Chapter Six

A/N: I do not own anything other than my OCs when they come out to play. Everything else belongs to Disney!

So in all honesty I didn't plan for this chapter to go in the direction that it did, but I kinda like it! It would have been really nice if the villain parents played more of a role in D2 than they did in canon where they were basically non existent. Though to be fair, Leah was also missing from D2 which was nice…

Alright, who is ready for the Descendants wedding tomorrow?! I will always find it hilarious that Ben and Mal's canonical anniversary date is Friday the 13th. I dunno just feels appropriate for the daughter of Maleficent and Hades to have that as her wedding date.

Hope you all like the chapter! Let me know what you think! :D

Hades made his way to Ursula's Chip Shoppe, ignoring the stunned looks he was getting. To be fair to the great unwashed of the Isle, he hardly ever strolled around; preferring to avoid most contact with the others on the Isle if he had the choice. But he was on a mission this time.

"Honestly Hades, why are you dragging me into Ursula's restaurant? Blast it all, why are you walking at such a pace? I can barely keep up with you!"

Oh right. That might have been part of the reason of the stunned looks considering Hook for some reason is one of the more feared villains on the Isle, Hades thought as he dragged Hook behind him. The codfish disguised as a human put up barely any fight when Hades barged into the fish shop and grabbed him by the collar.

"Hades, what a surprise," Ursula said as Hades burst into her office; the water in her tank jostling from the force Hades had slammed open the door. Where Ursula had gotten the tank, he wasn't really sure but Hades didn't care at this point. "To what do I owe the honor of seeing the Lord of the Underworld strolling about my restaurant?"

"I'm not in the mood for pleasantries niece," Hades said, his voice flat as he forced Hook into a nearby chair. "I want to talk. To both of you."

"What about?" Hook asked as he straightened out his jacket.

"Your…children have somehow gotten the bright idea in their heads to hold my errand rat hostage," Hades said, narrowing his eyes. As much as he hated to call Mal that, as she was so much more than a mere errand rat, he knew that such knowledge would only put a target on her back.

A bigger one than what was already there after her little performance at Beastie Jr's coronation, turning Maleficent into a lizard. Even if it was probably the highlight of Hades' eons of life.

"She should have thought about that before she turned her back on evil," Ursula said, looking rather unimpressed and unknowingly picking up on Hades' thoughts. "My daughter's many things Hades but at least she knows the meaning of loyalty."

"Right, which is why the little squidling is still running around with Mal?" Hades shot back. "No wait, that friendship dissolved when they were nine. Forcing your child into working at your restaurant and your restaurant only isn't loyalty to you Ursula."

"Spare me the lecture. You banned Uma, your own blood, and the Hook boy from your restaurant which brought all the pirates to me," Ursula shot back with a smirk pulling at her lips. "Including your deal with Hook. Kinda hard to run a restaurant with no food isn't it?"

Hades grit his teeth and dug his nails into his palm to avoid blowing up at his niece. He hated the reminder of what he'd done to Persephone's restaurant, founded only in an attempt to help the kids of the Isle.

But the ban was necessary, after Uma and Mal split. After all, what kind of a father would he be if he sided against his daughter in a fight with her friends? Even if Mal wasn't talking to him, he would always have her back.

"We're not here to talk about the past," he spat out. "We're here because your daughter has my errand rat captive."

"Sounds like your errand rat should have paid better attention to her surroundings," Hook spoke up. "Honestly Hades, I don't know why you care so much. Errand rats are a dime a dozen around these parts. In fact, I'm surprised you didn't get a new one after Maleficent's spawn was invited off of the Isle."

"You and I both know that if Mal had Harry held captive, you'd be singing a much different tune Hook," Hades growled. "But unlike you, I actually care about what's mine. Even if they could be easily replaced by one of the other street rats around the Isle."

And Mal can't be easily replaced. I couldn't replace her even if I tried, he thought. No parent should be able to say that they could just replace their child. And yet, I know perfectly well that the two 'parents' in front of me would easily try to replace their children if they needed to.

"Actually Hook, I'd be amazed if you cared if Mal had Harry captive," Hades said, deciding to get under the Captain's skin. "After all, everyone around the Isle knows you only keep the boy around for one thing and that's to be used as a punching bag."

"I'll parent my way and you parent yours Hades," Hook shot back, his silver hook glinting dangerously despite the low light of the restaurant.

