381Chapter Seventeen
A/N: I do not own anything with the exception of some OCs who, as always are free to play with if people so choose!
Woo! Okay, another chapter in the history books! Hard to believe we're almost to my least favorite part of D2-the Ben under the love potion scenes. I just...there's so much second hand embarrassment there that I end up skipping them when I watch for my own amusement. I hope you all know how much I like you that I'll sit through those scenes to make sure I don't miss anything!
estherramsayaa22: I'll probably have them introduce themselves to the VKs in the next break. Though I don't know how many chapters that'll be.
slimegirl7744: Eh, I can see both sides here. On Ben's side, he genuinely believes that the kids of the Isle don't deserve it-which they don't. However, they all did see Uma sing a song about wanting to take over Auradon and that was without the golden glow around the screen, showing that it'd already happened.
61394: No, you're not the only one. Trust me, even if I come up with all the headcanon to explain why Uma became a good guy it still doesn't make sense to me. Especially since all the marketing implied the big bads of D3 were going to be Uma and Hades.
danifan3000: Huh, I did not know that! Also, animals can go to college? I didn't think it was possible but the more I learn about the books, the more confused I get. Why do animals need to go to college? Is it like Wicked where there are Animals and animals and the one with a capitalized letter is basically just a humanized animal? But as for 101 Dalmatians, I've seen that movie about a thousand times so I've got the number of puppies memorized.
AmethystDragon14: Oh I'm so glad! Yep, Kitty made me chuckle while writing her lines too! Completely agree with everything else you've pointed out! :D Hope you enjoy this chapter!
manticore-gurl071134: Oh thank you! Hope you enjoy this one!
Tracie: Oh I'm so glad! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Hufflepuffgirl95: I'm so glad! So I think I've included more Harry and Uma lines in this chapter, and I'll try to have Gil talk more too. As for Harry flirting with Mal, personally I don't ship them but then again Harry flirts with everyone so I'll see what I can do. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
SlytherinAvengerPrincess: You can thank AmethystDragon14 for that one! They've been a great help coming up with ideas and just going back and forth through PM's. Glad you liked it! :D
twilightgirl587: I'm so glad you liked it! The only reason I noticed so much is because I watched the video for 'It's Going Down' about 87 times to make sure I wasn't missing any details. Fun fact, the reason why IGD is in the style it's in was because of the popularity of Hamilton the previous year. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
GothicPheonix: I'm so glad! Yeah, 2020 has been a heck of a ride. One out of five stars, do not recommend. I am going to do Descendants 3, I've already mentally committed to it. I'm also going to do another break story as sort of a build up just because I know there's a passage of time between 2 and 3, I just don't know how much time has passed.
Charm: Well, you just quoted one of my favorite Youtubers. You get a cookie! *passes cookie to Charm* Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Technobabble1: Um, to be honest I'm not entirely sure. I believe his presence was requested by another reviewer and I couldn't remember if I had him in or not so I'm just retroactively putting him in there. Yeah, I had Carlos refer to Cruella by her first name in an earlier chapter too-I honestly feel like the longer he stays in Auradon the less he considers Cruella as his mother since in D3, even when they're referring to her, Carlos never calls her his mother. Yeah Dude will definitely do double duty there! Ask and you shall receive-Melody is one of my favorite Disney sequel characters so it drove me crazy that she wasn't in the Descendants universe. D2 would have been perfect to introduce her in since they made the daughter of Ursula as the big bad. Hope you like this chapter!
Guest: So going to be completely honest, I've never seen Hadestown so I can't promise any references but I could try to slip in a reference to the story of Euridyce and Orpheus since that comes from the Greek myths and not just Hadestown.
Roxie.88: So glad you enjoyed it! Hope you like this chapter! As for cotillion, you'll have to just read to find out!
Mythology216: Should I be worried?
Grace: I'm so glad! As for Hamilton, yep! I am definitely excited that it's coming out on Disney+. If you're a fan, I highly recommend getting Disney+, it's how I've been rewatching the Descendants movies for these stories! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Guest: Glad you enjoyed it! I love the sword fight scenes myself and you're right, Mal kicking butt is always fun! Hope you enjoy!
Mal Faery: I'm so glad you liked it! Hope you enjoy this chapter and same to you!
Hope you all enjoy this chapter and, if I don't update before then, hope all my American readers have a happy and safe Fourth of July (and that my Canadian readers have a happy and safe Canada day on July 2nd!)
"Hold up." Uma said as Mal walked toward her, holding out the wand.
"What, is it not wrapped in a shiny bow or something?" Elle asked, rolling her eyes.
"Mm. Too easy. Why don't you give it a test drive?"
