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At first, it was great.
The risk of going hungry decreased as their stock increased, however as time went on, the things people would leave for them became was less useful and more garbage.
There was no control.
It became pretty clear that people on the surface began to think that they were so nice that they would take care of their trash for them.
And even if there was food mixed in there, it was either already eaten or contaminated.
Perfectly fine food became suspicious too because some of them had a weird to them only to find out it contained a tracking chip or a poison of some sort.
She had to shut the whole thing down due to concern.
Those above were in full slob mode and none of the mole people we're interested in talking to one of to tell them to stop.
Lily believed that with their reserves, they could live off them until the people above cleaned up their own mess.
She believed that until she saw what the world leaders and big companies were planning to do.
They wanted to use the mole people as a secondary trash compactor, thus saving money and possibly reduced environmental impact.
The two worlds didn't talk to each so the other falsely believed they ate trash or had some way to get rid of it permanently.
When she realised what they planned to dump her with, words could not describe her anger.
But if she started yelling nobody would take her seriously, she wasn't a well-known millionaire or a world-renowned explorer-like Scrooge McDuck.
So she asked Launchpad if he could accompany her because who better than the duck who went up against literal magic?
She also asked some others because it was foolish to bring only one person into a crowd of people.
She instructed them to dress like surface people, a lot of clothes had been left out in the open which they picked from.
When she looked at Launchpad, he was dressed very similarly to the news pictures she had seen of him before.
The subconscious mind was a very amazing thing.
She looked at everybody else and didn't stop criticise them until they were all passable and then they found the location of this press conference.
The day came and they walked out of the tunnel they dug, when they got to a street, the first thing she heard was her guards complaining about how bright it was.
It surprised her because she handled the transition well, but the bright light obviously had an effect on them, their pupils were noticeably smaller to compensate for the increased light and she felt like their vision had changed somewhat as well.
As they walked, it soon became obvious to her that they were almost blind but they were using their other senses so well to navigate that she didn't think the people on the streets noticed.
She made a mental note that if she were to bring any of them up to the surface that she would have then wear shades or light dimming eye contacts.
When they managed to make it to the crowd and saw the reporters in front and a giant stage surrounded by security beyond that.
Everybody was waiting for the important and very rich people to appear, there was about dozen professional cameras ready to stream this live, on the other side the translators we're ready with their mouths and hands.
And then they came.
People representing big companies and countries.
The president of DuckUS went to the mike and said. "Today, we like to official implant a cost-saving measure to lessen our environmental impact on the world." And then he brought out a remote and said. "With this, we'll make the switch to a much greener solution"
And then as he was about to press it, she lost it.
She jumped higher than what was possible and landed on the stage so before the world, she stormed up to the president, grabbed him by the shirt and yelled.
"Press that button and I will make sure to bury every company you and everybody on this stage owns, so far down the Earth's crust that flaming building pieces will be spitting out of the ground for all of eternity!"
Everybody was stunned.
Who was this woman who was threatening one of the most important people in the world?
"Who are you? Security!" Yelled the man.
Security came only for four people to leap to her defence, the very people had chosen and then they transformed into monsters.
Those monsters roared.
The buff security men become chicks before everybody eyes and they instead began to back away.
Lily talked to them in Mole language and one of them transformed back into a person.
It was none other than Launchpad who walked to them and then he growled at the president.
He was showing teeth he shouldn't have.
"Launchpad, that's enough," she said, getting off the man.
He stopped trying to kill the man with fear.
Something seemed to have been switched and he looked like an idiot which made it that much scary.
Lily said to the president. "If you haven't figured it out yet, the people behind me are mole people. I am their Queen and they are my civilians, as their queen I was the one who ordered them to help the surface out against the alien invasion that took place a week ago. But do you know why we helped you? We didn't do it because we were kind, we did it because we wanted food, you idiots!"
Silence.
However, she was on a roll.
