Carlos, Hades, Jafar, and Jay had won their fight and were running when they saw it happen they stopped
The four of them yelled
Jafar fell on his knees, he was hurt badly
Hades and Carlos were ready to kill and started to run again
Mal looked at Julian who was smiling and fell on her knees
She heard Gaston laugh
Gaston: "Good job Julian! I knew I could trust you!"
She spat blood
Gaston and Julian had left their swords to fall, sure that she was dead now
She grabbed Gaston's sword, lifted it and stabbed him with all the strength she could master
He didn't expect it
Since they were hugging, the sword trespass them both
She withdrew the sword and let it fall
Hades and Carlos were there now
Carlos: "Mal" he was sobbing
Hades held her when she fell on the side
Mal was smiling, she knew it wasn't very reassuring, she could feel her blood on her lips
Mal: "I'm fine. You know it.." she coughed a little "Jane" then she was out
Evie got out of the alley when she heard Carlos, Hades, Jafar, and Jay yelling
What she saw was horrifying
She couldn't think
Mal with a sword through her middle, on her knees, she wasn't dead but Evie knew it was only a matter of time
She started walking and then she was running
She had seen her mother opening the door and falling on her knees crying and silently screaming but she had to help her friend
She saw Mal killing Gaston and someone else and then fell again
Hades and Carlos arrived before her, Hades was holding Mal, she was saying something and Carlos looked up
Evie: "Mal"
Carlos: "Jane?"
Evie: "Inside, she is fine"
Hades: "She passed out... we need to get a doctor"
Carlos: "Nobody can do anything"
Hades looked up, distraught: "We have to try. She is dying"
Carlos: "Dad, she can come back"
Hades stopped rocking back and forth: "Oh right"
Jay and Jafar were there too
Jay: "Let's bring her inside and call Anastasia"
Hades picked Mal up, Jafar ran to find Anastasia
Grimhilde was on the ground, the shotgun forgotten, with Jane that was crying
When Grimhilde saw that they were coming she got up and opened the door
Grimhilde: "Anastasia"
Evie: "Dad got it"
Grimhilde nodded
Jane was in shock, Carlos lead her in the kitchen, Evie grabbed the metal table they used in these cases
Jafar and Anastasia got inside when Hades was laying Mal on the table
Anastasia: "What happened this time?"
Jay explained it all
Anastasia nodded
Anastasia: "Did you see her fight?"
They all shook their head
Evie: "I saw her down at one point but then she got up, she seemed fine so I went back to guarding the house.." a hiccup escaped her lips
Grimhilde put an arm around her shoulder
Anastasia: "Alright, I'll visit her. Transfer her in the kitchen"
Jane and Carlos got out, they transferred the table in the room and Anastasia closed the door
Jane was crying silently, she couldn't stop
Evie went to hug her
Hades was looking at his hands, there was his daughter's blood
Jafar: "Hades"
Hades perked up, he looked lost
Jafar: "Let's go get clean up. Jay, Carlos you too"
The four-man left to upstairs to get change
A noise startled Evie and Jane, the mirror
Grimhilde was looking outside the window with the shotgun in her hands
FG: "Jane! What happened? Is Mal okay?"
Jane: "How do you know?"
FG: "Ben was boiling with fever until two minutes ago... now he is awake... why are you crying?"
Jane started sobbing, Evie took the mirror and got up
Evie: "FG, is Ben all right?"
FG: "Yes, he is upset but overall fine, why?"
Evie smiled reassured: "Gaston started a fight in the market... Mal.. got hurt badly. Anastasia is visiting her but... I don't think she will make it"
FG: "What do you mean?"
Evie: "She is dying"
Through the mirror, she heard some gasps and someone screaming nonsense
FG: "Why are so calm about it? Bring her here. I'll send the car. An ambulance"
Evie shook her head: "I remind you that this isn't the first time Mal dies"
FG: "Oh right. Of course, I forgot.." then she realized something "A fight? But is Jane all right?"
Evie: "Don't worry. We were all at the market but when the fight started, Jane, my mom, and I came into the house. Jane is fine. My father, Carlos, Hades, Jay, and Mal stayed to fight"
FG smiled: "Why is Jane crying?"
Evie: "Well what she saw wasn't exactly nice, FG. Mal is hurt pretty badly"
Anastasia opened the door at that moment
Anastasia: "She is indeed dying. Unfortunately, it won't be an easy death, she is out now. I guess half an hour it's how long it will take" she looked at Evie "what are you doing with that?"
