Hey guys I'm back! I really want to apologize for the wait. I had to draft this part of the story instead of coming up with it as I went because it's a major chapter. Also I made it a little longer than usual to say sorry. Well I will see you at the end of the chapter. Hope you enjoy!
Ben's P.O.V.
We threw one of the frying pans in the other direction hoping to distract them. After they started running to see what it was, we took our chance and ran toward the room Mal and Evie were in as fast as we could. About half way there we heard loud gasping and started running even quicker (if that was even possible), but right before we got there, it stopped.
Once we got there, we were a little shocked. Mal was unconscious and was more bruised and battered than before. Also she had tear stains on her cheeks, which was unusual based on the fact she barely cries. I've never seen her cry and I've heard she only cried on twice the Isle once when she was a little girl. She fell while running and scraped her knee and cried. Then she cried again that day, when her mom abused and yelled at her about showing weakness.
We were relieved to see Evie still unharmed. But even though there weren't any scars the physically, you could tell they were there. Emotionally. She had to watch them do this to her closest friend, watch them punch and kick her like a punching bag. Watch them beat her senseless. Watch them break her in multiple ways. She had to watch this the whole time she was there. Then she had to see the after effect.
Everyone could tell they would never be the same again. After standing in the doorway for what seemed like eternity taking in the scene even though I was pretty sure it was about one minute, we heard footsteps behind us. Maleficent tried to cast a spell so would we go unharmed, but she could cast the spell in time. They were already in the room.
"What do you think you doing here?" Daniel said pointing toward us.
"We came to get Mal back because you didn't hold up to your end of the bargain and give her back" I said sounding more confident than I was. In full honesty I wish I wish I was doing what I was feeling, which was dissolving into a puddle of nerves. If I was a puddle of nerves I wouldn't be in this situation.
"I laugh thinking that you think that it's that easy" Daniel said chuckling.
"Give her back" I said raising my voice. This resulted in him getting angry and raising his voice scaring all of us. That is, of course, when Mal woke up.
"Why should I?" He said looking at Mal and smiling.
"Because if you don't we can have you arrested" I responded talking in a matter-a-factly way.
"You wouldn't dare" He said on the verge of yelling.
"If he doesn't we will" Maleficent said gesturing to Carlos, Jay, and herself.
"How can you do that if you're trapped in an abandoned prison?" He remarked growing a grin. At first we were confused then when we all got grabbed and pushed against the wall we knew what he meant. They took Maleficent's wand and put in on the other side of the room.
"Now time for the punishment to begin" he said walking toward, to our surprise Evie. But of course she didn't get harmed because of Mal. Mal just took the abuse from Daniel no tears, no fighting back, no nothing. We all tried to get off the wall but they were too strong.
When they got tired they stopped hurting Mal, the put each of us, except Mal and Evie into prison cells. They put us in cells that were pitch black, dusty to where you breathe in dust every time you breathe, and there were coach roaches, spiders, and who knows what else everywhere. I've never been in conditions this bad. EVER.
When he dropped each of us off at our cells right before he left he said. "This is only the beginning of my fury!"
"Is everybody ok?" I asked.
"Yes and no" Maleficent responded. Everyone nodded and agreed.
"Well this didn't go as planned" Carlos said stating the obvious.
"No kidding" Jay responded.
"Imagine how Mal and Evie feel" I said.
"Probably horrible" Jay responds. Everyone agreed.
Later that night, when we all stopped talking and everyone was asleep, I laid away thinking about Mal and Evie and about what Daniel did with them. Thinking about how I should've walked her to her and Evie's dorm room. How this situation might end. None of them were good ways. They were all bad. Eventually I made it to sleep. But I had a terrible nightmare.
The next morning I got up and was taken to the room where everything went down. This time Evie was battered and bruised just like her friend next to her. Once again we were pinned against the wall and had to watch as both were being tortured. Evie wasn't used to it so she was bawling. We all tried to get off the wall as it was happening but no success. Each time we almost had it Daniel came and pushed whoever it was against the wall.
Then it was over for the day. So I went back to my cell and was held prisoner as we all have been for the past 4 days. I did the same thing as every other night. Talked to Carlos, Jay, and Maleficent for a while, then when everyone was asleep I laid awake. Thinking bad thoughts about myself and how it's my fault this happened. Then I would go to sleep and have a nightmare.
Then next day I woke up expecting it to be like every other day. But it wasn't. When we got up to where the room was, Daniel had a gun, Evie was crying, and blood was everywhere. We all started to panic as we saw that blood was coming out of Mal and she wasn't breathing. I felt a wave of anger, fear, and sadness rush through me. I got down on my knees and started to cry. Everyone else did the same. Then he started pointing the gun toward Evie. Then he pulled the trigger and there was a loud scream from Evie and the gunshot.
