The King and the Isle Boy
What if Carlos was taken by Uma, not Ben? What if the Isle brought out more of Ben's Beast side? How does everything go down?
Tags: D2 spoilers, what if fic, BAMF Carlos, hostage Carlos, Benlos, beastly Ben, worried Ben, protective Ben, possessive Mal, Jay and Evie, broken up Bal, sword fighting
Chapter One
"Ben! Ah, damn it. Evie go talk some sense into Mal, I'll make sure Ben doesn't get into more trouble," Carlos called over his shoulder as he hurried after the slumped form of Ben.
"Ben, hey Ben!" Carlos called out as he used a crate to jump into Ben's path, pressing his hands to Ben's chest.
"She doesn't want me anymore Carlos, it's over… I just don't understand…" Ben murmured looking very much like a kicked puppy and Carlos' heart went out to the King even if a small part of him was cheering at the fact it seemed like Ben and Mal were no longer and that meant he might have a chance now.
"Mal's a complicated person, I highly doubt it was anything you did Ben…Shit," Carlos swore making Ben look at the white-haired boy startled. Carlos gripped Ben's arm and tugged him over to a large pile of crates and shoved the King down and pressed a finger against his lips.
"Stay down and stay quiet. No matter what you see or hear, you stay here until one of the others come by." Carlos whispered, eyes hardening as his body tensed up.
"What is it?" Ben whispered as he looked around.
"Pirates," Carlos said with an annoyance lacing his voice as he stood up and hurried away from Ben's hiding spot.
"Well, well, look what the tide dragged in." An accented voice drawled out and Carlos sighed as he turned to see Harry Hook standing a few feet away, his hook glinting in the light of the alleyway.
"A cute little pup all alone, whatever shall I do with you." Harry purred with a smirk on his face as he sauntered closer, Carlos stood his ground with an unimpressed look on his face. Harry lightly pressed the tip of his hook to Carlos' freckled skin and dragged it down the boy's cheek, but not once did Carlos flinch.
"Still running around playing pretend Hook?" Carlos asked voice bored but his fingers curling and uncurling.
"Tch, better than what we've been seeing dear old Mal doing over there in Auradon." Harry scoffed and Carlos tilted his head in a silent agreement that had Harry cackling.
"Captain would be mad if I didn't bring something of Mal's back, so pup, what do you say? Want to come willingly or shall we have a bit of fun?" Harry asked, an unstable glint in his eyes as he drew his sword from his sheath as two more of Uma's crew dropped down from above, flanking Carlos with ease.
Carlos glanced at the two newcomers from the corners of his eyes before he twirled into action; he punched the one of on his left in the gut forcing him to double over. Carlos kicked the man down at the same time as he pulled the pirate's sword from his hip and twirled it around his hand expertly.
"Hahaha! You still have some fire in you pup! Looks like Auradon didn't tame you completely!" Harry laughed as he watched as Carlos easily took down the other pirate.
"It made me stronger," Carlos stated truthfully as his and Harry's swords clanged together and Harry snapped his teeth at Carlos who rolled his eyes in response to the scare tactic that used to work.
Harry pushed Carlos away and held his sword up ready for an attack, but laughed as Gil appeared behind Carlos and whacked the white-haired boy over the head with a wooden plank. Carlos dropped the sword and his eyes fluttered shut as he collapsed back against Gil's chest limply.
"He's bigger than I remember," Gil said cheerfully as he held Carlos to his chest as Harry leaned down and dragged his hook over Carlos' cheek again with a deranged smile on his face.
"Let's bring the pup to the Captain," Harry decided and Gil nodded cheerfully as he hefted Carlos up over his shoulder and the pirates walked away with Carlos in tow.