The Enemy's Daughter

~We're Stronger Together~

CHAPTER 42

"Help me, Gabby!" Celia calls out.

"Yeah, save your little friend, Gabby!" Audrey yells causing Gabby's eyes to turn red as she is covered in red smoke while Mal's eyes turn green as she is covered in purple smoke before emerging as a dragon with Gabby on her back. Mal flies to the top of the building to find Celia and Audrey. Mal blows a fire ball at Audrey, who uses the scepter to absorb it. Audrey then tries to zap Mal with the scepter.

"Help me, Gabby!" Celia calls as Audrey grabs her.

"Careful not to fry your little V.K. buddy," Audrey taunts Mal, who then tries to ignite the ember with her flame.

"She doesn't stand a chance without the ember," Uma says as she and Harry watch from below.

"Help me, Gabby!" Celia calls again. Audrey then zaps Mal's wing causing her to start falling. Gabby grabs onto the side of the building having fallen off of Mal's back before she starts climbing.

"We're stronger together," Uma calls as her necklace starts glowing and Mal keeps herself from hitting the ground. "We're stronger together! I'm right here, Mal! Regain your might and ignite. I'm right here, girl. I'm right here. Regain your might and ignite!" Mal holds out the ember and it regains it's glow.

"Yes!" Harry cheers as Uma laughs excitedly.

"You want a piece of this, huh?" Audrey taunts Celia.

"No, no!" Celia cries as she cowers. Mal appears behind Audrey, who turns towards her laughing evilly. Audrey tries to zap Mal but she uses the power of the ember to fight back as her eyes start shining blue.

"Go, Mal!" Celia cheers and Gabby climbs onto the roof, hugging Celia.

"Go, Mal! You got this! You got this, girl!" Uma cheers on from below. The ember starts to over power the scepter and with a mighty roar from Mal, the ember wins.

"Yeah! Come on!" Harry cheers before he and Uma hug. Mal is covered in blue smoke as she lands on the roof.

"Mal!" Celia says as she runs and hugs Mal. Gabby is covered in red smoke.

"Celia. It's okay. I've got you," Mal says as she hugs her back. Mal then walks over to Audrey, who hasn't moved. "Audrey? Oh, no." Mal tries to use the ember to wake her. Gaston's voice plays in Gabby's head, 'Mal's only half Hades. The ember won't do everything for her that it does for him.'

Ben, Evie, Carlos, Dude, and Jay are no longer stone.

"Come on. Let's go," Ben tells them.

"She's slipping away," Evie says from where she sits beside Mal. Gabby sits on the other side of Audrey's bed, as they watch over her. Gabby shares a look with Mal before letting out a sigh.

"There's only one person in the world who might be able to do something about this, and that's Hades," Gabby explains.

"Hades?" Ben asks. "He wouldn't do it. I wouldn't risk it."

"Actually, he might do it for me. He's my father," Mal tells him causing everyone to look at her in shock.

"Okay. Well, I'll have to send guards to get him," Ben says as he tries to process everything.

"Maybe I can hitch a ride," Uma tells him. "The Isle is my home. Someone needs to be there to protect it."

"Well, then, you will need your first mate," Harry says as he walks over to Uma.

"The Isle will be in very good hands," Gabby tells Uma with a smile.

"Can I go, too? I wish I could be in both places," Celia asks causing Gabby to look down sadly. This was all her fault and she had to find a way to fix it somehow.

"I really think that Evie and Mal were right," Gabby says as she stands up. "And... I do think that we could've been friends. And I'm really sorry that I lied to all of you guys. You deserved so much better than that."

"You were just trying to do the right thing," Jay tells her.

"Yeah," Uma agrees before Gabby looks over to Evie sadly.

"I get it," Evie says as she stands as well. Gabby hugs Gill before he leaves with Uma and Harry.