Long Lost | Once Upon a Time (EDITING)

IX. Save Henry

After Henry gave his heart to Pan, the boy immediately fell to the ground unconscious, causing everyone to rush over to him in hopes that they could do anything to save him, but it was all to no avail. His body was stock still, and they weren't even sure if he was alive. "Oh god, is he unconscious?" Emma had asked as she took to shaking Henry's body.

"Henry, can you hear us?" Regina pleaded, earning no response from her son.

"He passed out as soon as his heart went into Pan." Neal let out as he hunched over his son, panicked.

"Is he breathing?" Grace asked as her and Hook stepped forward.

"I don't know." The father answered, placing his hand on Henry's chest to feel anything, but there was nothing.

Pan still hovered over them all, watching the mess he created with a satisfied smirk. He descended down to the floor, drawing the attention of the others. Grace held out her sword over the group, as if it would actually protect them from Pan if he decided to attack. However, he already got what he wanted, and so the boy saw no reason to do anything other than watch.

Emma turned to face Pan with a distressed look. "What the hell did you do to him?" She demanded, earning a conniving smile from the boy standing over them all.

"Oh, I didn't do anything, Emma. It was Henry. He offered me his heart of his own free will." He chided, causing Emma to stand and unsheathe her sword in one swift motion.

"Yeah, because you tricked him." Grace spat as they both aimed their swords at the boy.

"I'm gonna take it back from you." Emma said as she lunged towards Pan, only he disappeared before her blade could touch him.

Pan appeared behind them all next to one of the many rocks in the cave. On that rock was Pandora's Box, which he picked up and strutted around with in his hands. "I don't think you have it in you." He spoke, causing everyone to turn around in surprise. "Rumpelstiltskin didn't." Pan continued, tossing the box around in his hands, "Why should you?"

"Where is he?" Hook asked as he, too, aimed his sword at the boy.

Neal looked up in alarm. "What did you do?"

Pan shook his head with a chuckle, "Oh, he's right in this box. Safe and sound. And out of the way. Unfortunately for you, he can't hurt me anymore. And neither can you." The news was shocking to them all, as Rumpelstiltskin had gone up first in order to trap Pan in Pandora's Box, not the other way around.

"Really?" Emma had asked in regards to his previous statement before suddenly taking a swing at him, just barely cutting his arm. "How did that feel?" She bit out, anger now taking hold of the mother.

Pan smiled. "Like a tickle." Before anymore could be said or done, Pan suddenly flew up into the air and out the cave, leaving them all behind in Skull Rock.

Emma knelt down beside Henry once more as Grace replaced her sword in its sheath and stepped over to them all. "How is he?" She asked as Emma placed her hand on Henry's shoulder mournfully. Neal stood beside Grace and they both watched over them all in distress.

Regina rubbed Henry's chest with a shaky sigh. "You're going to be all right, Henry. We're gonna get you home." She let out before waving her hand over his body slowly, magic soon encasing the boy. "This preservation spell can keep him in this condition for a while longer. Buy us time to get to Pan."

Emma stood up beside Neal before turning to Grace in question. "You spent the most amount of time with Pan. Do you have any idea where he would go?"