Maleficent's black cloak fluttered in the wind coming from the ocean. She wasn't too fond of this island, and, truthfully, even she was a little uneasy about these strange shores. Hades stood next to her. The two were right in the middle of an attack on King Stefan's castle when Flotsam and Jetsam had called them up for this meeting. They still had a debt to pay Ursula for her magic contract even though, in retrospect, the two villains knew that they didn't need it.
Hades glanced down at his watch that he had crafted himself by shrinking a clock and attaching it to a leather band. Hades figured that mortals had to be stupid not to be able to create such a handy yet basic invention. It was twelve thirty. Ursula was late for their midnight appointment. He knew Maleficent was probably furious right about now. Just then, Hades saw a sea chariot zooming up to the shore, being pulled by two particularly nasty looking sharks. Ursula hopped out of the chariot and onto the shore.
"Sorry I'm late, guys," Ursula said in a not-at-all apologetic tone, "Traffic on this side of the Mediterranean was murder!"
Maleficent sneered, "Let's just get on with this. Why are we meeting on this island instead of at Cabana Cephalopoda?"
Ursula waved her hand and smiled. "All will be revealed in due time."
Maleficent scoffed at this. She didn't like to be kept in the dark about anything, especially not when she was in a foul mood like she was at that moment. Hades simply didn't care. He was just ready to wrap this up so that he and Mal could proceed with their plan. Ursula slithered up the rocky beach and gestured for Hades and Maleficent to follow.
She led them up to a cliff and put her finger to her lips to tell them to be quiet. She pointed over the edge of the cliff and the two villains looked down below. A good fifty feet below them was an Italian man dressed all in red with several faceless goons loading up crates full of donkeys onto a ship.
"This is it?" Maleficent asked, "A donkey trade?"
"Shh!" Ursula said to Maleficent, "Be quiet and listen to this."
Hades and Maleficent both skeptically listened up. The red coated man leaned down to one of the donkeys and he... talked to it. And, to Hades and Maleficent's surprise, the donkey actually talked back. Hades and Maleficent exchanged surprised looks. The red coated man tossed the donkey into a pin full of other donkeys and shouted, "THIS ONE CAN STILL GO!"
After that, all of the donkeys started to protest to the man in perfect English. The red coated man cracked his whip and shouted.
"YOU BOYS HAVE HAD YOUR FUN, AND NOW IT'S TIME TO PAY FOR IT!"
"Boys?" Hades asked startled.
"Ursula, what is this place?" Maleficent inquired.
"A place called Pleasure Island," Ursula answered with a smirk.
"And what is our purpose on this island?" Maleficent asked.
"That man down there," Ursula said pointing at the large Italian man, "Has an object that I need. He possesses a stone that can transform any living creature into another living creature."
"And you want us to steal it for you?" Hades asked.
"Precisely," Ursula chuckled.
Hades and Maleficent scoffed and began to walk down the rock formation to where the donkey trade was transpiring.
"She thinks we're fools," Maleficent said.
"Excuse me?" Hades said, turning to Maleficent.
"She's going to use us and then use the stone to do away with us," Maleficent said, her calm demeanor still not broken.
"You think so?" Hades asked.
"Of course," Maleficent replied, "We're two loose canons to her."
"Really?" Hades asked, "So... uh... what should we do?"
"Get the drop on her before she gets the drop on us."