When a figure appeared from the shadows, everything at the ball stopped. The four VKs instantly recognized the teen wearing all black with a red shirt, Chance di Diablo, son of Hades. "Be careful of shadows," he said his catchphrase with a devil-may-care smirk.

The four VKs were soon in front of him. Concerned Evie asked "Chance, what are you doing here?"

Jay asked the practical question "How are you here?"

Chance answered Evie "Death has come to the Isle, it's affecting legacies now."

Before he could say more, he waved them back and doubled over to cough up black inky goop. The VKs understood how serious things were even as Chance commented "I thought I'd have more time, more than five minutes at least."

Straightening, he answered Jay "It's Athena not Hades who can have kids by wishing."

Hercules came over "You're a son of Hades." The villain kids immediately tensed.

Chance's legs gave out and Jay eased his fall to a sitting position, the Devil's Chance asked Mal "Do you know your mother's curse? I need you to use a variation on me."

After a bit of arguing and Mal refusing, Evie said "I'll do it," looking at the black flame in Chance's hand.

Chance pulled back his outstretched hand which set off another coughing fit, this time coming up more blood than black. Chance explained "You can't. It'd kill you and your magic wouldn't work on me, your mother's a succubus and mine's the king of Hell."

Fairy Godmother came over and this time Chance tensed while the teens shifted with discomfort, unsure who to side with. Fairy Godmother smiled at the dark young man "I could do the spell."

"You're fully fae so your magic would work." Chance considered her "Touch this to get the variation, I'm going to slow down death so the rotten four," he smiled at the name as always, "can at least evacuate the legacies from the Isle." He turned to the four VKs "Take all legacies, infected, dead or neither." Focusing on Mal "You know what I'll need to wake up. Leave someone here with the sword to kill me before I can, y'know. The sword doesn't have any requirements to wield it." Fairy Godmother had touched the black flame so Chance laid down as she instructed "Carlos still scared of dogs?"

The four cracked up, Carlos accused "You knew? You always laughed at the name? You knew?"

"Course I did, I'm a genius." Chance flicked the wrist that had held the flame and this time Mal didn't have the option to refuse.

Fairy Godmother put him under and after a little writhing, he settled frozen in a death like sleep. Mal turned to her brothers and sister, "Who's gonna stay behind?"

Carlos immediately volunteered "I will. You'll need Jay and Evie to get the others, and only you can get what he needs to wake up."

Hercules moved to lift Chance and Jay shoved him away "You can't touch him you're Greek. He'd kill you without trying."

Ben came over "Then maybe you should take him to a room and lay him in a bed."

Mal shook her head "Red and black, the only colors he responds well to."

"What?"

"If it's not red or black, he might accidentally unleash his powers. Since the Isle limits magic,"

"Alright, so it's a safety thing."

A black sword floated in front of Mal, "You sure Carlos?"

Carlos took the sword "Yeah," it immediately shrank into a knife.

Hercules asked "What is that?" Instinctively, he backed away.

Jay answered "The god-killer sword used to be the only thing that could kill on the Isle. Chance made it so he kept the law, everyone respected him."

Evie explained "The only way to kill without it was to cut someone up and eat part of them so there wasn't enough to revive. The Hooks once did that to mark their turf, they fed body parts to fish." She took a deep breath "Chance always claimed there was a balance in death. He'd say that in war, armies balanced each other out. When he found out about the Hooks, he proved his sword's power by taking out the crew members that killed trespassers. He took the pristine bodies around the Isle and sold them, hair to the Tremaines for their wig making, the possessions on the bodies to merchants and parts of the bodies for potions."

Carlos finished "He bought food with almost all the money and gave it to the families of the people killed. He took whatever he wanted to sell from the bodies in front of whoever he was selling to, he did that for show. He proved the bodies were in pristine condition until the last sale to show he didn't have to dismember to kill. Everyone learned he was the law soon after that. Apparently it's called the god-killer because the sword could actually kill a god. There have always been rumors about who his mother is but no one knows for sure."

Mal said "We've wasted enough time explaining, Chance collapsed too quickly. We don't have much time." He told Ben "Be careful cleaning up that, could contain death magic." She held out her hand, Jay and Evie put theirs on top.

