By the next morning, Ben and Evie were both discharged from the hospital after what was considered a miraculous recovery. Neither of them knew truly what had happened or why they had gotten sick in the first place. Ben's first priority however was Carlos, as always. Returning to the school He found their dorm room emptied of Carlos' things and a note waiting for him on the bed.
"Dear Ben: Mother poisoned you and Evie. The only way to save you both was to go back with her and give everything up. I'm so sorry but I couldn't live with myself knowing that I could have saved you. I don't know if I will survive tonight either, but I love you. Yours forever, Carlos." The note read. With each word his heart sank lower and lower into his stomach as a lump formed in his throat. Tears well up in his eyes and he fought them as a wave of anger and rage washed over him taking control. He pulled out his phone and called his father continuously until his father picked up.
"Benjamin I am in the middle of a meeting. What is so urgent that it cannot wait?" King Adam sounded annoyed but not angry yet, though that would soon change.
"Cruella poisoned me and Evie to force Carlos to go back with her. Dad, I think she might try to kill him." Ben's voice wobbled somewhere between fear, sorrow, and unbridled rage. King Adam was silent for a long moment before he started giving order to what appeared to be guards.
"We're going to go get him son. Come back to the castle. We shall go together." His father hung up and Ben frantically called Chip explaining everything to him. Within minutes Chip pulled up outside Auradon Prep, Ben opened the door for himself and quickly got in. Chip drove like a bat out of hell back to the castle where they picked up King Adam and left for hell house, for isle city.
The entire drive felt like it was taking far too long. Both the king and Ben sat nervous and angry at what they might find when they arrived. Pulling up outside the house, guards rushed in from a separate car stormed the house securing it. Two guards dragged Cruella out kicking and screaming.
"Fuck you! I hope he's dead." Cruella just slung insult after insult until she was shoved into the back of the guard's car and driven off. One of the guards gestured for the King and Ben to follow him. They lead them through the shabby dwelling toward the basement. Ben immediately started crying as soon as he glimpsed the room. Carlos lay in a drying pool of blood covered in open wounds and bruised from head to toe. He was so completely wrecked that he was almost unrecognizable. One of the guards was checking for a pulse.
"He has a pulse, but it is fading fast." The guard says. Ben runs to Carlos and scoops him up, ignoring the blood now covering the entire front of him from knees to neck. He sprints out and Chip covers his mouth swearing. He immediately unlocks the doors as Adam and Ben crawl into the back. Ben barks for the hospital. Chip breaks several traffic laws driving like a mad man back to Auradon at a new record of time. Ben just holds Carlos' forehead to his own sobbing and clinging to him. King Adam only able to watch his son slowly unravel as Carlos inches closer and closer to actual death.
They finally skid to a stop outside of the hospital. Ben rushes into the emergency department with Carlos' nearly lifeless body. Within seconds they take Carlos from ben and rush him into treatment. Ben tries to follow but Nurses stop him and instruct him to wait in the waiting room. Ben curses and King Adam takes his son into his arms holding him as he finally falls apart completely just breaking down in his arms. Chip himself comes in to wait with the king and Ben who manage to find seating and calm down some. Even the king's eyes are puffy and red from his own tears.
After what feels like an eternity one of the doctors comes to get them. Ben and Adam go into the room as the doctor expressed that while they have done their best Carlos is fading fast and things aren't looking good. Ben practically falls into the chair next to Carlos as the heart monitor slowly beeps, seeming to gradually get slower and slower by the minute. Ben whimpers and without warning the heart monitor flatlines. Ben didn't even get to say anything. He just surges forward grabbing a hold of Carlos and cradling him and kissing him.
"Please don't leave me Carlos. Please Pup. I love you so very much please don't go. I need you." Ben sobs, tears spilling over the lifeless body in his arms. Carlos De Vil was Dead. The nurses and ER techs try to pry Ben away but he won't let go. There's a soft swell of light from Carlos chest and a slimmer of sparkles before the heart monitor starts beeping again to everyone's surprise. That old Auradon magic that connected Ben and Carlos' mirrors once now brought Carlos back from the very brink of death. Ben bubbles up a tear-filled laugh of pure joy looking as Carlos' heart rate starts to steady. He finally lets the nurses and techs take care of him as they go back out to the waiting room for a bit longer. This time one of the nurses comes out to get them.
"He's awake." She smiled warmly. Ben practically ran too his room and the moment Ben saw Carlos looking back at him with a pained smile he couldn't help but go over and shower him in soft kisses. Carlos let out a weak chuckle.
"Ben…" Carlos whined weakly, but Ben just ignored him continuing to shower him in love.
"I lost you there for a second pup. I almost lost you forever." Ben sobbed happy tears putting their foreheads together. Carlos nods a bit in recognition.
"You could never really lose me… I love you Ben." Carlos smiles still very weakly. Ben couldn't help but chuckle and nod slightly.
"I love you too Carlos." Ben held his hand tightly, scared to let go.