Mighty Ducks: Animated Series story. Need beta.

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I write Mighty Ducks: Animated Series stories as well as other stories from other fandoms.
This one story that I have deals with drinking and driving.
It's a long story.
I need it betaed as it was recently removed wrongly from FF.net for not having the grammar correct as that's one of my main problems is grammar. This story has been beta read before, I'm hoping for a beta reader from this group to grammar check my story.
I'll post this story in chapters in each post, so you can beta it in segments.

If this story request is in the wrong forum, please let me know.

This story is rated R, for the topics.

Thanks.
Beth

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When Drivers Drive Drunk.

Alcohol and cars do not mix.



Duke and Mallory were very happy with their son, even with his make-up gig at school, he still put in his time on the ice with the team when Dive takes time off to be with his wife and children. Mallory was standing to the side trying to get Derek to let them deal with their own make-up and come home.

"Mom, I'll get a ride home with one of the other students. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." said Derek, as he gently rubbed the cheek of the actor with the make-up remover.

"Are you sure?" asked Mallory.

"Yes, I'm sure. I'll get a ride or if I don't get one, I'll call you to come pick me up. Okay?" asked Derek, looking at her after finished removing the make-up from one of the actor's faces . The school play was a hit with the school and it was now done for the week long run ended that night.

"Okay. See you when you get home. Be sure to wear your seatbelt." said Mallory, as she started to walk out of the room.

"I will mom, now go on. The others are waiting." replied Derek.

Mallory smiled as she vanished around the corner and joined up with the others. She told them that Derek will get a ride with one of the students or teachers and not with them. They all headed home to the Pond and started to relax. But Mallory had an uneasy feeling about this whole thing and decided to take a bubble bath and relax since her son was going to listen to his guts.

It was about ten o'clock, most of the students and the teachers were gone home. Derek, Rio and Lorina McSide, who just got her license and was known to be a speedy driver were the only ones at the school. Rio and Lorina were heading for her car to head home.

"Hey Derek! How are you gonna get home?" asked Lorina, looking at the 5" 10', red haired, gray feathered drake.

"I was thinking about walking home or call my mom to come pick me up. Why you ask?" asked Derek.

"Well, we're heading past the Pond on the way to Rio's home. We could drop you off there." said Lorina.

Derek thought about it for a minutes and he nodded as they walked to Lorina's car. Derek got in the backseat and buckled up, then closed his door. Lorina never did buckle her seat belt, neither did Rio, her boyfriend. Derek asked them both to put their seatbelt on, but they just laughed it off as she drove out of the parking lot at 40 miles per hour.

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Meanwhile, in a bar about three miles from Anaheim High School, a forty year old man wobbled towards his car, got in and started to drive away from the bar. He drove fast and very erratically on the road. He yelled at the other drivers who honked their horns loudly as he drove past them as they had the green light and he didn't. He just drove on caring about nothing but getting home.

Rio turned up the radio and started to sing to the song that was being played. He always sang in the school choir since he had a good voice even with his purple, black and red hair. He was the '<i>Goth</i>' of the school but he was cool. Lorina was bobbing her head, tapping her fingers on the steering wheel, still going above the speed limit of 40 miles per hour, the car's speed was 60 miles per hour.

The next sound they heard were squealing brakes and the sound of metal upon metal and their screams were loud and then silence rained down upon the two cars. Derek raised his red tressed head up to look around hearing the voices outside of the car and then darkness came to him as he passed out.

Kaladan was worried since she got a tug at her mind. She paced within the recreation room. Wing knew she was worried about something. He just opened his bill when the phone rang and Kala answered it. "Hello, Flashblade residence."

"Kala, its Klegghorn."

"Hi Klegghorn, what's wrong?"

"Is Duke and Mallory there?"

"Yes they are, but what's wrong?"

"I hate to say this, but there was an accident and Derek is involved in it."

"Oh no. What's his condition? Okay, I see. I'll notify them. They'll be there very soon. Bye Klegghorn." replied Kala, as she hung up the phone.

"What happened?" asked Wildwing.

"Derek is in the hospital. A driving accident." said Kaladan, as she popped open her com. "Attention all Ducks, come to the recreation room now. We have some bad news."

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The Ducks all raced to the recreation room and Kala told them all in a calm and cool voice that Derek L'Orange was in a car accident a few minutes ago.

Mallory screamed. "No! Not my baby!!" and then she fainted in Duke's arms. After a few minutes Mallory woke up. "This can't be happening!?"

All the ducks rushed over to the hospital to see Capt. Klegghorn standing in the emergency room waiting for Mallory and Duke to show up. He led them to where Derek was at; they walked into the room when they saw Derek on the bed. The doctor was standing next to him. He told them that all Derek had was many bruises, two broken ribs, and a monster headache, when he wakes.

Klegghorn said, "Derek was lucky that the seatbelt saved him, without the seatbelt he would have gone though the backseat passenger door and crushed to death. Unfortunately Lorina McShide wasn't so lucky she was killed instantly and was not wearing the seatbelt she went into the steering wheel and it crushed into her ribs and heart. Rio, her boyfriend went through the windshield and right now is in surgery with multiple fractures and internal injuries they don't think he's going to make it."

Wildwing asked, "What about the other driver in the other car, Klegghorn?"

"We're booking him on DWI, that's driving while under the influence and DUI, that's also driving while intoxicated, two counts of vehicular homicide. Leaving the scene of a crash, he was over the legal limit with the breathalyzer that we did on him at the scene, so we had to book him. He told us he hit a rock in the road before hitting a phone pole and going down an embankment, he was trying to flee the scene of the crash. He had three previous priors for drunk driving before. Yeah some rock in the road I'd like a few hundred dollars for every drunk who give me that line I'd be rich! All he got was a broken nose, can you believe it?" snarled Klegghorn.

"Klegghorn, didn't you lose your wife and newborn son to a drunk driver?" said Tanya.

"Yeah, I was left to raise Trina all by myself. That was hard as it is with being a cop too. The creep didn't even care, when I told him what he did you know. Now I have to go to the McShide's house and do a death notification to tell them their daughter is dead. I notified Rio's parents too. They are also on their way here as we speak."

"Do you want both of us to go with you, Capt. Klegghorn?" asked Kala. "I can calm them down with a spell and while they are traveling to the hospital I can keep them in a trance so they will not wreck their vehicle."

"Ok, come on lets go." nodded Klegghorn. Kaladan had recently told him that she was a sorceress and he promised on his own life that he would tell no one about her powers.

The other ducks stayed with Mallory and Duke while Tanya and Kala went with Klegghorn to do the hardest thing which every cop has to do once or twice in their careers.

"I want to get to the McShide's house before the media does." as they got into the police car.

"Why?" asked Tanya.

"They will tell them before the police do, Tanya. The media have scanners on their vehicles to tell them of accidents and they report it on TV and it gets into the papers. The McShide’s have the right to know but, not by the media telling them. That's the police's job not the media's. We have to block the drive way and seal off the area."

They got to the McShide's home. It was a two story house in a nice neighborhood. Klegghorn blocked their car in the garage and Kala cast a spell around the area so no media could get in the area except with a police badge. Capt. Klegghorn, Tanya and Kala got out of the cruiser, went to the door, and rang the bell. The door opened revealing a fourteen year old boy.

"Is this the McShide residence?" asked Klegghorn, showing the boy his badge.

"Yes it is, sir. Can I help you?" said Joel, Lorina's younger brother.

Officer Klegghorn asked, "Is your mom and Dad at home, Joel?"

"Yes, but what's wrong?"

"I need to talk to them. May I come in?"

Joel let Klegghorn and the ducks in the house. Joel rushed into the kitchen. "Mom, Dad, officer Klegghorn from the Anaheim police dept. is here."

Kelly and her husband Andy McShide came in and sat down on the couch. Officer Klegghorn sat down too with the ducks.

"Do you have a daughter named Lorina?" asked Klegghorn.

"Yes, sir we do. But she isn't home yet. Is something wrong?"

Klegghorn spoke in a calm voice, "I'm sorry to inform you but your daughter was involved in a car accident. The driver of the other car who hit her car was a drunk driver."

The mother screamed, "<b>NNNNOOOOOO</b>!!!!" then started crying as Tanya tried to calm her down.

