After they got out through the diner, Katie silently crept up to the apartment with Emma, before she quietly knocked before opening the door to enter the apartment to see.

"Hello?" Emma lightly called as she came after Katie. "Is anyone home?"

There was muffling and struggling heard in the closet door. Katie looked wary but went to check the closet. Facilier was shown to be there, tied up and soon looked up at her.

Emma flinched a bit as the noises startled her before she came beside Katie. "...I don't know this man." she then said.

"He's the reason I'm here," Katie said quietly. "Dr. Facilier," she said quietly. She hoisted him up to stand and pinned him to the wall with her good hand on his chest to keep him there. "Where is everyone?" she asked him firmly.

"Ugh... They've left me..." Facilier groaned as he looked at her. "They've gone out to rescue you actually."

"Rescue?" Emma asked.

"Yeah, I think old Rumple boy's come up with a plan," Facilier rolled his eyes. "Ursula's betrayed me after all I've done for her."

Katie looked at him, her mind working furiously. "Emma, I'm going to transport you back, now I know where the prison is I can do that... You can meet the rescue team there and help them... I'm going to summon Cerberus which should get Hades' notice and bring him to me so he won't come after you." She said quietly.

"You're going to surrender yourself?" Emma asked, a bit concerned.

"You might as well have sold your soul away, dear," Facilier advised. "I can't imagine that ending well for you at all."

"I'm just going to distract him so he can't hurt you or our family and friends, then when you're all together you can find a way to defeat him, and we'll all go home together." Katie corrected quietly.

Facilier just chuckled before Emma just smacked him to shut him up.

"All right," Emma then nodded. "I'm a little scared for you, but that sounds a lot more managable."

Katie gave a small smile. "I might be the younger, but I've always been motherly, so it's hard for me to let someone do too much caring," she said softly. "And just in case anything happens, I love you, give my love to the others and tell Killian and Edward I love them and for them to stick together to raise Felix." she then told her and then summoned Cerberus and also sending Emma back to the prison so she'd meet the rescue team.

Emma, though very curious of "Edward and Felix", she nodded before she was sent away suddenly. Facilier flinched once he saw the three-headed dog demon. Cerberus snarled and towered over Katie, salivating a bit from the fangs before sniffing Katie and let out a happy bark and licked her face upon first sight with all three tongues, especially from the one in the middle. Katie had to giggle to that and hugged the Cerberus the best she could, then straightened the bandage back over to keep her eye from getting infected. She even made extra sure to send out a strong but short aura of hope. Cerberus soon snarled and roared in Facilier's face.

"Whoa... Easy there, Fido..." Facilier warned. "I have connections down here from my mother's side of the family."

"Cerby, he's my friend's papa, so you can't eat him," Katie told Cerberus softly. "But if he does something bad then you'll have a reason to eat him. " she said.

Cerberus looked thoughtful and soon settled down.

"...What on Earth?" Facilier muttered. "How did you gain that mutt's trust?"

"Cerby is not a mutt, and anyway even if he was, he's mine~" Katie said.

Cerberus beamed at Katie then.

Facilier rolled his eyes. "Oh, brother..." he then muttered lowly.

Katie looked to Facilier as he said that.

"You think you're really clever, don't you?" Facilier smirked at Katie. "You're just a helpless little princess who has no idea what Hades is even capable of... Why, just look at your hand and your eye... He could take more if he wanted to~"

"Are you wanting to be eaten?" Katie asked calmly in reply to that. She did shift slightly though so both things were more protected.

"I would prefer not to, my dear," Facilier replied. "Though I'm sure you wouldn't let that happen to li'l old me."

"Oh, and what makes you say that?" Katie asked as she turned to him. "You're the reason I'm down here in the first place." she frowned as she approached him again, not too scared as Cerberus was here and the man was still tied.

Cerberus watched Katie closely for just in case.

"So you claim," Facilier chuckled. "As far as you know anyway."

"It was your shadow magic that dragged me here!" Katie glared, getting right in his face by grabbing the front of his shirt and pulling him down to give him the icy glare as best as she could.

"My, my..." Facilier remarked. "You remind me of a very young Yzma... She was a very good student of mine," he then chuckled a bit. "I understand your anger, but you might want to save that energy for something a little more useful."

