Hiya Descendants!
First Wednesday post, and I remembered even though I forgot to change my alarms over... Yay me!
We love how many of you were happy to hear about the posts being moved to Wednesday specifically because you guys wanted to know what's in the box... What's in the boxxxxx? (All the points if you know that reference.)
Anyway, time to put you guys out of misery.
What a Rip... Right :)
Lots of Love
-Dark-
"So, I say entertain me and you- what- decide to drop off the isle for half a damn week?" Hades glares as he leans against the frame of the temple doors.
"Oh calm the-" T stops. "A what!?" His head jerks to Harry.
"And why Guyliner pirate?" Hades rubs his forehead with one hand, continuing as if T hadn't spoken, "I thought, and I am a God, ya know, so thought correctly, that the deal was you bring my kitten home every once in a while. Ya know. We chat, we catch up, she gets these damn cuffs off me, we all end up happily outside the fucking barrier."
Harry sighs. This was going to be a long conversation, and he wasn't sure he liked the dynamic these two seemed to have.
"We're still workin' on it." T shrugs, "What's the point of wasting all three of our times? She isn't going to get stronger overnight."
"It's been over three months since she last tried." Hades growls
"Oh calm the fuck down," T waves him off dismissively. "She's still not up to snuff, and look," He holds up a package and waves it. "Entertainment from Auradon… Or at least something else to piss off Mistress Cunt with."
"Oh, you can be ah wavin' it around, but I touch it an' be ah gettin' yelled at not ta be ah breakin' it." Harry rolls his eyes, tightening his folded arms to his chest.
"Shut it Hook." T presses the box into Senior's chest. "We going to find out what it is or not." He asks as he continues into the temple. "Can we see what Auradon wanted to give her, now? It's been killin' me not ripping open that package."
"Oooh, bossy." Hades rolls his eyes before they drop to the package in his hands, and then further to him, "Well guyliner, ya coming in or not, I ain't got all day."
"Move it Hook."
Harry snorts at T's tone before he walks past Hades, ignoring every instinct he had to draw his weapon and keep it between them.
Like it would have helped him anyway.
"What he meant was move faster." Hades chuckles as he slams the doors before pushing him aside to catch up with T.
Rude-
Harry frowns as he straightens back out. Sure, it had been rude, but it hadn't hurt. Hades was a full God, that should have nearly dislocated his shoulder.
"Come on." T whines, "What is it?"
"At this point it's you entertaining me is what it is." Hades laughs as he sits on a couch in front of a large table that he slowly sets the box on.
"Dick." T huffs before he jumps on the couch and perches next to the god. "You're doing this on purpose." He smacks Senior's shoulder. "Open it."
Harry frowns at the two before he looks around the room. Whenever he visited the temple it was always to get Deez out of the catacombs beneath them. He had no idea the inside was so, fucking comfortable. There was art, statues, rugs, comfortable-looking chairs, and couches.
And Deez's room was a fucking tunnel with bones, coffins, and cold stone tombs. It had been one thing when he thought the whole thing was like that, but now?
How had the isle ever believed Hades spoiled his daughter?
He sighs, shaking his head before he walks over to sit on the arms of the couch closest to T.
"Alright alright alright, ya little Firebug." Hades holds up a finger, using his long nail to cut the tape holding the box closed, "Yeesh, you're a violent and feisty one today. What lit your pilot light, huh?"
"I wanna know." T points to the box.
"So dangerous," Hades props his chin into the palm of his hand, "so scary, so" He rolls his other hand absent-mindedly before his deadpan tone begins to turn rushed, "single-mindedly annoying."
T snorts. "That's half my appeal."
Hades chuckles dryly before he leans forward, surprising Harry as he addresses him, "The balls on this one huh? You know what I mean." He narrows his eyes and gestures between them with a single finger, "Oh yeah, I can tell you know what I mean."
"Shut it, Senior."
Harry sighs. What had the god been implying? That he knew T was a girl? Or that T had a habit of pushing his luck.
"Hey, I ain't yer boyfriend." Hades holds a hand up between them, "I don't have to listen to that. In fact, it's actually the opposite in this deal."
"Eh." T shrugs, "Consider it a suggestion."
"I can be ah considerin' it that too?" Harry jumps on the statement before he can stop himself.
T turns to look over at him, "I mean, yeah?"
Hades snickers as he slowly opens the box, "Now why would you wanna do that? He's being such a good puppy right now."
"Woof." Harry deadpans. When in the home of a god of death- who strangely seemed to be in a good mood...
T snorts.
"Huh." Hades eyes Harry, "Yer funny. I guess my daughter does know how to pick 'em." He shrugs as he turns back to the box, "You and the little meathead always had me questioning her taste in followers."
"Ya can be ah keepin' yer mouth off me mate Gil." Harry bristles as his hands tighten around the strap of his messenger bag. Fuckin' God of death or not, no one talked bad about his family.
"Don't make it so easy." T shakes his head.
Harry glares at him, but doesn't say anything.
"Such ah good Guyliner." Hades praises in exaggerated baby talk.
"Ya be ah figurin' out what be in the damn box yet?" Harry snaps before he crosses his arms over his chest.
"Seriously, did you?" T leans over Hades shoulder curiously.
"Oh yeah, like a while ago." Hades chuckles as he fiddles with something before he picks whatever it is up out of the box and stands, "I know I have a cable thing around here somewhere…" He narrows his eyes as he walks around the room with something tucked under one arm.
"Fucking damn it." T groans as he crosses his arms.
"Ain't you two just adorable with your identical posses and little lips pouts." Hades taunts as he keeps walking around the room.
T's head falls back. "Seriously old man, you're killin' me. What the fuck is it?"
"Nah-uh-uh. See, I can't kill you, can't even hurt you." Hades points out absently as he opens a drawer in a small table.
"Like you'd want too." T retorts, "You know it would be borin' as fuck without me."
"Eh, ya got me there kid." Hades shrugs before he slams his hand down on the table and lets out a roar of frustration, "PAIN! PANIC! Where are you two worthless worms?"
Harry grimaces. The God's shout was deafening and he found himself fighting the urge to cover his ears. He was starting to think he understood where Deez got her dislike of yelling.
The two imps come flapping into the room stumbling and bumping into each other. Both rattling off greetings and apologies in the same breath.
"Where the fuck did you miserable sacks of shit put the cord?"
"Which cord oh master of all things?"
"There are so many! Sorry!"
"Oh, you fucking worthless-" Hades massages his temples with one hand, "The one we had with the computer before it broke."
"Oh!" Panic flaps his wings happily. "I know this one! I know this one!" He flies over to a desk before he returns with a bundled wire.
"Finally!" Hades snatches it from the small blue imp before he walks back over to the couch. He sits, knocking the box aside before he places another thick box in its place. "So, it looks like they sent my darling sweet cheeks a laptop computer." He snickers before he plugs the cord into one of the sides and holds the other end up, "Hello? Won't work unless it's plugged in worms."
Pain and Panic fly into each other as they race to follow the order.
"Good help is so hard to come by." Hades drags a hand down his face "Will you two hurry the fuck up?" Hades shouts, "The note said it's a special treat for around three today."
Harry's eyes travel to the intricate clock on the wall. He hated most clocks, but the ones without numbers were just fucking stupid. He sighs as he squints at it before he managed to figure out it was a few minutes past three.
"Got it!" Pain yells as he plugs the wire into the wall.
"Good, now get the fuck out." Hades snaps before he bends back over the box.
"Yes'sir!" Both imps chirp before quickly scurrying away.
T scoots closer to Hades as he looks over his shoulder, "They gave her a computer? Bitch can't even figure out how to open a fridge."
Hades snorts, "Really? Ah fridge?"
"The struggle was real that day." T deadpans.