"Making your kid fear you isn't parenting," Hades told him. There were times where he wondered how Harry had turned out, if he should have still kept an eye out for him regardless of the fight between Mal, Jay, Uma, and the Hookling.

"We're villains Hades," Ursula shook her head. "Since when do you care about proper parenting? In fact can you even call yourself a parent? Rumor around the scum pond is that you have a son but he's hardly ever seen around these parts. Too good for us Isle folk?"

"More like I like knowing where my kid is and that he means more to me than just help for the dinner rush," Hades shot back. "Look, are you two going to teach your children common sense or am I going to have to do it?"

"What do you mean?"

"You. Don't. Mess. With. What's. Mine," Hades said firmly, narrowing his eyes at Hook. "Mal is my errand rat which means she's an extension of me. I don't particularly care that she's been off in Boreadon or that she turned Maleficent into a lizard. If the two of you recall, I'm not exactly Maleficent's biggest fan."

"I think the biggest fan of Maleficent was Maleficent," Ursula muttered, shaking her head.

"That doesn't matter," Hook stated. "The girl turned her back on the Isle, turned her back on evil, for a land that saw fit to feed the Isle nothing but rotting food for years. It's a slap in the face to everyone we lost and the girl knows it."

"Mal wasn't the only one who turned her back on evil that day," Hades reminded Hook, a slight growl to his voice. He'd been lucky enough to be able to watch the coronation over at Facilier's arcade considering it had a television and his youngest daughter was Hades' new errand rat.

And yes, he was perfectly aware that the third member of the little group that came to inform him that Mal was being held captive was in fact King Ben. He'd have to be an idiot not to recognize him by sight alone not to mention the fact that he mentioned his own coronation in front of him.

But Hades only got so much in terms of entertainment and watching the little sunspot squirm was worth aiding to their delusion that a mere beanie, jeans, and a brown shirt could so easily disguise the King of Auradon.

This of course only fueled Hades' belief that the sun had softened the brain cells of those who lived in Boreadon. Well, except for Mal. Okay maybe even Mal. I'm sorry but she did get herself captured on the Isle of the Lost. There had to be something to contribute to that stunning lack of intelligence.

"No, but she was their leader," Ursula reminded him. "Face it Hades, unless you've suddenly gained the ability to control what we say and do, we don't have to do jack for you. Mal got captured by Uma? First intelligent thing Uma's done since I had her."

"You'll regret this," Hades told her.

"Not as much as you will if a rumor reaches Lady Persephone's ear about you looking at a younger girl," Hook said with a smirk. "Maybe she'll turn Mal into a mint plant for old times sake."

Hades knew Hook was needling him, and he knew he shouldn't have reacted. But the thought of doing…that to his daughter…well let's just say Hook was pinned to the wall before he had time to think.

"Say that again or repeat it outside of these walls and your hook is going to be lodged in your central nervous system. Understand?" Hades growled, his eyes narrowed into mere slits.

"You're awfully protective of the lass is all I'm saying," Hook said.

"I'm not Frollo," Hades said, his tone flat but firm at the same time. "I don't have 'flings' with infants."

"Um…Mal was sixteen last we heard—."

"Hook, I know you have a brain," Ursula said as she rolled her eyes at the Captain's stupidity, much to Hades' surprise. "You know my dear uncle is referring to his God status when he refers to others as infants."

"When you've lived for the centuries I have then you can refer to people as you wish," Hades said as he shook his head. "But if that's where your mind went Hook, maybe someone should look into how you're treating your daughters. Little CJ was always rumored to be your favorite after all and with how much she looks like your Milah…"

Yeah I probably should have seen that punch coming, Hades thought as Hook's hand lashed out and hit him square in the jaw. It wasn't hard enough to actually hurt but it was enough to cause Hades to stumble back a couple of paces.

"I think it's safe to say that concludes negotiations," Hades said, refusing to give Hook even the satisfaction of rubbing his jaw. Even if it did twinge a little.

"You'd be right," Hook said, his voice flat.

"Well then. You've both made your choice. Let's hope it was the right one," Hades said as he turned on his heel and strolled out of the restaurant. It was time Hades took matters into his own hands.

Sure Uma would act tough in front of Mal, but even the most hardened pirate would freeze upon seeing an angered God. He wouldn't hurt her, he didn't do that to family…Hercules not withstanding.

All Hades knew was that nothing was going to happen to his daughter. Not if he had anything to say about it.