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Italic: Character's thoughts at the moment, or emphasis of a particular note of fact.

Previously on This Thing We Have:

"So where in New York are we headed?"

"Manhatthan."

"Why can't I come with you?"

Whales checks in on Hook to find his bed empty.

With the Savior, the shawl, tickets, suitcases, and money, Gold and Emma got in his Cadillac and headed towards the airport. They were a few minutes close to the town line and an uncomfortable silence had already settled between the two. Neither needed the power to read minds to know what the other was thinking. This is going to be a long trip.

No longer able to bear the silence, Emma decided she would try and fish for answers from Mr. Gold. She already made a list of questions while packing.

"So, your son. What's his name?"

"Don't know."

"Don't kn-how can you not know your own son's name!"

"I know his name. However, I can say its safe to assume he had chosen a different name to go by here in this world and I don't know it. His name back home was Baelfire."

"Baelfire. Okay. Do you know how old he is now?"

"No."

"Do you know anything that can help?"

"No." Emma soon realized that he wasn't much of talker and considering what he has just been through, he probably didn't want to go into his life story. Even if she was a little curious. Instead, she settled for some more uncomfortable and awkward silence. Yes, this is going to be a very long trip.

Whale wasn't sure how many people he ran over as he dashed through the halls and headed towards Belle's room. Four, maybe five. He thinks he might have even slipped on some food. When he reached her room, he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding as he saw the Beauty laying sound asleep in the hospital bed. Her health looked as if it was returning. Vitals, blood pressure, temperature, everything looked fairly normal for her wound and recovery. She was safe. Where is Hook?

"Doctor, are you okay?" He turned to see Ruby in another one of her scandally clad outfits. "Have you seen Hook?" Ruby's eyes widen as she answered, "No. Is he missing?"

"Yes, I went into his room to check up on him and he wasn't there. Neither were the handcuffs we had him in."

"Well, I stepped away for a second to get a drink. It's my turn for guard duty. I haven't seen him today. I'll call David and let him know he's gone. How is she doing?"

"She's doing great. She seems to be making some remarkable physical recovery."

"That's great." The relief of her friend's health was clearly heard in her voice. As Whale went off to check other patients, Ruby started calling David.

The rest of the road trip to the airport was the same as before. Silent. Once they had gotten inside the airport, Emma had to help Gold with the security check-out. She understood that this was his very first time on a plane, however, she did not expect him to be so reluctant. After much coaxing and preventing him from impaling a man with a cane, they managed through and found a seat near the gate.

It would be thirty more minutes before they were able to board the plane and within the first five minutes, tired of sitting, Gold decided to pace.

"We'll find him." Gold only smirked at the sheriff.

"We will."

"You know, Ms. Swan? I do believe young boy Henry is starting to rub off of you. You never had that kind of faith before."

"Yeah, well I think I'm getting it from my parents too, unfortunately."

"Why unfortunately?" Emma didn't expect him to ask. She wasn't even sure what he was asking.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you seem to have a very strong aversion towards believing and faith. Coming from a family who are too optimistic for their own good, I find that odd."

"When you've been in as many foster homes as I have, you realize that faith is like-"

"Magic? You can't always rely on it?"

That sounded about right to her. "Something like that. I've worked in a job where you need hardcore proof and evidence before you believed in something. Faith just doesn't work for me." She spoke with confidence as she watch Gold sit back down after pacing for a few minutes.

"Well, unfortunately for me, that's all I have right now." Emma never thought she would feel a pang of sympathy for him. This was Mr. Gold after all, but that statement sure did have her feeling sorry for him. This was a man who seemed to have lost a lot of things in his life. First his son, now the women he loved. What, or who else did he lose? She started to see why he was the way he was. It started making sense.

"I'm sorry about Belle. It wasn't fair."

"It never is."

"Odd coming from a man who makes deals for a living." Gold only looked at her at the corner of his eye. "Hey, if you don't know your son's new name or how old he is, how do you know he is in Manhatthan?"

