#dwd launchpad

It was a quiet rainy night in Saint canard, which was rare, not the rainy part but the quiet part, usually some new foe would be driving darkwing up the wall by now, but when the masked mallard went out on patrol there wasn't a dang thing! If that didn't annoy him enough he was out in the rain long enough to start coming down with someone ugh

At the moment, darkwing duck, or drake mallard, was at home, sitting on a chair with a warm drink in his feathered hands and a blanket rapped around himself to fight off the freezing wet cold outside that door, his head had a slight slit of a feverish headache and the back of his throat felt dry and scratchy, most likely early signs of some kind of cold

He didn't have time to think about it right now, for he heard the sound of wheels skurting though out the house, the clink and hicker of a hockey stick down the hall and dash of a hockey puck down in the distance, it must've been-

Gosalyn roller skated into the living room, tumbling over on the edge of the carpet with a subtle oof, sitting down on carpeted floor the drake spoke up

" how Many times have I told you not to skate around in the house, goss? "

Gossyln perked up at the sound of the old mallards voice, rubbing the back of her head with a light snicker she responded

" uhh.. five? "

" Gosalyn "

" okay okay! Jeez "

Goss stood up and walked over carefully to the couch as she sat next to her dear dad. Pealing off her roller skates, with a small flick in her tail feather she asked with curiosity

" hey dad, where's launchpad? "

Drake hummed, resting his eyes for a moment while peaking with a sigh

" he said he'll be out renting a movie, something about a new action movie release he wanted to get his hands on "

The young girl perked up at this, jumping up on the couch cushion she bounced on her flippered feet

" ooo really? With ninjas and aliens? Or giant lava slug monsters! "

The so called terror who flaps in the night chuckled at the sound of his daughter's excitement, patting her head he spoke with amusement

" oh gosalyn, it'll probably just be some spy movie he picks up, don't get your hopes up too high kiddo "

Gosalyn sat back down and pouted with a puff, crossing her feathered arms

" just some cheesy spy movie? Man, and he calls that action? I could see every car chase a mile away in those "

" well, you can always be doing your homework insteadd~ "

Drake added, giving a boop to gosalyns beak with a knowing smile on his own, goss rubbed the back of her head and with a nervous chuckle and switch of her personality the girl responded with

" uhhhh on a second thought I sure it'll be great! What a action packed adventure heheh "

" that's what I thought "

Gosalyn playfully stuck out her tongue out at drakes teasing, shooing his hand away from her with squinted eyes, this made a flick of a laugh escape darkwings beak, it was genuine but short lived, for a uncomfortable scratch it his sore throat like a wave and he coughed hard at the feeling, burying his chin into his arm with a dry icky coughing fit, gosalyn paused her playful behavior at the sight, a small frown painting her beak now, gosalyn hopped off the couch with a patter

" jeez dad are you okay? You aren't looking too good "

" oh, dear- I am the pprr- perfect p-picture of h-hEALTH- AHCHEW- "

Dw couldn't help but sneeze into his arm, one or two times, gosalyn put her hands on her hips and shook her head, the girl spoke to him before running down the hall

" I'll call the babysitter "

" what!? "

Mr mallard tried to tell his daughter but she was already gone to make a call, gosalyn and her baby sitter, piper blu lynxley, were close, and drake was fond of them himself, but if goss thought some teenager would be helpful right now she was wrong... at least in drakes mind

Stopping at the end of the hall, gosalyn probed herself up on a fee books to reach the house phone, typing in blu's number and waiting for them to pick up with only the ring in the room being heard

Ringring

Ringri-

" hello? "

Blu picked up, their tone almosta bit exasperated, the hybrided lynx twirled the wire of the phone and held it close to their face with a tight hold, like this little phone call just interrupted something

" hi blu! Dad's been acting real sick lately and launchpad is out, can ya come over? "

" i- what? I Don't know... where's launchpad?? "

Blu sounded curious, if not a tad concerned but still annoyed

" he's out getting some dusty spy movie, and I doubt honker would want to go out in this rain, the guy can't risk getting sick I guess "

Gosalyn responded, sitting on the same table the phone was on

" well, I don't think I would want to risk that either, it's getting pretty stormy out there, kid "

" please blu? This rain is really dampening my spirit here, plus dad will be driving me up the wall denying hes sick! Please? "

Blu could almost feel gosalyns puppy eyes from here, she rolled her eyes and with a long sigh, she responded

" alright alright, I'll be there in a pinch goss, give me a second "

" hell yeah! See ya soon! "

" language young lady-! "

The lynx blurted out before gosalyn hung up, she probably didn't even hear them, rubbing her temples she punched in a number on her line and waited as it rung, her foot thumbed on the floor in a rush

When the phone was answered, blu put it close to her ear, taking a breath, ms lynxley spoke

" this is agent 61, I won't be able to go out tonight...something came up... "

Some talking was done on the other side, a almost harsh tone made her wrench, gripping her phone the feline replied, a vague bit of unease creeping into their tone

" it's uhh...personal, I just can't reschedule..."

