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Outlaws
The count of the time since Mal's banishment, along with her friends, is six weeks. Ben and his parents continue to hide Maleficent's presence in Auradon, but the young king is trusting that Auradon Prep's new villain kids can stand up to her. Until Maleficent makes her move, Ben and his friends are helping Harley and her fellow VKs adjust to their life in Auradon, much like they did with the previous VK quartet. Some students and citizens have been noticing a silhouette in the shadows, but they shrug it off every time. Little do they know that the one hiding in the dark is the one who determines to bring darkness to Auradon.
Meanwhile, in the Isle of the Lost, Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos have been searching day and night for the fragments of the mysterious relic. So far, they've found four fragments. The first one was found my Mal. Carlos found the next three (one in the forest, one in the garbage, and one in Dr. Facilier's shop). The latest piece found was discovered by Mal. They have found no fragments the past few weeks. While Evie, Jay, and Carlos are struggling to live in their old home, Mal has been worrying about the connection between the fragments and her mother. She still hasn't told her friends of her belief. All she wants to do is put the pieces of the puzzle together, find a way out of the Isle, and make the next logical move.
So far, the fragments have formed an unfinished pentagon. There was only four sides formed. Even without the one side of pentagon, Mal can tell that there is not one but two fragments remaining. One is the final side of the pentagon and the other is the big hole in the middle.
"Carlos, tell me your still lucky?" hoped Mal.
Carlos, meanwhile, was in his hideout, mapping out spots where he and his friends have searched for the fragments. Mal recently told him about the one in her house, so Carlos crosses out Bargain Castle. The only places unsearched are Hell Hall, Jafar's Junk Shop, Castle Far Away, and his hideout. He decided to start searching his personal happy place.
After twenty of fruitless searching, Carlos checked the walls. He kept touching until he felt a loose rock. He pulls it out of the wall and he could tell by the glyphs that it is a fragment.
"Carlos, you are a lucky man," he said to himself.
He was about to run outside when he saw a folded piece of paper in the hollow space in the wall. He decided to examine after he shows Mal the fragment. He immediately runs out of his hideout and heads straight for Bargain Castle. He knocks on the door rapidly.
"Alright! Alright! I'm coming," yelled Mal, annoyed.
She opens the door and saw her white-haired friend.
"Mal, I found it!" he told her, showing the fragment.
Mal takes it from him. "You did it. Where did you find it?"
"My hideout," answered Carlos. "So, found anything else?"
"I'm afraid not," said Mal. "But there's only one fragment left, and I know where it is."
"Where? Evie's house? Jay's house?" asked Carlos.
"I wish, but no," responded Mal. "Get them both here, and fast."
Two minutes later...
Mal showed everyone the fragments and what they formed. She pointed at the hole in the middle.
"There's only one fragment," she tells them. "And I know where it is."
"How can you be sure there's only one left?" asked Evie.
"When I was searching for information about Sofia's amulet, I stumbled upon a book about ancient relics. I remember an image of a rock with markings on it," explained Mal. "I'm pretty sure you can guess what it is."
"The fragment," guessed Evie.
"Correct," replied Mal. "It was called Episkevi. It has the power to reverse the damage to an object and return it to its original state."
"So, this is what the artifact does? Fix broken objects?" questioned Jay. "How can this be dangerous?"
"I don't know, Jay," said Mal. "We won't know for sure unless we fix the stone."
Carlos begins unfolding the paper.
"So, where do we find it?" asked Evie.
"In Auradon," answered Mal and Carlos simultaneously. Mal, Evie, and Jay looked at Carlos.
"How do you know?" Mal asked him.
"This." Carlos showed them the paper. It was a map. "It shows up where the stone is located."
"That's just great. It's in Auradon, but we're stuck here on the Isle," pointed out Jay. "How are we gonna get it?"
"Carlos, don't you still have some EMPs in storage?" asked Evie.
"As I matter in fact, I do," said Carlos. "Mal, warm up your fingers, because you're about to taste magic once again."
"But wait!" interrupted Mal. "If anyone sees us, we're going to get into trouble."
