Ducktales: Journey To Agartha - Act 2

Chapter 15: Body Bags

Ellie walked down the forest trail with Gloria's soon to be new clothes in hand. There was no way she was going to ask Steelbeak or Glomgold for a pair, the reasoning was obvious, so the only solution she could think of was to steal a pair from a dead body in a bag close to the edge of camp where most were dumped. Hopefully Gloria wouldn't ask about it. If she did Ellie would come up with some sort of white lie.

The shorts were the same but the shirt was from a previous member of Cabin 21. Their mascot was an alligator, while the rest of the shirt was a horrid green. It was the first outfit she came across and she didn't feel like searching through tons of bags to find something the most fashionable.

"Ellie?"

Turning her head to the right, she saw Gyro (ew) leaning on a pinetree off the side of the path. "What do you want?" She snapped. Not only was she pissed that she got beat up by Steelbeak instead of him, but the situation was worse when she found out he was absent from the cabin for hours and wasn't there to emotionally support Gloria. Something he was supposed to do when Ellie wasn't around to follow her command given on the train. What a little bitch.

He scoffed at her. Gyro wasn't in the mood to talk to her either but after watching her dig through a body bag he figured he might as well say something. He eyed her up and down with a grimace. "What happened to your face?"

"Steelbeak happened! I almost died instead of ratting you out!" Ellie pointed an accusing finger at him.

"What the hell are you even talking about?!" Gyro stood up to face her, crossing his arms.

"What do you mean what am I talking about?! Steelbeak found out about the medicine and decided taking me out was the best course of action! And what did I do? I decided for some ungodly reason to not blame it on you! Thank you very much!"

"Getting the medicine from Steelbeak's office was a team effort! It's not my fault you didn't rat me out! What am I supposed to say here, "Sorry I didn't get beaten up?"?!"

To be fair, he had a really good point but Ellie wasn't having it at the moment. "You have been sailing through all of this like it is nothing! My life has been put on the line so many times! As soon as I team up with you of all people to attempt my second break in, with my first one ending up with my head being blown off, what happens? I still get the blame and get my limb torn off!" She shouldn't have been wasting time on him with Gloria's condition but she was mighty unhappy with this man walking away scott free. What she had been through hours prior was haunting.

Gyro gave Ellie a confused look "Your... limb was torn off? God I think you're just over exaggerating."

Ellie slapped him, the force slamming him back into the tree with some bark falling off.

"Agh! What the hell?!" Gyro covered his cheek with his hands. This man is never going to get a break I swear.

She waved him off, heading back down the path. "No matter. I have to tend to Gloria unlike some people around here."

Gyro thankfully wasn't able to see her disgusted expression directed at him.

He started to follow her, despite him still being very pissed off. "Wait, why?"

The angry expression she wore diminished as she glanced over at him. "You still do not know, do you?"

"Know what?!"

Ellie did hate him but she also didn't want to be the one to tell him the heart wrenching news. She gave a defeated sigh before laying a hand on his shoulder, trying to be as supportive as she could after just slapping him. "Gloria lost the baby. She had a miscarriage earlier today."