"Like what?" Katie growled out, getting angry.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe staying on Hades's good side so you don't end up down the River of Lost Souls?" Facilier smirked. "That might be best for your future in this miserable and hopeless little realm since your soul was taken from you by the shadows."

Katie unknowingly copied her mother, about to hit Facilier in the jaw herself.

"Whoa! Easy! You don't wanna do something that you'll regret." Facilier warned.

"I don't think I'll regret punching you," Katie told him, but did stop just short of hitting him. "You're not worth it anyway." she muttered.

"Hm..." Facilier smirked a bit. "Smart girl."

Katie turned and instead kicked him in the family jewels.

Facilier let out a high-pitched yelp and grunted. "Right... In the... Family... Jewels... Why...?" he then grunted out as he glared at her.

"That's what you get for being cocky." Katie said. She then pulled him back to the closet and went to push him back in.

"Wait... Think about what you're doing..." Facilier grunted and groaned. "There's no need to cause me any more grief, my dear."

Cerberus growled protectively towards Facilier as he came beside Katie.

Katie then grabbed the door to shut Facillier back in. She then gave a small smile to Cerberus. "Maybe I could turn you into a tattoo, making it so you'll be able to come with me and can come out whenever you want... There should be a spell for that or through intent." she told the three-headed canine.

Facilier grunted and struggled again as he was trapped once more. Cerberus looked curious and tilted all three heads while listening to Katie.

Katie looked to them. "Shall I try it?" she wondered.

Cerberus looked curious and thoughtful before nodding to see what that would look like.

Katie closed her eye and concentrated on wanting Cerberus to become a tattoo that he could move about as, and come out if he wanted, as well as being able to take him to the upper world in it too. Cerberus looked at Katie, his tail wagging as he eyed her quietly and calmly. As Katie concentrated Cerberus did disappear in a soft glow but appeared as said tattoo on her back. She gave a small smile as she could feel his presence but stumbled a little dizzily due to the use of magic again. The three-headed dog demon barked from the back.


The rescue group were heading to the prison area to go and rescue the girls.

David looked bold and determined as always. "I don't see any trace of Hades... That's both very good and very concerning..." he then said to the others on the way.

"Yes." Mary Margaret nodded.

"Let's just hope that it's a good sign at least." David replied.

Mary Margaret nodded.


Soon, they entered the prison and found Emma. "Emma!" Mary Margaret gasped out and hurried over to her.

Katie closed her eye and smiled softly as she could kind of feel that. She let her body fill with hope.

"Mom..." Emma said softly. "Dad... You found me."

David soon rushed over with Mary Margaret to see Emma up close as he smiled tearfully. "We found you."

"Must be Katie's sister..." Cherry figured.

Mary Margaret hugged Emma warmly. David soon joined in on the hug.

"Uh... Hi... Nice to meet you..." Cherry greeted Emma.

"Hey..." Emma nodded and waved.

"Where's Katie?" Mary Margaret asked her taller daughter as she hugged her still.

Emma was about to answer the question until...

"Ah... I love a good Family Reunion~" A voice soon smirked from behind.

Cherry yelped and suddenly spun on her heels and socked him right in the face, making him grunt in annoyance. "Don't... Sneak up... On me like that..." she then panted, not realizing who she just hit as she bowed her head.

David looked scared about that, considering she just struck Hades himself. Mary Margaret pulled Cherry back with her and Emma.

"Why... Hello there," Hades smirked as he approached the group. "This is very precious, isn't it? You find your long-lost daughter only to lose your other daughter in the process... Must be very scary and confusing, is it not?"

"Who's the old geezer?" Cherry complained. "I feel like I'm in 11th grade History Class."

"Uh... Remember the Lord of the Underworld we were talking about?" David replied before pointing at Hades in warning.

"Ohh..." Cherry then said as she looked over.

"Oh... You're very interesting... You've had a lot of close calls about coming down here, especially caused by your own insecurity and soullessness and not by nature," Hades said as he grasped Cherry's wrists. "I think you know what I mean... So I'm forced to believe you're just visiting, along with your band of friends here just to get your troubled one back home safe and sound."

As Cherry was by her, as she had pulled her there, Mary Margaret hit Hades' hands making him let go of Cherry and then moving the girl behind her. Hades hissed and glared once he was forced to let go of the young shadow sorceress. Cherry crossed her arms from where she stood.

