Brielle POV
Once we hid the limo we started our walk to some hideout Carlos and Jay wanted to stop by first. I put my arms through the sleeves of Harry's jacket now, it was pretty cold here and honestly having the bandanna over my face was really helping keep me warm. My legs got the brunt of the cold, but we were on the move so I was able to fight off the frigid temperatures.
It was almost pitch black everywhere we went, night of course had fallen and not even a drop of light could make its way through the dense fog and smog in the air. There were still people out and about, most of which I could tell were drunk out of their minds.
"You okay?"
Carlos said as he nudged me with his elbow. I didn't look over to him, simply kept my gaze alert and looking ahead and to my sides, occasionally glancing behind us to make sure we weren't being followed,
"Mhm"
I hummed, to be honest I was too busy creating a finalized plan to be concerned with how I worded things. Not to mention how my eyes casually darted around everywhere, the conditions here are horrid. I knew my mom was a little on the old-fashioned side and stayed out of most affairs when it came to how to rule so my father was the only one with knowledge of this, and yet he still let this happen. Everything was dirty, from the air quality to the streets themselves. There was trash thrown about, fights happening around some of the corners, people sleeping against walls on the streets, I couldn't help but feel terrible.
If the Isle were to exist, we at least have to make conditions here better. I'll most certainly be talking to Ben about that once this was over.
As we walked on I received plenty of catcalls, something that no one dares to do in Auradon. But then again, my identity is masked, everyone still awake at this hour that we passed by was drunk, and its the Isle what do you expect? As I see everything first hand, I really do realize how the VKs had to live. I felt terrible that anyone has to live like this, but I couldn't help but feel horrible that these amazing people that are all rather close friends of mine had to, and then I just felt worse that Harry had too,
"Hey babe"
A random voice called out, I rolled my eyes for the fiftieth time. Catcalling is just... annoying, blatantly annoying. Jay and Carlos in unison looked in the direction of the catcaller, apparently they knew him because they actually talked back instead of glaring,
"Oh shut up Anthony"
Jay said with gritted teeth and an annoyed tone. The boy paused and slowly stood from the wall he was sitting against,
"Jay? Carlos? What the fuck? Well... this was a surprise, uh anyway thanks for bringing the new babes back from Auradon I presume"
He was a tallish boy, I say tallish because Harry's taller. He had dark hair that swooped in front of his face, but I had no interest in analyzing him further than that. Carlos stepped in front of me to shield me from the boy's view,
"Dude when do you give it up? She's not interested"
"Well she's also not saying anything so, you talking for her? She mute or something?"
I sighed and shoved Carlos out of the way, I last second decided to further hide my identity and also be a bit of a show-off,
"Oh I can talk just fine smart ass, I simply choose not ta waste my breath talking ta... whoever ye are"
Yup, I've kinda been around Harry so much I've picked up his accent to a point. I glanced at Jay to see how I did at my try to be rude, he nodded some in approval with wide eyes at my accent change. The boy scoffed and held out his hand,
"I'm Anthony Tremaine, and you are sweet cheeks?"
Ew... just... ew. I'm sorry but I can't take nicknames like that coming from anyone but Harry, makes me gag. I rolled my eyes and motioned to the group to just keep walking. By the way, I do still have the bandana over my face, so he's doing all of this without even knowing what I look like since my eyes are shaded over by the hat as well,
"Leaving me hanging like that? Classic, real classic"
"Oh shut up!"
