Where is Evie III : The Queen Returns

Chapter 7: Friends on the Other Side

 Dr Facilier smirked as he tossed Evie to the side causing her to land close to a poisonous puddle, she stood up and watched Facilier walk over to Jay.

"Well well boy, we wouldn't want anybody to get hurt now would we?" Facilier took a step closer and sneered "hand over that necklace and perhaps I won't harm your friends." the man snapped his fingers and the shadow figures engulfed Ben Carlos and Evie, Jay looked as his friends struggled to breathe.

"you let them go!" Jay yelled throwing a punch at the man only to be thrown backwards by a gulf of wind like power,

"You're in my world now, not your world and I got friends on the other side." Facilier laughed as he loomed over Jay lifting him up by his jacket.

"I'm not afraid of your Facilier, now I'm going to ask one last time to let me friends go."

"sorry boy, but I can't do that. My friends wont stop until they have sucked the lives of your precious friends one by one."

Jay glanced over at Evie, Carlos and Ben, each of them looked full of pain and fear. He closed his eyes thinking of Mal and how close they were to finding her and bringing her home safely, once he reopened his eyes he lowered his head and sighed.

"You win, here's the necklace."

"J..Jay n.No!" Evie yelled out weakly, her eyes welling up with tears. She let out a loud gasp as the shadows released her, causing her to fall to the ground. She looked up rubbing her neck and everything was silent, there was no sign of Facilier or the shadows only Jay, Carlos, Ben and herself in the middle of a clearing. Jay ran up to her and helped her up,

"J.Jay what happened?"

"it's a long story, let go sit with the others, ok?"

Evie nodded as Jay helped her to where the others were now sitting, Jay looked around at everyone and sighed as he sat down.

"So.... what happened?" Carlos said as he rubbed his sore neck"

"yea Jay, where is that guy?" Ben added

" well, he's gone..." Jay said as he looked at his friends.

"What do you mean gone?" Evie said quietly

"It's like this, I was about to give him the necklace....." Jay continued explaining how things played out starting with the moment his hand and Facilier's hands touched with the necklace. Jay felt the power surge at the same time as the man, and as he looked over he noticed the shadows only listened to the necklace. Jay smirked as he gripped the necklace tightly causing it to fall to the ground under his foot, Facilier watched with widened eyes as if he had already been through this. Each time Jay pushed down on the small talisman a shadow would come closer to the man, Jay looked at the man and glared "Lets make a deal Facilier, you let my friends go unharmed and I will leave this talisman alone for you to run off with. Do we have a deal?" the teen held out his hand as a small smug smirk came over his face as he held out his hand for the man.

"you have a deal, hand me the talisman first and I will release your friends."

"I don't believe that for a second Facilier, you're like my father. You try and con and cheat your way through life and your never going to be happy." Jay narrowed his eyes as he once again pushed down on the talisman, bringing another shadow to come closer.

"Last Chance, your call."

Facilier looked around at the shadows that were slowly surrounding him, he nodded his had fast and snapped his fingers causing the shadows to disperse as the three teens fell to the ground. He looked at Jay and held out his hand expectantly, but Jay merely laughed as he crushed the object under his foot shattering it into pieces.

"No!" Facilier yelled as he lunged for Jay, but the Shadows were all to quick for him as they once again dragged the man into the deepest depths of hell.

"and now here we are..." Jay said as he finished explaining, a smug smile appeared on his face.

"wow.. Jay, you outsmarted a con man...." Ben smiled

Evie leaned over and wrapped her arms around Jay "you saved our lives.."

"Thanks Jay" Carlos said.

The group spent the rest of the night resting for the next morning, they had been through alot and all of them were tired. Evie however could not sleep, how could she knowing that her best friend and boyfriend were probably being tortured by the woman she once considered a mother. The thought made her sick to her stomach as she turned over and rested her head on her elbows. She decided to take one last look through her bag that Snow had given her, so far they had been saved by the objects in this bag... but how did Snow know they would need it, She pulled out a Piece of spotted fabric.. Evie's eyes widened as she glanced over at a sleeping Carlos "this isn't good...." Evie said to herself as she caressed the fabric in her hand before placing it back into the bag. She then heard rustling coming from the bushes and bit her lip, she had to think of something and fast... She quickly pulled out a pen and paper and wrote the words De Vil before tucking it underneath a rock to hold it in place. Evie got up and crept closer to where the rustling was coming from and took a deep breath in.

"You don't have to lurk in the bushes.... just come out.." Evie spoke evenly

The person stepped out from behind the bush and smirked "Well, well darling... what a lovely surprise it is seeing you here, ahh I see you are going to come willingly." the person grinned evilly

"yes, lets just go... Cruella.." Evie said gritting her teeth as the woman grabbed a hold of her and headed towards the home of Cruella.

"Come on guys.... find me....." Evie said as she looked behind her as the clearing became smaller and smaller.

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