"You're on the Isle!" Akiho exclaimed. "You know, magical barrier? What test drive do you think Mal's going to be able to do?"
Carlos and Evie stared at each other in shock, like they couldn't believe Uma had changed up the deal in front of them.
"We want to see it work."
"That wasn't part of the deal, Uma," Jay told her, crossing his arms over his chest. "Mal gives you the wand, we get Ben back. That was the deal."
"Oh I'm sorry. Am I being too rough for your precious Auradon feelings?" Uma taunted before rolling her eyes. "Gods you two went soft."
"You always were quite the drama queen," Mal said with a scoff. Carlos and Jay watched while Evie looked over her shoulder as Dude came walking up the pier.
Hadie and Dizzy perked up at the sight of Dude, as if realizing what Mal could do to get past the limitation of the magical barrier.
"Oh, and nothing too big, or else Ben is fish bait." Uma added.
"Still want to give her an invitation to Auradon, Ben?" Audrey asked.
"It hasn't happened yet Audrey," Ben told her. "I can't refuse someone an invitation just because they sang a song that I would have had no way of knowing about if it hadn't been for the viewing."
The pirates burst out into laughter as Mal glanced over at Ben who was being dangled over the edge of the plank by Harry, worry evident on both of their faces though Mal's wasn't as obvious.
"How is that funny?" Emir growled. "She's threatening to kill a sixteen year old, someone her own age, and they find that funny?"
"We're dead," Carlos muttered to Evie, who whispered something in his ear. Mal looked over at the others and Carlos barely tilted his head to one side, directing Mal toward Dude. Dude whimpered as he sat down.
"Brilliant," Aziz whispered, realization dawning on him.
"Okay," Mal said as she turned and rested her hands on the railing. Uma looked on expectantly as Mal pointed the wand at Dude.
"That's cheating!" Uma exclaimed, the realization coming to her as well.
"So's changing the terms of the deal at the eleventh hour!" Mal shot back.
"Although it seems absurd, turn your bark into a word!" Mal said, thinking of the spell on the spot and waved the wand in Dude's direction. Mal smiled but Dude just sat there silent. Uma stared at Mal suspiciously as Mal looked back at her. Mal looked back at Dude.
"Why is she giving Mal that look?" Rachel asked. "Wouldn't it be more suspicious if it did work? You know, considering the whole magical barrier and all that?"
"Talk, dog." Mal prompted.
"I'm not a trained monkey. I don't speak on command," Dude told her.
"Does this vest make me look fat?" Dude whispered and the pirates burst out into laughter while Uma looked on in shock before smiling herself. Mal smiled at Dude, happy the dog was playing along.
"Why would a dog even need to worry about that?" Ashaki asked.
Jay and Lucy looked over at Carlos and Kitty respectively, as if wondering which one had been worrying about how they looked in front of Dude for him to pick up on that phrase.
"Hey, does anyone have some bacon? Cookies?" Dude asked as the laughter continued.
"Good luck finding those on the Isle," Jay muttered. The best meat they got were the few random wild chickens that had made their way on the delivery barge. To this day, no one knew how the birds had been stupid enough to wander to them but they weren't complaining.
Old man Slade had been watching over them when they first arrived on the Isle but then, after they escaped, he just gave up and they became wild. The chickens didn't have that much in regards to meat on them but the meat they did have was still better than anything they got from the Auradon deliveries.
"Give me the wand!" Uma snapped, her laughter dying down.
"Give me Ben!" Mal shouted back.
"Smart," Shang nodded. "Never give the other side all the power until you've gotten what you want."
Uma paused and everyone grew silent, waiting to hear what Uma's next words would be. Ben stared in slight panic, as Harry continued to dangle him off the edge of the plank.
"Oh gods," Belle whimpered, so softly it was almost inaudible. Adam/Beast continued to rub her back to try to keep her calm, the paleness in Belle's face was almost paper white and it was extremely worrying.
Uma opened her mouth, as if wanting to snap back at Mal, but instead smiled and backed up a little. "Harry, bring him over."
"Oh thank gods," Phillip Jr sighed in relief. Now all they had to do was get Ben off that Isle and everything would be a-okay.
Harry dragged Ben backwards off the plank, the pirates jeering at Ben as he made his way over to the two girls. Gil quickly made his way over to Ben.
"Ooh, and, before you go, tell your mama that Gaston says hi. And also tell your dad that my dad wishes he'd finished off your dad when he had the chance," Gil told him
Adam/Beast growled slightly at that; Gaston was lucky he had been brought back to life.
"Charming," Eugene scoffed, shaking his head.