Andy asked, "Is she....?"

Klegghorn closed his eyes and spoke shaking his head, "I'm sorry she's dead sir."

"Did Lorina suffer?"

"No, she died instantly I'm so sorry for your loss. There were two others in the car with Lorina."

"How bad are they?"

"Her boyfriend Rio has massive internal injuries. The doctor said he might not make it. Derek L'Orange was in the back seat wearing a seat belt that saved him he got a lot of bruises, two broken ribs and a killer headache when he wakes up." said Klegghorn.

"Thank goodness he's still alive he can spread the word about seatbelt use, drinking and driving hopefully Lorina won't have died in vain. What about the drunk driver what was his name?"

"Mr. L. March, he was drinking at a bar very heavily. We already talked to the bartender at the Drowned Rat Bar and he told us that he had drunk three glasses of whiskey sours and four beers. They did get him to give the keys up. But, somehow he got to the keys were and he drove off."

"My god, how could he manage to get into his car!?" asked Kelly.

"We have no clue to how he did it. But he was driving with a fake driver's license too." said Klegghorn, sadly.

"This whole tragic incident could have been avoided if the bartender had kept the keys on his body instead of putting it behind the bar and called that bastard a taxi!!" cried Kelly.

"If you three are prepared to go to the hospital, we can take you there?" asked Kala. Klegghorn noticed the yellow glint in her eyes and knew she was using her powers on them.

"We'll drive there." said Andy, as he stood up and picked up his car keys. "I just can't believe our little girl is gone."

They drove behind Klegghorn's car in a state of shock, towards the hospital where they learned that Rio survived the operation but barely. His injuries were great and many but he would never walk the same ever again if he survived the next 24 hours.

Rio's parents were there sitting in the waiting room just light-heartedly chatting with the ducks, trying to pass the time. Klegghorn looked at Kala and nodded as Kala turned towards Andy and Kelly McShide as her eyes glow a yellow color and released them from her spell. They still looked stunned and shocked as they walked over to Rio's parents and hugged them and spoke with them for a few minutes before the nurse came over and spoke with Klegghorn.

"Kelly, Andy, I can take you to see Lorina now?" asked Klegghorn, looking at them gently.

They nodded; Kelly took hold of Joel's hand and walked with Klegghorn to the room where their daughter and sister laid on the stretcher. Kelly started to cry again as she wrapped her arms around her daughter's lifeless body and placed her cheek against her lifeless cheek.

Andy turned to Klegghorn and asked, "Where's the blood?"

"Blood? Oh yes, they cleaned her up before you came into the room. But as you can see her face is badly damaged from going through the windshield. They knew it would be very traumatic to you and your wife and her brother, so they took photos since this is a vehicular homicide case. The coroner has demanded an autopsy to fully figure out what killed her." said Klegghorn.

"Good, we want to know what killed her too." whispered Andy, as he walked to Lorina's side and took hold of her hand in his, and started to whisper a prayer. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Even though I walk though the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for you are with me.; Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord, forever in the presence of my enemies."

Klegghorn stepped from the room, before his emotions got to him. He brought out his hanky and blew his nose before he walked down the hallway towards the waiting room.

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Meanwhile in the emergency room, Mr. March refused the breathalyzer and the urine test so the doctor took a blood sample from him.

"You can't do that!!!" he screamed. "I know my rights!"

The officer said, in a cold voice, "You lost your rights when you decided to drink and drive which killed a 16 year old teenage girl and injured two innocent kids."

Duke heard him and as much as he wanted to make this guy pay for what he did to his son. He decided to let the court decide his fate, even though he was tempted to slash his throat and let him die for what he did to three kids. Duke knew the others would not be very pleased with that. Rio's family were pacing in the waiting room, waiting word on their son and if he survived the surgery.

Duke had empathy for them he understood where they were coming from. He hoped he and Mallory could do something to prevent this from ever happening again to someone else's family.

Tanya, Kala, the McShide were with Klegghorn and the clergy talking about funeral arrangements for Lorina finding a funeral home, getting a coffin and a burial plot for her.

"Lorina was a huge fan of the Mighty Ducks. I think she would feel very at ease on the other side knowing that she had a Mighty Duck Jersey on." said Kelly, calmly.

"Chose one Mighty Ducks jersey with any duck's number on the jersey and she'll have it on her at the funeral, Kelly." spoke Kala, taking her hand gently in hers.

The Ducks all came over to the McShide's and said their condolences they would try to help any way they could.

The McShide's thanked them and asked, "How Derek and Rio were?"

"Derek is still unconscious and Rio.........he is still on the critical list they're both in the ICU floor."

"I'm so sorry." cried Kelly, as she turned to leave with her husband Andy. Klegghorn drove them back to their house. Kala stayed with the others but Tanya wanted to stay with the McShide's family home until she was relieved by someone like a crisis counselor.

Kelly and Andy thanked Tanya with staying with them through this. "Please thank Kala for us as well."

"I will Kelly, Andy. I'm really sorry for your loss." Tanya left for the hospital to see how Derek was doing. She walked in the room with Rio's parents there. "Hi guys any news yet?"

"No, Tanya sorry." Kala replied.

Tanya went to get something cold to drink. "Does anyone want something cold or hot to drink?"

Everyone said no thanks so she went and got a diet iced tea w/lemon in it. An ambulance pulled up with a cardiac arrest patient in full arrest the defibrillator on the ambulance stopped working and they couldn't get the person restarted.

Tanya got curious and so she fiddled with the defibrillator and got it fixed in time that it was working properly they shocked the guy back and it worked!

"Did you ever think of being a doctor?"

"Look it was no big deal forget it." she said, and walked off to her friends.

"Man, she's good and she can work on my ambulance crew any time she wants!" said Jerry.

"Hey Jerry, isn't she's one of the Mighty Ducks Hockey players, I wonder what she's doing here?" Fred said, as they stood outside in the cool night air.

"Don't know. Let's ask Doris in the ER maybe she knows." they walked back into the hospital to see Doris walking past them.

"Hi Doris. Tell us why are the Ducks here?" asked Fred.

"Well, Duke and Mallory's boy Derek got into a car accident.....well, it was a drunk driving accident." said Doris.

"You mean that kid drove drunk?" asked a shocked Jerry. "How bloody stupid of him!!??"

"No, no. Not him, he wasn't drunk. Who was drunk was the other driver of the car that hit a young 16 year old girl's car; which held him in it. The girl who was driving was killed on impact, seriously injuring her front seat passenger, he is barely alive.....it will take a miracle for him to survive this. Derek got the least of the injuries, two broken ribs, a bunch of bruises and a killer headache. He was wearing his seatbelt that saved his life. The other two...." said Doris.

"Didn't even have their seatbelts on right?" asked Fred.

"Correct. If she was wearing her seatbelt....she may just have some severe damage to her ribs and back, her neck, arms and legs but she would be alive and not dead." replied Doris.

Jerry asked, "Didn't Roy and Jon Jon respond to a rescue call that was a code F?"

"Yeah Fred that was my cousin Jon Jon, he’s from the Anaheim fire department medic squad that responded to a car crash."

"Doris, was Jon Jon and Roy on this rescue?"

"Yeah, they were. Jon Jon took it so badly he was crying like a baby."

Well, all through Anaheim that evening there was a phone chain going through all the staff at Anaheim High School telling of the death of Lorina McShide, telling them of a bad car wreck and that Derek and Rio were badly injured in the crash with a drunk driver.

The next morning, the news media was out front of the school. The Principal made the announcement over the school's PA system telling them of a bad car crash and that Lorina McShide had died last night, Derek and Rio were in the hospital badly injured that drunk driving was involved.

All the kids in school were in shock who know all three people some cried openly some were so distraught they had to see the nurse. Counselors were on hand to help the kids cope with the loss of a friend and were encouraged to talk about it. The principal decided to have the flag at half mast in memory of Lorina and the survivors of the crash. The principal told the students when the funeral services are known anyone who was friends with Lorina could be excused for the day to attend her funeral but then he added that if the whole school agrees, the school itself will go to the funeral to say goodbye to her. Lorina was a fan of the Mighty ducks hockey team since Derek was on the team, she and Rio never missed a game with them playing cheering them on.
Lorina was in the school soccer team, she was active with the drama club with Rio and Derek.

