Chapter 36
"Hello Monori if your calling about your brother he texted me and they made it safely to Florida." He said quite proud of himself.
"That's great but..." I stated annoyed that he had mentioned that I have a brother over this open line but he cuts me off.
"By the way thank you for speaking to him we had a very interesting conversation last night and I can't help but think you had something to do with it." He said sincerely but we really have no time for this I think as I pinch the bridge of my nose and shake my head slightly annoyed. I'm really regretting not having this conversation in person now. The risk that Greg may have tapped his phone is too great and one of our only advantages is that he has no idea who I am.
"Gold!" I said loudly and he shuts up most likely confused about why I had used his name instead of calling him Dad.
"You need to close up the shop, put up a protection spell, get Belle, and then get yourself over to the cabin as soon as possible. We have a problem and I just sent Regina with Henry over there to keep him hidden and safe." I said and the line goes silent for a moment as he is processing what I had just said.
"What's going on Monori?" He demands and I can hear the tension in his voice.
"Regina will fill you in when you get there. I need to talk to the Charming's and get them headed there as well. Just keep Henry safe and I'll be over later once I've seen to a few things." I ordered but he never had taken orders well so he began to protest.
"I'm not going to leave you alone to fight whatever you think requires Regina, the Charming's, and myself to guard Henry against." He said and I had to sigh in frustration.
"I'm not asking you I'm telling you... Close up, get Belle, and get to the cabin... With Emma out-of-town I'm in charge of Storybrooke's defenses. This is my job and in this matter my order's are not subject to question. This is not up for discussion I need you at that cabin to protect Henry as quickly as you can manage. I will be there later and we can discuss the situation then, because I will not discuss it over an open phone line. Do you understand me?" I explain sternly and hear his sigh over the line. It seems I have made my point as he makes no further attempt to argue with me.
"Good now get it done and I'll see you later." I said hanging up and dreading the lecture about respect I was going to get from my father. I poof over to the station and see Charming at his desk most likely filing out his daily report so he can head home. He glances up at me and then back to what he's working on.
"Where did you leave the cruiser this time?" He asks and he sounds slightly annoyed. I walk over and take the pen from his hand to get his full attention. He looks up at me and is about to scold me when he see's the look on my face and think's better of it. I grab a blank sheet of paper and begin to write because if there were one place in town to bug it would be this office as every emergency call in town comes through here.
"I'm going to speak with you using telepathy do not respond out loud. There is a situation and I need to tell you what I need from you. Just think about what you want to say and I will hear it." I write and then turn the page to him and he quickly reads it and then nods.
"You need to get Snow and the both of you need to get over to my father's cabin on the lake. Regina and Henry are already there and my parents will most likely be there by the time you get there. there's a situation and we need to hide and protect Henry until it's resolved." I said directly to his mind and he gave me a very determined look.
"Whatever it is Snow and I should stay in town and help you. The town trusts us with it's defense and we can't just go into hiding." he thought back and I rolled my eye's
"David you're not hiding you're protecting your grandson who is the one in town that is in the most danger. Emma and Neal are out-of-town as you well know and that means it falls to you two, my parents and Regina to protect him." I explained and he still had the look of the courageous knight wanting to defend his home but knew I was right as well.
"What is going on Monori? Why is Henry in danger?" He asks and in his eye's I see the concern for the whole town and not just his family.
"There is a chance that Greg Mendel survived and is back in Storybrooke. And as I doubt he would have come alone and unprepared I need you guy's to protect Henry and each other. He doesn't know me and I think that gives me an advantage over him, because he won't be ready for me like he would be for you guys. I'm going to work with Warren to determine if he is indeed here, and if he is we will dispense with this problem." I replied laying it all out for him. He now get's to his feet and places his hands on his hips. His disapproval of this part of my plan is plainly displayed by his eye's and body language.
"And just how do you plan to do that Monori? I don't think Snow or I approve of you two just up and killing someone." He stated heatedly.
"I have no intention of killing him unless it's in self-defense. Why would you even accuse me of something like that David?" I asked confused and he glares at me for a moment.
