Hello everyone, here I bring you the new chapter, I hope you all will like it! I really want to thank Empro8 for helping me on editing this story, I'm very grateful to her 😊 😊 😊
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Fenton was actually flying to Waddle's building. Mr. McDuck had called and informed him about the situation. That boy, Huey, the first person who believed in him, the one who fixed his suit, the one who spent so many hours in the hospital accompanying him while he was recovering... had been kidnapped. And the number one suspect was Mark Beaks, who else could be?
The Hispanic duck didn't know much about the McDuck family's numerous enemies. But he did know Beaks enough to know he could hold a deep resentment against anyone who crosses him. Fenton could only hope that if Huey was indeed in Beaks' hands, that he could be rescued as soon as possible.
But, if the parrot wasn't responsible of his disappearance, then Fenton would find Suspect #2 real fast. He would follow all clues until the kidnapper was found and Huey was safe.
But Fenton was worried. He didn't know what situation Huey was in, or what those who took him planned to do with him. The only thing the superhero knew, as Mr. McDuck told him, was that his capture was a deliberate attack against Huey specifically, no one else.
Yes, the duckling was the kidnappers' only objective, but what was the reason? Fenton wished with all his heart that they would find answers in Waddle, and hopefully, the boy himself.
When he got there, the first thing Fenton noticed was that his mother was there also, along with other officers and Mr. McDuck's family. The Hispanic duck gulped. His mother didn't know that he was now a superhero, and for obvious reasons, he wanted to keep it that way. Even still, Fenton knew there would be times that he'd have to work side by side with the police, which meant work with his mother, he had just hoped it wouldn't be so soon. She could never discover his secret identity. The less she knew, safer she would be.
Landing at a safe distance so he wouldn't harm anyone, Gizmoduck quickly approached Mr. McDuck and his family and said:
"Mr. McDuck! I came as fast as I could after receiving your call."
Scrooge looked at him and nodded seriously:
"Good, lad, I'm glad ye're here."
Fenton couldn't blame Mr. McDuck for his seriousness, especially given the situation's gravity. Even though Fenton knew what was happening to the family, he couldn't understand how they had been able to determine that Beaks was the one to blame for Huey's kidnapping. Gizmoduck exposed this by saying:
"If it's not too much to ask, what has led you to think that Mark Beaks is the one to blame for all this?"
Scrooge looked at the three ducklings next to him, and putting his hand on the head of the only girl in the group, the richest duck in the world replied:
"This young girl saw the kidnapper... partially, but with what she saw, we came to the conclusion that it was someone named Falcon Graves, who had worked for Beaks in the past."
Fenton started to say something else, but just then, Mark Beaks appeared. He rolled in with his usual music and flashing Segway board, but was clearly furious. Seeing Scrooge, Gizmoduck, and all the officers, he singled Fenton's mother out as the top officer and bellowed loudly:
"What does all this mean?!"
Fenton's mother immediately took the initiative. Stepping closer to Mark, she replied calmly:
"Mr. Beaks, you're suspected of kidnapping a child."
The Waddle's CEO reeled back, apparently surprised, although Fenton couldn't tell if his surprise was real or feigned. Then, the parrot asked:
"Kidnapping?! Kidnapping of who?"
The next person who spoke, was the other adult duck, who was next to Mr. McDuck, and seemed quite distressed by the situation. When that duck spoke, he did it practically jumping on Beaks while shouting:
"My nephew! And if I find out that you've done something to him then I'm going to... AQKKAYQBA!"
Wow, so that sailor-dressed duck was Huey's uncle, and most likely Mr. McDuck's nephew.
Fenton saw that Scrooge quickly got between that duck and Mark, while trying to calm the sailor-dressed duck down, saying:
"Come on Donald, calm down. Ye getting like this won't help us at all."
Mark narrowed his eyes and focused all his attention on the duck with a top hat. Waddle's CEO crossed his arms and said angrily:
"Don't tell me Scrooge, do you really think that the disappearance of that nephew of yours is my work? Or is all this really a ruse to discredit me so I'll never become richer than you?"
