Bat Duck – Episode 3
Return of the Bat Duck
It was a lazy
afternoon on Farmer Maddock’s farm, in Auroville ,
India
“Bat Duck,
Piggy!” called a black and brown cow wearing glasses.
“Coming,
Professor Boofey!” called a duck, running towards the cow with a piglet
hurtling along behind her. These were historical heroes- Bat Duck, with her
super sonic quack which could drive anything away from her, and Piggy, with his
nose, which when wagged, produced a smell that made people run away from him.
Prof. Boofey was their friend and helper, and the maker of the time machine
they used to travel back in time and save history. They worked for an
organization called as the HSH- Historical Super heroes, from a hundred years
in the future, who worked to stop their rival organization, HHH- Haters of
Historical heroes, from destroying history and taking over the world.
Just then, they
were running to the unused cow shed that was their time machine.
“Prof, what is
it?” asked Bat Duck.
“It’s me, that’s
what it is!” called a voice from the video screen. It was Dave bull, CEO of the
HSH, AKA D.
“I’ve got a new
mission for you lot, if you’ll accept it…” he said, grinning.
“Of course we
will, D. So what is the mission?” asked the Professor.
“Well, the HHH
have been sending agents to Provence , France
“Here are the
coordinates. Ok, Bat Duck and Piggy get ready, because we are going to France
“Here we are.
Now, to get our disguises on…” said BD. Walking to the disguise closet. She
pulled out a black dress with a white jacket, white hat, and black gloves.
There were also rubber shoes.
“Well, Prof,
give me my Blender, will you? And put it in flower mode- I’ll wear it on my
hat. And why did they wear such boring shoes in this time?” She said, pulling
on her clothes, and the HSH badge which enabled her to change to Super Hero
mode. She stuck her blender on her hat and turned to the professor, who was
wearing a khaki suit, a white shirt, a black bowler hat, and black shoes and
socks. He was wearing his blender as a khaki colored tie. The blender was a
device which allowed them to look human (hence the name-‘blender’).
“Well, they were
taking all the wood for the war, so obviously there were no heels or wooden
shoes. And they didn’t use so much plastic at that time” said the professor.
Piggy had transformed into a cat and was wearing his blender as a collar and
his HSH badge as a tag on the collar reading ‘Paws’. They walked out of the
shed when a lady who obviously owned the building whose garden they had landed
in, as she was wearing a badge that read “Owner” with a logo that matched the
one on the building, a star with ‘Star’s bakery’ below it walked up to them;
with a little girl, presumably her
daughter, trotting behind her. She was wearing a blue dress with an apron over
it. The apron’s pocket held a spoon and a whisk, and she was wearing a white
chef’s hat with a smiley badge on it.
“What are you
doing here-“
“Mommy, they’re
wearing the same badge as you! See!” cried the little girl interrupting her
mother.
“Oh. Are you
Professor Boofey, Bat Duck and Piggy?” she asked, pulling off the smiley faced
button. She changed on the spot to another of the HSH agents, as she had an HSH
badge.
“Good Morning.
I’m Star and this is my daughter Nina,” she said, adjusting her daughter’s hair
clip. “D sent me here to find out what the HHH are doing. I’m running the
bakery as a cover- my hobby is baking. Just call me Fleur in front of my
customers- they don’t know that I’m an HSH agent, obviously. And the invasion
of
“Whoa. What a
plan…” sighed the Professor. Meanwhile, Nina was tickling Piggy.
“Mommy, look
what a cute little cat! Can we keep it?” she asked.
“No, dear, see,
it belongs to the Professor and Bat Duck.” said Star gently.
“She can play
with him if she like” said Bat Duck kindly. Just then, the phone rang inside
the bakery.
“Nina, go see
who it is” said Star. Nina ran into the garden, and ran down the pathway which
went to the back door.
“She likes the
longer way around the house” smiled Star. After a while, they began to wonder
where she was. As they went towards the house to investigate, she called,
“Mommy, its D. He wants to speak to you.” Star went off and there were muffled
sounds and she came back out.
“He just wanted
to see if you reached safely” said Star.
“Star, why did
you change your Blender? It’s a pin now” asked Bat Duck curiously.
“Oh-uh, just for
a change, you know? Come on, we need to get going to the Nazi fortress. Nina,
stay here!” called Star as she walked down the path.
“Are we walking
all the way?” groaned Prof. Boofey.
“It’s very
close, so we are walking as a vehicle may make noise” replied Star. Soon they
saw giant grey walls with spikes, surrounding a grim, grey building with almost
no windows.
“How are we
going to get in? I and Piggy can fly in superhero mode, but you and the
Professor?” Bat Duck asked Star.
“Oh, I have a
pass to get in” said Star, flashing a square piece of paper at a guard.
“Huh? But won’t
they see that we’re HSH agents?” asked the Professor.