" okay....yes sir, sorry for the inconvenience, director buzzard..."

" goodbye "

Click

The phone was hung up, blu went to grab her coat, umbrella, bag, and walked out of her small trashed hide out

Walking on the rain muddled road blu thought to herself, wondering why she even bothered to do so much for some family, cursing herself for going somewhat soft, she couldn't help it. But they still had a job to do..

...

She hasn't even noticed how long she's been walking til she bumped into- launchpad? He was holding a box of dvds, pop corns and soda, there was a small shiver in his spine by the chilly air and somewhat wildly rain, yet he looked to blu and a smile slipped to his beak, tilting his head he asked

" ah hey jb! What are ya doing out here in this weather? "

Blu looked quite caught off guard by this sight, shaking her head quick they almost stuttered out with a baffled yet concerned tone

" launchpad?? What are you still doing in this weather?? I thought you would have taken the rat catcher or something, not going out bare flippered! "

" oh jeez, well I went out when the rain was still light but then got caught up in this mess, just my luck "

Launchpad said, shaking this head with raindrops dripping down his face, the young hybrid took a breath relaxing her shoulders and smiled a bit, holding up her umbrella to go under launchpad as well they spoke

" well, goss called me over saying Mr mallard wasn't feeling well and asked if I could come over, so I decided to slip over "

" dawh that's sweet slugger, what about we go hurry home to check out on goss and dw? "

Launchpad suggested, giving a nudge to blus shoulder as they began walking

" heh, sure... "

-Meanwhile with gosalyn and drake

Gosalyn was in the kitchen on a stool near the stove top, a pot full of water and whatever salts and seasons gosalyn would throw in there, she's always getting souped shoved down her throat when she's sick so the kid thought she should make dw some soup, a attempt was being made but it wasn't looking good in all honesty

Mr mallard was curled up cold on his seat, more of a soreness in his throat and feverish sweat, his head was pounding and hands where almost trembling, calling out to gosalyn with a horse tone, drake spoke

" Gosalyn- ough..what are you doing in there?? It sounds like a wracket for God's sake "

" oh give me a second! I'm almost done, relaaxx "

Says gosalyn before a moment later bringing a large blue bowl of- practically a bowl of salted water and carrots. Darkwing peaked a eye at the concoction, groaning he placed a hand over his eyes

" ..what is that?? "

" soup! What else would it be? "

The young duckling put her hands on her hips, pouting

" sorry goss but I don't feel like choking down a slurry of salty liquids at the moment ughn.."

dw placed the bowl on the near by coffee table, resting head into the armrest of his chair and shutting both heavy eyes

" man, I just wanted to help "

Grumbled gosalyn, shrugging with defeat yet her tone didn't change by much

Darkwing seemed to soften up a touch by his daughter's words, fluttering his eyes open he reached out a hand to ruffle her hair

" dawh I know sweetie, sorry, what about you go play on your gameduck for awhile instead? "

Gosalyn placed a hand on her chin, now shrugging she went

" huh well, if you insist "

And right before she could make a quick dash to her room, a knock at the door got her attention, waddling up to the door and opening it, she saw blu and launchpad! Just in time too, rubbing their feet on the door mat, blu was the first to waltz on in and speak

" we're here~ and- yikes you look worst than I thought "

said the lynx as she looked over to darkwing, walking on over to where he sat and leaned on his chair, dw argued, not liking blus tone

" h-hey! I have you know I am just- hughmn..peachy, just a...just a little tired "

" huh, alright then old man, I'll be in the kitchen cooking up these cornals then, maybe I'll fix ya some more tea too "

Blu took darkwings old mug from the coffee table, taking the pop corn cornals from launchpad in a short sweep of her tail she made her way to the kitchen, drakes eyes flicked straight open, speaking with some more annoyance he almost slurred out

" wh- who are you calling old young lady! "

" definitely not youuu- ahah! "

Blu's little cackle could be heard from the kitchen, walking in and sitting up on the couch aside from drake, launchpad spoke with a concerned hum

" boy dw, ya know they aren't wrong, you aren't looking to hot "

" oh I'm fine you big baboon, let's just all watch that movie together now, before you track in too much rain "

Launchpad shook his head silently, but overall began to get the dvd from the box and slip it into the dvd slot of the TV, as everyone seemed to be distracted on their own little things, gosalyn tried to sneak away upstairs, yet she only got half way up the stairs before her dear father spoke up

" Gosalyn.. "

The spirited girl snapped her head over her shoulder to look back to drake, slouching she cursed with a lowly raised fist

" dam "

" don't you dam me young lady-! "

