David drives Mary Margaret, Renee, and Jack in his truck to the field of magic beans that's covered with an invisibility spell.
Jack: So why are we here?
Mary Margaret: You'll want to see this, Jack.
Jack is preoccupied about the cryptic warning August gave him before he was transformed into a little boy and lost his past memories. Mary Margaret, David, and Renee pull Jack through the invisibility spell that protects the fields to show Jack the magic beans being grown. There the 7 dwarfs and Anton are working on the fields. Anton sees the crew, and he walks over to them.
Anton: They're not quite ready to be harvested yet.
Jack: So these are the magic beans you were talking about? The ones that create portals to your world?
David: Yeah. We're trying to keep this on the down-low though. That's why Mother Superior cloaked the area for us.
Leroy: (to Anton) C'mon man, get back to work.
Anton: Man, these dwarfs are really serious when it comes to working.
Anton goes back to the dwarfs to continue working on the fields.
Jack: I thought the Enchanted Forest was desolate.
David: Yeah, which is all the more reason to go back. Snow and I need to fix what's happening to our home, especially since the Ogres have come back.
Mary Margaret: And mending our land is the best way for me to move on with what I did to Cora.
David: You should come back with us to our land, Jack. We can help you find Merlin.
Jack: Thanks, but this world is my home.
Mary Margaret: Just think about it, Jack.
David: And if you ever change your mind, you're always welcome to come with us.
In Granny's Diner, Granny gives ten bowls of chili without beans to Leroy, David, Jack, and Renee.
Granny: Got anything against beans?
David: We've had our fill of beans over the past couple of weeks.
Granny: So what are you boys really doing out there?
Leroy: (nonchalant) Just landscaping.
Granny gives him a suspicious look, and Gold comes into the diner. He stands next to Leroy, leaning on his cane.
Gold: Is this seat taken?
Leroy: (suspicious) Why?
Gold: Because I need to have a word with the prince.
David gives Leroy, Jack, and Renee the OK to leave the diner, so they leave Gold and David to chat about Belle's new-found memories of being Lacey.
Leroy: You guys coming?
Jack: Renee and I are gonna talk. Go ahead, Leroy.
Leroy: Alright. See you two around.
Jack and Renee watch Leroy walking off, and they take a seat outside of the diner together.
Renee: So, when were you planning on telling me?
Jack: I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner.
Renee: ...(scoffs) It's alright. I wouldn't know how to tell you either if I found out I was a fairy tale character. I just wish I didn't have to find out through David and Mary Margaret.
Jack: ...I don't know what to do, Renee.
Renee: About what?
Jack: If I should go with them to their world. What if it's not true? What if Gold is mistaken?
Renee: And what if he's right? What if you really are from Camelot? Don't you want to know who you really are? Don't you want answers?
Jack doesn't respond, still torn between his thoughts of staying in the world he's used to or the world where he's supposedly from.
Renee: If it'll make your decision easier, I'll go with you if you decide to go.
Jack looks at Renee, surprised at her offer.
Renee: (smiles) I'll watch your back. Like old times.
Jack: (smiles) Yeah, like old times. Thanks, Renee.
Renee: Of course. Besides, I wanna know who you are just as much as you do.
Jack smiles, and Renee can already tell Jack has decided to go to the Enchanted Forest because of his new-found company.
Renee: Hey, I gotta go pick up Henry at the bus stop. But I'll see you soon so we can figure out who August was warning us about.
Jack: (nods) Alright. I'll be at the station.
Renee walks over to Henry's bus stop as Jack walks over to the station. While waiting for the bus, Renee is reading Henry's storybook when Regina comes and sits on the bench beside her.
Regina: Which part are you reading?
Renee is surprised to see Regina there.
Renee: About Neal. Just wanted to figure out what character he was.
Regina: Were you people ever going to tell me about Henry's father?
Renee: We were going to, but we were too busy trying to stop you and Cora from killing us all.
Regina: Why is he in Storybrooke?
Renee: He wants to spend time with his son.
Regina: He didn't want to spend time with Henry at all in the first ten years of his life.
Renee: Because he didn't know Henry existed. Besides, I'd stop worrying about everyone else and start focusing on being a better person for Henry before you end up losing him for good.