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Meantime at the hospital, Rio was still on the critical list and Derek was still asleep. Doris came over to the ducks and Rio's family to ask if they want anything to drink or eat. They all said no thank you. Doris felt bad for the families it was never easy going what they were going through.

Later that morning, Bernie (Buzz) Blitzman went over to the hospital to see Mallory, he was not that dorky kid that she knew twenty three years ago, that talked a mile a minute and had a huge crush on her, he was a lot taller now, he was 34 years old now and that in his late teens, he had a growth spurt so he was 5" 6' and got rid of the glasses to be wearing contact lenses he was almost as tall as Dive. He asked at the desk for Derek L'Orange and can he have visitors.

The nurse looked at her list. "I'm sorry sir he's in ICU; are you family?"

"No, I'm not but I know his mom and dad may I see them please?"

The nurse said, "Ok." she took him up to the lounge where the ducks were in ER. "Hi, this young man said he knows you guys can he stay with you?"

Wing and Kala said he could. Duke and Mallory didn't recognize him at first they were still in shock.

"Who are you?" asked Mallory. She didn't know who he was still.

"It's me Buzz Blitzman don't you remember me Mallory, I had a huge crush on you twenty three years ago?"

"Buzz?"

"Yeah, it's me I'm not a dorky kid anymore. How's Derek and Rio?" giving her then Duke a hug.

"Both are in ICU, Buzz. Rio almost didn't make it through surgery and Derek is still out like a light."

That night, at the family home of the McShide, with the grievance counselor they were looking at Lorina's life insurance policy to see how much coverage they had to do the funeral, coffin and burial for her. The next morning also brought the McShide family the very grim task of picking out a coffin for their daughter Lorina at the funeral home, their Father of the church that they attended was there to help them out. There were so many coffins in the room and very expensive they were overwhelmed.

"I thought we would go first Andy, I never thought we be burying one of our kids!" Kelly cried.

"I know Kelly, but Lorina was taken from us too soon, we will never see her graduate or be married..........*sob*......have children."

The funeral director was kind and tried to help them out. He let them be to make their choice they wanted.

"Andy, do you and Kelly want to do a grave side service instead?" the father asked, gently.

"No, we decided to do the church service with grave side services. We'll keep Lorina's casket closed at the wake due to the blunt trauma to her face being smashed in. Kelly, do you what number you want on the ducks on the shirt for Lorina?"

"Who's the youngest duck at the Pond before leaving Puckworld for Earth?"

"I think Dive is. Why?"

"Can we have his shirt number on Lorina on her to be buried in?"

"I'll see what I can do." spoke the Father. But he wondered if they would allow Lorina to wear the shirt number.

Later that afternoon the Father called the Pond. Dive answered the phone. "Hi, Mighty Ducks... Dive speaking..."

"Hi Dive, I'm Father O'Conner. How are you? Have you heard anything more on Rio's and Derek's condition?"

"No, sir...far as I know from my brother Wing, Rio is still unconscious and so is Derek. Can I help you with something, Father?"

"Can we have a shirt for Lorina with your number on it the McShide's would like to ask if Lorina could be buried with it on her?"

"I'm sure its no problem, just curious sir why my shirt number?"

"Well, Lorina was a ducks fan and you are the youngest of the mighty ducks of the original team."

"Yeah, I know it's a gift but, I can't let my adoring fans worship me though I'd get a swelled head!"

The father was a bit amused but he could tell Dive was trying really hard not to cry. He knew Lorina had died and he felt really terrible about it. "Thank you, Dive."

"Father tell the McShide's I'm sorry for there loss of Lorina."

"I will, Dive and thank you again son."

Nosedive hung up the phone and started crying his bill off. Sassy came into the recreation room and saw Nosedive sobbing. She went to put her arms around him. "Dive, what's wrong?"

"Sassy, that was the father of McShide's church.....they asked me if I would mind Lorina wearing my shirt number at her funeral. I told them it was ok to have it. Man this is the worst! Derek is still in a coma and so is Rio. I hope that sleaze ball gets it good when he goes to court; I hope the judge throws the bloody book at him!"

Mr. March returned home after being let out of jail after making bail he came home took a shower, brushed his teeth, rinsed his mouth with mouth rinse and went to bed. His wife was asleep and didn't know what had transpired that night until she read the paper the next morning about a 16 year old girl killed by a drunk driver and leaving two boys critical condition in the hospital.

Sheila March got up and got the morning paper. When she opened the newspaper up fully she saw the headline of a drunk driving accident with a picture in it, she whispered to herself, 'Those poor souls, may God help them all cope with this.</i>', she sat down at the table with her cup of coffee and toast. Louis was sleeping in for a few minutes. An hour later, he stirred and got up to eat breakfast.

"Well, it's about time you got up, Louis!"

"Well, your voice is to wake the dead!" Louis said, in a loud voice as he took hold of the aspirin bottle and took two aspirin for the hangover from the crash last night.

"By the way where is our car, Louis, don't you remember I need it today?"

"It got stolen. I had to walk home."

"Why didn't you report it to the police?" she noticed the bandage on his arm.

"Didn't bother the person that took it told me he kill me if I told."

"Louis, why is there a bandage on your arm?"

"Nothing, It's just a scratch."

She said nothing more as she read the paper about the crash and noticed the car and the license plate number. "Louis isn't this our car?" pointing at the paper's picture.

"Yeah, then how did it get in the paper?"

"Well, there was a crash and a 16 year old girl was killed and two others injured in critical condition in the hospital."

Meanwhile, the Anaheim police were still investigating the crash doing reconstruction before the two cars hit. It concluded that the drunk was going 85 mph in a 30 mph zone at the time of the crash and Lorina's car was going 60 mph in a 30 mph zone = 115 mph car crash.

Capt. Klegghorn spoke, scratching his head in wonder, "It's a wonder that all three kids didn't die in the crash both boys are in comas and Rio is on life support as well. Lorina's dead and can't tell us what happened."

Later that night, the autopsy report was released on Lorina there was no alcohol in her system or drugs the crash from the impact did major trauma killed her instantly all her bones in her body broke and a bone shattered from her nose into her brain killing her instantly, along with the broken ribs going into her heart as well.

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After Sassy got Dive calmed down, he went to see Phil, their manager to ask for a Mighty Ducks shirt for Lorina to be buried in the answer from Phil was not what he expected. "No, I won't give a free shirt to every person who wants one do you hear me? I'm not made of money if they want one let them buy it!"

"You're a walking piece of garbage Phil! This girl died in a car crash with Rio and Derek inside and you won't honor the family their last wish for their dead daughter!"

"No, I won't and that's final!"

"Fine, you walking piece of garbage I'll give her my shirt for the hockey game and give it to the McShide's to bury her in and I'll wear my practice shirt on game time." slamming the door on Phil breaking the glass on the window.

"What happened little friend?" said Grin.

"Phil said no on the shirt for Lorina to be buried in." said Nosedive. "I feel like I broke a promise to Father O'Conner for Lorina's family."

"No, little friend you did what you could your heart was in the right place since your first wife and baby son died they both died too young I feel your sorrow."

"Yeah, I know Grin but what if it was Wing or Dawn or one of my kids how would I handle my grief?"

"I think Phil will see the light soon." Grin replied.

"Yeah right....."

That morning Mr. March went and called in sick to work. Sheila March thought that was pretty odd him calling in sick. "Louis, are you in....some kind of trouble?"

"No, but I have to do something today <b>OK</b>?" He left the house and took off.

Klegghorn went into court that morning to the arraignment charges of Louis March, drunk driving, vehicular homicide and driving to endanger leaving the scene of a crash and bodily injury putting Rio and Derek in a coma.

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In Anaheim district court house, Mr. March was not at his pretrial conference and the judge was mad! He put out a warrant for his arrest for fleeing his bail bond and not showing up for his trial to answer the drunk driving charges. The judge asked Capt. Klegghorn to go and arrest him now and put him in jail.

Klegghorn left the room and went to his house to bring him in. Sheila answered the door after Klegghorn knocked in it. "Hello Mrs. March,"

"Yes, Captain?"

"Is Louis in?"

"No, he left the house acting kind of odd why?"