"Nothing we all haven't heard before," Carlos said, rolling his eyes. Gaston was known to get drunk at the local tavern and go on rants about how he should have killed the Beast before Belle arrived. Granted those rants got a lot of the Isle to blame Gaston for them being trapped on the Isle since it was Belle and Beast who were rulers of the land.
Let's just say Gil needed the protection of Uma's gang a lot more than Uma needed whatever Gil provided.
as Harry shoved Ben down to the ground in front of Mal; Ben landing on his knees with a grunt.
"That sounds like it might have hurt," Evan muttered, wincing a little.
"Yeah, thought you didn't want 'damaged goods'," Robin snarked. "Broken knee caps definitely count as 'damaged'."
"Kids," Rapunzel warned. They were still her children after all, and it was important that they at least try to get along with others. Even if that person would someday kidnap their king and hold him for ransom for Fairy Godmother's wand.
Mal and Ben looked at each other as Uma used Ben's head as an arm rest.
Emir and Akiho quickly looked away from each other, knowing that if they caught the other's eye they'd probably burst out laughing at the sight of Ben acting as someone's arm rest.
Hey, Ben may have been their best friend and their king, but it didn't change the fact that it was a funny image.
"Aw." Uma mocked, holding out her arm for the wand as Mal held out her hand for Ben. "Cut him loose, Harry."
"There's no way it'll be that easy," Akiho muttered, the need to laugh subdued by the continuation of the viewing. "There's got to be a catch."
"I mean, I don't see what could be the catch," Emir muttered back. "Mal proved the wand works, even if we know it's a fake. What else could Uma ask for?"
Harry sighed as he bent down to cut the ropes that bound Ben's wrists and ankles. "I never get to have any fun," he muttered.
"You and I have very different definitions of fun," Carlos told him.
"Aww, poor Devil. Guess you went soft like the others," Harry faked a pout before letting out a small bark to try to scare Carlos.
"That won't work on me, Hook," Carlos said, Anita and Rodger giving him a proud smile.
"Carlos, drop it. He's not worth it," Jay said, glaring at Harry.
As soon as his hands were freed, Ben's hand grabbed Mal's but Ben looked over at Uma as she rested a hand on Ben's shoulder, as if unsure he was actually freed. Mal handed the wand to Uma.
"Yes!" Gil exclaimed in the background as Uma gave a faux shocked expression, as if surprised Mal had given her the wand. "We got it now!"
"That's what you think," Herkie said with a chuckle.
Macaria, though, frowned at Gil's exuberance at getting the wand. He's just happy at the idea of being free, she told herself. He wouldn't actually do anything too bad would he?
Mal pulled Ben up and shoved him behind her, as Ben tried to go back. "Ben, go!" Mal exclaimed.
"Listen to her!" Lucy urged.
"Yeah!" Uma exclaimed as she ran back to the ship.
"Go!" Mal shouted, still pushing Ben back toward the exit. "Move!"
"Oh gods, Ben! Trust that Mal's got a plan and move!" Emma groaned. "Seriously!"
"Guys, hate to sound like a broken record but it hasn't happened yet," Ben said. "I promise that if this does happen, I will listen to Mal."
"That's not funny!" Many of his schoolmates snapped at him.
"Okay, okay," Uma said, surrounded by her crew, and pointed the wand to the sky. "By the power of the sea, tear it down and set us free!"
The pirates cheered as they waited for the barrier to fall but nothing happened. Uma stared at the wand in shock as the realization dawned on her that Mal had gotten one over on her.
"Why are you upset?" Neal asked. "Again, as we've all pointed out, there's that pesky barrier!"
"When I want your opinion, princey, I'll ask for it," Uma growled.
"Leave him alone Uma," Emma said with a glare.
"No!" Uma shouted and broke the wand over her knee as her crew looked on in shock.
"That was smart," Melody said, rolling her eyes. "For all you know, you just broke the real wand."
"Ben!"
"You do not get to win every time!" Uma declared, Harry glaring at Mal and her gang while Gil looked confused.
"Apparently I do," Mal said with a smirk.
"Hurry!" Mal shouted, shoving Ben away as Jay went to grab the swords they had stashed. "Go!"
"And this is why we listen to Mal!" Akiho told Ben.
"Get 'em!" Uma ordered but Carlos fired off a smoke bomb before any of the pirates could advance.
"Smart," Hyllus nodded. "Obscure their vision so you can then run and get out of there!"
As dark blue smoke filled the air, Carlos let off another one at the pirates in the crow's nest. This one blinded them with orange smoke. Carlos let off one final smoke bomb as Evie tossed a sword to Ben.
Jay leaned over to Mal. "Blue, orange and red? Did you pick those colors on purpose Mal?"
