A Crack in the Mask

Awkward

Notes:

Hey Descendants,

Sorry for getting this out late today.

We hope you're ready for this. The investigation cleared them of any involvement... So guess where the VKs are heading...

And guess whats still going on...

Enjoy

-Dark-

(See the end of the chapter for Twisted's chapter review.)

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Mal frowns as she hops out of the rocket ship. When Hiro offered to take them back to school she'd been excited to check it out. But now?

Now she wished their return hadn't been so obvious. No one was missing the stupid space ship. Reporters were already gathering, lights flashing as they took pictures.

What a fucking mess. She should have ridden with Ben. Stupid shiny rocket.

Why couldn't they have just come back tomorrow?

It wasn't just reporters though. There were a lot of adults. It was Sunday for fuck's sake, shouldn't the parents have started leaving by now?

Damn it. Why hadn't the investigation taken longer? She was okay with people thinking she was bad, didn't care if they thought she was evil. Her friends though? Her pack. Their image was what she cared about.

Weird how quickly that perspective had flipped.

She bites her lip before she sighs and steps out of everyone's way to lean against the side of the ship.

"Wow, David has gotten slow in his old age." Hiro chuckles as he walks out with Lilo and Carlos.

"I think we might have had a tiny bit of an advantage." Lilo grins as she pats the side of the ship.

"Tch," Hiro scoffs, "I could've beaten this boat here." He kicks the ship in emphasis as Jay and Evie walk down the ramp.

Carlos's eye twitches as he stares at the place Hiro kicked, "I don't even know how it works yet man, don't break it."

Mal chuckles as she watches Hiro affectionately ruffle his hair.

"This ship can handle so much more than a kick, chibi-chan."

Evie takes a deep breath as she looks out over the curious crowd. She holds the garment bag in her arms close to her chest, as if afraid that at any moment someone would try to take it from her.

Mal groans as she follows Evie's gaze. Damn it. They should have just driven back with Ben. None of them had the foresight that the stupid space ship would draw so much attention. Or in Carlos' case, probably didn't care until now.

"Let's just get back to the room, we probably have a mess to clean up," Jay grumbles as he stares at the crowd uneasily.

"Oh speaking of," Hiro takes a weird small cube out of his pocket, "Catch, chibi-chan." He calls in warning before he tosses it.

Carlos' hands immediately clap around the small cube as his eyes widen, "Se- Seriously? We can borrow it?"

"Yeah, your rooms were wrecked. And as you can tell, me and Lilo-" He wraps an arm around her shoulders, "here don't utilize it." He chuckles, "'Sides, I wanna see what mods you can come up with for it." he winks, "Consider it a challenge."

"Okay." Carlos nods emphatically before he wipes at his face with his shoulder, "Thanks, Hiro." He clears his throat before he carefully packs the cube away in his bag.