"Well, the note said to make sure she could connect to her private internet. Guess I'm not the only one who gets a few special privileges." Hades shakes his head, "Memo to me, complain until I get another upgrade."
"Not for long." T grins wickedly.
Hades grins as he turns to T, "Nice." He holds up a hand, which T is quick to hi-five.
"I gotchu."
Harry slowly shakes his head. Why? Why did T get along with OVs so well? And why Hades? And why like this? He was going to have to tell Uma and the rest of the family about this, but seriously, he had no idea how to even start. This relationship was just- it was fucking weird.
"Alright, let's see what Auradon considers a treat then." Hades rubs his hands together before he presses a button in the middle of the box. With a click it splits in half and he tilts the top half back to reveal a black screen.
It looked a little like a tv, flat and smooth and dark. He waits for a second, wondering if something else was supposed to happen.
"Huh, well that was anticlimactic." Hades tilts his head to the side before he grabs it and starts turning it one way and then the other.
"Yeah, no shit." T sighs as he braces his hands on the back of the couch and leans back. "And the isle's only techie got-"
"Hold up." Hades laughs as he sets the computer in his lap, "Found the power button. Stupid, redundant thing." He presses the side, letting out an 'oooh' when the screen lights up and numbers begin to scroll down it.
T perks back up as he leans forward attention back on the screen.
"Why the fuck it be ah showin' us math?" Harry groans in disappointment. Great, they'd intercepted a joke. Or a punishment.
"Code." T corrects him absently.
"What it ah be ah code for?" Harry tilts his head to the side. That sounded a lot more interesting.
"It's how computers think."
And then right back to boring. He sighs before he sags, slipping from the arm of the couch to the cushion beside T's leg.
"Don't worry Guyliner, it ain't like you're smart enough to understand it." Hades snorts as he examines the screen.
T bumps his leg against his shoulder. "Says the guy who couldn't find the power button."
"Do you know how many different computers silly mortals make?" Hades glares over his shoulder, "And they're all fucking different."
"Dude." T deadpans. "There's like two on the isle."
"And the little guy made them by taking apart millions of scrap parts until he found enough pieces that work, and somehow managed to get those incompatible pieces to work together. Hence, he was smart enough to get it done." Hades points out, "I'm not doing anything but pointing out what he already knows Firebug, why get so defensive?" He tilts his head as he flashes a wicked grin, "Unless, hmmm."
He was really starting to get tired of the sea gods damned God. "Unless what Senior?" He asks bluntly.
"Well, unless you two are a thing now, and Firebug has to defend your dainty honor." Hades chuckles.
"Oh, suck my dick." T scoffs.
"One- Ew." Hades grimaces as he shakes his hands as if flinging something off of them, "Which leads me to two, not even if you had one."
"Cause you'd choke on it." T huffs.
"Aww," Hades frowns mockingly, "Penis envy sucks."
Seriously? T blushed and stumbled through talking to him about anything, but this fucking God calls him out on being a girl and he just rolls with it?
What. The. Fuck?
He turns back to the numbers on the computer screen because that nightmare was easier to deal with than the ridiculous argument the two were starting to devolve into.
When his eyes flick back up to the clock, it was three-fifteen. Was this thing just broken?
"Ya done?" Hades glares at T, "Cause I'm pretty sure I could spend all day pointing out things that piss you off, or I could work on the computer."
"Seriously old man? It's called multi-tasking."
"Old man me one more time." Hades glares before he holds a fist above the keyboard in his lap.
"Nonono-Wait!" T holds up his hands.
"Uh-huh, that's what I fucking thought." Hades chuckles darkly before he bends over the computer and starts typing on the keys."Ha-ha!" He cheers when the screen stops scrolling numbers and flashes white before it fades back to a flickering black.
"Seriously? That took you fuckin' forever." T snorts, "How the fuck did they expect her to figure it out?"
"Mistress of Evil must get a lot of assumptions on her abilities." Hades rolls his eyes.
"So…" T sighs after a couple of minutes. "What the fuck is it supposed to do? Were we too late?" He asks as he looks to the clock on the wall before turning back to the screen
Harry frowns as he watches the computer, wincing every time Hades gets frustrated. He was starting to tap the keys a little too forcefully at this point.
"How the fuck should I know? It ran its damn code, it's connected to the internet, not that I can check because I can't pull up anything except whatever this shitty program is. Like it looks like it's off, but it keeps getting those stupid static lines. Seriously, I have no, and I mean no fucking idea what's wrong with it." He grumbles as he glares at the laptop.
Harry silently chuckles at the twitch in T's shoulders when the god shoves it onto the table in front of him, knocking against the thin screen as it bends further back.
T sighs before he stares up at the ceiling, "Maybe it can only receive calls or something?"
"What the actual fuck?"
T straightens up quickly as he looks back down.
Harry sits up with a grin on his face. He'd recognize that tone of disgust anywhere. And the growl accompanying it. He reaches up to grab T's hand, stunned to hear their voices again.
Hades glares down at the laptop, "What's that? Hello?" he snatches it from the table, carefully adjusting the screen until it flickers on.
Harry gasps beside him. It was the whole gang. The Core Four wearing glorious scowls
"Really? This is what Auradon considered a special treat?" Hades purses his lips to the side and pffts.
Mal and Jay exchanged quick glances before looking back at the screen.
"Like you actually want to talk to those assholes? Am I right or am I right?" Hades laughs as he holds a hand up, "Just kidding, of course I'm right." He presses a hand to his chest, "God."
Harry rolls his eyes at the god's antics, but nothing could stop the warmth in his chest as he watches the screen.
He and T had just talked about how much they missed the group. And now, there they were. Beautiful, brooding, slightly skittish, and captivating. Just like he remembered. Except now they looked- More?
His eyes narrow as movement behind the group catches his eye, but before he can call out a warning, Jay was already turning. Turning and giving the two guys who'd come into the room a thumbs up.
Weird.
"But wow," Hades rolls his eyes as he props his cheek into his palm, "what ah rip…"
He couldn't believe it! They were staring at a video of the Rottens. Talking to them! For the first time since he found out T had the goblins reporting to him he truly appreciated it.
He'd never hidden how much he missed Jay, but getting a chance to see him again only served to make him understand the full depth of the void Jay's absence had created. He wanted to shout and whoop for joy, wanted to claim the laptop and ask Jay a million questions. But the God was still right in front of the screen.
"Senior?" Mal lifts her brow.
"Hey there Tiny Dragon. How's Auradon life?" Hades chuckles as he waves.
"Um…" Mal blinks before she turns to Jay.
He smiles at her confusion. He couldn't blame her. He'd been confused at first too. He'd still be confused if roles were reversed. But seeing the Dragon look so unsure was adorable.
T knocks his knee into Hades. "Move."
Harry facepalms before dragging his hand down his face. Why was T ordering the God around?
Hades narrows his eyes as he turns to look up at T, "Excuse you, the Tiny Dragon and I are having a-"
T slides down between him and the God, "Just fuckin' move." He demands again as he shoves the god. Which really shouldn't have worked.
Shoving Deez never worked. If she wasn't so tiny and light they'd never be able to get her to do anything she didn't want to do.
So when the God moves it floors him.
Why!?
"T?" Jay calls out in unison with the rest of his gang.
"You're lucky I find you entertaining," Hades grumbles as he stands up and walks away.
That was all he'd been waiting for- "JAY!" He crawls into T's lap to get to the screen, "Mate!"
"Harry?" Jay's eyes narrow as he takes a step closer.
"Ya be rememberin' me!" He jumps forward, wrapping his arms around the machine, hugging it tightly to his chest.
"Put it the fuck down Hook!" T snaps at him, smacking his back in emphasis.