Regina: Why would I lose Henry for good?
Renee just keeps looking through the storybooke.
Regina: What are you not telling me?
Renee: Nothing.
Regina: Trust me, Ms. Walker, I will find out about anything you are hiding from me.
Renee: I'm sure you will, Regina.
Regina storms off, and Renee glances at Regina. She sighs and thinks about going to the Enchanted Forest with Jack. She's afraid to leave this world which she's so accustomed to, but she doesn't want to leave Jack to be alone in his quest either. Renee wants to help Jack the way he helped her before when she was lost.
In the Clock Tower, Hook is being held hostage by Tamara and Greg. Hook is tied down to a chair near the edge of the clock tower where there's a big hole because of the time when Cora pushed Johanna through it. Hook looks down at the quiet town.
Hook: You know, I'm accustomed to this, being a pirate and all. So if what you're doing is meant to be torture, it won't work. And trust me, I've been through much worse torture than this.
Greg: Do you mean the time when Ms. Walker tortured you?
Hook looks at Greg, surprised that he knows about that.
Greg: I was in the hospital too, you know. You don't know that much about Ms. Walker, do you?
Hook looks away, not responding.
Greg: Did you know what her job was before coming here to Storybrooke? She was a top field agent in the FBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Did you know she was responsible for the gruesome torture of two men named Alan Tanner and Alan Wilson? She nearly killed Alan Wilson and would've if it weren't for her fellow agents apprehending her. And not only that, she was responsible for the death of an innocent woman named Marika Donoso who was the sole caretaker of her crippled sister, leaving the poor woman to be thrown out of her apartment and left to live on the streets because she was unable to pay rent. Now that's a cold-blooded crocodile, wouldn't you say? And to top it off, why don't you take a look through this?
Greg holds up Hook's spy glass, and he puts it to Hook's eye. He points the spy glass down to where Granny's is. There, Hook sees Renee and Jack sitting outside, drinking their beer and enjoying each other's company. He sees Renee laughing with Jack, and Hook immediately looks away without a word.
Greg: Funny, isn't it? How love is always the most effective weapon against anyone, even a pirate such as yourself.
Hook: Who says I love her?
Greg: Oh, you don't have to. But I know. I can see it.
Hook: (growls) What do you want?
Greg: I'm just here to offer you a job.
Hook: I already killed my crocodile, so there's no job you can offer that I want.
Tamara: Mr. Gold is alive.
Hook: What? No. I poisoned him.
Greg puts the spyglass to Hook again. He looks through it, and he sees that Gold is alive and happily walking with Lacey towards The Rabbit's Hole.
Greg: You will never get another chance to kill Mr. Gold unless you help us.
Hook: And what do you humans know about killing the Dark One?
Tamara: We know how to kill magical creatures. We've done it hundreds of times before.
Greg: We'll help you if you can help me find my father.
Hook: How do you expect me to be able to find your father?
Greg: Because you know the woman who took him, Regina.
The next day at the Storybrooke Dock, an old fisherman overhears David, Mary Margaret, and Jack discussing whether or not to bring Regina with them when they return to the Enchanted Forest.
David: We can't risk taking her. She is far too dangerous.
Mary Margaret: Henry would want her to come, and despite everything she's done she is still his mother.
David: She won't change, Snow, and she never will. Every time we've offered her another chance, she just goes back to her evil ways.
Jack: Instead of a chance, give Regina a choice. She can either stay in Storybrooke alone or go with us to the Enchanted Forest where she will live out her days in a cell.
Mary Margaret and David: Us?
Jack: Yeah. I'm going to take you up on your offer on one condition. Renee comes with us.
David: Yeah, yeah of course. That's great news, Jack.
Mary Margaret: (smiles) I'm glad you decided to come with us, Jack.
After hearing their conversation, the old fisherman walks away from the docks and transforms back into his true form, Regina. She shakes her head at the idea of living in a cell, determined to do something about it before they can take Henry away from her for good...Meanwhile, Tamara and Renee bump into each other at Granny's Diner, causing the contents of Tamara's purse to fall onto the floor.
Renee: Oh god, I'm sorry!
Renee rushes to help Tamara with her things. Among them, Renee sees that Tamara has a list of numerous Storybrooke residents complete with their Enchanted Forest identities listed beside them. She hands over the list to Tamara and eyes her.