Carlos said "See you soon, hopefully," before they vanished off to the Isle. Shifting awkwardly, he turned to the party "Alright. Here's the deal. If I know anything, the youngest will fall victim first but you heard Chance, they need to get all of them off the Isle. I know you didn't even want us here but what's killing the kids on the Isle is the same thing Chance had." He looked around, locking on one royal "Queen Ella, Drisella's daughter Dizzy might be dead. She's not even a teen." The stress nearly made Carlos fall face first on the floor. Swaying a bit, he said "We, we can't do this alone."

As Prince Ben supported the shorter teen, King Adam said "You won't. Tell us what you need from us."

Carlos looked at him, ignoring everyone else "They'll need medical attention, everyone even if they don't look sick. Before that they'll need transportation. Uh, legacies as Chance calls us are the descendants of villains themselves, think two or three for every villain. Chance probably didn't care when henchmen started dying, he specified that all legacies come so two or three people per villain." He looked around "I know you didn't like it when my friends and I came here but I think Ben inspired Chance by inviting us, I think that's why he told my friends to get all legacies, to give us all a chance to be good. He always laughed when my friends and I said we were rotten to the core, when we were called the rotten four because he knew we weren't evil. You're gonna have to help us, to let people like us in. I'm not going to lie and say that we're all secretly good but if you don't give us a chance, everyone on the Isle dies. I spent my childhood as a slave to my mother, Jay could never steal anything good enough for Jafar, Dizzy will never be good enough for Queen Ella's stepmother or sisters. We never had a chance and all the kids on the Isle won't have a chance if you don't give it to them. I don't know how many people my friends can gather or how many will make it to Auradon but you might have to host the children of your villains. I refuse to be tricked into trading one living Hell for another, I need to know now if you can give them better."

Queen Leah sighed, gaining everyone's attention "I suppose you have a point. Maleficent doesn't have anymore children, does she?"

"I don't think so, Mal was the only one that I've ever met. So you're all willing to help?" Seeing nods all around invigorated Carlos, he said "We'll need a boat to wait in Ursula's Bay. Harry Hook, if he's still around, he'll keep the dock safe for this. He and Ursula's daughter Uma run things there. Every villain will probably be willing to give up their children for the same reason my mother and my friends' parents gave us up, a chance to get back at the heroes. Once Chance wakes up, he'll get everyone on your side of things. Though you might not like how he does, it'll give you all a chance to change them for the better. I think sooner would be better for making arrangements."

Carlos walked towards King Adam as everyone wandered off to make arrangements, Queen Leah stopped him "I'd like to volunteer to arrange the boat."

"Okay, make sure it has medical supplies and people trained to administer them. Seems like death is a disease. If you'll excuse me, I need to talk to King Adam about what to do with Chance while he can't go near anything Greek."

Queen Leah smiled "Of course."

Carlos decided to play it safe and mention "Most people think he's actually a young God, since he came to the Isle so long after Hades' banishment they think his mother must've conceived him without his father around but since all villain kids belong on the Isle, she couldn't keep him. It also explains how he was a few years old with a powerful sword the first time anyone saw him. Excuse me." He walked up to King Adam "Would you mind carrying Chance? I'm not sure what his powers could do to people since apparently Greeks are out of the question."

Adam started making his way over "Of course."

"Careful of the goop, I'm not sure what death magic is. Queen Leah volunteered to arrange a boat, I told her to stock it with medical supplies and medics. Mal was serious about the red or black room thing, colors like his clothes. I'm gonna try to organize the help."

Queen Belle said "I'll come with you."

"Okay." He went over to the Charmings "Queen Ella, King Kit, Prince Chad, I feel like I should tell you who I know you can expect since I'd like you to open a field hospital on your shores. If I'm not mistaken, your kingdom is closest to the Isle's Pirates' Bay where the legacies will probably be picked up."

Chad asked "Do I have any cousins?"

"Drisella's daughter Dizzy and Anastasia's son Anthony," answered Carlos "Anthony's older than me so he should be safer than Dizzy."

Queen Ella nodded "That's all we need to know. Two or three children per villain, right?"

"At least. Most villains only have one child, though some have two, but legacies are the descendants of villains not just their children. I guess what I meant by two or three each was that we're not taking half the Isle. If you're all set, I'd like to try to catch others before they leave to tell you all who I know will be coming that's relevant to each of you."

Carlos talked with each royal family, verifying what each kingdom was contributing before checking in with Fairy Godmother, who asked "Do you know what they're retrieving from the Isle to wake Chance?"