"Why, oh why, are you hugging the stupid computer?" He hears Hades question in a deadpan tone before the laptop gets jerked out of his grip. He pouts in frustration, but lets T pull him back on the couch.
Jay chuckles as he takes another step closer to the screen. "You idiot, after everything you think my memory's that bad?"
"It jus' be feelin' like forever mate." Harry breathes out before his eyes widen and he looks to Mal. Shit. Had he just outed his friend?
Mal rolls her eyes, "Finally remember the rest of us, huh?" She crosses her arms.
"Uh…" He grins, "Hiya Dragon. Ya be ah lookin' real-"
"Mhmm." Mal lifts a brow. "Does Uma know?" She tutts her tongue.
"Aye." He nods slowly. It certainly didn't look like Mal was angry.
"Of fuckin' course she does." Mal huffs.
Harry lets out a small sigh of relief. The Dragon wasn't breathing fire. Jay obviously already told her. If nothing else, he knew Mal wasn't the best at handling new information without being reactive.
"I miss you too man." Jay shakes his head and grins, "But, what's with the damn hood? Don't tell me T actually managed to get you all wearing that shit."
"Ah… I forgot me an' T were ah gettin' shit done afore this." Harry chuckles before he pulls the hood down, "But I can'nah be ah blamin' ya for missin' me pretty face."
"What the fuck happened to yer pretty face?" Jay demands with a look of concern.
Fuck. He'd gotten so excited about seeing them again he's forgotten about the shiner he was sporting. His eyes widen in surprise when his head is jerked back by a fistfull of hair. He looks up to find T's lips pursed in a frown.
"Whoa now, we be ah talkin' bout this-"
"How the fuck long was I out Hook?" T growls.
"Ya be wantin' ta not be sayin' that so loud?" He glares up at T. From the moment they'd started talking he could tell something was weighing heavy on the leaders of the other gang. It didn't sit well with him that they were finally free, and yet not fully free of the isle.
"How the fuck long was he out? And why?" Mal demands as she steps closer to the screen.
T stares down at him for another moment before turning back to the screen. "Aw Mal, if I didn't know better I'd almost think you cared about me." He chuckles, "Told ya you loved me."
Harry groans as he tries to sit up, only to have T pull him back. A moan nearly escapes his throat before he can slap his hands over his mouth. The last thing he needed was to writhe under T while talking to the Rottens and whoever else was in the room with them in Auradon. Not to mention the God skulking around and the strange relationship T seemed to have with him.
Mal narrows her eyes, "Fuck you." She snaps.
"Aw! You do still care. And here I thought you'd gone pretty pink princess on me."
"Mal!" A vaguely familiar-looking boy rushes forward to grab her arm, "You hit the screen too hard you guys might lose the connection." He pulls her to his side.
Harry raises an eyebrow at the way Mal relaxed into his hold before he grins under his hands. Good for her.
"Ooh," T grins, "Seems the Dragon's got a tamer."
The boy holding Mal grins until she snaps her head to look up at him.
T snickers.
"Ah cute one." Harry winks as he slowly sits up again, waiting for T to remember his anger and take it out on his scalp again. Usually he wouldn't complain, but again, present company meant he couldn't actually enjoy it.
"Back off Hook." Mal snarls. "He's claimed."
"Really Mal, how dangerous do ya be ah thinkin' I be? There be ah barrier between us." Harry chuckles as he holds his hands up,
"Sounds like a challenge," T adds dryly.
"Jealousy be ah lookin' good on ya love. But ya be ah knowin' you be the only challenge I be ah interested in." Harry winks before he turns back to the screen. "So, ya gonna be ah introducin' Sir cute dragon tamer then?"
Mal huffs, "Ben, pain in my ass one and two. Pain in my ass one and two, Ben."
Ben smiles and waves, "I've heard so much about you, it's nice to finally-"
T turns to Mal, "Mal, I-"
"Ya be ah interuptin' Sir Dragon Tamer right when he be about ta be tellin' me how fascinatin' I be." Harry pouts as he shoves T back into the couch to sit more centered with the screen.
"Like you need more people stroking your ego. Let alone some HK. Don't do it Tamer. It'll just devolve-"
"Quiet! He be ah seemin' ah mite bit important. I wanna be ah knowin' if Mal be ah tellin' me best stories." He yelps when T pulls him back by the hair again. He growls slightly when he feels a weight on his head as T hovers above him and leans closer to the screen.
"No fucking way." T balks.
Mal narrows her eyes, "What?"
"You've been tamed by the fucking prince?" T laughs.
Was that why Ben looked so familiar? "Oh, good for you Mal! If ya be ah gettin' tamed and claimed, might as well be ah gettin' undone by ah prince."
"Both of you can shut it." Mal snaps.
"But Mal," T whines, "We're so proud of you. I knew there was a heart in there."
"Aye." Harry grins, "Ya better be ah treatin' her right Prince Dragon Tamer."
Mal's eyes narrow, "Admittin' your own crush yet T?"
Harry chuckles before it devolves into a grunt at T's forceful tug, "Lad, ya be ah pullin' me hair four times now. When I gonna be ah gettin' somethin' for that? This be ah downright mean teasin' ya be ah doin'." He narrows his eyes as he looks up at T, but he can't help the pout of his lips.
"Don't act like your not lovin' it."
"That bein' part o' the problem." He whines.
"Oh for the love of-"
He never would have believed T would kiss him in front of anyone, let alone in a room with so many witnesses.
"There." T huffs, "Will you knock it the fuck off now?"
Harry chuckles as he nods, "Aye, I can'nah be ah doin' that." He sits back up, doing his best to not giggle or whoop with excitement.
"Firebug and Guyliner sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G."
"Fuck you." T huffs in exasperation.
"Ew." Hades holds up his hands between them, as if warding off something disgusting.
He and T both jump and turn to the screen when they hear sharp claps, "Hey guys, remember us? The people in Auradon that want to know everyone's fucking okay? Focus!"
"Deez, Dizzy, and Mimi are all safe. Missing the fuck outta you guys but safe." T blurts out before he rubs his neck, "Sorry."
"Aye mate, sorry." Harry twists out of T's grip before he settles beside him on the couch, "We be ah losin' the Baby Girl for 'bout ah week," When he sees their eyes widen he rushes to finish, "but we be ah gettin' her back home with us safe like."
"A week?" Mal growls, "It took you fuck-tards a week to find her?"
"She were ah bein' ah hunted by yer mum." Harry pouts, he'd really been hoping to avoid conversing about the more worrisome parts of the past few months, but he also didn't feel good about lying to Jay either. They'd built a mutual respect for each other, so to even think of breaking it now seemed fucked up, "So our lil' Treasure be avoidin' us."
"Damn-it. D is so fuckin stupid. Of fuckin' course my damn mother would pull that shit! What the fuck did she want this time?"
"Tamed, claimed, but still the same." T chuckles. "Love it."
"I will end you." Mal growls.
"Love you too."
"Will ya stop pokin' the Dragon?" Harry whispers before he looks back up, "We be ah gettin' her," He shrugs, "so how the fuck we be ah knowin'?"
"Oh! I know this one." Senior chuckles as he leans over the back of the couch between him and T.
Harry inches away, but even he had to admit he was curious to know what Maleficent had wanted with her.
"She wanted collateral so the Firebug here-" He ruffles T's hood, "Wouldn't exact any type of vengeance." He snickers, "Little did she know Firebug was already being held captive on the other side of the isle."
"What?" Jay asks, sounding exasperated.
Like he'd already known. But how?
T growls as he looks up at Senior. "Can you not?"
"You're the one who made the deal." Hades chuckles. "This is amusing." He ruffles T's hoodie again.
"How did you escape?"
"Um-" T frowns as he grips his arm.
