Chapter 8 - Swan Song

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Emma, Caitlynn and the others were walking down Makin Street in a hurried pace, they were trying to find Hook. "Emma, slow down." David told to her. "We need to talk about this. We need a plan."

"The plan is find Hook before he resurrects all of the Dark Ones." Emma sighed. "You think dealing with one is bad."

Leroy joined their group with Happy, Walter, Doc, Mr. Clark, and Bashful. "There's more than one Dark One?!" He exclaimed.

"It's a long story." David told him.

"Well, no matter." Leroy comment. "There's seven of us."

"Six. Dopey's still a tree." Happy reminded him.

"We may be down a dwarf, but we're ready to fight." Leroy told them all.

"You won't have to." Emma told them all. "I'm going to take care of this."

"You don't have to do this alone, is." Caitlynn told her sister, wisely.

"I know." Emma sighed.

"You think you can talk him out of this?" David asked.

"There's no talking." Regina replied to him. "We have to hit him with everything we've got."

"Well, it's not his fault." Mary Margaret sighed. "He didn't want to become the Dark One."

"But he did because of me. None of that matters anymore." Emma stopped and turned around to face the group, who also stopped walking. "Regina's right. We need to hit him with everything."

"This is a man you loved." Mary Margaret looked at her daughter.

Emma looked sad that it has come down to this. "That man died back in Camelot. Now all there is, is the Dark One. So, no matter how hard this might be... we need to split up, find him, and stop him... no matter what it takes."

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Later, Gold walked up to the group, with Caitlynn. "I think I may have the answer to that. Check your wrists." Regina, Robin, Mary Margaret and the dwarfs checked their wrists, while Emma checked Henry's. The all have the same mark.

"What is that?" Emma asked, confused.

Gold pointed at Henry's mark. "That... is the mark of Charon."

"Charon?" Henry looked at his grandfather. "He was the ferryman in the old myths. He navigated a boat... to the Underworld."

"Smart lad." Gold looked at his grandson. "You see, the Dark Ones only have a... a temporary pass into this world, like a like a tourist visa. The only way for them to stay... is to trade places with living souls."

"Meaning us?" David looked at Gold.

"Exactly." Gold nodded as then he pointed to the moon. "And when the moon reaches its peak, the ferry from the underworld will arrive... and drag us down there."

"That doesn't sound good." David sighed.

"It isn't." Caitlynn looked at her father.

"Speaking as one who's died and been there, it's not." Gold told him as Caitlynn looked at her husband, sadly.

Regina looked at her former mentor. "So, how do we stop it?"

"We can't." Gold sighed. "The Underworld is worse than you can possibly imagine. It's gonna make you wish the old stories of fire and brimstone were true. It's gonna make you wish for death. And then the realization will hit... that death has already come, and this fresh torture is all that's left."

"Gold." Caitlynn scolded him, seeing Henry, that he was getting afraid.

"Gold, you're scaring Henry." Emma added.

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