Mal and Hugh left their old hideout and walked side by side to Ursula's fish and chip shop, in firm silence. The residents of the Isle who recognized them took one look at the steely, determined look on their faces and ran out of their way, not wanting to face the wrath of the pirate and the sorceress. Mal was doing her best to remain come, she knew her confrontation with Uma will be much more vocal than the Hook brothers, so she couldn't let her anger make her forget about the witty comments she was going to make to Uma. Hugh on the other hand, either didn't care about not showing his rage or he was just to angry to tell. Mal noticed his clenched jaw, narrow brow and his hand on the hilt of his sword. She knew her concern for Hugh would distract her from her talk with Uma, so she decided to say something to get the worry out off her mind.
"You alright"? She asked.
"I'll be fine, once this is done" Hugh not looking at Mal.
"Hugh, I know this is hard on you after what he did and that he's your brother and all. But I'm here if anything happens. I'll always be there for you pirate" Mal said sweetly.
Mal's words broke Hugh out of his overly focused anger. He couldn't help but smile.
"Thanks Mal" he said.
Mal and Hugh continued to walk to the Chip shop.
The chip shop was in sight. The two friends nodded at each other and went their separate ways. Mal burst through the doors while Hugh stayed outside on the walkway that led to the chip shop.
"I was starting to think you weren't coming" Harry laughed.
Hugh looked up and saw his brother leaning against the railing of the balcony above the chip shop.
"I wouldn't miss this for a full fleet of brigs" Hugh said as he walked to the start of the walk way that led to the balcony.
The two brothers stood at opposite ends of the walkway and stared each other down. Gil, who was accompanying Harry, leaned against the railing beside Harry.
"Hi Hugh" Gil said waving, breaking the tension.
"Hi Gil" Hugh greeted.
Harry glared at Gil, annoyed he interrupted the brothers, their fights would always start after a stare down.
"Sorry, I just haven't seen him in a while, and you know, he was always pretty nice when I talked to him before" said Gil.
"Thanks Gil" Hugh smiled, knowing Harry was annoyed.
"No he's not" Harry said through his teeth "You remember what I told you about him, how he betrayed me"
"No I didn't you stubborn fool" Hugh retorted.
"Actually, I don't remember what you said" Gil admitted.
Harry smiled and wrapped his arm around Gil's shoulders, "Well then let me tell you" Harry grinned, "When we were just wee boys, Hugh and I were a dynamic duo. We would fight together, steal together and disappoint our Dad together. Then one day after a long day off causing mayhem, I went home, and Hugh went to go fetch some scrap metal for his flimsy swords. I couldn't sleep so I went downstairs to get something too drink. Then I heard the door open, and Hugh walked in. My Dad who was passed out on the couch, reeking of booze, heard Hugh, woke up and talked to Hugh. He grabbed Hugh's arm when he passed, then he said 'Listen hear you, I'm going to tell you this, since that other creature is around to hear. You are my favourite and best crew member, you remember that forever, that other lad is rubbish'" Harry quoted his Dad imitating his voice then side eyed Hugh "So he betrayed me, we agreed to not care about what Dads thinks of us and just stay looking out for each other, but Hugh obviously went behind my back and impressed him otherwise he wouldn't have called Hugh his favourite"
The two brothers stared at each other when Harry finished talking, Gil felt a little awkward. "Bummer" He said.
"Don't listen to that Gil, it's not the full story" Hugh said "Harry ran out when he our Dad say the word favourite, but Dad wasn't done talking. He called me Smee, he was so drunk that he thought that I was Mr Smee, he never said I was his favourite and he never would"
"That's a lie" Harry snapped.
"I'm not done" Hugh said "Then the next morning I couldn't find Harry anywhere I thought it was weird but I didn't question it much so, I went do the old forge to make a new sword, after a while Harry walked in, I turned around greeted him, then I noticed he was holding a sword, and he attacked me. I grabbed a sword and we fought for so long, the room was covered in blood and sweat. Then I pushed Harry, and he stumbled back into the main support beam, the roof above me collapsed, I fell to the ground and a giant piece of debris fell on my arm and crushed it. I was in agony, I begged for Harry to help me, but he just looked at me and walked away. I was going to bleed out if I didn't get the debris off my arm, but it was too heavy, so I twisted and turned and pulled away from my arm and severed it off to save myself. I had to stick my stump in hot coal to cauterize it so I wouldn't bleed out. I walked out of the forge then collapsed. When I woke up, someone helped me they stopped the bleeding, and told me they did that because now I owe him and would have to work for him. I was still full of hatred so, I beat the man half to death, and stole his plans for prosthetic arms and spent a year building it myself. Harry joined Uma's crew while I joined Mal's gang, I knew if I ever saw Harry again, I would kill him. I was planning my revenge and was about to find him when I got brought to Auradon" Hugh said, talking about his arm made Hugh feel some bad phantom pains in his arm.