“No. they are too
stupid to realize that!” said Star airily. Bat Duck and the Professor exchanged
glances. Star led them towards the door and then down a staircase.
“Star, where are
we going?” asked Prof. Boofey.
“Oh, to the
dungeons” replied Star.
“Why the
dungeons?” asked Bat Duck, puzzled.
“To imprison
you, and keep you from getting in our way, you stupid HSH agents!” she said
turning around.
“Quit joking,
Star, we’re on a serious mission. Where are we going really?” said the
Professor sternly.
“Oh, but I am
serious, we are really going to the dungeon. GUARDS!” she clapped her hands thrice.
“Star, are you
crazy? You’ll get us imprisoned!” said Bat Duck, trying to pull her and run as
they heard footsteps.
“Oh, but that is
exactly what I want. And by the way, a correction to your sentence. I am going
to get you imprisoned, not myself!”
said Star. Then blue uniformed guards pushed open the doors and grabbed Piggy,
Prof. Boofey and bat Duck!
“Take them away
and lock them in the deepest dungeon!” commanded Star.
“Star? You’re a
double agent?” said Bat Duck unbelievingly.
“What more proof
do you want? Guards, take them away!” cackled Star, turning and walking off.
The guards grabbed them ad took them to an underground corridor where there
were jail cells on either side. The guards locked them in a large, grey room
with one tiny window in the side. There were three beds of straw, and a table,
and a door in the side to a bathroom. The Guard grabbed they’re blenders.
“These will go
to the storage room. Right. Carl, get me the chores list!” the guard called to
another one, who ran and gave him a long piece of paper. “Names?” asked the guard.
“Bat Duck, Prof.
Boofey, Piggy” replied Bat Duck. The guard wrote them down.
“Now, each of
you have one chore to do. You there, duck; you will clean the windows on this
floor. And the pig, you will clean the walls of your cell. And you, cow, will
clean the floor in this corridor. And its wood, covered in wax, so clean
properly. Your chore time starts in 10 mins and you have 45 minutes to do it!”
the guard said, walking off. A guard pushed them into the cell and locked the
door. The Professor groaned.
“To think the
HSH had a double agent! I must tell D as he may send more agents and they shall
also be caught in this manner!” he sighed. “Six days from now, the British
shall invade, and the Nazis will fight back. They shall keep fighting, however,
as the HHH have made them both invincible! Then the HHH will take over and the
world shall be doomed!” sighed Bat Duck. Then a guard came and opened their
door.
“Chore time
starts now!” called someone. He handed bat Duck a cloth, soap and water, and
piggy got the same. The Professor got a mop and a bucket of water. Soon they
finished their chores and went into their cells. Piggy looked out the window
and the Professor and Bat Duck played 20 questions. After a while, it became dark
and a voice called. “Lights out!” and everyone lay down on their straw beds,
shut their eyes and almost immediately fell asleep. Later in the night, the
Professor awoke to strange tapping sounds on the wall. He put his ear to the
wall.
“Hmmm… Long,
long, short, long… Morse code! It says, ‘Robert Cahill Henderson.’ Oh, yes! Now
we can escape! I understood!” murmured the Professor, grinning. He tapped back
a thank you in Morse code on the wall and went back to sleep. The next morning, he woke Bat Duck. “We are
going to escape! It will take around 3 days, but we’ll manage.” He said
happily.
“How?” Bat Duck
said puzzled. The Professor told her about the Morse code message.
“Robert Cahill
Henderson? How does that help?” said Bat duck, still puzzled.
“Excellent! But
who sent you that message?” asked Bat Duck.
“I don’t know
but we’ll free them the night we escape. And when we’re free we’ll take a trip
to their experiment room and try to stop the HHH!” finished the Professor. So
for the next few days the Professor scraped wax off the floor every chore time.
After three days, he felt he had enough wax.
“But how to get
the key for the impression?” he mused to Bat Duck.
“I have a plan.
See, you keep talking to the guard while piggy goes around the back and gets the
key!” she replied.
“All right!”
said the Professor. Bat Duck whispered the plan to Piggy, who agreed. As the
guard came their way on his rounds, the Professor went up to him.
“I’ve heard the
Nazis have amazing technology and weapons! Is it true you have weapons to
destroy a million people at a time?” asked the professor.
“No, but….” Soon
the Professor and the guard were engaged in conversation. Then piggy went
towards the guard. He grabbed the key off a hook and winked at the professor,
which was the signal that he had got the key. Then he passed Bat Duck the key
behind his back. Bat Duck made the impression and passed the key to piggy again,
who put it back on the guard’s hook and winked at the professor twice. This was
the signal for the professor to stop talking.
“Thanks for the
information! It was very interesting to know all of that!” said the Professor.
“Any time!” said
the guard, continuing on his rounds.
“That was great!
