No Place Like Home [Jefferson Hatter || OUAT || Mad Red #3]

Chapter 5

At the camp, Emma sat by a model of Pan's compound, the model was made with sticks and rocks.

"Anyway... This is where they're keeping Henry. Pan's compound. According to, uh..." Emma said.

"Tinkerbell," Tinkerbell said.

"Yes, I know. Still weird to say," Emma said.

"Tink is fine," Tinkerbell said.

"Not sure that's any better. Anyway, she says that there are sentries positioned across the front, which is why we are gonna come in through the back entrance here," Emma pointed to the back entrance on the model, "She's gonna talk her way in. Once she makes sure the coast is clear, then we are going to sneak on in," Emma said.

"You'll still have to deal with any Lost Boys once you're inside," Tinkerbell said.

"I think we can handle a few children with pointy sticks," Regina said.

"It's not the sticks you need to worry about. It's the poison they're dipped in," Tinkerbell said.

David, Blaze, Giselle and Captain Hook glanced at each other for a second, "Dreamshade. Hook warned us," Mary Margaret said.

"Good. Because one nick, and you'll spread the last of-," Tinkerbell began to say.

"Poison sticks equal death. We got it. Now, when can we put this rescue mission into action?" David said as he stood up and walked across the camp, Rose Red and Jefferson glanced at each other.

"I'm ready to go, just as you tell me the exit plan," Everyone glanced between themselves, "You do have an escape plan, don't you?" Tinkerbell said.

"It's... It's more of a last-minute trip," Rose Red said.

"If you don't have a way off this island, then none of this matters?" Tinkerbell said.

"We'll figure it out," Jefferson said.

"You'll figure it out? No one comes and goes from this place unless he allows it. This is a waste of time," Tinkerbell said.

"Hey, when it comes to family, we always find a way," Jefferson said.

"You don't get it... Here. Let me show you something," She took out a watch from her bag, "You know what this is?" Tinkerbell asked.

"Yeah, a watch," Emma said.

"I got it from the people who brought your nephew here for Pan," Tinkerbell said.

"Greg and Tamara? Where are they?" Emma asked.

"And why exactly did they give you that?" Rose Red asked.

"I got it off the girl's body. Spent half the night cleaning the blood off it. And the other guy... Well, there wasn't enough left of him to find anything useful. This is what Pan does to the people he employs. What do you think he's gonna do to you? I'm not sticking my neck on Pan's chopping block without a way off this island. When you figure that out, you know where I live," Tinkerbell said and she walked away.

"Where the hell is she going?" Mary Margaret asked in a panic.

"I'll get her, bring her back," David said and turned to leave.

"Don't. She's right. If there's one thing I've learned, you never break in somewhere unless you know the way out," Emma said.

"And where'd you get that, in bail bonds person school?" Regina asked.

Emma looked at her, "Neal taught me that," Emma said and Rose Red looked at her.

Regina's face dropped, "Oh, uh... Sorry," Regina said.