'Belle, a gun?' Gold asked incredulously. Belle hated guns and violence.

'As much as I would want you to not need it, it seems unavoidable now. Merida is more important than your dependence on it.'

Gold took the revolver with shaking hands. He hasn't fired a gun for five years. Few months ago Regina gave him one, but he didn't manage to use it. He still was ashamed of how Glass' people ambushed, disarmed and knifed him. Apparently he wasn't good at that anymore. Zelena promised him gun in the future, but wanted to wait until she'd be sure that he wouldn't just shoot her first thing after getting it. And she was quite right.

'So, what now?' Belle asked coldly.

Gold sighed.

'Alright. But you stay here.'

'How do I know you would do what you're supposed to do then?'

That hurt and Gold lowered his eyes.

'You don't,' he said simply. He heard her sigh sadly.

'I never know, is that right?'

Gold wasn't sure what she meant by that, but nodded, it was true.

'So, what are we going to do?'

He looked up. She had tears in her eyes.

'I don't know, Belle.'

'Let's go. Please, Robert. Is it really that dangerous, what you are going to do, that you can't trust me to go with you?'

'I don't want to take any risks.'

'You can't force me to do nothing just to protect me... You know, almost everybody else is doing it too.'

'But sometimes the danger is bigger.'

Belle shook her head.

'I don't think this danger is bigger than the danger of having your husband hurt you. It's just a different sort of danger.'

It hurt.

'If the one danger proved to be real, Belle, the second one can be real too.'

'Yes, but I'm learning that sometimes the danger isn't as horrible as I think it is. And it might be worth the risk.'

'What...?' He couldn't hear her right.

'I was very afraid of you hurting me. That was the main reason I wanted a divorce. Not because of what you already did, thought it surely hurt too, but because of what you might do in the future. But here I am, scared that you could get killed. And I'll gladly finish this conversation later. When we help Merida. Because if you don't do anything to help, I will think that my fears were justified and that you are this selfish man who thinks only about what is important to him, disregarding other people.'

'Belle...'

'So? What would that be?'

Gold stood up.

'We can go to the secret vault built by Cora. I think Zelena doesn't know about it. If Cora hid plans of this place anywhere, it would be there.'

'Why wouldn't you tell this to the police?'

'There... might be more than I want them to learn,' he admitted.

'About what?' Belle sounded impatient, suspicious...

'About Regina of course. I don't want them to have anything on her.'

Belle looked like she wanted to yell at him, but eventually she contained her emotions.

'Fine,' she said coldly. 'Let's go. By this time I wouldn't be surprised if Zelena didn't take Merida through sewers and far away from here.'

'I don't think so. That exit is unused, shut down, it would take some time for them to open it and the police run to look for Merida pretty quick. You can ask Merlin.'

Merlin confirmed that Zelena and Hades with Merida were most probably still in the house.

'Where is that vault?' Belle asked when they carefully stepped into the maze.

'Where no one would look for.' Gold smiled weakly. He led Belle up the dusted, narrow staircase, the only light being from police lantern they borrowed. The staircase led up to the official part of the building, but in the middle of it there was a mirror on the wall, seemingly to aid on the way down to the ballroom. Gold touched the frame in a few places. 'Mirror, mirror...' he said with a sad irony.

Something clicked, the mirror easily slid to the side. When Gold spotted a flash of light from the inside, he immediately shielded Belle with himself, even if he almost overbalanced and fell down the stairs.

'Why, hello,' said the familiar voice from the inside. 'Come in, before the police would see.'

'Regina?' Gold stepped inside and Belle followed him. The door clicked behind them.

It was a weird and claustrophobic place, filled with cabinets and drawers, designed to store the most items in a smallest space.

'What are you doing here?'

'I came for my mother's things. What better time than when everyone's busy downstairs. Only, I didn't expect them to be busy with police. Did they catch my sister?'

'No,' Gold said darkly. 'Zelena and Hades abducted one of the policewomen, the one who was here incognito and let the cops in.'

Regina raised her eyebrows.

'I take that it was your plan. I see you've been busy. What do you need from here?'

'A plan of this place. We need to know where did they hide.'

Regina produced the paper form one of the key-locked drawers.

'You may look, but this can't be shown to the police. This vault is on the plan.'

'What difference it makes to you?' Belle asked. 'You're taking the things and leaving.'

'Oh, I can't take everything today, there's too much. I've been coming here for a few weeks actually. I need to take everything before Zelena discovers this place.'

'Alrigh, I think I have it,' Gold said, returning the map to Regina.

'Say hello to my sister and that hit man of her,' Regina said in disgust. 'I wish I had some more dirt on them to sell to the police. It would be a perfect cherry on top. And I'm sure the dirt exist, Hades is a killer.'

'I know,' Gold said softly.

'Yes, I guess you know. Pity there's no evidence.'

They left Regina in the vault, busily filling suitcases with documents, jewelery and gods know what else Cora stashed in the cabinets. Probably the most expensive alcohol on Earth.

'Okay, Belle. Now we tell the police where they may be. And we let them work.'

Belle frowned but didn't say anything and Gold was thankful for that. She could have very easily remarked on how unusual it is for him to trust police do their work.