Chapter 21: Like a Burning Inferno
AN: This is going to be a long chapter and I hope that it's worth it. Guess what next chapter will be about, the hint is at the end.
Emma has drawn a map in the sand with a stick as a means of helping them visualize their plan to save Henry. She points out where they're keeping him, in Pan's compound... "According to Tinker Bell," the former fairy finishes, as she walks around gathering wood for them. Emma says she knows, but it's still weird to say. The blonde tells the other blonde that "Tink" is fine, but Emma comments that she's not sure that's any better. She recounts what Tink said about there being sentries positioned across the front of the camp, which is why they are going to come in through the back entrance. Tink will talk her way in, and once she makes sure that the coast is clear, they're going to sneak on in. Tinker Bell points out that they're still going to deal with any Lost Boys once they're inside, to which Regina replies, rather snidely, that she thinks they can handle a few children with pointy sticks. Tink remarks that it's not the sticks they need to worry about, it's the poison they're dipped in. This prompts David to exchange a look with Hook... Mary Margaret points out that Hook warned them about Dreamshade, and as the former fairy starts to explain what happens with one nick of that, David gets up and interrupts her, claiming that they got it. He then asks when they can get started on that rescue mission, and Tink says that she's ready to go... just as soon as she tells them the exit plan. They all look dumb. "You do have an escape plan, don't you?"
"Not exactly but we do have a back-up plan for one if we can't find our first escape plan." Captain Hook says.
"What is the back-up plan?" Tink asks, curious thinking that they both might be on the same page.
"We need to find her as she has powerful light magic and can make a portal." Hook said looking between his wife and Tink. As Emma hears this she nods, agreeing to use their daughter as a back-up plan, if needed, be.
"Unfortunately, Pan has captured her recently and is locked up in a wooden crate. Peter Pan has plans for her and I don't know what he's planning to do." Tink says sadly speaking of her friend that she has come to like throughout the years ever since she arrived in Neverland. Though she is curious how does Captain Hook know of her?
Tink claims that they don't get, and then pulls something out of her satchel to show them - a wristwatch. She asks if they know what is - Emma points out it's a watch. Tink says she got it from the people who brought their son there for Pan. This provokes an instant reaction in Emma, who gets up and asks her where Greg and Tamara are, and why they'd give her that. Tink says she got it off the girl's body. Emma is stunned... Tink, putting it back in her satchel, goes on to say that she spent half the night cleaning the blood off it, and adds that there wasn't much left of the other guy to find anything useful in him. This provokes an evil smirk in Regina... Tinker Bell uses this scenario to prove her point: this is what Pan does to people he employs, so what is he gonna do to them should they cross him? She then says she's not sticking her neck on Pan's chopping block without a way off that island. She starts to leave, as she tells them that, when they figure that out, they can get her where she lives.
However, before she leaves, she calls out to Hook and he notices how she is walking a little way off the campsite knows that she wants to talk to him. Unknown to them Emma is following them, knowing what Tink wants to find out about involves her as well. They're going, to tell the truth to her.
"Hook how do you know about her? I know for a fact you haven't talked to her or know her as she was caged, and I was the only access to her besides while you were here years ago. How do you know about Felicity?" Tink immediately swarmed with questions and knowing the facts, she wants to know how he knows about her. As Felicity is someone who she helps and is a good friend, she is protecting her.
However, Killian Jones didn't answer her instead, he hears his wife, saying loudly to both making her presence known. "She's our daughter."
Tinkerbell looks at them, as in taking in their appearances and trying to see Felicity between them, as she sees it, she now knows that they're her parents. She was about to laugh because it seems impossible as she knows who Hook is, now it seems she doesn't, he may have the same pirate garb on but something about him as changed and is molding to a person that she doesn't know. This is the reason why she looked at them, seeing if she sees Felicity in them and she did. Though she is bloody curious. She only said one thing and that was, how.
The short story was told as Killian explains how he and Emma were cursed to forget ever since she came into the Enchanted Forest which was when she was seventeen years old and stayed there for almost two decades, almost eighteen years as they had a happy life in those years until the Dark One had to put everything back into course involving him becoming Captain Hook and blocked their memories. Tinkerbell was shocked, and not an everyday emotion she gets to show, as answers were getting filled in, how everything now makes sense, she can feel her sympathy for them. Before she left, she told them that she is caged again and even told them she can't visit her like before, as Pan told her to and tells them a warning that Pan sees and hears everything. Then did Tinkerbell left as Killian and Emma stare at each other before they left back to the camp.