Carlos had been dodging the question, confirming he knew but nothing more than that "Yes. Chance's familiar, Excelsior. I don't know what Excelsior is, he has a human form that isn't his natural form. In human form, he looks a lot like Chance. He's got pale skin, black hair. He wears the same black clothes but on him it looks more like, I don't know, maybe it's his demeanor that affects that. Instead of a red shirt, he has a dirty white one. He's meek, especially compared to his master and that's what he calls Chance, master. Oh and he looks like an adult. I don't know what his natural form is, shapeshifting isn't easy behind a magic blocking barrier so I don't know how he's not always in his natural form."

"This is good information so no one gets the wrong idea."

"Excelsior was apparently bound to Chance at birth or something, Chance named him. Excuse me." Carlos left Belle and Fairy Godmother talking about what they'd need to do about Excelsior, Chance would need his familiar.

Carlos jogged to catch two people at the door "You're Anita and Roger, right?"

They stopped and smile, Roger answered "Yes."

"When this is over, no matter how it ends, the villains will be wiped out. Chance wants us to evacuate the legacies before he stops holding death back. By this time tomorrow, all of our parents will be dead. I'm sort of okay with that, I wasn't planning on ever facing my mother again. I just wanted to tell you that first, maybe you could help me tell the others."

Anita hugged him. Smiling, Roger asked Carlos "Are you afraid of dogs?"

Hugging Anita back, Carlos answered "Uh, no. I'm not ready for a hundred or anything yet, why?"

Roger said "We gave most of the pups up for adoption. Don't worry, we don't have a hundred anymore. We've wanted to adopt you since we found out about you. It's your choice." Anita broke her hug to look hopefully at him.

Carlos' chuckle turned into a smile, "Uh, is there any chance you could stay here until everything is sorted out with all the other Isle kids before I make my choice? I was serious about not letting them trade one Hell for another."

King Adam answered behind him "Of course they can stay, that is as soon as they call a dog sitter. Carlos, would you like me to show you where I put Chance?"

"Uh, yes. I think Belle can fill you in on everything the other kingdoms promised."

King Adam led the young man away, "Of course." At the door to the room, he asked "Need anything?"

"No. I got a headache but I think it's stress and I don't want to risk falling asleep until everyone is safe in Auradon."

"I'll have some fruit sent up, try to relax."

"I won't, not until I'm sure we didn't trade one Hell for another. I'm kinda waiting for the other shoe to drop, for their mission to fail or one of their host families to fall through. It's instinct and all of us have it, we can't believe that anything good comes free. Chance can scare them into not plotting anything and give you guys time to prove yourself but until he's awake and they're safe at least, I refuse to relax."

"Alright, just eat some fruit." Adam opened the door.

Carlos entered and spun around "No apples, I did live with Evil Queen so-"

"Of course."

Adam waved to a chair and left him alone with Chance. After asking a servant to bring fruit to Carlos' room, no apples, Adam met with his wife, son and the Fairy Godmother to review what Carlos had told them. Ben knew surprisingly little about life on the Isle, though he was polite not to push. Belle told them what information Carlos had shared with various royals while telling them what each family pledged to help the refugees. Fairy Godmother explained what Chance needs to wake up, theorizing the god-killer might play a role in Chance's variation on the classic curse. Adam told them what he'd overheard from Carlos' chat with the Radcliffes. Since the Charmings and Queen Leah volunteered the most immediate aid, their families would need to be informed first. Ben took care of spreading the word on everything after verifying what Carlos told the Radcliffes with Anita and Roger.

When the boat docked, they were welcomed by Chad and Audrey. Mal said "We need to get Excelsior here to Chance."

Audrey explained "That's actually why I'm here, since Carlos said you don't have any siblings I'm here to take Excelsior to his master while everyone else is here to meet the legacies their families will be hosting."

Mal sized Audrey up before nodding to herself, she turned to the cowardly man "You heard Audrey, she's here to take you to Chance."

"Master?" He followed Audrey to the waiting limo.

Chad Charming said "The rest of us are actually here to help wherever we can. If we could meet the kids our families are hosting, that'd be nice."

Mal turned to tell Jay to get the guys from the Isle who can help but he was gone. In a bored tone, Evie said "I think he's ahead of you on this one."

Mal turned to Evie, "Why don't you help Uma get in the water where she can replenish her strength and maybe help in her own way?"

Evie said "Right." She snapped her compact closed and headed off to organize the able bodied girls, Uma would be better in the water.

