"I'm gonna go to shore, confront some old acquaintances of mine," Eugene whispered to Sora and his friends, "Don't tell Rapunzel, I don't want her to get hurt by these guys, but I'll need backup, so I need you guys' help..." Sora nodded.
The others nodded in agreement.
But as soon as they got to shore Rapunzel knew something was very wrong.
"Eugene... Guys...?" Rapunzel said nervously "We're just gonna go talk to somebody... Be right back..." Eugene assured her, but he gulped nervously Sora and the gang followed closely behind him. And then they saw them.
Two humongous brutes with fiery red hair, the ones from the dam. Eugene walked right up to them with the satchel...
"Look guys, sorry I gave you the slip, got into a bit of trouble, but here's the crown, I don't need it, it's all yours. " Eugene said He started to turn but one of the thugs said "We don't want the crown anymore... We want the girl!"
"WAIT WHAT?!" Cried Kairi, "they can't mean-"
"You'll have to get through us first!" Sora said But then there was blackness.
Eugene was groggy when he first awakened on the boat, Sora had a major headache, the rest were still unconscious.
But then he and Eugene both realized what had happened just as the boat hit the dock, where the guards were waiting-and the group was tied up.
"RAPUNZEL! RAPUNZEL!" Eugene cried out The guards untied them all and said "You, Flynn Rider, are under arrest for your crimes against Corona, and you lot are under arrest for being accomplices!" "Wait! We're innocent!" Sora pleaded then he saw on the other side of the guards, were the thugs, unconscious but their hands had manacles around them. They were slowly awakening.
"Hey you!" Sora yelled, "where did you hear about the girl's powers?!"
"Some lady..."
Then Eugene started to panic, they had both gotten who it was at the same time: her mother.
Eugene paced their tiny cell.
Sora had an idea.
There was yet to be a keyhole the key blade couldn't open, he looked around to see if there were guards, there were none, and then he aimed his key blade. Eugene stared at him sadly,
"Kid, we're not getting out of here, already tried, Donald and Goofy laughed, Kairi stared hopefully at the door.
And it opened before Sora could do anything.
"Alright, let's go..." The guard said, Eugene hung his head, "Rapunzel must hate me so much..." He murmured, "I never got to tell her..." As they walked to the hallway door, the guard rattled the door, and Sora blinked, it was locked "Open the door!" The guard growled, a little window opened up and the little old man from the snuggly duckling peeked in "What's the password?"
"What?!" Said the guard in exasperation "Nope!" Said the old man "Open this door!" The guard raged,
"Not even close!" The old man laughed.
"I'll give you to the count of three!" The guard said as two more guards walked up for reinforcements.
"One..." He said, and a guard suddenly disappeared "Two..." He said, the other guard went missing!
Then he turned around and he was the only guard left! Flynn waved.
Suddenly the jail was filled with thugs from the snuggly duckling! They were pummeling guards, breaking down doors! Then Eugene and the others took this opportunity to escape out the door! And they ran into Max!
"Max... You brought them here?" Said Eugene, the horse smirked "Thank you..." Said Eugene, he looked at Sora and the gang and said "I'll go on ahead! You guys catch up with me later... To get Rapunzel back to her parents! I have to set things right..." "Okay! You go, we'll follow!" Said Donald and Eugene sped off towards the tower, with Sora and the others behind them.