"So, any ideas on how we're gonna do this?" asked Jay.
"Well, what do you have in mind?" asked Carlos.
"Disguises, maybe," suggested Jay.
"Actually, Jay, that's a good idea," said Mal. "We leave at midnight. Get yourselves ready and meet me at the bridge."
It was a quarter to midnight and Mal was at the bridge, waiting for her friends. She just stares off at the opposite side of the broken bridge. She couldn't believe she was finally returning to Auradon. She just wishes she could return on a friendlier basis. Instead, she and her friends are going to hide until they find the Episkevi, or, more accurately, "steal" the Episkevi. A part of her wants to see Ben and hug him, but she predicts he'll probably send her back for the sake of his people.
Her moment was interrupted by a familiar voice screaming out, "Mal!" It was Evie, along with Jay and Carlos.
Evie was wearing new colors in order to be unrecognizable. She is wearing a white top covered by a scarlet jacket, a peach skirt, and white heels. She styled her hair to make it straight, with the exception of a thin braid, and dyed it black.
Jay was wearing a green shirt covered by a crimson sleveless coat. He hid his hair inside a black cap he wore backwards.
Carlos was wearing a blue T-shirt covered by a white jacket, jeans, and yellow sneakers. He didn't want to style his hair, so he just dyed it black. Although unnecessary, he also decided to wear a pair of dark shades. If that wasn't unnecessary enough, he also painted a scar over his left eye.
"You guys look absolutely different," said Mal.
"What about you?" asked Evie.
"I'll use my magic to fix myself," said Mal. "So, Carlos. Ready to repeat our escape from the Isle?"
"You know it," responded Carlos.
He throws an EMP disk at the barrier, creating a hole. The four immediately run through it before it patched itself. Just like before, Mal uses her transportation spell to transport them to the other side of the bridge.
"Now, you three stay here," said Mal as she heads behind a tree.
After fifteen seconds, the three saw magic lighting up from behind the tree. Mal came out looking completely different. She was wearing green short-skirt dress and aqua-colored high heels. She changed her hair color from purple to brown and her eye color from green to brown.
"You look great," complimented Evie. "But your hair style is still the same."
"Oh, right," realized Mal. With a wave of her finger, she changed her hairstyle to look like Queen Elsa.
"You look great, your majesty," said Jay, putting a mocking tone on "your majesty." Suddenly, he is knocked down to the ground by a magic blast.
"I missed this," said Mal, talking about her magic.
"Good to know you're happy," responded Jay with sarcasm, clutching his chest in pain.
"Alright, guys. We sleep out her for the night. We search for the Episkevi in the morning," said Mal.
"Wouldn't it be easier to just go right know?" wondered Jay.
"You guys want a good night sleep, don't you?" pointed out Mal.
The three didn't respond. They unpacked their sleeping bags and slept under the stars. Mal, as usual, couldn't sleep. The fact that she's back in Auradon is buzzing around her head. She was so desperate to see Ben, but she fought the urge to. She decided to stay up, just like she always does when she can't sleep. She decided to have fun with her magic.
She opens her spellbook and tests a spell on a tree. She chants, "Make it clear, make it disappear." The spell causes the tree to disappear into thin air. She saw a bunny hop out of a bush. She turns to her spellbook and chants, "Beware for swear, color the fur of this hare." Her spell changes the fur color of the bunny from white to purple. She laughs to herself while the bunny hopped away.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself," said someone. It was Evie. She was awake.
"Sorry to wake you up," apologized Mal.
"Don't be. I couldn't sleep either," said Evie.
"Still can't believe you're here?" guessed Mal.
"Yup," confirmed Evie. "Still, it's too bad we're here to steal and not to see our friends."
"Well, you seem to be succumbing to your old ways. This probably wouldn't be so bad," said Mal.
"I'm not!" yelled Evie silently.
"So you're still ignoring your mother's beauty tips, but your personality has 'improved' since we returned," said Mal.
"But there's still good in me. There's still good in all of us," said Evie.
"I don't doubt that, but I'm just saying. I've been seeing you behave like the old Evie," said Mal.
