nina del carmen: You're welcome! And thank you for the kind words! Jenna wrote a story about Scar, so I wanted to do something with that. ^w^

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We gathered in the main room to find Von Drake losing his mind on screen. His panicked voice rumbled against the walls. "This is terrible! Terrible, I tell you!"

I tilt my head. "Uh, Professor?"

"This hasn't happened before! I knew that MV fella to be crazy, but THIS?!"

"Professor," Alicia calls.

"What are going to do? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO!?"

"PROFESSOR!" Alicia yells.

His attention reverts to us and says, "Oh, thank heavens. You are all here! Something terrible has happened!"

"We got that already. Now tell us what happened!" Alicia demands.

"Well…oh…how do I put this? You know that witch doctor from last night, right?"

Oh ho, do we ever…

Von Drake stammers out, "He…sort of…kind of…pushed on a few daisies."

"What?!" we yell.

Lulu cries, "Facilier is dead? How?"

"From what I heard, a trip and slip! The poor fella was just trying to fix a lightbulb. But the darn thing exploded in his eyeballs and he fell off the ladder he was on!"

Victoria raised a brow. "Don't you think you're overreacting a little? Accidents on ladders happen all the time."

"I thought it was an accident, as well! But upon further examination of the scene of the crime, I did some tests on the lightbulb. There were traces of a strange electrical current I have never seen before. Some unknown source must have tampered with the lightbulb to lure the witch doctor and explode right into his face. This was indeed a hack, and therefore, a murder!"

I place a hand over my beating heart. Murder? We now have murder involved in this? "But wait," I say. "Can anyone really truly die in this world?"

Victoria adds, "Yeah. These guys keep popping up like weeds!"

Kayla thinks and says, "But maybe…this electrical current has extra magical powers?"

Von Drake shrugs. "Perhaps. I don't know! I DON'T KNOW!"

Monsanto cuts in. "If I may sir, you look like you could use a massage. I sense tension particularly in your neck." We can see two robotic hands get placed on Von Drake's shoulders. The two hands start to massage him. Von Drake's eyes roll to the back of his head, and he slumps into his chair.

"Ah, yes. Thank you, Monsanto. I needed that." Von Drake clears his throat and says to us, "Ladies, it appears we have a new objective. And that is to find and protect the other villains."

"You can't be serious!" Alicia cries. "First, we put our lives on the line to destroy their…things. And now we're supposed to protect them?!"

"Well," Victoria ponders, "They are a big part of the Disney world. And being heroes, we are obligated to rescue them."

Rose looks down sadly. "That's true. We can't just leave them behind. What would that say about us?"

Lulu adds, "And if the bad guys don't live, how can we marry them and have beautiful babies?!"

I could've sworn I heard crickets in the long silence from that.

Yvette says, "And how else are we going to steal their cool stuff?"

"Anyway," Alicia continues. "Where would we even keep them?"

"We have a separate dorm area for those in need of protection," Von Drake answers, gesturing to his right, which lead to a hallway full of doors. "They can stay there."

So, Disney villains are just going to stay with us? This…is actually a dream come true for us. But Facilier being dead? How can that be? How can someone ultimately die in Disney?

"Professor?"

"Yes, Hannah?"

"How would you know he's actually…dead?"

"You know that Hades fella?"

"Yeah?"

"I confirmed the death with him. He told me that the Doctor is in the Underworld. The really dead Disney villain folks end up there."

My heart feels a twinge of pain. "What? You mean that's the villains' fate?"

"Of course! It'd be trouble if they all ended up here with us! Sure, he may have had his chance to redeem himself to have his soul live alongside Evangeline's, but he was so dead set on causing misery to the people of Louisiana."

Unredeemed villains end up in the Underworld. That's just awful. Victoria looks at me with sadness on her face. Even she understands that no one deserves such a dismal fate. But Lulu is surprisingly okay with this. "Maybe they can band together to have their own Villains' Guild. It'd be a nice place for it."

Yvette responds, "How would that be? They wouldn't be able to leave the Underworld."

I give Lulu credit for her optimism. I give Yvette credit for her logic.

Alicia speaks up. "Alright. If there's a killer out there, we need to go after them. Where are we going next?"

Von Drake grins. "That's the spirit! Your next mission is…under the sea!"

"Oh no," Lulu groans.

Kayla smiles. "You mean…?"

"I hope you've brought your swimsuits! Or maybe you won't need them for this as you'll be going through a transformation."

Another transformation? I'm guessing we're all going to get turned into mermaids. I hope it doesn't hurt as much as being Disney-fied.

"Tell Sebastian I said 'salut'!" The portal doors open. I breathe and walk to it with the others.

Who knows? Maybe changing into a mermaid could be nice and—OH MY GOD! IT HURTS! IT HURTS SO SO BAD DEAR GOD!

Apart from being blinded by light and deafened by the humming, my legs feel like they're being meld together atom by atom. It feels like skin getting caught in the zipper of your pants except your skin is the zipper. That, and my leg bones feel like they're melting. I'm not kidding. My leg bones are melting. Into what?! Then, there's my feet, which are forcefully twisted and melded together into a 'T' shape. It was downright agony.

Finally, the pain fades with the light and I feel water all around me. I look down to see what would dare bring me so much pain. A fin? So, all this pain to turn into a mermaid?

I hear the others groan as they rub on their new…fins. Lulu groans, "Those serene transformation sequences were full of shit!"

Kayla moans, "You're telling me."

Yvette yells at her tail, "Again with the pink?!"

Rose calls out, "Where's Dawn?! Dawn? Dawn!"

Kayla uses her earrings and says, "I hear her calling your name over there!" I see a black fish with whiskers swim toward Rose and rub her cheek on hers. "Dawn!" Rose holds her tight.

"Let's go meet Ariel! I want to see Atlantica and the other mermaids, too!" says Kayla.

Alicia says, "First things first. Let's find Ursula."

"But we won't have time to visit Atlantica when we'd have Ursula chasing us!" Kayla whines.

"We won't be chased this time," Alicia says. "We are going to actually use our weapons. You know, like we should be doing!"

"I agree with Alicia! Let's go!" Lulu claims.

"Uh, yeah," I say. "It's not like Triton would want to see us, anyway." The truth is, Ariel is my least favorite Disney princess. It just seems like she has no air in her skull where her brain should be and isn't a good role model at all. I can tell by Lulu's sudden agreement with Alicia that she feels the same.

However, Kayla persists. "Aw, c'mon! When will we get another chance like this?"

Victoria pats her on the back. "We can go after. Right, Alicia?" Victoria asks the last part with a hint of sternness in her voice. Her eyebrows furrowed at Alicia.

Alicia sighs, "Whatever you say. Let's just get the important part over with."

Kayla beams, "Then let's go!" She attempts to swim. But even with great effort, Kayla hardly seems to be able to move a few inches. "I'll…get…the hang…of this!" She says with each stroke of her arms. Eventually, she pauses as she flops her tired arms down. "Okay, maybe I won't get the hang of this."

Victoria instructs, "Just move like you see mermaids do!" She demonstrates for us and we follow her movements. Okay, note to self. The more forceful you move your tail, the faster you go. After getting the hang of our underwater kinesthetic, Kayla swims to a turtle and asks, "Excuse me? Can you point to where a cave is? One owned by the name of Ursula?" Instantly, the turtle hides in its shell and shakily points behind him. "Thank you, Mr. Turtle!" she says as she pats him on the shell. Kayla swims away and we follow behind her.

Author's Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney-related. All rights to Disney. We only own our OCs.