Everything in this story created by Disney is property of Disney *Dedicated to my Grandmother, Dottie Jackson. "I never knew her but I love her with all my heart."* Burnings Chapter Three As Duke and Mallory return to the compound, Rose and Michelle hastened forward on their quest for answers and reconciliation. The arson ring that killed their dear friend had much to answer for. Rose watched silently from Michelle's red mustang. Finally the two teenage girls emerged from the store, in their arms they carried two sacks. This was the fifth store they had stopped at. Each time these girls bought supplies for fire. The blue buick they had been following started up and left the parking lot. Michelle started her own car and discreetly followed. Rose looked at her watch and noted that it was ten o'clock. --I don't like this.-- Rose thought to Michelle. --Nor do I.-- came Michelle's thoughts. Finally the buick parked in the parking lot of an abandoned warehouse. Michelle parked a block away. Rose watched quietly as the girls walked to a side door and knocked. The knock brought a teenage boy. The boy looked at the girls. He then turned and communicated to some others inside. The boy came out followed by four other boys. The five boys went and took the supplies out of the trunk of the girls' car and went back inside. Rose looked the building over quickly. Then she scanned it. --There's about thirty people in there. I don't like the set of feelings I'm getting from them either-- Rose thought. --Me too. Let's go in.-- thought Michelle. --Shouldn't we get the others?-- --We'll be alright.-- Rose frowned and followed Michelle. Michelle silently made her way to the side of the building. To their surprise they found a hole cut in the side of the building. It was just small enough for them to fit through. Michelle didn't even look at Rose before she crawled through. Rose silently looked around then followed. Inside Rose and Michelle found a group of teens. They were all seated around on the floor facing a young man who stood in front of them. "This meeting of the Pyro-hood shall come to order." he said. The young man had the look of around eighteen. He was six feet tall and had blue eyes and pale blonde hair. He would have been rather handsome had his face not been showing an egotistical smirk. When the rest of the group had quieted down he began to speak again. "Ok, our target tonight is the teenybopper closet. They have cuaght a couple of our members shoplifting. They pressed charges and now they'll pay." The other teens nodded their heads and murmured their approval. Rose and Michelle looked at each other in horror. This was the arson ring. But it was nothing more than a senseless teenage cult. Many of the teens picked out objects from the pile of supplies that had been brought in. They split up their arsenal of matches, lighter fluid, gasoline, ropes and so on amongst themselves. Then they started to leave. Meanwhile, an observant girl approached the young man who placed himself as leader. Rose and Michelle did not notice her whispering in his ear. He smiled at the girl at whispered back. He silently went behind Rose and Michelle. With two swift blows to the head the two spies laid unconscious on the floor. Duke and Mallory returned to the pond with the duckcycle. Duke was still steaming about being left behind. When they arrived Wing was waiting for them in the garage. "Hey. How's they doing?" Wing asked. Mal smirked. Ever since the new alliance between the ducks and the psysquad, Wildwing had taken a bit of a brotherly interest in Rose and Michelle. Duke looked at Wing in disgust then stormed out of the room. "What doomed his day?" Wing asked. "He's a bit mad at Rose and Michelle. Who, by the way, are doing ok. They're a little depressed but they'll be ok." Mallory answered. "I won't ask why Duke's mad at them." Wing said. Mallory smiled at Wing and walked with him to the ready room where they found Duke. He was still mad and he looked like he was ready to blow his top. The other ducks left him alone so he would cool down. Finally after a half hour. Duke had calmed down. His expression of anger had melted into worry. Mallory recollected the story of Rose and Michelle's disappearance to the others. When she had finished the room was entirely silent. Not a word was said since everyone was in deep thought and worry. The telephone's harsh ring snapped them to reality. Mallory picked up the phone. "Hello." she said. "Hey, Mal. It's Jack. We've got a problem. We can't find Rose and Michelle. Not even by telepathic scan." Jack said worriedly. "Look, calm down we'll be there in ten minutes. Until then keep scanning." Mallory instructed. She hung up the phone. "We have to goot the compound. Jack and the other's have lost contact with our two disappearing acts." she said. "Lost contact?" Nosedive said. "Yeah. I mean contact as in being able to find other telepaths around the city." "Oh." "Well, let's go." Wing said. The six ducks ran to the Migrator and were soon on their way. Rose regained her consciousness quickly. She looked around herself and found that she and Michelle were in the back of a black van. --Typical-- she thought. She tried to scan her surroundings but she felt nothing. What's going on here?-- she thought. She tried as hard as she could but she couldn't use her powers. The leader who was in the passenger seat looked behind him to see Rose awake and alert. "Well, pretty spy number one is awake. I hope your quite comfortable." he said. The young man crawled out of his seat a kneeled next to Rose. "My, aren't you a fast healer. I've used that blow on people and they sometimes wouldn't wake up for days." The young man smirked. All this time Rose had remained quiet and continued to do so. "I guess I'd better introduce myself. It doesn't matter if you know who I am. You're going to die anyway. My name is Bryan. You should already know that I'm the leader of the pyro-hood. You're probally also wondering how you can't use your telepathic powers. Well, I also know a few things. I know about the psysquad. I also know a formula for supressing your powers. A simple injection and all your wonderful powers are gone." Rose frowned at Bryan. This couldn't be good. Rose heard Michelle stirring to life behind her. Bryan gave Rose a cynical smile as he moved back into his seat. Rose adjusted herself so she could see Michelle. Michelle looked up at Rose. Then at Bryan. "I heard everything." she whispered. Rose nodded and looked out of the windsheild. They had reached the 'target'. Bryan and the driver got out of the van. Rose and Michelle grimly watched as the side door was opened and two more young men got in. Michelle immediately recognized one of them as the young man from the mall. The two guys pulled Rose and Michelle out of the van and moved towards the store. Then Rose suddenly realized what was going to happen. --They're gonna burn the store down and us in it!