Ducktales: Journey To Agartha - Act 2

Chapter 16: P is for Playing Dead

"I'M BACK OFF TO DUCKBURG- ER, GLOMBURG NOW, STEELFUCK! PEACEEEE!" Glomgold gave an a-okay sign thinking it was a peace sign before sticking his head back into the helicopter, the boxes of sharks hanging from the bottom. His beautiful kilt flowing in the wind.

Steelbeak gave a salute as his worst enemy, aka his employer, took off. As soon as the helicopter was out of sight, his respectful smile turned into a deep scowl. "Thanks for wasting my time, asshole." He spoke in an undertone. The time he spent wrangling all the sharks that day was time he could've spent bashing Mark's pretty little face in, and maybe Ellie's other cabin friends if he had some extra time to spare.

He adjusted his camp uniform and started to march toward cabin 8. It's murder time, boys.

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Gyro paced around the cabin while cleaning his glasses, something the nerd did when he was thinking deeply. "Alright. Just so we're all clear on the plan, at sundown we head out and get in the body bags so the night can be used to our advantage. You hear that Mark? Sundown. NOT sunrise."

"Sunrise. Got it." At this point Mark just gets off to pissing people off. He can't help it.

"Screw you, Mark." Gyro flipped him the bird. "We still have a few more hours so let's try not to kill each other in the meantime."

"Has anyone seen my charger? I'm at 16%."

"SHUT UP, MARK! I SWEAR TO DUCK JESUS!" Gyro made a strangling motion.

"What was this about trying to not kill each other in the meantime?" Mark started roaming around the cabin to look for his charger. He peered under Gloria's bed. "Okay. #Ew. Who the hell put it next to the bloody sheets?"

Ellie shrugged. "Sorry, Mark. I did not see it there."

Mark gave Ellie a look. "Whatever. I hate everything about this place." He grumbled.

As Gyro continued to pace the room while Ellie attempted to calm Mark down and help clean off his charger, Boyd wandered on over to Gloria who was sitting on the bed, quiet. He struggled to get up but finally managed to squirm his little body in front of her.

"Hi! Sorry we didn't have a proper introduction earlier because of the current situation, but as I said before I'm Boyd!" He held out his hand to shake hers.

Gloria gave him a weak smile before shaking his hand. "Hey, I'm Gloria." With everything that just happened it was a little awkward and heartbreaking for her to be near a child right now. She couldn't help but look at him and feel sad.

He returned the smile with a bright one of his own. "My mom talks about you a lot! She says you're nice!" Boyd paused when he took notice of Gloria's expression and closed off body language. "Are you okay, Miss Gloria?"

"Oh yeah, I'm okay, don't worry... so you're Mark's son, right? And you're also a robot?"

He tilted his head. "How'd you know that?"

"Your dad told me about you before. I've also heard that you're the sweetest kid."

That made Boyd light up. He bounced ever so slightly on the bed and did a sweet little robot giggle. "I didn't know my dad talked about me before. That's nice to hear."

Gloria nodded before changing the subject. "Hey, Boyd, have you ever pulled a prank before? I don't mean to brag but I'm the master at pranking your dad. Your parents would probably never teach you so I could show you the ropes."

"I don't think I know what a prank is...?"

"A prank is like... playing a joke on someone. Okay I'll show you. You see your dad's phone in his back pocket?" Gloria pointed to Mark who wasn't paying them any mind while he was harassing Gyro and talking to Ellie.