Renee: So how do you feel about Storybrooke?
Tamara: (chuckles) It's a lot to take in. But I'm sure you'd know that better than anyone.
Renee: Yeah. Henry actually helped me get through the craziness of this town.
Tamara: Neal's doing the same for me.
Renee: Do you know what would happen if the world found out about a town full of fairytale characters?
Tamara: Don't worry about me. (smiles) This town's secret is safe with me.
The two part ways, and Renee watches Tamara leaving the diner. Later Renee, Jack, and Mary Margaret are in Mary Margaret's apartment for lunch.
Renee: Jack, I think Tamara is the "she" August warned us about.
Mary Margaret: We shouldn't be discussing these things when Henry's upstairs. He's in hearing range of the conversation.
Renee: (talks quieter) I saw a list fall out of Tamara's purse with everyone's Enchanted Forest names and Storybrooke names.
Jack: I've got one too. Mary Margaret made one for me when I got here. We need better evidence than that, Renee.
Renee: When Tamara said that she could be trusted, she lied.
Mary Margaret: How do you know?
Renee: I could tell. She lied worse than Wilson when he said he didn't know Hodgens.
Mary Margaret: Well whatever happens, don't tell Henry until you know something as fact. We don't want him to resent Tamara in case you're wrong. Listen, I'm gonna go grab some bread from the grocery. Can you two watch Henry while I'm gone?
Renee and Jack: Sure.
As soon as Mary Margaret leaves the apartment, Henry comes downstairs after listening to the entire conversation.
Henry: I want to help.
Jack: You were sitting there the whole time, weren't you? / Renee: Help with what?
Henry: I want to help investigate Tamara.
Renee: Alright, but don't tell your grandmother.
Regina and Hook enter the library and get on the elevator to head down to the subterranean level of Storybrooke.
Hook: Do you think that our constant pursuit for vengeance is the cause of us being disliked? Unloved?
Regina: What makes you say that?
Hook: Nothing. I've just been doing some thinking. After I exact my revenge, it'll be the end for me. What about you?
Regina: After my revenge is complete, I'll have Henry to look forward to, and destroying Storybrooke is a small price to pay for it.
When Hook extends his arm to guide Regina further into the depths, she sees that he's wearing a cuff that once belonged to her mother.
Regina: That was my mother's cuff. I want it back.
Hook: Cora gave it to me so that I could climb the Beanstalk.
Regina: I don't care. It is my mother's and should now be mine.
Hook doesn't want to argue about a cuff, so he allows Regina to take the cuff off of him. She puts it on herself, and the two continue on their journey in the caves.
Hook: Why couldn't you have hidden the trigger in the back of your wardrobe?
Regina: It was meant to be hidden and guarded.
Hook: Who's guarding the trigger for you?
Regina: A friend.
Hook: What friend?
Regina: A friend that's sustained by a spell that allows her to live in whatever form she is currently in. This friend is the reason getting the trigger requires two people. I'll get the trigger while you distract the trigger's guardian.
Hook: What?
Before Hook can argue, Regina pushes him down a steep underground cliff into the lair of Maleficent. After falling, Hook lands into the lair and sees that the ashes of the guardian begin to reform. The ashes of the guardian swirl around until the formerly slayed dragon is resurrected as an undead creature.
Hook: My, Maleficent. You look lovely in earth tones.
He quickly runs away from the shrieking creature. Maleficent lunges at Hook, and Hook manages to swipe Maleficent with his sword. This injury causes even more deafening screams from Maleficent, but the injury is healed as quickly as Maleficent was resurrected. Hook swipes at her again, but this time Maleficent flings Hook across her lair into the rocky terrain. The screams of Maleficent can even be heard up in the higher regions of the subterranean Storybrooke, where Regina is searching for the trigger. She finds the coffin that once held a sleeping Snow White. Regina breaks through the glass coffin and finds a pouch containing what looks like a small black diamond, but it is really the trigger capable of ending Storybrooke...Outside of Tamara and Greg's room at Granny's Bed and Breakfast Henry, Renee, and Jack wait outside in the sheriff's car.
Henry: So what's our operation called?
Renee: We're going to name the operation?
