Present day in Neverland…
The search party for Henry is following the map lain out by Peter, "Wait…" Hook holds his hand up to stop them from moving any further, the small party that follows Hook stop behind him, "Hook we don't have any time to stop, we need to save Henry," Emma walks past Hook, Hook grabs Emma's arm, "Trust me love this once, we need to find another way. I told you Pan was a demon but nothing is worse than going that way, that way will lead to the death of us all," Hook starts to make his way back whilst the others merely look at him. Hook realises that they are not following him, he rolls his eyes as he turns around "Look that way is death, this way is life. Your choice but I always choose life," he continues walking away whilst they all wait, "Well this is the quickest way to get to my son so I am going this way," Emma walks on "She's right Hook," Snow walks past Hook and follows her daughter; Regina and Charming follow also. Hook rolls his eyes," When will these people learn that I tell the truth some of the time," he follows them reluctantly and with caution in his step.
They walk some distance along the trail, "Okay everyone I think it would be a good idea to hurry up," Hook glances all around mainly into the canopy of the trees, "Scared Hook?" Charming asks smiling at Hook, "Yes I am, but with good reason. There is a different demon in this area, even Pan fears it. So yes charming I am scared, but with good reason,"
They walk only a small distance and reach a clearing. The party continues to move, yet Hook stays at the side of the clearing, "Hook come on, stop being a coward," Emma says as she stands in the clearing looking at the map. Suddenly her face screws up in confusion "The mark…it's gone…why's it gone?" she shows everyone the map which as she says no longer displays the red cross; panic sets in on all their faces, Hook steps forward, "Because Pan doesn't expect us to live through this territory," Charming draws his sword, "That won't help you here mate. Only running can save us. This way and I suggest moving quickly," Hook leads the way through the jungle, as they run they could hear sounds coming from above, Emma stops and looks up at the canopy, "EMMA!" Hook pulls her, encouraging her to keep running, "Don't stop! You stop, you die!" Hook now runs behind the group, "Keep going straight!" the only advice he can give to them. They all keep running through the jungle, trying to keep ahead of what moves in the canopy, "We're almost there!" Hook shouts from behind. Suddenly the group stops running, in front of them stood a small cohort of boys with weapons drawn. "Lost boys!" Regina yells; Charming reaches for his sword as does Emma, Snow goes to draw an arrow and Regina holds a ball of fire, Hook merely drops to the floor on his knees with his hands up and a hung head, "I wouldn't do that mateys. These aren't lost boys," The search party glances at Hook, Snow follows Hook's example. The others reluctantly give in as well, "You are brave to return here Hook, you know how much our leader despises you," The boys laugh lightly amongst themselves. The boys tie the group's hands and start to drag them through the jungle.
A few minutes into their trek Hook saw that Emma has drawn a knife from her belt, "Don't," Hook, upon seeing her, utters his word of warning, "They'll kill you, no mercy," Hook has been right all this time so she trusts his word. They soon stop and are forced to their knees and to bow their heads, "Hook who is this leader of theirs exactly?" Regina asks trying to not look so offended that she is on her knees, "Something that doesn't like me, something even you Regina should be scared of," a small giggle comes from behind the group, "So kind of you to introduce me Hook," a voice speaks as footsteps creep slowly behind them "But how rude you did not tell them my name, do I scare you that much?" The boys laugh lightly amongst themselves, "I'm sorry, I tried to not come through your territory but these people didn't trust me," the fear in his voice is apprant due to his struggle to speak or move; the footsteps stop behind Hook "I wonder why they would not trust a word that comes out of you Hook, you know the penalty for trespassing," scraping of a sword being drawn, "Please, these people need me! Pan has their boy!" the sword quickly snaps back into its case, "Pan has not captured another boy, I would know," Emma tries to lift her head but a boy pushes it back down, "He's got my son!" the footsteps walk over to where Emma kneels, "Your son? You are here to take back your son?" in the voice there is confusion "Yes, my son, we have all come to get him back," the sword is withdrawn again and Emma's bounds are cut. She slowly stands up and turns to face the leader of this group. There she finds a girl holding a sword by her side, she looks like she was in her teens, "Who are you?" Emma dares to ask "My name is Tigerlilly, I have been fighting Pan for many decades at least I think have. May I know yours? It is not often we find families looking for their boy," Emma takes a deep breath, "My name is Emma. Could I ask you to release the others?" Tigerlilly nods to different boys and the others are cut free apart from Hook, "Why won't you release Hook? We need him," Emma asks, Tigerlilly walks over to where Hook is and pulls him up by his bounds, he winces as it hurts a little, "He knows why I will not release him. He betrayed my trust once and I will not give him that trust back. He will pay the price when I am finished with him," the group closes in together, "We trust him, you don't have to but he has proven himself so far. So please, he's part of our party," Snow is now defending Hook, Tigerlilly glances at Hook, pulls him close to her with her sword brought up to his throat, "You have them trusting you, how rare for you Hook. However if you betray their trust, I will kill you and you know I will do it the moment you betray them," she utters so that only they know what words were spoken. She pushes him into the grasp of one of the boys who cuts his bounds and then pushes him onto the floor, "Thank you Tiger," He picks himself up and walks over to the group who watch his every move, "Me and the boys, shall accompany you for there must be a reason as to why I never knew about this boy's presence on this island," She starts to walk into the jungle the boys slowly follow but some stand behind the group "Come on, she's in a nice mood today, I suggest we take advantage of it," Hook follows the boys and so do the others reluctantly.
