After thinking back on Package Deal, and discovering potential for another triad in The Shannara Chronicles, I've recently discovered I have a fascination with triad relationships. Not only that, I enjoyed writing for these three. Therefore I decided I'm not quite done piloting this ship yet.

Therefore, we now have this. I hope I can explain clearly so you all understand. These will be more like a collection of OT3 one-shots. There isn't really a linear storyline like in the other one. They might be interconnected, or they might not. This more gets out a couple ideas I had that I couldn't fit into Package Deal all that well.

Enjoy.

"You're sure about this?" Ben regarded the frozen lake a little cautiously. Not for himself, but for his girlfriend whom was currently clinging to his arm with big eyes.

"Of course!" Evie smiled. "I think it'll be fun."

Much like Mal, Evie couldn't swim. The ice should be solid but Ben still worried. There was always the off chance something might happen. He couldn't help worrying, at least Evie found it endearing.

"Too bad Mal couldn't be here." Ben sat on a nearby log to put on his skates.

"Tell me about it." Evie took a seat next to him. "We'll just have to show her later."

Thanks to their teacher being out sick, and no substitute available, Ben and Evie had their last class of the day off. Mal had not been so fortunate, their girlfriend was still stuck inside her own class. On the upside, their girlfriend was sitting in a hot school building while they froze out here.

Then again... Ben looked over to see Evie struggling with putting her own skates on. The way she frowned and pouted when she couldn't get them to fit properly was adorable as far as Ben was concerned.

The cold wasn't so bad with warm and loving company.

"Here let me help." As amusing as it was, Evie needed help. Kneeling down to one knee, he took the girl's foot in hand and readjusted the skate.

Evie grinned down at him. "My hero."

"At your service milady." Ben responded without missing a beat.

With Evie's skates fixed, he was about to stand when Evie seized him by the cheeks. Pulling him back, she pressed her lips to his. Ben could easily outmuscle her, but he just went with it instead.

Evie snaked her arms around his neck, while Ben's own encircled her waist to pull her closer. When the two parted for air, Evie was left breathless. "Now that's one way to warm up."

Ben rolled his eyes and gave another kiss to her chilled red cheek. "Well I certainly wouldn't mind making out all afternoon, but are you still wanting to learn how to skate?"

"Hmm..." If Ben didn't know the girl so well, he would have thought she really was weighing the pros and cons of both. "Yes!" Evie squealed in exhilaration.

"Is that yes to kissing or yes to skating?" Ben couldn't resist teasing her.

Evie's initial answer came in the form of a light slap to his shoulder before she took his gloved hand in hers. Even with fabric separating them, Ben could feel the warmth of her touch. That and the girl's excitement as she dragged him toward the lake by the hand.

"Now remember, one of the most important things to remember is not to push yourself too fast." Ben explained. "You're not going to be doing midair spins in just a day or anything like that."

Fortunately for Ben, Evie didn't just hear every word, she actually listened. He was a little worried her eagerness would eventually get the better of her and she would wind up doing the exact opposite of what he told her. But for now she seemed to be doing fine.

"Gah!" Evie again almost lost her footing but her arm wrapped around Ben's allowed him to steady her before she got too far off balance. Breathing a sigh of relief, she sent a smile Ben's way. "Thanks."

"No problem, want to take a break?"

"Nope!"

As it turned out, Evie was a fairly quick study. She was still a novice at best, but Ben had faith in her. It had been a while since her last near tumble so Ben figured she could skate on her own without him to keep her level.

"Ready?" Ben prepared to let go of her arm.

Taking in a deep breath, Evie knew her safety net was about to evaporate. "Ready."

Ben expected the worst when the pair broke contact. But to his surprise, and infinite relief, Evie didn't instantly go down. She wobbled for less than a second before correcting herself and resuming. Ben watched in wonder as she skated near effortlessly.

The tendrils of worry came rushing back when Evie made a tight turn but it was for naught when she didn't even flinch or shake. The girl was a natural!

Ben had to resist the urge to cheer for his girlfriend lest it go to her head. Still, the girl was good, no doubt about that. Unfortunately, Evie flew too close to the sun and was about to come crashing back down to earth.

Literally.

Evie had been slowing gathering speed, her skates sliding across the ice faster and faster. Maybe it was a loose chunk of ice, maybe it was something in the skates, or most likely it was Evie getting ahead of herself and pushing herself too fast.

Whatever the cause, Evie lost her balance and started to go down. Ben had been close by, but out of arm reach. He rushed to her but failed to catch his girlfriend before she went down into the ice face first.

To make matters worse, Ben had panicked when he saw Evie fall and overcompensated in an attempt to reach her. The end result was Ben reaching the girl, but the young king slammed down into the ice back first. Hurt thought it did, Ben pushed it from his mind and scrambled over to Evie.

"Ow..." Evie groaned as Ben helped her sit up. He repressed his wince when he saw the state of her face. It looked worse than it felt, that much was obvious.

"You're going to need some ice. Let's go to the nurse's office." Ben helped Evie to her feet and off the icy lake.

Mal was going to kill him...

"WHERE IS SHE!" Ben and Evie both nearly jumped out of the skin at the yell.

"Crap..." Ben grumbled. He thought it would be longer before Mal found out. Someone must have seen Ben taking Evie to the nurses office. Then again, this was Mal. Ben wouldn't have been surprised if the fairy had a magical hurt tracker on their girlfriend.