"What about you?" retorted Evie.
"I've always been the same Mal, E. The only difference is I learned the meaning of love," said Mal.
"So you admit it. You love Ben," replied Evie.
"I'm not saying that to his face," said Mal with contempt and sorrow.
"If it makes you feel any better, we can drop by for a visit," said Evie.
"You know we can't. If anyone sees us, we'll just be sent back home," said Mal. "That is why we're wearing these disguises, remember?"
"Well, on the bright side, I look fabulous," said Evie, looking at herself in her mirror.
"What did Carlos say about your look?" asked Mal.
"What he always says. 'The fairest of them all,'" answered Evie.
"You're never going to get tired of that, aren't you?" questioned Mal.
"No," answered Evie.
"If for some reason we run into Doug, what are you going to tell him?" asked Mal.
"Which is why I'm not planning on seeing him," said Evie.
"He's head over heels for you," reminded Mal. "Did you just come back to the Isle because of me, or was it really because of Carlos? If I recall correctly, he told me that you guys 'tagged' along with him when he made the choice."
"Don't think that, Mal," reacted Evie. "Of course I came back for you. You're my best friend. I wouldn't want you to be alone."
"But a part of you wanted to come back because of Carlos. Am I right?" said Mal as she looks Evie directly in the eye.
Evie hesitated for a moment. "Yes," she admitted.
"It's okay, Evie. I understand," said Mal, giving her friend a hug. "If I was in your shoes, I would've done the same for the same reason. Love is something you can never escape from."
"True, true," replied Evie.
Hours later, it was sunrise. Carlos woke up first. He shakes Jay and wakes him up. The boys saw the girls asleep on the grass.
"Must've had an all-nighter party," guessed Carlos.
"And they didn't invite us? Cold," joked Jay. "Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go wash up." He walks towards the water.
With Jay occupied, Carlos walks towards Evie. He kneels down and kisses her on the cheek. She wakes up.
"Morning, C," greeted Evie.
"Morning, Eve," greeted Carlos.
"Eve?" questioned a surprised Evie. "You already came up with a nickname for me."
"It wasn't simple," said Carlos.
"What else did you have in mind?" asked Evie.
"Well, there was... Evie-Pie..." said Carlos. "... but it sounds silly."
"I kinda like it," said Evie.
"Get a room, you two," said Mal, who was woken up by the lovers' moment.
"Good morning, M," greeted Evie with little sarcasm.
"Okay, Evie-Pie, if you and snowball are finished with the cutsie nicknames, I think we better go," said Mal.
"Don't we need to shower, first?" thought Evie.
"Unless you feel like swimming, I'm afraid not," said Mal.
"Actually, Evie and I have been learning," said Carlos.
"So that's why Evie mentioned your EMPs," realized Mal.
"You wanna join us?" offered Evie.
"No thanks," said Mal. "I'll just wash up somewhere else."
"You're lost," said Carlos as he dragged Evie into the water.
As soon as everyone was finished bathing (Evie, Carlos) or washing up (Mal, Jay), they gathered up at a bus stop nearby, looking at Carlos' map.
"Here's where we find Elipsveki, at Sherwood Forest," said Carlos, pointing at the spot on the map.
"Episkevi," corrected Mal.
"Sorry," apologized Carlos.
"Sherwood Forest? As in Sherwood Forest where Robin Hood, the greatest archer of all time, and his Merry Men live?" questioned Jay.
"Yup, that Sherwood Forest," confirmed Carlos.
"I think we just figured out who put the fragments in the Isle," said Mal.
"Why would Robin Hood shatter a stone that has the power to fix broken things?" wondered Jay.
"If we're lucky, we can ask him," replied Evie. "If his men don't shoot us first, that is."
"We don't have to get into a fight. We just get there and take the stone," said Mal.
"What if Robin Hood reports robbery to Ben?" asked Evie.
"Simple. We return to the Isle of the Lost," said Mal.
"After we fix the stone, then what?" asked Carlos.
"We give it to Ben, and tell him to keep it away from my mom," said Mal. "She knows."
