Finding You Always

Eye of the Storm

Chapter 118: Eye of the Storm

Killian followed his brother through town and when he didn't return to his bar, a bad gut feeling settled in his stomach. So he followed him a little past his bar and into a wooded area behind it where there was a well. When he came within twenty feet of the well, he could feel the temperature drop at least fifty degrees. There was a frost all over the ground and ice on the structure of the well. He recalled Hermes speaking of the river Cocytus and how it was a cold, desolate river of wailing and sorrow. He surmised that this well led to that river, making him wonder why Liam had come here. And then he saw why and his heart sank into the pit of his stomach, as he watched helplessly as the missing pages from the book fell into the well, after his brother tossed them in.

"Liam..." he said, startling the elder sibling, as he whirled around. He was holding more pages from the book.

"What are you doing?" Killian demanded to know.

"Killian..." Liam said in surprise, as the younger of the two looked down the well in time to see the icy tendrils below erode the pages until nothing was left.

"You did take the pages..." Killian uttered.

"Killian...please let me explain..." Liam pleaded.

"I defended you! Why would you help Hades?" he cried.

"If you'll just let me explain," Liam begged, as the former pirate snatched the other pages in his hand.

"What is this?" Killian asked, as he rifled through the pages.

"This...this is from the night you led a mutiny against Captain Silver," he realized, as he came to the page showing Hades and Liam discussing the Eye of the Storm.

"The Eye of the Storm...you got it from Hades?" he questioned in disbelief.

"You have to understand..." Liam tried to explain.

"Understand what? That you lied? That you made a deal with the Devil?" Killian cried.

"That storm would have killed us all without the eye!" Liam cried back

"Yes and so your brother traded our lives to Hades for the Eye of the Storm," Captain Silver interjected, as he and his men now closed in on them and surrounded them.

"And now we shall repay your favor, Jones brothers," he added menacingly.

The phone sparked violently and Leo recoiled his hand, as a tiny flame sparked.

"Oh crap..." he cursed and Regina sighed, as she waved her hand to put it out, while glancing at him in amusement.

"I said give it a jolt...not light it on fire," she chided, as they chuckled. He winced.

"Sorry," he replied, as he tried again. This time, the device buzzed with static and they started hearing a jumble of voice.

"I think we're finally getting somewhere," Regina said.

"Paging Dr. Whale..." they heard coming through.

"The hospital! Maybe we can find Paul!" Eva exclaimed. Regina adjusted the magical frequency a bit and it became clearer.

"Paul! Paul!" Eva started to call.

Paul rubbed his tired eyes, as he poured another cup of coffee in the break room.

"Paul! Paul!" he heard. He whipped around, but didn't see anyone.

"Paul! Paul!" he heard again and shook his head.

"Okay...time to lay off the coffee," he muttered.

"You're not hearing things, silly...it's me, Eva!" he heard and his eyes widened.