Do What I Have To Do

Hades seethed with rage as he watched that wretched boy, Ben, talking to his daughter. He had been free for weeks now thanks to Uma's foolishness. Mal had already told the others that he was her dad. Hades remembered the angry expression on his daughter's face. He smiled as he reminisced his bittersweet memory.

They were in the woods, Uma knocked out and Mal ran to her side to revive her while her friends fought Hades. Just as Mal was about to help Uma up, she heard the gasps from her friends as Hades blasted them with his Ember, and watched as they were all sprawled across the forest floor, dazed and unable to fight.

Hades noticed her watching and stalked towards her until he stood in front of her and Mal glared at the blue haired man in front of her. Hades smirked at her expression, like she was a toddler pouting.

"You remind me of your mother when you're angry, but I can see pieces of me in there," Hades singsonged, playing with Mal's hair.

"Get away from me," she growled, sending out a blast of magic which Hades dodged.

"Not bad!" Hades laughed. 

"Go back to the Isle Dad!"

"No, not unless you want to come too."

"Go back!"

"I hoped it wouldn't come to this."

Hades sighed and shocked her lightly with the Ember. Mal fell into his arms with a soft cry of pain. Hades rested his forehead against hers, remembering the last time he held her.

Unlike Maleficent who saw Mal as a means to an end, Hades wanted a child to carry on his legacy. So when Maleficent took Mallie away, Hades vowed his revenge. But before he could do anything, Mal defeated her mother on her own.

"I'm gonna do what I have to do in order to get you back on track. Back to being bad like a naughty little girl. We'll destroy and rule the Isle and Auradon, together!" Hades whispered. "Your mother won't have any part in this. It'll be just us. Wouldn't you like to spend time with Daddy?"

Mal shook her head and tried to get away, but Hades held her tighter.

"No! I won't help you destroy Auradon or the Isle!" Mal declared.

"You will. Because you're Daddy's little girl."

"No I'm not!"

Mal tried to get out of her father's too tight grip again, but to no avail. Then she noticed movement and stopped as Hades grabbed her again and laughed.

"Nuh-uh Mallie. No running away this-"

"Hey hothead!" Uma called, spraying water at him.

Hades cursed, shielding Mal and setting her down before escaping in a poof of smoke. He would get his daughter back, no matter what.

"Thanks," Mal said.

"No problem. If Hades wants to destroy our homes, then he's gotta get through us!" Uma declared.

"You got it!"

Hades watched the crowd, trying to find the right entry point. He was about to make a grand entrance when-

"Mal, this is the exact spot where we first met not so long ago. I feel like I've known you my whole life," Ben began. "But did I mention that I'm in love with you?"

Hades heard a guitar playing softly and growled. By all the rotting corpses of the Underworld, NO!

"I met this girl who rocked my world like it's never been rocked," Ben sang. 

No. He wasn't doing what Hades thought he was doing. He couldn't be!

"And now I'm livin' just for her and I won't ever stop. I never thought it could happen to a guy like me."

Hades looked at the eager faces of Mal's friends and his fear was confirmed.

"But look at what you've done, you got me down on my knee..."

Mal gasped. This was cute, and Hades enjoyed seeing Mal look happy, but now Hades was seeing red, ready to attack.

"Mal, it's you and me; it's you and me forever. Will you marry me? Will you be my queen?" Ben proposed, opening a box and revealing a gold ring with an amethyst set in the middle.

"Yes!" Mal exclaimed.

The crowd erupted in cheers as Ben slid the ring on to Mal's hand and kissed her. Hades heard the congratulations coming from everyone. He could have endured all the sappy congratulations, all the plans for the wedding and engagement parties until he saw the hug from Beast that radiated fatherly love and affection and hear Belle say,

"I finally have a daughter!"

Daughter.

Hades snapped. 

I am not losing her again! Hades thought angrily as he made his grand entrance in front of Belle and Beast in a huge cloud of blue smoke.

"SHE IS NOT YOUR DAUGHTER!" he bellowed, eyes and hair blazing with both fire and anger.