Ducktales: Journey to Agartha - Act 3

Chapter 28: Working Things Out... Sort Of

While Gloria was taking out her key card for the motel room, she turned her attention to Ellie.

"Okay, this is going to be really awkward, but we only need to tell them about Heidi and that's it. No drama needs to start. Hopefully." Gloria took a deep breath because she knew drama was most likely going to start; she just wanted to make Ellie feel better. Although, Ellie definitely was thinking the same exact thing. "We'll have a few minutes to mentally prepare before-"

Gloria cut herself off when she opened the motel room door to see Mark sitting on her bed, either tweeting her playing Mario Kart. He shot his head up and awkwardly stared at the two of them.

He gulped "ummm..."

"How the FUCK did you get in my room when I wasn't here yet?!"

Mark opened up his mouth to answer when a figure scuttled out from underneath her bed. A round, small figure wearing a hula skirt, a lei, and a coconut bra.

He pointed to Glomgold as the little roach himself scuttled in circles.

"...that's how, so..."

Gloria kicked Glomgold.

"OI!"

"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET IN MY ROOM?!"

"MIND YOUR BUSINESS!" He made a defensive stance and started to quickly circle her, ready to jump and bite if needed. "IT'S MEH ROOM TOO!" He stopped and pointed to under her bed.

"WHAT?!"

"FUCK YOOH! IMMA GO FIND MEH SOME GOLDFISH!"

Glomgold pushed her.

"MOVE!"

And then he proceeded to scuttle out the door on all fours. He slammed it shut using his back leg and his scottish grunting could be heard from the outside, getting quieter as he fled.

Suddenly the door swung open again. "OH! BY THE WAY! I ATE ALL OF YOUR TOOTHPASTE!"

The door slammed shut again.

Everyone stayed silent for a few moments. They weren't going to address that because there wasn't anything that needed to be said. Gloria could have a mental breakdown about it later.

Mark cleared his throat. "Sooo... you guys wanted to talk because...?" He avoided eye contact with Ellie for the most part. She did the same.

"Yeah but we should probably wait until Gyro gets here."

"Oh..."

Everyone just sort of... stood there. And yes, they all continued to avoid eye contact, though Mark glanced over at Ellie everyone so often.

A few more minutes ticked by and Mark was starting to get antsy. All of his guilt was pressing down on him and the fact that Ellie was there only heightened it. He finally shot up, stuffed his phone in his pocket and turned to look at Ellie. "Yo, Ellie, could we talk for a minute back in my room?" He pointed with his thumb behind him to gesture them leaving. His body language was very stiff and very awkward.

Ellie stiffened up herself. "W-why?" She knew damn well why, but she sure as hell didn't want to.

He sighed and looked over at Gloria for a minute before back at Ellie. He really didn't want to bring it up while Gloria was in the room and chose not to answer her question."Can we just talk for a quick sec?"

Ellie looked down at her feet and scrunched up her fists; like that motion would calm her down at all. "...Alright." She looked at Gloria for a quick moment. "We will not be gone for long..." And she hoped so. She didn't want the conversation between her and Mark to be long. Yet, there was no avoiding it at this point.