"If you see him will you contact me here's my card." handing it to her.

"Is Louis in trouble?"

"Yes, he killed a 16 year old girl last night and put two boys in a coma. One of the boys nearly died on the operating table."

"Was.....by chance any......alcohol involved?"

"Yes, I'm sorry."

"Oh my God!" and she started to sob. Capt. Klegghorn was shocked that she had no idea he was an alcoholic.
A few hours later, Louis was found about ten miles away and put into jail he was arraigned for the charges brought against him.

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The following day, Mallory and Duke were with Rio's family waiting the outcome of both boys in the hospital.

Nosedive had told Kala what Phil said. Kaladan was mad at Phil for being so cruel to not respect the wishes of the McShide family she would make sure that Dive's shirt was on Lorina tonight at the wake.

Later that morning, Kaladan took the shirt with Dive's #33 and teleported to the funeral home. The funeral director freaked out when he saw Kaladan walking into the room; she had the shirt for Lorina with her. "I can put the shirt on her if you want Kaladan."

"No, sir I can do it myself."

Kaladan ignored the question. "Where is Lorina's body? And I would like to be alone with her."

He took her to where Lorina was and quickly left her alone. Kaladan opened the coffin so she could see where she was teleporting the shirt and other items which the team donated to Lorina. Kaladan had to turn away from the coffin and get some strength to look at the broken body of Lorina again. She quickly cast a teleportation spell putting Dive's shirt on Lorina's body also with the team’s shorts and socks (teal, purple & white) as she lowered the coffin's lid. "There that's done."

Kaladan walked out of the room and looked at the director. "Thank you Kaladan, the family will be forever grateful."

"I'm sorry that they have to bury a child. I also lost several ducklings so I know how they feel."

"Will you and the ducks be at the wake today....it's 2-4 7-9 pm?"

"We will be there and some will come early and some later that evening so Derek and Rio won't be along at the hospital, sir."

"Thank you again Kaladan and thank your teammates too please?"

"I will bye." she walked out of the room and slipped into another room to teleport back to the hospital there was no word yet on either boys.

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The ducks walked into the funeral home hearing rock music and a few Broadway tunes coming from the room which Lorina was laid for the services. The room was filled with students from school in tears and parents of the students too. Kala went to find Kelly who was easy to find as she sat next to Lorina's casket, not wanting to drift too far from her. But Kala did drift to Wing's side close to the end of the wake and was held by him.

It was over a hundred people who passed Lorina's family. Only one was not coming over was a young woman till the end of the wake.

"Mrs. McShide. I'm Sheila March. My....I don't know how to say this..." said Sheila.

Kelly placed her hand on her hand and spoke, "Just take your time, Sheila."

"My.....husband was the one who struck your daughter's car."

Kelly's calm look dissolved into tears, Sheila held her hand as she cried, "Your husband.....killed my baby!!!"

"I know. I know. I can do nothing to turn the clock around and take the accident away and your daughter wouldn't be in that casket." spoke Sheila, her voice showing sincerity.

Kelly didn't respond as she kept on crying. Andy came over and hugged his wife as he looked at Sheila. "Don't think that you showing up here will get your husband off. He will go to prison for what he did to my daughter, Rio and Derek." he whispered in a harsh tone.

"I know. I want him to go to prison for what he did. I want him to pay for his alcoholic behavior. He never drank in front of me and I was told that he was an alcoholic by his friends but I pushed the facts aside that he was a closet alcoholic till now. I see several families’ lives in this room ruined or close to being so by what had happened caused by my drunken husband."

Andy and Kelly both saw the anger in her about what her husband had done. That alone made them realize that the young woman was also blaming herself for what had happened to their daughter, her boyfriend and Derek.

"You don't have to blame yourself for what happened, Sheila. God works in strange ways, maybe it was his hand which caused this accident to happen to show us grief and how to handle it." said Kelly.

"I don't know about that. Louis was drunk a lot of times from what his friends and the barkeep told me and he drove too fast when he was drunk or had been drinking this I learned from his police records. He deserves to be in jail and I deserve the same thing. I didn't want to believe he had a problem till it struck down a young girl in the height of her young life, almost killing her boyfriend and injuring another in the backseat. Now I see the truth and even though I'm not effected by it, but I am. I'm divorcing him tomorrow. Maybe if the judge would grant this but it’s up to you, let Louis have a photo of Lorina to have in his cell to which he has to look at her every single day of his rotten life. Make him see that the cause of his drinking and driving he ended a young life; that was not yet begun to live." said Sheila, as tears fell from her eyes. She hugged them both and quickly walked out of the funeral home.

Thrash and Mookie of the Capt. Comics shop they closed the shop in respect for the victims the day of the funeral for Lorina McShide, she collected comic books and was a regular there and that's how she grew to like the Ducks more than any other Hockey team around. Klegghorn was at the wake last night with the ducks but he couldn't stay long he expressed condolences anyway.
Bernie Blitzman was with the ducks too. He was Jewish and didn't understand Catholic wakes, so Kaladan explained to Buzz. Bernie revealed to them that he lost both of his parents in an accident at the amusement park he was only 10 years old. He went over to Mr. and Mrs. McShide and said he was sorry for there loss. Kelly gave Bernie a hug before he went home.

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The next day at the funeral home everyone gathered together go to the church and then mass was said, then to the cemetery for Lorina's final resting place. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. As the coffin was lead down the aisle to be taken to the cemetery where she would be finally laid to peace, Kelly had to be pried away from the casket as she refused to let it go.

Every one of the ducks was there except a few that stayed at the Pond baby sitting the baby ducklings. Duke and Mallory got a call from the hospital that Derek woke up from his coma. He wanted to know how Lorina and Rio was but no one told him what happened the night before last.

Duke and Mallory decided with Kaladan to let him know and then take him to the cemetery so he can find peace seeing Lorina's grave to visit when he and Rio were better. The kids all over Anaheim did a memorial where the crime scene area was; they made a memorial to all three kids’ names, birthdates, and a date when Lorina died with candles at the area of the crash. They asked the city of Anaheim for permission the mayor said no.

But Capt. Klegghorn stepped into the Mayor's office and said in a calm but harsh voice, "Mr. Mayor, you may want to reconsider this. They will do it anyway and their parents pay taxes and voted for you sir. They can vote you out of office too."

The Mayor picked up the phone and called the city workers to assist the kids in with the project around the area. They did the area really nice with three pictures, flowers and what happened at this scene from a drunk driver. A picture of Lorina's car after the investigation was put at the crime scene area on to a bill board, which was paid by the Ducks. The prom that happened two days after Lorina's death, they put her car on the front of the school to remind people not to drink and drive and a picture of all three kids next to the car.

Duke and Mallory walked into the room where Derek was and he was looking at them smiling big and in his chipper voice. "Hi mom, hi dad; h How are you two doing? I wish I wasn't wearing this rib wrap. It's very uncomfortable."

"It is so you won't break those two ribs of yours, Derek." said Duke, with a grin. "So is my son flirting with any of the nurses here?"

"Dad! No, I'm not a flirt like you are. The nurses won't tell me neither will the doctors when I ask them about Lorina and Rio's conditions. Are they okay?" asked Derek.

Duke's smile turned to a frown as he turned towards Mallory. Mallory sat down next to Derek and took a deep breath. "Derek, Lorina......Lorina's condition is....um....was....fatal. She died in the car accident."

"Lorina.....dead?" asked Derek, shocked and stunned by the news.

"Yes, she died upon impact with the other car. The driver of the other car was drunk. Rio barely made it to the hospital and through surgery. The doctor thought that he won't survive this long but he has and he's alive today but he's paralyzed from the waist down. He has several broken ribs and two broken arms." said Duke, as he sat down next to Derek on his left side.

"Did they bury her already?"

"Yes, today. We'll take you and Rio to her grave when you two are strong enough to handle this." said Mallory.
Derek closed his eyes as he swallowed several times. "I told her to wear her seat belt. I told her I had a bad feeling about that night. She didn't even listen to me. I also told her to slow down too. She was going at least sixty; I think....I don't recall much of the accident, just the crunch of metal and sirens and voices outside of the car and then....I wake up in the hospital with two broken ribs and a lot of bruises and a killer headache."

