Truth & Lie

Chapter 22

This fear of fallin' again

And if you need a refuge

I will be right here until the end

Oh, it's time to

Huey:

Burn the ships

cut the ties

Send a flare into the night

Say a prayer

turn the tide

Dry your tears and wave goodbye

Huey bit his beak, tears now rolling down his beak. He sank onto the floor, pain in his eyes. Katie watched, wondering what to do.

Huey:

There will never be a new day

I can't rise up from the dust and walk away

All it ever is is heartache, oh

So light a match

leave the past

burn the ships

And don't you look back

Katie helped Huey to his feet and wiped his tears with her hand. "Huey, I..." She searched for words. He pushed her back and went on.

"Save it," he snapped.

Katie:

So long to shame

walk through the sorrow

Out of the fire into tomorrow

Forgive the hurt

face the fear

Feel the wave disappear

We're comin' clean

We're born again

And soon your lungs can breathe again

Oh, we can breathe again

Step into a new day

We can rise up from the dust and walk away

We can dance and lose our heartache, yeah

Huey:

light a match

leave the past

burn the ships

And never look back

And never look back

And never look back

END SONG

Huey was a few feet from the door, and Katie couldn't afford to let him go. She bit her beak, considering using a last resort.

"Huey, get back here, or else!" Katie said, stomping her foot.

"Or what, you'll attack me with your cookie?"

Katie jumped in front of him and kicked him in the stomach. Huey doubled over, wincing. He quickly got back up and swung his fist for her. She ducked out of the way, letting him fall over himself. He wiped his jaw and tried again. She kept avoiding his hits till finally he leaned against the wall catching his breath.

The lack of food combined with his irritation was tiring him out. Katie smirked, her plan working. Not only was she tiring him out, but she was moving him from the exit too. Huey noticed this as well and his face turned red with anger.

"Katie, just let me go, unless you want to meet the Duke," he said, taking in heavy breaths. She stood firm and shook her head. Huey jumped on her and the two rolled back an forth on the floor. Katie was defending herself while Huey clawed at her, trying to land something.

...

Steel Beak grumbled to himself, sitting in the monitoring room. He was reclined in a black office chair, wearing his white suit. The room had a red hue to it and in front of him were several screen monitors and equipment. Sitting at the equipment were the two eggheads that had been hit with Black Heron's dumb ray. One chewed on a rubics cube, getting saliva everywhere, while the other spun aimlessly in his chair, pressing buttons, switching the monitor images.

Steel Beak sighed and put his hand on his forehead. "Monitoring the world isn't even a real job! No one ever does something out of ordinary anyways," he thought aloud. "Not only did Bradford give me this pointless job, but I'm stuck with you two idiots," he said, gesturing at the eggheads.

Different screens held different scenes, each one surveying a specific person. FOWL was keen on keeping an eye on any possible threats or allies. People among the monitors included Glomgold, Magica, Djinn, Storkules and Selene, Penumbra, Ma Beagle, etc. Darkwing and Gizmo Duck also used to be on there, but they had been captured earlier. Steel Beak didn't really know what they had done with the heroes, but he hoped it was something terrible.

Steel Beak rolled a toothpick in his beak, wishing he didn't have this stupid job. His eyes wandered to the egghead who was randomly pushing buttons on the radio. The rooster rolled his eyes, thinking they should upgrade to something better than a radio interceptor. It wasn't like anybody actually used those things anymore anyway. Not to mention that their radio in interceptor could only intercept after the conversation was over. By then it would clearly be to late to stop anything.

There wasn't much over the interceptor. Just muffled static mostly. After the egghead flipped to a channel though, there was a spit second that actually sounded like people. Steel Beak jumped up. "Wait, go back!" he said. The egghead just looked at him.

"Uhhhhh..." he said.

Steel Beak rolled his eyes and took the interceptor. He flipped the switch a few times before finding the channel. People were talking, and Steel Beak was certain he had heard those voices before. It clicked in his brain. The McDucks!