Duck Drama

Chapter 11 - Athena

I quickly shot out of bed.

My heart was pounding a mile a minute and I had sweat pouring down my forehead, and I could hardly breath.

There was only one reason I could be like I on the verge of a panic attack...

Matt.

How I didn't sense him at the gala was beyond me, but...

I know he's here.

I just know...

"So unfocused still...Athena." Came Theo's voice in my head.

I squeezed my eyes shut and forced myself to calm down.

"Athena...What is it?" Auntie Beakley asked, with a worried tone in her voice.

"So unfocused that you have yet to see the bigger picture..."  Theo's voice continued.

Was he really here?

Inside my mind, and talking to me?

Or was I going crazy?

Or...

Was this Matt's doing somehow?

I opened my eyes and swallowed hard.

There was only one way to find out.

"I- It's nothing. Auntie. I - I need to use the bathroom." I tell her.

Auntie Beakley nodded, she then told me where the bathroom was and I thanked her and left the room without another word.

I look around the empty hallway.

It was quiet.

To quiet.

I could still sense Matt.

This unwanted psychic link between just happend out of the blue back when we were little.

Much like Zehra's eyes changing colors, Matt and I can feel each other's emotions when we are at a certain range.

I know he is still here. His emotions were...angry.

Mixed with evil intentions.

Was evil an emotion?

If it was I could feel Matt's from where I was standing.

Something out of the corner of my eye catches me off guard. I see shadow dart across the roof of the mansion and my jaw clinched and before I could think rationally I climbed out onto the roof and ran after it.

"Matt! I know it's you! Stop!" I ordered.

It was night time so I couldn't see his face, but I heard him chuckle confirming my suspicion.

I watch his shadow slowly turn around.

"Hello, Athena. Long time, no see." He snickered.

All I could do at that moment was stare at the shadow as the cold night air whipped around us.

"Why are you here, Matt?" I ask, finally.

Matt snickered.

"Why else would I be here?" He answered.

I stare at him.

"Well, Zerha isn't here so you can just -" I began.

Matt let out a bitter laugh making me freeze.

"She is here, or I wouldn't be." Matt told me.

I blinked.

Zehra was here?

At McDuck Manor?

If that was the case, why hadn't she come to see me?

I could have apologized to her!

I shake my head.

"You're lying. She isn't here." I tell him.

"Still trying to protect her from me?" Matt asked. "It won't work, Athena. I have her wrapped around my little finger. Pretty soon she'll join me with F.O.W.L and we'll take down all those who have wronged us in the past! Mom... Dad... The McDucks, and..." His voice trailed off and I already knew what he was going to say.

"You." He finished. "NO ONE WILL EVER HURT ME OR ZEHRA AGAIN! I WON'T LET IT!"

"I won't let you." I snarl at him.

Matt laughed again.

"I believe I already taken the liberty of breaking you, Athena. Theo did a marvelous job at that. It's only a matter of time before I personally destroy you." He snarled.

"Do what you want with me." I tell him. "But leave Zerha alone and the McDucks alone!"

"Dear, Athena... I already am doing what I please with you." Matt whispered, and it felt like he was no longer in front of me, but right next to me and whispering in my ear.

I shivered slightly.

"You will never come between me and Zerha again." He hissed in my ear.

I felt him move swiftly away from my side. I looked down at the ground.

"Oh, and I'll be sending Theo your way again soon, if you even think about getting in my way." Matt threatened.

My head snapped up and my eyes narrowed at Matt's shadow.

"What are you planning, Matt?" I ask.

I could sense Matt rolling his eyes.

"Aren't you suppose to be the sharp one?" Matt answered.

"Must you always answer a question with a question?" I snap at him.

Matt remained silent. Then I see his head tilt to one side as if listening for something.

"Just remember, Athena." Matt said after awhile, "I will always be Zehra's true sibling. Her flesh and blood. All you are ever going to be to her is a slut."

I feel the blood drain from my face.

Me?

A slut?

"What about you?" I snap at him. "What do you call seeking a psychopath to rape someone? What do you call that?"

"I'd call that..." Matt said, and paused and I could image him smiling before saying the next word that came out of his mouth. "Revenge."

I choked back a sob that I hadn't realized I was on the verge of letting go, as I heard the familiar sling of a grappling hook and watched Matt's shadow swing down on the side of the manor and towards the basement.

Zerha.

He said Zerha was here.

Maybe I could get to her myself in time.

Tell her I am sorry.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before I opened them and started to climb down from the roof and towards the location where Matt's shadow disappeared.

I just made it to the basement when my arm was grabbed by someone and I was pulled back forcefully by strong arms.

I blinked.

"Huey?" I choked out.

Huey put a finger to his lips, motioning for me to remain silent. I did, and suddenly heard Zerha's voice and Matt's coming from behind the open basement door.