Long Lost | Once Upon a Time (EDITING)

XI. Going Home

        Wary looks were quick to spread to everyone gathered around Regina's vault due to what they'd just uncovered. After opening Pandora's box, the group quickly realized that it wasn't Pan trapped inside, but Henry. While they were relieved to find the boy safe and sound, there was still one question that troubled them all: if Henry was with them, where was Pan? Several times the group tried to get a hold of Regina, knowing that she had taken who they previously believed was Henry to her vault in order to keep him safe from Pan's Shadow. However, neither one of them were able to get through to the woman, causing everyone to only worry more.

        As Mr. Gold got to work on opening the vault doors, the rest of the group took the time to check up on everyone there. Although the focus was getting to Regina, the absence of Grace had not gone unnoticed. David and Snow tried to push aside their concern for the girl, knowing that she had merely gone to the police station to ask Felix some questions, who--as she put it--posed as no real threat while behind bars. But now that she had been away for so long, they were beginning to worry.

        After seeing the teen not present among them, Neal had asked, "Where's Grace?"

        Snow shared an anxious look with her husband. "I don't know. Last we heard from her, she was headed to the station to see if she could get something out of Felix."

        Hook, Tinker Bell, and Neal had all headed for the Jolly Roger before Grace left the group, and so this was the first they were hearing of it. Tink, for one, was very upset by the woman's words, especially with the threat of Pan whose whereabouts were still unknown. "What, and you just let her go alone?"

        The parents' growing concern was further fueled by the idea of something bad potentially happening to their daughter. "She didn't give us a choice." Emma let out.

        David sighed and gave Snow a reassuring nod. "I'll find her." He said before taking the opportunity to head to the station to find Grace, while the others stayed at the vault.

        However, he would never make it there, as the minute he turned around, his eyes met with the very girl they were worried about. "You don't have to look very far." Hearing this, everyone turned to see Grace standing a few paces away from them, having just arrived at the cemetery in search of the group. While seeing her there was a relief, her appearance alone was concerning. She looked terrible in the dull lighting; her hair and clothes were disheveled; she had a busted lip and a gash across her forehead that was accompanied with a quickly forming bruise. Although she had thrown on a jacket to prevent her parents from seeing the worst of her injuries, that didn't prevent them from still worrying.

        All it took was the sight of blood for Snow to panic. "Grace! Oh, my god!" She cried out, rushing over towards the girl to make sure she was okay.

        David and Emma joined her in their own concern. "We haven't heard from you in hours. What happened?" Emma asked.

        Grace couldn't help but narrow her eyes at the blonde as she explained, "Your son showed up. But imagine my surprise when I found out it was actually Pan." Her response shocked them all, and while everyone there was worried for the girl, Grace was visibly annoyed. "He broke Felix out of jail."

        "Are you alright?" David asked.

        "This is nothing. Just got pushed around a little." She claimed.

        "It's not nothing!" Snow corrected as her hands made their way to her face. "What did he do to you?"

        Grace merely grabbed her mother's hands and pushed them away firmly. "I'm fine. We need to focus on finding Pan." She snapped a little more aggressively than she had intended. However, unbeknownst to her family, the teen had been downplaying the extent of her wounds, as she knew that the mere sight of more blood would cause them all to panic. Right now, stopping Pan was more important to Grace, and she knew she couldn't have her parents worrying over her if they wanted to achieve that.