And I learned that they keep their weapons in a shed in the south corner of the
fortress grounds” said the Professor, high fiving Bat Duck. They finished their
chores and at night, used the key to open the door of the cell.
“Freedom!” cried
Bat Duck as they tiptoed into the corridor. They walked towards the next cell. And
pushed open the door...
“You!” cried the
Professor.
“Yes, me...” said
the voice. A figure moved into the light.
“Star! So they
imprisoned you, too! Professor, lock her back in!” said Bat Duck angrily.
“Wait! Listen to
me! I am Star! The one who made them imprison you is my twin, Sky! She is part
of the HHH and is identical to me. The day you came here, when Nina ran into
the house, they kidnapped her and replaced her with Sky’s daughter in disguise.
When I went in to check on her, they grabbed me also and got us here. Then they
locked us up, and sent Sky to lure you here so they could imprison you too. I
saw you coming in and saw the guard giving the professor floor cleaning duty.
Then I sent you the Morse message. And you did follow the instructions?”
finished Star.
“Yes. Now come
on, we need to destroy the HHH’s plans here once and for all!” said Bat Duck.
“For the HSH!”
they cried, running out the door of the fortress, which, surprisingly, was
open. They ran into the shed, which was huge. The door of the shed also was
open and it seemed empty. As they walked in, a voice came out of the darkness.
“Ah, HSH agents!
You have fallen into my trap! Didn’t you think that the great doors of the Nazi
fortress would have at least some security? No? And then the shed where the
most powerful weapons ever made are stored and from where a whole fortress is
controlled would simply be left empty and unguarded? You are stupid, HSH, and
now we HHH shall rule the world from this point in time onwards!” said the
voice, laughing. Then the lights suddenly came on and there, in plain sight,
sat a large bull with a purple shawl and a badge reading: ‘Codename:
Kill M, Rank: Xow. Code: 002KMX.’ The Xows were the HHH’s most
high ranking operatives, the Xows and Zucks.
“Well? Hah! The
HSH’s agents caught and at the mercy of the HHH! Tell me your director D’s
plans and you may live!” commanded Kill M, sneering.
“Never! You evil
HHH shall never rule the world!” said Bat Duck loudly.
“And you will be
first to die, insolent Duck!” shouted Kill M, raising his sword. Then, suddenly
in a lightning movement, Nina ran forward and knocked Kill M’s sword out of his
hands.
“Mommy! Get his
sword!” she cried, running away.
“You little-“Here!” Star grabbed the sword and
threw it to Bat Duck and Kill M was cut short. Bat Duck threw the sword at a
big red button in the controls where Kill M had been sitting.
“NO! THAT WAS
THE SELF DESTRUCT BUTTON! THIS FORTRESS AND SHED WILL EXPLODE IN 18 SECONDS!”
cried Kill M. He started to run out the door and block up the entrance, but the
Professor was too quick for him. He caught Kill M.
“RUN!” he cried
and pulled everyone out of the door and through the gate. “Bat Duck! Use your
Quack! Get everyone away from the shed! Piggy, you get everyone out of the
fortress with your smell!” shouted the Professor. So as people ran out of the fortress, Kill M
was trampled in the rush of soldiers and guards running out of the building.
The prisoners had been freed and were running, too, as a large red alarm was
blaring: “SELF DESTRUCT!” Everyone soon ran out of the gate, including Kill M.
Then the whole building and the shed blew up and there were only ashes left.
Kill M tried to run away, but Star caught him.
“You are gong
straight to the future, to D!” and she pressed something on a remote she had.
Soon, everything was quiet again and the professor, piggy and Bat Duck were on
their way home again.
“What about you,
Star? Should we drop you home?” asked Bat Duck.
“Oh, I have my
own time machine! I’ll be fine! Bye!” said Star, waving along with Nina. Then
they were swept away and landed up in the Farm again, and the video screen
blinked on.
“Good work, agents!
You stopped the HHH once again! Prof, I’ll be sending over your future blend
coffee. Star is also back, safe and sound along with Nina. Sorry about Sky and
getting imprisoned and all that… Also, I’ll be sending your rewards over! And,
today’s date and time will be the same as when you left- time in the present
freezes for you when you go back in time. See you next time, I hope!” said D,
and started to switch the screen off.
“Hang on, D!
You’ll need to send us new blenders- ours got burned down in the fortress!” said
the Professor.
“All right! Good
Work once again, agents!” said D and the screen blinked off. A flap opened
below the screen and deposited 3 boxes, each labeled with one of their names.
“Ah! D has sent first rate coffee powder this time!” said the Professor,
smelling the powder. He also pulled out a blender.
“Here’s to many
more exciting missions like this ahead of us and to future blend coffee!” said
Professor Boofey, raising his coffee mug.
“Yes! And to may
more defeats of the HHH by the HSH like today’s!” agreed Bat Duck. And so
continued another lazy afternoon at Farmer Maddock’s farm……
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