"Ugh where is she? I knew we shouldn't have let her go out by herself. What if something happened to her? She should have been back by now," Jay screamed out in frustration and worry. He was freaking out about Evie who was out flirting and getting them food. They discovered that Evie's flirting was more effective than Jay's stealing when it came to getting food, so it was now Evie's job to go out and get food for their group.
Jay didn't like the idea and always made sure that he was there with her for protection. He didn't want anything bad to happen to another one of his family members. He became very over protective, but Evie had gotten mad at him claiming that she wasn't a baby and didn't need a babysitter. Which is why he was now in the hideout freaking out while his little sister was out there by herself in the dangerous marketplace.
While Jay was freaking out Carlos was just sitting on the couch with his knees to his chest. He was scared that someone took Evie and they were next. The two boys immediately looked up in panic when they heard the sounds of people entering up the stairs and into their hideout.
The boys sighed in relief when they saw that it was Evie, but stopped when they noticed that Evie wasn't alone and instead had her arms around some purple haired girl that was looking around at everything as if it was the coolest thing she had ever seen. They had never once seen this girl before and they didn't understand why Evie would bring her into their special hideout. The hideout was for the three of them and occasionally Dizzy only. They didn't let anyone else into their hideout. Evie seemed to know the girl though as she was talking to her as if she had known her all of her life.
Evie just let out a small smile as she looked at the purple haired girl who was acting as if everything was so amazing. "Whoa you live here? This place is so cool," Mal told Evie in amazement as she looked around at the hideout. It was new and exciting. Evie just laughed at the curious girl. She may look 16, but she definitely still had that child innocence and curiosity. "Sort of we don't live here, but we do spend a lot of time here. Go ahead and explore if you want to," Evie told Mal with a smile as she liked seeing her baby again even if it was weird that she was practically her age at this point. At least she got to know that her baby was okay.
Mal just smiled as she released herself from Evie and began to explore the hideout. Once Mal was out of their listening reach the confused boys just looked at Evie. "Um Evie who is that and why did you bring her here?" Carlos asked Evie nervously as he had no clue who the girl was that was with her and he didn't know whether she was dangerous or not. Evie just pointed to Mal who was exploring the hideout and gave the two boys a look. "Guys that is Maleficent's daughter Mal remember we haven't seen her in months," Evie told the boys making sure to exaggerate the words Maleficent's daughter Mal, so that the boys would understand who Mal was without her having to explain it incase Mal had come back from exploring the hideout and overheard them talking. She wanted to tell them how much this was killing her, but she didn't want Mal to find out the truth because then Maleficent would get them for sure.
Evie smiled when she saw the boys' eyes widen as it had worked and they realized who Mal really was. "What? That's Mallory? What did Maleficent do to our baby? She's like our age now. I don't like this," Carlos told Evie as he began to ramble out seeing his baby basically his age. It was weird for him and he didn't like it one bit. He had just completely missed out on his baby's entire childhood and it had only been a few months. He wanted his baby back to her normal age. Evie just sighed as she watched her daughter run around and explore the hideout like the curious baby she was supposed to be.
"I know I hate it too, but Maleficent is planning something and I don't know what it is, but I know it's big. And we have to act like she is Maleficent's real daughter and that we are just her friends. I don't know what Maleficent is planning, but if we mess up her plan she will kill all of us and we can't risk it. Based on what Mal has told me Maleficent told her that she had amnesia and lost all of her memories. Then she basically kicked her out and told her to find us and become friends with us, so Maleficent's plan has to include us and apparently our baby being older. Gosh it was horrible she looked so scared and confused when I found her. And I feel so bad because I yelled at her. I didn't know it was her and I got mad at her for messing up my outfit. She was terrified of me and I had always vowed to not let my child be scared of me, but I messed that up," Evie told the boys quietly as she didn't want Mal to hear their conversation about who she really was.
Carlos just pulled Evie into a tight hug. "Evie, it's okay. You didn't know that she was our daughter. And it's not your fault it's Maleficent's fault and we will play along with her little plan until we can find a way to turn her back. Because we won't let Maleficent get away with taking and using our baby and us to get what she wants. All we have to do is play along until we figure out what she is planning. In the meantime at least we still get to see our baby again even if she thinks that we're just her friends and that she's really a teenager," Carlos told Evie as he was trying to find some good in the situation. As much as it was killing him to see his baby as a teenager and her having no clue who he really is to her it could be worse.
The Mistress of Evil had taken their baby, she could have easily killed their baby and they would have had no clue at least now they knew that she was alive and they could spend time with her again. Before anyone could say anything more Mal came back over to the group and let out a mischievous smirk as she saw Carlos and Evie sitting together with Carlos' arm around Evie and she was leaning into him.
Mal just looked at Jay with her smirk as she pointed to Carlos and Evie. "Oh I see what's going on here. Those two definitely have a thing right?" Mal told Jay with a knowing smirk. Jay just laughed as he thought it was funny how even their baby who had barely even been old enough to understand things could clearly see what the two of them couldn't.
Jay just smirked as he looked at his niece. It was weird to see her basically all grown up and as much as he would love for her to be her real age again at the same time he was enjoying being able to talk to her and have a conversation with her. "They sort of have a thing, but they don't even know it yet. They are just too oblivious to see it. Now let's go have some fun," Jay told his niece with a smile and laughed when Mal got really excited as she followed after him to go mess with Evie and Carlos who had fallen asleep cuddled up together as they were exhausted.
Jay missed seeing his niece as the baby she was supposed to be, but he would be lying if he said that he didn't love this bonding time that he was having with her right now. Jay knew that they were going to eventually turn her back as they couldn't keep her like this forever, but at least for now he got to have a partner in crime and at least they got to be with her even if she was older and had no clue who they really were or who she really was.