We will be together again

Chapter 6 - Think Lovely Thoughts

Regina, Caitlyn and Gold were walking throughout the woods as Regina decided to say something. "You know, despite our differences, I can always count on you to get things done. Unlike the rest of them. You were right. They're just a liability."

"Where are they?" Gold asked to her.

"Oh, well, Pan told them Neal was alive, and, of course, Emma took the bait." Regina replied to him. "Such a waste of time. Oh, I'm so sorry."

"No, no, don't be. He is alive." Gold glanced at her.

"What?" Regina looked shocked as she stopped with walking.

"I'm also alive, remember." Caitlynn quipped.

"Pan wasn't lying." Gold looked at her. "My son is here on the island. I've seen him."

"You saw him and you... you just parted ways?" Regina told him. "You realize that he might have a way off the island."

"Let's worry about the travel plans after we get Henry." Gold walked further, taking Caitlynn with him.

"There's something you're not telling me." Regina asked to him. "What happened when you saw him?"

"Look, all you have to know is, the next time I see him will be when I'm putting Henry in his arms." Gold replied to her. "When father and son are reunited." Then they all started to walk again.

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They walked out of the bushes as they others standing there as Regina quipped. "Well, if this is your version of a rescue party, we got here just in time."

"What are you three doing here?" Mary Margaret asked, she and David knows that their second daughter is alive, because Neal had told them.

"Well, same as you, except we actually have a chance." Regina replied to her, explaining. "Pandora's box. It could trap Pan for eternity simply by opening the lid."

"You didn't tell me my father was with her." Neal whispered to Emma.

"I didn't know." Emma whispered back.

"Wait, your father is the Dark One?" Tinkerbelle asked to Neal.

"Yeah, and he's not getting anywhere near Henry." Neal replied loudly.

"Bae." Gold looked at Neal.

"Neal." Caitlynn glared at Neal.

"Why?" Emma looked at Neal. "What are you talking about?"

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

"Neal, we have been over this." Caitlynn told him. Neal just shook with his head.

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

"Everything I did was to protect Henry, to rescue him from Pan." Gold told them the truth.

"It all makes sense." Emma held up her sword. "You left before we even made shore."

"You wanted to get to Henry first." Mary Margaret grabbed her bow and an arrow.

David also held up his sword. "To be on his own."

"So no one could stop you." Hook held up his sword.

"So you can kill him." Regina looked at Gold.

"It's not gonna happen, not unless you go through all of us first." Emma told to Gold.

"You're making a mistake." Gold explained it to them. "I don't care if the boy is destined to be my undoing. I won't hurt him."