"Don't know what you mean Jay," Mal muttered back, her lips barely moving. She did know what Jay meant and she didn't know if her future self had picked those colors on purpose; the colors that represented her old gang before Carlos and Evie had been brought into the fold. A gang where blue and red represented very different people than the colors did now.
"Ben!" Evie shouted as Jay ran off as if to cover potential exits. The pirates swung down amid a cloud of fresh red smoke. As the background pirates ran to take cover, the fighting began
"I never thought I'd say this, but I'm on that female pirate's side," Nero said. "When fighting's about to go down, you get out of dodge."
; a pirate nearly taking Evie's head off with a swing of his sword.
"Careful Evie!" Snow White exclaimed, looking at the screen fearfully.
Lonnie ran toward the fighting, confronting a pirate near the edge of the dock.
"Lonnie, you never run toward the fighting!" Mulan told her daughter.
"So like you did when the Hun hoard was charging you guys on the mountain pass?" Lonnie asked.
"She's got you there," Shang muttered.
"You ran after me, and I had to drag you back from an oncoming avalanche!"
"That you started!"
"I regret saying anything," Lonnie said as her parents continued to playfully verbally spar with each other.
"Go!" Uma ordered. The crew ran down the pier to face off against Mal. One of the pirates connected his sword to her's and Mal forced him over the edge of the pier sending him into the water below.
"So did Mal technically kill someone?" Alexi muttered to Dizzy and Hadie.
"Nope," Dizzy shook her head. "There are no sharks in those waters, Uma was just saying that to try to intimidate Mal."
"Plus, all the warf rats know how to swim," Hadie said. "Kinda goes with the territory of being a pirate."
Ben faced off against another pirate, easily matching the pirate blow for blow. Getting past him, Ben shoved the pirate down with a small chuckle.
"You seem a bit amused there, Ben," Chad teased. It really was rare that Ben had the chance to relax and drop the 'prince' persona, or maybe it was king persona now. It was just funny that the rare chance he got to do so was when he was fighting for his life.
The rest of Uma's crew stormed from the ship, and Mal weaved through their attack to face off against Uma, who had finally drawn her sword.
"Idiots," Uma growled.
"Took you long enough to join the fight," Mal taunted. "Scared?"
"Of you? You wish, princess."
"Still waiting on that bow."
"Get used to disappointment."
Carlos faced off against another one of the crew, expertly matching the pirate's attacks.
"Careful, Carlos!" Anita urged, clutching on to Rodger's arm in fear.
Harry jumped over the railing of the pier that was closest to the edge of the ship.
"Not gonna lie, that was kinda hot," Emma muttered to Macaria. What? She may have been going to the dance with Emir but that didn't mean she couldn't appreciate another hot man when he appeared. What was the saying? Oh yes, just because she couldn't order didn't mean she couldn't look at the menu.
"Hello, Jay," the son of Hook said as he faced off against Jay. "Well, well, well."
"I'm sensing some tension that needs to be worked out," Rose stated. "Maybe therapy or careful conversation—"
"Swords," Harry and Jay said at the same time.
"With those two, the answer's always going to be swords," Mal told Rose.
Mal and Uma began to fight while Harry and Jay seemed to circle each other in the background.
"Gods, what were you two? Vultures in another life?" Anya asked, watching the two boys circle each other.
Cutting back to Harry and Jay, Harry unsheathed his sword and swung at Jay, barely missing the son of Jafar.
"Careful Jay," Coach muttered, watching the scene in rapt concentration; looking for anything he could use to keep Jay on top.
"Don't get hit," Emir whispered. He definitely didn't want anything to happen to Jay—for Mal and his own sake. Jay was his friend after all.
Spinning, Harry raised his sword and hook toward Jay; being blocked by Jay's own sword.
"Nice," Coach nodded. "Spins are tough to block."
Not when it's always been one of Hook's first moves, Jay thought with a smirk; the memories of friendly spars as kids coming back unwanted.
Gil swung down from the ship on a rope tied to the crow's nest, landing behind Ben.
"You know you just gave up the element of surprise by yelling as you swung down."
"Macaria, stop helping them," Hyllus told his sister.
"What? It's my fault I'm the only one who pays attention to Athena's lectures?"
"It is when you're helping people trying to kill Ben!"
"Hey, Ben," the son of Gaston said as Ben looked at him in shock.
"What's so shocking about Gil being there?" Rowyn asked. "You should have heard him coming."
"At least Gil was polite enough to wait to attack until Ben knew he was there," Ruby nodded.
Gil drew his sword and began launching an attack on Ben, Ben matching the attack blow for blow.
Mal and Uma continued to fight, with Mal grabbing Uma's arm when the other girl overextended her reach and pulled her off balance.
