DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN DISNEY... I SHOULDA WROTE THIS EARLIER, I'M A DUMBO
Chapter 7: Shadows, Hooks and Queens
As Jafar entered the meeting room he saw Maleficent glaring at him. Although his exterior showed no signs of any emotion, internally he felt extremely uncomfortable. His gaze met the dark fairy's and bowed.
"My sincerest apologies, Oh Dark and Malicious one, I was talking with Hades and we-"
Jafar was cut off by another voice that originated from behind him.
"Hades here, don't wear mah name out!"
Jafar rolled his eyes.
Allah, doesn't he understand anything about proper timing and manners?
Jafar turned to Maleficent. Judging from her glaring at Hades she probably felt the same way the vizier did.
"Just sit down you two. You're both extremely lucky that you're not the last one here. Grimhilde's going to get a serious case of frizzy hair when she gets here."
Hades snickered as he sat.
"Mal, babe-"
Maleficent glared at Hades, her face turning from the normal pale green to a more blood red colour.
"DON'T CALL ME MAL OR BABE!"
Hades ignored her yelling. He gave her a bored look before creating a worm martini. He immediately slurped it down.
"Relax babe I-"
Maleficent pointed her sceptre at the god's chest, her gaze filled with wrath and fury.
"I WARNED YOU!"
The tip of the staff started to glow green before unleashing a purple lightning bolt at Hades. The God began to laugh as the bolt flew into a smoking hole in his chest before creating a hole in the chair. As the hole in Hades chest began to reform he gave the evil fairy an "And-that-was-supposed-to-do-what?" look. Maleficent exploded at the god, green fire erupting behind her.
"AGHHHHHHHHHH"
More Lightning bolts flew from her staff, each having the same result as the first. Hades began to chuckle.
"Stop, please! It tickles!"
The fire behind Maleficent began to grow bigger. She was about to smite the laughing idiot's ass when a red barrier appeared between her and her intended target. She looked at Jafar, her eyes filled with anger. He gave her an apologetic shrug.
"This isn't going to get us anywhere; you know you can't kill him."
Hades, who was still in fits of laughter, managed to speak in between the laughs.
"Thanks... HAHAHA... man... HA... for sticking... PFFFHHHH... up for...HAHA... me! HA"
Jafar glared at Hades.
"I'm not sticking up for you. I'm simply trying to avoid any excess destruction."
Jafar pointed to the remnants of Hade's chair. Hades, who had stopped laughing at this point, smirked and shrugged.
"Sure, defend your girlfriend, that'll make you look SOOO much cooler."
Hades began to laugh again. As Jafar's face filled with rage he removed the barrier between Hades and the still fuming Maleficent. He caught her gaze and nodded. Together they raised their staffs and launched a pair of pillars of fire, one green, and one red. The fires began to twirl together to become one mighty pillar. As Hades opened his eyes he smirked at the incoming fire. He began to yawn when the pillar hit him, sending him flying into the wall. As the god hit the wall the two leaders smirked at the crumpled form of Hades. Hades managed to lift himself up and began to dust himself off.
"Alright, that was new, never been hit before by a mortal..."
Suddenly Hades erupted in red fire, the flames engulfing his body, before turning to a brighter blue.
"LET'S SEE HOW YOU YUTZS LIKE THIS!"
Hades began to make blue fireballs in his hands when a roar came from the meeting table. Hades' fires began to die down as he and the other villains looked at Scar, who had crawled onto the table and was in a feral position.
"That's better. Now, as much as I would love to see you three attempt to smite each other, I believe we have bigger problems, so let's finish this meeting, THEN we can enjoy watching you guys pulverize each other."
Hades looked at the vizier and the fairy, muttering Greek under his breath as he created a new chair and sat down again. Maleficent looked at Jafar and nodded in both gratitude for putting the god back into his place, and in telling him to listen to Scar. The former lion king dramatically strode back to his seat. As he sat he returned his the gazes he was receiving with a raised eyebrow.
"What? Are we not in a meeting? I would like to get this over with so I can get on with more important things, like a hostile takeover of Pride Rock."
Maleficent sighed. She hadn't come up with a plan, and she doubted any of her fellow members did either. Still, she looked around the room and hoped one of them did. Cruella scanned the assembled villains before doing a brief mental check.
"Jafar, dah-ling, have you seen Hooky or Queeny?"
Maleficent just realised that Hook was absent. Her rage began to grow again but it suddenly was cut short by the fact she hadn't noticed he wasn't there in the first place.
Jafar shook his head.
"Unfortunately no, I saw Hook a little while ago but he was getting drunk. I really don't have a clue where he may be, since he does like to be an active drunk. Grimhilde I haven't seen since this morning."
Cruella scrunched up her nose. She turned to Hades, who was lazily relaxing in his chair.
