Author's note: And we are back with the second half of the season 5, so season 5B, except I'm trying to make it longer so more souls will be saved, I hope. I hope I can succeed, so we will see more of my Oc's and some will make a comeback. If you all have read Pirates of the Caribbean, then you will know who will make an comeback. ;-)
For now, on with the story!
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The group were walking on the street of the main street and saw that it was the version of the underground Storybrooke. The clock tower was broken and people were walking like zombies. Little did they know that they were followed from behind them, even Gold didn't noticed it. "I don't think we're in Maine anymore." Regina comment.
Emma looked around her. "How is this possible? How does the Underworld look like Storybrooke?"
"Your questions are pointless." Gold replied to her, with a snarl on his face. "All that matters is, all these people in this Underworld are dead and trapped because they have unfinished business."
Just then, an engine revs and in the distance, they saw Cruella drive past in her car. "Cruella." Emma looked in shock.
"That's right." Gold comment. "And she's here because of you and Caitlynn. And I imagine there are many here because of all of us. Let's not lollygag."
Emma sighed heavily. "Split up. We'll cover more ground."
"Agreed." Regina nodded. "The sooner we get out of here, the better." Then she spotted someone from her past that she killed.
The people who were following them, where now following Gold for some reason.
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Then the people split, one were following Gold and the other was staying behind. One man and one Female, the Female was following Gold, while the man was staying behind, demanding for some rum.
Not much later, Gold noticed now that he was followed and called out. "I know you following, dearie."
"Only, I want you to know, dearie." The woman mocked him.
"Who are you?" He asked to her as he turned around to see her.
"I'm Madelyn Sparrow-Swann." She introduced herself. "I'm family, I would think."
Gold blinked. "I have heard stories about you and your husband."
"Great stories I would hope." Madelyn told him.
"Yes." Gold nodded.
"Great." Madelyn smiled at him. "Then you would know that the land without magic, isn't a land without magic, I would presume?"
Gold nodded. "Yes, Amelia and Jackson told me."
"Ahh, mine great much something grandchild." Madelyn comment as then she saw that Gold was confused. "Jackson." She added. "He is that and Amelia is a descendant from calypso."
"How do you know about that?" Gold asked as he didn't even know.
"I have eyes and ears everywhere, my dear." Madelyn replied to him. "And I know you are looking for a pirate. Killian Jones aka Hook, but I don't know where he is..." She sighed.
Gold looked at her, seeing that she wasn't lying. "You are telling the truth?" It came more out late a question than a statement.
"Yeah." She nodded. "if you like, i want to help you all, even my husband."
Gold snored. "I know you husband, from the stories, he is a drunk and doesn't help easily."
"Not always, Gold." Madelyn comment to him.
"If that so." Gold looked at her. "Then let's get your husband and I will get Emma and the others."
"Okay." Madelyn nodded as then they went to find her husband Jack.
When they found him, he was outside of a bar, mocking to himself. "Jack." Madelyn sighed, seeing him.
"Madelyn, they wouldn't give me another bottle of rum." Jack muttered sadly.
"It wouldn't even work drinking it, cause we are dead." Madelyn scolded him.
"Oh." Jack sighed looking at her as then he looked at Gold. "Who's that, love?"
"He's master Gold or known as Rumpelstiltskin, my dear." Madelyn replied to him.
"Oh, that's him." Jack pointed at him. Gold was confused.
"Aye, that's him." Madelyn nodded.
"And the others?" Jack asked, hopefully.
"Up." Madelyn glanced at Gold, who nodded to her.
"Oh." Jack sighed.
"But we can help the others, finding Hook." Madelyn suggested to him.
"Aye." Jack nodded.
Then Madelyn turned to look at Gold. "So, were are the others?"
"There." Gold pointed at Emma, first.
"Good, then we will go to her." Madelyn nodded. "And the others?"
"Most likely in Granny's." Gold replied to her.
"Lead the way, master Gold." Jack held out his arm, in gesture that he needed to walk for them. Gold nodded and lead them the way.
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When they arrived by Emma, she looked at them as then she asked. "Gold, who are these people?"
Before Gold reply, Jack stepping in. "Hello, love."
"Jack." Madelyn scolded him. Then she looked at Emma. "Hello, I'm Madelyn Sparrow-Swann and this is my husband Jack Sparrow. And I would think we can help you."
"You are Caitlynn's adopted family?" Emma asked surprised.
"Aye." Madelyn nodded.
"And you wanted to help me?" Emma asked to her.
"Aye." Madelyn replied to her.
Emma was relieved that some people wanted to help her, with her mission to get Hook back. "Oh, thank you so much."
"You're welcome, my dear." Madelyn smiled.
"Why is the rum always gone?" Jack muttered to himself.
Cleary Madelyn heard him. "Cause you drink too much or you needed to hide it from my sister."