This time it was Scrooge's turn to squint, and glaring back at the Waddle's CEO he replied confidently:
"I do not need to resort to such lowly measures to earn more money than you Beaks, but one thing I do share with my nephew, is if ye really are responsible of Huey's disappearance, I will personally take care of ending ye."
Beaks threw his arms up exasperatedly, as if for him that whole situation was absurd, and looking to Fenton's mother. He complained:
"Oh, come on, this is ridiculous officer. Why would I want to kidnap that kid? I've got nothing against him."
Before any of the adults could respond, a new voice joined the conversation, saying:
"That is not true."
Everyone looked down in surprise, and saw that the one who had spoken was the little duck dressed in blue —Dewey if Fenton remembered correctly— whose hands were clenched in fists, glaring at Beaks with ferocity in his expression. The parrot focused its attention on the little one and asked:
"What?"
The duckling pointed the Waddle's CEO with his finger and accused Mark by saying:
"I know perfectly well that you hate my brother. You can't stand him."
The other duckling, the one who wore green, stood next to Dewey and added:
"Yes, it's true. In addition, we saw what happened the other day on television. There it could be seen pretty well that precisely... you don't like our brother."
Mark put a hand to his chest and sounding angry, answered the two ducklings saying:
"Do you accuse me only for some images that you saw on television?"
The boy who wore blue was far from yielding to Beaks' words. He narrowed his eyes. And answered the parrot with a furiously calm voice:
"The guy who kidnapped Huey is Falcon Graves, whom you hired to steal the TAH-DAH project, a project that never really existed."
The parrot crossed his arms at those words, and in an annoyed voice responded to those accusations:
"Okay, this is getting ridiculous. I didn't hire Graves, my project did exist, and it was stolen by Graves in the first place! He took me hostage, remember? You just say all this because I fired you and your stupid brother when you were my interns."
That seemed to deplete Dewey's patience, who in a clearly furious voice exploded screaming:
"You're lying!"
Mark narrowed his eyes at the boy and responded:
"You can't prove it."
Parrot and duck looked each other furiously. It seemed that at any moment one was going to jump on the other, to the point that Fenton wondered whether he should intervene or not.
Fortunately, someone else decided to intervene, ending that discussion. And that person was his mother, who, putting herself between them, looked at the Waddle's CEO and said:
"Mr. Beaks apart from the assumptions of this boy and his family, the police have reason to suspect you. Remember that I was here the day of the incident with Waddleduck, and I saw that the relationship between you could be considered... tense."
The Waddle's CEO changed his focus from Huey's brother to the police officer who had interposed herself among them. Speaking harshly, he told her:
"And that is it enough to believe that I've kidnapped him?"
Fenton smiled proudly when he saw his mother crossing her arms and confidently answered:
"It's enough to consider you a suspect, and that authorizes us to investigate and register your properties."
Mark narrowed his eyes at the woman, but finally, he gave in while saying:
"Register what you want. You won't find the boy, because I haven't kidnapped him."
His mother took a step toward the parrot saying:
"If you're so sure about that..." then she turned to her agents, ordering them:
"All men, begin to search the building."
Then she turned back to the Waddle's CEO and said:
"And you Mr. Beaks, I'll need a list of your properties to be registered to them too, and don't skip any, you know we can easily contrast the information you provide us."
Beaks snorted and said that naturally he wouldn't skip anything, because the parrot affirmed and assured that he had nothing to hide.
Fenton frowned. Despite Beaks' claims, the Hispanic duck saw him smile with some malice, as if he was hiding something and knew there was no way to be discovered. That made him suspect, it was very likely that the parrot knew more than he was letting on.
The police quickly began the building's inspection process. Beaks was very collaborative with them, allowing them access to the entire building, to prove that he was hiding nothing. He also gave the authorities a list of all his properties, adding that if they wanted him to be present when they registered them, they only had to notify him.
All this cooperative attitude only heightened Fenton's suspicions that Beaks was hiding something. He'd have to talk with him privately, but he couldn't do it while the search was taking place. For obvious reasons they didn't allow Mr. McDuck's family to participate. Fortunately, he was given free access to investigate results as much as he wanted, something that Fenton obviously did, trying to not leave a single space overlooked.