Gil knew he shouldn't, but his eyes watered after hearing the strory "I'm sorry Hugh" he said softly.
"Don't apologize Gil, he deserved it" Harry said furiously.
Gil just stood there silent, he realized he should stop talking, he wanted to keep talking but he knew he would just keep getting silenced by Harry, so he took a few steps back and looked at the two brothers staring and listened to them talking.
"Enough dwelling on the past, it's obvious Bore-adon made you even softer" Harry said.
"I've had fun there and fought less, that's true, but I was thinking about this family reunion the entire time" said Hugh.
"Yeah, and you're still going to lose" Harry insulted.
"I don't think so. And tell me, are you still pinning after Uma?" Hugh responded
"Enough of this" Harry said clearly angry at Hugh's comment.
Harry starts walking towards Hugh reaching for his sword. Hugh did the same, his boots hitting on the wooded walkway hard, letting out a laud thump with every step. The brothers were inches away from each other, they cocked back their swords but stopped when they heard their names called by two familiar voices. They looked to the fish shop door, and say Uma leaning against the doorway with a smug smirk and Mal standing away from Uma with her arms crossed and a grave look on her face.
"Come on Hugh, we gotta go" Mal said averting her eyes.
Hugh stayed silent, distressed about how Mal was acting.
"Let him scamper off Harry, the plan worked" Uma said full of pride.
Harry began to chuckle "Oh brilliant"
"Nice to see you again Uma, still a glorified waitress" said Hugh.
"I'm a captain now Hugh. Something you'll never be, I mean seriously, a son of Captain Hook isn't even in a pirate crew" Uma laughed.
Hugh couldn't think of anything else to say, he just walked off with Mal, pushing a by standing pirate who was laughing at him trough a wooden railing.
"What happened?" Hugh asked Mal who seemed extremely zoned out.
"I'll tell you back at the hideout" Mal sighed.
Mal an Hugh walked into the hide out and as soon as Evie, Jay and Carlos noyiced them, they shot up and bombarded them with questions. Mal stayed silent at first so they stopped asking her questions and moved on to Hugh.
"So, what did you do with Harry?" Jay asked as him, Evie and Carlos looked at him concerned.
"He's fine, for now" Hugh said calmly. "Now Mal, What happened with Uma, what was she talking about when she told Harry the plan worked?"
"Alright take a seat and I'll tell you" She said.
The four VKs all reluctantly sat down. Jay sprawled down on the coach. Carlos sat on a chair backwards, resting his arm on the back. Hugh sat on the end of the table with his arms crossed his normal arm resting on his metal one. Evie sat down on the arm of the couch. Mal stood in front of her four closest friends and took a deep breath.
"We need to give Uma the wand to get Ben back"
The four VKs all reacted shocked. Evie stood up and started pacing between the boys.
"We can't just give Uma the wand and destroy Auradon" She said sounding stressed.
"Yeah but if Uma doesn't get the wand then Ben is toast guys" Carlos said stumped.
"Right so we're gonna give Uma, of all people the wand" said Jay.
"It's a loose, loose situation" Hugh sighed.
The four VKs started to argue and speak over one another. Mal however, started to think of a plan that would save Ben and keep the wand away from Uma. Then she remembered Chad earlier sneaking into the boys dorm to use the 3d printer, that gave her an idea.
"Wait guys" she said abruptly, the VKs all looked at her "Your 3d printer
"A phony wand" Said Carlos.
"and the second Uma tests it she'll know its fake" Said Evie, she was being quite a pessimist, which was very out of character for her.
"Well then we'll get Ben out really fast, we'll need some kind of diversion" said Mal.
"Smoke bombs" Jay said suddnely as the idea popped into his mind.
"That's perfect I'll get the chemical's I need from Lady Tremaine's Place" said Evie.
"Yeah but there are a lot more pirates than there are of us, we can't distract them all. We will have to fight our way out a bit" said Hugh.
"Well don't you have a stash of swords here?" Jay asked
"Yeah, but I'll use the ones I made in Auradon, they're better" Said Hugh.
"Perfect" Said Evie, then she walked up to Mal and started admiring her hair "Oh and sick hair by the way, Evil Stepmom seriously stepped up her game"
"Okay, you want to know something, Dizzy did it" Mal smiled.
"Little Dizzy? Shut up" Evie said impressed.
The two girls continued to talk about Mal's new hair, much to the boys dismay. They showed no signs of stopping, so the three each said something to get their attention. They girls heard the boys, and stopped talking.
"Right, boys, meet us at pirates bay, no later than noon" Mal said "And guys loosing, not an option, because we're rotten…"
"To the core" They five VKs said simultaneously.