"Aye." Jack sighed.
Emma snickered that the couple before her. "Like I have heard it from the stories."
"Stories?" Jack asked to her.
"Yes, my twin sister is adopted into your family and they told stories to her as she told me." Emma replied to him. "But not all of the stories." She sighed at the end.
"So, we do live on in stories?" Jack asked to her.
"I would think so." Emma nodded.
Then Gold interrupted them. "I think we need to get the others."
"I agree." Madelyn nodded.
Then they went to Granny's to find the others.
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The door opened as Emma, Gold, Madelyn and Jack entered in Granny's, making their way towards them both. "Mom. Dad." Emma looked at her parents. "You find anything?"
Mary Margaret looked at her. "Uh... there's no sign of him at the park or the town hall." Then she noticed two new comers. "Who are they?" She asked pointing at Madelyn and Jack.
"These are Madelyn and Jack Sparrow." Emma replied to her.
Mary Margaret and David blinked at them. "Okay, are they gonna help us?"
"Yes." Emma nodded. "They are."
"We are." Madelyn nodded, glancing at Jack.
"Aye." Jack nodded.
"This is hopeless." Emma sighed. "We don't even know if Hook's here. What if he has no unfinished business?"
"He died a Dark One, Miss Swan." Gold replied to her. "Trust me, he's here. Look, I'm finished being a team player. If you want things done, let me do them my way. I may have something down here that can help us." Then he leaves the diner.
"I will go after him, love." Jack told to Madelyn.
"Go." Madelyn nodded as then they kissed, then Jack pulled away and went after Gold. Then Madelyn turned to look at them. "What?" She asked as Emma stared at her.
"Nothing." Emma shrugged it off.
Just then, Henry had entered through the back way and make his way towards them, then Emma noticed him and greeted him. "Henry."
"No luck yet, Mom?" Henry asked his mother.
"Not yet." Emma sighed as then she noticed that Henry was holding a key. "What's that?"
"I was just checking the rooms." Henry replied to her.
"Room eight." Emma looked at the key. "That was your dad's. You're looking for him?"
"I wanted to let him know I was okay." Henry replied to her.
"He knows, kid." Emma nodded. "He knows."
"How can you be sure?" Henry was curious.
"I just am." Emma's voice was breaking. "He's in a better place, I promise."
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Gold walked over to the Underworld version of his pawn shop as then he looked up to see the sign broken. Then he noticed that he was being followed. "Why are you following me?" Gold turned to look at Jack.
"Oh, thought you maybe need some help mate." Jack replied to him.
"I'm not your mate, mate." Gold hissed at him.
"So, you do normal to my wife, but not me, mate." Jack comment to him. "What have I done to you?"
"You remind me of someone." Gold snarled.
Then jack noticed who it was, he loved rum, but he wasn't a foul. "Hook."
Gold nodded. "Yes."
"And my wife reminds you of?" Jack asked to him.
"No one." Gold rolled with his eyes, his patience was getting fin.
"Okay." Jack nodded, then he glanced at the shop. "I know you know this man, I know too."
Gold sighed as then he ignored him and entered the shop, to see a thread wheel spinning rapidly. He walked further into the shop, followed by Jack. Then he noticed his childhood doll. Just then he make his way behind the counter, realizing who was in there, looking for the potion that will help find Hook. Then, Pan was behind him. "Looking for something?"
Gold turned to face him. "Peter Pan. I certainly wasn't looking for you."
"By the pearl." Jack exclaimed. "He looks even creepier up close."
Pan glared at Jack as then he focused on Gold. "Oh, come on, son. Don't be like that. Aren't you glad to see your dear old father?"
"Just because you, uh, sired me, that doesn't make you my father." Gold Stepped out from behind the counter and stopped in front of Pan. "Step aside."
Pan moved aside. "Keep looking for as long as you like. But down here, this is my shop. And you won't find anything unless I want you to."
"Be careful with your threats." Gold hissed.
Pan looked at him. "Or what? You'll kill me again? Maybe it's time to put the past behind us. This is what you're looking for, right?" Then he was holding the potion in his hands, before placing it down next to the wooden doll. "Go on. Take it."
Gold looked at him in disbelieve. "How generous. How many strings are attached?"
"No strings." Pan looked at him. "Rumple, I meant what I said before I died. I... I do want to start over."
"Never gonna happen." Gold shook with his head. "I sent you here for a reason."
Pan sighed. "I miss the world above the tastes, the smells."
"Me too." Jack raised his hand.
"Sorry." Gold told to his father, also glancing at Jack. "You can't go back."
"Not unless I trade places with a living soul." Pan smirked. "And those people you came down with... they are not your friends. And they are living... for now. Maybe one of them doesn't make the trip back, but your dear old dad does."
"Not interested." Gold comment to him.