Didn't matter, Ben was about ten seconds away from a potentially painful end.

Evie, who was sitting on the stool with an icepack to her face, sent an apologetic look to Ben but whatever she was about to say was cut off by the nurse's office door slamming open.

Mal wasn't spitting literal fire, at least not yet. But if Ben had to choose between the flames and the look on Mal's face right now... he would have preferred to burn.

"E! What happened?!" Mal was at Evie's side in an instant.

"M it's..."

"Are you okay? What happened?" The second part had that blazing gaze turned on Ben, who suddenly found himself unable to respond. That didn't sit well with the fairy. "What did you..."

"MAL! I'm fine!" It wasn't often that Evie raised her voice. When she did, everyone, even a borderline hysterical Mal, snapped to attention without the slightest thought.

"What happened E?" Mal's tone was much softer now.

"Ben was teaching me how to skate." Evie's hand that wasn't holding the icepack took hold of the fairy's and gave a reassuring squeeze. "I got kinda... carried away and fell."

"Uh... is anyone going to help us?" Jay's voice echoed from the doorway. All three turned to see the son of Jafar and Carlos dragging with chains what looked like a large concrete block. It was made ever stranger by the fact that the two boys were shackled to the stone.

"Do I even want to know?" Ben looked on completely stumped as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Mal looked guilty, something that happened as often as Evie yelling. "Sorry guys... I'll fix it."

"We tried to explain, then Jay tried to grab her when that failed. Tried." Carlos spoke as Mal made the rock and chains disappear with a wave of her hand and a quick chant.

The mental image of the boys dragging the chunk of stone all the way here was hilarious. But Ben bit back his mirth. Evie not so much, the girl didn't even try to restrain her giggle.

"Thank you." Jay rubbed his wrists now that the manacles were gone. "So what did we miss?" Jay came bounding into the room in typical boisterous fashion, even throwing his arm around Ben's shoulders. Something that made the young king wince when his sore back was brushed by the action.

"Skating accident." Mal deadpanned with a look that all but said 'out'.

"Get well soon Evie." Jay did a slight bow before leaving. Not before lightly swatting Ben on the back like he always did.

Biting his lip so hard it nearly bled, Ben was able to hold in the gasp of pain. The moment Jay's blow had landed, white hot pain exploded up Ben's spine. Enough to make him see spots. Ben thanked his lucky stars nobody noticed his reaction.

"You sure you're okay E?" Mal always had been overprotective of Evie. No force in the world could change that. That same mindset carried over to how Mal saw Ben too. But Evie was the more obviously hurt.

Evie sighed and removed the icepack from her face. The girl was sporting a split lip and a particularly nasty black eye along with a couple minor cuts and scrapes on her chin. But even with that she was smiling at her boyfriend and girlfriend. "I told you, I'm fine."

Ben watched with amazement as she put the icepack back on her face. Granted he hadn't known her as long as Mal, but there was some things he knew from both experience and being told. The major thing was that Evie cared greatly about her looks. She put such effort into looking and dressing beautifully. To have such injuries should have been devastating, but if Evie cared she didn't show it. It was truly a testament as to how much she had been growing as her own person, outside her mother's shadow.

Ben quite frankly couldn't be prouder of her.

His line of thought was interrupted by an unconscious flinch emanating from his injured back. Hopefully the girl's wouldn't...

"You okay Ben?" Evie uncovered eye looked at him with concern.

Oh great...

"I'm fine." Ben added a smile for good measure, hoping his voice sounded steady.

"Bull." Mal cut in, unconvinced, before she grabbed his shirt. The fairy tended not to take it well when what she considered hers took damage.

"Hey what are you..." Ben tried to stop her but Mal was determined. She got behind him and lifted his shirt.

"We're going to need more ice." Ben could hear Mal's grimace.

Ben tried to look over his shoulder but Mal was making the difficult. "It's not that..."

Mal stopped his sentence cold with a single light poke to his back. There was no hiding the noise of pain this time. Not when the girl's were both watching so closely. At least Mal offered a muffled apology.

"Ben!" Evie was about to get up but a raised hand from Mal gave her pause.

"Got some nasty bruises here but I've seen worse." Mal answered so Evie wouldn't come rushing over, knowing full well she would have injured or not. "Nothing broken I think. Just bruised."

"I didn't think it was that..." Ben swore he could feel the glare Mal was giving his back. "Okay fine, I was more concerned about Evie."

Evie didn't say a word, just reached over to take his hand like she'd done for Mal a short time ago.

"For crying out loud you two." Mal grumbled with a shake of her head. "I leave you alone for one evening and you guys do this!"

"Sorry..." Ben really didn't need to apologize, it had been an accident. But he felt like he should since he was supposed to be looking after Evie when she fell.

"I just can't leave you two unsupervised." Mal shook her head but right after she leaned in close and planted the softest feather light kiss to Ben's bruised back. The fairy was still complaining but Ben knew she just needed to vent her own concern and worry.

"But you love us." Evie told Mal with the fondest look she could manage with a black eye.

Mal leaned out from behind Ben to turn her glare on Evie. That lasted a whole one second before melting away into a tiny, almost unnoticeable, grin. "Of course I do my princess."

I have a couple more ideas but I'm still very open to suggestions.