SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, henry mills

chapter seven

CHAPTER SEVEN
THE NAME OF MY FOE

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Surprise followed Kate's words as everyone tried to wrap their heads around everything that she'd said. Not only was this woman a previous lover of Killian's, but she knew what they were facing and, presumably, who was behind it. Josie had to set aside the anger-fueled desire that sprang up at hearing those words to attack Kate. If she did that, they wouldn't be able to find out what she knew.

As they were reeling from what Kate had said, Regina and Eugene finally joined them and let them know that the other group was on their way. They quickly filled the two of them in on what they'd learned before turning back to Kate, waiting for her to elaborate.

"Well?" Josie said impatiently as the moment dragged on. "Do not leave us in suspense."

"Her name is Morgana," Kate said. "Morgana le Fay."

"I do not recognize that name," Josie said, turning to Henry, Regina and Robin. "Do you?"

"She's connected to the stories of King Arthur, but when we met him, no one mentioned her," Henry said.

"What do you mean by stories?" she asked.

"Remember what I said about authors?"

"Ah, indeed." Josie turned back to Kate. "The witch is called Morgana, then. Why does she have my father? Is she the one that has my father?"

Kate nodded. "She has Abraham, as well as Zelena and the baby."

"What does she want with them?"

"I... I don't know," Kate admitted, looking down. "She didn't tell me what her real plan is. When I saw her fighting the people that were with Killian, she looked... like she was willing to torture them all. And that wasn't what I signed up for."

"What did you sign up for then?" Regina asked.

"I believed that part of her motivation was truly to help me, and that bringing the two worlds together was about consolidating the magic both worlds possessed. Morgana said a single man, she called him her lover, had banished her to Nightmoor. He was the only person that she was after."

"Power and revenge," Eugene said. "Not uncommon motives."

"What does my daughter have to do with power and revenge?" Robin demanded.

"I don't know, I'm sorry," Kate said. "Perhaps she was only taken because she was with Zelena when Morgana took her. Perhaps she was only taken as leverage to get Zelena to do what she wants, for I don't believe that someone called the Wicked Witch of the West would allow herself to be taken easily. But as I said, it turns out I don't know her true plan."

"I sense a grain of truth within this lie, and also that it was fabricated to get you on her side," Josie said. "Why would she be motivated to help you?"

"After Killian and I... after we split up, I was in a dark place. Angry, full of loathing, broken-hearted. I fell into dark magic. I tried this spell and it backfired, instead of transporting me to another world where I could escape, I was trapped between," Kate explained. "Morgana's spell to bring the two worlds together saved me. As the worlds were one, I was no longer trapped, split between two different places."

"Well, it's an interesting story," Regina said, crossing her arms. "But what does it mean?"

"Kate's going to help us," Killian said, looking over at her and giving her a small smile.

"Killian convinced me that I could leave Morgana, that I should."

"Yes, but will you be of use now?" Josie questioned. "Morgana's prisoners, my father, Zelena and the baby, how are they? Are they... alive?"