Back at the heroes' campground, Emma, Mary Margaret, Regina, and Evie appeared to be doing something with some rope that they found.
"A trap? That's your plan?" Regina asked the other woman with a scoff.
"Mom, don't be like that," Evie frowned. "If The Lost Ones wanna come after us, we need to go after them." she then added.
"You really think, the Lost Ones are gonna betray Pan?" Killian asked in disbelief.
"Thanks for the advice," Mary Margaret pouted until she saw her husband walking by just then. "David? We need more vines." she then told him.
"On it," David nodded before he pointed at Killian. "You're coming with me, pirate." he then demanded.
"Why's that?" Killian asked.
"Because, we need more rope." David simply stated.
Killian rolled his eyes before bowing and smirking. "If the lady insists." he then said to get a reaction out of Emma before he followed after her father.
Emma smirked back at that a little as she continued to help make ropes with Regina, Mary Margaret, Evie, Harry, Carla, and Dee Dee. Harry looked over, then looked around, and decided to go after David and Killian.
"Hey! Where you going?" Evie asked the pirate teen.
"They might need some help." Harry said innocently.
"Well... Okay, I guess..." Evie shrugged, though she could tell that Harry had something else on his mind that was far from what he said, but she let it alone.
Harry nodded and soon went after the two older men into the woods. David was soon picking up some vines until he was in Killian's company, grunting and panting as he sounded like he was losing a lot of energy.
"What would you like to yell at me about now, Dave?" Killian asked David once he followed close behind the blonde man.
"Stay away from my daughter." David demanded sternly.
"I guess, she can take care of herself," Killian replied with a shrug. "She doesn't need your parenting. Which is a good thing."
"What does that mean?" David asked sternly.
"It means you're gonna die in a day or so, anyway." Killian stated bluntly as Harry began to sneak up behind the two men quietly.
"Nothing I can do about that," David huffed. "But, if I do die-"
"When." Killian interrupted bluntly.
David narrowed his eyes at that before he began to keep talking. "It'll be in helping my family and that is something someone like you can't understand." he then finished.
"What if I told you there's a way to save you?" Killian then asked.
"I'd say no, 'cuz anything that takes us off course of saving Henry, is selfish, but, of course, you would think that was the way to go." David glared.
Harry gasped and glared in offense to that answer.
"Bugger off. You think, I'm being selfish?" Killian snorted in disbelief. "I'm risking my life for all of you, I did the same for my own son when he was kidnapped and enslaved in this hellhole, every moment I'm here aligned against him." he then reminded firmly.
"Please, you're not here out of any nobility. You're here for Emma," David retorted. "And let me tell you something else: You're never gonna get her. I'll see to that."
"It's a good thing you're gonna die then." Killian scoffed in response.
David then intended to punch Killian in the face only to stagger as the adult male pirate caught him by the arm.
"Stop! Stop! Let go of my dad!" Harry cried out as he rushed over closely to try to stop David from hurting his father.
"Mate. Mate, stop. I don't fight invalids," Killian glared at David before setting an unconscious David on the ground. He then waited for some sort of response, but nothing happened. "Mate? Mate!" he then called and patted the man firmly on the face.
"...Dad, did Mr. Charming just die?" Harry asked.
"No, he's just knocked out right now, Harry... HARRY!" Killian answered before he looked up and over, doing a double-take when he saw his son there. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to make sure you or Mr. Charming weren't hurt especially by Dreamshade." Harry explained with a small frown.
"...Dreamshade?" Killian asked his son. "How long have you known?"
"...For a while," Harry admitted as he put his hands behind his back and shuffled his foot on the ground. "I'm sorry, Dad."
"Hm... We'll talk about this later... Right now we should help Emma's father." Killian suggested as he looked back down at the fallen man.
"Should I get some water or something?" Harry offered.
"I think I might have a better idea." Killian suggested as he took out his trademark bottle of rum and gave David a drink.
David soon grunted and coughed after a few moments, coughing up some rum once he regained consciousness.
"Have another drink." Killian soon suggested.
"No, thank you," David groaned and coughed in response before trying to get up. "I'm okay now."
"No, you're not," Killian said, supporting David as he tried to get up on his feet. "I thought you had days left. Let me see. Let me see that." he then demanded out of suspicion.
"No." David shook his head.
"You should let my dad see," Harry suggested. "He just wants to help you. He's a Neverland expert after all." he then reminded.
