Ducktales: Journey To Agartha - Act 2

Chapter 8: Sharks and the Sunset

Steelbeak held Ellie by the collar of her shirt. "YOU THINK THAT STUNT YOU PULLED WAS FUNNY?!"

Don't ask how he survived being stranded in a lake with sharks. He just did.

Everyone was back at the center of camp. 4 boats in total had sunk, 16 people getting eaten by sharks (one of which being that kid Ellie stole the slip of paper from) but that wasn't the main issue here. Thankfully cabin 8 made it to the other side. The group who had come in last jumped back into the water, preferring to be eaten by sharks than being burned at the stake in front of a crowd of people. Understandable.

"No. I just did what I thought was necessary to keep my cabin members alive."

"I'D KILL YOU RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW IF I WAS ALLOWED TOO!"

Ellie was about to ask why not but he answered for her.

"YOU'RE LUCKY GODGOLD WANTS THIS TO WORK AS A SORT OF HUNGER GAMES!" He leaned closer, gritting his teeth together. "I'll watch you slowly die later on."

He let her go and she fell to the ground. "EVERYBODY HEAD BACK TO YOUR CABINS! DINNER IS AT 7!" Steelbeak stormed off leaving Ellie in the dirt.

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The 4 sat in their bunk beds, roaches still hiding underneath them, as they waited for dinner. It was currently around 5 o'clock according to Ellie's internal clock which meant another two hours of sitting in silence and thinking about how they almost died. Mark was daydreaming about having a working phone, and Gyro was taking a nap.

Ellie looked across the room at Gloria who was currently hugging herself, her head tucked into her knees. She looked a lot like how Ellie looked the other day in the alleyway but instead of rats it was cockroaches.

She walked over to sit on the bottom bunk next to Gloria. "Hey." Ellie placed a hand on her knee to get her attention.

Gloria lifted her head up to look at her "Hey." It was evident she had been silently crying. Gyro hadn't even noticed since he was sleeping and all.

Ellie frowned. It probably was the morally correct thing to do to ask if she was doing already, but Ellie didn't bother since she already knew the answer. "I think now is a good time to speak with Gyro." She whispered. Before Gloria could respond, Ellie stood up and dragged Mark out the door.

Mark didn't even bother asking what the hell was going on and followed.

Now it was just Gloria and a sleeping Gyro. She rubbed a hand down her face and climbed up to the top bunk to sit by his feet.

She nudged him to get him to wake the fuck up. "Hey, Gyro."

"What?" He groaned, looking up at her groggily. "I said earlier I don't want to have any of their disgusting, non-gluten-free food." He stopped complaining when he saw the look on Gloria's face. Her eyes were red. She was either smoking weed or crying. There was no smell so it was the latter. He sat up. "Hey." He took her hand in his. "What's going on?"

This only made Gloria cry harder. She didn't even know where to begin.

Gyro just stared at her for a few moments. Just like on the train, he had no idea how to handle a girl crying. He took her into an awkward hug, letting her cry it out until she was ready to speak up if she needed to.

"Gyro... I-I don't know how to tell you this..." Gloria broke the hug so she could look at him in the eyes.

He sighed, letting her go but keeping his hands on the sides of her arms. "You don't like me, do you?" His mind was set on this being a break up scenario.