There Mary Margaret is frustrated that their new aid is leaving, and David says he'll get her and bring her back, but Emma stops him, claiming that she's right. She goes on to say that if there is one thing, she's learned it's to never break in somewhere unless one knows a way out. Regina asks her if she learned that in bail bonds person school, and Emma answers that Neal taught her that. Regina doesn't reply. David turns to Hook, reminding him that he got off the island before. Hook confirms this, and explains that he left on his ship, which would require some sort of magic to create a portal, which he got from Pan... in a deal, he doesn't think Pan's ready to repeat. Regina asks if no one's ever left the island without Pan's permission, and Hook points out that one man did: Emma's partner-in-crime, Neal... Emma asks how, and Hook says maybe they can find out. He then leads the team elsewhere.
The group reaches a hideout in the woods, fashioned into the rocks and sealed with a sliding door. Regina asks what it's supposed to be, and Emma asks if Neal swung out of Neverland in a vine. Hook asks that someone be kind enough to give him a hand, and suggests that the savior does, but David steps in instead, holding Emma back. The two men make their way to the door and Hook tells his mate that he doesn't look so hot, as they start pulling on a rope to bring the sliding door up. David replies that such a thing isn't easy in that damn jungle, but that he's hot. This said he sort of pushes Hook out of the way and finishes opening the door. Hook says, "Ladies first", and the women start to enter the cave. Once they're in and David starts to go after them, Hook stops him and asks him how much longer he thinks he can keep up this charade, and whether he doesn't think his family deserves to know that he's going to die. David asks him why he cares, and Hook asks him why he doesn't. David wonders what the point is in telling them when there is nothing, he can do to stop the poison and there is no hope. Hook says that if there is one, he's learned from them hero types is that there is always hope. David asks his "mate" if there is something, he isn't telling him, and Hook replies that hope and reality are worlds apart. Hook told him the truth, he's not gonna make it off the island alive. David says that this is between them then, and the only thing they need to worry about saving is Henry. David then enters the cave, pushing Hook as he does.
Inside the cave, Emma calls out for Hook, as she and Mary Margaret look at the walls. The men enter the premise and the blonde asks the pirate what that place is and what they are doing there. The captain tries to use his hook and rock to light a fire on a torch, but David simply uses his pocket lighter. Emma then notices the drawings on the walls and realizes that Neal lived there. Hook confirms this, going on to say that Baelfire spent some time in Neverland when he was a boy, and that was his home. Mary Margaret asks him if he thinks Bae may have left a clue as to how he escaped there, and Hook says, "Well, let's hope so. Or we'll be lost just like he was." Emma continues to look around.
Emma is seen looking at the drawings on the walls of Bae's old cave, admiring them. Hook asks if she's spotted anything important, and she can't tell yet. She then points out that she didn't even know Neal liked drawing, which Hook says he got from his mother. A silent moment ensues. The rest of the crew scavenge the cave, looking for anything useful, as Emma hopes that he did leave something useful there, such as a map. Emma asks that David hand her a candle, which he does, lighting up a candle that is contained inside one half of an empty coconut shell. She asks Hook if he's had any luck, and the pirate makes it clear that he hasn't. Emma holds up the candle to the walls, passing by drawings of the entire Darling family as he knew them, as Hook tells her that there are other drawings in the far wall but as far as he can tell that's all they are, probably just a way to pass the time and keep him occupied. Emma realizes that Hook knew him well, and the captain reminds her that he and Bae spent some time together. She doesn't know how to react, and he asks her if she's alright. Emma says it looks like he's right, they're just a bunch of pictures, and she then turns to Mary Margaret and asks what it is she's examining. Her mother answers that they are just some cups and bowls Bae fashioned from things he found, and David holds up another half of an empty coconut shell, unsure of how good a cup it could have been since it's filled with holes. Mary Margaret opines that maybe it was a small colander, and Regina replies sarcastically that surely young Baelfire cooked a lot of pasta as a pre-teen. Her old nemesis gives her a look. Emma examines half of the shell and tells them to hold on. She asks Hook to snuff out the torch, which he does, and then she puts the half on top of the other half she was holding that contains the lit-up candle. The light from the candle emerges through the holes on the top half of the coconut lamp, and Regina asks if she's supposed to be impressed that he made a night light. Emma looks up at the ceiling and tells them to do the same, which they do. The light reflects above them, forming little dots over them. "Stars..." Mary Margaret says, with a smile. Hook says it's a map, and David asks where to. Emma, smiling with hope, says, "Home..."
