Can we change it? (Prequel To It Ends With You Or Me)

part 20

Belle started reading the chapter.

Diaval or diablo dragged mal to the cage, and Locked her in it.

Mal could feel herself going into a panic attack, but Ben helped her to keep calm.

Mal gave a bone chilling scream as she came in contact with the iron. Iron burn fairies, and it hurts the most on half fairies like mal. But she knew, she had to go through this in order to defeat maleficent in the near future.

"I hate that woman" Ben muttered with tears rolling down her cheeks.
Everyone was either sniffling or whimpering.

"PLEASE let me out" she faked screamed while had fake tears going down her eyes.

She could hear maleficent and diaval laughing in the background.

"I'll kill them" Persephone muttered darkly. While Hadie agreed. No one hurts his sister.

Meanwhile, back at others.
Ben, wanted to scream himself, after seeing what his beloved wife was under. He wanted to kill her mother in law but he was helpless and powerless.

"I think it's real" Ben whispered while fresh tears poured down his face

Back at mal
"Now dear daughter tell me , where are the others or you'll remain here until you die. It has been two hours since I'm asking the same question. NOW TELL ME" Maleficent roared.
"No, I'll not" mal snapped faking that she is weak and is about to pass out.

Nervous silence in the auditorium.

"Okay, now face this" maleficent said and added more irons and iron chains in her. And now mal started screaming more. It was hurting her badly, but still she have to face it for few more minutes.

People gasped while Ben and Hades started muttering threats towards Maleficent.
Mal stiffened at the memory of the pain from her childhood years, but with   Ben, she didn't fall under a panic attack.

She could hear diaval sinisterly laughing at her misery, while her mother evilly cackled.

"I kill her" jay and Harry whispered.

Mal thought that now it is the right time to fake her death.
She gave the most bone chilling scream she can muster, and passed out.

It's not real it's not real. Ben thought continuously in his head.

In the hideout, Ben started screaming and crying followed by his children and the others. He was basically witnessing her wife's path to her own death.
"MAL! MAL NO" he screamed loudly and bend down to the floor on his knees, head in his hands and sobbing loudly for his wife.

"I'm sorry Benny" mal whispered and kissed him.

Now back with maleficent, she was delighted that her traitor daughter finally died, but to make sure she made diaval check her pulse.

Low growling can be heard from everyone.

Mal used her magic to make them feel that she was dead.

So after diaval didn't find any pulse, she ordered the tree gaurds to throw mal somewhere, while she was about to celebrate her daughter's death with her beloved raven.

I'm gonna kill my mother. Mal thought.

An hour later, back at the hideout they could see the door opening, and the tree gaurds carrying a passed out mal coming towards them.

"These tree gaurds are good" Audrey said with a smile but it came more out a  grimace. And chad nodded along her words.

The tree gaurds told them that mal was safe, she was alive but she was passed out, due to the burns, and will be okay in their feyish language which aurora translated to the others. Ben, took his wife from the tree gaurd, and sat down on the floor, cradling her, and running his hands through her hair. He hoped his wife is alive and safe

"I love you Mal" Ben whispered while kissing his wife.

This chapter was intense for the couple.

They stood up, to have some snacks or to strech their legs.

After 30 minutes of break, belle passed the book to Chad, who wanted to read next.