"You knew she knew and you didn't tell us?" questioned Jay.
"Can we just go?" yelled Mal.
A bus shows up. The door opens.
"Ticket, please," said the bus driver.
"Here's my ticket." Mal punches the bus driver in the face, knocking him unconscious. She puts him in the back row and casts a sleeping spell on him.
"How long will he be asleep?" asked Evie.
"Forty-eight hours," said Mal. "If we don't make it back to the Isle by then, I'll just lengthen his slumber."
"So, we're stealing the bus?" questioned Carlos. "Don't we have money for tickets."
"We need transportation," pointed out Mal.
"Wait, why didn't we take Sofia's car?" asked Jay.
"Some punks sabotaged it," said Carlos. "It's still in repair."
Carlos puts on the bus driver's hat and takes his I.D.
"Um, Mal." Carlos pointed at the picture on the I.D.
Mal takes a picture of Carlos on her phone. She uses her magic to copy the picture into the I.D. Carlos takes the wheel and starts driving.
The four ex-villains stopped at a cafe for breakfast.
"I missed Auradon's food," said Carlos, eating a blueberry cheesecake.
"Slow down, Carlos. You don't want your girlfriend to think you're a pig," said Evie.
"Who? Jane?" asked Jay.
"I though I already said I'm done with her," reminded Carlos.
"So who's your girlfriend?" asked Jay.
"That's a need-to-know basis," said Carlos as he continued eating.
Mal was paying attention to the TV. Snow White was interviewing Ben about the progress with the new villain kids in Auradon Prep.
"So, your majesty, can you share to your people the development of the character of our new friends?" requested Snow White.
Ben puts a serious look on his face before speaking. "It has been... a struggle. The daughter of Captain Hook, the daughter of Ursula, and the son of Dr. Facilier still remain the same. However, I am happy to report that the son of Gothel is adjusting pretty well in his new life. Playing for the Auradon Knights has helped him learn compassion and cooperation."
"Young highness, some of your people have been wondering if you have plans of bringing back the original quarter back here to Auradon," said Snow White. "Care to comment?"
"Believe me. I would love nothing more than to bring them back, but they have to remain on the Isle... for the sake of my people," replied Ben.
Mal puts on the familiar disappointed look on her face again at the sound of Ben's words.
Ben's phone beeps. He receives a message. "I have to go. I have duties to attend to." He leaves.
"Well, that wraps up our interview with our beloved king, Ben. I'm Snow White and this is Auradon News."
Mal would've blasted fire at the TV in anger, but remembering that she and her friends are in hiding keep her from doing so.
"Look on the bright side, Mal. He misses you," said Evie.
Mal didn't respond. She just drank her coffee.
"And I thought you would be crazy about seeing Ben again," said Jay.
"We're here to commit a theft, not to hug our friends," reminded Mal in slight anger.
"Calm down, M. You don't want anyone listening to us," said Evie.
"That's why I brought a fail-safe," said Mal. She takes out a perfume from her bag. "The amnesia spell is mixed with the perfume. One spray and one will forget the last twenty-four hours."
"If you spray someone with too much...?" wondered Carlos.
"In all likelihood, you'll forget who you are," answered Mal.
"But you have a cure, right?" asked Evie.
"I don't know, Evie," responded Mal. "But let's not think about that."
"What's the possibility that you have to use all of it on one person?" pointed out Jay.
"Be careful what you say, Jay," said Mal.
"If you have that perfume, then why do we even bother dressing up?" asked Jay.
"It's called fail-safe, Jay. It is only used when necessary," said Mal.
"Sometimes I wish I was as smart as you guys," said Jay, feeling half-witted.
"You should've paid more attention in school, then," said Evie.
"But you don't need brains to make you valuable to the team. All you need is your optimism and athletic training," said Mal. "We all have a part to play."
Jay starts smiling, feeling better.
After breakfast, the four hop back on the bus and continue their way to Sherwood Forest. Unfortunately, some citizens were asking for rides. They had to give them a ride to keep their cover. However, they have been carrying people around for six hours straight. Mal was beginning to lose her patience and her temper. She decided to life the sleeping spell on the driver and sprays him with the amnesia perfume. They give him his hat back and Mal removed Carlos' picture from the I.D.