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At the Pond later, while the ducks were practicing there hockey, a young woman of 29 was watching the ducks playing she was sitting quietly. Kaladan noticed the young woman sitting there. She sensed no harm from her. "Tanya, do you know this woman?" she pointed at the bleachers.

"Yeah I think I do....I went to University of California with her she was learning nursing or some skill I never asked her she was taking some courses, but I lost track of her for a few years."

"Why?"

"Some guys were being immature because I was the only Duck on campus who could do all the math work and science and I got my degrees in a few weeks to be a doctor and science, Computer technician. She befriended me and was very kind to me she didn't care if I was a duck from another planet she told the guys to leave me alone. They left me alone after that argument with her. I kind of tutored her while I was a student there she was having trouble with math she told me she had a learning disability, so I tutor her she did so well she took me to lunch as a thank you for tutoring her."

After practice the woman comes down from the rafters to see Tanya. "Hi Tanya, how are you?"

"Sandy?"

"Yeah I guess you forgot all the math tricks you taught me while in college it helped me a lot. I heard you married a nice drake named Tempest L'Orange and have a daughter named Snowy right?"

"Yeah....how did you know?"

"Tanya, I have been a ducks fan for years!"

The others came and talked to Sandy. "I heard about Derek, Rio and Lorina I'm so sorry..." Sandy started to cry as Tanya wrapped her arm around her.

"Where have you been for the past several years? Sandy, I lost track of you!"

"Tanya, I was hit by a repeat drunk driver several years ago. I have injuries from the crash my back was straighten, three vertebrate were pushed out of place and got post concussion syndrome from the crash."

"Oh no,"

Kaladan and Wing were listening to her story. "Is she telling the truth Kala?"

"Yes, she is."

"Wing, if you want to check for the damages to my back use the mask."

"What? How the feathers do you know about the mask?"

"It's the legendary mask of Drake DuCaine....Kala's ex, right?"

"Yes, but how do you know how it operates Sandy?"

"I read a lot Mr. Flashblade, so I know about your flight to Earth to fight Dragaunus and his evil minions from taking over Earth. Wing, use the mask...its ok I'm giving you permission ok?"

"Kala, should I? I feel I am invading privacy here! What if she's pregnant, it could harm the child?"

"Wing, she gave you permission if she was hiding something she would have done it by now, and she trusts you so you can do it."

Wing checked her fully out. "Yeah, you right about the back Sandy it's been injured about 7-8 years ago. How in feathers did that happen?"

"As I told you I was hit by a drunk driver damage was done to my back so I learned how to focus this experience to help others like myself who survivor of a drunk driving crash I volunteer at a T. P. A. D. D. Chapter; which stands for The Parents against Drinking and Driving. They have a support group for bereaved and survivors to talk about what happened and also I talk to 1st. offenders program at their meetings and tell them my story and how it's affected me. I was at the March pre trial conference he skipped out on his bail bond and was recaptured. Didn't you know you were allowed to go to his pre trial conference?"

"No. No one told Mallory or Duke, Rio or the McShide's ether." Kaladan spoke.

"Has Mallory and Duke got a lawyer for Derek yet?"

"No, we don't know why?"

"Well, he needs a personal attorney lawyer for him, Rio and Lorina's family to sue Mr. March for damages he did and to see him put away for good this time and also the Drowned Rat Bar was responsible for letting him drive off they are just as much to blame for the crash because they served Mr. March they can be sued as well."

Tanya was really curious how Sandy knew so much about the laws pertaining to drunk driving. She looked at her with the question written on her face.

"I went through this also with my crash too so I know how the legal system works."

"Sandy, do you want to eat with us we're ordering Chinese food?"

"Yes, if you let me pay for some of it too. It's only fair." pulling out $50.00 bill to give to Wing for her share of it. "No sugar, MSG or shell fish I'm highly allergic to it." She got out her glucose meter to test her sugar.

"What is that Sandy?" asked Tanya.

"A glucose meter I'm a diabetic and I have to check my sugars 4 X daily. I'm under control Tanya, so don't worry OK?"

Tanya was interested so she watched Sandy doing what she was supposed to do. So she watched as her friend checked her sugar it was ok so she could eat dinner with them.

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Later, she ate with the ducks and talked more on the subject. "Drunk driving is not an accident it's considered a crash. Accidents are not on purpose but drinking and driving aren't so they're called crashes because if they used common sense they wouldn't kill or maim people for life."

"Sandy, why we weren’t informed of March's pre trial conference." said Duke and Mallory.

"I don't know....I think his lawyer had something to do with it, you should have all been allowed to confront him in the court room.....you have rights.....Derek's Rio's injuries are for the rest of their lives and Lorina.....she paid the ultimate price when Mr. March killed her. All of you are victims here and you need each one of you has been affected by Mr. March's actions. I also found out the Drowned Rat Bar has gotten it's license revoked before because another bar patron got behind a wheel and drove drunk the person is also dead and her husband too they were driving home from their honeymoon, they were married two days and were killed instantly the drunk crossed over into their lane and killed them."

"Oh man. That's so sad they never got to celebrate their lives together and have kids." said Dive.

"Yes, unfortunately but it happens all the time more than you know Nosedive."

"You're not joking are you?"

"No, Nosedive I'm not. People are getting killed by drunk drivers every 10 minutes in this country."

"It's a shame though; I didn't know this happens a lot."

"It does Duke and I'm sorry that Derek and Rio suffered at Mr. March's hands behind the

wheel and killed Lorina."

"Well, Mallory, we have to get attorney for Derek then. Even though his injuries are minor, but Rio's got more out standing medical bills and to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair and Lorina ended up six feet under because that jerk decided to drink and drive!!!!"

"Duke, you have the right to be angry but bear in mind to channel your anger in a positive way tell your story and how it affected you, Mallory and Derek and the other ducks."

"Sandy, how did you deal with it when a drunk hit you?"

"I was angry, sad, but, I got through it."

"Are you still in college?"

"No, I had lost eighteen to twenty-four months of college I can't get back. But, I am going back soon to get my degree hopefully in the next three years."

"Sandy, what were you studying before the crash?"

"Culinary arts chief, Wing, Tanya was helping me with my math she is a good tutor though I couldn't have done it without her help training me to think of math fractions like cooking using a measuring cup."

"Oh it was no big thing ok?"

"Tanya if it wasn't for you I would have flunked the math exam finals."

"Oh posh, you're going to give me a swelled head!"

"Why I see you you're one smart lady Tanya you shouldn't be so shy though."

"I told you Tanya I guess I'm not the only one who's noticed it then!" Tempest carried Snowy into the room to Tanya. "Hon, I think your daughter wants you." said Tempest, as he handed Snowy over to Tanya.

"Tanya, can I hold Snowy? I'm good with babies and I have a niece named Mary."

"Oh ok but she gets fussy though." said Tanya, as Sandy held Snowy talked to her and she went to sleep faster than usual.

"Oh man, I can't believe this she throws up on me but she sleeps on you what gives here?"

"I'm great with babies Nosedive they really like me a lot!"

"I'll say she does like you a lot Sandy usually Snowy never goes down to sleep

easily though."

"Well I'll babysat and I have my CPR certification." she pulled out her certification

cards.

"How long have you been certified?"

"Fourteen years certified and thirteen recertified. Now about tomorrow, Mallory and Duke will have to go to their lawyer or find one, who will help put Mr. March away for good."

Phil came in a slow, sad pace. He knows that the ducks will not do any publicity stunts till Derek and Rio is better and that may be months or years down the line. Phil raises his head up fast and says, "Leave that all to me. I know the perfect lawyer for this case."

Mallory says, "No way Phil, this is our son and we don't want some greedy lawyer friend of yours to handle this case. We'll get our own."

"No, no. This lawyer is nothing like that. She does personal injury suits and that sort of stuff, but her main specialty is getting drunk drivers who kill in prison for life. Amara Eland is a part of a group called T. P. A. D. D. , her five year old daughter and three year old son along with her newborn son were killed by a drunk driver who rammed into them fifteen years ago, she joined them and told them if T. P. A. D. D. wants a lawyer who will nail the drunk driver for what he deserves and the bar who gave him the alcohol will pay big-time for the loss of the children or adults who die due of their drunk driving and stupidity."