The group is still seen to be admiring the star map that's imprinted on the ceiling above them, emerging from the coconut lamp. Mary Margaret asks Hook how he can be sure it's a map, and the pirate recounts that there was a short time in that realm when Bae was aboard his ship, and he taught him to navigate using the stars, so what they're looking at is the fruit of Hook's labors. Regina thinks he can read it, but Hook sadly denies this, which catches Emma's attention. David reminds him that he just said he taught Bae how, but Hook explains that he also taught him that the key to be a pirate is secrecy. The best captains conceal their maps in codes, and Bae was an apt pupil. Mary Margaret points out that he's saying the only person that can read that map is Neal... and Emma states that means the only person who can read it is dead. Emma can't even tell him how angry that makes her, or how much it hurt when he left her, or how terrified she was when he came back because she knew the moment, she saw him that she never stopped loving him in one form. Emma says all this trying to fight back the tears and is eventually forced to leave her parents' side so that she may go and break down by herself. Mary Margaret is hurt by her daughter. David tries to comfort her, saying Emma will be okay, and that they have done everything they can. Snow tells him that's the problem, she has no idea how to comfort her daughter, it is the first thing a mother learns, and she doesn't know-how. David says he feels the same way, but Emma is upset. Mary Margaret isn't pleased to hear this, asking him how they could even blame her, for if he died, she would not be able to move on. This triggers something in David, who tells her that she must. She is confused, and he tells her that every day they are in Neverland something bad could happen, and if it did, to him, he'd want her to move on, to continue to be happy. Snow touches his face and says that's sweet, but nothing is going to happen to him, not while she's there. She hugs him, and David looks guilty.
While Henry is waking up at Peter Pan's campsite confused at what has happened today as he thinks he saw Neal who still incessantly believes he's his son when Henry knows the truth and knows he's not. He thinks that Neal tried to save himself along with Mr. Gold, but he doesn't remember much and with that thought remembers is Neal, Baelfire supposed to be dead. He wonders what had happened wondering if she got hit on the head because really, he doesn't remember much. Henry sits up to find Pan kneeling before him. Henry asks what happened, and Pan answers that he fell asleep. He says the night is still young. The boys keep celebrating, except for Felix, who is sitting down, looking worried. Henry then hesitantly claims to remember something: when he was asleep and tells of what he heard. Pan says Neverland used to be a place where new dreams were born, and Henry can bring that magic back, and they can be his family. Henry gives this some thought. Peter then stands up and says out loud that he'd like to play a song. Henry stands up too, beside him, and Pan explains that the song is for their guest of honor, Henry. Henry smiles, and Pan starts to play on his pipe, as the boys continue to celebrate. The music seems to still not influence Henry. "You can hear the music now, can't you, Henry?" he asks, and the boy simply replies, "No." As Pan looks at him, he is still confused and doesn't understand why Henry still is not having any effects from his pipe, the music, it instantly fumes him, and he doesn't know why leaving him in anger that quenches his dark soul.
Another day ends, as another long break continues when nobody except for Killian knows how long they have been there. This was always how every day operates working on how long they can until the gang are all tired and go back to their campsite. It's been almost a week since they've got here and was only a three or two nights ago when everyone has heard the shouts of Felicity's cries. Time is wasting and everyone knows it, a lot has happened good or bad as they get closer to Henry and having an extra ally in Tinkerbell should've helped them, but she left with good reason. Unknown to them all they were already people who hold deep and dark secrets that may never come out that's affecting the group including Rumpelstiltskin who had left the group at the very start of the journey before they all arrived on land. Mr. Gold holds the deepest and darkest secret of all and has his plan knowing the prophecy he was foretold so long ago before he came the Dark One, as he helped a seer that changed his destiny. A destiny that he believes will end soon. Everyone has secrets, David is dying and hasn't still have told his wife, while Mr. and Mrs. Jones shares equal secrets that haven't been told to her parents, they're too many secrets and everyone is blind to them as they have to get Henry however somehow Neverland will get them enraptured in their confidences. Neverland will either let their secrets come alive or dwindle them, it's always one of the either and Peter Pan always knows everything whether he sees it or hears it.