The four hid in the storm cellar of a farm house.
"What now?" complained Jay.
"We just keep going. No matter how long it takes," said Mal. "We just have to stay away from the law."
"So that's what we are now? Outsiders running for the law?" further complained Jay.
"Outsiders. Martyrs. Criminals. Outlaws. We're all those things," said Mal.
"Auradon was like home to us and now we're just running?" questioned Evie.
"You guys wouldn't be in this situation if you didn't banish yourselves," said Mal.
"You know why we did it," said Evie.
"You did it because of Carlos," retorted Mal.
Carlos looks at Evie, but she didn't respond.
"Wait, what is this about Carlos?" asked Jay.
"NTKB," said Carlos.
"What?" questioned a confused Jay.
"'Need-to-know Basis,'" clarified Carlos.
"You know what? Why don't I go to Sherwood alone while you guys say hi to our friends?" suggested Mal with sarcasm.
"Why the attitude?" asked Evie.
"Because our resident thief here sounds like he's tired of hiding," said Mal.
"Ex-thief," corrected Jay.
"You're stealing stuff for your father again," reminded Mal.
"I only do it because that's what I do back at the Isle," defended Jay.
"Can you two calm down?" begged Carlos.
"Stay out of this, ice cap!" yelled Mal.
"Don't insult him!" yelled Evie.
"Don't start with me!" yelled Mal.
"You girls are being ridiculous!" yelled Jay.
"Can we just take a deep breathe?" pleaded Carlos.
"Carlos!" yelled Mal, Evie, and Jay.
"I'm out of here!" Carlos was about to walk when he heard someone coming.
"Honey, where did you put my chainsaw?" It was the farmer.
"In the storm cellar," answered the farmer's wife.
The farmer comes in to look for his chainsaw. Evie realizes that she was hiding next to it. Jay tips over a watering can off a barrel, causing the farmer to turn his head. Evie immediately takes the chainsaw and tosses it near the farmer. He was suspicious.
"Is someone in here?" asked the farmer.
Mal comes out of hiding and sprays the farmer with her perfume. Before he can recover from the daze, she punches him in the jaw, knocking him unconscious.
"We better go," said Mal.
The four run out of the farm and hide in a day care center, or, more accurately, they "broke in" a day care center. Carlos immediately ran to the office and disables the security cameras.
"We can't keep doing this," said Evie.
"Do you have a better idea?" retorted Mal.
"Why don't we just give these fragments to Ben and tell him about the situation?" suggested Jay.
Mal kicks a toy ball across a room in anger. The ball bounces off the wall and heads towards Mal. She ducks, but the ball hits Carlos in the face.
"Ow!" reacted Carlos.
"Calm down, you big baby. It's just a ball," said Mal with disrespect.
"Look, Mal, I think Jay has a point. Ben will understand," said Evie.
"So you're taking his side?" accused Mal.
"I'm not taking anyone's side. I'm just saying his plan might do us good," replied Evie.
"Why are you so scared of Ben kicking you out?" asked Jay.
Mal didn't but took her anger on another object. This time, she punched a roof of a playhouse so hard that her fist went through the plastic.
"How're we gonna cover up for that?" asked Jay.
"No one needs to know!" yelled Mal.
"Are you ever going to calm down?" questioned Evie.
"Not if you guys don't stick to the plan," said Mal. "We tell Ben 'after' we get the stone and join it with the other fragments."
"You know what, Mal. You're right. I'm tired of running," admitted Jay.
"Same here," said Evie.
"I guess so be it. You guys get yourselves arrested while I look for the stone," said Mal.
"But that doesn't mean we're leaving you," said Evie.
"I thought you guys wanted to tell Ben right now," retorted Mal.
"If you would just agree with the plan, we can stop fighting," said Jay.
"Well, I don't agree with the plan," said Mal.
"Unbelievable," reacted Jay. "Again, why are you so scared of Ben?"
Mal punches the wall in anger, actually creating a crack.
