Hades and Maleficent snuck to the docks where the men were working. Hades gave a wordless signal to Maleficent. The sorceress nodded and ran off into the shadows. Hades then snapped his fingers and the boat being loaded with donkeys caught fire. All of the men panicked and began taking buckets of water from the ocean and dumping them on the fire that just didn't seem to be loosing strength.
The Coachman was buisy shouting orders at the men when suddenly a seagull swooped down and snatched the Coachman's hat right off of his head. The man whirled around to see the white bird perched on a stack of crates with his hat in its mouth.
"Damn bird!" the Coachman shouted, "Give me back my hat!"
The Coachman ran to catch the seagull and reclaim his hat but the bird took flight before he could catch it and flew up onto a cliff. The Coachman looked infuriated.
"Make a fool out of me, will ya?" the Coachman yelled at the bird, "Well I'm comin' after ya!"
The Coachman patted the magic stone in his pocket and smiled. The bird wouldn't know what hit it! The Coachman then began to run up the rocky path to the cliff where the seagull had perched. With the Coachman now out of sight, Hades stepped into view.
"Hey boys!" Hades shouted to the Coachman's henchman. They whirled around to see who had called out to them, "Can anybody give me directions to civilization?"
"GET HIM!" one of the minions shouted.
The shadowy men then charged at Hades. Hades shook his head.
"Guess we have to do this the hard way," Hades said smirking.
The Coachman reached the cliff where the seagull had perched. He struggled to regain his balance at this height and looked down below him. His men were being pummeled by a man with flaming hair and his boat off the island had practically been burnt to a crisp. He cursed. He would deal with this fire man right after he taught the pesky bird a lesson. He turned to face the bird to find it staring at him. The Coachman reached into his pocket and pulled out the stone.
"Finally!" the seagull shouted.
The mere concept of a bird talking caused the Coachman to stumble and fall back onto the rock. In the process, he dropped the stone. The Coachman came back to his senses just in time to see his precious stone rolling off the side of the cliff. The seagull quickly dropped the Coachman's hat and swooped down to catch the stone. The Coachman cursed and began trying to climb down after the bird, but, with one wrong step, the Coachman tumbled down on to the sharp rocks below.
The seagull landed next to Hades with the stone in its mouth. The bird then turned into a mass of blackness and took the form of Maleficent. She took the stone out of her mouth and held it up in her hand in triumph.
"This is it?" Hades asked skeptically.
"Brava!" shouted a voice from the water.
Hades and Maleficent turned around to see Ursula crawling up onto shore.
"Good show guys," Ursula added, "Now hand over the stone and the deal is set and closed."
"And that's just the problem, isn't it?" Maleficent replied with a scowl.
"What do you mean?" Ursula asked perplexed.
"This!" Maleficent shouted. The stone then began to glow and Ursula's shape shrunk down and took the form of a small tortoise.
"Well that was one mother of a laser show," Hades added with a chuckle.
"You haven't seen anything yet!" Maleficent replied with a cackle.
The stone shined again and all of the donkeys on shore began to morph into muscular men in armor.
"Okay wow," Hades responded, "Just. Wow! What's the purpose of this again?"
"My attack on King Steffan," Maleficent responded, "It was rash and born out of a desire for revenge. I didn't think clearly about it. But now, I see, that the two of us have destinies that are intertwined."
"Still not following ya, babe," Hades admitted sheepishly.
"Don't you see?" Maleficent said, obviously seeing something that Hades wasn't, "We shall have our revenge on the ones who wronged us. But our revenge will not simply be death for our enemies. It will be humilation when they see that their efforts are futile against us. Hades, together we can conquer the world! And then, both of our enemies will look on, knowing that they failed to stop our domination and the Hell on earth we shall bring. That will be our ultimate revenge!"
"Love the enthusiasm, babe," Hades responded, "But Zeus is more than likely going to swoop in at the last minute and save the day."
"Which is exactly why Olympus shall be our first target," Maleficent replied with a smirk.
"Hate to burst your bubble," Hades responded, "But these little soldiers aren't be gonna any match for any Olympian."
"Then we'll expanded our armies!" Maleficent said shrugging off Hades's concerns, "We'll create an army of all the forces of darkness in Europe and then we shall strike."
"But neither of us have any military expertise," Hades added, "We're gonna need a general with lots of war time experiance commanding vast armies of darkness and if we can find one person who meets those qualifications, then my name is Earl!"
"I know just the man," Maleficent responded with a smile.
Hades moaned upon realizing that Maleficent wasn't going to be dissuaded from this plan of hers. But, what the Hell, it would be an interesting ride no matter which road it took, and besides, if Mal's little plan failed, Hades could talk his way out of any punishment from Zeus.
"So who is this guy of yours?"