"Well I can't say what you did to Pan was much better if not worse Monori. And you made it very clear that you felt absolutely no regret about having done it. It's not a very hard leap to make as I see it especially given who your father is." He answers and It's my turn to glare at him.
"I'll have you know that my father is one of the most loving and protective parents to ever live. As for Pan, no I don't feel any regret for him because he isn't dead, and I have every intention of letting him go one day should he learn his lesson. I really don't see the difference between what I did to him and what you and Snow did to my father in the Enchanted forest, so before you lecture me on how to handle dangerous people I would take a look at your own past your majesty." I said slightly angry and he glares coldly at me for calling him out on his hypocrisy.
"That was different we had no choice he was going to take Ella and Thomas's baby, and had been causing trouble for our world for century's. It was time someone put a stop to it. And that was the only way to solve that problem as he is both magical and immortal." He defended but I had to snicker shaking my head because he was only further proving my point.
"And Pan isn't David? Not to mention Pan had already taken Henry, intended to kill all of you, and basically did kill my father. If anything I'd say by your reasoning that Pan deserved what he got more than my father deserved what you did to him." I shot at him and though he tries he can't come up with an argument as to how I would be wrong so he stays silent glaring at me all the while.
"Now if we are quite done with this pointless argument I believe you have a wife to find and grandson to protect." I thought at him and turned to leave when I hear one last thing from him.
"What are you going to do if you find him Monori?" His stern thoughts say and I stop but don't turn around.
" If he is here I will find him and he will be given a few choices. He can choose to give up his vendetta against us and leave us in peace forever. He can choose to join Pan in the netherworld I left him in. Or I will enter deep into his mind and erase every memory he has of this place. I hope he doesn't choose this option because it's likely I will break his mind and he would spend the rest of his days in a nut house." I answered and then I left in a puff of smoke before he could protest and find myself outside Warrens place I can tell he's home but see no lights on so I head for the back yard and then walk down into the cellar. He smiles as I enter and comes to greet me with a quick hug and a kiss on my cheek.
"To what do I owe the pleasure of your company this evening?" He asks happy that I'm here but wondering why I was because it wasn't Friday.
"Well I'm glad you're happy to see me because I'm here on business and I need your help." I explain and he sighs recognizing the we have no time for games air I'm giving off.
"This have anything to do with you changing something in your Barrier around Storybrooke? And before you ask yes I felt it but until now I wasn't worried about it. It's your spell so only you could change it, anyone else would have to just break it and reapply." He said answering the very question that had gone through my mind when he had asked about the cloaking spell.
"Yes it does I have locked down the town so that no one can come or go unless I let them through. We need to find out if someone is here in town and if they are then we need to capture them." I explain and he raises his eyebrows in question waiting for me to continue.
"Look I really don't want to have to explain all this fifty times so If you will follow me please?" I said and he sighs shaking his head slightly amused with my annoyance for this situation I constantly find myself in.
"Where are we going?" He asks knowing when to give up without a fight.
"First over to the convent I need to warn Blue, and then to my place I need to change into what I was wearing the day I came here. I have spells woven into them and I have no time to duplicate them in what I'm wearing now. I also have something for you there it was going to be a birthday gift next month but I think you need it now." I said and he starts to grin like a over excited child.
"What is it?" He blurts out overenthusiastic about what I just told him.
"You will see." I teased smirking as he puts out his lower lip in a mock pout.
"Now let's go." I said and I poofed over to the convent and start walking to the door. He arrives moments after I do and follows. I don't even bother to knock and just walk right in ignoring the fairy's protests as I walk straight back to Blues office. I walk in and she glances up at me from whatever she's working on and smiles.
"Well this must be very important. You never just barge in unannounced." She said setting down her pen on the desk and gesturing for us to sit down. I shook my head and snapped my fingers to place the sound proofing spell.
"I'm sorry Blue but I came to warn you that Greg Mendel might be back in town. You need to get this place under protection now for the safety of the children and yourselves." I explain and without a word she get's up and breaks my spell to walk out into the hall. I hear her start issuing orders to the other fairy's and that's when Warren catches my eye.