"You all have come so far," Hades smirked. "I'm impressed... Really, I am... I suppose you'll want Katie back, huh? Oh, how I wish that it could be that easy."

Mary Margaret glared at him. "What do you mean?" she asked firmly.

"Well, she has two options right now," Hades smirked. "Either she agrees to settle down with me and become my new Queen of the Underworld or she'll be stuck and lost down here forever... Just like your other daughter."

"You must be nuts if you think Katie's going to want to be your Queen..." Cherry rolled her eyes. "She doesn't belong to be down here anyway... Peter Pan definitely, but certainly not Katie."

"What a mouthy little one you are," Hades smirked as he approached her. "You better watch that mouth of yours... It might get you in a lot of trouble if you aren't careful."

Mary Margaret decked Hades one on the jaw.

Hades grunted and growled. "I'm going to make you all wish you were never born," he then glared. "Emma might've gotten away, but you'll never see Katie again... She will be surrendered to the fire."

"Not if we have anything to say about it." David retorted sharply as he stepped over protectively.

"I just came to give you a warning," Hades narrowed his eyes. "But if you're all going to be a bunch of pains, perhaps I should just take my check for the week and go. One way or another, I am going to have someone's soul down here if I have to keep all of you down here and you'll never make it back to Storybrooke in time."

Mary Margaret glared.

"Maybe you all would like to join us for dinner?" Hades smirked at the others.

"What?" Cherry asked flatly.

"Hey, I'm just trying to make it easier for you all," Hades smirked. "Otherwise none of you will be able to get out of this realm and I have special plans for each and every one of you before you either choose the fluffy and white clouds of The Good Place or the fire and misery of The Bad Place. Katie might end up there if she doesn't listen to reason."

"NO!" Emma cried out.

"It was her or you, Miss Swan." Hades grinned.

"You leave my daughters alone!" Mary Margaret glared.

"Why does everyone think they have license into speaking to me that way?" Hades smirked. "You all make me laugh, really."

David narrowed his eyes before socking Hades right in the face.

Hades grunted, though it didn't hurt him as bad as it would with, say, a mortal. "Nice shot, Prince Charming, I'll give you that..." he then smirked.

Mary Margaret was still protecting the two younger ones. She did give a brief smile as David punched him.

"I guess you all don't want Katie to come back home," Hades smirked. "You're all pretty strong, I'll give you that, but you can't be stronger than I, especially down here."

Cherry began to yawn, though ot of boredom. "Oh, I'm sorry," she then said. "I thought you were threatening and not as boring as a high school history teacher."

"You'll learn not to address me in such a way, Shadow Sorceress," Hades glared. "With your... 'Katie Kat' in trouble with none of you being able to save her and the only way to save her soul is if she stays down here with me. I had a lost love once and now you will too."

"We are going to save her." Mary Margaret said firmly.

"You'll just try and you will die," Hades chuckled. "It's good to see what my competition is... Well, I better stay out of your hair," he then suggested. "I have much other work to do, especially keeping Pain and Panic in line."

Emma narrowed her eyes firmly. Mary Margaret narrowed her eyes too.

"You could always stay here," Hades smirked at Cherry. "You seemed eager to give up your own soul when you were younger."

Cherry turned away and crossed her arms as a tear rolled down her cheek as she didn't want to talk about that or anything to do with the god... She just wanted her friend back.

"I think you better leave now." Edward suggested firmly.

Mary Margaret put an arm around Cherry.

"Very well, I might as well get going," Hades smirked. "Don't be such strangers next time."

Cherry narrowed her eyes as she grunted at the god with mild frustration.


"Katie?~" Hades's voice soon echoed.

Katie turned quickly, looking around the best she could.

Hades smirked as he was suddenly right behind her. "Hiya, Katie..." he then said, sounding like a creepy stalker. "You look well... For someone with one eye~"

Gasping in shock as he was suddenly behind her, Katie stumbled back a little, a bit too dizzy to just step normally.

"Surprise," Hades grinned. "Were you a good little girl while Daddy was away with your little friends?~"

'Darn,' Katie said in her mind, having not wanted them to be accosted at all by Hades. "I'm not a little girl, and you certainly are NOT my 'Daddy'." she scowled.