After a much-needed rest, the gang decided to look at the cave that was Neal's one more time to see if they were any more clues. There weren't many clues except the tallies that are made up next to his made-up bed. This didn't help as the marks had stopped, it confirmed that he did get out of this damnable island. Seeing the tallies did bring inspiration to one Emma Jones, as her memories from her childhood had sprout back into her mind for a couple of seconds, reminding her that she gave up hope from being adopted. She decided that Henry needs a message from them telling him that they're there in Neverland looking for him as he probably doesn't know that they're there.
At Pan's campsite, Henry is seen to be lonesome sitting atop a log, lazily watching as some Lost Boys cheer at a couple of teenagers climbing some ropes attached to a tree; it is some sort of race to the top. Someone then quietly approaches Henry from behind and pokes the young man's shoulder with the tip of his spear to catch his attention. Henry, who's slightly hurt by this, turns to the Lost Boy, Devin, who just poked him, and Devin continues to aim his spear at the lad. "So, you're the one Pan has been looking for all this time?" Devin asks, almost mockingly, as he continues to poke Henry with his spear. Henry suggests that the boy ask Pan, but instead, the Lost Boy lashes out and attempts to full-on strike Henry with his spear. Henry steps back and demands that Devin stop what he's doing, which causes others at the camp to turn their attention to their supposed savior. Devin then points out that, if Henry can't take this, then how is he going to handle what Pan has in store for him? Henry then picks up a stick from the ground next to him and holds it like a sword, ready to defend against a laughing Devin's next attack. Devin then continues to hit Henry with his spear, but the young boy can defend every offense with his stick. Pan, who materializes up against a tree, comments that Henry's "not bad", adding that it would be more fun if they had real swords. Devin appears confused and Pan approaches Henry, who tells his captor that he's never used a real sword.
"This is Neverland," Pan reminds him, "And you have the heart of the truest believer. You can use whatever you want; you just need to believe, Henry." Pan then makes Henry lift his stick and instructs him to close his eyes and believe he's holding a real sword. Henry's eyes close as he obliges to Pan's command, and before him, the stick he is carrying transforms magically into an actual sword. As the other Lost Boys appear impressed, Henry's eyes open and he beholds the sword in his hand. Pan asks the awestruck child what he's waiting for, and Henry proceeds to attack Devin with his sword, who is only able to defend with a primitive spear. Pan and the others cheer Henry on, and eventually, he can completely chop the spear in two, leaving Devin to carry nothing but a handle. Henry continues to slice at what's left of the spear and ends up hitting Devin in the cheek with his blade. Henry tells Devin, who now has a gash on his face, that he's sorry, and professes that what just happened was an accident, to which Pan asks Henry if he doesn't know the best thing about being a Lost Boy: they never need to apologize. As he says this, Pan picks up Henry's dropped sword and hands it to him, inviting the other Lost Boys to cheer for the child. They do so as Henry mightily lifts his sword into the air, happily accepting the praise. However deep inside of Henry's core, deep down of Henry's soul is quite shaken with what he has done and quietly tells himself, what has he done.
"So, what? You wanna send him a message? Because I haven't seen a Neverland post office," Regina says snidely, wondering what it is that Emma's suggesting. The blonde says that they need to start being clever to send a simple sign to her son that they're coming to get him. Regina reminds them of the Lost Boys running around trying to kill them all and Mary Margaret suggests that they use that to their advantage. The former Queen wonders how, and Snow tells Regina to follow her as she can show her. The two of them then exit the cave, soon followed by David, and as Emma is about to leave with them, she is stopped by Hook. She tells him that they're wasting time and Hook moves in close to her, saying in a whisper that he approves to what she's doing and knowing how Pan works they might get an advantage. She then exits the cave, and as Hook begins to follow, he's approached by David, who saw the whole thing except to what the pirate said as he said it in a quiet voice. "Let me give you a bit of advice, Hook: she's never gonna like you," David tells the captain.