"Good," Coach nodded. "Always be prepared to exploit a weakness. In fact, you're doing very well there Mal. You wouldn't happen to be interested in joining the team too?"
Mal chuckled. She definitely didn't expect that. "Thank you but I'll pass. I don't need the extra stress."
"Fair enough. Let me know if you change your mind, or even just want to join in a practice."
This allowed Mal to trade positions with Uma and the fighting continued.
"I can't be the only one thinking that having your back to the pier would be better than having your back to the ship, can I?" Neal asked.
Evie could be seen facing off against one of the crew mates from earlier, blocking an attack to her head before stomping on the pirate's foot. She chuckled as she pushed him off balance as he jumped in pain.
"Nice one!" Akiho grinned.
"In heels, she's doing this in heels!" Robin muttered, impressed shock coloring her tone. "I'd have twisted an ankle long before this if I tried that in those shoes."
Lonnie continued to fight the pirate that was pinned against the railing of the pier, one hand taken up by trying to keep his fellow pirate on the pier. Letting go so that he could continue to fight Lonnie, the other pirate fell into the water. Lonnie quickly disarmed the pirate she was fighting but handed him her sword.
"Why?!" Lil Shang groaned, running a hand through his hair. "Never give your opponent a weapon!"
"I can handle myself," Lonnie told her brother.
"Yes, when the opponent is fighting you one handed and pinned against the railing. Can you handle yourself when your opponent is on even ground and armed, but you're not?"
"Here, take mine," Lonnie said with a half shrug; Ben preparing to fight Gil one handed in the background.
"Ben, are you—"
"Yes, Akiho, it looks as though I'm about to fight Gil one handed," Ben nodded.
"Why?"
"I don't know!"
"Fair enough."
The pirate looked at her in shock before attacking; Lonnie dodging each thrust and swing before kicking the pirate in the face.
"Still think I can't handle myself unarmed?" Lonnie asked her brother, who stared at the screen in shock.
"Note to self, start kicking the crew in the face," Harry muttered. They'd need to learn to dodge that after all.
"Amazeballs!" Dude exclaimed before walking off.
"Was that comment really needed?" Travis asked.
Mal and Uma continued to fight, each one matching the other's attack. Mal raised her leg to avoid Uma hitting it with her sword and grabbed Uma's wrist.
Coach nodded in approval; he wanted to get Mal on the team but understood why she refused. Still, it would be a shame to let that natural talent go to waste.
"Hey, you miss me?" Mal asked as she closed the distance between the two of them before turning around so that she was facing the ship once more and pushing Uma away.
"Like the plague," Uma scoffed.
Harry and Jay kept fighting, Jay blocking Harry's blows and kicking him in the knee to knock him off balance.
"Nice high block Jay," Lonnie said with a grin.
"Thanks?" Jay said, looking a little confused as if not used to getting a compliment like that from a girl. Mal didn't count, she was practically his sister after all.
"Let's dance," Evie said, preparing to face off against another pirate, expertly matching his moves and blocking his attacks.
"Okay, I understand Mal and Jay and maybe even Carlos knowing how to sword fight. But Evie?"
"I was on the Isle of the Lost too," Evie told Ashaki. "While I was more prone to diplomacy than the others, did you think we defended our territory based on our stunning good looks and sparkling personalities?"
"I thought that was what the tags were for?" Emir asked. "The ones that Mal was working on last viewing?"
"Those help," Mal nodded. "But sometimes, some fools don't read them and think they can just take what they want."
"Hey, you encroached on our territory first!" Uma shot back. "We were just taking back what was ours."
Gil and Ben continued to fight, with Gil pinning Ben against the steps of the dock of the pier.
"Belle, lessen the grip," Adam/Beast whispered to his wife, who had once again attached her vice like grip to his hand. "Please?"
Belle, though, seemed to have not heard him; if anything her grip only increased in strength.
He's not actually going to hurt Ben, is he? Macaria thought with a frown. I mean, I know he's from the Isle but Gil doesn't seem like the type.
Oh and you know him so well? A voice that sounded like her brothers rang through her head. How many conversations have you had with him?
"Hey, Gil!" Carlos called to get the son of Gaston's attention, and holding off Gil's attack. "Get out of here, Ben!"
"Now the question remains, will he listen?" Emma chuckled, relieved that Carlos had gotten Ben out of the mess but still worried for the smaller boy.
Ashaki, though, had perked up a little at seeing the slight muscle definition in Carlos' arms. It wasn't as muscular as Jay or Harry's but that was okay.
Ben rolled away and Carlos picked up the fight with Gil, knocking the taller boy off balance so that he fell against the same steps Ben was pinned to.