Henry: Yeah. My last operation was "Operation:Cobra", and it was all about breaking the Curse with my mom. This one is about keeping Storybrooke safe from Tamara.
Renee: What about "Operation:Tiger"?
Henry: Nah.
Renee: (laughs) You don't like that?
Jack: How about "Operation:Snake"?
Henry: Yeah, that sounds good!
Renee: Duck!
They all duck in the car when they see someone leave Granny's Diner, but it turns out to be Greg Mendell. They all sit back up.
Henry: I thought by now I'd be having adventures in the Enchanted Forest with my mom.
Renee: Do you want to go there? To the Enchanted Forest?
Henry: Yeah. I wanna see the world where my parents are from. But if only there was a way to get there.
Jack and Renee don't answer, and they look away from each other.
Henry: ...there's a way to get to the Enchanted Forest, isn't there?
Jack: (scoffs) You're a smart kid.
Henry: Duck!
Jack, Renee, and Henry duck again. They see Tamara and Neal finally leave the building.
Henry: (smiles) Alright. "Operation:Snake" is on.
They all walk into the inn, and Jack begins picking the lock of Neal and Tamara's room.
Henry: What's gonna happen when we prove Tamara is evil?
Jack gets the door to open.
Renee: Just stay on the look-out for Tamara and Neal while we take a look inside.
Henry: But I wanna go in too.
Jack: You have to stay out here to see if either one of them comes back.
Henry: What do I do if I see them?
Renee: Hit the door, but make it look like an accident. Like, kick the door or something. Or pretend to bang your head on it.
Jack and Renee walk into Neal and Tamara's room. They begin sifting through their belongings in the room. After coming up empty handed after searching their closet and under their bed, Renee stands up frustrated. She hears a creak below her feet, and she looks down at the floor. Renee hopes that the creaky tile in the floor will yield some evidence. Meanwhile, Henry sees Neal, so he kicks the door. Neal recognizes what's going on because he used to do the same trick when he was a thief. Inside, Renee and Jack hear Henry kick the door. Neal comes into the room and sees Renee and Jack searching, caught red-handed.
Renee: Uh, the door was open so we just came in.
Neal: What's going on?
Jack: Renee and I believe Tamara is lying to you and that she's the person August was trying to warn us about.
Neal: ...so you just break into my room? You realize this is illegal, right?
Renee: Tamara is lying to you, Neal. I saw Tamara's list of fairytale characters.
Neal: I made her the list to help familiarize her with the town.
Jack looks at Renee with a I-told-you look.
Renee: Okay, but there's a loose floorboard that could have some kind of evidence. I promise I'll back off from Tamara if there's nothing under it.
Neal: Fine. Go ahead and look.
Upon Jack and Renee removing the floorboard, it's shown to contain nothing.
Neal: Alright, so you'll back off now?
Regina comes back up to the Storybrooke Library with her trigger and without Hook only to discover that he's waiting for her.
Regina: How did you get out?
Hook: Haven't you noticed? I'm "striking".
Regina: You couldn't have survived an encounter with Maleficent. Not someone like you.
Hook: I excel at survival. I won't let your betrayal put a stop to my plan to skin my crocodile. And I certainly won't let it put a stop to Greg and Tamara's plan either.
Greg and Tamara both come walking into the library with nasty smiles on their faces.
Hook: After all, I owe it to them for saving me from Maleficent. Tamara and Greg have a way of stopping magic, you know.
Regina: Enough with this.
She prepares to destroy them all with one wave of her hand, but nothing happens. Regina tries again, but nothing happens still.
Greg: Magic isn't going to work anymore, Regina. Not with us here.
Regina realizes that the cuff Hook gave her is what's preventing her from using magic, so she tries to take it off but she can't.
Greg: It's able to block your magic, and even if you were to get it off your magic would still be blocked by the machines inside countering all of your magic.
Tamara takes out her list of the names of Storybrooke citizens.
Tamara: Which one is Regina?
Hook: She's the Queen.
Greg: The Evil Queen to be precise. Or should we say she was the Evil Queen, but here she's nothing.
Regina: If this is all in effort to find your father, then you'll be very disappointed because I don't know where he is.
Greg: Yes, you do, but I have a very different mission to accomplish here.
Regina: What?
