Descendants - Cruella's Revenge

Part 4

Reality:

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHAHA!", Carlos screams, sitting straight up in his bed and grabbing his wrist. Jay basically falls out of his bed when he hears the scream. "Carlos, what happened?", he asks as he goes to his bed. "MY WRIST!", he yells. Jay looks and thought he'd pass out. Carlos' wrist is basically snapped backwards. "We gotta get you to the nurse", he says, helping the white-haired teen to his feet and towards the door. As they start walking, they see Mal and Evie coming their way. "What happened?", Evie asks. "He woke up and his wrist was broken", Jay tells her. "What? How?", Mal asks, not able to believe his wrist just broke on its own. "I don't know. He's in to much pain to tell me", Jay tells her. So, they all make their way to the nurse as quickly as they can.

As soon as they reach the nurse, she immediately hands Carlos a bag of ice and says, "Hold this there to help the swelling. I'm going to go get a cast." Carlos looks at his wrist and they all saw tears in his eyes. "Carlos, how did this happen?", Evie asks, stroking his hair like the night before. "I...I-I", he begins before Mal cuts him off. "You had another nightmare and Cruella broke your wrist?", she says in almost a sarcastic way. "Mal, what's wrong with you?", Evie asks, shocked at the remark. "Evie, that's his answer for everything now. It just seems...like me might just be looking for attention", Mal says, a tone of guilt in her voice. "Why would he do this to himself for attention?", Jay asks, a small amount of anger in his tone. "I don't know, Jay. But it just makes sense to me", Mal says, walking towards the door. Carlos looks at them in disbelief. "Mal, this isn't like you", Evie says, walking towards her. "Well what other solution is there, Evie? I mean, maybe these are accidents. But to be this frequent and so close together, it just seems planned or something", Mal tells her. Evie thinks for a moment before saying, "Or are you just jealous that I'm more focused on Carlos than you right now?"

"You think I'm jealous? Far from it. He's acting...", she begins before deciding not to finish her thought. "He's acting like what, Mal?", Jay asks angrily. "He's acting like a baby, Jay. And we're coddling him", Mal finishes, annoyance in her voice. The nurse comes back and begins setting Carlos' arm into a cast as the others continue arguing. "We're not coddling him", Evie says. "Yes you are. You're acting like he's a charity case and you're the only one who can help him", Mal says with a small amount of anger in her voice. Carlos listens and feels guilt building up in his stomach. "Maybe I am doing all this myself. But why? I wouldn't do anything like this. But am I?", he thinks as the nurse finishes up on his arm; still listening to the others. "Something is wrong with him and I think we need to see Fairy Godmother", Evie says rather aggressively. "No we don't. This is nothing to do with magic", Mal says. "How do you know? You're not the only person with access to magic, Mal", Jay tells her.

As they continue on, they don't even notice Carlos slip past them until hearing the door thud shut. "Carlos?", Evie asks, looking around the room for their small friend. They all head out the door towards the boys dorm room. As they reach the door, the realize it's locked. "Carlos locked it", Jay says. "Where's your key?", Mal asks. "I left it inside", Jay tells her. They all start banging on the door. "Carlos? Carlos, let us in", Evie says gently. "Come on, man. Open up", Jay says. They all stop when they hear something saddening. Crying. On the other side of the door, Dude lying close to his chest, Carlos is lying on his bed with tears pouring down his face. "Mal thinks I'm hurting myself. Evie thinks I'm a baby. Jay...who knows what he thinks", he thinks as the tears land on his pillow. Mal, Evie, and Jay all exchange looks. "We're horrible", Evie says, sadness in her voice. "No, I'm horrible. I said he was doing all this on purpose", Mal replies, her emerald eyes forming tears. Evie rubs her shoulder and says, "I'm sorry, Mal." Mal wipes her eyes and quickly gives Evie a hug. "Carlos, please let me in", Jay says, staring down at the floor.

"Jay, we're going back to our room okay? Look after him tonight", Evie says, her arm and Mal's entangled as they start walking. Jay presses his head against the door before hearing the lock turn. He opens and watches as Carlos climbs right back into bed. "Carlos, I'm sorry we were fighting", Jay apologizes, walking towards the younger team. "You guys think I'm a baby making up a story", Carlos whispers. Jay sighs. "No we don't, Carlos. We were all just stressed", he says. Carlos says nothing as he looks at the red cast wrapped around his arm. Jay looks around the room before remembering something in his bag. He gets a small grin on his face and says, "Sit up, Carlos. I have a surprise for you." Carlos rolls his eyes and sits himself up. "What?", he asks tiredly. "Well, when we were back on the Isle, I went and found something of yours I thought you might like", Jay says with a small smile. Carlos looks at him emotionless as he digs in his bag until finally pulling out a very rough looking stuffed panda toy.