-Chapter Six-

The sound of the car's tires bumping across the cold road was the only noise being made as Elsa and Aladdin drove towards Charming's house. Aladdin kept his eyes on the road until they were almost at his posh ranch style home. "Alright Elsa, I need you to keep Charming distracted. You know the deal" whispered Aladdin as the car came to a complete stop. Elsa simply nodded; the two of them were unsure if they would even want to find what they were looking for.

Walking up Elsa was the one to knock, and after only a few brief moments Charming opened the door. Elsa had known Charming as a strikingly handsome, well kept, dashing and well….charming but the individual standing before her was none of those things. Charming had put on a little weight, nothing that a few months at the gym couldn't fix but it was noticeable. He had a full beard that even came out of his neck, it smelled sour from the food and alcohol he had been consuming. His white t-shirt was stained like his beard and the yellowing on his teeth and armpits were cringe worthy. He was even wearing old pajama pants that were a size too small on him. Elsa kept her poker face but she could tell Aladdin was not.

"Yes, officers? Can help you?" The 'H' on his help sent an unpleasant whiff to the nostrils of Elsa.

"Charming, we need to ask you a few questions. Do you mind if we step inside for a moment?" Elsa pierced his eyes with her own pupils she was in command of the obviously dilapidated Charming, but he still had enough in him to offer up a bit of resistance.

"Can I ask what this is all about?" asked Charming crossing his arms and by doing so exposed his armpits enough to give both Elsa and Aladdin a gust of odor.

"It's about Snow White, the seven dwarves and some of her more…dubious hobbies" said Elsa letting it burn into the conversation. Charming just nodded his head and led Elsa and Aladdin in. If Charming was in bad shape his house was worse. The whole place was falling apart, flies buzzed around garbage that hadn't been taken out. The whole place smelled like spoiled fruit and whiskey and the floor was sticky with spilled beer and other unknown substances.

Charming led the deputies to his still well kept couch that was surrounded by an island of trash and Chinese take out. "How did you find out?" was the first thing Charming asked his hands folded like he was about to receive bad news. Elsa looked to Aladdin before explaining to Charming what they had 'stumbled upon' she kept Jafar's name out of her play by play. Charming just sighed "Figured it would come out eventually. I told Snow that she needed to stop, those guys couldn't be trusted. Bunch of perverts, they didn't see the art in it they just wanted to get their rocks off."

Elsa tilted her head a bit "The art?" Charming nodded his head and then stroked his disgusting beard.

"The art of a dom/sub relationship. Snow was a total S&M queen, the best there is. I just fell in love with her the first time we made love. I mean it was beautiful she had so much control and…I thought that was where it stopped. You know, private bedroom type shit."

"I'm afraid I don't follow."

"It was Snow's idea to start having sex with the dwarves, I was opposed to it at first but it made her happy so why not? I mean a queen needs her subjects, am I right?"

"I'll have to take your word for it."

"Anyway the dwarves were just so out there, they kept getting her to try new things. Sick things, she asked me to record them, take photos while she…she just did everything with them. It was deplorable! What we had was love, what they had was lust! Plain and simple!"

"So you two broke up over her extra relations with the dwarves?"

"There were other factors, she was starting to do some weird stuff to make money like webcams and commissioned tapes of her masturbating. She didn't like working so she found out other ways to make money, ways she wouldn't be dependent on me. I just couldn't do it anymore. It took everything in me to break it off with her, but I was done with her games! Not only that she started getting more and more kinky and sometimes would ignore my safe word and just keep going until she was…finished with me."

Charming looked away, towards the ground after revealing that bit of information. Elsa then took the chance to give Aladdin a glance; that was cue. "Charming, sorry to ask but do you mind if I use your restroom?" asked Aladdin with a natural comfort that he had gotten from years of smooth talk.

Charming piped up to respond "Oh no I don't mind. The one down the hall is clogged so go upstairs and use the one on the right at the end." Aladdin nodded his head and slinked away. It was now his chance to search about the house while Elsa continued to stall Charming with questions. Elsa moved in closer to Charming.

"Charming, is there anyone outside of you or the dwarves who would know about your sexual activities?" Elsa was pensive, she didn't want to make Charming too uncomfortable, it was imperative he didn't become paranoid of them.

Aladdin was upstairs searching through the house of Charming. Pulling his collar up to his nose he was able to make it past the stench of the home. Aladdin was no rocket scientist but he figured that being a submissive man Charming kind of fell apart hard after his break up with Snow White. This had all the makings of a sociopath, and he didn't want to leave Elsa alone with him for too long. Still, he had to know if Charming was hiding something; and he was positive he was.

Aladdin realized there were so much filth everywhere it would be nearly impossible to find anything. Latex gloves were usually given to officers in case they came in contact with blood; Aladdin was no germophobe but he felt he was going to need them if he was going to start to move around Charming's old clothes.

Aladdin quietly stepped into Charming's bedroom and surveyed the bed which had a pizza box, porn magazine and bottle of Jack Daniels on it. Looking under the bed with his flashlight he could find nothing. Knowing he was running out of time Aladdin went for a Hail Mary and opened the closet of Charming's bedroom and was immediately hit with a rotten stench. Crouching down he started shifting through his clothes. After tossing a pair of boxers that he could literally snap in half he found something that made him gasp in the foul air; boots. But not just any boots, these boots had the soles completely melted off.

