Rio29

By the fourth day they were on the ridge looking down on the castle.

After the second day they all felt like they were being watched and Snow kept jumping at bird calls.

Any time a crow or raven cawed overhead. She would look to the skies with worry.

Rio assumed it had something to do with Cora. So she shrugged off the behavior to a point.

She took watches now that she knew what to look for and even Emma took a turn.

Snow didn't really sleep easily on that night. Rio caught her watching the blonds back on more than one occasion.

Rio couldn't even imagine what it must have been like for Snow to give up her daughter for all those years.

Sending her into an unknown world with no more protection than a blanket.

The worry alone would have been enough to drive her mad.

Something Regina's curse had unintentionally saved them from.

Yeah it cost them twenty eight years but at least they had her back.

Rio glanced at her sister and smiled wanly. It could have gone the other way quite easily.

It was pure chance and good luck that she had survived those twenty eight years.

Rio smirked when Snow gave her a quizzical look.

Yeah Snow would have definitely had a heart attack over some of the stuff the younger Emma did.

Fortunately for them both only Rio was privy to those secrets.

Possibly Neal but she doubted Emma would have brought up the stint with the bikers or where exactly she learned to boost cars from.

They were coming to a stop soon and they would implement the last phase in their plan.

Rio wasn't looking forward to that part.

Mostly because she saw Mulan as a friend. Which would make it that more difficult to fight her.

She really hoped the woman would avoid her middle in the fight. She really didn't want to hurl on the woman.

That would be just plain gross.

Mulan was picking up rocks in the small clearing. So Rio figured this is where they were going to camp.

As before Rio went with Emma to gather firewood and to finalize their plans.

They waited until they were far enough from the camp to begin talking.

By now they figured Cora knew there destination because Aurora could see the castle clearly just like the others could.

So far the woman had made no move towards them as yet but it was coming.

"So you ready?" said Emma

She bent down and picked up a stick and shoved it into her bundle. Rio nodded slightly.

"As ready as I'll ever be" said Rio

Emma frowned at her.

"You know you don't have to do this, you could just come in with us" said Emma

Rio shook her head no.

"No, for all we know she could be waiting for us there. It's better this way.

Hopefully she will either divide her forces trying to catch both groups or just ignore me in favor of you guys" said Rio

Emma gave her a sardonic smile.

"Gee, thanks I always wanted to be bait" said Emma

Rio chuckled at her sarcasm. Emma had been much too serious lately and Rio was beginning to worry about her.

"Ah, I thought you had enough of that when you were younger" Rio teased

Emma snorted

"Jail-bait isn't the same thing" said Emma

Rio grinned at her for a moment, Emma was happy then she abruptly turned serious again.

"You are certain you can fake this right?" said Emma

Rio nodded.

"What about Hook?" said Emma

Rio's breath hissed in audibly and she reached down to grab a stick to cover the dismay on her face.

She was trying to put the man out of her mind but if Cora was here. Then more than likely he would be as well.

"I don't know avoid him I guess. I can't face him right now.

I don't know what I will do if I have to deal with him face to face" said Rio

"Could you kill him if you had to?" said Emma

She was watching Rio closely but even in the dim light the flinch was unmistakable.

"Maybe but I doubt it. If it came down to him or me then probably but I would regret it" said Rio

Her voice had gone soft and kind of sad. Emma reached out and clasped her hand on Rio's shoulder.

She couldn't hug her because she had a huge pile of sticks in her arms and so did Rio.

It was enough that she wanted to though, at least it was to Rio.

"For what it's worth I'm sorry" said Emma

Rio swallowed and nodded trying to stem the flood of tears that was threatening to flow down her face.

She had no idea why she was so damn emotional lately but she wished it would stop.

"I know can't be helped though" said Rio

Emma sighed and nodded in understanding.

"Come on, we've got enough for tonight. We should head back" said Emma

"Yeah" said Rio

She sounded reluctant and Emma sympathized.

The next few days were bound to be rough on her sister.

Heartbreak usually was.

"Rio?" said Emma

Rio turned back towards Emma because she had already started back to camp.

"Yeah?" said Rio

"Just promise me you'll be careful" said Emma

Rio regarded her sister closely. Even with it nearly dark, she could clearly see the worry on Emma's face.

The woman was afraid of losing her she realized. Rio rushed to reassure her.