Greg: (scoffs) Do you really think I'll tell you? Bag her.
Tamara puts a bag over Regina's head and knocks her unconscious. Meanwhile, Henry is eating ice cream with Renee and Jack at Granny's Diner. Renee is really bummed about not finding any evidence against Tamara.
Henry: I believe you about Tamara.
Renee: (looks at Henry) You should.
Jack smiles at Renee's response. It reminds her of her determination that fateful day they met for the first time to stop General Juma's terrorist attacks on the White House.
Henry: (smiles) Once we prove that Tamara is evil, me and the rest of my family can all go back to the Enchanted Forest, right?
Renee: (nods) Right.
Henry: Are you going to come with us, Jack? Mary Margaret and David told me that you're from Camelot.
Jack: Yeah, I decided to go with Renee.
Henry: (smiles at Renee) You're going to come with us too?
Renee: Yeah. Jack's gonna need my help if we're gonna go to a land filled with...what do they have?
Jack: I don't know. Wizards...
Renee: Dragons, maybe?
Jack: Ogres too.
Renee: Yeah, can't forget about those ogres.
Jack and Renee smile at each other, and Henry smiles watching them compliment each other so well.
Chloe O'Brian comes back into her apartment after a long day of work. Morris is awake, waiting for his wife's return.
Morris: Hello, love.
Chloe: (tired) Hey.
Chloe and Morris share a kiss.
Morris: How was work?
Chloe: Terrible. I can't believe working at a cubicle is really this terrible.
Morris: (scoffs) And I'm sure the people you work with are just as boring as they come.
Chloe: Tell me about it. Is Prescott sleeping?
Morris: Yes. I tucked him in an hour ago.
Chloe: Alright. I'm going to say goodnight to him. See you in bed.
Chloe walks into her son's bedroom. She sees little Prescott fast asleep. Chloe smiles at her beautiful son, and she kneels down to his bedside. She kisses her son, and she notices the window is wide open. Chloe walks over to the window and locks it shut. She leaves her son's room and walks to her bedroom...Chloe wakes up sweating from her nightmare. She looks to her side and sees Morris fast asleep. Chloe climbs out of bed and grabs herself a glass of water in the kitchen. She sits on the chair, thinking of her dream. She sees a shadow looking right at her, a shadow of a boy with yellow eyes. It's bidding for her to follow him, and as she walks forward to the shadow she falls into a dark never-ending pit. Chloe shudders at the thought of her nightmare, and she has an urge to check on Prescott. Chloe walks into her son's room and notices the window wide open again. Chloe is frozen as she sees the shadow of a boy with yellow eyes holding hands with her son. The shadow looks right at Chloe.
Chloe: P-Prescott...
The shadow lifts Prescott off the floor.
Chloe: Prescott!
The shadow flies away with Prescott through the window.
Chloe: PRESCOTT! PRESCOTT!
Chloe runs to the window and looks up seeing Prescott flying away hand-in-hand with the shadow to the second star to the right.
Chloe: PRESCOTT! PRESCOTT COME BACK! MORRIS! MORRIS, WAKE UP!
Morris wakes up hearing Chloe's frantic screaming. He runs into his son's room and sees Chloe at the window screaming at the top of her lungs for her son. Chloe falls to her knees shrieking and crying, and Morris runs to her.
Morris: Chloe! Chloe what the hell happened?! Where's Prescott?!
Chloe: (frantically crying) PRESCOTT! PRESCOTT! COME BACK!...
Jack and Renee are at Granny's drinking beer with David and Neal while Mary Margaret and Henry drink iced tea. They all sit at one booth together, enjoying each other's company when Jack gets a phone call. He looks at it and sees that it's from Chloe.
Jack: Excuse me.
Renee watches Jack leaving the diner and answer his phone outside.
Jack: Chloe?
Chloe: (frantic) Jack! Jack you have to help me!
Jack: Chloe? What's-
Chloe: Jack, he took my son! He took my son!
Jack: Chloe, you need to calm down so that you can explain to me what's going on.
Chloe is crying frantically through the phone, and it worries Jack deeply.
Jack: Chloe, deep breaths. Deep breaths, and calm down.
Jack can hear Chloe trying to pull herself together so she can tell Jack what's going on.