"Yes... Let me see." Killian added a bit firmly.
Reluctantly, David soon sighed and lifted his shirt. The right side of his chest was covered with black veins all over it. The uppermost veins began to spread to the left. Harry looked wide-eyed and very nervous for David's well-being now.
"The Dreamshade has almost reached your heart. It's hours now," Killian realized in horror. "You have to tell your family."
"No. Not, when I can still help them save Henry." David denied it as he tried to move, but staggered again.
"Catch your breath, mate, or the little time you have, will be less." Killian warned David as he soon caught the other man again.
"Is it a pressure thing?" Harry asked his father.
"Something like that." Killian nodded and confirmed.
With an effort, David soon picked something up from the ground.
"What's that?" Harry asked once he saw that David picked something up.
David soon took a closer look. "It's a military insignia," he then noticed before reading the name embossed on it. "'Jones'. You know him?" he then asked Killian.
"Aye, he was my captain," Killian nodded. "And my brother."
"You have a brother? I have a nephew?" Harry asked his father.
"1. Yes, I have a brother, it's a long story, and 2. No, you would be his nephew and he would be your uncle, and 3. We voyaged this infernal island a long time ago," Killian explained. "This was on the strap of his satchel my brother lost during a duel with Pan. It must have washed down with the rains from the storms that wrecked The Jolly Roger."
"...Was this when I was young?" Harry asked.
"No, this was long before you were born and before I met your mother." Killian explained to his son.
"From where?" David soon wondered.
"There. Dead Man's Peak," Killian told both of them, pointing to the distance to another Neverland location. "I thought it was gone forever."
"Maybe we should go there and look for a cure." Harry suggested as he looked like he was going to head that way only to be stopped by his father.
"No, it's too dangerous." Killian warned his son.
"What's too dangerous?" David demanded. "If you know something that can help us, don't hold back."
"If this insignia survived all these years, then perhaps my brother's satchel did as well," Killian explained. "And inside this satchel is a sextant, that can help us to decode Neal's star map that can get us off this island."
"I know now, how I'm gonna spend my last hours, we're gonna find that thing." David replied and panted a bit heavily.
"Well, look, you might reach the top, but you'll die before you return." Killian advised him.
"Then, come with me and make sure the sextant gets back to Emma," David soon ordered Killian. "You ready to be a hero?" he then asked the other man.
Killian paused and then nodded in determination.
"I'll come too." Harry piped up.
"Harry, it might be risky for you," Killian reminded his son. "You're just a teenager."
"Yes, but I want to learn more about my father's story, especially if I'm going to learn how to be a good kid in Storybrooke High like everyone else if I can help it," Harry defended. "I won't tell anyone what's going on with the Dreamshade, I promise."
"Oh... I don't know..." David frowned a little at the pirate teen.
"You can trust a Hook promise, sir," Harry promised him. "Captain Hook never breaks a promise and since I'll be the next Captain Hook someday, that means I won't either."
"...Well, I suppose that's pretty mature of you." David admitted.
"I know," Harry smirked. "Isn't it, Dad?"
"All right, just don't say your old man didn't warn you." Killian told his son.
"But you did warn me?" Harry replied out of confusion.
"Let's get going." David suggested.
The pirate father and son agreed at that and they soon went back to see the others as they made more ropes.
Soon, David, Killian, and Harry came back to the camp and told the others about the sextant while Tinkerbell and Samantha kept an eye on Dee Dee.
"A sextant?" Emma asked. "And you're telling us about this now?"
"How do we know you're not lying?" Regina demanded firmly.
"Oh, you don't, but I'm not," Killian reassured her. "It's the best hope yet we've had of an exit plan, and don't forget we're going to need one."
"Okay... So what are we waiting for?" Evie then asked as she looked ready to go.
Killian glanced at her before looking at the blonde woman. "Emma... you were right. We need to get that message to Henry. Every day without hope is a day closer to becoming a Lost Boy." he then told her before wrapping a bundle of rope around himself as he went to go with Harry and David. "Your father, my son, and I should go."
"Hook's right." David agreed.
"Uh, you wanna split up?" Carla asked cautiously. "Is that a good idea?"
"It's the last thing I wanna do, but there's a chance he can get us home." David defended.
"Okay..." Mary Margaret replied, though she looked just as if not more concerned than Carla since her husband was involved.
