Dewey Duck Vs. The Nega Verse Book 2 - Can't take the U out of Universe

Chapter 4 - "They're all missing."

"So, wanna tell me why every freakin' robot looks like you back there?" Dewey asked once the close was clear and they were able to head to the bunker in peace.

"It's B.O.Y.D's sick way smoking me out." Huey muttered. "He's been obessed with finding me."

"Why?" Dewey asked as the passed the creek using the same zip line as Dewey did last time. Dewey wondered how this Huey knew where the bunker was. He was on the wrong side last time they met and wouldn't have had a clue where it was.

"Just one of my many mistakes I gotta clean up." Huey muttered.

"That really didn't answer my question." Dewey pointed out as they stopped at the mouth of the bunker. Huey looked over at him.

"The robots took over shortly after you guys left." Huey told him avoiding the last conversation all together. He pushed open the door to the bunker and they stepped on the first step. "They take orders from Goldie O' Gilts -."

"There's an 'other,' Goldie too?" Dewey asked as Huey shut the door and they started their descend.

"Yeah, and if you ever run across her, you can kiss this life good-bye." Huey replied, darkly. Then stopped and turned to look at Dewey, his eyes wide. "S,Sorry." He stammered.

Dewey blinked, confused.

He had no idea what he was saying sorry about all of a sudden, but then remembered his doppleganger was dead. He finally got it and smiled warmly at Huey.

"It's okay, Hue. I've had five years to get over the fact I'm dead here. Yeah, I still can't believe that I am dead," Dewey said, he paused and rubbed the back of his head, "but I know my brother and rather it's you or my Huey, you are still that, my brother."

Huey stared at him.

"I, I really needed to hear that." He said, finally.

Dewey punched him playfully in the arm.

"Usually my Louie is the motavational speaker. I guess I've picked up a few things from him." He explained. "Come on. I'm really looking foward to seeing everyone again, even if its under certain circumstances." He said, pushing on ahead of Huey.

'Yeah, about that..." Huey said, his voice trailing off as they reached the end of the narrow hall. Dewey opened the door and as they walked into the tavern type resturant his mouth dropped open.

It was completely in shambles, and it looked like it hadn't been used in years.

"Huey." Dewey said, turning slowly to look at him. "W,Where is everyone?" He asked.

Huey looked down at the ground and shuffled his feet, avoiding Dewey's eyes. For a minute Dewey thought that maybe this might have been a trap. That Huey hadn't really saved him to cover up the enormous guilt he had in killing his Dewey. Dewey took a step back and was about to turn and run when -.

"They are all missing." Said a voice from the far corner.

Dewey looked and sighed with relief when he said the 'other' Louie with his Louie and Webby. He looked back at Huey before rushing over to them.

"Where have you been?" Webby asked him in a stern voice. She cupped her hands on his face and stared at his bruises and scratches. "We've been worried sick! Louie was about to go scouting out for you if you didn't get here before daylight..."

She glanced over at Huey and her eyes lit up.

"Huey." She said, beaming at him. Huey looked up slowly and felt his face redden. He wasn't use to anyone looking at him that way.

"I, I kind of gotten into a bit of trouble. Huey saved me." Dewey explained. He looked over at Louie who rolled his eyes.

"You idiot! "Didn't my double say not to engange with anyone, unless it was Webby?"

"This time it wasn't my fault." Dewey told him, defensivly.

"Yeah, just like everything else, right?" Louie snapped at him.

Dewey stared at him as Louie glared back at him.

"Stop, both of you." Webby scolded. Louie and Dewey looked over at her. "Dewey, he's just lashing out because he was worried." Webby told him, ignoring Louie's blank stare at her. Webby turned to Huey. "Thanks, for looking after him." She said.

Huey nodded, still red in the face.

"Finally showed your face, didn't you?" The 'other,' Louie asked.

Huey looked over at him. The 'other,' Louie narrowed his eyes at him. He had been slumping against the now rotted bar with his head in his hand, but had looked towards the door when he and Dewey showed up.

The originals stared at them.

Huey and Louie hadn't seen each other since Huey left Webby that note to give to him.

"Kind of hard to miss with the Huey bots all over the place." Huey said nervously.

"Who says I missed you?" The 'other,' Louie shot back.

"Ouch." Dewey whispered to Webby who nudged him and looked at him sharply. Dewey smiled sheepishly at her.

The 'other,' Huey and Louie stared at each other until Louie finally got up from the bar, walking slowly up to Huey and gave him a hug. Huey stood completely still, as he looked over at the Originals, then over at Dewey who smiled back at him and nodded in encourgement at him, making Huey, (for the first time since his Dewey died) hug Louie back, even more tightly.

"Aww." Webby said, making them both pull away quickly. She was beaming at them.

Dewey smiled.

Yep.

Webby was Webby. But it slowly faded when he looked over at the 'other,' Louie.

"What did you mean they are all missing?" Dewey asked him. "You mean everyone?" He asked. The 'other,' Louie nodded gloomly. "Gyro?" Dewey asked,

Nod.

"Lanchpad?"

Nod

"Uncle Donald?"

Nod. Again.

Dewey's heart sank when he forced himself to say the next name,

"M,Mom?"

The 'other,' Louie didn't have the heart to nod at that one. He looked over at the 'other,' Huey. Huey saw his eyes shining brightly, a sure sign he was trying hard not to cry in front of them. As far as Huey knew, Louie hadn't cried since Dewey died.

"H, How -? When -?" Dewey asked.

"It started right after Webby went missing." The 'other,' Louie explained. "First it was the seemingly less important, like Gyro and Lanchpad you know? We just figured they had went into hiding after the robots took over. So no one was that upset over them not showing up for a couple of days. Then when Mom disappared, and then Uncle Donald..."

"So this isn't just about Webby." Dewey concluded. He looked over at his Webby and Louie, before turning back to the other Louie and Huey, "It's something much bigger then Webby. Isn't it?" He asked.

The other Huey and Louie looked at each other, then back at them and nodded slowly.

Dewey sighed deeply.

Just another exciting day in the life of Dewey Duck.