Wonder [R.K.]

Chapter 45

"Surprised to see me?" I ask, cockily.

"Indeed." He looks me up and down. "I thought I rid of you for good, but here you are."

"Here I am." I bow down and smirk evilly.

"The real question is, why are you here?" He raises and eyebrow and leans back in his cage. The shaggy blonde hair from his head falling in his face. "Aren't you scared of me?"

"Why would I be scared of you? I'm the one out here, and your the one trapped in a cage."

Felix looks at my rudely, but defeated. "Why would Pan ever let you see me? Unless, he doesn't know your here." Felix laughs at me and I quickly become frustrated. I sigh out before telling him my needs.

"I need to know the last two ingredients to relieve Pan of his clock." I breathe out and Felix moves forward in the cage, holing onto the bamboo bars.

"Wait, so you're telling me, that the clock I heard, was actually Pan's?" Felix and in absolute shock.

"It's always been his clock." I pause briefly. "We just never knew it. And that's why I need you. I know you care about Pan and you would want to see him hurt. Would you?" I raise an eyebrow. He sighs in defeat.

"So, what's in it for me?" And then I realize, Felix wants to play hard. So I pull my sword from my belt and push it against his neck. He slides to the back of the cage, his back pushing against the hard wall. My sword stays, poking his neck.

"Your life." I spit out and Felix's eyes gleam with fear but he makes his expression neutral.

"You won't do it." He tests me.

"You don't think I would? You've tried to kill me. You've tried to ruin my life numerous times. So test me, Felix, let's see how the odds turn out for you." I twist the sword at his neck. He breath is shaky and his body tremble as he tries to remain calm. I, on the other hand, am feeling happy to once have power over Felix.

"Alright, alright! I'll tell you. " He yells out and stop pushing the sword as hard. "I know the ingredients, but you're not going to like them."

I push the sword as hard as possible without killing the boy. "I'm tired of waiting Felix! Just tell me." A deep and dark voice comes out of me.

"One ingredient is the water from a top the mountain, behind the dream shade. But, be warned, don't drink that water, because if you do, you could never leave Neverland. If you did you'd die." I widen my eyes at this news. Why wouldn't Pan tell me? He just signed me up to live in this island forever!

"And the last ingredient," he smirks when he says this. "The blood of who Pan loves most." I roll my eyes at this one. Great.

"How do I know you're not lying?" I say in a challenging voice.

"You said it yourself," he pauses and raises an eyebrow," I care about Pan too much to see him hurt." I nod my head at his response before removing my sword from his neck and lifting him back into the trees.

The walk back to camp is frustrating. All that reels in my mind is the information Felix has just relayed to me. I beg that Pan had a good explanation for keeping this information from me, but I know he doesn't.

I enter the clearing from the dark trees. As I make my way to Pan's hut, I smile and nod at the boys in the circle. My nerves swirl up and I am in proximity of the door. I swing it open with a smile on my face.

"How'd you sle-" He starts off with a smile but I cut him off. 

"I didn't sleep." I take the fake smile off my face and look at him very pissed off. "Instead, I took a little visit to someone. Felix." I smirk and Pan shoots out of his chair.

"You what!" Pan yells.

"Hush Pan, I'm talking." I give sass and he looks taken back.

"Should I leave?" Alex rises up out of no where, a scared expression adorning his face.

"Yes." Pan and I yell at the same time. Alex scurries out of the hut and outside into the clearing. I focus back onto Pan, pissed written all over my face.

"How could you visit them and who tried to kill you, after I explicitly told you not too?" Pan is yelling but I'm not afraid.

"How you you keep such a huge secret away from me?" I scream back and Pan becomes confused.

"What secret?" He speaks to me as if I'm stupid and I roll my eyes.

"That I can never leave." I yell very sadly, my eyes and Pan's becoming dull. "That the minute I took a drink of that water, I was giving my life to you." I choke out.

"I had no choice, you were going to die Aria! I had to save you!" He shakes and I run my hand through my hair in stress.

"Why couldn't you just tell me?" I cry out. "I would've gladly stayed here with you and you know it! Don't you believe I'm madly in love with you? Don't you believe, that if you told me I had to stay here for the rest of my life with you, I would say yes?"

Tick.

I few tears fall from my eyes but I don't break. Pan's breathing becomes shaky and we both seem defeated.

"And this stupid clock shit! You've never thought of leaving, finding somewhere better? This is island is hell! I understand this is your home, but have you never wanted to go somewhere better?" I stare him deeply in the eyes and he shakes his head.

"I can't leave Neverland. This is a very important place. I need to be here Aria! Don't you get that?" He yells at me and I wipe tears from my eyes.

"Well it doesn't matter now. I can never leave. I will always be here. No matter what." I shrug and huff out. We both look sad and hurt.

"I'm yours forever, Pan."