Mal climbed onto the dock and faced the crowd from Auradon Prep, "I want each of you to pair up with a boy from the Isle if you're going to board the boat. They loaded the sick, they know who's in worse shape. I'm going to clear the upper deck by levitating people out. Some people should wait in pairs at the end of the dock to take the people I move. Okay?" They all got in line by the boat, pairs at the shore end standing in pairs the width of the dock apart. Mal levitated people as carefully as possible into the waiting arms of the pairs who carefully rushed them to a cot. Thankfully most of the people above deck were asleep and stayed that way. Once clear of patients, Mal put everything else in piles before dumping them on the edge of the field hospital on shore. This cleared the way to unload the rest of the patients.

Jay had wasted no time arranging the able bodied boys to get the worst cases above deck. Even with Uma attempting to lessen the rocking, some already sick kids discovered they got sea sick. Jay paired boys off by height for balance. Everyone was willing to do whatever it took to get Auradon to fix their dying friends, some out of spite to make them see what they've done. The boys moved quickly. Soon, Evie was organizing the girls and trying to get Uma in the water. Above deck, some passed their loads to the Auradon kids, some were too protective. Mal was trying to organize the combined help. As soon as she could, she pulled Jay, Evie and Chad into a huddle. "Jay, assuming the more critical cases are already receiving priority treatment, pair the Isle boys with Chad's Auradon boys. Chad, if you know anything we should know, tell us as soon as everyone's been off loaded. Don't wait to tell Anthony first because Dizzy is sick and you'll just upset him if it applies to her. We'll decide what needs to be passed on and what can wait. Evie, I think the girls could help a lot more on shore unless they're Uma or have some way of helping the boys. We need to send everyone we can spare on unloading to shore. I'm going to check with one of the doctors to see where we stand on getting cleared then I'm gonna help set up supplies. Is everyone clear on what they're doing?" They nodded and broke away to do their tasks.

After everyone was unloaded, before anyone left, Chad told the three leading VKs "Carlos thinks that when Chance wakes, he'll stop holding back death on the Isle and all of your parents will die."

Mal nodded "Chad, that's a great morale booster, especially for the people sent here by their villain parents. Evie, Jay, we'll tell the ones in decent condition so they can tell any of their sick friends or family members. Chad, hang back and fill in the gaps. Let's make sure everyone knows there's no going back and soon no one to go back to."

Chad nodded "Right. Uh, once you're cleared, do you want to spend the night at my place with Anthony? If we can all stay medically cleared."

Evie said "Of course we'll come help your family adjust, you do want us there as a buffer, right?"

"Right." They executed the plan. The three Auradon VKs putting the elder Tremaine at ease on the ride to the castle.

Ben popped into Chance's room "Audrey's bringing Excelsior over now. Your friends are going to need to get a clean bill of health to leave Charmington, they're probably going to stay the night."

"Okay. Thanks." He was glad that the wait was coming to a close.

"The room next door is open to you if you want to leave Excelsior and Chance alone to get some sleep."

Figuring the royal family had compared noted, Carlos explained to Ben "As his familiar, Excelsior is like a pet to Chance. Guess I should tell you his full name, might make more sense for a son of the underworld god. His full name is Chance di Diablo, it means,"

"The Devil's Chance, clever just like Hades is said to be."

"Yeah. I'll take you up on that offer of a room as soon as Excelsior gets here to wake Chance up."

"Alright then. Tell Audrey her guest room is open if you see her." Ben ducked out to go to bed himself.

The ride from the docks of Charmington to Castle Beast was short. Audrey led Excelsior in, telling a guard "We're here for Chance."

As the door opened, Carlos set the God-killer Sword on Chance and put the sleeping man's hands around the hilt as the sword grew back from knife form. The first word out of Excelsior's mouth was "Master." Chance woke to the one word his familiar was allowed to say. He was only allowed to speak with Chance in private, in public he was to show proper deference. The cowardly man shuffled up to the dark haired boy as Carlos slipped out.

The white haired boy told the brunette "Ben said your guest room is waiting and that the room next door to this one is for me." Before Audrey could say anything, he confessed "I see why your grandmother hated Mal at first sight. Seeing Chance, the law of the Isle, so still scared me. He was the closest thing we had to a hero on the Isle but he's not related to me in any way so I can't imagine missing your daughter's childhood, getting her back only to lose her to the curse you originally let her go to avoid. I need to sleep, do you know which door is to the room Ben left open for me?" Audrey pointed and Carlos wished her goodnight.