"Greg Mendel? As in the guy who tried to blow us all up?" He asks and I nod. He nods back understanding that all will be explained soon. I feel him start working through some combat magic warm up routine of his and I have to smile. The more time I spend with him here the more I understand that he's so different in the future. I really can't wait to see just what he's made of in this time when we get the chance. I'm willing to bet that the only reason he gives me such problems in the future, is because he is spending so much time caught up with my family now. In the time I come from there is no time for warm ups you're either ready or you're not. Blue comes walking back in and gestures for us to follow.
"Thank you for the warning I will have this place protected and locked down very soon. Now I know you must have work to do so I wish you luck and bid you farewell for now." She said every bit the wise fairy in charge she was as she walked us out.
"Your very welcome Blue and rest assured I have taken step to protect Henry, he will not be taken again. I will be working with Warren to solve this problem, but now we must go. I need to stop at my place before we meet up with the rest of my family and then get started with our search." I said and she nods before turning to return to her own duty's. We walk out and then poof into my apartment. He waits on my couch as I quickly change in my room. I come out and walking over to my closet by the door I pull out what was going to be Warrens birthday present. It was a long coat much like mine that I had made and enchanted for him. I walk over and hold it out to him and the look of absolute surprise and joy on his face are everything I could have imagined.
"I can feel the magic in it did you make this?" He asks reaching out to take it.
"Yes I did...It's like the one I wear and as such I need to tell you a few things about it." I said as he takes it from me looking it over.
"It's fantastic thank you so much." He said looking from the coat to me and back again.
"The spells that are on it are waiting to be attuned to the one they are to protect. When you put it on you will feel it reach into you but don't be alarmed it's just getting to know you. Once it's attuned to you no one else can be allowed to wear it... Especially another magic user. It will protect you and only you drawing slightly on your power to keep you protected. It will feel strange at first when you wear it because it has many spells layered in it that do different thing's just a warning. But once your used to it I guarantee you won't leave home without it." I explain and he nods before swinging it around his back and pushing his arms through the sleeves. He shudders and I see the coat shimmer slightly attuning itself to Warren.
"I see what you mean... It almost makes me feel a bit claustrophobic in a way. What spells are on this it almost feels like I'm constantly being scanned?" He asks intrigued even further by my gift.
"Multiple minor protection against all schools of magic fire, electric, and well you get the picture. It will protect against physical attacks as well to a degree. The spell you're most likely feeling is a very clever that my father has yet to figure out, it has to do with identifying and speeding the healing to minor injury's. Then there is the one that protects you from it being used against you. If anyone but you wears it instead of being protection spells they become amplification spells. Meaning they will take more damage not less and the healing spell will make any injury they have steadily grow worse. If they happen to be a magic user then they will find themselves taken captive by the coat as it will feed off their magic and constrict on them. Because it is attuned to your magic It flows more freely through it and so you don't need to worry about your own magic damaging it. On that note it will draw on you to keep itself in mint condition to provide you with the best protection it can offer." I explained and he gave me an amused look.
"You talk as if the coat is alive." He scoffed and I had to laugh too.
"Well we both know magic does tend to have a will of it's own so in a way I guess the argument could be made." I said. He smirks and nods before walking forward and taking me in his arms.
"Thank you Nori I have never received a more thoughtful gift." He whispers in my ear before moving back to look me in the eye and catching my playful expression.
"Well I feel I must admit that when I made it I had an anterior motive." I said coyly and he looks at me questioningly.
"And what was that?" He asks chuckling slightly.
"I wanted to see what you were made of in this time and I wanted us on as equal playing fields as I could manage." I explain and he smirks clearly interested in the prospect.
"Well we will have to do that some other time because I believe we have work to do." He said bringing the subject back to the reason we are here.
"Yes we do... So now we need to go meet up with the rest of my family. Do you know the cabin on the lake?" I ask and he shakes his head so I hold out my hand for him to take. He grabs it and I teleport us to where my father's cabin should be. I immediately notice that someone has cloaked it, most likely my father. I reach out and sense for the spell and find it's a passive cloak like the one they had over the Jolly Rodger in Neverland. I drop Warrens hand walking forward through the cloak and he follows. I see the cabin's lights are on and my father stands watch from the front window. I sigh as I head to the cabin so I can explain to everyone in detail what exactly is going on and my plans to deal with it.