"Hades, same question I asked Jafar."
Hades looked at Cruella then turned away, giving her a look of disinterest.
"Sorry babe, no signs of either of em."
Maleficent groaned. She was not pleased with the absence of her council members. She looked at Hades. She still hadn't fully calmed down but her logic and reasoning returned to her.
"Hades, can you bring them here?"
Hades shrugged. He seemed fine, but Maleficent knew the hot headed god wasn't easy to read properly.
"Sure. The sooner we finish this stupid meeting, the sooner I can get back to blasting you both to smithereens."
Maleficent and Jafar both rolled their eyes at the smug Lord of the Dead. Maleficent's mind raced with ideas on how to smite him.
That egotistical fool! I'll show him true power!
Hades sat up slowly and snapped his fingers lazily. Nothing. The others looked at him with curious gazes. Hades looked a bit surprised before trying again. Still nothing. He sunk into his chair for a moment in deep thought before suddenly standing up. Jafar noticed the god thinking and he too stood up, having the same expression on his face. The duo looked at each other.
"It couldn't be..."
"But who else could interfere with your powers..."
"But why would he be doing this now?"
"We should-"
"ENOUGH!"
Jafar and Hades both turned to look at Maleficent. She looked extremely agitated. Jafar looked at her with an eerily calm look.
"Maleficent, think about who could, or would be, affecting Hades powers."
Maleficent thought for a second before coming to the conclusion she had dreaded.
"Chernabog."
Hades smirked.
"BINGO! Let's give the little lady a prize!"
Jafar sighed.
When will this fool learn to take things seriously?
Maleficent paid no heed to the god. Instead she turned to Cruella and Ursula.
"You two go to the female hall and find Grimhilde. Check her room first."
She turned her attention to Hades and Scar.
"I want you two to go the male wing and see if Hook is there."
She turned to Jafar.
"Jafar you're with me. We will search the main hall and the surrounding area. If any of you find them, bring them here. We'll meet again in about 15 minutes."
The other villains nodded and began to go to their assigned areas. As Hades and Scar left, the god turned to his partner.
"Think she purposely partnered us up so she could get Jaffy?"
Scar chuckled.
"You know, it wouldn't surprise me if she did."
The duo shared a laugh as they began their trek towards the male wing.
Cruella and Ursula were walking down the female wing. They had been discussing the events that had just happened.
"So dah-ling, what do you think Hades is going to do to our beloved leaders."
Ursula sensed a twinge of sarcasm at the end of Cruella's sentence. Ursula shrugged.
"Angelfish I have no clue, but it probably won't be good."
Cruella smirked.
"I did enjoy seeing the smug look on Hades face get wiped off though; he really had that one coming."
Ursula laughed. She enjoyed watching that too.
"Yes, that made my day! I still can't believe they managed to hit him let alone knock him onto his ass!"
The sea witch stopped in front of Grimhilde's door. She jiggled the handle.
"Locked."
Cruella put her ear to the door. She could barely make out a voice inside.
"My Queen? My mistress, please wake up!"
Cruella turned to Ursula.
"She's in there; I can hear the mirror trying to wake her up."
Cruella looked at the door thoughtfully. Suddenly she grinned at Ursula.
"Let's smash it down."
Ursula was taken aback by the words that Cruella had said.
"Are you serious we can't-"
Cruella raised an eyebrow at Ursula.
"You have a better idea? We need to get in and that's the easiest way. Now are you gonna help me or not?"
Ursula sighed. She made a motion to signal for her to step backwards
"Alright on the count of three. One, two... THREE!"
The two villains rammed into the door, breaking it off its hinges. The door slammed into the floor hard with Ursula and Cruella on top of it. As the pair of villains rose slowly they heard a gasp. Cruella was the first to turn and see the mirror looking at them.
"It's alright; we're here to take Queeny over there to Hades. He's gonna fix her up."
The mirror sighed with relief but its face didn't seem to change in its worried expression.
"Very well, but please be careful!"
Ursula saw Grimhilde lying peacefully on the bed. The sea witch slinked up to the sleeping queen and wrapped a pair of tentacles around her before slowly lifting her off the bed. Ursula turned to her partner.
"Come on, let's get to Hades."
Cruella nodded but was slightly distracted by the sheer number of make-up products that laid about the Queen's room.
Geez, I knew she was vain but never this bad!
She kept staring at the products when she heard a cough. Cruella snapped back to reality to see Ursula and the mirror staring at her. She gave a final look to the vanity products.
"Ya... let's go."
Ursula and Cruella stepped over the door and began to return to the meeting room. After a few steps the Wicked Queen began to thrash wildly. Ursula grunted as a flailing fist hit her in the jaw. Cruella began to cackle but was cut short by a wild kick to the gut. Cruella flashed the writhing queen a glare.
"Hold on a second Ursula, I'll be right back."