"The..the pier was right there," Akiho said, looking confused. "Three steps to the right and you would have been on even ground where no one was fighting. Did you really have to roll away from the fight?"
"Nice scarf," Evie told the pirate she was sparing, as she drove him to the ground. Walking up to him, she pulled the scarf off his neck spinning the pirate and shoving him down. "It's mine now."
"Nice one E," Mal said with a smirk.
"I'm going to be reminding our crew not to wear things that can be used against them," Harry growled.
Ben came up and pulled the pirate off the pier, and stood back to back with Evie as they continued to face off against the oncoming hoard of pirates.
"That is the opposite of getting out of there!" Emir exclaimed.
"I'm not going to leave them alone!" Ben told him. "Mal, Jay, Carlos, Evie and Lonnie need the extra sword."
"This wouldn't be a problem if someone had rallied the royal guard!"
"Drop it Akiho!" Ben and Emir told their friend.
"Ben!"
Harry and Jay's fight continued on, with Harry throwing a kick at Jay but the son of Jafar dodging it. Jay threw his own kick toward Harry's head but the pirate dodged that one as well. The two matched each other blow for blow.
"Those two seem evenly matched," Aladdin muttered, staring at the screen as he was too nervous to look away. He'd grown to see Jay as almost a third son and he would hate if something were to happen to the boy. Even if it was in the future.
"Oh…" Harry said as he pinned Jay to the railing of the pier, Harry laughing as Jay glanced at the pirate's sword.
"Get out of there Jay," Mal muttered.
"It should be made illegal for either of them to wear sleeves," Rowyn muttered under her breath, staring at the rippling biceps of both VKs.
"Talk to Ben about that. He can make a proclamation," Rose teased her sister, having heard the mutter.
Grabbing the handle, Jay forced himself off the railing. Still holding on to his sword, Jay dodged a swing from Harry as Harry got his sword stuck in the pier railing.
"Oh, Hook, I'm afraid you've lost your touch," Jay said with a smirk and Harry glowered in response.
Jay took that opportunity to land a punch and kicked Harry away from him, grabbing the pirate's hook. Chuckling, Jay quickly dangled the hook over the pier railing as if to threaten to drop it if Harry moved any closer. Harry quickly dropped his sword and held out his hand for his hook. Jay, though, dropped the hook into the water and walked off as Harry grabbed his sword and jumped into the water to retrieve it.
"Jay!" Aladdin, Ben and Coach exclaimed in shock.
"What?" Jay asked. "Hook's one of the better sword fighters the warf rats have, as much as it pains me to say it. If I just gave him back his hook, he'd probably start the fight back up again. Throwing it in the water allows us time to get out of dodge before Hook re-enters the fight."
Meanwhile Uma was glaring at her first mate. "Seriously? You're diving into the water over a stupid hook? Stay up there and finish the fight! It should be easier now that you have two useable hands!"
Mal and Uma's fight raged on, with Uma getting more intense with every blow. Mal finally stopped her attack and stood on the other girl's sword to prevent another round.
"How? How are you both doing that in heels?" Emma exclaimed. "Teach me your ways Mal!"
Looking behind her to see Ben and Evie still going at it with their pirate hoards, Mal whacked Uma's hand with her sword and ran toward the king and her friend.
"Oh Ben, that kick hurt me," Lonnie groaned. "How have we been friends for so long and you never learned to throw a decent front kick?"
"What was wrong with it?" Ben asked and Lonnie looked at him as if he had three heads.
"How about the fact that you dropped your leg after extending the kick? You want more bang for your buck, bring your leg back in before you set it down. It'll also allow you the opportunity to throw another kick if you need to. Also, you leaned back when you threw it meaning if the pirate had caught your leg, you'd have been thrown off balance and potentially fallen back into Evie."
Uma followed in her wake.
"Uma!" Harry shouted from the water and Uma gave up her pursuit temporarily to help Harry out of the water.
"Jay, go start the car!" Carlos shouted, having been victorious with his fight with Gil.
"Go with him!" Ashaki and Emma urged.
"I'll meet you guys there," Evie told them. Jay ran toward the tunnel, grabbing Lonnie who was sparing against two pirates.
"Oh thank Zeus," Lil Shang muttered, happy his little sister would be out of the fray.
"Ben, come on! Go!" Mal shouted, as Ben continued to spar against the pirate crew.
"Listen to her!" Akiho and Emir shouted.
"Mal's mine!" Uma vowed as she ran up the pier. Harry grinned and unsheathed his sword, following his captain.
"When did he sheathe his sword?" Emma asked. "He dove in the water with his sword unsheathed but when he came out of the water, it was sheathed."
