Chapter 10: The Beginning of a Plan

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Present Day, Maine~ B's P.O.V:

        "Is he coming to help us?" I questioned Peter as he got off the phone with Rumple. 

        "He didn't want to, no, but when I talked to Belle, she convinced him." Peter said, handing me the phone, which I tapped against my hand. "We'll need to pack." Peter whispered and I nodded, sliding my phone back into his pocket so that I could take Archer's phone.

        "Hey!" Archer called out, trying to grab his phone from me, but I just used my magic to freeze him in place. Sure enough, as I looked at his phone, he did have a group chat that was labeled "Lost Boys". 

        I smirked at it. "Classy title." I looked at the numbers and names connected, recognizing a few, since most didn't change their names in the real world. I texted something into the chat before releasing Nate from the magic and handing him back his phone. "There, the Lost Boys are coming."

        "What did you do?" Nate questioned, quickly looking at the group message, but I had deleted what I had sent the group, and they had been instructed not to tell Nate what I had said. "B, what did you do?" He almost yelled and I glared at him.

        "What did you do? Bringing my children into this. Threatening their lives, and now they're gone." I say back, an almost bitter tint entering my voice. I step away from him and glance up the road, spotting Hook's house. "Come on. We need a game plan."

        "Wasn't that a movie?"

        "This isn't a movie, Archer." I growl and Peter sighs, grabbing my hand, his thumb rubbing circles on the back of my hand, trying to calm me down.

        "This would be so much easier if we had some sort of bargaining chip." Felix entered in, standing on my other side. "Like the book."

        "No. The villains have that too. They have both bargaining chips."

A Few Hours Later~ Hook's House

        "Someone will have to stay behind and watch the kids." I murmur, looking over at David and Neil, both of them asleep on the couch beside me. "Charming? You wanna watch them?" I ask him, him standing near Snow by the kitchen.

        Belle steps in first, her and Rumple having gotten here quite easily with magic. "I can stay and watch them. You'll need all of the power you need with you. I can stay back and research from here why the villains are here. And what they need with that book." 

        Emma nods. Hook was beside her. "What is the plan?" Emma asks me and I shrug.

        "I have no clue. It's been so long since any of us went up against someone like this." I rub my head, Peter grabbing my hand. "We have to go to New Orleans and see what they are planning. Someone needs to do some reconnaissance for us."

        "We could have some of the Lost Boys get there before us, so they can look around. I doubt the villains know who they are, so it might be good for them to go." Felix states and Peter nods. 

        "One of us three can also meet the Lost Boys down there, so that they know what to do." Peter says and I shake my head. 

        "No. You three can't go. They've seen you three. If they see any of you down there before all of us are there to back you up, who knows what they will try to do to you." Charming cuts in and Archer sighs, looking like he was playing a game on his phone. I took a pillow and threw it at him, hitting his phone out of his hand.

        "Pay attention!" I shout at him and he looks guilty, not attempting to pick up his phone. I then glance at Emma. "Henry could go. He's been away at college, so they don't know about him."

        "No." Emma immediately puts down the idea. "He is not going in there without me being there."

        "He's ready. He knows how to protect himself." I counter, remembering how I had taught him myself, and Peter. Henry had been practicing at college also, in secret. 

        "I said no."

        "You can't baby him forever. Don't you remember what happened when my father tried doing that?" There was silence. "We all almost died, because he wouldn't allow me to fend for myself."

        "Henry is different-"

        I cut Emma off. "No, he isn't. He has the same heart I do. I've taught him what I have learned, so has Peter, so has any other person here. He knows what he's doing." I take a deep breath. "Emma, you know I wouldn't put him in danger. Not if he couldn't handle it. Have some faith, please. If not in me then in him."

        Archer mumbled under his breath, "Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust." 

        "Oh, shut up." I state. "Wait, did you get a hold of Tinker Bell?" I question Peter, who shakes his head. "We could use her. Can you please try again?" I ask him and he nods, heading out of the room, phone to his ear. He must get a hold of her, because I could hear him talking outside. 

        "So, you want Henry to go down with the Lost Boys and set up a base to learn what the villains are planning?" Emma questions me and I nod. 

        "At no point in time would he be allowed to engage them. Not without reinforcements."

        Emma nods. "Okay."

        I pull out my phone and dial Henry, who picks up after a few rings, the game from earlier still on. "Hello?" Henry asks, not having looked at the caller I.D.

        "Henry, change in plans."

        The game stops in the background. "As in?"

        "You are going to meet some of the Lost Boys in New Orleans earlier than us."

        "Okay. Why?"

        "We need you to set up base and get some intelligence on what the villains are doing in the first place. You are not to engage them at any point, do you understand?" I say and Henry coughs. 

        "Yeah. How's my mom feel about this?"

        "Emma, I convinced her. Regina, I haven't talked to her yet." I laugh nervously.

        "When do I need to be in New Orleans?" Henry questions and I look over at Emma.

        "Can you be there tomorrow?"

        "Yeah. I'll be in touch." Henry hangs up and I look at Archer. 

        "Tell some of the Lost Boys to get ready to go to New Orleans tomorrow to meet Henry. Tell them if they aren't on there best behavior I'm going to kick their butts."

        "Yes, ma'am!"

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