I woke up in a pool of sweat and tears. Then I started to just cry. Uncontrollable tears flowed down my face. I started wishing I was back at home with a happy and unhurt Mal learning in school. I closed my eyes shut wishing that this was a very long dream that would end when I opened my eyes. But it wasn't. When I woke up I was in the same awful place.
All of a sudden I hear Carlos screaming for help and crying. This woke everyone up. After a bit we got Carlos to wake up and calm down. We still went silent for a bit. When we heard a pair of footsteps coming, we all started to panic. Then we saw it wasn't Daniel or his goons. It was Mal and Evie.
Mal's P.O.V.
When I woke up I heard arguing. I looked up to see that it wasn't Daniel and his goons arguing (like usual) it was Ben and Daniel. I was shocked to see Carlos, Jay, Ben, and wait, I'm seeing things. Unless my mother really is here and standing up for me. Does she care about me? Or is something in it for her?
I decided not to say anything because I would probably end up revealing something I shouldn't. For a bit I thought about saying something but chose not to. No one would like me if they knew EVERYTHING that happened. Before I knew what was happening Carlos, Jay, Ben, and my mom were up against the wall. Then I saw Daniel going for Evie. I used all my strength to run and protect her.
I stopped him from going after her, which is good because she would be completely shattered. To shattered to put back together. The abuse and insult are too much for an innocent girl like her. I became broken by my mother long ago. When she was still evil.
After what felt like eternity, he stopped. Once he left with the others I noticed he locked the door. Great, just great. I noticed Evie was crying and curled up in a ball.
"Evie?" I said.
"Evie?" I repeated.
"Evie, please talk to me" she turned her head toward me.
"What?" she said holding back a river of tears.
"What's wrong?" I said really desperate to make her pain go away.
"You" she said letting the river out. I'm the reason for this? What did I do?
"What did I do?" I asked, needing to know.
"I let this happen to you" she said gesturing to my bruises. "I'm a terrible person"
"Remember what I said last time you felt this way"
"Yes" she said this while smiling a little.
"Every time you feel this way, just remember what I said"
"Thanks" she said. Then an idea popped in her head. "I know how we can get out of here" she said bubbly and serious at the same time.
"How?" I asked her. "There's a lock on the door"
"One word: bobby pin. We can open the door by picking the lock with it." She responded.
"Good idea. How many do you have?"
"Three" she said while picking them out of her hair.
"We might want to grab my mom's wand before we leave." After taking turns back and forth back and forth we finally got the door to open. It took about two hours though. Once we got out we had to figure out where they were. We went to the first section we saw and sure enough they weren't there. We checked three different sections before we heard a loud noise.
We heard a scream from the lowest part of the jail. Great. It's pitch black down there. After running down we saw all four of them. They seemed panicked at first but soon calmed down when they saw who it was.
We got them out of their cells with bobby pins. When we started heading up the stairs we heard footsteps. Daniels footsteps and then his yell when he saw we escaped. We ran back down the stairs quickly but quietly. He ran down the stairs to find everyone in their cells.
"DID YOU SEE THEM TAKE MALEFICENT'S WAND AND RUN AWAY FROM HERE!?" He screamed in his low, dark, scary voice.
"No idea what you're talking about" Ben lied. I did not know goody-two-shoes Ben could lie. I expected him to stretch the truth or someone else to jump in.
"IF YOU LYING TO ME YOU'LL PAY FOR IT" he screamed again.
"So it looks like I'm not paying because I'm not lying." Ben lied. Again. I never knew he could do it once but twice. Daniel left up the stairs and I sighed in relief and came out of me and Evie's hiding spot. Thank goodness our plan worked. We had Jay, Carlos, Ben, and Maleficent go bad to their cells while we hid in the darkest room and hid where he couldn't see. It was the best plan we could come up with in like thirty seconds.
When we started heading up the stairs again we happened to run into Daniel and his goons.
"YOU LIED TO ME" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
"How do you know it was a lie? Maybe they came along after you visited and offered us to come with them." Ben said in his matter-a-factly voice.
"I KNOW YOU LIED" he yelled
"How?" Ben asked.
"I JUST DO AND BECAUSE YOU LIED YOU'RE GOING TO PAY! STAY RIGHT THERE!" He screamed. He had his goons block us from going anywhere. When he came back he had the frying pan we threw to distract him yesterday.
He went to hit Ben with the frying pan but I jumped in front of him. "Don't hit him. Don't hit anyone here but me. "I said. I deserve this. After the insults and abuse it won't matter if I get hit. I noticed Daniel was smiling after what I said. Maleficent just remembered she had her wand and started casting a spell to teleport them all to Auradon. But not before Daniel hit me with the frying pan. HARD. Then I fell to the ground and almost hit the concrete floor but someone, I don't know who, prevented it.
That's the last thing I remember before everything went black.
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