"We're mole people, we eat and steal cool stuff. That is who we are." She said. "As the queen, I kept silent when you sent us things as a thank you. But when you started treating us like some kind of magical dumping ground for messes you make, I have to put my foot down. It's fricken disgusting that you expect us to swallow used tissues and used baby diapers. We have standards. Pick up your own mess, you disgusting pigs!"
She took some deep breaths and then said. "Oh, and by the way, an earthquake is coming in a week. I already pulled the moles out of here, I just decided to tell you since I'm already here"
And then she adjusted her clothes and turned to see her adoring guards who all had stars in their eyes.
"Launchpad. Everybody, we're going," she said, and than Launchpad turned back into a monster and she hoped on.
They jumped out of there and tunnels underground before the ground closed behind them.
They made their way back and by the time they were back, she had cooled down and realised she had told off the whole world on live tv.
The whole world knew her face.
Oh, my God.
She always dreamt of it happening but not like this.
But then she saw her guards and those in the city faces, they all had the same start eyed expressions on their faces.
"What?" She said.
"You called us your civilians," said Launchpad.
She was surprised and taken back but of course, they had noticed.
They had noticed that she treated them like a burden that she couldn't wait to get rid of.
However it wasn't their fault that they clung to her, they simply couldn't fight their instincts.
She was the one who went stealing in that Treasury after all.
She coughed and said. "Well... it was in the heat of the moment. And I was the one who started all of this." Before she looked away and said. "And...I kind of like you guys"
She ignored the smile spreading on the taller ducks face.
She turned around and began to walk to mole house.
"Don't follow!" She said as she saw him follow.
"Okay. But can we have a party near your house?" He called back.
"Sure. Whatever" she said, she got to her house and would never admit that she smiled when she heard the music.
The following day, she was shocked to find that her own face had made it on the morning newspaper.
'Queen of the mole People says 'Pick up your own mess, you disgusting pigs!'
She went to the page number and the article basically read what happened from another perceptive, it was pretty accurate and she got to read about the embarrassment in the air after she left.
The decision to use the Mole people to clean up the world was cancelled and the apology letters began to stream in.
Things calmed down after a while and their economy was back on track.
She got reports every day about some kind of ray installed on top of a tower and she immediately gave the go-ahead to sink the thing.
Rays that were on top of lighthouse we're usually not a good sign so she sunk it just to be safe, she did not know she had foiled a plan.
A few days later, she heard the news that the earthquake did in fact happen and the empty tunnels had collapsed.
However, the accurate prediction of the earthquake had shocked the world, what if the mole world we're more accurate when predicting a natural disaster?
Surely they could hear an earthquake coming from unground or see the signs of a tsunami coming.
Also how far could they dig? How resistant were they against natural gases and heat?
There was potential there and it was because of the potential that very official-looking letters began to stream in.
However, nothing caught her interest.
Well, nothing but one single letter.
It was an official invite to a fancy party in Duckburg, meaning somebody like Scrooge McDuck was much more likely to be there.
Plus, she was tired of eating subpar food.
Apparently, people don't leave good food like lobster and pizza unattended, but they leave food like Brussell sprouts out in buckets.
Who knows what could be at that party?
She had somebody well devised in writing to make an official letter and then signed the thing.
A mole person tracked the person who sent it down and put it where it could easily be found.
Minutes later, it was in fact found.
The person opened the fancy letter and had a heart attack when he read it.
"She's coming..." Said the bird.
"Who's coming?" Said another.
"The Mole Queen. She's coming!" Said the bird shocking the other and then he began yelling. "The Mole Queen is coming! The Mole Queen is coming! Book the finest rooms in town! Hire the best security! Do this before the press gets wind of this! We're about to gain international attention and lots of important people are going to be begging to attend. We need to be ready to keep her happy!"
The Mole Queen was coming?
Everybody went into panic mode.
They didn't panic when Scrooge McDuck came.
It just showed how different her position in the world was now.
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