Ursula was about to protest when Cruella stomped off into the Grimhilde's room. She heard a tearing noise followed by the mirror making protests she couldn't make out. She suddenly heard more tearing and Cruella speaking to the mirror.
"Mirror mirror on the wall, IF YOU DON'T SHUT IT I'LL BREAK YOU INTO A MILLION ITTY BITTY PIECES!"
Ursula chuckled as Grimhilde's room became eerily silent.
Wow, and I thought Mal was the angry one.
Cruella came out of the Wicked Queen's room grinning as she held up strips of fabric. The sea witch raised an eyebrow. Cruella's grin grew wider.
"Dah-ling, let's tie her up so she doesn't hit us anymore!"
Ursula looked at the fabric in Cruella's hands and gasped.
"Aren't those Grimhilde's capes?"
Cruella simply shrugged.
"Yes, but she can always make more. Besides we need to make sure she doesn't smack us."
Ursula was about to protest when she was hit by another flailing arm. She glared at the wriggling body in her tentacles before looking at Cruella.
"Ok, hang on let me hold her steady."
Ursula wrapped a few tentacles around Grimhilde as Cruella tied her arms and legs together. Ursula released all but two tentacles and the duo once again began their return to the meeting room.
Hades and Scar were searching Hook's room, not because they were looking for the Captain, but because they were simply bored. As Scar was searching through a rather nice set of gold Hook utensils he heard Hades laughing. He turned to see the god doubled over with laughter holding a picture. Scar approached the hysterical god. He saw the object of Hades laughter, a picture of Hook who looked like he had seen a ghost, and attempted to stifle his laughter. Scar managed to eek out his words.
"When was this?"
Hades could only laugh when he opened his mouth, which caused the lion to finally lose his bearings and laugh too. After a few minutes the duo managed to settle down.
"I think this was a while ago last Halloween when we went to uhh… Cauliflower?... uhh...Californica?... uhh…"
Scar raised an eyebrow and sighed. He began to rub his temples.
"California?"
"Yeah, whatever it's called, that place. Anyways we all went to this amusement park... I forgot the name. Jaffy told me about how Hook went on this ride and he came out frightened senseless. There was a camera in the ride and it caught him making this face."
He showed the feline the face again, which caused them both to snicker. Hades looked at Scar and smirked. In a wave of his hands a smoke cloud appeared over the photo and in a flash it was gone.
"I'm SOOOO saving this for either blackmail or sheer entertainment. I think we should distribute this all around the castle."
Scar cackled with glee.
"Hades, my friend, you are an evil being."
Hades grinned.
"I try my best. I guess we should go back before Mal has a hissy fit and her boyfriend Jaffy has gotta protect her again."
Scar began to snicker.
"Yes, because you know how much he's going to want to protect her. What a disillusioned fool."
Hades laughed.
"Ya, he's always been a bit insane."
Hades and Scar began their trek back to the meeting room when they felt a strange presence following them. Hades turned around with a fireball lit. Nothing. Scar looked at Hades.
"I felt something following us."
"Ya Scar, me too. But I can't quite-"
Suddenly a shadow appeared on the wall. It was a tall lanky shadow with a top hat and cane. Hades immediately recognized the shadow.
"Hey you're Facilier's shadow!"
The shadow nodded but it had this weird sense of panic and urgency to its actions. It made a beckoning motion and zipped off.
Hades looked at Scar.
"I think it wants us to follow."
"Should we?"
Hades simply shrugged.
"I dunno, I guess we can see what Facilier wants, that shmuck cleaned me out of 100 bucks earlier."
The villainous pair descended down the hallway and turned the corner the shadow did. Scar and Hades gasped. On the floor was a writhing Dr. Facilier, his shadow looking at its owner with worry. Scar looked at the wriggling form of Facilier before giving Hades a worried look.
"By the prides, what's wrong with him?"
Hades shook his head.
"The same problem that Cruella had earlier, and probably what's happening to Hook and Grimhilde. Come on; let's get him to the meeting room."
Hades snapped his fingers and instantly a cloud of smoke formed around the writhing shadow man before encircling him and lifting him off the ground.
"Come on Scar, let's go find the others."
As Hades walked away with the shadow man in tow Scar simply stared at the spot that Facilier had been before shuddering and following suit.
Okay, a few things to address.
1. I apologize to anyone who follows this regularly, School, Kingdom Hearts, Gears of War 3 and Minecraft have taken time away, I promise though Chapter 8 will be out shortly!
2. I feel so stupid for not doing this earlier! I would like to thank AngelOfDarkness1959 for doing editing for me. I owe you a great deal of gratitude!
3. I always take suggestions and will try to add or change thins as best I can, so long as it doesn't affect the main plot. (i.e. adding a conversation between Tremaine and Maleficent or something)