Harry sighs before he reaches over and takes T's hand. He knew Jay well enough to know he wasn't going to just drop this, "I be ah findin' him, an it be ah gettin' handled so we don'nah be ah havin' ta worry 'bout it ah happenin' again." He explains, hoping and yet knowing that would never be enough of an explanation.
"Handled? You're sure? Bruh, like, really sure?
His eyes dart to Ben before they land back on Jay, "Aye. I be ah dead positive mate."
"If only I were still in charge of the underworld," Hades sighs reminiscently as he props his chin in the palm of his hand, "Cause ya know, God. Of the dead. Could actually deal with sick mortals fucks and make them regret their life choices." His voice was rising, each word more bitter and jaded than the last, "Because, God of the Dead. Oh, I'm sorry, did I mention I'm a fucking God? That doesn't belong here. On this fucked up cesspit of disgusting mortals who are only too happy to commit atrocious acts on children. I mean, if my fucking foul brother Zeus wanted me to get inspiration, well, fuckery accomplished." He scoffs as his hand shoots out to grab T by the hood.
Harry's eyes widen as he turns to T. Had he seriously been about to run? Again!
"Wanna contain your boyish-friend Guyliner?"
He glares as he pulls T away from Hades, "T." He breathes out once he's got him firmly in his grasp. Before anything else can happen he pulls the hood up and shoves T's face into his chest. With practiced ease he locks his legs around him for good measure before he glares back up at the god. "Can ya not be ah tauntin' him with yer eye fuckery."
"But it's soo entertaining. Besides, the Firebug needs to hear it. I'mma fuck up that sick bastard the moment I make it back to the river styx."
Harry eyes Hades. If he didn't know better, he'd say the God really did seem to care about T. Which couldn't be true… Could it? Hades only cared about himself, and didn't care who got hurt so long as he got what he wanted.
And that was the end of it. At least, that's what he'd always thought.
He sighs before he turns back to the screen. His eyes widening slightly when he notices the supportive stance everyone around Jay was in. Mal and Jay were holding hands! And even the fucking Prince was part of the support, leaning into the two leaders like Evie and Carlos were. Auradon had certainly had an impact on the isle's supposed biggest and badest. He grins. And it seemed for the better.
Deez was going to be thrilled when he told her. Sea gods he wished she was here for this! Gil too. He would've loved seeing the Pup like this.
"Seriously though," He cringes as Hades continues to talk, "I feel like its only fair to point out since the rest of the little fucking brats obviously have my Kitten and someone over there backing them. Lucky followers," The God pushes off the couch, "I mean, they certainly don't belong here either, but whatevs. Not like my Kitten is writing good things about me to the damn king that trapped me here in the first place." He grumbles before he walks away again.
Finally. Harry lets out a sigh of relief before he settles back against the couch, taking a tense T with him.
"So…" Jay frowns, "Eye fuckery?" He raises a brow.
Harry sighs before he leans down, "Look," He whispers into T's ear, "It be clear that the Rottens be worried 'bout us, 'bout everyone still here. But, they be free now, and just look at all they can be ah doin' now. They be ah gettin' better with shit, and I, I just be ah thinking it ain'nah fair ta be hauntin' them like this. They be needin' ta move on." He watches T, "So, if they be ah askin', can ya just be ah tellin' me so I can be ah lettin' them know?"
T lets out a whisper of a groan, "Fair."
Harry sighs again before he looks up, "It be ah god thing 'parently. Senior just be ah knowin' more 'bout ah couple o' us than we be ah wantin'."
"Like when he makes you stare at his eyes for several minutes? Mal asks, "That's what he's doing? Getting information?"
"Aye Dragon, It be ah like seein' yer life flash afore yer eyes." He admits after a little prompting from T, "An he be ah watchin' with ya."
"I was there when he did that to him." Mal glares, "When he was making the deal with my fucking mother." She huffs.
"So ya know it ain'nah bein' pleasant then." Harry narrows his eyes. He didn't want to lie to Jay or his family, but he'd be damned if he was going to get that personal with T's past.
"It's hard to fucking see anything with that fucktards hood. Asshole seemed fine to me." Mal growls. "Fucking shitiot."
Jay clears his throat, "Speaking of hoods though, bruh, what's up with you? It's weird seeing you without your jacket and hook."
Thank all the sea gods Jay could still read him, "We be tryin' ta meet T halfway since it be a bit o' a change for him ta be ah workin' with others." He smiles, "Deez be ah rockin' one when she be ah leavin' the ship too. 'Parently that be how she were ah stayin' outta sight 'til she be ah crashin' on Yensid. And we be just fine with the isle thinkin' she be with the four o' you."
"Little shit's starting a cult." Mal tutts her tongue.
"That's actually a really great idea." T whispers.
Harry chuckles at T before he looks back to Mal, "I never be ah tirerin' o' hearin' you call 'im little shit." He snorts, "Only way it be funnier be if Deez be ah callin' 'im that."
"Speaking of D though," Jay frowns before his hand rests against his vest, "She wrote me a letter, lettin' me know she was worried and needed my help with something. She mention that to you?"
So he had found his letter then. Poor bastard. That must've been killing him. He couldn't imagine sitting on something like that with no way to help. Deez was going to be so sad to hear that she'd put that much stress on him. He sighs as he nods, "Aye mate, she be ah lettin' us know her worries when she be ah joinin' us. It be ah helpin' make ah lot o' things make sense." He shakes his head before he levels a playful glare at him, "An' ya be ah bit o' ah bastard mate. I be ah figurin' out what be ah whippin' yer sails ta shreds durin' all those crimson tide conversations."
"Don't act like we all didn't keep secrets for him. At least my pack was." Jay looks over his shoulder before turning back, "He isn't still getting sick is he?" He asks in concern.
"What kinda sick we be ah talkin' bout?"
"Like, throwin' up. Being in pain. Sweating with fever." Jay repeats as Evie whispers it softly behind him.
Harry furrows his brow as he looks down.
T sighs, as he shrinks slightly, "It was a tonic he used to have us make and then force us to drink- But once Faustina figured out what it was for we drank it willingly."
His face grows dark. What the fuck was it for that would have them suddenly willing to drink it knowing it would make them sick? He swallows and reluctantly looks up, "No, an' it ain'nah gonna be happenin' again." He was going to ask about that later when they weren't trying to assuage the guilt he could see in the Rotten's eyes.
Jay nods slowly, "So, since you know about the letter, does that mean everyone's okay?"
"We all be ah workin' ta be understandin' it." Harry nods. Finally, an easy question to answer. "Givin' everyone their space ta be ah figurin' shit out."
"We've been working on that on our end too." Jay smiles in relief.
"Aye?" Harry lifts a brow, "What ye be figurin' out?"
"I talked to my counselor about it-"
"Counsellor?" Harry tilts his head to the side. Jay found someone like Yensid in Auradon?
"It's an adult that helps with feels and working through shit." Jay shrugs. "You three would love it, and all of you need it."
"Whoa now Jay." He grins as he sits up straighter. Was that why they all looked so much better? Why they were able to touch each other? Be supportive? "What miracle worker be ah helpin' ya so much ya can be ah sayin' feels with nary ah flinch?" He can't help but to tease.
"His name is David." Jay grins, "One of the coolest adults I've ever met. You guys would really like him. He practically lives on the beach. And is even more laid back then Gil."
"That be ah soundin' like ah fishin' story mate." He grins, though he could see the appeal in finding an adult like that, "Ain'nah no-one bein' more laid back than Gil, 'scept when he be ah learnin' ya be ah hidin' things from him." He winces from just the memory of Gil's smackdown. When Gil called you out you didn't ever forget it, or need to be told twice. You simply accepted that the behavior needed to be fixed and did your damnedest to get back on the level Gil held you to.
