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F.O.W.L. It was getting more powerful by the day, and the McDuck family where one of the only ones standing in their way. Little did they know they would soon be betrayed when one of their own slipped away.
After Christmas and into the shiny new year, where all-new adventures awaited them for the year, everything seemed bright and clear, but danger still lay near.
They always worried about the remaining missing mysteries and worried that F.O.W.L. M might beat them to all, and then the world around them would fall.
At the moment, everything seems sweet and nice. Nothing seemed to hint that they would soon lose their paradise. Donald and Daisy were thinking of pink and laces.
Della's mind was all over the place. The boys and Webby seemed in good cheer from the Christmas adventure they had just had last year. Even Scrooge seemed to be nice and kind. Now, he is more willing to leave his greed behind.
However, they soon learn that not all was what seemed like danger before they started to gleam.
It started as a day like any other. The brothers got into a fight, and Webby made clear if they kept at her, she would use her crossbow to finish it if it came near.
Suddenly, they heard what seemed to be hundreds of footsteps far and near. In a great panic, the ducklings flee to discover what this mystery could be.
They all fell into traps, but Huey would get worse than the last laugh. As he ran to figure out what could be the sound, he soon almost drowned.
Somehow, a tank of water mysteriously appeared, and somehow, he could phase inside. Not realizing what kind of water was inside. As he swam to the surface to save himself from drowning, he didn't realize it. First, the water was adsorbing his youth all around.
By the time he broke the surface, it was painfully clear. The duckling was no duckling any longer but a raging teenager. Black Heron and Gandra Dee soon saved him from his fate before it was too late.
Dragged unconsciously away, he awoke hours later covered in tattoos and no memory of what had come before—only noticing an open door. Quickly, he left, unaware of what had happened here.
The rest of the family didn't know what to think when Huey returned, only that Della didn't approve of all his unsightly tattoos. After that, they would figure out how to turn an angry teenager back into a kid, but only if that was what they did.
Instead, for about a week, Huey couldn't sleep. All he wanted to do was shower as if he couldn't ever be clean. The water soothed him like nothing else.
Everyone thought that was weird, but no more than how Huey started talking to himself or getting more violent with each passing day. He didn't even want to play his favorite video game.
Then, about two weeks after his dip in the aging water, he suddenly felt he needed to escape the tower. Also, getting the footage from the security cameras proved a task that drove him mad.
When he finally completed his mission, F.O.W.L. Agents sneering and laughing were awaiting him on the roof in everyone's vision. How easy it was to control a child like him.
All logic and reason but not in tune with emotions. Who'd love their world without chaos, and they could use it to seal the McDuck family's doom?
They stole away in the night with the confused, tattooed child in their clutches. As Della rang out to return her son, everyone else couldn't believe this was happening.
Scrooge, of course, was the one to rally them all. But, making a vow to save poor Huey and that F.O.W.L would finally fall for the worst crime you do to Scrooge McDuck was hurting his family and boy, are you about to be hit with a whammy!