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Ben paced his office, he chewed on his lip in worry, he had just gotten a call from his father, only Evie and Mal had made it back to the meeting point, and both appeared to be injured. He had no idea what to do now. There was a knock at the door, and before he could respond, Doug, Lonnie, and Jane burst into the room.

"We have to go to the isle." Lonnie said before he could open his mouth.

"No! Absolutely not, it's far too dangerous. Mal and Evie are hurt and now we don't know where Jay is either." Ben replied,.

Doug shook his head, "That's why we need to go, they wouldn't expect kids from Auradon to go."

"You don't know the isle."

"Yes, we do." Jane spoke up, "Mal drew a really detailed map with all the landmarks and everything, we know it by heart. We have to go, we have to save them."

Ben knew Jane and Carlos were close friends, but he wasn't expecting to hear this much conviction coming from the normally meek girl. The prince looked between his three friends, seeing the resolve on their face he let out the breath he didn't realize he was holding in. "Alright." he said. Lonnie, Jane, and Doug began to silently celebrate this little victory. "Wait, I want a detailed report of how you plan on doing this. You aren't going anywhere till I review it and approve of the plan." The three nodded in agreement. "I need to go to Auradon Central Hospital, Mal and Evie will be arriving there soon."

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The limo parked at the outside of the emergency center of the hospital and the driver opened the door. Mal and Evie quickly emerged from the vehicle and upon seeing Ben waiting there rushed over to him.

"Ben we have to go back. We can't leave them there." Evie started.

Ben just shook his head, "Right now you both need to be looked at, you're both hurt, and you're not going anywhere until we know how serious it is."

A couple of waiting physicians lead the girls inside; Evie to X-rays and Mal for an CT scan.

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Jay walked through the market, his hands deep in his pockets, he had no desire to take any of the items he saw laying around. Jafar had let him out of the bathroom a couple hours ago with the order to get back to work. Jay knew the limo was gone and there was no way off the isle right now. He assumed Jafar knew as much too or he wouldn't have let him out. Jay grabbed a few half rotten apples and something that appeared to be fruit cake that had fallen in the mud and made his way to Hell Hall hoping to find Carlos there.

The older boy looked through the kitchen windows of Hell Hall, that was usually where he could find Carlos if he wasn't in his room, there was no sign of the boy so he proceeded to climb up the side of the house, something that all the VKs were proficient at, and into Carlos' room.

The younger boy was laying on his mattress his shirt had been removed and he was holding the quilt Evie gave him years ago. Jay cringed, it looked like Cruella had given him quite the beating. Jay dropped to his knees next to his friend, "Carlos?" he whispered hoarsely, "you ok?"

Carlos glanced up at Jay, "J-ay" he gasped out struggling to breath, "never … better." he gave a cheeky smile.

Jay snorted, "Can you walk?" he asked as he felt along the boys sides for broken bones.

Carlos shook his head, "I don't think so."

Jay nodded, he wasn't surprised, a couple ribs were probably cracked at least. He pulled the boys shorts down to assess the damage to his legs and winced at the marks. "What happened?" he asked as he found a little container of bruise creme that Evie had made for the boy.

"I tried to … get to the car, ... but I was ..too late,.. it left. I could see Mal … and Evie… banging on the ... window. Then Horace... and Jasper got to me... and dragged me back. ...then mom … "Carlos looked away, he didn't need to explain the rest "How's your back?" Carlos struggled out, having to stop frequently to catch his breath.

"Sore, but it stopped bleeding. Those scars are gonna be nasty though." Jay said regretfully as he rubbed the creme into all the bruised areas he could see on Carlos, "Are you going to be ok for a bit? I need to get some stuff for the shop before my dad decides to add to them. Here's some food." Jay gave Carlos a couple of apples a bit of the fruit cake and promised to be back.

Jay climbed back out the window and Carlos curled back up with his quilt and munched on some of the food.

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