Chapter Text
Part 1
(The mysterious artifact)
((In the city Mousetown, a duck with a bandana and a pink flower walked impatiently with a folder towards a building, where she immediately enters the office of her boss))
Gloria Pascoalina (As she walks to the desk): Sir, here are today's notes, although I must take more moral action regarding....
Boss: Never mind!!! We must deliver this now, time is money, Pascualina and ethics is just a delay.
Gloria Pascoalina: *sigh lightly* ok, sir, I have to go to Duckburg today for the news about McDuck Enterprises.
Boss: What does it have to do with Mousetown?
Gloria Pascoalina: Well, I did a little research on the supposed artifact that will be on display at the reopening of the city museum, speculating that it is related to some legally unfit group and....
Boss: Let's see, is it related to something illegal?!
Gloria Pascoalina: Well, not illegal, but unconventional.
Boss: For me it counts as illegal!!! You convinced me Pascualina, go to Duckburg and make a story for the newspaper fast, I want you to deliver that ready for me by tomorrow morning!!!
Gloria Pascoalina: Well, sir; that's why I warned you beforehand to do some research on that, but I'm missing a....
Boss: Not important, just go and make the note!!! Now, time goes by fast!!! Besides, you are one of the few who does her job right!!!!
((Gloria silently withdraws without expressing an emotion. Later, she drives her car straight to Duckburg, which is two and a half miles from Mousetown).
Gloria Pascoalina (thinking): It's always the same with the media, with reason they say that we journalists are insensitive... However, am I being genuine with what I expose or is it just for mere work that they prevent me? Well, no one will listen to what I'm thinking anyway, it's typical, no one likes a loose mouth like me.}
((In Duckburg, it was a sunny day on the bay, Della watches the sea calmly, then turns and sees her children playing bottle toss fighting with each other, it generates a smile on the pilot's face, when a large shadow appears above her, everyone starts to scream and walk away, the children and she notices Misty, the mutant krill))
Della Duck: Hey, Cousin Fethry.
Fethry Duck (head first in front of Della): Hey Cousin Della. How have you been today?
Della Duck (uncomfortable): Fine...
Fethry Duck: oh...ok (looks at the kids) Hi little Donalds, You guys grew up a little more when I saw you and that was in an invasion that no one died!!!!
Huey Duck: I'm so glad to see you, cou...sorry, Uncle Fethry.
Dewey Duck: Why do you call him uncle?
Della Duck (holding back her anger): Because Uncle Scrooge got the term wrong (then calmer and happier) and besides that a great relative.
Louie Duck (turning to his brothers): It's my idea, or does Mom sound angry?
Fethry Duck (gets off Misty, lands on his feet, waves goodbye to her, krill dives and turns to his cousin): Well, I thought I'd go to Uncle Scrooge's show to try to get a job.
Della Duck (holding back her anger): Why specifically with him?
Fethry Duck: Because we are family and besides I have many things to share during these 4 and a half years observing and writing down everything about the northern Pacific Ocean with all those wonders, shapes... (In a serious and deep tone with a vacant stare) and those dark nights of swells, waves that I thought the sunlight would never come back and corpses of creatures affected by the action of man itself in nature....
((Della and her children look at him uncomfortable by the weirdo's words, however, the youngest cousin shakes his head, returns to his normal state and hugs his cousin tightly))
Fethry Duck: You'll see, everything will be fine, I just have to impress him, this time and I have a whole approach.
Della Duck (firm): Great, cousin; get a little ahead of the exit, we'll catch up with you.
((Fethry walks away to the exit, while Della talks with her children))
Della Duck: Dewey, honey, please don't ever ask that question in front of your uncle again.
Dewey Duck: Why? If Uncle Scrooge...
Della Duck: Yes, but I'm upset with him now.
Dewey Duck: Why mom?
Huey Duck: It's because of the underwater lab thing.
Della Duck (half annoyed): Yeah.
[Flashback start]
[At the entrance to the mansion with the moonlanders, Fethry hugs his cousins happily and tells his story in the lab, going 4 and a half years alone without receiving a call back or visit until Huey and Dewey arrived for him; Della and Gladstone's faces showed astonishment and anger at the same time, while Donald nervously and diverting his gaze elsewhere, the pilot and the goose go straight to their Scottish uncle away from the rest, from a distant perspective they look very furious throwing their arms sharply, while Scrooge showed signs of indifference to them, we hear the angry shouts of the two cousins, while the rest uncomfortably moved away from the family drama, but Donald stands there watching uncomfortably and Fethry and the children did not understand what is happening, except Huey showing a dejected expression].
*And the FOWL cameras watching the discussion very uncomfortably, only Steelbeak chuckles*.
[End of Flashback]
((At the exit of the bay, Fethry waits for his family))
Fethry Duck (thinking): I hope my presentation to Uncle Scrooge goes a good way, showing how useful I can be... (Depressed) maybe he'll send me away to do something important... again, like it always was.
((Fethry without thinking crosses the street without looking until a honk makes him react and he stands still, the car brakes just in time))
???: Careful!!! You would have been hurt or worse!!!!
((Fethry turns to talk and sees Gloria, suddenly they both stare at each other, however, he goes back to the sidewalk and she starts the car and drives off. The duck didn't understand what happened, but was caught in the woman's expressionless eyes)).
End of part 1