The last thing she wanted was for Emma to be distracted with worry.

"I promise I'll be careful all right. Just try to focus on what we need to do to get home" said Rio

Emma nodded and looked sad for a moment.

"I feel bad about this" said Emma

Rio gave her a wry look.

"Okay just a little, you have to admit the girls just a little bit annoying." said Emma

Rio grinned at her.

"Sure you don't want to trade places?" said Rio

She was grinning when she said it because she knew Emma would say no.

Emma shook her head in the negative.

"No, they would never buy that Snow would let them drive me away from the group. No matter what I did" said Emma

Rio nodded yes in understanding.

She knew how resentful of the girl Emma was and she acknowledged the small bit of envy Emma was feeling.

Rio smirked again.

"Would it help, if I promise to hit her at least once for you?" said Rio

Emma grinned wickedly.

"Yeah if Mulan even lets you get that close" said Emma

Rio smiled because Mulan might not have a choice. Rio planned to make this as realistic as possible.

"I'm more worried she'll forget I'm faking and really kick my ass" said Rio

Rio laughed right afterwards because with her training, her and Mulan would be about equal in a fight.

Emma frowned and Rio noted that Emma didn't think that was as funny as she did.

"You can take her right?" said Emma

Rio smirked at her sister.

"But of course, Emma you know I'm not stupid enough to pick a fight I can't win, right?" said Rio

Emma gave her a doubtful look and Rio frowned back at her.

"What?, I'm just worried all right" said Emma

She threw up her hand in surrender.

"Oh all right, come on lets get these things back they are getting heavy" said Rio

Emma sighed in relief and followed her sister back to camp.

Emma dropped her pile near the stone circle Mulan had erected.

Rio did the same and noted Aurora was sitting a few feet away from the woman.

Rio shook the tiredness from her arms and started back towards the others.

It was now or never. It couldn't look like Mulan was expecting it or the plan would fall apart.

Rio passed by Aurora and the girl didn't even look at her.

The others were busy setting up camp and effectively ignoring her.

Rio looked over at Mulan and the woman briefly looked up.

Rio smirked at her wickedly and drew her dagger so Mulan could see it.

Then she lunged for Aurora with the drawn knife.

Aurora screamed and tumbled over backwards.

The knife sliced the air where Aurora had been and chopped a section of the girls hair off.

Aurora screamed again and back peddled from the advancing Rio.

The look on her face convincing the girl Rio meant to kill her. Just as surely as the knife in her hand did.

Rio started over the log to go after Aurora and that is when Mulan finally tackled her.

Rio would have sighed with relief but Mulan knocked the wind from her lungs.

Honestly Rio wasn't sure she would be able to fake a miss the second time.

She had actually gotten lucky, that the girl's fear had made her tumble off the log.

She might have actually misjudged that lunge and hit her otherwise.

Then Mulan wouldn't really be faking this part. They hit the dust and rolled.

Rio aimed a punch to Mulan's gut.

She was rewarded with an umph sound and Mulan released her, so she tried to roll clear.

Mulan grabbed her hair and pulled her back down when she was halfway to her feet.

Rio landed with a grunt and another cloud of dust.

They rolled in the dirt and aimed punches at each other.

Snow quickly moved Aurora away from the combatants and soothed her enough to stop the screams of fright.

Emma just stood there looking like she wanted to help Rio but was unsure if she should do so.

Rio managed to get Mulan off of her for a moment.

During which Mulan had the perfect opportunity for a stomach punch but didn't take it for some reason.

Rio lunged for the knife, which was the unmistakable signal for Mulan to end the fight.

Her hand closed on the hilt right before her jaw exploded in pain.

As her world faded to black Rio noted absently that Mulan had not been pulling her punches.

She woke sometime the next morning still laying in the dirt. The others had all packed up and left.

Rio rolled over and gingerly sat up. Her jaw ached like she had a bad tooth.

She just hoped Mulan hadn't knocked one of her fillings out in the tussle.

Slowly Rio climbed to her feet and looked around.

That is when she noticed the kanji Mulan had written in the dirt near her head.

Mulan had shown her a few so Rio would recognize there meaning if she saw them.

Rio racked her brain for a few minutes trying to remember what she had said.

Her head hurt and she wished again for her purse.

The Tylenol in the first aid kit would be oh so handy right now.

She closed her eyes briefly and willed the pain to the back of her mind, so she could focus.

