Kidnapped

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Ben was tied up in the basement of Ursula's Fish and Chips. He was blindfolded and gagged.

Upstairs, Uma was shouting orders at her crew "Get moving, morons!"

Halina walked in with Harry, his arm still around her waist. By the time they had reached Uma, the entire diner was staring at them.

"Go back to your dishes people." Halina called loudly then detangled herself from Harry.

"What are you? A couple?" Uma laughed "What a joke!"

"It was more of a ploy to distract Evie, Carlos, and Jay." Halina chuckled "Quick thinking on Harry's part."

"Is it really that hard to believe that we could be a couple?" Harry asked, slightly offended "Even pirates feel love."

"Shut up, Harry." Uma and Halina said in unison.

Harry grumbled and walked away. Halina and Uma laughed at his childish antics.

"So, you got the King?" Halina asked as she stopped laughing.

"Downstairs. Wanna go scare him a little?" Uma grinned.

"Oh, absolutely."

The two girls linked arms and made their way downstairs, whispering about their scare tactics. They decided that Uma would start by talking to him, then Halina would appear and scare him more. Halina shadow-traveled away as Uma reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Well, well, well." Uma hissed, ripping off Ben's blindfold "If it isn't King Benny! An honor to finally make your acquaintance. I'm Uma, daughter of Ursula."

Ben trembled at her terrifying voice but steeled himself to respond "What do you want?"

"Someone's asking what I want?" Uma laughed "The King of Auradon, asking me, what I want? That's rich. Don't you think that's rich H?"

Halina gave a soft cackle that echoed around the room.

Ben froze "W-w-who's there?"

"Mal never mentioned me?" Halina appeared behind Ben and placed her cold hands over his eyes.

"Why would Mal mention you?" Ben asked, confused.

"Because we used to be besties!" Halina taunted "You know, BFFs, a crew, a family. That is, until you brought her to Auradon and she forgot all about me."

"That's not possible." Ben defended "She would have told me if she had any more friends on the Isle."

"Oh but it is." Halina reached into her pocket and pulled out a picture of herself and Mal.

She showed it to Ben who stared at the purple-haired love of his life in shock. Why would she be friends with this girl? This girl who kidnapped him, who was standing in front of him with fiery purple hair and golden eyes that glowed like embers in a fire.

"Who are you?" Ben asked.

"I?" Halina laughed "I am Halina, Goddess of fear, wealth, and the unknown, Daughter of Hades and Persephone."

"You're a Goddess?" Ben asked "But why are you here? Why are you on the Isle? You should be on Olympus or in Auradon."

"But I'm not." Halina snarled "I'm here, besides it's not like I'd want to go to Auradon or Olympus anyway. I'm happy here, with my new alliance with dear Uma's crew. I've made new friendships and gained more power doing it. Now, there is nothing I couldn't do, if I set my mind to it."

Ben was terrified but tried to play it off cool "What could you do? Destroy the world or something?"

"Ha! That's a good idea, actually. Maybe later."

"Why would you want to do that?" Ben shook.

"Well, it's not like the world ever cared about me. My parents are the only good thing in my life. My best friends left me, forgot me, and betrayed me." Halina shrugged "But, hey, that's life for a Goddess."

"What do you mean?"

Halina turned to Uma "Get out for a minute."

"Don't get soft on me now H." Uma warned as she left.

"Don't worry, I won't." Halina waited for Uma to be gone before she sighed and sat down next to Ben "When you're immortal, you outlive everyone you love or care about. You never see them again. They leave and forget. I thought Mal and the others were different. I thought I'd have years to spend with them before they died. But no, this time it was worse. This time they forgot me first."

Ben realized his eyes were full of tears "I'm so sorry." He whispered.

"Don't be." Halina said harshly "I'm not. If they were real friends they would have at least sent me a message. It just shows that I am a terrible judge of character."

"Don't blame yourself." Ben said softly "It's not your fault."

Halina laughed "Isn't it? I'm the Goddess of the unknown. That means I can see bits of the future. I should have known they'd betray me in the end."

"But-"

"Don't try to make me feel better. I'm fine." Halina waved him off "Seriously, I can practically feel the sadness radiating off of you. Really, I'm okay. I'm always okay."

Uma came back downstairs "Are you done yet? Harry's given them the message. It's almost time."

"Yeah...yeah. I'm ready." Halina stood up and looked at Ben then leaned in and whispered "You know, if it helps at all, you're the best boyfriend Mal's ever had. You at least act like you care about her."

"I do." Ben whispered back.

Halina gave him a long look before putting the blindfold back over his eyes and the gag back in his mouth "Here's a secret, I think she cares about you too. I wish I had someone who cared about me the way you two care about each other."

Uma gave her a look as she walked past her up the stairs. She had a feeling Halina wasn't entirely on board with the plan anymore. But she brushed it off, Halina wanted revenge on Mal and the others, of that she was certain.

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