Almost two weeks went by faster than Luoana thought, everything was going great and that made her anxious.
That day, she kept feeling something odd, a weird pressure on her chest screamed "something's gonna happen, something bad". She did her best to shake that feeling while being on her way to work, but it stayed on the back on her head.
Everything went as usual, by now most of the frequent kids liked Luoana and she made sure they'd be happy and safe every single second. But, past noon, something a bit different happened. Huey, Louie and Dewey arrived with a guest.
As the little duckling saw the building, she got excited. Luoana couldn't help but smile, she loved when other people got excited, it was an odd like of her. Louie then showed her friend around, greeting with his charm every coworker they past by. They arrived to the snack bar, where he asked Jane for a free cup for water. The quetzal was nearby, barely listen to what they said. The new duckling approached Jane and started talking something she couldn't understand.
After a while, her boss got out of the employees' door, right next to them. The frown on his face made Luoana get closer.
"I was just about to, yeah." said Louie as the boss took him somewhere else.
The quetzal shook her head surpirsed, she knew the duckling's tricks but it was unusual for him to get caught, still nothing bad would happen to him, her boss wasn't thaaaat bad. Curious about the new duckling, she kept working looking at her every now and then. She saw her getting sad and excited with the siblings now and again, wondering what were those four doing to make such mood swings happen. Once they entered the endless ball pool, she saw them play happily, getting distracted from her work.
"Is this why I pay you?" a masculine voice talked behind, startling her, she turned around. "This isn't some kind of zoo, the kids are not for your amusement, Luoana."
"No sir, I know. I just-"
"Get back to work, newbie." he sent her a sharp look before leaving.
The quetzal sighed and went to the back of the place, where the kitchen and fridge were. After a few minutes of organizing the frozen food, she heard the fire alarm and ran outside. Funso was carrying the four ducklings away and the place looked like a mess.
"W-What happened?! I wasn't gone that long, not even five minutes..." she asked Jane.
"Well, it seems the new Duck's friend made a few accidents happen."
"What!? Is she ok!?" Jane looked at her, kinda confused.
"Y-Yeah... She's the one who started everything tho..." she left, leaving the girl more confused.
Every employee started cleaning, Luoana made sure the kids that still were inside the building were alright. A few minutes later, everyone started gasping and getting nervous as an old beagle lady made her way to the back of the building. Everyone stepped aside, scared. Luoana got closer to Josie, as the old beagle threw her tray to her face. Annoyed, the quetzal tried to follow her, but her friend stopped her.
"Stop! She's dangerous."
"Dangerous? How is an old lady dangerous? You don't care about what she did to you?"
"I'm fine... Wait, you don't know her?!"
"Uh... Should I? I'm kinda new to town... I've been here for a year or less so I barely know my way around."
"Girl, that's Ma Beagle. She's like a matriarch and leader of one of the most named gangs around here."
"Gang? As in... A CRIMINAL GANG!? SHOULDN'T WE EVACUATE OR CALL THE POLICE!?"
"No" said her boss behind them. "It's better to not mess with these people."
"But the kids-"
"She's not touching them, is she?" Luoana looked at him, annoyed and disbelieving. "Get back to work, newbie. Or you won't have one."
She took a deep breath, containing herself from punching her boss. Despite her anxiety, she could try beat him up if she felt he deserved it. Instead, she walked the other way, hearing a "good girl" as she passed him by. As soon as her boss got out of vision, she ran to the other side of the building.
"Alright, Lu. Think... How can you know what that Beagle Momma is up to?" she said to herself. A clank startled her, coming out of the vents were the four ducklings, the new one wearing weird red glasses.
"Hi, I'm Webby" she said.
She ran to them, holding their cheeks as she inspected each one of them. "Huey, Louie, Dewey and Webby are you alright!? Where were you!? The beagle-."
"We know" said Dewey.
"And we're fine, Lu." continued Huey.
"And I think we can take care of her, we just need a lil' favor."
"Hi, could you help us?."
Confused and worried, she started nodding but ended up shaking her head. "Take care!? No! Josie said she's dangerous and-"
"Trust us, Lu. We'll get her out of here" said Louie.
"Yeah! I just need access to the fuse box or something close to that, could you...?" surprised by how confident Webby looked, she sighed frowning still.
"Ok, follow me. And promise me you'll be safe."
The kids nodded as Webby turned off the lights. She saw them leave and sighed. "I already regret this..." sneaking up as fast as she could in the dark, she stood near the snack bar where she could watch the kids' plan. Like out of a scary movie, Webby leaded Ma Beagle to the endless pit of balls. Where she, surprisingly, captured her with a net next to another tied up Beagle. Luoana saw the scene completely speechless... Webby seemed so cute, how could she...?
Suddenly two older ducks opened the door, one of them hugged the boys and the other one messed with Webby's hair while looking at both criminals hanging on the roof. Slowly getting out of the shock, a lot of questions went through the quetzal's head. Were they their parents or tutors? What kind of girl Webby was? What kind of family were they?
As they walked out the building, her boss ran after them. He nearly begged them to not sue Funso's and offered free tokens as payment. Luoana didn't move an inch, there was a lot going on not only in front of her, but inside of her.
On her way home, she thought about what happened, trying to get all the pieces together. Why did the guys came out of a vent? Did they hide there? What kind of awful and horrible person was her boss? What actually happened today at her work!?
Note: Luoana's english isn't perfect, sometimes she translates everything literally or says random spanish words when she can't continue speaking in english.
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A mexican quetzal in Duckburg || My OCs #1 -MOVED-
FanfictionChances come and go, changes are always happening. Some are small, some are huge. When your life is full of changes, mostly bad, it's hard to think and adapt to the good ones. Still, after all she's been through, Luoana is willing to face and adapt...