Darkwing Beyond by Melinda Marsh "I'm never going to be ready for finals." a high school student said. "Oh don't worry you will pass with a little studying. Anyway, I have to get going. I don't want to be late for karate class." Jerry said running off. He ran down a few well lit streets and looked at his watch. 9:53. Class was at ten. Jerry cursed himself for going to the arcade with his friends. This will be the third time Virtual Wiffle Boy has gotten him in trouble with his instructor. Picking up speed Jerry turned down a dark ally as a short cut. Jerry hit the ground with a thud. A buff, yellow clad duck stepped out of the shadows. Eggmen. They were the only gang in town able to stand up to the St. Canard P.D. FOWL hasn't been around since 2015 but the many thugs they employed formed an alliance. That was after Darkwing Duck took out the high command of the organization. Now, the infamous rulers of organized crime committed petty vandalism and robberies. "Whatcha doing on our turf? You know what we do to intruders." a small eggman said crunching his fists. There were now eight of them gathered around Jerry. "Your turf? Sorry, I didn't see the 'losers only' sign." Jerry replied. The Eggmen gave each other blank looks obviously not getting the insult. "We didn't put up any signs. But now we're gonna have to pound ya." said one of the Eggmen. Just then two Eggmen smashed into the wall beside Jerry. In their place stood a costumed duck in his 60's. "I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am the skillet that fries your Eggmen. I am Darkwing Duck." This was perfect irony, the Eggmen thought. The very person to bring down FOWL and responsible for the start of their gang was going to be defeated by them. That certainly would prove their force. "Let's take him out." shouted the smallest Eggman. "That's not necessary, I'm already dating someone." added Darkwing. Two thugs twice his size charged at him. He stepped aside and they ran into a brick wall. A third thug picked him up and threw DW against a couple of garbage cans. Jerry couldn't just stand around and let the 'terror that flaps' get pulverized. With a swipe of his leg he tripped the Eggman that threw DW. Another ran up in his college's defense. Jerry punched him out. The other two Eggmen whispered to each other, turned and ran away. As did the six defeated Eggmen. Jerry glanced at the time and knew he would have to forget about class. He helped Darkwing out of the trash. DW brushed himself off and said, "Thank you citizen, but if you would have been patient you could have seen the magnificent Darkwing Duck in action." "Uh huh." was all Jerry could say. Both ducks headed off in opposite directions. ##### "Jerry DuckGuinnis, how dare you come home after midnight." scolded his mother. He had tried to step in quietly and unnoticed, but failed. "Mom," Jerry whined, "I'm 17 years old. I can take care of myself." "So, I want you here. Since your father died I need you to keep me company. I don't want anything to happen to you." "I'm sorry I upset you. It wont happen again." Then Jerry headed up the stairs to bed. "Your karate instructor called and said you weren't in class. Don't even try to argue with me. Just get to be and we will discuss it in the morning." Jerry's mother yelled up the stairs at him. He was never able to get a word in with his mother. ##### "We have to figure out how to get rid of that Darkwing Duck." said one Eggman. "I figure its not one guy. The cops probably have a whole team of them." said another. "Ba-gauk!" A chicken noise came from the doorway. Into the light stepped Stealbeak. All of the thugs stood up amazed. "Wha-What?" One Eggman stammered. "Stealbeak! I though Darkwing Duck killed you." "Are you kidding? No on could stop FOWL's top agent. Now that we have a leader we can move on to a big plan. Something to put the whole city under our control." Exclaimed the smallest Eggman. Stealbeak blinked and stepped closer to the group. "It looks like SB has already got one." said another Eggman. "I don't know about you guys but Stealbeak looks kinda weird to me." This Eggman had drawn the attention of the others. "Yeah." he said agreeing with himself, "For one thing, his beak isn't made of metal. He looks like a giant chicken." All the other Eggmen gave the questioning one a dirty look and he shut up. ##### "You will never believe who I saw last night!" Jerry was revealing his encounter to a group of five classmates in front of St.. Canard High. "Let me guess, Darkwing Duck." Said one of the student sarcastically. Jerry ignored the sarcasm. "Yeah, how did you know?" "Darkwing Duck is all you ever talk about. It figures that you would make up some story about meeting him." "Whatever. The man is a legend and the one and only Jerry DuckGuinnis fought along side him to defeat the Eggmen." Jerry continued to explain adding sound effects and over-romanticized the aging hero. "I wouldn't doubt if he asked me to be his partner. He was in awe after witnessing my moves. Very sway huh?" The crowd that had gathered around DuckGuinnis laughed and walked into the school. ##### "What a genius idea, to rob the St.. Canard National Bank in the middle of the afternoon. It is bold and unpredictable. The robberies we did were at night and at gas stations, but this will show the power