𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐘 - carlos de vil ✔︎

16.

─── ⊹⊱THE ISLE ⊰⊹ ───

I GOT out of the limo, grabbed the tarp in the corner and threw it over the vehicle to my brother while Carlos did the same with E.

"Hey, what's in here?" Ben's voice echoed. I turned around, finding him in front of the entrance to the pirates. 

"You don't wanna know," Jay said, pulling him away, and joining us. 

"Hey, guys. Keep it chill, all right? Last thing we need is our parents figuring out we're here." We nodded, understanding the issue if that were to happen. We followed each other down the alleyways when we heard Evie grunt from behind. She held onto the kids' arms who were stealing her red wallet. Eventually, she felt pity and let them take it. 

"You're too nice for your own good these days." I sighed to her, continuing before I noticed Ben out of sight. "Where'd he go?"

The boys shrugged, and we continued forward, finding him holding his hand out to a thug as a greeting. My boyfriend got in between the two. I grabbed his hand, intertwining our fingers and pulling him away. 

"Ben, stop. Just stop." Evie demanded, yanking him further from the thug. 

"Why?"

"This isn't a parade, it's the Isle." She explained sternly. 

"Keep your hands in your pockets unless you're stealing," Jay instructed. 

"You either slouch or strut." Carlos gestured. 

"And never ever smile." I finished with an annoyed look. It was wrong to bring the King to this island.

"Ok, thank y-"

"No." Evie held her hand up. "No 'thank you' and drop the 'please' too. Just... chill."

─── ⊹⊱☆⊰⊹ ───

The prince hummed while dancing before bumping into someone.

"Hey, man. Hey." I realized that someone was Gil, son of Gaston as we caught up with them. Uh-oh. "Hey, I know you."

"Uh, no. don't know you either, man." Ben shook his head.

"Uh, yeah, you do. Come on, man. Really? Huh? Dude, I'll give you a hint. My dad is quick, slick and his neck... huh? Is incredibly thick. Come on, man. I kno-" Gil stopped, staring at the poster behind our back, one of Ben and Mal.

He pointed at it, seeing the resemblance then exclaimed, and by now we were gone. "Oh, you're King Ben. Yeah! You're totally King Ben. And you're Jay, Cece, Evie, Carlos. Hey guys!"

We jogged down another narrow alley filled with homeless robbers. Jay picked up a rock, throwing it at the sign that would open the gate up. "Come on." 

E led him up to the stairway. "Wish me luck." Ben exhaled heavily, looking up.

"All the way up." I pointed up. Turning around to Carlos, he threw his arm over my shoulders, kissing my hair multiple times, making me smile. After a short amount of time, we heard footsteps coming down. We lifted our heads up with hope in our eyes only to find one person

"So...? Where's Mal?" E cocked a brow.

"She's not coming back." Ben shook his head sadly. 

"What? We'll talk to her." Evie and I stepped over to the communicator stuck to the pole.

"M?" Evie called out. "Mal, it's Evie and Cerise. Let me just talk to you for a second. Mal, come on."

"Go away!" She shouted at us from the loft.

"Let's give her a couple of hours to cool off." My brother suggested.

"Guys." Carlos interrupted, staring down the cold alley. "Where's Ben?"

We followed his eyes, looking at a figure with their head down. "Ben? Ben! Don't scare us like that." Evie sighed with her hands on her hips as usual.

"Don't scare you? That's my specialty." Harry raised his chin at us with a sickening smirk. 

"Harry," I mumbled angrily.

"What did you do with Ben?"

"Oh, uh, we nicked him. Mhmm... Yeah, um, and if you want to see him again, have Mal come to the chip shop tonight." He pointed upwards to where Mal was right now. "Alone. Uma wants a little visit. Aw, Jay. Seems like you've lost your touch."

He frowned at Jay before he almost punched him, but I grabbed his shoulder. "Jay!"

"Oo! Ruff!" He barked in my boyfriend's face with a smile, walking away with a whistle. 

─── ⊹⊱☆⊰⊹ ───

"If you guys never would have brought him here this never would have happened. What were you thinking!?" Mal scolded us.

"He was gonna come with or without us. We just wanted to protect him." Evie said in our defence.

"Yeah, and we completely blew it." Carlos scoffed, throwing his hands up.

"Stop bickering, what are we gonna do?" I interrupted their fighting with a sigh.

"You guys aren't doing anything. This is between Uma and me, and she's a punk. And guess what, now I have to go get him." She walked down the steps to us, grabbing her jacket.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Mal, you're still gonna have to go through Harry Hook and his wharf rats." My boyfriend reminded her, counting his fingers. 

"Yeah, you're gonna need us."

"No, I need Cerise. You will be invisible the whole time in case I need backup." She explained and I nodded my head tiredly.

"I know one thing, I'm not going anywhere," Carlos stated, plopping down on the loveseat.

"We'll be here when you get back," Jay reassured us and we walked off. 

─── ⊹⊱☆⊰⊹ ───

Mal walked out of the Chip Shop while I heard cheers inside. I pushed myself off the wall, becoming visible, joining her down a corridor, so we wouldn't be seen. "What happened?"

"We have to give her the wand for Ben." She informed, rubbing her forehead. 

"Oh, great." I shut my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose. "What are we gonna do, M?"

"Let's go back, we'll discuss together." She advised and I agreed.