"Didn't think he'd take that news well," Jay admits with a frown as his eyes drop to T.
Harry shakes his head, "He be ah takin' it like ah hammer to ah sword, which they be ah finishin' up Pup, though they be ah missin' ya somethin' fierce." He smiles
Carlos perks up with a grin.
"So, all of you know?" Jay presses.
"Aye." Harry nods meaningfully before he looks down at T with a frown. "None o' us be ah keepin' secrets no more. We be ah learnin' that lesson the hard way," He looks back up, "After we nearly be ah losin' the both of 'em." His eyes harden.
"You really had to save him?" Mal asks with an emotion he'd never heard in the other girl's tone. She hadn't even cursed. She just sounded scared and concerned.
Harry slowly nods as T buries his face against his chest. Again, he wanted to answer their questions, but he also wanted to keep things light. He grins as his eyes shift to Mal, "Dragon, I be touched ya be ah belivin' in the tough image I be ah holdin' here, but pirates always be the ones doin' the savin' o' Fortunes." He chuckles before he bites his lip, undermining the humor he was clinging tightly to.
"I think I might've figured out how he got captured," Jay admits as he bites his lip.
Harry lifts a brow as he tilts his head slightly. How could Jay possibly know anything about that? T didn't even seem to know. "I be ah listenin' mate."
"Think about it Harry. T doesn't want to be a part of this conversation right now-"
"He be ah knowin' it be for the best." Harry glares down at T.
Jay crosses his arms over his chest, "Doesn't mean he wants to hear it. But he's not even trying to fight you." He sighs, "And I don't think he can, not once you get a hold of him."
There was no way. A short bark of a laugh dies before it even reaches his lips. Could it? His eyes narrow. T was plenty good at fighting. He'd seen him in action several times. Seen him fight vks and sidekicks alike. He'd even seen T in a bind once. The first time, after the well. The kid was taunting the idiot who was holding a knife to his throat. He blinks before his eyes drop to T. Taunting, but not fighting. Fuck. Had T ever broken his hold on him? His head slowly starts to shake. He couldn't recall a single time. "Ya be ah wantin' ta be provin' 'im wrong?"
T's silent before he blinks and turns up to him in concern.
His stomach drops and suddenly he felt like he'd just crawled out of the ocean. "Fuck."
"Come on T, it's like you're not even trying." Mal snaps.
T buries his head into his shoulder,
"Right…" Harry holds T tighter to his chest before he looks back up, "We be ah workin' on that."
Jay looks over his shoulder, "Oh," He turns back with a small smile, "here, David can help."
"Aloha." A man waves before he puts hands in his pockets and lumbers towards the camera.
"David?" Despite the weight of their new discovery, he couldn't resist showing this man a level of gratitude for what he'd managed to do with the Rottens, especially his mate Jay, "Not like the David?" His eyes light up, "Mate, ya did'nah be ah tellin' me I be in the presence o' greatness." He bows around T awkwardly a couple of time before he looks back up, "All be ah hailin' the mighty lord o' feels who be ah gettin' Jay the uncarin' ta be admittin'' he be ah havin' the feels."
"Way to be extra Harry." Jay rolls his eyes, but Harry didn't miss the smile.
"Ya know ya be lovin' me." He winks.
"Yeah, I guess I do. Think I have for years." Jay slowly, awkwardly admits, "I guess I just didn't realize it until it was too late to say it face to face man."
He wasn't used to others stunning him to silence. Usually that was his job. And he was very good at it. So it was weird to be on the other end of it. His breath catches in his throat as his eyes water. Jay was willingly admitting he loved him. His chest bubbles with warmth.
Even T seemed concerned. "You know that was out loud right?" He asks, before he turns back to him, "I think you just broke him."
T would think that. "I- I ain'nah bein' broken." He says, his voice cracking as he fought to speak. Had he died? Too many good things were happening right now for it to be anything but death. T was willing to explore touch feeling good. Jay was admitting his feelings. Deez and T were finally part of the family. He was getting a chance to see the Rottens and how well they were doing. He looks around, shivering when his eyes land on Hades. That certainly didn't help. He takes a deep breath before he clears his throat and turns back to the screen, "I um, thanks Jay." He was surprised at how soft his own voice was.
"Of course." Jay grins. "I know I never said it, but you're like a brother to me man."
A tear leaks from the corner of his eye, "Aye mate, ya be ah bein' me brother too." He grins before he sits up straighter, "I be bein' the better lookin', course, but bros we be."
"Tch." Jay snorts before he awkwardly crosses his arms over his chest, "Sure, you just keep telling yourself that."
"Alright guys." David chuckles, "Aloha isle bruhs."
Harry wipes at his face, grateful for the distraction. He was trying to make things easier for the Rottens, not get them and himself even more painfully attached. "Hiya." He chirps as he settles back, readjusting his grip on T so he can also sit up.
"Sup?" T tilts his head to the side.
"Was just wonderin' if you two wanted any suggestions to help deal with the situation you're in?"
Harry frowns. He did. He felt like they needed all the help they could get. But he knew better than to force something like this on T right now.
He leans forward to look up at T, "I be ah wantin' ta hear it, but this be ah bein' yer call."
T turns to him. Silent for a long moment.
"Why the fuck- He does." Mal snaps. "Why is this even an option? It's just advice T, fuckin' mother. Take it."
"Shhh Dragon." Harry glares, annoyed. Seriously, he'd only just started getting T to understand and trust him on this level. He looks back to T, hoping the outburst hadn't cut off his train of thought, making him abandon the idea completely.
David turns away from the camera, apparently to address Mal who's eyes flick to him, but thankfully they can't hear what he's saying.
He'd take it. He just wanted T to have time to think the offer through.
Still, it shocks him when Mal frowns and looks away. What had David said? She hadn't even yelled. Huh. Jay wasn't kidding. This guy was impressive.
"I'm kinda fucked if we don't figure something out." T sighs. "And if Jay trusts you," He shrugs. "It would be stupid not to."
Thank the fucking sea gods. Harry smiles, hugging T to him lightly before he turns back to David, "Aye."
David grins at them, "Glad to hear it brahs." He nods. He holds his hands in front of him before he pauses and looks over his shoulder.
He grins as he turns back to them, "Do you guys know what it means to relax."
A loud bark of laughter makes him jump and tighten his grip on T before he turns to glare at Hades. Even T looked annoyed, though when hadn't he looked annoyed at the God?
"Sorry, sorry." Hades waves them off, "By all means continue."
T takes a deep breath before he opens his mouth, but before he can say anything he pops a hand over his mouth.
"Can we please not ah be engagin' the God o' death right now?" He blinks innocently as he forces T to look at him, "Me sanity an' all that."
T huffs into his hand but nods.
"I be ah 'perciatin' it." Harry turns back to David, "Aye, we can be ah relaxin'." He nods as he slowly lowers his hand, "I do be ah havin' ah question though."
"Ask away." David grins.
"I uh, I be knowin' the drink can be ah takin' memories, but would that be ah workin'?"
David furrows his brows, "I mean, if that's the only way?" He frowns, "But if you can relax more naturally it would be a better bet. Don't need to be replacing one problem with another."
"I really don'nah be thinkin' ya be ah needin' ta be ah worryin' 'bout that with us." Harry smiles thoughtfully before he turns to T, "But look-it, I be ah findin' our last resort."
T sighs. "Cool."
"Great question brah." David grins at Harry. "Let me know if ya have any more." He offers. "So what you're gonna to want to do is get relaxed T. And I'm hoping you won't mind, but you or one of your family is going to have to help here. It's going to have to be someone you trust T. Because they're going to have to touch you. A lot. To get you used to it. Then you can start working to undo whatever was done to force your compliance. But you have to be relaxed for it to work. If you come out of that state, you have to be reset. I'd usually suggest meditation but- I'm not sure if that's going to work for you on the isle. But I know you two and your ohana-family, are clever enough to figure something out to help him." He bites his lip. "Assuming it's him who has this problem."
