Paved With Good Intentions (part 3). Can you make the right choices to bring Emma back to the light, or will the path to angst be paved with good intentions?
Part 2 left us with Killian stepping between Emma and her son, and it seems Emma is less than pleased with the development. We asked you who interrupts the conversation. Onwards and upwards!?
It occurred to Killian that getting in the way of the Dark One might bring a swift end to his long life. Still, he braced himself for whatever might come next.
"Henry get back!"
Never before had Killian been so relieved to hear Regina's voice, and his shoulders slump forward in relief when Henry vanished in a column of purple. Emma's eyes shot to Regina who was striding up the gangplank of the Jolly, her fists clenched with barely restrained rage.
"Miss Swan, I don't care what foolish vendetta you have decided to pursue against us, but it will not involve my son."
Killian winced at the stress on the my, knowing that it wouldn't go over well with this version of Emma. He looked to her, expecting to see rage on her pale face, but instead her shoulders seemed to relax, and amusement made her eyes sparkle, making her look almost like the woman Killian loved.
Almost.
"Really, Regina? Are we back to that? Your son? He was never your son. He was your hobby, because you bored with the town you created. And then he was your keeper, because you needed a child to be your moral compass" - Emma stalked toward Regina, whose expression was sour. She lifted her hands, as if in preparation to attack, but Emma simply ignored the motion - "But now you're a hero, right? One of the good guys. I wonder if Henry would think that, if he knew what happened in Camelot."
"Well of the two of us, only one isn't going around turning dwarves into lawn ornaments. You're not safe for Henry to be around-"
Emma's eyes narrowed, "what could you possibly do to stop me from seeing my son?"
"How are you against blood magic?" With that Emma was gone, but it wasn't just Emma that was gone, when Killian looked around the Jolly was gone too, replaced with the grey walls of Regina's vault.
"Bloody hell is wrong with you?" he fumed, turning on Regina. "Do you have a death wish?"
"No, but it seems you might," Regina spat back.
"Enough!" Charming called, one hand on his forehead and a look of complete exasperation on his face. Killian spun, having failed to notice that Charming and Snow had apparently been summoned to this vault as well. "None of this is helping us get Emma back. We cannot simply hide here behind your blood magic walls, Regina."
"You might rethink that, mate, in a few moments-" Killian commented.
Right on cue there was the sound of a cry from outside the vault and the whole room seemed to shudder.
"What the hell-" David started.
"Regina thought it wise to explain to the dark one that she was not safe around Henry." Killian commented, with a glare towards the queen. The room shook again potion bottles rattling and crashing to the floor.
"She can't break the seal," Regina insisted, but her eyes grew nervous.
David grabbed Henry's shoulder, pulling him tight to his side as the walls shook.
"There has to be something we can do," Snow said.
"Send her out!" Emma's voice echoed through the room, and it held a dark promise that made a shiver of fear run down Killian's spine. He gritted his teeth at that, because no matter what happened, he would not fear her. "Who the hell is she to keep Henry from me. He only needs one mother, and I will see to it that he has one mother!"
Regina was looking frantically through her vault for something to help and Snow bent to join her search. "What am I looking for?"
"I'm looking for something to help. I don't know what the hell you're doing!"
"Regina?" Snow asked quietly.
"If it's a hope speech, I'll give you the quarter if you save the speech."
"REGINA!"
Regina looked up but her annoyance turned quickly to shock, Snow held the dark one's dagger in shaking hands.
"How-" Snow murmured, "I thought?"
"The Dark One lies. Killian murmured before looking at Henry. "She didn't have the real one … You knew."
"I just… had a feeling," Henry replied with a shrug. "I know my mom. I could tell, that she wasn't telling the truth."
"I must have sent it here for safekeeping," Regina muttered, a small smirk crossing her lips as she realized that she had out-maneuvered Emma.
There was a cracking sound and the walls began to split, wiping the smirk from Regina's lips in an instant. It seemed in lieu of breaking the enchantment on the door Swan had decided to leave the door where it was and move the rest of the room instead.
"Well, what are you waiting for." Regina demanded, looking to Snow. "Make her stop this!"
"I-" Snow stared down at the dagger, and Killian bit back a curse. He knew nothing good could come of using the dagger, but as the crypt fell apart leaving them in the open, he wasn't sure they had many other options.
"Well then," Emma mused when they were within her view and she saw the dagger in her mother's hands. "You found me out. Now what do you plan to do?"
Snow has found the real dagger! Does she use it to control Emma and force her not to harm Regina?
Yes! Snow can't let Emma kill Regina, even if it means controlling Emma with the dagger.
No! Snow has learned from her mistake in the EF. She will not use the dagger on Emma again.