of the Eggmen. Stealbeak is a sway leader. And you said he was a giant chicken." This eggman smacked the one he was talking to in the back of the head with his free hand. Each eggman had a laser-pistol and it was aimed at the helpless bank tellers and customers. Stealbeak stood by the door and supervised. Conveniently Jerry DuckGuinnis happened to pass by this bank on the way home from school. Only it was 3:30 and Jerry was already home from school. Jerry was at the bank though. With the luck of a police radio that was his father's and a pair of binoculars Jerry was at the scene of the crime ready for action. Jerry put the binoculars into his backpack. He kept all his various homemade crime fighting tools in there. Nothing high-tech, but he was one to believe low-tech rules. DuckGuinnis was always wondering how Darkwing could be such a great crime fighter with such primitive equipment. That must be why he admires the 'terror' so much. "Wish I had a gas gun now." Jerry said to himself. He sat atop the bank and wondered, "How would DW make his entrance." DuckGuinnis tied one end of a rope to the N of St. Canard National Bank's sign. He took the other end in his hand. "Here goes nothing." Jerry closed his eyes and swung off the roof of the building. In a pendulum motion he went from out off the roof through the door of the bank and landed on top of Stealbeak. "That was one soft landing." Jerry said. He got up and looked around. "Maybe this was not such a great idea." There were nine Eggmen total in the bank and each had a laser-pistol. If things weren't bad enough Jerry had just sat on their leader and had their undivided attention. "Hi. I was going to make a deposit. But I'll come back later." Jerry turned to leave. Perhaps he would be able to retreat. Not a chance. Eight of the Eggmen jumped DuckGuinnis. The ninth helped up their leader. "Ba-gauk!" "You heard SB," said the ninth eggman. "Attack!" "I am the terror that flaps in the night. I am..." "Ba-gauk!" "Ba-gauk?" Darkwing stood in the clearing blue smoke. "What the...?" "Ba-gauk!" Stealbeak said again drawing the attention of everyone in the bank. "OK. For one thing I hate it when people interrupt my entrance. But I am really getting annoyed with this. Who let in the big chicken." Darkwing said. "He is NOT a giant chicken! This is our leader Stealbeak. And you should recognize who he is. Because of him you will die." Yelled the smallest eggman. With that the Eggmen rushed DW in a streak of yellow. DuckGuinnis was relieved that they had forgotten about him and found a new punching bag. Yet, he couldn't let his hero take that kind of punishment. Jerry shrugged his shoulders and jumped into the fight. It was ten against two but Jerry and DW held their own. "Ba-gauk!" Yelled Stealbeak. Jerry's hand had got a hold of Stealbeak's jacket and ripped it off. The fighting stopped. Everyone froze in their tracks. Darkwing was in the middle of a punch with an eggman in his grasp and he dropped his enemy then and there. "I am so sorry." Said DuckGuinnis. Stealbeak was the bad guy but no one deserves to stand naked in a bank. Jerry handed SB his jacket without looking at him. "Ba-gauk!" At that DuckGuinnis looked up and felt the shock everyone around him had. He realized what had happened. Stealbeak was literally a giant chicken. The jacket fell on the floor. The giant chicken that was once Stealbeak clucked and pecked at the ground. Taking advantage of the eggmen's shock, Darkwing and DuckGuinnis pummeled the nine Eggmen into the ground. After defeating them Darkwing pilled the criminals in the clich‚ super-hero style. Jerry watched. When DW was finished he dusted off his hands and looked around. DW noticed Jerry still there. DW pushed the kid aside and walked out the door. Jerry followed. "Hey, Darkwing Duck. Not even a thanks? You know, you owe me. Well?" Jerry was getting frustrated. Being ignored was not what he expected. "Listen kid, you better stop following me or you are gonna get hurt. Here..." Darkwing took out one of his photos and a felt marker. "Who do I make this out to?" "Jerry DuckGuinnis, partner." Darkwing sighed. "I feel as though I have gone through this before some time ago" "You're showing me everything." Said DuckGuinnis. "Fine. Not like I can stop you. You are very spirited. Like I once was. I defiantly don't have the energy to argue with you." Replied DW. "One question." Said Jerry, "What's your secret identity? I did a lot of research on you and I was always wondering..." "Really? A lot of research? Wow. Well, I owe you that much." DW's ego set in. "Drake Mallard." "Who? Never heard of ya." Jerry tried to control his laughter. This story has been inspired partly by the illistration "Darkwing Beyond" by Carlos Navarro. I have to give credit to the creators of Batman Beyond too, a wonderful show. One more thing I need to add before you read this story. If you are not familiar with Animaniacs you may have a hard time following the plot. Stealbeak is actualy "Chicken Boo," a chicken that has a tendency to take the place of actual people in a sketch of Animaniacs. That is what the "Ba-gauk" thing is about. Other than that I tried to follow some of the Batman Beyond stuff while sticking with the whole Darkwing thing. I'm not making any money off this so don't sue me for copyrights please.