Sandy looked at Tanya and smiled. Mallory was about to strike at Phil for the suggestion. Sandy knew she had to act fast. "Mallory, I was going to recommend Amara Eland to you both. She has proved to be the best and she won't charge much for taking the case. Let me give her a call and she'll come over." said Sandy, as she picked up her cell phone and called a number. "Hi Amara, it's Sandy, listen we have a big case on our hands, the March case. Yes, I am with the L’Orange’s right now. I think you should come down here now and talk with them. They want you as their lawyer. Okay, see you soon." and she hung up the phone.

Tanya brought out some coffee mugs and a coffee pot. Sandy went to help and she noticed that the area they were in was handicapped accessible. She noticed it almost everywhere. Tanya noticed the look. "Yes, it's accessible to the wheelchairs. One of the Ducks was paralyzed many years ago but she got her legs back and walking again."

"Good, cause Amara is paralyzed from the waist down. She was hit by the same drunk driver walking to her van which held her children in it. The car went right into the van blowing it up and the car itself. The children died immediately. The drunk driver ended up surviving for a few hours and then died to his injuries. Amara has no love or likings to anyone who drinks and drive and will use everything in her power to get that person off the road, either by prison or having their driving privileges removed, which she did with March. Yes, we have dealt with Mr. March before. He wasn't to drive for about two decades, that's how tough she is. The California Drivers License Bureau agreed to how long he was not to drive and put a lock on his license. We had already gotten word that he tried to get his license renewed last month but it was denied since it was not time to have it back. He got a fake one instead and drove." said Sandy, her tone went from gentle to harsh when she spoke about Mr. March. "Tanya, is the bathrooms handicapped accessible too?"

"Yes, they are Sandy."

"Tanya, may I please have tea with lemon if you have it?"

"Sure, I forgot your diabetic Sandy...I could have one of the guys run to the store and get some diabetic substitute for you that way when you visit the Pond, we'll keep it on hand for you ok?"

"Thank you, but don't have to go out of your way for me OK?"

"Do you know Capt. Klegghorn?"

"Yeah we all do why?"

"Tanya, did Capt. Klegghorn ever tell you guys how his wife and newborn son were killed by a drunk driver?"

"No. Why was he at Mr. March's pre trial conference?"

"Yes, and he was on the verge of tears. He had to arrest Mr. March."

"Dive, can you run to the store and get sugar substitute and some lemons please?"

"Sure Tanya, no problem but why,"

"Dive, Sandy can't have regular sugar it will put her in a coma." Wing didn't want to tell Nosedive she could go into diabetic shock and die from it.

"Ok, I'm going does anyone want anything else while I'm shopping?"

"Yeah," writing down three bottles of sugar free decaffeinated ice tea mix for Dive. "Here is the money for it; I need more of this in the apartment any way, thank you so much, Nosedive!"

Nosedive pushed the money back to Sandy. "No way man my treat and besides you’re helping us out!" Nosedive was back forty minutes later with the stuff and Sandy's three bottles of iced tea mix, lemons and sugar substitute.

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Later, at the table all the ducks were sitting there with Sandy and Amara Eland the lawyer going over the case she was talking, after listening to all the details she spoke, "Well you guys definitely have a pretty strong case here we need the McShide's family and Rio's family into this law suit as well it makes the case airtight against Mr. March and also the Drowned Rat bar for letting him walk out of the bar drunk that night. That bar has been serving minors’ drinks their license has been revoked before for serving underage kids and not carding either, before that they let another person walk out drunk before and he has killed a mother and young child of an Anaheim police officer."

The ducks were in shock of all that was said to them. They could tell the anger in her voice towards the drunk driver.

"Amara, do you know who was the one who killed them? Is he still around?" spoke Kala.

"Yes, he is. He killed the Anaheim police officer's young wife and newborn, leaving a young girl and a widower behind."

"Do you know who it is Amara?" asked Duke.

"Yes, but y you’re not going to like the answer either Duke, it's the same driver."

"Who the Puck is it!!!" slamming his fist on the table breaking the table in half.

"Mr. Louis March."

"Oh no!" Mallory screamed.

"Who were the child's father and wife of the police officer in Anaheim?"

"You know the officer guys....you're friends with him."

"No, not Capt. Klegghorn?" spoke Wing.

"I'm sorry, Wing I thought you guys all knew what happened to Capt. Klegghorn family."

"Amara, I don't think Capt. Klegghorn ever told them about it." Sandy said.

"When Capt. Klegghorn wants to tell you he will but doesn’t ask him unless he wants to tell you what happened ok?"

All the ducks agreed and decided to not say a word, Kala decided to put a forget spell on all the ducks to forget what they learned about Klegghorn except her and Wing after every one left, Sandy helped Tanya clean up the mess. "Sandy you don't have to do this you know...."

"Yeah I know Tanya but you guys have been so nice to me."

"I wish Nosedive would take the money for the stuff I asked him to get me though and I was really low on unsweetened decaffeinated ice tea mix in the apartment though."

"Sandy, we make more money as hockey players but we do have our own lives even though we're stuck here."

"Tanya, I hope you and the other ducks will be friends with me."

"Sure, do you want to baby sit Snowy for a few hours? Tomorrow night Tempest and I would like to go out for a bit."

"Doing the town with your hubby Tanya, you need a break."

"Yeah you could say that. Some of the ducks will be here if you run in to a problem ok?"

"Tanya, why did Kala and Wing entrust me with the Pond access code to your Head Quarters?"

"I think Wing and Kaladan do trust you we usually don't give it out to anyone. We had a spy from Puckworld named Lucretia DeCoy in the base she was working for Dragaunus, she got all or most of the resistance fighters killed on Puckworld and she had me tied up in the rafter above the pond on the jumbotron so I couldn't tell the guys she was a traitor she tried to kill the rest us off but I stopped her and freed the guys."

That's sad is she still around Tanya?"

"No swallowed up by a dimensional gateway. But then we found out that she was found by Dragaunus older brother Diablo and married him, gave birth to Fasttrach and a daughter by the name of Serilda."

"I hope she doesn't ever come back here to hurt you guys."

"I hope you're right on that one. By the way Sandy how much do you charge per hour baby sitting?"

"Never mind go have a good time with Tempest ok?"

"Oh ok, if you insist by the way can you be here at 7:00 PM. We should be back soon if we're not we will call the Pond ok? By the way Sandy bring your stuff your going to sleep over here at the Pond."

"Huh, why?"

"Well, incase we're out too late ok?"

"Oh don't you dare set me up with Phil, he's a sleaze!"

"Heck no, I wouldn't do that I give you my omni tool first. You're getting a room with a bathroom with an access code so Phil won't get into your room."

"Thanks you're a true friend!"

"No problem thanks for doing this favor for us."

"Sure Tanya I don't mind doing this one favor for you. Do you think maybe Kala can find a nice guy for me?"

"Hey anything's possible though. By the way that iced tea mix you bought it's really good!"

"I got hooked on it when I became diabetic and it only has 5 calories in it. So I can drink as much as I want."

"Well, thanks I'll remember to get it and stock up the pond with it in HQ."

"I could not believe Dive actually drank three glasses of it I guess he likes

it!"

"I would never give Dive the diabetic chocolate thought."

"Why?"

"You'd never get him off the toilet it goes right through you!"

"Oh good thing you told me I was going to get it for you."

"Tanya, thanks for not getting it."

"Well, I'm happy Nosedive liked the sugar free decaffeinated Ice tea with lemon Tanya."

"Yeah, he usually eats any and everything....I think when you checked your sugar he kind of freaked out a bit and Sassy has been getting on Nosedive's case to not eat so much sweet stuff. Anyway I noticed all the ducks were drinking it too even Grin and he usually never drinks the stuff unless its plain sugar Iced Tea or soda."

"Sandy, did they ever find out who made Louis fake ID for him?"

"No, I'm working on it though with Amara though I promise I'll let you know."

"Maybe we can go undercover. I'm probably sure you know that Kaladan can do spells she can make us younger and we can get drinks at the Drowned Rat Bar maybe Klegghorn can help us get them on something."

"I don't know Tanya all you ducks are well known and your cover will be blown. It's entrapment and it's against the law."

"Oh..." Tanya looked brokenhearted about it.