"Paying close attention to his sword, Emma?" Neal asked with a smirk.
"Don't be gross Neal!" Emma exclaimed.
Uma faced off against Mal once more as Ben nearly got impaled in the head with an oncoming sword.
"Watch it!" Akiho, Chad, Emir, Kitty, Travis and Peter all shouted, glaring at the pirate.
"Hiya!" Harry exclaimed.
"Hiya. He has all the time in the world to think of a witty one liner and he goes with 'hiya'," Mal shook her head in disbelief, glowering at the pirate. Why was Harry going after Ben anyway? He'd been sparing Jay after all.
The two boys began sparing, with Ben climbing up the ladder he was pinned against to try to gain a better vantage point.
Open jacket and fighting for his life is a good look for Ben, Rowyn thought with a small flush appearing on her cheeks.
"Think that's adrenaline or is he showing off for Mal?" Akiho muttered to Emir.
"Can we say both?" Emir muttered back.
The fights continued on and Harry forced Ben off the ladder by using both his sword and hook. Ben ran around the ladder with Harry in hot pursuit but getting his arm stuck in the ladder rung.
"Idiot!" Uma growled. "Go around the ladder and cut him off! That way you don't get your arm stuck!"
"Coochy, coochy, coo," Ben teased, tickling the pirate's chin the same way Harry had back when Ben was tied up.
"Is it necessarily a good idea to tease the pirate who definitely wants to kill you?" Neal asked.
Harry swung wildly to try to hit Ben but Ben dodged, fighting the pirate one handed.
"What is with you and fighting the pirates one handed?" Akiho asked and Ben shrugged.
VKs: Let's go, bring it on
Bring it on, it's going down
Time is running out
"Oh that's not terrifying to hear or anything," Hades muttered under his breath. He did not want to think about his daughter's time running out.
"Carlos! Smoke bomb!" Evie shouted and the younger boy tossed her one of the last remaining smoke bombs.
"See? This is why you make more than five smoke bombs!" Macaria told them. "Now you've just got one remaining if this one doesn't work."
VKs: Let's go, pound for pound
We're prepared to stand our ground
Put your swords up
It's going down
"Ben, go!" Mal shouted as Evie fired the penultimate smoke bomb, a cloud of dark purple smoke obscuring the pirates' vision.
"I know how to make smoke bombs," Mal said with a smirk as Macaria looked on in shock. "I've been doing it since I was five after all."
"Don't remind me," Evie grumbled, having had been the victim of some of those smoke bombs when they were kids. The time after Evie's sixth birthday, where almost the entire Isle but Mal had been invited, had been the worst of it. Evie's clothes and skin were covered in purple smoke for about two weeks.
"Let's go, now!" Evie shouted, dragging Ben toward the tunnel.
"Thank you!" Hyllus sighed in relief. "He's finally getting out of there!"
"Go!" Mal urged.
"Come on!"
Evie and Ben went through the tunnel as Mal stayed behind, looking back at the pirate hoard.
"Seriously? First Ben and now Mal?" Hyllus groaned. "Why don't you two understand the importance of getting out of dodge?"
"So you do pay attention to Athena's lectures on strategy!" Macaria said with a smirk.
Pirates: Yo-oh, ho-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Yo-oh, ho-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Uma made her way to the bridge that connected the tunnel to the pier, but Mal kicked it loose; causing it to tumble into the fantoms below.
"Nice," Emir said with a smirk. "Makes it a lot harder for them to follow you."
Uma: What's my name?
What's my name?
What's my name?
Uma, Uma-la-la-ooh
Uma: Say it nowwwwww!
"Shrimpy," Mal said with a smirk.
The two stared at each other in silence as the song ended.
"Umm, okay? Are either one of you going to say anything or just stare at each other for an awkward amount of time?" Nero asked.
"You okay?" Carlos asked Lonnie as the VKs, Ben and Lonnie made their way back to the limo.
"Yeah, I'm good," Lonnie told him.
Mulan sighed in relief and then turned to her daughter. "If this happens for real, and you get injured and don't tell anyone, you're grounded for three weeks understand?"
"Yes mom."
"Good. That being said, you did well out there," Mulan said. "Maybe a bit more refining on the sword play but being on the Swords and Shields team will help you out there."
Lonnie beamed at the compliment.
"Nice work out there, Lonnie," Carlos said, running toward the limo. "Come on, Dude, hop in. Oh, now you listen to me."
"Are we sure Dude isn't like a cat in a dog's body or something?" Lucy asked. "He ignores commands like all the time and does his own thing."
"Hey!" Dude exclaimed.
"Let's go," Evie said as she ran out of the tunnel.