"If it ain'nah bein' him then we just be ah doin' the same with Faustina then?"
David nods. "Exactly."
Harry nods before he turns to T, "So, we can be ah workin' with that, aye? Cause if we be ah workin' ta be ah fixin' it, we don'nah be havin' ta tell Uma, and then I ain'nah bein' ah liar."
"I don't want to be put on lockdown again." T sighs, "So, that one."
"Thank you," Harry nods as he rubs T's back, "I were'nah lookin' forward ta havin' that conversation with our Kraken or bein' ah liar."
"Nice." David grins, "So once they're relaxed, what you're gonna want to do is- Do you mind Jay? It'd be easier to show than tell."
"Oh," Jay shrugs as he steps closer to David, "Sure."
"Thanks brah." David grins at him before he steps closer. "In this case, since it's a problem with touch, you're gonna wanna do something like this-"
Harry couldn't help his grin, though he does pay attention to what David was showing them.
But, wow, he was surprised and impressed at how far Jay had come. He wasn't even flinching or scowling at the touch. In fact, he looked like he enjoyed it. He couldn't have been happier for him, couldn't have enjoyed the warmth in his chest more if he tried.
Fuck Deez being happy to hear about this, their Baby Girl was going to lose it with full-blown waterworks when he told her about this.
It looked like David was wanting him to start slow. Hold hands, lock arms, pat shoulders, and rub his back. Things that were soothing and comforting. Nothing overly threatening or intimidating, or at least weren't meant to be. He nods in understanding. It was all the things they were already trying to do, all the things Uma had done for him when she first claimed him.
"T, once you get used to the touch- That's when you can start working on pulling away. It's going to be hard at first, I know, but I think you understand how important this is for your safety."
Harry frowns, but stays silent to give T time to fully think through what David was telling them.
After a moment Jay frowns, "Dude, just remember you're fucking T and you can learn anything." He surprises him when he grabs David's arm and pulls him into a tight hug, "If I can do this, you can do that."
"Yeah," Carlos offers tentatively. "If you can learn to make medicine from things growing on the isle by testing them you can beat that."
Mal huffs as she rolls her eyes and before she wraps her arms around Ben with a blush, and leans up to kiss him on the lips. She pulls his arm over her shoulder and steps closer to him. "It ain't the fuckin' end of the world."
Evie bats her eyes, "Besides, it seems you've already come such a long way if that kiss was any indication."
Harry's eyes widen in surprise. Mal being possessive wasn't new to him, but downright lip to lip kissing a prince was a level he hadn't been expecting at all. He was just starting to accept that Jay was doing so well, but to see Mal so quickly show him up. He found himself wondering if Jay had a HK girl he was doing that with.
"And, I know you might not remember it," Evie offers with a kind smile, "But you always seemed to relax and seemed soothed by me running my hand through your hair and rubbing your back when you weren't feeling well. So, I know you can do this." She encourages softly.
Harry grins at them before he turns to T, "An, if it be ah makin' ya feel better, I can be ah tryin' that when we be ah workin' on me lock pickin' the chains." He chuckles, "Hell we can be ah tryin' this with everyone while they be ah workin' on their fears."
T hesitantly nods.
"That be ah good lad." Harry smiles, "Think ya can be ah sittin' nice like on yer own or do I be ah needin' ta keep 'hold?"
T turns, hood tilted up at him with a slight frown, before he slowly releases him. However when he see's hand coming up he sighs and takes it.
"It be ah seemin' like ya be ah takin' ta Auradon like clams ta the fryer." Harry chuckles as he turns back to the screen, "I be ah feelin' ah mite bad Deez ain'nah gonna be ah gettin' ta see ya." He frowns.
T bumps his shoulder before his hood drops to their hands.
"K." Harry lets his hand go but continues to follow him as he walks over to his bag, "So, Fairest Princess, it be ah lookin' like ya be ah gettin' yer hands on better shit ta be ah craftin' clothes from. Ya'll be ah lookin' sharp like." He knew Evie could talk for hours about clothes, so hopefully he could start gearing their conversations to be more about them now that they'd seen T was willing to put in work to break a problem that was so dangerous.
"Oh Harry, you have no idea how amazing it is here."
"Aye Princess, ya ain'nah bein' wrong there gorgeous." He grins as he sits forward, resting his elbows on his knees as he watches her. She had always been gorgeous. She was the isle's princess for a reason. But still he'd never seen her glow like she was now. Actually filled out, like she was eating regularly. He was afraid to draw attention to it, lest he make her feel uncomfortable or self-conscious, but she was even more beautiful than she'd been before.
"They have bolts of so many fabrics I don't even know where to start half the time. And the makeup! It's just the best. They've got so many different types and colors to pick from that you don't have to rummage through the broken containers to get the perfect color. And the skincare! They've got so many different brands and types it's hard to know which to choose!".
"Speakin' o' skincare most radiant," He grins at the easy shift she was giving him, "yer Tiny Princess be ah spoilin' us somethin' fierce when we be ah visitin' her with Deez." He chuckles, "I think they be ah plannin' ah spa day on the ship for Uma, but even Gil be ah likin' how she be ah takin' care o' his hands."
Evie claps as she jumps up and down, which was exactly the response he was looking for. Anything to give them peace of mind that things here were okay.
"Thank you! I was so worried about her, I know she gets so lonely in that shop. It means a lot to me that you five are taking care of her. To know she's in such good hands." She holds her hands over her heart. "Thank you for not forgetting about her."
"Aye Beautiful." Harry winks, "We won'nah be lettin' nothin' be ah happenin' to her. Ya be ah havin' me word."
Evie's eyes water as she looks to him with so much gratitude it makes his chest puff. Good. He was happy that he could manage to provide her with some relief, closure. They were going to have to make sure that they made weekly visits to the tiny princess after this. Maybe even talk her to coming to the ship, or at the very least the cove.
"And I have the goblin's looking out for Mimi." T offers as he drops something in his lap before he steps up onto the couch and perches on the back.
Harry chuckles as he looks down at the camera and bundle of pictures. It was easy to read T's offer to show pictures off and get pictures for the family, "Ah, that be ah good idea." He looks back to T with a smile before he pats his knee.
"What does that mean?" Mal glares. "That you have the goblins looking out for her."
"It's not my fault she runs every time I try to talk to her- After throwing punches or attempting to-"
"You know that ain't what she was saying." Jay sighs as he rubs his forehead.
"Deez did be ah mentionin' ya be ah fair bit paranoid 'bout this happenin' awhile ago." Harry sighs as he searches through the stack of photos. When the fuck had T taken some of these?
"You didn't." Mal stares at the screen in disbelief. "You're still fucking with my mother?! After all this shit?" She rubs at her temple.
"Gil and Deez really miss havin' you around book club C," T responds.
"Ya wanna be ah seein' the sword they be ah finishin' for Uma?" Harry asks, hoping to divert Mal from her flustered anger before Jay, or her tamer, ended up getting the brunt of it.
"YES!" Carlos rushes closer to the screen, followed by the rest of the group.
Harry chuckles before he scoots to the edge of the couch and holds the picture of Uma's beautiful sword to the small dot, watching the screen until he gets it centered right.
"That's so fucking awesome! It came out even better than his drawings!" Carlos exclaims. "It's gorgeous."
"Their swords be ah lookin' good too." Harry smiles as he holds another picture up, "And don'nah be ah worryin' none Jay, we be gettin' Deez ta be ah workin' with it again."
He smiles at the obvious relief in Jay's voice, "Good."
"That's Deez?" Ben asks in surprise.