However, Hook appears resilient, replying with, "Is that so?"
"How could she?" David points out, "You're nothing but a pirate."
This statement causes Hook's wide smile to be even more apparent as he ignores what David says and responded with sass. "You're sure about that mate?"
Sometime later when they all went back to their campsite, most of them went to work while Killian watches as he sees his wife making a trap. He's not sure if any of the lost boys would betray their master, Peter Pan but then again, you'll never know as he thought to himself. Mary Margaret then asked for her husband to get more vines then David who appears weak tells her that he's on it and orders Hook to come with him. Hook wonders why, and Emma firmly tells him that they need more rope. "If the lady insists," he says with a mock bow playing his part well as Captain Hook, before following on from a disgusted Charming. Mary Margaret watches her daughter who watches Hook, but the pirate and the prince soon make it away from the camp. David snatches up some vines and Hook asks what he'd like to yell at him about now, to which Charming orders the pirate to stay away from his daughter. Hook says that Emma can take care of herself and doesn't need his parenting, which is a good thing. David wonders what that means, and Hook reminds him that he's going to die in a day or so.
The prince then says that he can't help that, but if he does die (Hook corrects him to "when"), it'll be helping his family, which is something someone like Hook can't understand. He continues to walk into the jungle and the pirate asks what he'd do if he told him there was a way to save him. David tells him that he'd say "no" as anything that takes them off course from saving Henry is selfish. "But of course you would think that was the way to go," the prince comments, and Hook is surprised to hear that David thinks he's being selfish, reminding him that he's risking his life for all of them and every moment he's there allying against Pan. David argues that Hook isn't there out of any nobility, he's there for Emma, but assures the pirate he'll see to the two of them never getting together. "It's a good thing you're gonna die then," Hook says with a smile, and David grabs his throat and attempts to punch him. However, David faint and Hook lowers him gently to the ground, commenting that he doesn't fight invalids. "Mate?" he utters, noticing David's unconscious state. He continues to try and wake the poisoned prince, grabbing his face and exclaiming, "Mate?!" Killian sees the unconscious man that is his father-in-law and knows instantly that this isn't good. As annoying he is, he must save him and invokes a plan to save his life as he thought about the man about why he is as stubborn as his brother.
David starts to wake up, lying on the jungle ground and immediately has a rum bottle shoved in his mouth by Hook, who makes him drink it. The prince spits it out in disgust and coughs as Hook helps him to his feet. The pirate advises him to have another drink but David refuses, still struggling to stand up and still coughing, assuring Hook that he's okay. Hook insists that he isn't and leans him up against a tree, demanding that he lift his shirt so that he can inspect the Dreamshade wound. Charming does so and we see that his blackened veins have spread far across his right side and are nearly at his chest. Hook points out that the Dreamshade has almost reached his heart, meaning that he has mere hours left to live and he must tell his family. David refuses, professing that he can still help them rescue Henry, and tries to move, but Hook pushes him back up against the tree and advises him to catch his breath or else the little time he has shall be lessened. When the pirate takes a few steps backward, a heavily weakened David notices something on the jungle floor and goes to pick it up - it is part of Hook's brother Liam's satchel. Charming, who's now holding it, brushes the dirt off and says that the symbol on it is some sort of military insignia. He then turns it around to see a name emblazoned on the back: Jones. He tosses it to Hook who catches it and asks if he knows the guy, and the pirate replies that Jones was his captain... and his brother.
He explains that the two of them voyaged Neverland a fair while ago and that the insignia is on a strap from his satchel which he lost during a duel with Pan. Looking up, Hook comments that it must have fallen with the rain of the storm that destroyed the Jolly Roger, and Charming wonders from where he is referring. "There," Hook says, looking up again, and Charming approaches the pirate to look at what he is - a very vast mountain named Dead Man's Peak. Hook says that he "thought it was gone forever". "Thought what was gone?" David wonders, but Hook says that it would be too dangerous. Charming continues to wonder what would be too dangerous and tells Hook not to hold back if he knows something that can help them. The pirate then proceeds to explain that, if the insignia survived all these years, then perhaps his brother's satchel did as well, and inside that satchel is a sextant that could help them decode Neal's star maps and gets them off the island. Charming then declares that he knows how he's going to spend his last hours: finding the sextant but Hook points out that, while David may reach the top, he'll die before he returns. David instructs the pirate to get him to the top and make sure the sextant makes it back to Emma, and as Hook contemplates this, he rubs his brother's insignia with his thumb.