Hades lightly chuckled. "No, I guess I most certainly am not," he then said with a smirk. "It was lovely to meet your family and I see that Emma managed to join in on the family reunion... That must be very nice for you, huh? Your sister gets to try to have another chance after being surrendered for her own best chance? How ironic... And now she'll be traded for your soul and you won't be able to save her~"

"Don't you hurt her! Don't you hurt any of them!" Katie exclaimed grabbing onto the front of his shirt.

"Temper, temper..." Hades commented with a sly smirk before rolling his eyes. "I wouldn't even dream of challenging you or harming your precious little family~"

Katie looked up at him at that. "Emma will be going back to Storybrooke." she told him, not going to let him say otherwise.

"You're sure about this?" Hades smirked.

Katie nodded.

"How about this?" Hades smirked. "I trade Emma's soul for yours and then she can be free and you can stay here or the other way around... One way or another, I'm keeping a soul down here from your little party of friends whether you like it or not."

"So either I stay with you or Emma has to?" Katie asked to check, slowly letting him go. "Would you accept The Shadow Man in the closet instead?" she tried.

"The Shadow Man?" Hades asked. "You mean Facilier? He's an old friend of mine~" he then said with a sly smirk. "Though he has a debt that he has yet to pay me back on."

"What debt it that?" Katie found herself asking.

"Oh, it's a very long story," Hades lightly chuckled before he snapped his fingers and formed a dinner table with two glasses and forcing Katie into a slender and spaghetti strapped and sparkling black dress with red-heeled shoes and he wore a richer looking suit with a blackened rose pinned to his chest as he brought out a sparkling drink and filled up the two glasses suddenly. "Shall we talk this over a special shared meal?" he then offered and suggested. "We should get to know each other better, my dear~"

Katie gasped in surprise at the costume change. Then remembering she had wanted him here to distract him she put a warily thoughtful look on her face. "This isn't one of those Persephone deals is it?" she asked warily.

"Ah... I see you're familiar with classic stories... Though I'd probably call that one a 'Zelena deal'," Hades replied with a chuckle as he sat down next to her at the table. "How about some fresh nectar? It's very good and good for you~"

Katie glanced to him and accepted the drink. "Thank you..." she said quietly. "So is it?" she had to ask again.

"Oh, it isn't..." Hades then shook his head to reassure her as he lightly and dryly chuckled.

Katie looked at him warily with her eye but took a sip of the drink.

"Come now, I may steal souls, but I can be a gentleman when I want to be." Hades smiled innocently before suddenly bringing out a bouquet of poppies.

Katie looked surprised from the poppies.

"You do like flowers, don't you?" Hades asked her.

"Y-Yes." Katie agreed shyly to that.

"Then you should have one," Hades smiled before he plucked one from the bouquet and put it over her ear, brushing her hair over a little. "There we are... Isn't that just the pretty picture?"

Katie looked down to that, blushing a little, compliments always made her blush unless they were obvious teasing ones. Hades smiled as he soon put the flowers aside and sat down with her, sipping his own nectar as he was quiet for a bit. Katie tried to stick with the drink but soon found her hunger growing and, assuming Hades wasn't lying about the food not being a Persephone deal, started to eat from the plate she had in front of her from Hades' conjured dinner setting.

"Very good... Eat up..." Hades smirked as he began to eat with Katie. "It's good and good for you... Like chicken~"

Katie ate slowly so she wouldn't drop any of the food. Hades watched Katie as he helped himself to the offered food. Katie blushed, but only ate the one plate worth of the food.

"Full already?" Hades asked.

Katie nodded.

"Would you care for some more nectar then?" Hades offered.

Katie glanced at the glass.

"You can trust me." Hades said with a grin as he sipped his own glass.


Cherry began to pace around in the bedroom of David and Mary Margaret's as she bit her nails a bit as she began to regret her decision of coming along, even if she wanted to see that Katie would be all right in the end, but she terribly missed Aurelia and was worried sick over her.

"Are you okay, dear?" Ursula asked Cherry softly.

"I should've stayed back home," Cherry pouted. "I'm a terrible mother, I left Aurelia all alone back home."

"You left her with friends, to save another friend, that isn't terrible," Ursula told Cherry softly. "You plan on returning to her after all."

"If we can even get out of here..." Cherry said softly as she rubbed her arm. "...What kind of mother abandons her own baby like that...? At least she's not gonna remember it."