"There is a rare blood globe."

"Blood globe? Sounds a little gruesome."

"Not as much as you would think. With a drop of your blood, it shows you the location of anyone blood related to you. Manhatthan is where it showed." *

"So, what do you plan to say to him when we find him."

"That's not part of the deal."

"Hey! I am here to help you find your son. I think I sure know what's going to happen."

"Not everything." When she saw that Gold was starting to get a little hostile, she decided to back off from the son subject.

"How did you and Belle fall in love?" If looks could kill, the one Gold shot her would have obliterated her. Okay. Things I'm not allowed to talk about. Baelfire and Belle.

For the rest of the waiting to board, they were greeted with even more silence.

"Hey Ruby. How is she doing?"

David had gotten Ruby's message about Hook missing and found himself rushing to the hospital. Gold's threat kept popping in his head. He hated how everyone, even himself, was cowering at the thought of the threat. He understood that Gold was upset with Belle being in a coma, he would be too if Mary-Margaret was, but he didn't feel that the threat was real. So why is everyone, even me, afraid when we think about it? Gold's words from earlier that day rang in his ears. Because he had to realize who had the power. In this town, that was Regina and Gold. When it came down to the two of them, Gold won with a landslide. David remembered that despite being locked up when the curse came, Gold had planned everything from the start, and that alone showed how cunning and powerful he could be. David knew the threat was real, even if he didn't like it.

"She's doing fine. Whale says that she's actually healing very well."

"That's great. What do you know about Hook?"

"I'm not sure. Whale sent some nurses to find him but I haven't heard anything. You would think he would have a very hard time getting free with one hand."

"Yeah. Meaning someone set him free."

"Who would do that?"

"I don't know. Right now, we have to find him. Do you think you can track him?"

"I can try."

"Alright. Call Leroy to guard Belle and than meet me at the docks. Let's start looking there."

"Got it."

It was two minutes to lift-off and Gold and Emma had found their seats on the plane. The last so many hours of Gold's life were his best and his worst. He did it. He had gotten the curse broken and now he was on his way to find his son. Everything he has done for the last 300 years has lead to this moment. But would it be enough? Of course it was enough. He would get his son back. He and his son would come back to Storybrooke and get a second chance at being a family, the family Baelfire needed at the beginning. He would have his son and Belle. Belle. What if she never wakes up? No, she would. He would work day and night to find a way to wake her up. He lost her once, he wouldn't lose her again. No matter what magic he had to use to get her back.

He than came to a terrifying realization. He always spoke about magic coming with a price to everyone. However, he never really had a reason to worry about the price when he believed that both Bae and Belle were gone from his life. He always believed that the price for the curse was finding his son. Not so much as a price as it is an award. But Bae didn't like magic. It was one of the things that tore them apart. Not one of the things, the thing. How would Bae react to him using magic again if he came back to Storybrooke? If he needed to use magic to wake Belle up, he would lose Bae. If he didn't use magic, for Bae's sake, to wake Belle and she never woke up, he would lose Belle. After 300 years, he finally found the price to is magic. Bae or Belle. The price he had to pay to keep them both, was magic. A crutch he couldn't walk without.

All Gold could do was close his eyes, sit back, and pray for the plane to land quickly. The sooner he got to Storybrooke, the sooner he could figure this out.

You've heard him say it plenty of times, but who knew exactly how steep the price is. This is a real Sophie's Choice paradox we have here. Please review! Thank you.

There has been some questioning out there on the internet if Bae was really Gold's son. Some people think that Milah might have slept around when he went to war. The blood globe is the answer. You're welcome.

Next time: Gold and Emma find Bae. Hook is still missing. Belle's health takes a turn for the worst.

I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE a happily ever after for my OTP Rumbelle. Promise! It's one of those stories where it gets worse before it gets better. Please bare with me.