"Smartest thing anyone's said in this viewing," Akiho nodded.
"Come on, Evie, get in."
"Let's go."
Ben ran out of the tunnel but looked back, as if realizing someone was missing.
"Mal!" He shouted.
"You waited for me?" Mal asked. "Ben, you should have made your way to the limo. The others wouldn't have left without me."
"You honestly think I'm going to leave you behind?" Ben asked and shook his head. "That's not going to happen Mal.
Mal, still staring off against Uma, turned and walked off.
"Is this really the time to slowly walk away? I think running would be more apropos."
"Running gives Uma the satisfaction," Mal said with a shrug as Rose stared in confusion.
"No!" Uma shrieked and stormed off. "Move! Get out of my way!"
"Temper, temper," Hadie said with a smirk.
Mal ran through the tunnel and Ben grabbed her hand, the two of them making their way toward the limo.
Belle couldn't help but smile at the sight of Ben grabbing Mal's hand as she finally relaxed. Her son was safe, Mal had saved him.
Adam/Beast slid his hand out of his wife's grip and stretched it out, wincing a bit. There were definitely going to be a couple of broken bones there.
"Come on, come on, come on," Lonnie urged. "Swords."
Mal and Ben threw their swords into the trunk of the limo and climbed into the back as Lonnie closed the trunk and hopped into the front. As the limo drove off, the camera pans down to show Mal's spell book on the ground of the Isle.
"What?" Mal snapped, her eyes widening in shock. "How did I not notice it was gone?"
"Mal, it's the future," Evie told her but Mal was more focused on the fact that her spell book was now in enemy territory.
"E, with that spell book, who knows what damage Uma could do?" Mal growled. "Gods, why did I even bring it?"
"Because it's your mother's spell book?" Carlos ventured but grew silent as Mal growled once more.
Mal looked back, as if making sure they weren't being pursued by Uma and her crew. Looking forward once more, Ben and Mal glanced at each other as if unsure what to say.
"Awkward," Dude said.
"I'm really sorry that things didn't go the way you wanted them to," Ben told her, finally breaking the silence.
"We're not!" Emir said. "We like having Mal in Auradon, even if for some reason she thinks she's bad for Ben."
"I mean, as long as you're safe, that's…" Mal told him, still panting heavily.
Persephone smiled slightly, despite everything that had happened Mal was still more concerned with Ben's safety than anything else.
"Breathe Mal," Ben said softly.
"Guess you could say you take her breath away, huh Ben?" Emir teased.
"That was horrible," Aziz told his little brother. "Never go into comedy."
"Well, I mean, at least I got to see the Isle," Ben said as if trying to find a positive.
"There are better ways to see the Isle," Adam/Beast muttered to himself. Even if he wasn't thrilled with the idea of Ben going to the Isle, there were more official ways that it could be done rather than sneaking off in the dead of night.
"They're my people, too. Uma helped me see that."
Everyone paused and looked over at Ben.
"I'm sorry, Uma?" Akiho said as if in shock.
"We're talking about the same person who kidnapped you and held you for ransom for the wand?" Emir asked.
"The same person who held you over a plank and threatened to turn you into fish chow?" Chad reiterated.
"The same person who just had a massive sword fight to try to kill not only you but your girlfriend and her friends?" Elle inquired.
"The same person who sang a musical number dedicated to taking over Auradon?" Audrey chimed in.
"The same person who's sitting right here and absolutely loves it when people talk about her as if she's not in the room," Uma reminded them, glaring at the Auradonians.
"Oh good, so we'll continue then?" Melody asked with an innocent smile, pretending like she didn't understand the sarcasm as Uma turned her glare onto her.
"Ben, Uma captured you."
"Thank you!" Akiho and Emir exclaimed in exasperated relief.
"Someone who gets it!" Elle added.
"She's an angry girl with a bad plan," Ben said while Mal looked at him in shock. "That's not so different from you when you came to Auradon, Mal."
Oh gods, does your foot taste good or something future me? That's got to be the only reason why you would continue to talk after that, Ben thought as Mal looked away from him.
Hades, though, was looking right at him with a small glare; powerful enough to make Ben wish he was captured on the Isle yet not noticeable enough to anyone who wasn't looking.
The two looked away from each other while Carlos and Evie stared in silence.
"Awkward." Dude chimed in.
"Took the words right out of my mouth," Dude said.
"Dude…"Evie began but cleared her throat.
"Dude, I know you can talk, but it doesn't always mean you should." Carlos said at the same time. The two stared at Mal and Ben as the tension grew.
"Wise words," Travis nodded.
"Too bad Dude will probably not listen to them," Evan added.