Once the worst of it had passed she examined the kanji closely.

One part was an apology of sorts. The other was where they were going and a place to meet up afterwards.

The last took her a minute to decipher because it was an admonishment to not forget something.

Rio tossed around the different meanings in her head and anything Mulan would want her to remember.

Finally settling on Aurora's heart. It was the only thing that made sense in that context.

Rio erased the marks with her foot and dug out the pack Emma left for her.

She downed the food and stowed the rest. If this went according to plan.

She wouldn't need anything else in there.

A change of clothes she could do without.

She wanted to travel lightly anyways. She moved forward and stared at the castle.

More than likely they were already inside and so was Cora.

She doubted the woman would leave the cabinet dust behind or anywhere where Killian could abscond with it.

Which meant she more than likely brought it with her.

If she arrived before they did, which she was certain they had. Cora would have been watching for them.

Which meant Rio may have another task ahead of her, when it came to her friends.

Most likely freeing them. That would have to wait until later though.

First thing was first, figuring out where Cora would hide the ashes.

Rio was hoping the woman wasn't keeping it on her. That would make her task that much more difficult.

Rio glanced on the castle and nodded to herself. The tower that would be where she would put it.

Somewhere no one would think to look, like a storage closet or an attic. In a castle that would be a tower right?

Well she sure hoped so. She started walking towards the castle.

Choosing to sneak around the side because she spotted the guards at the front gate.

Proof positive that Cora was here because one of them looked like one of Killian's crew-members.

Rio snuck around the back of the castle and pried off the grate Snow had mentioned earlier in the week.

She slid in through the small opening and walked towards the door at the top of the stairs.

She heard voices. So she stayed put until they passed and slowly opened the door.

The hall was clear so she left the room. She had to duck into rooms three times when someone approached her position.

She held in the sigh and quickly climbed the stairs to the tower.

It took forever to climb all those stairs and Rio had to stop twice to catch her breath.

Damn she wished they had invented elevators in this world.

She finally reached the top and of course the door was locked.

She slid the tools she brought out of her bag and set about picking it.

Her bracelet was warming, so that meant she was right didn't it?

The door clicked open and she walked in cautiously. The room was filled with trunks and baskets.

In the room's center was a wedding dress on a dress makers mannequin.

In one corner was a couple of cabinets. Rio slowly approached them. The bracelet grew warmer still.

She raised the bangle and the air around one of the cabinets seemed to shimmer with something.

Magical protection she mused, which meant she had a limited time to retrieve the dust before Cora was alerted.

On one side of the room was a set of double doors. Rio approached them and looked out.

They led to a crumbling balcony. Rio swallowed that might be her only means of escape.

She checked to make sure the door was unlocked. She approached the boxes and dug into one.

She would need something else to transfer the ashes to and something to replace what she was going to take.

Her fingers brushed against something glass and Rio pulled it free . It was a small empty perfume bottle.

It would have to do. Rio tucked it in her shirt just to see if she could conceal it.

The small bottle fit nicely in the bottom of her bra, neatly concealed underneath her breast.

Now all she needed to do was figure out what to use to replace the dust but first she needed to see it.

Her gaze fell briefly on the dress again and a sparkle caught her eyes.

Rio approached it and lifted up the hem. Along the bottom was what looked like glass beads.

Rio reached for her knife and on impulse cut a bunch of them off.

She set one on a table and crushed it with the heel of an old boot.

It left a pile of sparkling dust on the tabletop. On impulse she crushed the rest.

When they were all crushed she went towards the cabinet. She took a deep breath and opened the door.

The air shimmered again and Rio was reminded of the spell he had on his bookcase.

With a jolt Rio realized it was the same thing covering this cabinet.

Sitting on the shelf behind a few more empty perfume bottles was one filled with sparkling dust.

Rio pulled the stopper on the dust.

Grabbed the bottle out of her top and pulled the stopper.

She poured the ashes into her bottle but it wouldn't all fit.

So she scooped up the crushed glass and poured that in it's place in the bottle the ashes used to be in.

She re-stoppered the bottle and set it on the shelf.

Put the stopper on hers and shoved it in her top. She heard voices outside and ran for the balcony.

She quickly climbed over the rail and shimmied down underneath the balcony.

Clinging to the underside on it's supports, she waited and listened.