"Yep." Jay nods, "In all her glory. Try not to fanboy too hard."
"Shhh." Ben chuckles, "I just, you guys haven't really described much about her looks. She's so small, I guess I just thought she was older. And not so, brilliantly porcelain."
"That be our Fire Princess." Harry grins proudly before he pulls out another picture. This one of Gil and Deez laughing as Deez heats a cup with her blue fire while Gil stretches with the hammer behind his back.
"Yeah, it's crazy seeing them next to each other isn't it?"
"He's so- That's Gil right?" Ben blinks, "He's huge."
Harry's eyes widen when he finds a picture of T taking a selfie with the giant spider from the school's library, its massive head above T's as two of its legs lean over his shoulder and drool drips from its fangs. "When the fuck ya be ah takin' this?" He asks as he looks back over his shoulders, trying his best to keep the new picture he was showing them of Dizzy happily using a mortar and pestle in the saloon still.
Evie squeals in happiness as she pulls something out of her purse and brings it to the screen.
"Before we met up?" T tilts his head to the side, "She's locked up in that room and doesn't get any attention."
"And this one!" Harry growls as he holds a picture of him leaning over Maleficent with a dagger drawn, signature shit-eating grin in place. "Fuckin' hells T, what this one ah be?" The next picture looked identical, except Maleficent looked like she was screaming.
"Oh," T takes the pictures from him. "that's mine, it's to entertain Senior."
"Give!" Hades bellows as he rushes over and snatches the pictures from T's hands. "Oh, now this is what I'm talking about, this is gold." He laughs as he looks between the two pictures, "Oh, that's the shit. That face! Oh man… Ya did good kid."
Harry's eyes widen as the God picks T up from the back of the couch and hugs him, giving him a playful noogie.
"Yeah, this one's going on the fridge." He chuckles as he drops T to his feet, "That's my Firebug." He pats his head before he walks away again.
Harry sighs, forgetting to keep the picture steady before he turns back to the screen. What the fuck was he supposed to do with Hades hugging all over T? No.
Better to just ignore that. And the stupid grin on T's lips. He sighs as he looks through the pile for another picture to show them.
"Maybe Deez should just send a whole bunch of these to them with her next letter." T plops down on the couch. "I mean, you're gettin' them right, Dragon Tamer?"
Mal snorts, "Oh yeah, he's getting them." Harry smiles as she leans against Ben and pats his chest.
"And I would love to get pictures," Ben adds with a smile.
"He's got a huge fucking library T! It's just full of her tablets." Carlos pulls his phone. "You'd flip and Deez would fucking die!"
Harry grins. A whole library dedicated to Deez and her letters to the king huh? "Ya be ah makin' our Treasure's year with news like that."
"Look!" Carlos shoves the phone at the screen.
"Fuck!" T shouts before he leans over his lap and takes the camera.
"I did'nah be ah havin' any idea she be ah writin' so much." He admits thoughtfully as he stares at the room on the screen. Seriously, how many letters had she sent?
"I don't think she does either." Evie giggles.
T grins as he brings up the camera with an audible click.
"Warning!" Jay snaps.
"Ya be ah gettin' any she be ah writin' on paper yet?" Harry asks as he watches T fan the picture.
Jay sighs, "Like the one she wrote about herself?"
"Aye," He tilts his head to the side at Jay's tone. Was something wrong with it? "that one. And the other's she be sendin' since then." He shuffles through the pictures in his hands until he holds up a picture of Deez laying on the deck of the ship with papers all around her, pouting up at the camera. This one he remembered T taking. He'd been threatening to take her pen again, teasing her until she was thoroughly frustrated with him, and then T'd swooped in and snapped the picture. He had to admit, it came out great.
Ben smiles, "Well, I'll be doubly on the lookout for them now. Is she only using paper?"
"She's gonna shit a brick." T chuckles as he drops the picture to Harry with a shit-eating grin. "It looks like he kept all of them." He snorts.
"They're fascinating to read," Ben admits, his voice colored with embarrassment.
"Aye?" Harry chuckles as he pulls the picture back, "T, be ah gettin' ah picture o' the prince. Wait 'til she be ah hearin' that he be callin' her writin' fascinatin'."
"You heard the Hook, Dragon Tamer. Step up so we can get a pic to your ghostwriter."
Ben smiles as he steps forward with Mal still held to his side.
"By the by, Mal," Harry chuckles at the way Mal held her claim on the prince, "do ya be ah huntin' the prince?"
Mal scowls at the screen, as another white flash goes off as T chuckles, already waving the picture for it to develop. "Priceless."
"He hunted her actually." Evie giggles. "It was the cutest thing ever. You would have loved it."
"Aye Princess, ya be ah knowin' me so well," Harry winks before he presses the back of his hand to his forehead with a flourish, "I be naught but ah hopeless romantic at me heart."
"With horrible taste," Mal grumbles. "T! You better fucking burn that." She snaps.
"No. Mine. It captured you perfectly." T retorts with another shit-eating grin. "Uma's gonna love it."
"I will come back there and end you."
"You set foot back on this shit hole I'll end you." T shoots back, sounding a lot more serious than Mal had.
"Jay, ya be ah wantin' me ta be ah tellin' Deez 'bout your lord o' the feels?" Harry asks with a grin. Not that he wasn't going to already. She was going to love this story.
He blushes, groaning as another click and flash goes off. "Go for it man." He grins when David slings an arm around his shoulders.
"Ya be ah mindin' ah picture together then?" Harry asks as he blinks away bright spots in his eyes, "Since T be ah goin' flash batty." He chuckles when another flash is the only answer he gets.
"T." Evie titters, "You better give me some warning." She threatens dangerously as she checks her makeup in the mirror.
"I value my life, thanks." T grins. "C, you mind? Deez and Gil would both love one of you."
"Oh, uh, sure- Wait!" He bends to grab Dude, "I forgot to introduce Dude! Gil and Deez are gonna love him."
"Pup," Harry tilts his head to the side, "I think ya be havin' a pup in yer hands." It was pretty well known on the isle that Carlos wasn't fond of dogs, not that there were many, or even any, on the isle. But the stories Deez told him about what Carlos thought dogs did only strengthened his resolve that the old bat was insane.
"Yeah! He's my friend!" Carlos smiles as he pulls the furry dog to his chest, "Ben helped me get to know him so I wouldn't be afraid anymore. And he's not even vicious at all. And Evie makes him jackets so we can match."
"Huh." T murmurs curiously before there's another click and a flash as Dude starts licking Carlos's cheek as he giggles happily.
"Hey I wasn't ready." Carlos pouts as he pulls Dude closer to his chest.
"Candids are the best." T shrugs, already shaking the photo.
"Selfies are the best." Evie corrects with a stern smile.
"Agreed!" Senior calls from the background.
Evie eyes widen as she turns to him, "Did the God just agree with me?" She whispers in concern.
T turns to look at Hades with a grin.
"Sounded like it," Jay wraps an arm around her, "But you might wanna smile be-"
White flash.
"T! What did I say!" Evie stamps her foot.
"It slipped."
Harry shakes his head. Oh yeah, T really valued his life. He grins when he sees Jay and David slip to the back of the room. He was so proud of Jay. And glad David had somehow managed to bring the awesome out of his friend. He felt better know Jay and the rest of the Rottens were in good hands. Were building better friendships in Auradon.
"My ass." Mal snorts.
T shrugs, before he puts the picture he'd just taken up the camera. "I like it-So will Deez."
And who knew. With the Dragon and the Prince hunting each other, maybe more of them would eventually end up in Auradon. It hadn't seemed like a possibility before. But he'd never taken into account that Deez was far more dedicated to writing her letters than he'd given her credit for. Not only that, but someone in Auradon was actually getting them. Was reading them and thought so highly of them. So, maybe when this video chat thing ended it wouldn't be the goodbye he was fearing. Maybe it would only be a temporary one.
