They took me back inside my bar to rest. Apparently, fighting that shadow took a lot of energy from me. Zelena helped Rumple in researching any possible reason why it came here. "Mom, do you know that thing?" Henry asked while he gently brushing my hair with his hand. I nodded. "There's this myth of a realm where only darkness exists. There's no sun that ever graced that world. It is where the legions of darkness live. It's called Freynon", I answered. Hook listened closely as well. "Why was it here?" he asked again. "I have no idea. It never dwell in a place where darkness didn't exist", I answered. Hook sighed. "Well, unless there is one existing here", he said.
I thought of what Hook said. He has a point. Something must've drawn it here, a rising dark force that we know nothing of yet. I was able to convince Henry that I'm okay now so he can go to his family. I was now alone in my bar pondering of the things that happened in the last 24 hours. "That was impressive how you killed that shadow", Facilier said. I turned around and saw him leaning against the wall. "I thought we talked about this. You can't just come in here unannounced", I said. He smiled and then went to me. "I'm sorry but I didn't get a chance to say good morning to you. You left early", he apologized. Yeah, that's true. He touched my face and kissed me deep. "Good morning", he said and then resumed kissing me. I stepped back and hit the bar. He then removed my coat. "Someone might walk in", I muttered but he doesn't care. Then he suddenly stopped.
I looked at him. "What?" I asked wondering why he stopped. I didn't expect him to stop. Then I realized he's looking at my left arm. "Oh Regina, why didn't you tell me?" he asked. I looked at it and saw that the cloaking spell is gone. It must've been because of fighting the shadow. "I don't even know what it is or how I got it", I answered. He looked directly into my eyes. "Yes you do. You know exactly how you got it", he said. I frowned. "Think harder", he said and then he put his hand on my head. I started having flashbacks all of a sudden. When the curse was broken, Jacinda rushed Henry to my bar because she didn't know what to do. He was dying. I tried to heal him. "It's not working, Regina", Zelena said panicking. I knew I couldn't heal him but there's something else that I can do, something I haven't thought back then. I can take it away from him, the poison…and so I did.
I opened my eyes and saw Facilier in front of me. "I took the poison from Henry", I muttered and he nodded. I looked at my arm and those dark marks in my veins, they are not dark marks. They are poison. "How long will it takes for it to reach my heart?" I asked him. He observed the poison. "Not very long, I'm afraid", he answered in all honesty. I sighed. "Well, at least I got to save my son from imminent death", I muttered. I'm trying to look at the bright side here. "You're not going to die. I won't let that happen", he said. I frowned at him. "You know there's nothing you can do. The only person who can undo this is Gothel and I don't think she will do it", I said. In fact, she will be thrilled if she found out about this. "I will find a way. I am not going to lose you again", he said and then kissed me again. "Regina!" Zelena called.
Facilier and I pulled away from each other. We both saw Zelena and Rumplestiltskin standing there looking back at us. We didn't hear them come in because they didn't use the door. "I thought you two are doing some research", I muttered. She scoffed. "We were while you are here with him making out", she said. I felt Facilier's magic on my arm. He is cloaking it from them. I looked at him and smiled. He knew. "I suggest you go now, Doctor. You wouldn't like the Wicked Witch to get angry", Rumple said to him. I agreed. He held my hand one last time and then disappeared. "Are you kidding me right now? Facilier? Here I thought you have better taste in men", Zelena exclaimed while Rumple took a seat. For all I know, he's enjoying the show.
"Calm down, Zelena. It's not like we're doing anything wrong", I said.
"Yeah, you are having a relationship with a voodoo witch who played with the lives of your friends. Remember Queen Tiana?" she said. That part is true about Facilier. He likes to play games with people. That is his nature.
"I'm not exactly a saint, Zelena and neither are you", I said and then made her stop.
I went behind the bar and poured myself a drink. I poured the both of them as well and they both approached the bar. "So how are you feeling now?" Rumple asked. "Better but I can still feel the toll", I answered. He nodded. They both drank it all up. "You found something, didn't you", I asked and they both nodded. "Apparently, there's a force rising in this town, some darkness that draws the legions here", she answered. That is bad. That is really bad. "Here I thought that realm is just a myth", I muttered and drank. "I think all of us thought the same thing. What we know is that that shadow is not going to be the last. We need to find out what is that force or who so we can stop it before it's too late", Rumple said. I couldn't agree more. I poured another round.
"Do you have any theories?" I asked.
"Anything is possible right now. That's why we need to keep our eyes open", he answered.
"What about Facilier?" she asked.
"Oh stop it, Zelena. He is not the dark force rising. Leave him out of this", I said in his defense.
"Nevertheless, it doesn't clear him out. It's still a mystery how he got here in the first place when he wasn't when the curse brought us here", Rumple said.
"He is dangerous, Regina", Zelena said.
"What do you both want me to do?" I asked.
"We want you to stay away from Facilier at all cost", Rumple answered.
