Finding You Always

Only You

Chapter 122: Only You

As the elevator opened, the corridor was empty and eerily quiet. For the most part, it looked like anyone that had been on this top floor evacuated when Hades and Zelena took it over. Or at least they hoped so. They wouldn't have put it past Hades to have dispatched any innocents without a second thought. Ahead at the end of the long corridor were pristine frosted glass doors and a blue glow illuminated the passageway, telling them that this was their destination.

"Not that I really believe you about this magic crap and Gods and stuff, but explain to me again what we're supposedly walking into in there," Angela requested.

"Hades...you don't have to believe he's a God, but know that he has a God complex. He has a major chip on his shoulder and wants what most people who think they've been cheated out of their birth rite want...power and revenge," Aphrodite stated.

"Birth rite?" Nick asked.

"Ruling the world. Owning everything. Destroying all that oppose him. Your typical tyrant," Snow added.

"He believes he was cheated out of all these things by me and our other siblings. And in true Diva style, he wants an audience to witness his rise," Aphrodite added.

"And the person with him...this Zelena?" Angela asked.

"Zelena is my sister...we have a complicated relationship. She's done some bad things, but I truly don't think she wants any of this," Regina answered.

"You hope," Xander muttered.

"We have different opinions about Zelena. She should be destroyed with Hades," Rumple hissed.

"There was a time I was no different than she is," Regina snapped back. Snow put a hand on her step-mother's arm.

"We'll do everything we can to help her make the right choices," Snow soothed.

"That won't be easy...she loves Hades, as twisted as it may be," David added.

"So she's in love with a dude that's a bad influence and she's going along with him," Nick stated.

"Now that's a story I get," Angela commented, as they reached the room and the female agent reached for the door handle.

"Don't touch that handle," Emma warned, as Leo waved an electric hand over the door.

"Same kind of shield," he informed. Emma was about to pour her magic into it, but surprisingly, the door opened in welcome and Hades strolled into view, nursing a goblet of red wine.

"Please...come in. It's not polite to loiter outside someone's home," he said evenly. Cautiously, Aphrodite was first to step into the room and the others followed.

"Zelena..." Regina called.

"Hello sis...I see you've gone and wasted the chance I gave you," the redhead retorted.

"No Zelena...I came for you," the former Queen replied. But the former witch of Oz scoffed.

"Save it...we both know that you, this version of you, would never choose me over your precious Charmings or your outlaw," she spat.

"It's not about choosing, Zelena. They are my family and Robin is my husband, but you are still family. I'm not choosing them over you. I'm choosing all of us. This is a family you could be a part of if you could just let go of your revenge and resentment. I know how hard it is...because I've done it. And you can too," Regina implored passionately. Zelena met her gaze with her own and Regina could see the conflict, before the redhead looked away.

"Sorry sis...we've both made our choices," she responded and Regina's shoulders sank.

"Hades...you have to stop this now. You know Zeus will not let you carry on like this for long," Aphrodite warned.