"So, what's it gonna be?" wondered Evie. "Tell Ben right now, or go to Sherwood?"
"We could debate about this all night, but I'm still planning on going to Sherwood," said Mal.
Evie noticed that Carlos has been silent. She looks at him and says, "Carlos, can you help us?"
"No," answered Carlos, playing with an abacus.
"Why are you staying out of this?" asked Jay.
"Because I'm tired of fighting," said Carlos. He puts down the abacus and looks at everyone. "You guys are being immature." He looks at Mal and says, "I know why don't want to go to Ben right now. You don't want to see his face after what he did." He looks at Evie and Jay and said, "I think you guys are right. Going to Ben seems like the best move, but we can't just turn our back on Mal. You never turn your back on a friend in need."
"Looks like someone is channeling his inner Sofia," mocked Jay.
The sound of the name of his deceased friend made Carlos looks out the window in sorrow. A tear falls down from his eye. Evie immediately walks up to her boyfriend and gives him a hug to comfort him, but he pulls away slowly, not accepting it.
"I'm not Sofia, Jay," he said. "No one can replace her in this world. I'm sure someone like her would be useful in a situation like this, but she's gone. She can't solve our problems for us anymore. If her death has taught us one thing, it's that we can't always rely on one person to find the answer for everything."
"You told me you no longer feel guilty for her death. From the sound of your tone, it seems that you still are," said Mal.
"You killed my friend in cold blood," reminded Carlos. "Sure, it was the darkness in your blood, but you did it on your own free will."
"She sacrificed herself," reminded Evie.
"Like it matters," said Carlos. "You guys keep telling me that I have to learn how to be my own man. Well, I can't. I grew up a slave. Miserable and alone. I need friends to shape my life. Evie made me callous and compassionate. Jay helped me build some guts. You, Mal, you helped me open my heart."
"Is there a point to this?" questioned Jay.
"You guys won't stop fighting, but I'm finished," said Carlos.
"So you're gonna quit on us again?" guessed Evie.
"No," said Carlos. "I'm going to Sherwood."
The other VKs are speechless.
"While you guys continue to settle this, I'm going there right now," said Carlos. He looks at Mal and says, "I'll be waiting."
Carlos walks out the door, leaving his friends to think about their behavior.
Three hours later, Carlos arrives at Sherwood Forest. He was sneaking past the trees, trying not to draw any attention. He checks the map and it says that the Episkevi is located at the North side of the forest in a tree with a secret hatch. He takes out his compass and follows it. Suddenly, he felt a shoulder touch him. He takes out a smoke bomb and turns around, only to see Mal.
"Hey, snowflake," greeted Mal.
"You're here," said Carlos.
"I'm not the only one who's here," said Mal.
Evie and Jay came up from behind a tree. Carlos gives Evie a hug.
"What? No man hug?" questioned Jay, feeling left out.
Carlos gives Jay a brother-like hug.
"What happened after I left?" asked Carlos.
"We thought about you choosing to stick with Mal's plan," started Evie. "Jay and I realized you were right. You can't leave a friend behind. We did go back to the Isle for her, after all."
"Let's get that stone," said Mal.
Mal, Evie, and Jay followed Carlos as he went North. They started going through tree after tree. Mal found the one with the hatch. Inside, she found it. Episkevi. The final piece of the puzzle, as she would say.
"Guys, I found it," she told them.
They approached her and saw the stone. Mal takes out all the fragments in her bag and attaches them to the Episkevi. They magically attach themselves to the stone, fixing itself until it looked like it was never broken.
"We did it!" exclaimed Carlos quietly with excitement.
"We owe you big time for this," said Mal to Carlos.
"Really, you shouldn't," said Carlos.
"You found the map. You helped us cooperate," reminded Mal. "We owe you. A lot."
"Well... I'll let you know," replied Carlos.
"Okay, let's get out of here," said Mal. "We're going to Ben."
Her friends smiled at the sound of this. They were about to walk out but were halted by black smoke coming in. Mal knew who it was. Her mother.
"Hello, children," greeted Maleficent.
"What do you want?" asked Mal.
