Finding You Always

Poison & Wine, Pt 1

Finding You Always

Chapter 71: Poison & Wine, Pt 1

"So this will get us in?" Leo asked.

"It should. Magic won't work on Pan, but if she can knock the rest of the boys out, then we just have Pan to deal with," Tink replied.

"I can," Regina assured.

"That's good...now we just need an exit strategy," Tink proposed, as they all exchanged glances.

"Don't you have an exit plan? A way out of Neverland?" she questioned.

"We hadn't gotten that far yet," Emma admitted. Tink rolled her eyes.

"Then this plan is futile," she said.

"Maybe not. The Collector and Xander managed to leave Neverland once before. Maybe they know how without needing Pan's permission," Emma suggested.

"Mom and Dad are with the tribe. Maybe they'll help us," Leo suggested.

"If you take the boy Pan wants there, it will just start a war. The tribe has a shaky treaty with Pan. They're not going to want to get involved," Tink argued. They were silent for a moment.

"Hook...you left Neverland before. How did you do it?" Leo asked.

"I made a deal with Pan for some magic to make a portal; a deal I'd rather not repeat," he said, as Leo deflated.

"However, there is one other person besides the Collector that has made it off the island without Pan's permission," Hook revealed.

"Who?" Regina asked.

"Baelfire," he stated.

"Neal...whose in the jungle somewhere with Gold," Emma replied irritably.

"He is...but I know where his old hideout is. There might be something there," Hook suggested.

"I think we still need to ask Clayton too. As much as I don't trust him, he might have a way out too," Regina stated.

"Okay...Hook, Tink, and I will go to Neal's hideout and try to find him. Maybe he and Gold got lucky and found Henry. You two and Regina, go to the shore and try to signal Tigerlily," Emma decided. They nodded and left camp, parting ways.

Tamara struggled to keep up, as they traipsed through the jungle. But Neal and Rumple showed no signs of slowing. They had just come from the shore and to her amazement, the Dark One had summoned a giant squid and extracted the ink, which Neal now concealed in his hand.

"I just need one good shot," Neal assured.

"I can give you that. We should be coming upon his camp very soon," Rumple replied.

"Neal...can we take a breath for a minute?" she pleaded. He stopped for a second and glared at her.

"No...I'm not stopping until I find my son, especially not for you," he spat.

"Neal...I'm sorry!" she cried.

"For what? Shooting me? Trying to blow up a town full of innocent people? Kidnapping my son?" he rattled off.

"For all of it! I was deceived! I let my hatred of magic cloud my judgment," she pleaded.

"Yeah...that's the part I'm a little fuzzy on. Why do you hate magic so much? I mean, we know why I do, but I never tried to kill to destroy it," he argued. She glared at him.

"Yet," she commented. He blanched.

"The hell is that supposed to mean?" he demanded to know.

"You think I don't know about your research? You've been scouring dusty old libraries for answers since I've known you. I've seen your notes," she said.