Chapter 21

*Mal's POV*

After standing here in silence wrapped in Ben's arms strong arms he finally spoke.

"Where's the key to the handcuffs?" Ben asked.

"It's inside the pocket of his boxers" I replied nodding my head in Harry's direction.

Harry's still on the floor clutching his wounded leg with one hand. Ben walks over to Harry.

"Give me the key!" Ben shouted while pointing his sword at Harry.

Holding up his hands in defeat Harry reaches into pocket and slowly takes out the keys and tosses them to Ben. Ben sticks the key into the keyhole and unlocks the handcuffs on my wrists.

I let out a sigh of relief while rubbing my sore wrists.

"It's a shame Mal, we could've had something special" Harry smirks.

Ben wraps one arm around my shoulder while giving Harry the death glare.

"I have something special" I replied while smiling at Ben.

Ben presses a kiss to my forehead.

Harry let's out an evil laugh.

"What the hell is so funny?!" I shouted angrily.

"Let's just say I always have a backup plan" Harry replied smugly.

"Meaning what?" Ben growled.

"Did you really think that Uma would choose good?" Harry sneered.

The look of confusion on Ben's face slowly turned to horror.

"Ben, what is he talking about?" I asked warily.

"On our way to rescue you and the rest of our friends we found Uma, I told her that if she helped us find you that she could come and live in Auradon" Ben confessed.

Harry chuckles evilly.

"I told you that you picked the wrong side Mal" Harry smirked.

"Shut up!" I shouted angrily.

"What? All I'm saying is that it won't matter if you send me back to the Isle. One day I will escape, and when I do you're first person I'm coming after!" Harry sneered.

Next thing I knew Ben lunged at Harry pinning him to the wall with his beastly strength. Ben drove his fist forward punching Harry in the face.

"Ben stop it!" I pleaded while gently tugging on his shoulder.

"He deserves to die for what he almost did to you Mal!" Ben growled.

"This isn't you Ben. You're nothing like him; don't you see? This is what he wants, he wants to destroy the good in you. Please don't let him!" I begged.

Ben slowly let's go of Harry and sighs.

"I'm so sorry" Ben cried while cupping my face.

"It's okay" I replied softly while wrapping my arms around Ben in a fierce hug.

Ben held onto me just as tightly, as if afraid that I might slip away.

We were so busy hugging that I almost didn't notice that Harry stood up and was limping towards us from behind Ben holding his father's hook in his hand.

"Ben watch out!" I shouted while pushing him out of the way.

Soon as Ben was out of harm's way I aimed a kick at Harry's groin.

"AAAAAAAH!" Harry howled while clutching his groin. I then brought my fist back then drove it forward, punching Harry in the face. Harry fell over onto the floor; he was unconscious.

"That's my girl" Ben replied while smiling.

I blushed.

"Help me get the cuffs on him" I replied.

After Ben and I made sure that the cuffs were on Harry nice and tight we each grabbed one foot and dragged the unconscious Harry out the door and down the stairs to the brig to keep him confined.

Soon as I closed the door to Harry's cell and locked it, Ben and I made our way back up the stairs to above deck hand in hand.

Ben takes out his telescope and looks through it, pointing it in the direction of Skull Rock.

"Can you see our friends?" I asked.

"I can see my father's speedboat heading this way, it's them!" Ben shouted excitedly.

"Are Evie, Carlos, and Lonnie there too?" I asked.

"Safe and sound" Ben confirmed.

Beast Fury had finally arrived.

Jay was once again at the speedboat's helm. He pulled the boat over next to the rope ladder.

"Mal are you okay?" Evie asked.

"I'm fine you guys, if Ben hadn't gotten to me in time Harry would've seriously hurt me" I replied.

"I told you at my coronation that next time I'd rescue you" Ben smiled.

I leaned over and gave Ben a brief peck on the lips.

Ben grinned.

"Alright lovebirds enough, they'll be plenty of time for that later" Chad replies groaning.

"Where's Harry?" Gil asked.

"In the brig, Mal knocked him out" Ben laughed.

"Really?" Chad asked.

"Yeah" Ben grinned.

"I'm sorry I missed that" Carlos chuckled.

After a minute I noticed that Uma wasn't in the boat.

"Where's Uma?" I asked.

"She escaped" Jane replied sadly.

"So Harry was right, she played us!" Ben shouted.

"It's okay Ben" I assured him.

"I just don't understand, I offered her a home here in Auradon. Why would she do this?"

"Let's worry about that later you guys" Doug answered.

"Yeah we should be getting back to Auradon" Jay replied.

"What about Harry?" I asked.

"I'll have the Auradon coast guard come back to retrieve him, they can take him straight back to the Isle of the Lost" Ben replied.

"Where's the rest of Uma's crew?" I asked.

"While Jay, Chad, and Gil were busy rescuing Evie, Carlos and Lonnie Doug and I drilled holes in their boat. We left them stranded at Skull Rock" Jane answered.

"Wicked" I smiled mischievously.

"I knew we VK's were rubbing off on you" I laughed.

"Everyone's got a wicked side, you guys taught us that" Ben replied.

I laughed.

"Okay I'll have the coast guard take the rest of the pirates back to the Isle too" Ben replied.

I grabbed ahold of Ben's hand and we intertwined our fingers.

"Let's go home" I replied softly.

Ben and I climbed down the rope ladder and aboard Beast Fury. Jay restarted the engine and we drove away back towards Auradon.

AN: Hello everyone. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm really sorry it took so long; I've been having some writers block. Also I'll be going away on a family this week so I probably won't be able to post the next chapter until I get back. Let me know if you guys want a sequel to this story and if you want me to write more Bal fanfics :)