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Chapter 1 - When it rains, It pours.
As the sunshine rained down on the land of Auradon, the black and dark storm clouds of the Isle of the Lost roared on. Acid rain began to fall from the sky and onto the villians and other Isle inhabitants. People ran to shelter as the rain poured but others ran from something to them was much worse. A bolt of lightning cracked as a figure walked down the streets of The Outlands, accompanied by two men. A pair of emerald green eyes glowed maliciously.
The trio entered a western style Saloon, and were greeted by all manor of folk. Including Alameda Slim and his daughter. The girl glared over the villians and villian kids in the bar before moving towards an empty both, music playing again and the occupants returning to their activities. "What a pathetic bunch of losers, cowboys and hustlers." one of the guys said to which the other replied, "Hey. Why do they call em cowboys?" The girl sighed heavily before slapping herself in the face, "Don't you dare," she moaned in annoyance. "Because they "boy" the cows." he replied, to which both burst out laughing at their sad pathetic joke. "Banny! Eddie! Will you knock it off." the girl called furiously as she slammed her hand on the table. 'Sorry Scarla." they said, quickly shutting their mouths.
A rowdy and loud sound began to come from the saloon doors, getting louder and louder till a bunch of guys and gals fell through them. Breaking one in the process. A sly fox looking man with a cunning and troublesome glare in his eyes walked over them, followed by a shorter tomboyish girl, who carried a rather large mallet. "Good evening gentlemen," he called from above the pile of men, to which they all muttered fake greetings. "Giddy my old chap, would you be a dear and scoop out the place for me. I'd REALLY appreciate it if you did that for me." he said in a soft and charming way. The short girl nodded her head extremely fast and began to walk off away from the foxish man who watched with a wicked smile. Sitting the table across from Scarla and her goons. "Now that right there guys, that is pathetic. Isn't that right Joe?" she said with a disgusted look, to which Joe replied with a rather fake and creepy smile. "Come on Scarla, what could you possibly mean? I'm just a simple man trying to get by in life." he chuckled as he turned to watch Giddy pickpocket from the occupants of the saloon with a goofy smile. "You're obviously using that poor girl." she said pointing towards Giddy, Joe glared over at Banny and Eddie, "And you are taking a gamble by exploiting those two knit wits for thy personal benefit." he said as he pulled his old, rubbish bowler hat over his face. Sleeping as Giddy worked. "Yeah" Banny said glaring at Scarla, "I think he id using that girl." Sera slapped her face again, "What's a Exploiting and a Knit Whit?" Eddie asked. "You two and her," Joe said from under his hat. "Ohhhh…. That's very nice of you to say that about us." Eddie smiled, to which Joe coughed, "Idiots…." as Giddy robbed Banny and Eddie blind.
Giddy then tried to rob Scarla but a set of metal talons in the shape of lion claws appeared beneath her neck. Giddy gulped and looked up from beneath the booth table making eye contact with two glowing emerald green eyes, "Don't think about it Giddy." Scarla threatened running the claws up Giddy's throat. Who smiled goofy at her and slowly slid away without anything but a warning. "This is not going to end well," Scarla said snatching a drink from a waiter who happened to pass her by, "What do you mean?" inquired her idiot henchmen. "One, two, three and there you go," she said pointing over at Giddy again, who was sneaking up on Alameda and Amanda Slim. The two ruthless, former cattle rustlers. Giddy, with a wide and goofy smile, began to stretch her hand towards Alameda Slims pockets while chuckling quietly. As she searched her pockets a firm grip was placed on her arm, causing the pickpocket to go wide eyed in fear. Amanda glared down at Giddy, who smiled innocently at her, with anger and annoyance, "What do you think you're doing, you filthy pickpocket." she scorned while drawing her revolver. Gaining the attention of the old cattle rustler who coldly eyed Giddy, snarling.
Bullets flew past Joes head, causing him to almost fall of his seat, as Giddy flew into his face. The two fell to the floor and Joe bolted up as Giddy scrammed across the floor and out the saloon doors, "Giddy? Where do you think your going with MY loot you two faced, traitorous!" The sound of two revolvers loading was heard, Joe turned his head to investigate the noise shaking, "Oh hey, did I say my loot? I meant my stolen property. I mean stolen goods! Duhhh damn it all." he cursed as he turned tail and walked towards the door before bolting as Alameda and Amanda Slim open fire on Joe and chase him out the door, "GIDDY! WAIT FOR ME!"