Ursula flinched to that just a little. "As you plan on returning to her, that isn't abandoning her." she told her softly.

Cherry glanced back softly and wearily before sighing. "Yeah... I did..." she then said in memory. "...I think this place feeds off of your fears and anxieties and makes them at least 10 times worse... I've been having nightmares recently."

Ursula opened her arms. "What about?" she asked softly.

"Oh... Lots of things..." Cherry said before she scooted over and decided to take in the hug. "Demons attacking... Something horrible and heinous happens and then Belle and Rumple make me leave town and push me over the town line... I haven't met this Zelena, but she sounds dangerous, she's The Wicked Witch of the West after all... I just wonder... How will it all end?"

"Well, together with everyone it'll all turn out alright," Ursula soothed as she hugged Cherry softly. "And Belle and Rumple love you, they won't force you to leave town." she then added.

"I just feel so scared here and I'm not sure why..." Cherry said shakily, though she accepted the hug.

"It's just because this place is not the best place." Ursula said softly.

"No... It definitely isn't..." Cherry said with a light groan. "It's like Hell or... West Virginia."

"It pretty much is." Ursula said softly and stroked her hair softly.

"Just... What if we can't save Katie?" Cherry asked, biting her lip as she faced Ursula. "...They saved me from Neverland... We saved her from, what Rumple told me was called, The Land of Untold Stories... I just... Do we even have a chance against Hades?! It's HADES!"

"Of course we can, and we do have a chance," Ursula told her, with a firm nod.

"We have a chance..." Cherry repeated weakly and not very convincingly before she sighed and groaned. "I'm brave and strong, why am I so weak and cowardly right now?"

"Because that is how this place can make you feel... Just don't give up hope." Ursula advised softly.

"I'll try..." Cherry sighed. "I think I need another power nap before we go out there then." she then suggested for herself.

Ursula nodded with a small smile. "Want me to sit and chase the nightmares away?" she offered.

"Well... Okay..." Cherry said with a small smile with her finger against her cheek, looking a bit cute. "Just give me a few minutes..."

Ursula chuckled with a nod.


Soon enough, the group had found where Hades was and had all stormed it so they could rescue Katie.

"...Does your hair color always change whenever you change outfits?" Belle asked Cherry, noticing that she had a faded pale purple streak in her hair to go with her current outfit which was violet with hints of black and gray.

"What're you talking about? My hair doesn't change every time I change outfits." Cherry shrugged.

Belle just gave Cherry a strange look before shrugging it off. "...Never mind," she then said. "Let's just get Katie back and head back home before there's any more trouble."

Gold led the group to where Hades would be holding Katie. Mary Margaret had a determined look on her face, beside Emma, having found weapons for them both just in case it was needed.

"So... I guess this is it?" Cherry asked Gold as she rested her fist underneath her cheek.

"You okay, Dad?" Emma asked David.

"I... I just can't believe we're seeing you again..." David said softly. "I don't mean to get emotional, especially right now, but this is just amazing."

"Just remember to concentrate your thoughts and energy on defeating Hades." Emma advised.

Gold nodded. He then entered with them. Mary Margaret nocked her bow ready to shoot an arrow if needed. Katie gave a small smile as she could sense, and hear the footsteps, of her family, friends, and lovers approaching.

"Ah... Someone approaches..." Hades remarked.

Cherry glanced all around as everyone looked ready and secure, though when she looked at Gold, she couldn't help but look a little blushy at how firm and serious he looked before she smacked herself in the face to retain her focus.

"I hope you're ready too, Swan." Killian said to Emma.

"I was destined to be ready," Emma nodded. "Let's get my-" she then paused before looking fondly over to Cherry. "...OUR sister back." she then said.

Gold led them into the room. Mary Margaret looked firm as she followed him, her currently youngest child needed them. Belle tried to keep calm, though she was worrying on the inside, though probably not as much as Cherry. Killian narrowed his eyes as they got closer and closer.

"My, my, if I knew I was going to have extra company, I would've made more food for everybody~" Hades's voice chuckled as they came closer to the room.

"It's him." Edward realized.

Katie made sure the good side of her face was only visible as she glanced towards them.


"Good evening," Hades smirked. "So good to see company arrive, whether uninvited or not."

