Strike

Chapter 10

Once Mal had gotten into the car the driver started it up and began to pull away. As they moved farther away the four teens could hear their parents each calling to them.

"Bring home the gold!" Jafar called.

"Bring home a puppy!" Cruella cackled.

"Bring home a prince!" The Evil Queen finished.

Carlos shifted uneasily in his seat. His mother didn't even care that he was deathly afraid of dogs, she still expected him to get one so she could make another coat out of it. There was no way Carlos was approaching a dog on purpose, no matter how much his mother would scream at him to.

As they started driving, he began looking around the limo, it was pretty nice. He was surprised that the people in Auradon sent such a nice car considering they were probably terrified of him and his friends. But nevertheless, it was fairly comfortable. And Carlos was very much aware of Jay's arm resting on the top of the seat behind his back.

Then he noticed the shelves in front of him. They were packed with various types of candy. On the Isle it was rare to find any kind of candy, let alone this much. Carlos had only ever experienced eating the sweets a few times before. He turned his head, grinning at Jay, who had also noticed the array before them. Jay grinned back at him; they were thinking the same thing.

The two boys lunged at the same time, trying to push past each other to get to the candy first. Jay, being the stronger one, had the upper hand and held Carlos back as he grabbed some and stuffed it in his mouth. The two only stopped fighting when both their mouths were completely full.

Evie was also intrigued by the candy, but settled for a stick of some kind of blue candy Carlos didn't recognize. She was managing to be much less piggish then the boys were. Carlos couldn't have cared less though. He was too interested in trying each type of candy. He swallowed and brushed his hands off, turning in his seat to look behind him for any candy he might have missed.

"You're looking a little washed out, let me help you out," Evie said, noticing Mal's complexion and digging out some of the makeup in her purse.

"Ew, stop," Mal said pushing her away, "I'm plotting."

"Well it's not very attractive," Evie said turning away from her and biting her candy.

Carlos, who was only half listening to them, noticed a candy on the shelf in front of him and grabbed it taking a bite. It was the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was incredibly sweet on the outside, but it tasted nutty on the inside. It was by far Carlos' favorite already.

"Oh, these," he said slapping Jay's arm and he chewed, getting his attention. "It's salty like nuts, but sweet like I don't know what."

Jay furrowed his eyebrows and said, "Let me see."

Carlos, taking him quite literally, opened his mouth showing Jay the half chewed candy he was eating. Jay gave him a look of disgust and shoved him a little, taking the candy out of his hand instead and shoving it in his own mouth. From the change in his expression, Carlos could tell he liked it.

He was about to take another when Evie shouted,

"Look!"

Their heads snapped towards where Evie was looking; straight ahead. They were approaching the edge of the island, where the beginning of a bridge was broken off. They were about to go right into the ocean.

"It's a trap!" Carlos yelled, figuring it must have been the king and queen of Auradon's plan all along to kill off any threats to Auradon.

The four of them screamed, huddling together, all fearing their death would be near. Carlos would have cared more that Jay practically had him in a headlock if they weren't about to die. So instead he just shut his eyes and screamed along with the rest of them.