Scarla laughed with her goons as Joe and Giddy were run out of the Saloon noticing that Giddy had actually left the loot she gathered behind. Now being the noble and generous person she is Scarla took it upon herself to insure that their loot didn't end up in the "wrong" hands and snatched it up for safe keeping, "I bet I could fetch a pretty penny for all this," she said with a smug smirk, "Isn't that Joe and Giddy's loot though?" Banny said stupidly causing Scarla to throw a coin at his forehead, "Idiots."
Truthful Joe and Giddy, running for their lives, end up bolting past a large crumbling tower with a broken neon Heart with an arrow through it. Jazz music and cheering came from the inside of the building, as Joe bolts on inside to hide. Tables and rows of machines fill the floors of the tower. At the massive central cards table sat a young blonde with a regal and elegant red outfit, with Hearts, Spades, Diamonds and Clubs designed into it. Standing behind her was a staunch boy around the same age with an eye patch covering his left eye and a hooded figure smoking a cigarette.
The blackjack dealer who was dealing from the center of the table, tossed out cards to everyone occupying the table. "Ok everyone, you know the deal. Winner takes all. Person with the highest number or twenty-one wins the game. Person with the lowest is disqualified." he called out, everyone who was playing checked there cards. Each turn going before it finally reached the girl, "Miss Helena Hearts?" he asked nervously. Helena checked her cards before setting them down and moving them forward, "I'll stay." she said with a wicked smile. Nervous looks came from everyone playing at the table, the two boys behind her glaring coldly and threatening at them. Slowly but surely, the cards were being thrown back at the dealer as the player folded. All but one, "Hit me," a sly voice called. Everyone gasping as Helena looked over at the fox like boy smirking at her. The dealer with shaky hands threw a card over to him before ducking into his little hole, Helena glaring at him. "I'll stay." she called, grinding her teeth in annoyance. Truthful Joe, the bold player who was hiding from Amanda Slim and her father, smiled, "I shall also refrain from another card. I will also stay." All eyes at the table watched as the two eyed each other down, Helena flipped her cards over and revealed a ten and another ten of hearts. The dealer peeks up from his hole and looks at Helena's cards, "M-Miss Helena Hearts-s, w-wins with a s-score of twenty." he says slowly reaching for her cards when Joe calls out, "You forgot my cards." Causing the dealer to wince and turn around. Joe set his cards down, a one and nine of hearts as well as a ace of spades. Everyone in the Casino gasped and backed away from Helena and the table. Including the two boys, "B-But? I?" the dealer stuttered before clearing his throat, "The stranger in the bowler hat…. Wins with a score of twenty-one." he sighed as two guards dressed as cards appeared dragging him away as he begged and screamed to be let go.
Joe began collecting his winnings and made his way to the door slowly as more guards appeared to follow him. Helena's bodyguard, Neil, grabbed Joe by the arm to which a deck of cards fell out of his coat. "He cheated!" he called out which made Helena scream in anger and the guards run at Joe. "No there was a misunderstanding, please take half of my well earned and fairly won winnings and we can call it a day." he blurted out to Helena as she walked towards him with an axe, to which she replies,"How about I take all the winnings and your HEAD!" she shouted out loud. Swinging the axe into the sky as Joe screamed for his life. To which a loud donk was heard as Helena stopped and began smiling as her eyes rolled, "Helena?" Neil asked to which she replied with falling to the ground. The axe landing between Joes legs as he sighed. Giddy, Joe's partner, was standing behind the unconscious girl with a rather large mallet. She whacks Neil on the head before grabbing Joe and running towards the exit with their winnings. "Took you long enough, I could have had my head removed from my body."
The guy in the hooded ran at them as Helena slowly got up, holding her head, "Get them Haiden, I want their heads." Joe ducked his head as spears were launched at him, "Great. First bullets now spears. How do you get us in these messes Giddy?" he snapped to which the mute sighed and shook her head as they ran. Haiden, a guy who was pale as death and had long blue hair, opened his hand which summoned a fire ball and threw it at Joe who got hit and screamed dropping his winnings and falling to the floor. Giddy picking him up and dragging him on her small body to the door, "No MY winnings." he called reaching for them as she ran them out into the streets before running off.
Haiden ran outside to look for them but lost them in the crowd of people leaving the Casino. He made his way back over to Helena, "We lost them in the crowd. They got away." Amanda followed Haiden inside still looking for Joe, "Hey you seen a sly two faced, yellow belly thief in these parts?" she asked in her Texan accent. Helena, who had a twitchy eye, stood up before screaming in anger and frustration throughout the entire Casino.
Hey. Thanks for reading my first chapter, hope you enjoyed it. If you did like it please feel free to use the comments and critique my work so far. Any freed back will be appreciated. I will be following Mal and everyone else from canon in this story but I wanted to introduce my villain kid characters first. So enjoy the chapter and hopefully the story.