"Don't worry about it, Tanya, we have someone who is an informant working on the inside that's trying to find out who made March's fake ID for him. He will be prosecuted with March and the Drowned Rat Bar as well. Tanya, Derek is your nephew isn't he?"

"Yeah, he is. I married Tempest and then I found out he was of royalty. Duke and Jayny are royalty too as well. But, Mallory is by marriage to Duke L'Orange."

"Well, I can see why you’re so upset then."

"Sandy this is between me and you ok? No one is supposed to know about me being

a commoner and I married Tempest because I was carrying Snowy.....at the time she would have been labeled a bastard child and plus that Kala is a sorceress."

"I don't care if you are a commoner Tanya you're still my friend and you helped me so your heart was in the right place. I won't tell anyone ok?"

"Thanks I appreciate it. Sandy, do bring a change of clothes though you will still be sleeping over here ok?"

"Are you sure this is ok with all the ducks, Tanya?"

"Oh yeah we took a vote on it."

"How does Wing feel about it though he was tricked once though he's a very intelligent person....I don't want to break his trust?"

"Kaladan has the same amount of pull as Wing though as team leader though."

"Tanya, do you have a treadmill in the HQ?"

"Yes, why?"

"When I work out in the morning with a walkman and I'll take Snowy with me when I work out in the exercise room that way I can keep an eye on Snowy, feed her and change her when she needs it."

"I'm sure Wing will let you. Do you have shorts and shirt?"

"Yeah I do Tanya and I have to check my sugar in the am and eat before working out or I'll crash my glucose burning it off without eating."

"How long have you been a diabetic?"

"About nine months, I am keeping a tight control on it though and losing the weight I put on I was as heavy as your manager Phil is now. I wish I didn't get it but I was my own fault though and I have to take responsibilities for my own actions though."

"Phil had a heart attack a long time ago, can diabetics get heart disease?" asked Tanya.

"Oh yes, if you're diabetic....your chances for getting heart disease increases. Don't worry." Sandy said, reassuring her. "So please don't worry ok?"

"Oh all right."

"That's the duck I met in college go and have a good time out with Tempest. I promise to take good care of Snowy for you both ok?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

Tanya and Tempest went out and had a nice time but the media was following them around like a bunch of buzzards on a kill. They all demanded to know what they thought about the drunk driver who injured their nephew Derek. Tanya begged Tempest not to attack them. He didn't need to as couple members of JAG showed up and got their attentions on them while Tanya and Tempest slipped away from them and the JAGs then walked away or more like surfed away.

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The next day, it was early hours at the courthouse about 7am; Amara was browbeating the DA for not letting the Ducks know about the pretrial hearing. The DA knew she was in big trouble for that mistake. Duke and Mallory glared at her as well as Tanya, Tempest and Kaladan.

"Louis March's lawyer said not to bother with contacting you since he knew that Louis will plead guilty."

"But he didn't show up at the hearing and an arrest warrant was issued for him. I want him in jail till we get the decision from the jury of his guilt or innocent which is unlikely!" snapped Amara, angrily.

"That's taken care of. He's unable to get out of jail till the jury decides his fate. His attorney wants a jury to hear his client's case." spoke the DA.

"So when is this going to start?" asked Sandy.

"Today. The jury has been pulled and they don't even know which case they are on. Only that it's a case where a drunk driver killed a young girl and seriously injured her two passengers. They do not know that the son of one of the Ducks...I mean two Ducks is one of the injured passengers." said the DA. "Is Derek able to be in the courtroom?"

"Yes, but he's still weak." spoke Mallory. "But why?"

"So we can tell the jury what was going on within the car." replied the DA.

"Um, that's in the police report." said Amara.

"Yes, we know. We just want the jury to know what Derek knows of the accident." stated the DA's assistant.

"But Derek doesn't know anything about the accident!" exclaimed Mallory.

"Yes, but maybe reliving it may help shine some light on it." said the DA's assistant.

"I won't let you torture him about it!!!" snapped Mallory, as she glared at the DA's assistant.

"Mrs. L'Orange, we will not torture him, the other side might do that. But we will not know." said the DA.

Sandy pointed out the that Rio's family and the McShide's were not notified either of Mr. March's pre-trial conference and they had the right to attend or have someone representing them.

Sandy called Amara Eland, she was hired to take on not only the ducks case but, the McShide's and Rio's family too since the ducks had talked to them and told them Amara Eland was representing them in a court case against Mr. March.

Derek was given a deposition to tell his story under oath and so was Rio to what happened since Lorina was dead. Since they were the only two survivors of the crash.

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Sheila March in her own way of dealing with this was to divorce her husband on the grounds of being drunk and she didn't tell people that her husband was hitting her in his drunk rages. She asked her lawyer to also try her for the death of Lorina as well.

"Why, are you requesting such a thing Sheila?"

"If I had stopped him a lot sooner.....Lorina McShide wouldn't have died that night and two boys injured and Capt. Klegghorn wouldn't have lost his whole family to Louis!"

"I will ask the judge about that Mrs. March since you are filing for divorce from Louis. Why are you doing this to yourself, you didn't do anything wrong?"

"If I could have stopped him I would have saved a few good kids who didn't deserve to be injured and one is dead."

The McShide's, Rio's family and the Mighty Ducks all met at the Pond talking about the court case and that was going to trial soon with Amara Eland and Sandy Steen. They all asked questions and those questions were answered very quickly.

Amara Eland spoke, "There is another case coming to trial as well guys."

Mallory, Derek and Duke all asked at the same time. "Who is it?"

"Mrs. March wants to go on trial for the deaths of Lorina, injuries to Derek and Rio."

"Why?" asked Wing.

"She needs closure, Wing she feels bad that people were killed by her husband."

"I thinks she's not telling us something." said Kala.

"Yeah it appears that there were more than several 911 calls to the March residence. Mr. March was attacking his wife in one of his drinking rages."

"Oh no," said Tanya.

"She was a victim of domestic violence from her drunken husband and any money she gets from the divorce settlement she's putting it to help people who have been hurt by a drunk driver."

"What....what will happen to our case?"

"Nothing it stays the same and Mrs. March's lawyer asked the court to put her on probation for six years, for her testifying against her husband."

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The court case went on for only two weeks in which both lawyers examined the defendants and plaintiff was cross examined the evidence before them. The media was there in droves and it was aired on TV each day, since a Puckworldian who was native to Earth was one of the plaintiffs, it started to really wake people up to how many people drove drunk and injured so many people, including themselves.

Amara Eland spoke, "When Mr. March left the Drowned Rat Bar that night. He was so drunk that he caused an accident with another car which carried three people in the vehicle, that accident killed the 16 year old girl who was driving the car, one is now confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life who was in the front passenger seat and another with broken bones and bruises, he was in the back passenger seat behind the young man who got paralyzed. The last accident Mr. March caused happened over several years ago, killed an Anaheim Policeman's wife and newborn son died due to Mr. March's actions when he decided to drink and drive with a fake ID in which the DMV refused to give him back since the last DUI and DWI's arrest. Most of the time he spent from that accident was in recovery for his injures and prison till he was released over two years ago. Since then he drank heavily and drove without caring about the person or persons in the other cars." she paused to catch her breath before she continued on. "Also, we found the person who made that fake ID and for several others who got fake IDs for, he was prosecuted and got 25 years, behind bars for his connection to the crime. The Drowned Rat Bar lost it's liquor license permanently and can't never get it back and had to pay for all the people killed or injured in the car crash. Thank you."

There were 12 jurors: thee African Americans, three White, three Hispanic, and three Japanese. The judge was against drunk drivers and was one on Mrs. Eland's side of this but she had to listen to both sides to make a decision. Lorina's family, Rio's family and Derek's family all did their statements to the jury and to the judge after the lawyers were all done with their final arguments. Most of the jurors cried when Rio told them of his dreams of being a famous football player and now his dreams of being a famous football player was ruined due of Mr. March's actions the night that they got struck by his car.

The jury was sent out after arguments statements of Mr. March's guilt and the victim impact statements. They came back with a verdict of guilty of all charges including vehicular homicide and manslaughter.

They handed the paper to the court officer and she handed to judge. The judge read it and asked the jury. "Is this your final answer?"