"A sextant? And you're telling us about this now?!" Mary Margaret asks to Hook back at their Neverland camp. Regina asks how they know he's not lying, and Hook says that they don't but he's not and that it's the best chance they've got at an exit plan, which they're going to need.
Emma knew something was amiss as Killian talked about the sextant knowing she is missing something as the item has been gone for centuries, she knows that her husband has gotten rid of the object as during the time as he lit the Pegasus ablaze. As Hook approaches her, she quickly talks to him quietly. "Killian what is going on?! I know there is no sextant as you've got rid of it, so what is going on." She asks hurriedly in her rushed quiet wavering voice.
Then Killian sighs knowing that he's got to tell her the truth. "Emma doesn't show any emotions." He advised her as he explains, "remember the fight with the lost boys." She nods as he continues, "well your father got hit with Dreamshade and only has hours left." She gasps a little trying hard to not show emotion as she hears her husband. "Apparently love, he's as stubborn as my brother. I knew what I need to do, I had to trick himself thinking we're going to get the sextant."
"When you're going to give him a cure that he doesn't want," Emma says and then comments on how much she wants to kiss him for doing the right thing.
After their quiet conversation, he speaks out loud telling her that she was right, and she must get that message to Henry because every day without hope is another day closer to him becoming a Lost Boy. He then adds that her father and he should go, and David, who's packing a few supplies into a satchel he's wearing, agrees with Hook. Mary Margaret seems unhappy with the idea of splitting up and her husband assures her that it's the last thing he wants to do, but if it's the only way to get them home, then he must. Snow, who's still gathering vines for a net, submits, and David then turns to his daughter, telling her to be careful. Emma assures him that she always is, and David goes on to requests that, when she sends that message to Henry, she adds something from him; "Tell him... tell him grandpa loves him." He then hugs a very uncomfortable Emma, who ends up smiling and wishing him good luck. He savors the hug and wishes her a likewise exchange, before turning to his confused wife. She asks if he's alright and he answers positively, hugging her as well and saying that it's just that he's got to go. As they embrace, Snow tells him that she'll see him soon, but David reminds her that Neverland's a dangerous place and one never knows what might happen there. Mary Margaret pulls out of the hug to tell her beloved that he's going to be fine, and Charming nods in submission before gently kissing her on the forehead. He then goes for her lips and takes a while staring into her eyes; he utters, "I love you..." and she continues to smile as he vacates the camp along with Hook.
Hook, having made it to a high peak of Neverland's main mountain heads to the edge to toss a rope down to Charming, who's still waiting at the bottom. "Don't pull him up yet," says Peter Pan from behind the pirate, halting Hook from doing so. The boy proceeds to say that he'd like to talk alone, and Hook drops the rope, approaching him and asking what he wants. Pan says that he'd like to offer him a deal and tells Hook to come back and work for him like the old days, but the pirate tells him that he doesn't miss the old days. Pan, who disappears from where he is and reappears so that he's now facing to face with Hook, assures him that he can offer him something very hard to come by the passage of the island. "Still not interested," says Hook, and Pan offers to sweeten the deal by saying that he could take someone with him, such as Emma. Hook knows that Emma would never leave her son, but Pan points out that she did once before, and that Hook can be there to pick up the pieces. "We've known each other for a very long time, Killian. We've done business before. And I think this is the perfect time to restart that relationship," Pan goes on, but Hook continues to profess that he isn't interested, much to Pan's disbelief, and the boy continues in saying that that's what he's always liked about Hook: he's good as surviving. The demon teen then told Hook of his deal, that is if he would take it, he would like to see the prince's body on the peak as a sign, immediately Killian knew what he wouldn't do and ignores Pan.