When the police announced that they hadn't found anything and that they were leaving, Fenton saw it as the chance to talk with Beaks alone. While his mother and the other officers were transmitting their results to the victim's family, Gizmoduck went directly to Beaks office, knowing that the parrot had gone there when the police announced that they had finished.
When he arrived at Beaks' office, saw that the parrot was doing something with his laptop. This gave Fenton the idea that, if he managed to hack Beaks' servers, maybe he could get more information, and determine whether the parrot had lied to them. Something that the Hispanic duck already had as an almost absolute certainty.
That thought made him so furious that he entered to the office before he could stop himself, practically shouting:
"Beaks, where is the boy?"
The Waddle's CEO jumped slightly at the sudden interruption, and quickly lowered the laptop screen, probably trying to hide what he was doing.
When the parrot recovered from the "fright" took a confident stance, and looking Fenton in the face said:
"Remember that I know who is hiding under that Gizmo suit, so don't even try to threaten me. I can reveal your identity to the whole world, and we both know that you aren't interested in that."
Getting carried away with anger had been a mistake, but in Fenton's defense, he was so worried about Huey that he couldn't help reacting like that against the most suspicious person of his disappearance.
Taking a deep breath, the Hispanic duck tried to control his growing anger, and speaking in a much calmer voice and perhaps, with a touch of supplication, Fenton said:
"Listen Beaks, I just want you to tell me if you know anything about Huey."
The parrot smiled and leaned back in his chair. He said cheerfully, almost as if he was mocking:
"Oh, so you know him by name."
Fenton straightened, Beaks was playing with him, with what intention? He couldn't determine it. But he couldn't allow that bird to discover more information than necessary, so replied:
"He is the kidnapped grand-nephew of my boss, of course I know his name. They've called me to look for him."
The parrot smiled even more. He seemed not to believe that was the only reason Fenton knew the boy's name, and he proved it when he asked:
"Surely that it isn't because you've got a closer relationship with him than with the other Duck kids?"
The Hispanic duck was quick to answer:
"It has nothing to do with that!"
But it was clear that Beaks hadn't believed him. He spoke again, sighing lazily:
"Oh, I should've guessed you'd try to deny any personal attachment to the boy, because in the case that it was me who had kidnapped him, you'd think I'd use that knowledge to harm him, don't you?"
Okay, that was enough. Beaks had crossed a line by suggesting that he'd harm Huey if he had him, which was most likely did. Slamming Mark's desk, the superhero said angrily:
"You are a monster, Beaks! Definitely, the biggest mistake I made in my life was to accept working for you."
The parrot then narrowed his eyes. He rose, pointing his index finger at Gizmoduck and said:
"No, your biggest mistake was believing that you could wear that suit and help people. Now what? You haven't been able to help a poor boy who has been kidnapped without a trace. And instead of looking for him, you come here accusing me of being responsible for his disappearance,"
Then Mark turned from him and headed to the window, said:
"I know that boy trusts you deeply, Gizmoduck, and you, you've failed him."
Fenton clenched his hands into fists, knowing that what that parrot was saying was true. He had failed Huey, he couldn't protect him, but that didn't entitle Mark to say those words. Facing him, the superhero spoke slowly and deliberately:
"I promise Beaks. I'll find Huey, and if you happen to be the culprit of his kidnapping, I'll make sure justice fall upon you as severely as possible."
Beaks turned to look at him with that smug smile still on his face, and cheerfully replied:
"Oh, look how I tremble. You'll never achieve anything, amigo."
Fenton's voice was much harder and more dangerous than before when he replied:
"Don't be so sure Beaks. I won't rest until I find him, that's a promise."
Afterthese words, the Hispanic duck could see a slight flash of fear in Beaks' eyes,that was enough for him. He had nothing left to do there. He knew he wouldn'tget anything else in that place, but he also knew how to move from there,although, to do so, he needed Dr. Gearloose's help. With this in mind, Fentonleft the building and after saying goodbye to Mr. McDuck flew straight to thelaboratory. There was a lot of work to do.
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Welp, can anyone imagine what idea has Fenton had? Do you think that it'll work? You'll have to wait to discover it. Now, I'd really like to know what do you think of this chapter. This will make me really happy!!
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