"Where's Katie?" Cherry demanded.

"Whoa, easy there, Baby Bear~" Hades told her as he held up his hand. "You may see her, but we have to have a talk... There is a matter that needs to be addressed."

Mary Margaret looked around from where she stood, though her bow was pointed right at Hades.

"What matter?" Gold asked, his voice firm but currently calm.

"Katie can stay with you..." Hades began to say calmly with a small smirk.

"But...?" Cherry prompted based on how Hades spoke.

Hades chuckled as he delayed his response on purpose. "But I still wish to see her~" he then said. "I've grown rather fond of her company."

"I don't think that will happen, as you can't leave the Underworld and she doesn't belong down here." Gold replied.

"Which is why I'd love to have her down here with me to visit," Hades smirked before muttering. "Especially with what happened between me and Zelena."

"Who's Zelena?" Cherry asked.

"Forget it!" Killian glared. "I'll fight you if I have to!"

"Who's Zelena?" Cherry repeated as that name stuck with her.

"I'll fight you too if necessary." Edward added.

"Guys... With all due respect..." Cherry spoke softly before shouting. "WHO IN THE HECK IS ZELENA?!" she then stopped bashfully to quiet down a little. "...Please?"

"Zelena is Regina's half-sister." Gold told Cherry to stop her from getting too mad.

Katie glanced towards them still, smiling softly as she heard Edward and Killian.

Cherry looked wide-eyed before she soon settled down and nearly fell to her knees. "...Why didn't someone just say so then?" she then uttered out, sounding like a deflated balloon.

"Do you want to see your friend?" Hades asked her.

Cherry soon went to stand up to go and see Katie as he got out of the way, taking the distraction while she still had the chance. "Kat!" she then cried out.

Katie looked towards Cherry, her eye wide in surprise from the shout.

"Katie... We found you... Again," Cherry said in relief. "It's so good to see-" she then did a double-take. "...So this is your new makeover..." she then said, a bit startled in surprise, but not very extreme luckily enough.

Katie gave a small nod to that, looking a bit shy.

"...This is gonna take some getting used to..." Cherry blinked. "I mean, Captain Codfish already has one hand missing and now you too and an eye no less?"

"Don't call me 'Codfish', Bear!" Killian retorted as he overheard that.

"Don't call me 'Bear', Codfish!" Cherry defended. "...Katie, are you hurt though?" she then asked softly.

"No, not since I drank some nectar." Katie said softly, actually a bit of surprised as she realized that.

"You didn't drink it from his table or ate from the table, did you?" Gold asked Katie.

Hades grinned at the realization as he approached Cherry and Katie to separate the two of them.

"Katie... You didn't..." Cherry said softly.

"I-It's alright, he promised it wasn't a Persephone type thing." Katie said quickly, distracted from Hades a moment.

Gold was luckily too refined to face-palm, but his cheek twitched like he was contemplating it.

"Oh, Katie, you really shouldn't have... He probably could've tricked and hurt you and tricked you into doing something wor-" Cherry began to say softly before glancing at Gold. "Can I help you with something?!" she then asked. "Are you having a stroke?"

"She ate and drank from his table... If it had been from anywhere else it wouldn't matter, but it is the 'Persephone deal' even if he said it wasn't, dearie." Gold told them.

Katie paled a bit and looked horrified.

"You bastard!" Cherry cried out, about to lunge out at him, though Edward and Killian restrained her arms so she wouldn't do anything drastic and add worse tension to the situation. "Lemme go! Lemme go!"

"What a shame, huh?" Hades lightly chuckled. "It appears I've got your attention now right where I want it, especially in the deal that Katie and I are discussing at the moment... Especially before time runs out."

"What time?" Belle glared.

"Why, before the portal closes that'll take you back to Storybrooke," Hades smirked. "If you miss it when it opens, you'll ALL be down here with me forever... Your bodies will expire the minute it closes with your souls in the Underworld with me~"

Katie looked at him, then to her family. "Y-You'll have to all go... I can't have you all trapped down here." she said quietly.

"We're not leaving without you!" Cherry told her best friend. "Surely we can work something out."

"Just let my sister go and we won't bother you ever again." Emma added.

"Well, I need a soul to be down here with me," Hades smirked. "One of you will do if you want Katie to come back."