Jay shouted after him. I stifled a laugh as that was pretty funny. I glanced behind us to see he was actually following us. I'm in a hurry, and I'm also very much not in the mood for this. I swiftly stepped back and drew my new companion, Harry's mother's sword. It was her right hand, so I guess I shall use it in the same manner. I whipped around and pointed it right at him. He sucked back in surprise and froze,
"That also means, leave me be. Never been rejected before? Well get used ta it because if that's how ya attempt ta pick up a girl then yer screwed"
With that, I harshly turned on my heels and slowly put the sword back into its sheath. The rest of the group continued on as the boy finally stopped following us and those who watched didn't say anything as we walked by. Lonnie giggled some and whispered,
"Mastered Harry's accent huh? That's adorable"
Jay leaned back some to whisper as well,
"More like impressive as hell"
I smiled some to myself underneath the bandana, it was really fun I won't lie. I mean that's one thing, no one knows its actually me for sure.
We walked up to an older rickety looking building with an alleyway right next to the entrance and a flying rocks sign. I've never seen a flying rocks sign, but without any words Jay demonstrated what that meant. He bent down and scooped a rock up before chucking it at the sign in one smooth motion. The sign tilted back and the door blocking the staircase slowly opened,
"That's awesome"
I muttered, like really a door activated by throwing a rock at a sign? Awesome for sure. Without any further conversation, we all stepped up the steps with great urgency, eventually leading to a door which Jay unlocked and let us in to.
Now this, this was awesome.
It was a multilevel room, very industrial however what I was staring at were the murals and spray paint art on the wall. The walls were splashed in all these vibrant colors, the four VKs that lived here had their own murals on the wall as dedications to themselves it seemed. I slowly walked down the steps to the main area, looking at all of the vibrant decors in awe,
"Alright, Brielle what's the plan?"
Carlos asked which snapped me out of my gaze of staring at the walls,
"I'll know when we get there, but for now I want Lonnie and Jay to follow me as backup. Carlos, I want you waiting outside of here to quickly let us in if we're being chased. Lonnie, Jay, grab a saber as well"
I quickly instructed, I went ahead and tucked my necklace into my shirt again as I'm sure Captain Hook would recognize it. Jay opened up the duffle back he brought with him and took out the fake wand and laid it to the side and gave Lonnie her saber and took one for himself,
"Are we doing this right now?"
Carlos asked. I nodded and put a hand on my hip and the other hand over the swords handle,
"Yes, I want to get him back as quickly as possible. I want to prevent anything bad from happening to him and when it comes to a strategy we can have him when saving Ben, but more because I want to make sure he's safe"
With that, I marched on past them back to the door,
"Come hither there is no time like the present!"
I announced which made the two individuals coming with me follow close behind,
"Good luck!"
Carlos shouted, I turned my head to look at him,
"Thanks"
I replied simply before throwing the door open and marching out as if I were on a war mission, to be fair I was kinda on a war mission in my mind. All I could think about for the last few hours has been Harry, and that's all I intend to think about till he's safe number one and number two tended to because if he's hurt from all of this I also intend on taking care of that myself. Harry's very overprotective towards me all the time which I personally am alright with, however because he self manages quite well I never get to show that side of myself. If any of my friends were to get hurt by something of course I'd step in... but Harry's different in my mind.
To me he stands out just a little bit more, maybe it is because he's my boyfriend and all yes however I feel like its something more that I can't quite wrap my mind around. But nonetheless, I love him.
And no one gets to mess with the people I love and get away with it.
-Meanwhile in the Cellar of The Lost Revenge-
Third Person
"You know what Gil? I think we have this one in the bag"
Uma said with a conniving smirk as she cleaned and sharpened her sword, Gil sitting beside her on a crate doing the same as Ben was in a cell right across from them,
"You think so?"
Uma chuckled and shook her head,
"I take that back, I know so. Harrys gone, we have the King, and all the leverage we could have over them we have"
Ben was pretending to still be asleep, but he intently was listening with his eyes closed, now wondering what they meant about Harry being gone,
"If I could've done one thing different it would've been kidnapping the Queen instead of the King, yeah they are both equally as important but I would've loved to scare the living daylights out of the Queen, wipe the smile right off her face for a good while you know what I mean?"