Charming isn't far behind the pirate, and Hook says that, since David is already dying from the stuff, he shouldn't mind if he stands back whilst the prince cuts through it. David agrees, drawing his sword, but instead of hacking away at the Dreamshade, he aims it for Hook's throat. David says that he knows about Hook's deal with Pan, having heard their earlier conversation, which leads Hook to point out that he didn't take the demon child's offer. However, David continues to back Hook up against the Dreamshade, despite the pirate professing that this is what Pan wants: they turned against one another. David presses the blade right against Hook's throat and Hook, worried that he could nick himself on a close-by Dreamshade thorn, warns Charming that he's making the poison spread quicker. "I don't care," he says, "I just have to last long enough to get the sextant back to my family. Now take me to it!" Hook then admits that his brother didn't lose his satchel up the mountain where they are; he made that up. A confused Charming asks about the insignia that he found, and Hook reveals that he dropped it on the path so the prince would discover it. David, who's lowered his sword, wonders why, and Hook says that he knew Charming would never make the journey there if he knew the truth. "The truth? The truth you brought me here to die?!" David questions, but Hook argues that he brought him there to save his life. David accuses Hook of being a liar and attempts to punch him, however, the pirate easily dodges and is now able to punch Charming in turn, knocking the prince out and causing him to drop to the floor. Then in a muttering voice Killian knowing that Charming won't be able to hear him, says that I'm saving your life father in law.
Back at the campsite, the trio of women have succeeded in their plan to leave Henry a message, on a small mirror that Mary Margaret is holding, the women all look at Henry who is relieved and shock to know that everyone that he loves is there at the land. It was a comforting thought, a comforting welcome more like. However, they only had a short brief time as Henry pointed out that Pan is coming. It was only a moment for them both that everything is going to better like a burning inferno. Hope or luck for them was like a burning inferno.
When Hook has achieved on reviving Charming with the cure that leaves a heavy price, Charming wakes up and thanked him. So, when they arrived back to the campsite, David walks up to Snow and kisses her passionately, causing Regina to turn away in disgust and asks Hook where the sextant is. Hook, lying, reveals that Pan got to it first, and it's a while before Mary Margaret and David quit making out. David reveals that Hook saved his life, but lies in saying that, on their trek, they were ambushed by Lost Boys that Hook risked his life to defeat, this stopping Charming from being hit by a poisoned arrow. He approaches the pirate, saying that if it wasn't for him, he wouldn't be alive, and he requests his flask. Hook hands over his bottle of rum and Charming makes a toast to the pirate, saying that he thought he deserved a little credit. Hook thanks him, and David drinks, handing the bottle to his wife. "To Hook," she says happily, taking a sip herself. She goes to hand the flask to Regina, who states firmly that she doesn't "do rum", and so Snow hands it to Emma, who commemorates Hook with a sip of her own. As David, Mary Margaret and Regina head back to camp, Emma stays there with Killian and reaffirms her gratitude. She then grabs her pirate by his collar and pulls him in close to her, kissing him full on the mouth. The two of them continue to make out passionately, each one running their hands through the other's hair. The kiss lasts a long while, but eventually, their lips part and both are left breathing heavily, their noses still pressed together.
Later, when Killian is drinking his rum on a log when someone nearby clears their throat to make themselves known: Peter Pan, who's leaning up against a tree. He tells Hook that he really should have taken his deal, but the pirate says it looks like he didn't need Pan's help.
"You didn't take the deal because you've been married to the savior. What do you know?" Pan says amused. "I know lots of things already," Pan says while Killian feels he's ticked slowly and wondering what he was doing. " I know that you're married, have a daughter who's been here for centuries, have a son whose my enemy who doesn't still trust me. Yet you and your wife haven't told the truth to her parents. All these secrets, how is it going?" Pan says with mirth knowing he got Hook angry. "Do you know who I see Captain? I see a man who has good form from all those years back has been brought back, a man who wants to change, a man who used to be a drinker with one hand, it's pathetic. What has happened to you when I tell you this?" Pan, who crouches down before Hook, asks what a man of honor such as himself would do with a big, fat secret. Hook tells him that that depends on what the secret is, and Pan mentions Baelfire's name as he stands up ("...Neal, whatever name he goes by these days.). Hook, who stands up also, wonders what Pan has to say of him, and the demon child proceeds to reveal that, not only is Bae still alive, but he's there on the island, in Neverland. "He's here?" Hook breathes, and Pan confirms it, saying that he's sure Emma would love to know that Neal is still alive. "So, I'll leave it up to you... to tell her and all. Let's see what game I'll be playing next..." And with that, Pan wanders off into the jungle, before disappearing. Hook is left to contemplate the situation.