"I know, I felt something brush my magic" said Cora

She heard the unmistakable huffing noise she recognized as Killian's.

Rio closed her eyes against the stab of pain that shot through her heart.

Rio heard the cabinet door open and the tinkling of glass as Cora moved the other bottles out of the way.

"It's still there, so obviously you were mistaken witch" said Killian

Rio could almost feel the tension in the room above her and silently prayed Killian wouldn't piss her off further.

Cora made a huffing noise and she heard the cabinet door close.

"Some one was in here I know it. I don't like that she wasn't with them. Something feels off about that." said Cora

Killian snorted.

"You're getting paranoid old woman" said Killian

Cora made a growling noise in the back of her throat.

"Need I remind you captain, just how dangerous your little tart is to our plans?" said Cora

Killian snorted and walked out onto the balcony.

Rio tensed below him and steeled her nerves to look up at him.

He looked sadder than she remembered and a bit unkempt. Almost like he hasn't been sleeping very well.

"Rio is of no threat to us now, just leave her be woman" said Killian

"She is here I just know it, we can not afford for her to interfere with our plans now" said Cora

Killian groaned and looked clearly irritated.

"What do you think she's going to do woman?

Her so called friends have deserted her and now grace the dungeons downstairs.

She is alone here with no more allies to call upon. What more do you want woman?' said Killian

He sounded irritated and just a bit angry for some reason. Cora stomped over to him and grabbed his chin roughly.

"Does she not?" said Cora

She glared Killian down and Rio held her breath. Killian narrowed his eyes at the old witch and his back stiffened.

Rio could almost see the flash of fire in his eyes. So she had some sort of hold on him did she?

Not for long she silently promised.

"My loyalty lies with you, I have more than proven that, we're wasting time here" he said

Cora snorted.

"Your loyalty is for sale as surly as your charms" said Cora

He clenched his fist as if to strike the witch but she turned her back to him.

"We will go shortly, just as soon as you prove your loyalty to me once more" said Cora

Killian's eyes narrowed again.

"No" he said simply and started to walk off the balcony.

"Not that dear captain, there is more than enough time for that on our journey.

No my sweet dear, dear Captain I want you to find her for me. Find her and kill her"said Cora

His eyes flashed in anger.

"We had a deal woman " he said.

"Yes we did, but if you recall dear Captain she chose her friends over you, so the deal is moot" said Cora

"And if I refuse to kill her?" said Killian

Rio's heart leapt he wasn't mad at her. He still cared about her.

Her heart did a little happy dance in her chest.

"Then my dear Captain you stay here" said Cora

Rio heard Cora walk towards the door. The door screeched open and Cora paused in the doorway.

"What if I can not find her?" said Killian .

He was still standing on the balcony and all it would take for him to find her, was to look down.

At the moment, she didn't know what he would do if he did and it terrified her.

Cora sighed and gave an irritated snort.

"Fine then, if you can not find her then we will not worry about her.

We have the compass and the wardrobe dust.

All that is left is a visit to Lake Nostros and we can be in Storybrooke before the end of the week.

Is that not worth at least a check?" said Cora

Rio heard him grumble a curse under his breath and he walked off the balcony.

Rio almost sighed with relief. She waited for awhile before climbing back up on the balcony.

She cautiously inched towards the door and peered out the door.

It was clear but she wouldn't put it past him to be waiting on the stairs.

She inched out the door and made her way slowly down the stairs, until she heard his voice.

Rio paused and waited on the stairs her body pressed against the wall.

"If you find Rio hide her. Then take her back to the ship after we leave, do not let Cora see her" said Killian

He must have been talking to one of his men. She heard Killian walk away from the man.

The man however didn't leave the stairs. Rio inched over to the rail and looked down.

The man was on the next bend from where she stood. So as soon as she rounded that corner.

He would spot her. Rio stood there and debated what to do for half a second.

She decided her only solution was to go over the side and climb down the center.

All she had to do was be careful he didn't spot her and at the same time make sure she didn't fall to her death.

She rolled her eyes and climbed over the rail. Carefully lowering herself down.

She had to really stretch to reach the lower railing and almost fell doing it.

So when she finally got past Killian's man. She used the stairs the rest of the way.

Staying close to the wall so the man wouldn't spot her from above.

Once she reached to bottom, she cautiously made her way down the hall again.

She once again had to hide in those same rooms as she did before.