Chloe: (deep breath) The shadow took Prescott. He took my son through the window and-and flew away!
Jack: A shadow took Prescott and flew away with him?
Chloe: Morris won't believe me. He thinks that a person's kidnapped Prescott, but I saw it, Jack. I saw the shadow, and it took my son away!
Jack: Chloe, I gotta give you a call back-
Chloe: No! No, goddamn it, Jack, no! I always help you whenever you call me! You need to help me now!
Jack: Chloe, I am going to help you. You need to trust me and wait for my call. I promise you, I will call you the minute I get things straightened out.
Chloe: Jack, don't hang up please-
Jack hangs up because the more he tries to explain to Chloe, the more time Prescott could be in danger. Jack walks back into the diner, and Renee can see something is wrong.
Renee: Jack? Who as it?
Jack: It was Chloe. She said Prescott was taken by a shadow and flew away.
Neal and Renee: What?
Jack: (looks at Neal) Do you know anything about this?
Neal: ...yeah...it's the shadow of Peter Pan.
They all look at Neal.
Neal: Prescott, how old is he?
Jack: I don't know. Young, real young.
Neal: ...yeah, Pan wants him.
Jack: For what?
Neal: I don't know. But when I was there-
Henry: You were in Neverland?
Neal: Yeah. It's a long story. But when I was there, Pan was looking for someone. He's probably still looking, and he thinks Prescott might be the one.
Jack: The one for what?
Neal: I told you, I don't know. But nothing good can come from being in Neverland, especially being with Peter Pan.
Renee: I thought he was supposed to be a good kid.
Neal: (scoffs) No. No, he's not a good kid.
Jack: Is Prescott in danger?
Neal: He could be, he might not be if he's smart. But trust me, Pan is a lot smarter than he looks, and he's ruthless.
Jack: (sighs) I gotta call Chloe. I need to tell her.
David: Wait, wait, who's Chloe?
Renee: A friend. She can be trusted.
Jack quickly steps outside and calls back Chloe. She answers immediately.
Chloe: Jack!
Jack: Chloe, where are you and Morris right now?
Chloe: Morris is talking to the police, and I'm outside my apartment looking at my window.
Jack: Chloe, I need you to do exactly what I tell you. You need to promise me you won't tell anyone where you're going, not even Morris.
Chloe: (whimpers) Jack, what's going on? Do you know what's happening?
Jack: I need you to get in your car and get on the freeway. Head North to Maine.
Chloe: Maine?
Jack: That's where I'm at. You remember my coordinates, right? From the time I asked you to look up Renee?
Chloe: Y-Yeah. Yeah, just a sec. I'm going back in my apartment to grab my keys.
Chloe walks her way back into the apartment, and she sneaks her car keys into her pocket. She quickly runs into her car and opens up her laptop. She searches her history and looks up Jack and Renee's coordinates.
Chloe: Alright. I've got your coordinates.
Jack: Good. Now drive. And remember, Chloe. Don't tell anyone where you're going. Not even Morris. Do you understand me?
Chloe: Yes.
Jack: Alright. Call me when you're 20 miles away.
Chloe: Alright.
Jack: And Chloe.
Chloe: Yeah?
Jack: Everything's gonna be fine. I promise you, we'll get Prescott back.
Chloe hangs up and starts to drive North to Maine without saying a word to Morris...After hours of driving, Chloe sees she's about 20 miles away from Jack and Renee's location, so she calls Jack. Jack stirs awake, asleep in the sheriff station with Renee on the bunk bed above him.
Jack: Chloe?
Chloe: Jack. I'm 20 miles from your location.
Jack: Alright. Just keep driving, and you'll see a sign that says Welcome to Storybrooke. I want you to enter the town, and I'll be there to greet you.
Chloe: Alright.
Jack hangs up, and Renee climbs down the bunk bed to sit by Jack on his bed.
Renee: Is she almost here?
Jack: Yeah. Let's go greet her-
David: You guys!
David and Mary Margaret come running into the sheriff station in a panic.
David: The beans are gone. They're all destroyed!
Jack and Renee look at one another.
Renee: Go get Chloe. I'll deal with the beans.
Jack heads off into the sheriff's car while Renee goes with David and Mary Margaret to the fields.