Evie turned the mirror so that Anastasia could see FG
Anastasia looked confused for a second, then got closer and saw FG
FG: "Hello Anastasia"
Anastasia: "Oh hello there" then she looked at Grimhilde "You should change her once she is dead, she is still bleeding. She is bleeding to death"
Grimhilde nodded, FG was distraught, to say the least hearing this
Anastasia looked in the mirror: "You know, I understand why you put the curse on the villains, but the kids? The kids are innocent. I had to verify her death so many times I lost count... hers and others... They don't deserve the pain"
She looked at Evie and Grimhilde: "See you on a happier occasion soon, I hope"
The men came down the stairs
Jafar seeing the kitchen's door open: "What did she say?"
Evie: "She is bleeding out and she can't stop it"
Carlos: "She hates bleeding out"
Hades: "How many times did she die?" he sat on the couch where Jane was crying
Carlos: "Hundreds... I think she has a diary where she keeps tracks of them"
Jane: "Why?"
Jay and Carlos said it together: "It's Mal"
Evie: "Jane honey, why don't we go upstairs to take a bath?"
Jane: "A bath? Mal is dying in the kitchen! And we are doing nothing, not even there with her. She is the kitchen, dying alone... How is it normal?"
Evie: "Jane, you heard Carlos, Mal herself told you that she died many times. It isn't the first time. This is normal for us, Jane. You came here, knowing well the risks. Mal came here knowing the risks, why do you think Ben isn't here? She knew that if Ben had come, he would have thrown a tantrum like you are doing now"
The mirror's call was still going
Evie: "This is no fairytale. There aren't unicorns here. I'm sorry Jane if the prison your people made isn't as happy as you wanted. This is no vacation. Here take your mirror, that was a gift from Mal. All of this happened because Mal wanted to help you."
She gave the mirror to Jane and then went to the kitchen, to attend her best friend
Jane was standing there, speechless with the mirror in her hands
FG was silent too because both of them knew that Evie was right
Grimhilde sighed: "I guess nobody here is hungry"
Jay and Carlos perked up at that
Carlos: "Actually I could eat"
Jay nodded
Grimhilde: "Hades?"
He shooked his head
Jafar: "I'm kind of hungry. But the kitchen.."
Grimhilde: "I'll go to the market and then ask Drizella if I can borrow her kitchen"
Jafar: "I'll go with you, Grim"
Hades got up: "I'll go for a walk"
The three adults left
Jane: "I'm sorry, Evie.. she is right" she looked up
Jay and Carlos looked at her briefly, in Carlos's eyes she saw disappointment
Jay: "You should talk with your mother"
The two teens entered the kitchen
FG: "Jane, honey?"
Jane: "Yes, mother?"
FG: "How are you?"
Jane: "Tired. I've stayed here for 2 days and a half and I'm tired..."
FG nodded: "It's not your fault"
Jane: "Does it matter? I.. came here to understand them but the truth is I'll never be able to. Nobody in Auradon will ever understand this, because our life is so different..."
FG: "Sweetheart"
Jane: "I'll go apologize... call you later"
FG: "Wait Jane. We want to see Mal"
Jane: "What?"
FG: "Belle, Ben, Doug, Lonnie, and I want to see what Mal's condition is. We want to see her"
Jane nodded and opened the kitchen's door
Evie looked up, she had been crying
Jane: "They want to see her"
The three teenagers raised an eyebrow
Jane: "To try and understand your reality, your normality"
Carlos understood first and nodded: "I can help with that, give me the mirror Jane"
Jane passed him the mirror
He took it and said a few words, his eyes glowed, then he brushed the mirror like he was caressing it, the mirror expanded
Jay helped Carlos putting the mirror on one of the walls
From the mirror to the Isle FG, Doug, Lonnie, Belle, and Ben could be seen
From the mirror to Auradon a little kitchen could be seen, Evie, Jay, Carlos and Jane were there, the two boys looked beaten up but fine; they were in front of the table hiding something
Jay: "Prepare yourself and don't scream, she is sleeping"
The four teens move aside
Belle almost fainted
Doug and Lonnie looked ready to puke
FG simply kept crying
Ben looked like he had seen the most terrifying thing in the world, he was silent, he took a step forward and touch the mirror from his side and whispered something
The kids of the Isle couldn't blame them, Mal wasn't exactly her usual herself
She had several cuts, the cut from where she was bleeding out was large, she looked like a ghost
When Ben had whispered though some color seem to return to her face
Mal opened her eyes and groaned
Everyone looked at her
Evie: "Mal"
Mal: "I'm bleeding out, am I not?"
Carlos chuckled
Mal: "I hate bleeding out, damn... how long?"
