𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝕻𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊

14

MAJO WALKED into the room with a tray of food. She put the food in front of the boy and sat on the opposite bench. Her glamoured eyes watched as he only stared at the food.

"You think you can bribe me to tell you who I am?" he asked.

The Warlock waved off, "Nah, you can eat the food without telling me anything. Of course, I'm going to sit here till you do tell me."

"Then you'll have to wait very long." He said, reluctantly grabbing a piece of bread.

Majo shrugged and got out a book from the shelf behind her.

A few hours later, Majo was still reading and the boy was getting bored. "Fine, my name is Baelfire."

The Warlock's eyes grew wide but she quickly covered it up with a smile. "Welcome aboard, Baelfire. You wanna see the ship?"

The boy shook his head, "I'd rather be alone for a while."

Majo nodded and handed him an extra blanket. "If you need anything, walk across the hallway then take a right turn. The door with the cat engraved in it is the Lieutenant's cabin. You'll find me there."

The boy nodded and Majo left. As she walked into Killian's room, she saw him sleeping on his desk, a drawing of Milah in front of him.

"Killian?" she asked and the Captain slowly opened his eyes and groaned.

"What took you so long?"

She ignored his question. "You were right. He's her son. Baelfire."

*****

"We're here," Greg said, looking at a bunch of pickaxes.

"So your sacred cause is pilfering a dwarf's pickaxe?" Killian asked. 

"Regina..." Tamara said. "Had this in her pocket when you turned her over to us." she held up a dark stone.

"It's a trigger," Greg explained. "and this ax, according to our people, is what activates it."

Killian looked doubtful. "You're going to destroy an entire town and kill everyone in it..."

"Yeah, including your enemy."

"Rumplestiltskin won't be immune to this?"

Tamara looked at the Captain. "None of your kind will be. Once this thing gets activated, nothing can shut it off."

Killian didn't look very happy and Greg continued, "This whole town will revert to the forest it was. So tell us, Pirates, we're willing to die for our cause. Are you willing to die for yours?"

"Absolutely." Killian lied.

The couple smirked at each other and Tamara placed the brown stone on the floor. 

Greg breathed heavily and with an "uhh!" he brought down the pickaxe on the stone which turned blue and began to float in the air with a humming sound. A bright blue light emitted from it and blinded Majo, who quickly tried to shield her eyes with her arms.

The light dimmed a bit and the four people started walking out of the mines.

*****

"What now?" Majo asked her Captain.

"I say we go visit the Charmings and try to get out of this alive."

*****

"-I don't wanna lose anyone else." the pirates heard Henry say as they walked into the open door of the Charming's apartment.