-Small time skip to a bit later, the family was set up on the couch as the movie played In the dark living room, they had a bowl of pop corn blu brought in but no blu, apparently she was talking her sweet time with that tea, but it was fine and dandy, gosalyn was sat sinking lazily into the couch, fiddling with her fingers absent mindedly, while launchpad watched the movie with a invested gaze, drake was right besides launchpad as well, leaning on his side kicks side heavily, his head on lp's arm as he tried to keep whatever consciousness he had

Launchpad must've noticed this, he hovered a hand above drakes back before deciding to give him a gentle rub, it made the mallard let out a audible sound of relaxation, untensing his shook nerves, looking around, lp decided that the best thing to do would be to just put darkwing to bed, standing up while hanging dw up on his shoulder, the burly duck said to goss

" I'm gonna go put your dad to bed, kiddo! You go ahead and enjoy the movie, I'll be right back "

" okay lp "

The spirited duckling gave launchpad a thumbs up, still sunken pretty deep into the couch cousins, with that launchpad went ahead over and up the to the steps, drake being held onto his hand with droopy eyes while muttering incoherent things under his breath

Lp turned down the hall to drakes room, a pretty normal but cozy space, opening the door, it was relatively dark, but launchpad didn't mind to turn on a light since there was already some moon light glistening into the room via a open blind, plus he didn't want to wake his favorite crime fighter up, walking in and setting dw down on his bed, he went down with a flop, looking up to launchpad who sat down besides him on the bed, who was also looking down to him

With a tremble in his hands, darkwing felt around Lps arms and shoulders, he went up to the ducks face and cupped the sides of his bill, before his arms gave out and dropped gently down to his sides, the mallard continued to mutter to himself, almost coherently this time

Launchpads cheeks grew a faint hue of pink by the action, but he quickly shook it off, grabbing the covers fo tuck drake in, lp could hear him mumble out to him

" hey lp...? "

" yeah dw? "

A beat of silence passed, til drake continues

" am I...doing okay? "

" huh, well you're kinda under the weather right now but overall- "

" no not like that-! Ughnm...I mean as in...am I doing okay as a crime fighter, or parent, or partner... "

" oh... "

Another thick beat of silence went though the two, before launchpad responded while going drakes pillow a quick fluff

" well course ya are, drake, you can't help do your best heheh.. "

" uhh...y-yeah...just making sure..."

" yep, now get some rest dee, you probably need it "

Launchpad stood up with a small stretch, giving darkwings bed a good pat before beginning to walk out of the room, as he went drake just mumbled one more little thing as he went

" thanks, lp... "

....

Meanwhile, blu was in the kitchen, the very messing kitchen she had to admit, did a child go though here?? Nevermind, blu boiled a kettle for drakes tea, yet it sure has been boiling and hissing for a hot second, turning on the sinks water, they decided to snoop around, just to get a better read on this little family, they began to look though the drawers and cabinets, any loose papers or bills, maybe napping a thing or two she could use to help f.o.w.l, it wasn't personal, just business, that's why she was here afterall, nothing more nothing less, she had to remember that...

Looking though a cabinet full of letters and notes, she digged for a tad bit, before suddenly hearing a voice coming from behind-

" hey blu- uhh..what are you doing there? "

She got jolted back up by the sound of launchpads voice, snapping her body around to face him, the hybrided lynx chuckled nervously, they had their hands hid behind their back, a crumbled old paper in one paw, chuckling with a forced grin the feline lied though her teeth

" uhhh welll...ya know I'm just uhh- looking for this! "

She pulled out a lime squeezer with her spare hand, with a slight spin of their wrist, blu continued

" gonna...squeeze some lemons! In uhh- Mr mallards tea, yeah, it helps with soreness, i think.. "

" ahh right-o kiddo, just wanted to tell ya I got drake to hit the sack, you're welcomed to stay with me and goss to finish the movie If you'll like "

Launchpad said, a shrug in his shoulders as he walked on into the kitchen

Blu hesitated for a second, she slipped the crumbled paper in her paw into her pocket, spinning stiffly on her heel, the lynx dismissed launchpads answer

" d'uhhh..I'll love to but I really got to get back home, I have a school assignment I gotta work on.. "

" oh okay, nice seeing ya Jb! "

" you too launchpad... "

Blu grabbed her bag and coat, making her way out of the kitchen and living room

" bye gosalyn, I'll see you later "

" oh- bye blu! Call me later! Maybe we can hang tomorrow "

" yeah maybe..."

Blu waved gosalyn goodbye and took their umbrella as they went out the door, standing in the cold windy rain, the feline paused, letting the damp rain drops drip onto her ears, before looking though her pocket, taking out the folded crumpled paper and seeing...it was just a coupon for some bowling alley

With a heavy sigh, blu went ahead and walked home with slouched shoulders...

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