Aladdin went back downstairs with the boots to find Elsa still talking with Charming. As Aladdin moved closer he could tell Charming wasn't even registering the boots in his hand, he was still lost in a fog of memories. "Elsa, I think you should have a look at these." Aladdin held up the boots which Elsa glanced at, immediately noticing the burned soles.

Elsa simply sighed and then pulled off her handcuffs "Prince Charming, you are going to have to come with us." Charming raised an eyebrow, but offered little resistance as Aladdin and Elsa took him away.

Grumpy and Doc sat in silence in their comfortable study. Usually the windows of the patio looked out into the spacious forest surrounding the house but today the curtains blocked the view, a sliver of sunlight was all that managed to get in from the outside world. There wasn't really anything to say, just about everyone they knew was dead and they both felt responsible. Finally Grumpy spoke up but his voice had become raspy from non-use "It's my fault Dopey is dead. I should have been with him, I didn't know what was going on. I just…I didn't know."

Doc moved to place his hand on Grumpy's shoulder. The two didn't always get along but in many ways they had always been the unofficial leaders of the group. They both saw things differently but they had a common goal and they had worked hard to reach them. Hard work, determination and loyalty were traits the two of them shared and at this moment the petty arguments they fought over didn't matter anymore.

"It's not your fault Grumpy. It's nobody's fault, how could we have known this would happen? Someone out there hates us so much that they're willing to destroy us all one by one. We just have to hope the authorities catch whoever it is."

Grumpy just rested his chin on his knuckles "Does it even matter?" Even if Elsa and Aladdin catch this bastard what then? I don't know about you, but I already feel like I've been destroyed."

"You can't talk like that old friend. We can't give up now." Doc reached out to Grumpy who brushed off the gesture and stood up to look at the clock. "I'm going to go check on dinner" said Doc as he left the study.

Grumpy huffed as the door closed and then examined the curtains. He wasn't supposed to open the curtains, but he didn't see the point in following the rules; they hadn't kept any of them safe thus far. As he stared out the window at the beautiful forest he spotted a body moving amongst the trees. Startled he almost called for Doc but after taking a closer look he decided to go investigate. Opening up the window Grumpy crawled out and ran towards the forest, towards the figure, towards the trees he played in as a kid, towards something familiar, towards death.

Charming was eerily silent as he sat in the interrogation room of the station. Elsa, Aladdin and Basil didn't know what to do with him. They all stood outside the room looking in as they strategized. "So he kills the blokes sleeping his love in hopes she would come back to him? It's personal enough, I can't argue with the logic, especially since you found those boots. Melted soles from the fire he started, don't know why he wouldn't throw them away" mused Basil.

"The guy was a real slob, attention to detail doesn't seem like his forte" reasoned Aladdin sipping from a cup of water. Elsa crossed her arms however her face twisting in bewilderment.

"Yeah he's a real slob…and all the murders. They required real attention to the small stuff, the details, they were planned and calculated. Thought out days, weeks maybe even months in advance. And yet he lives in filth he lives like a man who doesn't wake up knowing if he's even going to put on pants…" Elsa's voice trailed off things just weren't adding up.

"What are you saying partner?" asked Aladdin with genuine inquisition. Elsa paced a bit and then leaned up against the wall. "You don't think Charming did it? Then who?"

Elsa paused for a moment then her eyes grew wide as she took the melted boots and stormed into the interrogation room. Aladdin followed her and Basil watched from behind the glass. Elsa handed Charming the boots with some force "Put them on!" Charming hesitated and began to stutter "I SAID PUT THEM ON" screamed Elsa.

Charming fumbled with the boots and began to try and put them on but his feet wouldn't fit. He kept trying to stuff in his feet but they were too big for the boots. Elsa stared at Aladdin who was also beginning to realize what was going on "I can't get them to fit! These are way too small! Whose are these?" asked a panicked Charming.

"Oh God, Al…these aren't his boots. Someone planted them there, someone wanted us to find those boots and think they belonged to him." Elsa and Aladdin rushed out of the interrogation room leaving the confused Charming behind.

Aladdin and Elsa darted down the hallway towards Basil who was already waiting for Elsa's explanation. "Sheriff! I know who our killer is!" Basil nodded his head signaling for Elsa to elaborate. "Who was in all of those photos we saw Al? Who was in all of them? Who is short on money? Who would be the only one who could possibly know about the dwarves treasure?!"

Aladdin let out a gasp "Snow, Snow White!" Aladdin backed up a bit taking in that revelation. Basil seemed a bit chocked as well.

"Deputy Elsa we need to call over right away. Grumpy and Doc could be in grave danger!" As Basil reached for his phone his walkie talkie went off: "All units we have a Code 3, Code 3 over on Crestview Drive…" Basil's eyes grew wide that was where Doc and Grumpy were as well as Phoebus. "Deputy Elsa and Aladdin get over there right away!"

Elsa and Aladdin grabbed their coats and ran towards their car. They hoped they weren't too late.

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