Duck Drama

Chapter 1 - Athena

"Why are we here?" Zehra asked me.

... 

DOES SHE NEVER PAY ATTENTION?! Ugh. Soooo irresponsible. 

"Professor Von Drake is going to give us a mission. REMEMBER?!" I shout at my little sister. 

Her brown hair spins around, and her hazel eyes stare me dead in our seats. 

"Why are you raising your voice?"

... Shoot. 

"I'm not. I'm just getting sick and tired of you never listening. I have a life too, you know. Just because something is boring, doesn't mean it's not important. Start to look out for yourself! I'm busy..."

"Yeah. Busy scheming! Ugh, you sound like Matt..." Her voice dies out. "Oh... right.. um, sorry..." 

Ever since Matt ran away, we've been cautious around this subject. We both loved him very much... until he... he left. 

Were we not good enough? Did he not get enough love? Was he being picked on or something?

These thoughts and more ran through my mind when the chatting around us quieted down and the director of S.H.U.S.H entered the room.  

"Now that we are all here. We need to discuss who will infiltrate Scrooge McDuck's manor and take back the Golden Spyglass the artifact that can find anyone, anywhere, from anyplace." Von Drake told us.

"Obviously, it should be someone older and more sophisticated than-" Jane glanced over at me and my sister. "-Children." She finished giving us a disapproval look.

Zehra looked down at the ground as Dad slowly put her in the chair next to him and Mom. I merely scowled at Jane. 

Jane worked odd job around Duckberg. Usually you'd see her as a waiter at Funzo's or catering a big event like the annual IT event.

But secretly she was a S.H.U.S.H agent working along side us, and a real pain in the-

"Athena!"

I jumped and looked straight ahead.

"You know the most about Scrooge McDuck and his family." The director told the room. "Tell me, why would Scrooge keep a most valuable artifact to himself and not hand it over to S.H.U.S.H to better be kept in our archives and safe from F.O.W.L?" He asked. 

I swallowed hard and looked around the room. All eyes were on me. I closed my eyes took a deep breath then opened them again before answering. 

"I- I assume... Sir... That is is because he is looking for... For Della Duck." I finally answered. "He'd also would have the artifact in his Other Bin. The one he keeps underneath his mansion..." 

I knew more about Scrooge then possibly anyone else. 

Learning about him was one of my passions. He was just so...

Awesome. 

A Legend. 

I want to be like him one day. 

If I was lucky, maybe he can adopt me and take me away from my own family. 

But... 

That was wishful thinking. And I could never leave Zehra... I don't want to hurt her more than she already is. She was hit the most when Matt left...

The director hummed at my answer, lacing his fingers and leaning back in his seat. He stared at me, and I squirmed in my seat as my chest tighten making it hard for me to breath.