"The Elipsi... oh, sorry... Episkevi," said Maleficent.
"You're not getting it," said Mal.
"I don't need to take it from you," said Maleficent. She fires a magical blast at a pile of rocks, making noise. "Someone else will do it for me." She disappears.
Suddenly, a band of archers surrounded the quartet, aiming their arrows at them.
"Fantastic. The Merry Men," complained Carlos.
Coming out is the head of the Merry Men himself. Robin Hood. The one they call "the archer who never misses his target."
"Well, look who we have here boys. Visitors," started Robin. "Here to steal the Episkevi."
"We don't want any trouble," said Carlos.
"Then why didn't you just ask for it?" asked Little John.
"You don't want to mess with us," warned Mal.
"You're threatening them?" questioned Evie.
"My mom tipped them off. They'll never believe we come in peace," said Mal.
"Do you really want things to get ugly?" asked Robin.
"We live for this kind of stuff," responded Mal.
"So be it," said Robin. "Just to let you know. These arrows are like tranquilizer darts. Not lethal."
"Of course. You heroes never mean harm to anymore," replied Mal.
"Merry Men. Fire!" ordered Robin Hood.
The Merry Men all fired their arrows at the same time, but the VKs dodged every single one. They separated. This caused the Merry Men to separate into four different parties.
Mal only ran for a few seconds before turning around and facing her party. She wasn't going to run away like a coward. She always loves a fight. She continues dodging every arrow fired at her. She uses her deadly hand-to-hand combat skills to fight off the archers. The archers didn't stand a chance. She felt like she was fighting her mothers' guards and Queen of Hearts' knights all over again. She takes out one by twisting his arm and throwing him to a rock, giving him a concussion. One tried to hit her but she avoids his fist and trips him by kicking his legs. She gives one a deadly blow to the face. She takes out the last of the party by getting behind him, grabbing one of his arrows, and sticks it on his back. For extra fun, she grabs his head and smashes his face towards a tree.
Evie was having about as the same luck as Mal. She thinks it was too easy. She dodges every arrow shot at her like it's just a leaf flying by. She takes one archer's bow and whacks him the face with it. She did the same to another archer. She grabs one of his arrows and shoots one on his leg. She approaches the last archer and gives him a crucial blow to the nose. He clutches his nose in pain. Evie then finishes him with her infamous knockout punch.
Jay was just showing off his athletic skills in dodging the incoming arrows. He jumps and ducks with style and flips around. He kicks one archer in the stomach and delivers two blows to another's face. He uses one archer's shoulders as a boost and takes out another archer with a flying kick. He grabs the last one's bow, snaps it in half, and kicks him on the side.
Three archers were searching for Carlos, but he was hiding. Suddenly, a metal ball rolls up towards them. It blows up and smokes the place. One archer was punched in the jaw, one was kicked on the leg, and felt like he was kicked on the side of his head. The mist clears and while the three archers were down and out, Carlos was standing up and smirking.
The four regroup, with Mal still holding the artifact in hand.
"Oh, yeah! We kicked Merry butt," celebrated Carlos.
"Wait. Where's Robin Hood?" wondered Mal.
Suddenly, an arrow flies in the air and releases a net, trapping the quartet. Four Merry Men come out of the bushes and hammer the net to the ground. Robin Hood shows himself.
"That was your shot. I presume," guessed Mal.
"I never miss," said Robin Hood.
"We're doomed," said Carlos hopelessly.
"Little John, did you make the call?" asked Robin Hood.
"Yes, I did," answered Little John, hanging up the phone. "King Ben's forces will arrive."
"I didn't want to do this, but that's just how it works. Thieves deserve punishment," apologized Robin Hood.
"I'm the only thief here," said Jay.
"Shut up, Jay," said Mal.
"Look on the bright side. You'll see Ben again," said Evie.
Mal, however, didn't smile in response. She kept a worried look on her face. She was about to see Ben again, but it was right after she committed theft.
That concludes the VK quartet's return to Auradon. Maybe not what you're expecting, but just like I said before, it's not over. Wait for the next update.
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