The Light of the Moon

Chapter 10:

"What on Earth are ye kids doin here? We told you to stay home!" Scrooge exclaimed, picking up his cane and supporting them behind the shield protecting them from the continuous shooting lasers.

"Since when do we ever listen?" Dewey smirked, slightly being pushed back by every moon lander that had joined in with their leader, Lunaris.

"Kids! You shouldn't be here, it's dangerous!" Della warned, holding Louie's back for support against the shield which was lowering by the second.

"You're our mom! We weren't just going to leave you!" Huey said with a smile plastered on his face, not just a smile of reassurance but a smile of relief that his mother was okay.

"Kids what is the one rule I taught you?" Donald asked with one eyebrow raised, joining in with his family and supporting the kids.

"Don't eat with your mouth open?" Louie asked.

"No!" Donald slapped a hand to his face.

"Don't go out late at night?" Dewey asked.

"No!" Donald rolled his eyes, his agitation growing.

"Don't read without a light?" Huey asked.

"No!" Donald squawked, jumping up and almost being shot before Della pulled him back down.

"Don't follow your Uncle Scrooge!" He said, furrowing his eyebrows.

Realisation finally hit the kids. "Ohhhh."

"Well we weren't just going to let you guys go alone, you needed our help!" Huey persuaded them not to get mad at the kids for only wanting to help. "If we didn't show up then you guys would've never returned to Earth and we would never even have an uncle to look up to."

Donald smiled softly with Huey's words touching his heart. The boys really had looked up to him all these years.

The entire time Webby stayed quiet, she was only there to help, a sidekick, per say. What they were talking about was between them. Donald and Scrooge weren't her uncle and Della wasn't her mom.

After minutes of Lunaris' impatient waiting, the shield gave in, leaving McDuck family vulnerable for attack.

"Hold your fire!" Lunaris held one hand up and just as he did, all moonlanders seized fire, waiting patiently for their next order.

"What do you want? Just let us go!" Louie yelled, trying his best to defend the family that had always defended him.

"What do I want? My father spent years fearing this unknown planet that had appeared before him. He spent years fearing what this Earth held. Well no more! I'm not going to spend my life fearing you ducks! I will take you down and the planet moon will be fearless once again!" Lunaris claimed, raising his clenched fist in the air. His intense face showed no mercy, he wasn't going to stop until he got what he wanted.

"Ummm the moon isn't a planet." Huey stated, raising one finger.

"Silence!" Lunaris yelled with his fists clenched so tightly they began to turn white, it was clear he had had enough of these ducks. He wasn't going to take it anymore.

Lunaris held his gun at the ready, aiming it at the McDuck family. "Say your goodbyes McDucks."

Scrooge, Donald and Della held the kids close to them so if this were to really happen, they would be the ones to take the fall. They held them close to their heart as the kids squinted their eyes and held their ear to the adults chest, wanting to hear their heartbeat for what they thought was going to be the last time.

With every last bit of their strength, they squeezed the kids close to them and huddled together, tightly squinting their eyes for whatever fate were to come.