Rio would be willing to bet he would be waiting for her in the dungeons, where her friends were being held.

Which meant she would have to get her friends past him or wait until he left.

Which he wouldn't do. If he thought she was still wandering around here.

So she had to make him think she was deserting her friends.

An uncomfortable thought but he did already think that Emma and the others had deserted her already.

Would he expect her to remain loyal to them after that? Would he be?

She thought about it. No he most likely would not.

Of course he was still be loyal to her despite the fact she had deserted him.

She wasn't sure what to make of that. Cora had demanded he kill her and he refused.

Was he planning to sneak her into Storybrooke? If so did she dare trust him?

What about her friends? She couldn't just leave them here in fairy tale land?

She would have to sneak out of the castle and leave them here.

She would give them until nightfall to reach the rendezvous.

If they didn't show double back and get them. Cora had the fake compass and a bottle filled with broken beads.

There wasn't much she could do with that combo. Which gave them a limited time period.

To use the real components to get home before she noticed she'd been duped.

Rio stopped at the top of the staircase to the dungeons and debated for a second until she heard Emma arguing with Killian.

He sounded angry and upset.

His words were barbed attempts to make Emma and the others feel bad about leaving Rio behind.

She was actually kind of touched that he was defending her.

"She tried to kill me" said Aurora.

Her voice holding all the contempt of a wronged princess. She sounded like a spoiled brat.

"Oh really, I seem to recall you tried to do the same and she saved your worthless hide" he spat

Aurora gave an indignant gasp.

"Why you..you.. I'm a princess" said Aurora

She said that like, it somehow guaranteed some sort of special standard of treatment

and that he was somehow violating those standards.

Rio smirked because she doubted Killian cared if she was a queen. It was how she acted that he judged her on.

She was pretty sure he found her as irritating as Emma did.

Rio heard voices approaching so she ducked in a closet and listened in.

She heard the sound of boots on the stairs and more voices down with the captain.

"We can nae find er captain, may perhap she done left already" said the crew member

She didn't recognize the man's voice so he must have been new.

Maybe Killian replaced the two crew members they got killed escaping the ship.

Rio lowered her head. That cinched it. He needed to see her leave.

She closed her eyes briefly. If it helped him to move past this so be it.

She snuck out of the room and into the next one. She crossed to the small window in the room.

She climbed out the small opening and started down the wall. She made sure she made some noise doing it.

She heard him suddenly shush his men but kept going.

She let her foot scrape again and heard the window to the side of her and below open.

"Rio?" said Killian

He was looking up at her with a sad look on his face.

She saw him reach back inside and hurried back down the last few feet.

She hit the ground and started running for the woods. He screamed her name behind her.

"FROST" Killian yelled

She turned briefly at the woods edge and gave him a sad look.

"I will not hurt you wait, please" he yelled.

Then she ran away from him. A few seconds later she heard gunfire.

She headed into the woods then doubled back to their old campsite.

Where she followed hers and Emma's path when they searched for firewood.

Then she doubled back again shimmied up a tree and waited until nightfall.

A few minutes later,

she heard crew members searching the woods for her but she guessed none of them were very good trackers.

They lost the trail after a few hours and Rio was able to climb down.

She headed for the rendezvous and waited for a few hours there.

She was just about to give up and go back when they stumbled in the door of the small shack.

Rio was so relieved, she wanted to hug them.

"They didn't follow you did they?" said Rio

"No, Cora called off the search a few hours ago and they left" said Snow

She gave Rio a look and she stepped into the other room. Emma went in with them and they closed the door.

"So did you get it?"said Emma

Rio nodded yes.

"We've got to hurry then, I heard them mention something about a Lake Nostros" said Rio

Snow stiffened in shock.

"I take it you know the place?" said Rio

"Yes" said Snow

"Where are Mulan and Aurora?" said Rio

"Mulan is taking Aurora someplace safe. While we retrieve her heart" said Emma

"I take it, she still thinks I want to kill her?" said Rio

Snow and Emma nodded yes.

"He wanted to kill them you know, once he found out that you weren't with us" said Emma

she gave Rio an unreadable look.

"I take it you talked him out of it?" said Rio

"No not really. You distracted him. He was going to shoot Aurora before you made that noise" said Snow

"Of course that was after we got a speech about honor and loyalty from a pirate" said Emma

Rio sighed and sat down on the small table, rubbing her hands down her face as she did so.