Gil chuckled and shrugged his shoulders,
"I don't know Uma, I guess I just don't understand why you hate her so much. I mean the Queen is very respectable, even I know that"
Uma sighed and shook her head,
"Yeah she is and she's smart blah blah blah. I bet you she's the reason why Harry left, that's why I hate her. He really chose her over me? I should've been his first choice..."
Uma angrily muttered,
"...And now he's paying the price for it too"
Ben was thoroughly confused and had many questions, but thought it be best to stay quiet for now,
"Uma? What did you do to Harry?"
Gil innocently asked. Uma sighed and shook her head,
"I didn't want to, but it had to be done. His dad has him now, he'll see what he gets for becoming a traitor"
Gil's eyes widened in fear, even he knew the torture Captain Hook put Harry through,
"Uma you ratted him out?! Doesn't that seem a little extreme? Who knows what his dad is gonna do to him!"
Gil shouted, really freaking out at this point. Uma sighed and looked up at him,
"He left me no choice, we couldn't kidnap him so I just casually in passing told Captain Hook that he was back so what?"
She fibbed, for she especially went to go talk to Captain Hook and asked him to get Harry out of the picture. It hurt her yes, but she had so many evil doings in her heart she didn't want anyone tampering with them. Besides, it's not like he'd ever find out it was her that ratted him out, right? Gil scoffed and looked up at her,
"But it was with his dad Uma, his dad will literally kill him! I can see it now, Captain Hook in a drunk rage beating Harry to death in some gruesome way. Uma that's too much!"
Ben was in shock, he felt like he really wasn't supposed to be listening right now but there were so many explanations being said he couldn't help himself,
"And as for Brielle, if she ever steps foot onto the Isle to find him, we'll take her too. The only difference will be we won't leave her so untouched as her brother"
Uma growled out. Ben couldn't take it anymore, first the news about Harry but now Uma was threatening to hurt his sister? Now for him, that was crossing the line,
"I think it's funny how you think that would be so easy Uma"
Ben finally spoke, causing both Gil and her to jump in surprise at his sudden voice,
"Gah! Do not scare me like that!"
Uma shouted as Ben slowly sat up and stood up,
"I apologize, for that was not my intention however I thought it was necessary to note that Brielle out of the two of us would put up one hell of a fight. If you think she's a fragile little privileged royal you're wrong and I won't let her be discussed in such a feeble manner"
Ben eloquently spoke as he turned to the two pirates, Uma cackled,
"So? We're stronger than her"
Ben only chuckled and scratched the back of his neck,
"Well, let's see. Captain of the fencing team, gymnast, strategist for the Auradon military, master of watching simple body language and hearing for tone to pick people apart to their finest details without knowing them, and last but most certainly not least, she's the most hard-headed and determined person I know. She got that from our father. Good luck with that"
Ben said with a smug smirk as he proudly discussed his sister and her strong attributes. He slowly sat back down and leaned against the back wall of his cell as Uma furrowed her brow at the information,
"Oh and now she's emotionally involved because of what you've done to Harry. And she'll find out too if she already hasn't. Brielle always finds things out, always. And quicker than you could prepare as well. I would prepare yourself to see Harry tomorrow, because I know my sister. She's not stupid, she probably knows already"
Uma scoffed and crossed her arms,
"Oh yeah? Well, I doubt it. I'll believe it when I see it"
Uma said as she lightly rolled her eyes. Ben only hummed and closed his eyes to get some shut-eye, but little did they know that the twin bond in him that connected him to his sister had a gut feeling that she was near.
And of course, he was correct.
A/N
Hiya! As promised here is the actual next chapter, not a sneaky fake out XD By the way I have to say, its been really weird writing chapters where Harry and Brielle aren't constantly directly interacting ~-~ Also hello Isle version of Brielle that threatens people that try to talk to her via holding them at sword point XD We love a diverse queen... literally XD
Remember to stay hydrated and to be kind to yourself today :D
-Brooke