-- she thought, --If only I had my powers right now.-- Everyone waited as someone picked the lock on the back door. Once open, the pyro-hood went inside and set to work. Most of them were busy setting up. The two guys carrying Michelle and Rose set them down in the middle of the store. The second guy walked off to help the others. The one who Rose and Michelle knew kneeled down and started checking their ropes. Out of nowhere, the brunette from Rose's dream appeared. "Devon, please." she said. Rose recognized the pleading look in her face. The boy she addressed as Devon looked at her in surprise. "Missy, get out of here. I don't want you caught." he hissed at her. Rose and Michelle looked from the boy to the girl back to the boy. "I don't care. This isn't right. Please." Missy pleaded with him. Devon looked at her and sighed. "All right. We'll send a message. We can't stop this ourselves." Missy nodded and joined hands with him. Michelle watched as the two concentrated on each other's eyes. --What are they doing?-- she wondered. Bryan came around the counter and saw them. Devon looked up in time to see Bryan raising his hand above Missy's head. "No!" he said. He lept from his position and knocked Bryan on his back. "Pyro-hood scatter and light the fuse!" Bryan shouted as he recovered to counterattack Devon. Missy lost no time and untied Rose's and Michelle's ropes. Michelle jumped to her feet. She saw the other cult members running out the door. Michelle also heard gunfire outside in the street. Rose looked and saw another member program a bomb then run out of the building. Rose grabbed Michelle's sleeve. "We've got to get out of here!" she shouted. "But, what about them?" Michelle said pointing to Missy and Devon. Rose looked and saw Devon was still struggling with Bryan. Devon managed to shove Bryan into a wall and stun him for a second. He turned and shouted "Get out of here you three. I'll take care of him." Rose and Michelle each grabbed one of Missy's arms and pulled her out of the building. Once outside, Rose couldn't beleive her eyes. The Ducks and the Psysquad had arrived and caught the whole cult. Michelle and Rose were warmly reconciled to their friends. "Well, it's about time we found you." Duke said. "Why did you go off and dissapear like that?" Jack asked. Rose shook her head. "Later." she said. Everybody turned to see the building explode and burn to ashes. "Nooo!" Missy screamed and would have run for the building if Coke hadn't been holding her back. Missy then fainted away. Everyone was at the compound. The Ducks had followed the psysquad back to learn about their new friend, Missy. Tanya finished treating Rose and Michelle for smoke inhalation. Rose looked to see that Coke still hovered near the unconscious Missy. "You seem quite interested in her." she said. Coke's head snapped up. Rose noted that his face suddenly went pale then bright red. "Uhhh.. Naw. I was... It's nothing... I uhh..." Coke's stuttering was interupted by a cough from Missy. Missy slowly sat up. "Hi." Coke said to her. Missy looked at him and blushed. "Uh... hi." she said. "Are you a telepath?" Jack said outright. "Jack." Rose interjected. "No, let him speak." said Maloney's voice from the back of the room. Everyone looked to see Maloney and Fox had arrived. Missy shifted uncomfortably. "Yes, I am." she answered. Fox walked over and sat next to Missy. "Here, I beleive you will want this." she said handing Missy a yellow box. "Coke, you have been without a partner since I have returned to the council. We have chosen Missy as your partner on the the future council." Fox said. Coke nodded slowly and smiled. He liked this idea. Missy opened the package which she had just been given. It was the yellow uniform that Fox had worn when she was in diguise. Missy looked and saw that Coke wore a uniform of the same color. Missy looked around at all the psysquad and saw that they were paired off in teams of two. Each team represented by a different color. "I have a question." Mallory said. "What is going on here?" Fox smiled and looked at Maloney. "Well," he began, "Missy, was chosen to be Coke's partner when we were deciding who was to be the future council. We purposely left Missy on the outside of the team so that Fox could do her part. Another one of the council trained Missy while we trained the rest. Missy's brother, Devon was also telepathic. But he was not chosen for the team. He was chosen to further team. Devon and Missy are Ms. Drina's grandchildren. She gladly gave her life so that the universe would be safe for the future. Devon also gave his life in the end. But now, the team is one and the future rapidly approaches." Wildwing shook his head then looked at his friend Canard. Canard was currently residing with the ducks until the time the this future council could ascend it's throne. Wildwing sighed and stood up. This was too strange for him. "Come on ducks, let's go home and allow Missy to settle in without us in the way." The other ducks stood and stretched. They were glad to go home. It was late and they were tired. The next day, was Ms. Drina's funeral. The ducks and the psysquad came. Rose, Michelle, and Missy couldn't help but crying. The three girls had lost a friend and a grandmother. Wildwing gave each of them a warm hug in effort to cheer them up. --I guess earth's ice cream has only temporary effects.-- he thought.