Finding You Always

Devil's Due

Chapter 115: Devil's Due

They reappeared in the Charming house in Underbrooke.

"Whoa..." Leo said, as he looked around the house. It wasn't the warm and homey place they had grown up in back home. Instead, all the furniture was covered with white sheets and seemed empty of the loving home they knew.

"Why is our house in the Underworld?" Emma asked.

"Probably my Uncle and his games. Once you arrived here, he probably created this as a message to tell you that he intends to see that you stay permanently," Hercules offered. But at the moment, Snow couldn't care about Hades' creepy antics, as she held her husband tightly in her arms. She pulled back so she could look at him and he gazed back into her watery eyes.

"You found me..." he uttered.

"Did you ever doubt I would?" she asked.

"Never...though the three headed dog gave me pause," he joked. She grabbed him by the collar and crushed her lips against his. He pulled her flush against him and they kissed passionately.

"I am not letting you out of my sight even for a minute," Snow told him, as their lips parted.

"No arguments here," he agreed, as he was content to hold her in his arms and never let her go. It was then that they noticed a peculiar glow emanating from Hercules.

"What's happening to you?" Megara asked.

"I...I'm not sure," he uttered.

"Your unfinished business has been resolved. It is time to take you to the crossing," Henry Senior stated.

"The crossing?" Emma asked.

"If you can take us to the clock tower, I will show you," Henry replied, looking to his daughter. She smiled and nodded, as they all disappeared and reappeared inside the clock tower.

Instead of where the elevator would have been back home, there was a spiral staircase that led into the depths below.

"A stairway going down isn't very encouraging," Leo mentioned. Henry Senior chuckled.

"I know what it looks like, but I promise there is nothing to fear for souls that are ready to move on to a better place," he said, as they descended the winding stairs and found themselves at what looked like a crossing, just as Henry had said. There was a gap between the cliff side where they stood and the other side.

By now, the glow was also emanating from Megara and she joined hands with Hercules, as he turned to say goodbye.

"Thank you Snow..." he said.

"I'm just glad you can move on now and be happy," she replied, as she hugged him.

"I just feel bad leaving you and your family here. Hades won't take this lightly," he warned.

"We know...but you helped us enough and it's your time. As for us, we'll find a way," she said, as she looked at Charming, who squeezed her hand.

"We always do," she added. He nodded and together, they watched in awe, as an ethereal bridge appeared over the gap and they crossed into the bright glow of Elysium.

"Daddy...you have to go too," Regina said, as he could now see the glow calling him as well.

"Now that I know you have found happiness...I think I can move on," he agreed, as they hugged and a tear slipped down Regina's cheek. Snow gently put her hand on Regina's shoulder and nodded to Henry, as her children and husband gathered around as well.

"She'll be fine with us...I promise," Snow told him. He nodded happily and ascended to Elysium as well. The glow faded and Snow looked to her father finally. Charming squeezed her hand and urged her to approach him.