Dewey's POV

"So, how do you plan on getting us out of this mess?"

I gotta say, when it comes to trying to find a way to get back in Louie's shadow, Lena is super persistent. And you know, it's 100% a good thing. Louie is definitely lucky to find a girl who is fully committed to their relationship! Now, if only Lena wouldn't use that incredible persistence as a way to annoy me...

"Look, I'll find a way to get you back to Louie as soon as I can. We need to get out of the underground passage first though. Alright?" I explained.

"Alright, do you promise on helping me get back to Louie once we get out of here?"

"I definitely promise." I replied quickly in hopes of reassuring her.

"Wholeheartedly?"

"100%!"

"Good."

And with that, I continued down the straight path throughout the underground passage. So far, so good. This whole trip is getting boring though. I mean, there's absolutely no obstacles for me to overcome! How am I supposed to have fun on this mini adventure (the whole reason I even got myself into this situation, to be honest) if there's basically nothing for me to do?

Oh well. At least I have Lena in my shadow to keep me company. Not to mention that she is really helpful when it comes to lighting up a path for me by using her powers.

At this point, I'm starting to accept the complete lack of obstacles on this particular trek when... Wait a minute, what is that?!

I walked over to some interesting-looking object. It's oozing out...something. I don't even know anymore! I wanna take a closer look though!

Once I did, I started to realize what this object is: It's a silver and metallic barrel...with a radioactive symbol on it! And sure enough, it's leaking a small puddle of radioactive waste! Yes!

"Yay, I'm finally getting some thrills!" I cheered.

"From simply looking at dangerous stuff? What kind of life have you been living, Dewey?"

"An exciting one!" I happily answered as I noticed that there's a trail of radioactive waste that leads straight ahead! I excitedly followed the trail, knowing that something HAS to happen if I follow it!

I kept on following the trail, wondering where it's gonna take me next. It turns out that the trail led me to three underground passageways. Looks like if I choose a wrong passageway, I might get lost forever! Awesome! The thrills are adding up!

...Well, besides the fact that the waste trail is still leading on to one of the passageways, indicating that this passageway is correct. Therefore, this takes the fun out of my personal guessing game.

"Dang, this adventure is back to being boring!" I complained as I crossed my arms.

"Remember the promise that you just made to me? We should get out of here as soon as possible!"

I nodded in agreement. She's right, of course. I need to reunite these two lovebirds if it's the last thing I do!

So I simply followed the waste trail to the presumably right passageway. It may be a boring way out, but if it means reuniting my brother and his girlfriend, then so be it.

Unfortunately, I did not look around carefully as I made it to the halfway section of this passageway. I ended up stepping on something that triggered the net trap, which resulted in me getting caught in it. Talk about bad luck! How am I gonna get out of this now?!

I heard Lena sigh. Seems like she's not happy with this plight either, which makes the two of us...but then, I heard another thing. Something more antagonistic. Something more feral. Something more like...

...a monstrous roar.

Welp, let's do a little recap, shall we? So, I found some radioactive waste back there, which is flat-out harmful to the environment, no doubt. Next, I encountered multiple passageways, which adds a sense of mystery and trial-and-error (convenient waste trail notwithstanding). And finally, there seems to be a monstrous foe in the proximity and it seems like it's getting closer, all the while I'm getting stuck in the net trap!

All of this adds up to the perfect trifecta of a dangerous adventure.

I end up chuckling as I said with utter confidence, "I'm in danger."

"Ugh, this is no time to bring up some ducking memes! This is serious!"

Lena's words snapped me back to reality and that's when I realized that I got more than I bargained more in this adventure. We both ended up screaming for help after that.

"AAAAAHHHHH! Someone help us! Please!" I panicked.

"Help me, Louie! I don't want to die and leave you like this..."

I took notice at Lena's words and immediately felt bad for her. At this point, she must have missed him a lot, right? Oh, if only someone could save us now...

Louie's POV

"Nothing's happening so far. Do you really think we should be afraid of this particular adventure?" I wondered out loud.

"Never underestimate any adventure, even when it seems like nothing is happening, laddie! It's best to be cautious at all times!" Uncle Scrooge stated as he looked around. "Those definitely are words to live by!" Uncle Donald added (unsurprisingly). "You can say that again, Uncle Donald!" Huey replied. Surprisingly, Donald didn't say it again. I guess he's the mature one.

Our whole group walked throughout the entire underground passageway until we spotted a leaking radioactive barrel. Scrooge carefully inspected it and then he saw something really interesting—and worrying—upon closer inspection: There's a label. And it said:

Glomgold Industries.

"Curse me kilts! When will Flinty ever learn to stop dropping his stuff!? One day, it's going to come back to bite him in his tail feathers!" Scrooge complained. "That must mean Glomgold must be nearby! We should keep moving!" Webby stated.

We all agreed, and with that, we followed the radioactive trail all the way through. It even led us to the multiple passageways area, but we simply followed the radioactive trail going into a single passageway. At least this adventure will be much easier now!

Once we made it to the halfway area of that passageway, we couldn't believe what we saw. We found Dewey, and most likely Lena, but...

There's a gigantic monster that just grabbed the net trap that Dewey was trapped in and he was about to eat him!

This monster looks like a gray Terra-Firmian and by the looks of it, it got affected by the radioactive waste. That's pretty unfortunate...

"Someone, please get me out of here!" Dewey was practically screaming out of fear at this point. "DEWEY!" Webby shouted out of anxiety. Very understandable, considering her bestie is about to get eaten.

She nodded at Donald, Scrooge, and Huey. They nodded back. Then they all set out to initiate their plan. Huey throws rocks at the monster, Donald goes on his violent berserker rage, and Scrooge simply uses his cane to poke harshly at it. Together, they bring all the pain! And apparently, it brought just enough pain that it dropped Dewey!

He's now out of the net trap, but he's falling! That's when Webby quickly wall-jumped to Dewey's height...and dove for him!

The result? She successfully caught him in her arms.

Once they landed, she dropped Dewey off next to me and he immediately hugged me. "Oh, thank you so much, you guys! I thought I was a goner for sure!" He said in such a relieved tone.

Thanks to that hug, I felt a familiar, reassuring chill. As soon as Dewey lets go of me, I heard a voice.

"Louie! Oh, I missed you so much, my precious green bean!"

Wow, you must have missed me a lot if you immediately started calling me pet names.

"Exactly! That's how much you mean to me!"

Awwww, Lena... The feeling's completely mutual!

And then I felt a hugging sensation from her. I immediately hugged her back, providing her as much comfort as I could.

And then...

CHOMP!

"UNCLE SCROOGE!"

The group shout caught my attention and when I noticed the lack of Scrooge's presence and the monster licking its lips, that's when I realized what just happened. Needless to say, things are getting a lot more serious now...