𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖐 𝕻𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊

24

THE GROUP STOPPED walking as the foliage in front of them started rustling. They drew their weapons, only to see Regina come out of between the greens with Gold walking after her.

"Well, if this is your version of a rescue party, we got here just in time." The Queen said, stepping closer.

"What are you two doing here?" Snow asked as they put their weapons back.

"The same as you. Except we actually have a chance." she motioned to the box Rumplestiltskin was holding, "Pandora's box. It could trap pan for eternity simply by opening the lid."

Neal turned to Emma. "You didn't tell me my father was with here," he said, in a lowered voice.

"I didn't know."

"Wait, your father is the Dark One?" Tinker Bell asked.

Neal looked down at the fairy, "Yeah, and he's not getting anywhere near Henry."

"Bae..." the Dark One tried to reason.

Emma turned to her former lover, "Why? What are you talking about?"

"There's a prophecy that says that Henry will be his undoing. He didn't come here to protect him. He came here to kill him."

"That's why you didn't want to find Neal before you got Henry back?" Regina asked, "Because you knew he'd spill your secret."

"Everything I did was to protect Henry, to rescue him from Pan." The Dark One argued.

"It all makes sense." Emma realized, "You left before we even made shore."

Snow now aimed her bow at him while Charming unsheathed his sword again, "You wanted to get to Henry first." Snow said and her husband added, "to be on his own..."

Killian now pulled his sword too, pointing it at his archnemesis, "So no one could stop you..." Majo's eye's flashed dangerously and she pulled her sword from under the coat she had put back on, "So you can kill him." she finished.

"It's not gonna happen," the Savior said, "Not unless you go through all of us first."

*****

Majo waited on deck for Killian to come back. He would be drunk, of course, but that didn't matter, as long as he got back on board so they could set sail.

As her Captain finally came, he seemed as sober as ever and had a wide smile on his face.

The warlock narrowed her eyes in suspicion, "Why are you so happy?"

"I met a woman."

Majo raised an eyebrow, "And..."

"And her name is Milah."

The warlock looked behind him as if he was hiding a woman behind his back. "And she's not with you because...?"

Killian sighed, "She's married."

"That hasn't stopped you before."

The Captain shook his head, "She...she was different than the others. I saw something in her eyes...she wanted to come but she is loyal although she wants to break free and..." Killian sighed with a smile on his face.

"You're like a teenage girl with a crush."

*****

"You are making a mistake," Rumplestiltskin told the group, "I don't care if the boy is destined to be my undoing. I won't hurt him."

"Because that sounds just like you," Regina remarked.

Majo held her sword a bit higher, "Why should we trust a man who ripped out the heart of his son's mother?"