"I wasn't sure he would leave. So I figured if he saw me leave.." said Rio

"It would give us time to escape" said Emma

Rio nodded yes.

"He was hurt, when he saw you run from him" said Snow

Her comment made her feel briefly bad, until she remembered what Cora had wanted him to do.

"She ordered him to kill me and I wasn't sure if he would follow through or not" said Rio

"He did fire at you but only because Cora came out to see what the commotion was.

I think he missed on purpose" said Emma

Rio nodded and then sighed.

"It won't matter, we've got the compass and the dust. We can go home and just leave them here" said Rio

"Yeah but what about Aurora's heart?" said Snow

The woman made it sound like it was their responsibility.

"Do you even know where it is?" said Rio

"Yeah Killian has it. Cora said she was of no further use and Killian caught it before she threw it out the window." said Emma

"So he has it?" said Rio

They both looked at her. She held up her hands, to ward off what she already knew they were going to ask.

"No way uht uh, he's got orders to shoot me on sight" said Rio

"So make sure he doesn't see you" said Snow

Rio gave her an incredulous look surely the woman had to be kidding right?

"She's right he might actually listen to you" said Emma

Rio sighed and looked at the floor

" He might shoot me and or kidnap me.

How do you think I'll fare, when they realise they have a bottle of broken glass beads and a regular compass?" said Rio

"Broken glass beads?" said Emma

"I'll explain later" said Rio

"So what are we going to do?" said Snow

"I don't know. Is Mulan coming back?" said Rio

"Yeah she's going to meet up with us later" said Snow

"Fine, we will decide what to do when she gets here, maybe we can distract Cora long enough to get Killian away from her.

If Cora somehow manages to get a gate working out of that. I don't want him going through it with her" said Rio

They both gave her a pitying look.

"What? If she does she'll be lost between worlds. The guy's annoying sometimes but he doesn't deserve that" said Rio

They both plainly didn't agree with her but didn't say anything about it.

They took turns cat snoozing until morning. They headed out before the sun was fully up.

Making for the small village Mulan had told them she would meet them at. They met Mulan as she exited the village.

"So I take it your friend was still here?' said Snow

Mulan's gaze had fallen on Rio and she paused for a moment, as if unsure where she stood.

"Yeah Chao was still here. He will look after Aurora until I return" said Mulan

"Yeah about that. We still haven't come up with a way to do that yet" said Emma

Mulan looked at Rio

"Why who holds it?" said Mulan

"Hook" said Snow

Mulan froze in shock and turned to look at the other three women.

"Will he give it to Rio?"said Mulan

They collectively shrugged because no one knew the answer to that question.

"They are heading to Lake Nostros" said Rio

Mulan turned to look at her, as if judging what to say to her.

"Can they leave?" said Mulan

"No, they can find north but that's it." said Rio

Mulan looked relieved but was still eying her for some reason.

"What?" said Rio

"You bruise easily" said Mulan

Rio sighed yeah she knew that. It came with having fair skin. Rio shrugged it off

"Light skin tone, it looks worse than it feels" said Rio

Mulan nodded

"Still, sorry I wasn't trying to knock you out" said Mulan

Rio smirked. She wasn't actually mad about it at all.

"Don't worry about it we're cool" said Rio

Emma was looking at the both of them trying to decide something.

"Killian's not" said Emma

They both looked at her.

"She's right, he was very upset with me" said Mulan

Rio nodded.

"I'll talk to him when I get a chance, if I get a chance" said Rio

"You're still the best bet we have for getting the heart back" said Snow

Rio sighed.

"Fine I'll talk to him but I need you guys to make sure. He doesn't kidnap me or something" said Rio

"Rio had the idea of distracting Cora and separating him, so we could talk to him" said Emma

Mulan nodded yes.

"So far her plans have worked. I say we continue to use them" said Mulan

Snow frowned but didn't argue.

"Did you guys get the ink?" said Rio

"No it was a wash. He used it all to write Emma's name over and over" said Snow

Rio gave Snow a worried look.

"Should we worry about that?" said Rio

"Not right now" said Snow

"Hello, standing right here" said Emma

Rio gave Snow a level look.

"We'll deal with it when we get back. I don't appreciate going on a wild goose chase" said Rio

Snow sighed and so did Emma

"You didn't, we did" said Emma