"Oh! Oh! T- I need to show you this." He holds up the sleek rectangle. "You're gonna love it. Look."
T tilts his head curiously after he scoots off the couch to plop onto the floor closer to the screen.
The screen suddenly goes white.
"That's a really small camera."
"It's not just a camera though, look." Carlos flips the rectangle over. "It's called a phone! It's like a pocket-sized computer. It does everything. You're really gonna love it when you guys get over here."
"Pup, I be ah seein' the size o' the computer ya be ah buildin' here. And this laptop thing be pretty small compared ta that, but now ya be ah tellin' me that thing be ah computer too?"
"But this is so much better." Carlos grins boyishly, "Like check out Roogle." Carlos turns so his back is to them and the screen is displayed better. "Ask me a question!"
"What's Roogle?" T asks.
"I mean a real question T." Carlos shoots him a pout over his shoulder.
"How many types of cereals are there?" T grins.
"As of a census from three years ago there are well over five thousand different types of cereal in Auradon." Carlos reads out as it pops up on the screen..
T stares at the screen for a moment. "I don't think I've ever needed anything in my life as much as I need that."
Harry chuckles, "All the cereals or the phone?"
"Phone… But also yes."
"So, ah phone can be ah tellin' ya anythin' then?" Harry asks as he shakes his head at T.
"Yeah! And look," He swipes over the screen."You're going to love this T. They're called texts." He shows them the screen. "It's so you can stay in touch without being right next to someone so you don't worry anyone when you dip out."
"Cause that be all T be ah needin' Pup," Harry rolls his eyes at how excited T suddenly looked, "an excuse ta not be ah talkin' to us." He sighs. Though the idea sounded much more appealing after spending a week worrying about T and Deez. If Deez had a phone she could have 'texts' to them to let them know where she was. And maybe T could have gotten them a message too.
Auradon actually sounded pretty awesome.
"Hook, shut it." T pushes his head playfully. "That is cool as fuck, C! So it answers questions and keeps people off your ass?"
"And you can play video games on it."
If he didn't know better, he'd say T was drooling.
"Are you fucking serious?" T stares at the rectangle in awe.
He jumps when he realizes Hades is behind him and scrambles out of the way as he leans over the couch to get a better look at the device.
Carlos's eyes widen in fear when he turns to find the god and lets out a concerned squeak.
"Prince person! Get me one of those. They sound fascinating."
"Mind not scarin' the Pup?" Harry glares as he inches away from the God.
"What he said." T juts his thumb to him. "Dick move Senior." Though he barely seems to care about the god hovering above his head.
"What? He's on the other side of this video chat thing, besides, I'm one hundred percent interested in what he's saying right now. Continue Pup," Hades encourages as he turns back to the screen, "what else can this magical thing do?"
Carlos blinks, "Uh well um you can watch movies, and um listen to music, oh and read books, and call people, uh um take pictures or make videos- I mean there's not much it can't do when it comes to media- Uh sir…?"
"Oh yeah, I need one of those." Hades nods, "Ya hear me Prince?"
"Uh," Ben blinks, "I'll see what I can do?"
Harry chuckles at the perplexed look on Ben's face before the screen suddenly goes blank.
"Wait! No! Fuck!" Hades groans as he slumps against the couch.
T looks up with a frown, "Same though." He huffs as he rests his cheek on his arm braced against his knee.
"What be ah happenin'?" Harry asks with a frown as he scoots to the edge of the couch and presses a couple of buttons.
"It died." T sighs as he shuts the laptop, "They didn't send a charger with it." He pouts.
"Ah." He frowns before he looks through the new pictures T added to his lap. Sure, he was sad to not have known the chat was ending, but T'd managed to get some pretty great photos of the others.
"Oooh!" T brightens up, "Bet I can find one on the barge though! Auradon's always throwing out those things. I just didn't know what they were. It looks like it takes way better pictures than this thing."
"Yeah, broken ones. You know how to fix them?" Hades flicks T's forehead, "Plus none of that stuff will work here."
"Fucking dumb." T hangs his head. "Why does this place suck so bad."
"Look who's finally getting on my level."
Harry frowns as he stands, "Well, um, thanks for lettin' us have that chat here, but T an' I should really be ah gettin' back to the ship now."
"Yeah yeah yeah." Hades waves his hand dismissively, "But ya know Firebug, you can always try to find a charger for this thing. Maybe we'd be able to make another connection with them."
"Huh." T has to lean his head so far back his hood drops. "Good point."
"Ya be ah willin' ta be lettin' us come back ta be tryin' ta chat with 'em again?" Harry asks. He got that the God wanted to be entertained, but was that all he really got out of watching over their conversations?
"If Firebug can find a charger and it can connect," Hades shrugs. "Oh, and-" He pulls something out of his pocket. "They finally found it a few days ago. But remember, no killing with these. Those are my entertainment."
T's eye light up, making Harry nervous. What was Hades giving him that made him so happy?
"There are only eight darts, so you're going to have to figure out a way to make more." Hades points out, "But not my problem, deal fulfilled on my end."
"Fuck yes!" T takes the darts before he puts them in his hoodie pocket.
"Can we please go now?" Harry asks as he shoves the stack of pictures into his bag. He'd had enough of this weirdness today. All he wanted was to get back to the ship and share the story and pictures with the rest of their family.
T opens his mouth to argue before he takes a deep breath and sighs. "Fine." He stands up. "See ya later Senior." He walks over to his bag, before he throws it over his shoulder and places the camera in it.
"Cool, yeah. I'll just-" Hades rolls his eyes, "Ya know, be here. Bored outta my mind."
"I'mma fuck with Shan Yu's camps to-" He pauses, frowning as he turns to him. "When?"
Harry's eyes narrow thoughtfully. They needed some time to spend with the family. And now they needed to start working on getting him used to touch so he could start fighting holds on him, "Three days from now sound okay?"
"Ugh." Senior groans, "Fine." He plops on the couch dramatically, hand covering his eyes.
He was never, ever going to be able to be that dramatic again without thinking about the damn God. Fuck. That was one of his favorite poses too. He glares at the God before he huffs, "Great, ready T?"
T throws up his hood before he nods, and walks over to him. "Enjoy your stories."
JFC that was a long one, like sooo fucking long…
Anyways, was it what you guys were expecting after the way we ended A Crack in the Mask?
Did you enjoy it? Was it everything you were hoping for?
It took us a minute, but in the end we found out that Harry's PoV was the only way we could actually write this. It took us several tries, blood, sweat, tears, swearing, and more disagreements than I care to recount to actually get this scene rolling. We were disappointed that we couldn't get Deez, Gil, and Uma in it, but this was the best way for it to happen naturally. For those of you who were wishing D and the Dragon Tamer could've 'met' and talked, we apologize, we really wanted that to be able to happen, but sometimes shit just doesn't work out the way you hope, even when you're the one(s) writing it.
Alright, though me and Dark would love to ask about a hundred questions for what you guys thought about specific things on this chapter we decided that would be obnoxiously overwhelming so instead…
What did you guys think of Jay and Harry's pseudo reunion? How Harry and T reacted? And how the Core reacted to them? Think the Core was happy about that package interference?
Did Ben's excitement about seeing and hearing about D come through? Think she's going to be psyched about the pics? Also Dragon Tamer… Love it or hate it?
How did you like Harry's introspection on how the others looked physically? And the way they changed in other ways? Was it descriptive enough?
Happy that Jay was able to tell Harry about the problem T has with holds? What about David's advice on how to help it?
What did you think about Seniors interactions? Are you even more confused?
We're dying to know what you guys think!
Much love and appreciation,
-Twisted