Cherry suddenly glanced around thoughtfully. "...What about a soul... With my blood...?" she then spoke up.

Mary Margaret looked unsure of that.

"Not you." Katie frowned at her friend.

"Facilier... You wanted someone's soul with Shadow Power, you should take him," Ursula said, from that idea. "He's still in the closet at the apartment." she added.

"Facilier?" Hades replied. "We made a deal back in the old bayou when he promised me a former Frog Prince."

"He's my father," Cherry told Hades as she got her hands free and put her hands to her chest, holding them close together. "You take him... We take Katie... I think that's a fair enough deal..."

"He does owe me his soul for what happened with the deal..." Hades admitted as he began to think about it.

Katie looked to him at that, trying not to feel too hopeful and have him dismiss it because of that.

"Where did you say he was now?" Hades asked.

"In the closet at David and Mary Margaret's." Cherry repeated the information.

"And you'd be willing to part with the man who brought you from the ground up after your mother abandoned you and he taught you everything you know about Shadow Magic?" Hades asked her.

"He might've raised me and my mother might've left me and I ended up in a different realm after an incident I'd much rather forget about... I see no love in his heart..." Cherry replied. "So... You may take him and get back on the deal you two made... Just please... Don't do any more damage to Katie."

"...I'll think about this," Hades said as he stepped away. "I'm not to be disturbed... Let's just hope I don't take too long," he then smirked. "Otherwise you'll be trapped down here forever~"

"We'll take Ms. Nolan with us, so you can have your time to think, and tell us where the portal will open we'll meet you with Facilier there." Gold said, firmly.

Cherry's eyes suddenly grew wide as she glanced over at him with a small smirk before clearing her throat.

"Very well," Hades replied before smirking. "If you think you have enough time of course... Tick-Tock... Tick-Tock..."

"Don't test us, mate..." Killian warned.

"Portal location." Gold told Hades.

"Sometime now would be nice." Edward added sharply.

"Ooh... That gave me chills..." Cherry flinched suddenly.

"Did you all see the clock tower?" Hades smirked. "The portal will be opened right there and it should still be going at this very moment."

Katie trembled a little, but not from fear. Gold nodded firmly, then made sure everyone else moved out first. Mary Margaret put an arm around both her daughters as they walked. Belle looked over to Gold, but escorted herself out with the others. She was just glad that nothing horrible came from it. David kept an eye on the girls on the way out.

"See you soon..." Hades nodded before smirking at Cherry. "I think you made a deal with the Devil yourself some years ago, my dear."

"What? Yes! No! I gotta go!" Cherry said, flinching like a scaredy-cat suddenly.

Gold ushered Cherry out too, as they would make their way to collect Facilier and get to the clocktower. Hades soon went back inside to do some thinking, though he had something secretive in mind for later.

"I'll say goodbye one last time, then we'll head back home," Cherry said to him as her face turned pink. "I hate to do this to him, but... I think he deserves it... For breaking a deal with Hades and running away like a chicken."

Gold put his arm around her warmly.

"Be cool... Be cool..." Cherry whispered to herself as he huddled in closer, turning even more pink and grasped onto his chest a bit, leaning against him. "Oh... You're warm..." she then said while blushing.

"As I always am." Gold chuckled to that as they walked.

Cherry stuck her tongue out with a small smirk as they walked along.

"Careful before you two fall." Belle advised.

"Oookay..." Cherry giggled as she went to reach out.

"Treat this seriously, please." Emma told Cherry.

Gold glanced to Emma, but remained silent to that.

"Do you feel any different?" Edward asked Katie.

"In what way?" Katie asked quietly.

"Physically? Mentally?" Edward asked.

"You're not sick, are you?" Killian soon added.

"I-I'm not in pain anymore, and no I'm not ill." Katie said softly.

"Good..." Edward nodded. "We were quite worried."

"We'll be back home soon." Killian added warmly with a small smile.

Katie gave a small smile to them at that. Edward and Killian smiled back fondly before they both kissed her cheeks suddenly. Katie squeaked and blushed a little.

"Do you think Hades will keep his promise?" Cherry asked.

"...Hopefully." Emma said with a small shrug.

Someone lingered in the shadows and was trying to sneak along with them without being seen so that she could have another chance in the living realm.

"Oh, he will, if he knows what's good for him." Ursula said.