Following My Destiny - A Louie Duck Fanfiction

Chapter 20: Planning and Crashing

^ This chapter takes place 5 hours after the last^

*Louis' pov*

I'm not sure when exactly I fell asleep but someone is trying to wake me up, and I really don't appreciate it! "Mhmmm!" I say, barring my head further into my arms. I'm still tired which is kinda unusual but I guess the last 2 weeks have been stressful. "Come one Louis get up!" I hear Huey say as he shakes me slightly. I really don't like people waking me up, especially people I don't trust. "Whatttt?!?" I say as I finally look up at him, giving my eyes a moment to adjust to the lighting. "You told me to wake you up BEFORE we crash." He says, putting extra emphasis on 'before'. I simply roll my eyes as I put my headphones in my pocket. "Now come on, we've gotta plan for when we land." He says, smiling at me. "You mean when we crash." I correct, he laughs slightly as I follow him to the lower part of the plane. Everyone, other than Launchpad, is standing near a small stack of boxes, seemingly being used as some kind of table for a map or book. I stand behind everyone, just close enough not to get told to 'stand closer'. "So the plan is to stay in a small town just outside of Dead man's forest, it's a really old town and was actually around when Alex was. But we'll have time to look around both before and after we start the hunt for the stone. So we're staying the night, possible 2, in the town and you'll need someone, or someones, to stay with." Della says as everyone starts talking. It's obvious that the girls were already planning on staying together but Huey and Dewey keep looking over at me. 'Well shi-' I think as the 2 walk over to me. "You wanna stay with us? At least while we're in the forest!" Huey asks, flashing me a nervous smile. "Not like I have any other choice so sure." I say, shoving my hands in my pocket. Honestly they wouldn't be my first choice, I would prefer to keep Lena close, but they're better than Della or Scrooge. The others plan a few more things, rooms, and stuff we'll need and other stuff I honestly don't much care about. I feel my phone buzz, taking it out of my pocket I notice I have a message.

HeistMom: hey Sharpie
Me: hey mom
HeistMom: know how long it'll take you to get to the island?
Me: About an hour + a plane crash... So about 2 hours, why?
HeistMom: just wondering, you'll probably beat me there
HeistMom: oh and be careful when you crash
Me: ok I will be mom :)
HeistMom: good, see you soon son :)

I smile slightly at her calling me son, sure she has before but it's still nice.

Me: ya, see you soon

I'm pulled away from my thoughts by a jab in the ribs, not to hard but definitely enough to get my attention. "Louis, you can go off on your own only while we're in town. And don't try to leave because we can track you, and you'll have to stay with me if you do. Ok?" Della says as I simply nod in response. 'Well if I wasn't planning an escape before I certantly am not now!' I think, trying not to cringe. Everyone starts talking about random stuff so I decide to lean on the wall (side?!?) of the plane. I catch another glare from Lena, deciding to mess with her I give her a smug smile in response. Needless to say she doesn't look to happy about it, she goes back to talking with the others as I slightly zone out. A lot has happened in only 2 weeks and I've found myself zoning out more lately. Deciding I need a distraction, I look at some old pictures on my phone. The first one is just of Goldie being an idiot, I took it last week when I saw her. We were having so much fun.... I sigh under my breath as I look at the next picture, I stop breathing for a second. It's an old picture of me, Webby, Huey, and Dewey. Donald had taken it and sent it to all of us.... That was almost 2 years ago... Things were different then.'.....I should delete this....' I think, bringing up my finger towards the trash button. "Whatcha looking at?" Someone asks, of course I know exactly who. " Don't worry about it Della." I say after turning off my phone and looking up at her. She looks slightly hurt but quickly recovers. "Oh come on!! Just talk to me!!! Please?!" She says, sounding far more desperate then I think she means to. "No thanks, I'm good." I say looking back at my phone. The only thing I can see is my reflection, on account of my phone being turned off, and boy oh boy do I look like shit. My hair is slightly disheveled from the 5 hour nap I took and I still look tired as shit. "Why?" She asks in an almost innocent tone. 'Why does she have to be so fucking annoying!' I think as I look back up at her. "I've got nothing to say to you." I simply respond, getting a clearly shocked and hurt expression in response. "Well we can always just talk." She says, recovering far quicker than I'd like her to. She gives me a small, almost sad, smile as I try to keep my growing anger from being noticeable in my voice. 'Why can't she just take a fucking hint!!!' I think as I force a convincing smile. "Ok, what do you wanna talk about?" I ask, clearly catching Della off guard. Hopefully if I 'talk' to her now she'll leave me alone later, after all I can't have her in my way. "Well maybe, only if you want to of course, what you were doing while you were gone?" She says, sounding more like a question at the end. 'No, I don't fucking trust you! Annoying ass b-' " Nothing much, just surviving and trying to find something to do with my life I guess." I say, still forcing a smile. 'And I found what to do with it, heisting!' "Oh, well did you make any friends?" She asks, clearly trying to keep the conversation going. 'Ya, and they're a better family than you ever could be!' "Not friends really, more like acquaintances." I lie in response. She doesn't need to know about the others, especially since they're pretty much my last hope of getting out of here. "Soooo... How do you feel about your first adventure back?" She asks, desperately trying to find a conversation topic. 'Like shit! I don't wanna be here with you! This us going to end like shi-' "Ok, I guess." I say, my smile dropping slightly. She's really starting to piss me off. " Cool, cool." She says, obviously not knowing how to respond. I can feel someone glare at me as I look past Della to see Lena glaring at me again. 'I'll need to get rid of her once we get into town, hopefully the others can distract her.' I see a red and blue blur right on the edge of my peripheral vision, looking over slightly I see Dewey and Huey walking over towards us. "Hey mom! Hey Louis! Just a heads up we'll be crashing soon." Dewey says putting unnecessary emphasis on 'crashing'. "Ok, thanks for the heads up hun." Della says as I simply nod. The two walk away as I felt my phone buzz again. I turn it on to see I have a text, so I open it and am immediately meet with confusion. The text is from a number I don't recognize and simply says 'Louis O'gilt?' I lean more onto the wall of the plane, taking notice Scrooge called for Della. Back to the text though, how should I respond. It could be an acquaintance or one of Mr.K's people, maybe even someone looking for me for a heist, but on the other hand I've made some really powerful, rich and smart enemies. Even just in the last year! Sky pirates, ex-F.O.W.L agents, some actually pirates, and several rich and powerful people. Deciding to risk it I play it kinda safe, not to confirm or deny that it's me.