Life as a Duck

Chapter 4: Escape from Atlantis

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Doing this one from memory again, whoops, and translating it as best as possible.

School has been kicking butt.

Stars, have mercy on my soul.

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(Y/N) quickly makes her way over to a wall with markings that look similar to the stone tablet that Scrooge has in his office. (Y/N)'s sudden interest in the wall silently called the older duck over. "What do you see lass?" Scrooge asked (Y/N), as he stood next to her. (Y/N) gave a small sound of thought, as she looked over the markings, letting her hand feel the texture. "Well, from what I can translate, the Atlanteans were so eager to build an epic city filled with wonders and death traps, that they didn't figure out how to build a proper support structure, and due to that, the whole city fell into the sea," (Y/N) said, and even the triplets listened to her words. (Y/N) hands waved around as she spoke, and when she reached the end, her hands mimicked an explosion, just for fun.

"Atta girl lass, that's correct!" Scrooge clapped (Y/N) on her shoulder with a proud look on his face, causing a small smile to form on (Y/N)'s beak. "Well, you kids better stay here by the sub while I scout ahead," Scrooge began to walk towards the entrance, before being stopped by Huey. "Dewey ran in as soon as (Y/N) said 'death traps'," Huey pointed towards the entrance with a concerned look on his face. (Y/N)'s face fell, and her shoulders dropped down, unable to contain the sigh and swear words that escaped her.

"Come on, Scrooge! We got this" Dewey yelled so loud that everyone still at the dock could hear him. Scrooge let out some annoyed noises and walked after the young duck in blue. While they walked around, searching for Dewey, (Y/N) called out for him, trying to figure out which way he went. The group finally found him, sitting on the ground, or rather the ceiling. "Lad, I thought the traps would get you for sure," Scrooge said, trying but failing to conceal his concern for the young duck. Dewey silently pointed at the ceiling, causing the rest of the group to look up. Multiple saw blades for spinning, sticking out of the floor turned ceiling. "Stupid upside-down temple," Dewey slowly gets up from the ground, furrowing his brows and crossing his arms, "nothing cool about walking under buzz saws."

"From now on, don't touch anything," Scrooge says, making hand gestures towards Dewey and around the hallway. Scrooge starts walking towards the next room, with Huey, Louie, Webby, and Launchpad following close behind him. (Y/N) softly patted Dewey on his back before walking after the old duck. Dewey kicked a pebble up into the air, causing it to hit a stone mask on the wall and then bounce off, hitting a tile next to a buzzsaw, which then sunk into the ceiling. Suddenly, a different tile on the ceiling moved and out fell a bunch of snakes, all of them landing on top of Launchpad. Everyone else ran away, scared by the snakes, and jumped over a boulder at the end of the hallway, where each of the ducks miraculously landed on their feet. Scrooge cracks his back and quietly mutters to himself: "Maybe Atlantis was an ambitious first outing."

(Y/N) looks over the boulder, just to check if Launchpad is alright. "How are those snakes still alive? Atlantis sunk thousands of years ago?" (Y/N) asked no one in particular. This day was just confusing her more and more. Launchpad then comes crawling over the boulder, still having a few snakes wrapped around him and a big bite mark on his neck. "Launchpad, are you okay?" Huey asked, looking mighty concerned. "A little snake venom nev-" Launchpad said, before cutting himself off by falling asleep, though he was still standing. Huey poked Launchpad's arm, causing him to wake up again. "Hi nice to meet you, I'm everybody's friend," Launchpad says, before falling asleep again, this time falling forward and landing on top of Huey, causing the red-clad duck to scream.