The jury spoke together, "Yes it's our final answer."

"Will the defendant please stand?" Mr. March stood up along with his lawyer. "Mr. March, the jurors of your peers have found you guilty of vehicular homicide, fleeing the scene, drunk driving and injuring innocent people I sentence you to life in prison with no chance of parole and you have Lorina's picture up in your cell to remind you what you did to a 16 year old young teenager in the height of her young life after the crash to remind you for the rest of you life!" The judge held up a picture of Lorina's broken body all bloody and quickly lowered it. He continued. "And the court finds you have to pay restitution to McShide's family for the loss of Lorina and any and all expenses to Rio's family for the damages to Rio will have the rest of his life and Derek L'Orange for all his hospital bills as well. You will also, sit in jail will write three checks every week and in the mail before Saturday of each week and to each of the three families for 16 years as part of your sentence if you miss paying the checks you will be brought in front of me and more time on your check will be added understand!"

Mr. March yelled out, "Bbbbut your honor it's not fair!"

Judge snapped angrily. "You can add on another 16 years which now will be 32 years of check writing to your sentence Mr. March! Case closed!"

Everyone cheered as Mr. March was led from the court room, his lawyers tried the appeal court to overturn the judge's decision but failed.

Months later the ducks, with Derek and Rio, Kaladan transported them to where Lorina was buried and they brought red and yellow roses to her grave. Sandy was there as well, she had driven herself there since her grand parents were buried nearby, she went to visit them.

The school had decided after Lorina's death, put a red rose on her desk and it was to remain there for the rest of the school year a seat was kept empty in respect for Lorina.

"Sandy, thank you for Amara's Elands help." said Duke.

Mallory spoke, "Now the boys can have closure now and maybe tell their story at T. P. A. D. D. Do you know when the next meeting is?"

"I'll find out and I'll call you later OK?"

"Sure, Sandy, but why are you crying at this grave?" asked Duke.

"It's my mom and dad, Duke they died about a few years ago so I visit when I can."

"I'm sorry....."

"It's ok, Duke really." Sandy put her hand on his shoulder. Mallory didn't get angry with her doing this.

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A few days later, a hooded young man entered a room filled with men and women who have all gotten hurt by those people who were injured due of someone drinking and driving. Sandy turned to see who it was.

"Is this the T. P. A. D. D.'s meeting?" asked the young man.

"Yes, it is. Care to sit down. We just started the meeting." spoke Sandy, looking at him.

"Thanks Sandy." said Derek L'Orange, as he removed his hood from his head to reveal who he was to the group.

"Everyone, I want you to meet Derek L'Orange. A few months ago, he and two friends were hit by a drunk driver who killed the driver on impact. Come on and sit down. You don't have to say anything yet, Derek. This group is slowly healing each other. Each day is one step closer to being healed in the heart and the mind." said Sandy, as she pulled another chair into the circle.

Derek sat down next to Sandy. Everyone in the group introduced themselves to Derek and told him their stories. Some had lost loved ones to a drunk driver and were survivors too like Derek were.

Erik started and told everyone what happened to him and his sister Jenny were in a car with her boyfriend going to a baseball game and was hit by a drunk driver. Both the driver and her boyfriend were killed instantly. He felt his twin die that night and he was having trouble dealing with his twin's loss and him surviving a crash.

Others told their stories too some were injured and the whole families were killed and they were the only survivor. Derek listened and was very sad that he had to excuse himself from the group and went to cry. Sammy, another survivor left the room to see if he was ok after he didn't return.

Sammy went up to Derek. "Are you ok, Derek?"

"Yeah, it's hard listening to all this but mom and dad talked to Sandy and they thought this would help me a bit."

Sammy asked, "How is Rio doing?"

"He is trying to relearn everything being in a wheelchair. He's taking it hard. Lorina was right next to him dead from the cars impact."

"Will he being joining us soon as he's out from rehab?"

"I hope so he needs the guidance and the support from this group."

"Sandy was hit by a drunk driver also Derek."

"Yeah, I know she told my aunt Tanya, she went to college with my aunt but the lost contact for a few years. At team practice, Sandy was there that day and she helped my family out. She talks to those offenders who drank and drove as well. She's one cool person for a human though."

Sammy smiled. "Do you want to go back in and tell your side now?"

"Yeah, I need to get it out of my system and move on; I had to miss a lot of hockey this season because of the crash."

"Derek, there is a candlelight vigil next month for T. P. A. D. D. to remember survivors and the people who died at the hands of a drunk driver."

"I would like to go. Let me talk and get it out ok. Sammy, thank you for being a friend,"

"No problem I wish I had you for a brother though I miss mine terribly."

Derek told his story to the group and they were happy he came back to join the group he came every other week and he brought Rio for a meeting, the therapist though it was good to do this to get him ton deal with what happened to him.

The McShide families were getting some support for the loss of Lorina and joined T. P. A. D. D. and they spoke about their grief and anger and the depression that they felt.

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All the ducks all came to the Candle Light vigil every year and the first year. The McShide’s, Rio's family and the L'Orange family all lit candles in memory of a loved one and the ones who died. Duke, Mallory, Tanya and Wing read names of loved ones who couldn't attend of the lost a family member so they would always be remembered.

All the ducks joined T. P. A. D. D. But Derek, Mallory and Duke were life members because of Derek. They help out with anything the need help with and do guest appearances. Nosedive got a dunking booth for at one of the T. P. A. D. D. fun carnival day for summer awareness. Dive finally got his revenge on Phil, he put a cover over the tank and made him sit on a board then he pulled the cover off and locked the door so he couldn't get out. Kala magically sealed it with a spell and code name only the ducks knew.

It said, "I support a Drunk Driver put me in the tank!" Three balls for a $1.75, six balls for $2.75, and little kids under 5 got to nail Phil for a $1.00. Well, they were lined up in droves to get Phil.

Capt. Klegghorn stepped up to the plate and Dive gave him the balls. Capt. Klegghorn threw the ball and it slammed the target and put Phil right into the tank and Phil went in with a splash! Everyone got him and Phil was very upset.

"Come on, Phil take it like a man will you or your going to stay there all night!"

"I'll sue you Klegghorn!"

"Phil, you couldn't hold water if you tried!"

Everyone got a shot even Wing got him several times! Then Dive went up.

"No Dive, please have mercy here!!!" pleaded Phil.

"Yeah, Phil why should I huh? You told me when I asked for a shirt for Lorina to be buried in you told me, '<i>I don't give free Duck shirts let them buy it.</i>' quote end quote!" said Dive, he hit the bull's eye and nailed Phil into the water.

"I was kidding Nosedive honest!"

"Bull puck, Phil I got you where I want you as Captain Klegghorn said be a man now live with it!"

The duck's dunk booth made $700.00 in one day event and while Phil was a drowned rat, drenched to the skin from all the water in the dunk booth. Dive had the most fun with the dunk booth.

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Kala unsealed the booth and he got out complaining about his suit. The carnival was a huge success and the duck signed autographs for all the kids, the money went to T.P.A.D.D.

Back at the Pond, all the ducks were exhausted form the event.

"How did it go, Dive?"

"Great man, Phil got bagged good!" he bragged.

"Next time man, I'm having him dunked in Jell-O chocolate pudding!"

"I don't think Phil will give you a hard time any more, Nosedive."

"Why man?"

"I saw him lock himself in the office I say he learned his lesson." said Tempest.

"Good now he'll leave us alone for a bit!"

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Epilogue :

Rio and Derek continued to go to the T. P. A. D. D. meetings on a weekly basis and Rio continued his therapy and eventually deals with the disability, he still gets discriminated but Tanya with Sandy, they get a bill getting handicapped access though out the city of Anaheim the ducks still play hockey and help T. P. A. D. D. out.

Derek went back to play hockey with the Mighty Ducks hockey team and continues to play. Rio later went to his first game in three years after all the therapy.

The McShide’s still go to T. P. A. D. D. and eventually Kelly and Andy got another surprise. Nine months later, they had a baby girl and named her Lynne Anne McShide. Sandy still helps T. P. A. D. D. and on occasions help Tanya and Tempest out by babysitting Snowy when they want a night out.



**Note from author: <i>This story is dedicated to all those who survived or lost a loved one to a drunk driver.</i>**