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Cath was pacing back and forth on the main deck, Jack was watching her, "Can you please stop that my love?" he said calmly and looked at her.
She stopped, "Aasia should be back!" she said and looked seriously back at her husband.
He stretched out his arm and reached his hand out to her, "Don't you worry, she'll be here."
Cath sighed and took his hand; he stroked it gently, and placed a soft kiss on top of it. She smiled softly as he pulled her in for a hug; it felt comforting to her. A second later they heard a familiar voice; "Am I interrupting something?" it was Aasia.
Cath and Jack pulled apart instantly, "oh my god! Aasia! I was so worried!"
Aasia was still a fairy, so Cath hurried to find a blanket, knowing what would happen when she shifted back.
Meanwhile, the others had joined them on the main deck, including Regina, holding the baby. They all watched as a golden light appeared around Aasia, Cath was holding the blanket around her, and with that, Aasia was human again. The fairy clothes didn't fit humans, so Aasia wrapped the blanket tight to her body.
Aasia had successfully talked to the fairy queen, who had helped her figuring out how to find Henry. "We found that he probably is in the northern part of Neverland. Where Peter Pan keeps the youngsters." Aasia said.
Emma seemed a little skeptic, was it that easy?
Cath registered the thought, "Well, I'm sure the fairy queen warned you about the dangers along the way? And then again, we don't know the exact location of Henry." she said.
Aasia just nodded seriously, "It will take days for us to reach it." Hook added. Only Hook, Cath and Jack knew the dangers along the way, dangers that would only exist here, and nowhere else.
"And your son?" Snow asked and looked at Cath and Jack.
"He'll catch up with us, so they'll be right behind us." Jack answered.
Emma found some comfort in that statement; then they won't be all by themselves.
No one said anything else, most of them just stood there.
Jack broke the silence; "We'll need all hands on deck to get there as fast as we can."
Everybody did what they were told, and she ship started moving forward quickly, Hook by the wheel.
They had been sailing for a while, when they suddenly heard singing, Jack and Cath exchanged worried looks.
Regina registered it; "What's wrong? What's that singing?" Neither Cath or Jack said anything, they just signaled for her to follow them and join the others.
Hook had the same look on his face, he started talking, "What you're hearing, ladies and gentlemen, are mermaids."
Emma's jaw dropped, "Seriously?"
Cath nodded, "Yes, but, here they are probably not like the mermaids you have heard of in fairytales. These mermaids are... Well, dangerous."
Now Snow and Charming both looked concerned, they'd only heard about this.
"So, that means, that you do not fall over board, then you'll… get eaten." Jack said.
"And here I thought that sharks were the real danger…" Emma said sarcastically.
Mermaids in Neverland were monstrous creatures, like vampires of the sea. They would lure the pirates just over the edge of the ship, and then drag them down the bottom of the ocean, until they drowned. If the pirate were to be a woman, like Cath, the mermaids would just grab them when they got too close to the railing; curiosity was a dangerous quality here.
Cath paced back and forth in front of the others; then she suddenly stopped. "Mark my words; no one will be spared if you fall overboard."
No one said anything, until Emma started speaking; "So how the hell do we get out of this?"
Cath stayed silent, Hook answered instead; "One detail Cath left out love, was that if we don't get away from here fast enough, they'll drag the whole bloody ship under."
Emma's jaw dropped again, so we're doomed? she thought.
Cath heard it of course. "Well, not quite doomed, yet." Cath's eyes wandered to Regina, "We have to get this ship moving as fast as we can, we can do that, but we need magic, a lot of it."
Cath paused and Regina simply nodded. "Considering I have this much magic," she said while gesturing about an inch of space between her fingers. Before she could continue, Jack took her hand, and their hands started glowing.
"What's she saying," Jack continued, "is that we need all the magic we can get."
Both Jack and Cath reached out their hands, Emma took Jack's and Regina took Cath's hand. The four of them turned around and faced the front of the ship. Jack looked from one side to another and said; "Are you ready?" They all nodded and concentrated for a moment, before Cath almost shouted; "Hang on!" The ship shot forward, and caught everyone off guard. Only a few seconds later, they were far from where they started, away from the mermaids it seemed.
Everyone was lying on the floor as Aasia came stumbling out of her cabin with Lekina close to her chest, "What was that!?"
The thought hit Cath, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry! I totally forgot to tell you!"
Aasia looked irritated, and she answered through gritted teeth, "Yeah right..."
It was quiet for a moment, when Emma burst into laughter. Everyone shot surprised looks at Emma, who was still laughing; slowly the others joined, and started laughing as well, even Aasia. "You should've seen your face!" Emma said between breaths.
The laughing subsided, and Cath looked to her side, and was surprised not to see her husband. She quickly looked to the other side, he wasn't there either. Cath quickly got up, "Jack?" No one responded. Panic hit her, "Jack?" She called again, this time louder.
She felt a hand on her arm, it was Regina, "What is it?" she said.
"Jack..." was the only thing she could get out. Cath ran to the railing of the ship, and gazed over the still water ahead of her; "Jack?" She shouted.
The others stood there as well, looking for him. Then she saw it, a lifeless form floating in the water.
Cath climbed over the railing and once again shouted his name before diving into the water. Charming jumped in after her; she was a quick swimmer. Cath reached the form in the water, a part of her hoped that it wasn't him, but when she turned the body around, disappointment hit her, it was Jack. She whispered, "Jack..?"
Charming reached her side, and said; "Maybe it's not too late."
Cath nodded while the tears ran down her face. They swam back to the ship, and Hook threw a rope down, Cath took a hold of it, and dragged herself up, then her husband.
Jack was still unconscious; Cath had been too shaky to feel the pulse, so Snow had offered to do it.
Regina sat down on her knees next to Cath, and gently put an arm around her, she could feel Cath shaking from the sobs she let out.
Snow looked up at Cath and nodded slowly, then smiled; "He has a weak pulse."
Cath burst into tears and Regina could feel Cath's body relaxing again.
Cath got to Jack's side and gently stoked his cheek, and bent down and placed a soft kiss on his lips.
His eyes fluttered, and then opened, "My love" he said as he reached his hand up to her cheek.
Cath started crying again, this time tears of relief and happiness.