Long Live the Evil Triplet

Chapter 23 - Battle between the heart and mind. Plus... Damien?

Luis opened his eyes and saw Louie staring down at him with a worried look on his face and concern in his eyes. Luis smiled then groaned as Louie helped him up.

"You look like a full grown out nerd!" Louie exclaimed, looking Luis up and down to his button up flannel shirt to his flip flops and worse, Luis had glasses sticking out from the pocket of his green, blue, and red flannel long sleeved shirt.

"Bets being the jock type you secretly want to be also." Luis shot back and shivered. He had tried the jock version of himself. Didn't like it much. He then felt more nausea then bent down and held his head between his legs.

He was getting dizzy from the emotion high he had just felt.

"Right." He said, his face getting red. "Like that will ever happen. I'm too lazy. Remember?" He asked.

Luis chuckled weakly and almost fell. Louie caught his arm and pulled him up. Luis smiled then groaned again. The emotion of fear replaced with love again bubbled up inside him.

"Sorry about that." Louie apologized, sheepishly. Feeling the wave of emotion from Luis through him too. "I didn't expect that -."

"It's fine." Luis interrupted, beaming at him. "Because I finally felt from you what I wanted this entire time..." He grabbed Louie into a tight hug.

"Yeah." Louie whispered. "Sorry, it took so long." He added. "So, you think, is this the end of us?" He asked, in a fearful voice as they broke apart.

Luis smiled sadly at him and nodded.

Louie's eyes swelled up with tears.

"But not just yet," Luis told him, "I, I've been holding something back from you. Something that could have made your life a bit easier, if I had just shown you that from the beginning, then, maybe all this wouldn't have had to happen.." His voice trailed off and Louie saw the small light travel fast and landed on the door that Louie had been trying to open since he got stuck in here.

"W,What's behind the door, Luis." Louie asked, a hint of fear and curiosity in his voice.

"My memory of how I came to be." Luis muttered as he reached for the doorknob. Louie looked at him sharply.

"What do you mean? How you you came to be?" Louie asked as Luis gripped the handle and turned it. The door creaked open but he held it a bit longer, as he looked back at Louie. "I thought, ya know, I was crazy or something was wrong with me..." Louie's voice trailed off when he saw the look of guilt on Luis's face.

"You were never, crazy, Louie." Luis said, "I, I couldn't bare for you know, then toss me aside like yesterday's garbage. I, I cared about you too much..." His voice wavered.

"Luis." Louie began. "I'd never -."

Luis didn't let him finish, because he flew open the door and they both were engulfed in white light...

"Curse you McDuck!" Magica howled as Scrooge used what force he had to trap her inside the dime.

Louie watched as Scrooge walked away and Lena appeared in the form of Magica's shadow. Then, the scene switched, he saw Luis, then Asha, and someone in the shadows who Louie couldn't make out.

"She wants us to make them think they need us." Luis told Asha.

Luis stared at the scene in front of him and Louie. He had forgotten he had met Asha before. How could he have forgotten? Was he so abosorbed in the fact of pleasing Magica, and protecting Louie that he just, forgot?

"That'll be easy." Asha replied, she looked at Luis and smiled warmly at him as she inched closer to him. Louie glanced over at Luis who rolled eyes eyes as Louie arched an eyebrow. "For you, especially." She told him.