grabbed both up and laid the right way on his furniture and continued reading. Suddenly there came in Katalina. “Hi dear, how’d it go?” he said as she entered. “Alright,” The kids scooted off to play elsewhere. The couple kissed. “Jack, I sincerely can’t understand you need to kiss like that,” “I like it better than a ‘demon kiss’!! It’s nothing!” “Precisely,” “Oh,” he whined. She scooted up upon the bed with him and laid her head down on his chest. “Y’ know,” he stated, looking at his hand. “This sucks, not being married!” “Demons do not marry.” “I know! But I don’t even have a ring or anything!!” “I can easily enough get you a ring,” “That’s not what I meant!!” “Then what do you mean?” “Maybe being mortal was more fun,” “Why? What’s the matter with being a demon?” “Well, I’m the first demon of my kind, a duck! They give me special treatment like I’m a baby or something…” he was interrupted by Katalina. “But compared to me, you are,” “Oh, thanks a lot for the confidence booster,” He paused before continueing complaining. “There’s lots of things that are great about being mortal, living in the SolidVerse!” “Like?” she asked, skeptically. “Airconditioning! Mortals have cool things like blankets and soft beds! They don’t use thin air for a blanket!” “But we don’t! We merely slip between the DemonVerse and the SleepVerse!” “That’s not the point! It’s weird! It’s unusual!” “You’re thinking like a mortal.” “Good for me! Cause being awake in this dream-like world is…is…FRUSTRATING!!!” “But it’s just easier to remain standing and cover yourself with a blanket of air that to lay down and cover yourself with matter!” “It’s the principle of the thing! To us, who are sleeping standing up, someone walking in looks like they’re walking on the wall!” “Jack, do you need a reevaluation?” “Er…no,” he said humbly. “Then shut it.” “Yes, dear,” he said glumly. “Jack, this Verse might drive you slightly crazy, but if you were to go back to the SolidVerse, you’d miss the physics of this dimension. Understand?” “I guess,” “Good. Not stop your moping,” “Yes, dear,” Katalina left and Jack took out a “sphere of influence” and looked through it to see the past; to see the Fearsome Five doing what they did best. He sighed heavily and missed them, even Negaduck. The DemonVerse was torture compared the feeling of fearing dying from Negs’s ol’ threats. Feeling. That’s what this dimension lacked. Oh they were so passionate in their misdeeds back then. He made the sphere liquid and passed through it into the past. As soon as he was through the sphere went blank and fell to the softness of the bed, solid. “Liquidator! Liquidate this duck’s assets!” ordered Negaduck as he and the other continued on their get away. Meanwhile, Liquy stayed behind to take care of Darkwing Duck. “How about a nice, healthy, refreshing beverage! But you can’t have one without Darkwing Duck smashed into a disgusting pulp!” And with that surprises Darkwing from behind with a hard, water mallet. Megavolt adds in witty repartee, “Oh, you look short on change for that drink. How about charge!!?” and he zapps Darkwing. Jack laughs at their antics, floating in mid air, amused with remeniscence. Negaduck stops short, hearing the former jester’s familiar laughter, the four crashing into him from behind. Negaduck instantly backed to the brick wall of the building and snuck to the alley with the laughter. Swiftly, he grabbed the collar of the demon and yanked him into view and threw him to the Four to withstrain. “Who the hell are you?” he demanded. Suddenly he recognized the shocked demon and took a step back. Quackerjack noticed who it was and his jaw hit the floor. Slowly, the rest realized whom they were withstraining and let go. Jack looks around to see them backing up with shocked looks. “What??” Quackerjack stutters, “Y, y, yer…m, m, me!!” “Well duh! Just who were you expecting? Bianca Beakly??!” Negaduck spoke up, “What are you and what are you doing here?!” “I’m from the future and years ago was turned into a demon!” “WHAT??!!” was the chorus from the notorious Fearsome Five. “Yep, I have two kids and my life is bordome city! That’s why I decided to come visit!” He disappeared and a second later reappeared right next to Negaduck and in a blink of an eye, Jack was hugging him. “Oh it’s SO good to see you Negs!!” “WHAT IN HELL ARE YOU DOING, YOU KNOB??!!!” “*sigh* Oh, it’s SO good to hear you say that!” Negaduck trid frantically to get free without much luck. “What’s WRONG with you, you sicko!!” “I’ve missed you! See, in my time, you’re dead!” Negs stops and whipps around to look Jack in the eyes. “What???” “Yeah, you’re the only one of us who will die! We’ll miss your antics!” “Really? In the future I die??!” Jack nods his head. “Nah!! I can’t die! I’m Negaduck!!” “Well, that’s what you think now! After your future wife dies, you think differently on human mortality!” “I…get MARRIED??!!!” “Yep. You live a happy life…er…relatively.” Bushroot steps foreward. “What about the rest of us?” Jack answers, “Well, sure, you all get married and stuff. And you live forever!” he drops Negs and turns to look at the younger self. “You should pity me. The DemonVerse is quite boring and uneventful.” “Ooh!” Quacky whines. “Is it as bad as the time Paddywack put me in a suit?” “Worse.” The jester pulled at his hat in horror. |