Evie checked her watch: "20 minutes"
Mal grunt and coughed blood
Evie: "Maybe less"
Mal: "It's too long"
Evie, Carlos, and Jay sighed, they looked at each other, at Jane and then at the mirror
Carlos: "I think you should wait"
Mal: "I think you should shut the hell up, Carlos. Do it. Now"
Ben: "What is she talking about?"
Mal sat on the table and looked at the mirror: "Ben?"
It was clearly painful for her to be in sitting position
Belle: "You should rest, Mal"
Mal tried to laugh but managed to cough blood instead: "Bloody hell. Your Majesty, I'm dying only to wake up again, I don't need to rest. I need to die now"
She got up
Evie: "Wait Mal, not in front of them"
Mal looked confused: "So it's okay for them to watch me bleeding out but not dying fast?"
From the mirror came another voice
Adam: "Mal?"
Mal turned to the mirror, the blood was getting to the lower part of her body now that she was standing
Mal: "Yes?"
Adam: "What happened?"
Mal: "I got a sword in my stomach, Adam"
Adam: "Why?"
Mal: "Because of your actions" she coughed again and smiled, she showed her hand to the king "See? Now if you will excuse me, this death is too long, I need to make it quick"
She took a knife
Mal: "Do you want to see it?"
Everybody shooked their head
Mal: "Weaks. Fine. See you"
She left to go to the bathroom
Ben: "Where is she going?"
Evie: "The bathroom, she is going to lay in the bathtub and.. end the agony.." then she remembered something "Mal, wait a second"
Mal was in the bathtub, ready to end it when she heard Evie
Evie came in running: "Oh thank Gothel!"
Mal: "What is it?"
Evie: "We need to arrange the travel back home"
Mal: "Oh right that" she grimaced "Tomorrow morning. An ambulance for me I guess"
Evie nodded: "Ok" with that she left
Evie came back in the kitchen: "I asked her about going back"
FG: "What did she say?"
Evie: "Tomorrow morning. An ambulance for her"
FG nodded
Carlos's eyes glowed: "She is dead"
Ben wasn't in the mirror anymore
Jay: "I guess that's it. Carlos" he nodded to the mirror
Carlos brushed the mirror that shrank back, he gave it to Jane and left
Jane looked at Evie: "I'm sorry"
Evie: "I know. Me too. I shouldn't have yell like that. I was right but it's not your fault. It's like when I see something you have had in Auradon since.. always and I react weirdly"
The two girls hugged
Jay: "Yeah yeah, it's all nice and dandy but let's get working. Jane, you want to help?"
Jane: "Sure, what do we have to do?"
Carlos came back with a lot of stuff typically used to clean
Jay: "We need to clean the kitchen from the blood, the stairs too, and the floor in general" he looked around "Evie and Jane the kitchen. I'll do the floor of the living room and half the stairs, Carlos the other half and the floor that leads to the bathroom."
Grimhilde, Jafar and Hades came back to find the house clean of the blood
Jafar and Grimhilde being used to it entered the house, Hades entered too but looked around
Hades: "What...?"
Grimhilde: "They cleaned the blood, Jay and Evie know how much I hate cleaning blood off the floor"
Evie came down the stair: "Here you are, I've sent Jay to look for you"
Grimhilde: "Sorry honey"
Hades looked at Evie with a question in his eyes
Evie softly told him the truth: "She is dead. She is in the bathtub, now. I was waiting for you, mom."
Hades looked ready to scream: "What are you going to do?"
Grimhilde: "We wash her and then put some clean clothes on"
Hades nodded
Grimhilde: "I'll set up the table so who wants can eat"
Jay and Carlos came in
Jay: "Here you are"
Carlos: "Food?"
Jafar yelled from the kitchen: "In here!"
The two boys ran in the kitchen
Evie went upstairs
Grimhilde set the table and went upstairs too
Jane entered the kitchen, sat and started eating
Jafar: "How are you, Jane?"
Jane: "I'm okay... I'm sorry about the scene before... truly sorry"
Hades looked at her and then smiled: "Jane, don't worry. It was the first time for me too. I've killed and saw people dying before but never my daughter. Your reaction was normal from someone outside the dome"
Carlos still didn't look her in the eyes
Hades noticed Carlos's tension but said nothing
Jay nodded
Jafar: "When are you going back?"
Jay: "Tomorrow morning"
They finished dinner, they were all very tired
Grimhilde and Evie came down and ate something
They stayed up a little bit more and then went to sleep
Hey there
With this chapter, the Isle's part is over
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