"Not yet. But... this one's on the house for today." Pan picked up the potion and held it out for Gold. "A gesture of goodwill... from a father to his son."
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Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Regina, Henry, Madelyn and Robin were in Granny's diner. Regina was back from seeing her mother as them she looked at Madelyn, the others explained that she was gonna help them. She nodded and began to tell them what happened. Mary Margaret looked in disbelieve. "She'll really do that? She'll throw your father, her husband, into the fire?"
Regina sighed. "Of course she will. She thinks she's giving me my best chance. I can't let my father suffer because of me."
Robin looked at her. "Regina, it's all right." He said to her.
"No, it's not." Regina looked at him. "He's here because I killed him. The only way I've been able to deal with that is by imaging he went to a better place, but... he didn't." Then she sighed. "Maybe I should get on that boat."
Emma looked at all of them. "Yes, you should."
"Absolutely not." David shook with his head. "We're not leaving until we find Hook together."
"It's dangerous here." Emma told them.
Mary Margaret looked at her daughter. "Which is why we're not leaving you alone."
"That's what family are for, Emma." Madelyn told her wisely. "Remember that."
Just then, Jack and Gold had entered through the back and was walking towards them, Gold was carrying the potion vial. "Perhaps I can cut through this little family squabble." He told them.
Robin looked suspicions at it. "What the hell is that?"
"This is the way to find your deceased pirate." Gold held it up. "The Ale of Seonaidh from the land of DunBroch."
"That's a mouthful." Regina comment sarcastically.
"I agree." Madelyn nodded.
"It lets you communicate with the dead." Gold explained. "Pour this over Hook's grave, and we can stop guessing where he is and simply ask him."
"You're saying Hook has a grave here in the Underworld?" David asked in disbelieve.
"Everyone down here has a grave." Jack replied to him.
"You'll find the cemetery right where you remember it." Gold added.
"Ahh, are you friends already?" Madelyn asked.
"No." Gold hissed at her.
"Pirate." Jack added.
"Aye." Madelyn nodded.
Mary Margaret looked at then all. "Well, if this works, we could find Hook before the boat leaves. We could all get out of here together."
"A fine idea." Gold comment. "I suggest you all get moving."
Emma shook with her head. "No way." Then she walked towards Gold. "You're coming with us."
Then, Gold handed Emma the potion. "You can do this part on your own. There's a boat that's leaving soon. You want to find Hook? Fine. But I have no interest in exploring this world further. You can meet me there. But that's entirely up to you." He started leaving.
Emma went to stop him, but was cut off by Mary Margaret. "Emma. There's no time to argue. If there's even a chance that will work, we have to risk it."
"We sit this one out either." Jack comment to them as he went over to his wife.
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Above, Caitlyn and the others, namely Amelia, were preparing the baby room in her and Gold's house, since they know what it gonna be. "Dark blue is a good colour right?" Caitlynn asked her adopted mother.
"Yes, sweetie." Amelia replied to her as she used her magic to made the Crip.
"Okay." Caitlynn nodded and used her magic as well to paint quickly and to dry it, opening a window.
"This went well." Amelia comment, looking at their handy work.
"Yes, Gold would love it, when he and the others come back." Caitlynn nodded.
"Yeah." Amelia nodded.
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Later, in the Underworld, Regina and Henry make their way towards the fallen clock tower, where Emma, Mary Margaret, David, Madelyn, Jack, Robin and Gold were waiting. Mary Margaret looked worried at Regina. "Tell me your father's okay."
Regina smiled. "He's better than okay."
"He's in a better place now." Henry nodded.
"Wait. That means everyone here..." Mary Margaret trailed off.
"Can be saved." David finished her.
"Even you two." Mary Margaret looked at Madelyn and Jack.
"We know our unfinished business." Madelyn told her.
Regina looked around the town. "Every soul in this town has unfinished business. And chances are, for a lot of them, we're that business."
"You've all deluded yourself if you think these people are worth your time." Gold told them all. "They're not the dearly departed. They are dead, wretched souls, and I want no part of it."
"What you want doesn't matter." Emma looked at Gold. "I wasn't bluffing... I'm happy to tell Caitlynn about your return to Dark One-ness."
"Our agreement was to find your pirate and get the hell out of here." Gold told her. "If you want to distract yourself with this other asinine pursuit, be my guest. I'm out." Then he walked away and leaves the group standing there.
Just then, Jack wanted to go with him again, but Madelyn stopped him. "He will come back."
"Aye." Jack nodded.
Henry looked at all of them. "So... who's ready for "Operation Firebird"?"
Regina laughed. "Is that what we're calling it?"
"You referring to the mythological bird or the muscle car?" Emma added as them she wrapped her arm around Henry's shoulder before leading him away and the others were following them.
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Author's note: Madelyn and Jack are guests in story, just wanted to say that.