Disclaimer: I do not own the Duck Dodgers and Looney Tunes series. I believe they belong to Warner Brothers, or something to that end.

Well, I haven't posted up story chapters since January and I felt so bored. I want to continue my first fic of Yu Yu Hakusho, but I just don't have the drive, and memory, to continue it. Maybe someday I'll work on it again and revive it from hiatus once I'm back into it, but I guess it was just a phase. My interests jump back and forth, never settling on one thing. There nothing more than temporary phases, I'm afraid. Heh heh…

I hope to remain in my renewed phase of Duck Dodgers, long enough to complete the story entirely. I got back into it after I got sick of seeing the garbage passed off as decent cartoons. Anyway, I haven't seen many adventure stories of it, especially those including the pairing of the Martian Queen and Duck Dodgers himself. At first, I thought it was a pretty funny pairing, but then through the eyes of its few supporters, it's really kinda cute and interesting when Dodgers actually reciprocates Tyr'ahnee's nonstop love. I know that the Queen might seem better off with the Commander, but I wanted to give this a try. So that's for the writer, me in this case, to determine how it plays out. So now, this fic will include most of the main cast, some Earthlings, Martians, a possible reformed Legion of Duck Doom, and a special OC of mine. So please enjoy the prologue!

The vastness of space is a lonely place…

But it's not lonely enough for Captain Duck Dodgers, the wild card of the Galactic Protectorate of the 24th and ½ century. Yes, this duck had saved many worlds from dangerous aliens and vicious space criminals with the help of the Eager, Young Space Cadet, who mainly did all of the work and modestly kept in the background while his "heroic" Captain Dodgers received the glory and honors. Aside from the Cadet's assistance, luck played the role of Dodgers' supposed "cunning brilliance." The Cadet didn't mind at all; he was just happy to keep the peace in the universe.

So far in the story, the planets Earth and Mars were still pretty much in war, but not to an extreme extent. It was more like pranking between the Galactic Protectorate and the Martian army. There were also many times that the two neighboring planets established a sort of ceasefires. Yet the most recent one ended due to Dodgers once again breaking Martian Queen Tyr'ahnee's heart at the canceled wedding between her and Martian Commander X-2 after an attack of the Legion of Duck Doom, not to mention that he was implying that she was old. Ever oblivious and idiotically ignorant to her diehard feelings over him, Dodgers and the Cadet fled from eradication by the Martian Centurions while making off with some wedding presents and slices of cake Dodgers' hadn't already eaten.

As of this late moment in time, the space duo aimlessly drifted in space in their ship. The clock on the ship read 1:00 in the afternoon. They received no new assignments from Dr. I.Q. Hi as of yet. The Cadet was busy maintaining the ship's systems at regular efficiency while Captain Dodgers was busy napping on the cushy captain's chair.

"… Oh, Jennifer Love Hewitt-th-th…," Dodgers mumbled, tucking his sleeping head in his arms upon an arm of his chair. "… What-th's say you cast-th another th-spell on me…?" The Cadet glanced at his sleeping duck superior, mildly chuckling to himself.

"Eh-egh Captain Dodgers must have ea-ea-eate-eat-eate, I mean consumed seven microwaveable burritos before his after lunch na-nap t-time," the Cadet surmised, resuming systems check.

A lazy day so far, the Cadet was sure to find ways to busy himself if Captain Dodgers was out as a fried lamp. Normally, Dodgers would give him mundane and sometimes ridiculous tasks to do, such as sweeping the bridge or trying to shut off the evil Happy Cat alarm clock, whose annoying laugh and ominous taunts over Dodgers' laziness still echoed in Dodgers' room as of now. Even the Cadet started to regret getting that alarm clock to give as a Christmas present for Dodgers after witnessing all the commotion for his captain to shut it off just to get back to sleep.

Suddenly…

An ionic laser shot attacked the ship. Not only had it caused it to quake from the impact, but it left a dirty burn mark in a large area of white. Captain Dodgers was furious.

"Cadet! Battle th-stations!" Dodgers roared, having been disturbed from his peaceful nap and discovering the black blemish on his ship. Cadet scanned the area and discovered an unknown spacecraft within the radar's range.

"S-Sir, th-th-the-there's someone within the quadrant gu-gu-guilty of attacking us," Cadet reported. "It's right behind us."

"I bet it's-th that Martian goon again wanting to pick a fight with moi!" Dodgers deduced, standing on his chair proudly.

"S-Sir, get d-d-down from there," Cadet advised. "You're gonna fall off and g-g-ge-get hurt."

"Like heck those Martians are!" Dodgers exclaimed, raising and shaking his fist. "Cadet, turn this ship around and give that Martian los-ther a taste of las-ther!"

The Cadet spun the wheel with expertise; this ship followed the turn smoothly. They came face to face with the mysterious spacecraft that dared to attack and pick a fight with them.

"Eah-dea, n-n-no way," the Cadet said, his mouth gaping from looking through the front window to see the attacker.

"Cadet, what's-th-th the matter?" Dodgers asked, irritated on why the Cadet froze like that.

"Sir, l-l-look out there," Cadet replied hesitantly, struggling to lift a finger to point.

"What's-th out there, again?" Dodgers asked, still not aware of the danger that would soon claim his exciting life. The Cadet managed to life his finger at the spacecraft that abruptly provoked and ruined their peace.

"Th-th-th-th-there!" the Cadet managed to yell out.

"… Th-still don't get it," Dodgers shrugged, but continued looking at their ominously floating enemy.

"… Duck Dodgers…," a dark, gruff voice whispered. It came from the communications screen, currently showing static and attempting to give a clear picture of the assailant.

It is from this enemy confrontation that the ultimate, inevitable future of Captain Duck Dodgers of the 24th and ½ Century will be determined from. His fate has been sealed, whether he likes it or not. Knowing the results ahead of time, he might initially resent it, but Dodgers will get used to it.

Well, not bad for a prologue right? I've been reading other fics on the site, all kinds, and not only was I entertained, but I've learned a lot more on writing style than at school. I guess I just needed the freedom to write whatever my heart wants me to put down on paper. I also hope to introduce my cool OC soon.

Anyway, please review and tell me what you think about the potential of this story if I were able to continue it.