"And, Emma, while I'm gone just..." David began to say to his daughter.
"Listen to my mother?" Emma guessed with a small smile.
"Be careful." David chuckled at that.
"Always am." Emma reassured him.
"And when you send that message to Henry, add something to it for me, would ya?" David then requested.
"Mm-hmm?" Emma nodded before listening to her father.
"Tell him... tell him Grandpa loves him." David soon said before hugging Emma suddenly while Harry frowned that he didn't confess to what was really going on.
"Oh. Uh, okay. Good luck." Emma blinked at the sudden hug because she didn't know why he just did that.
"Yeah. You, too." David replied before he then turned to Mary Margaret.
"You all right?" Mary Margaret asked softly.
"Yeah. I just... I've gotta go." David told her emotionally while trying to hide it.
"Mm... I'll see you soon." Mary Margaret reassured him.
"Well, you know Neverland's a dangerous place, and... you know... you just never know what's gonna happen-" David then tried to cover up.
"David. You're gonna be fine." Mary Margaret interrupted and soothed him.
"Right." David replied as he pressed his hands against Mary Margaret's head, and kissed her on the forehead before kissing her again.
"Mm~" Mary Margaret hummed warmly from his kissing.
"I love you." David whispered to her before leaving and joining Killian and Harry as they continued along.
Carla then gave Harry a good luck hug before sending him off. Harry seemed to blush in the hug while trying to hide it from his father and David, though his father seemed to be smirking at him.
Later, everyone else stayed behind and began to get ready to entrap someone to use as bait. A wild pig could be shown, snorting and squealing. Someone was coming out of the bushes as Mary Margaret drew her bow once she saw someone coming from the shadows and she soon fired her arrow, releasing a net, that then fell on top of the victim they found.
"Augh!"
"Alright, we got him!" Evie cheered as she surrounded their victim along with the adult women and Carla as Mary Margaret drew her bow.
"What's going on?!" The boy complained once he saw that he was trapped, trying to break free from the net.
"Now look, we don't want to start a war with Pan, we just want to-" Evie began to say until she looked down and did a double take. "Carlos?!"
"Evie?" Carlos blinked once he was shown to be the trapped boy. "Is that you?"
"Yeah, it's me, but... What're you doing here?" Evie asked her friend once she realized who he was.
"I was following some music and I ended up getting lost after a while," Carlos frowned. "What's the big idea trapping me?"
"We thought you were a Lost Boy," Evie replied. "What're you doing here in Neverland anyway?" she then asked.
"We were just trying to help you get Henry back and Goldie brought us here for back-up." Carlos explained.
"We?" Regina demanded. "We only see you."
"Jay, Lonnie, and I came here with Goldie," Carlos then said. "Henry is our friend too, so we wanted to help, especially you, Evie since we're all a team even though Mal isn't with us anymore."
"Oh, Carlos, that's so sweet of you..." Evie said softly as she smiled before she decided to help him out of the net. "Here, let me help you out of there."
"You said you heard some music on the way out here?" Emma asked.
"Yeah, but I think it stopped... It was weird, it's like I was awake and asleep at the same time..." Carlos said as he looked around before seeing Carla. "...Have we met?"
"No, I don't think so," Carla replied thoughtfully. "Though you do kinda seem familiar..."
"You do to me too..." Carlos then said, looking just as thoughtful as he did.
Suddenly, a twig snapped, startling everyone briefly until they saw Kovu lurking about as he came for the pig, but looked like he was about to turn around.
"Stop that Lost Boy!" Regina demanded.
Evie soon ran up behind Kovu, then tackled him down to the ground to keep him from going any further.
"What are you doing?!" Kovu grunted and glared. "Are you trying to start a war with Pan?"
"Pan started the war when he kidnapped my son." Emma retorted.
"And my little brother." Evie added firmly before getting up off of Kovu.
"But that doesn't you our enemy," Regina then said before she opened her palm, using magic to bring out an Apollo bar.
"What's that?" Kovu asked as he slowly began to stand up again.
"Chocolate. I thought you might like the taste of something sweet." Regina confessed.
"Chocolate?" Kovu and Carla both asked, acting like they never heard of that word before.
"Surely you guys have heard of chocolate before." Evie replied softly.
"We don't wanna hurt you," Emma soon told Kovu. "We just need you to deliver a message to Henry."
"Why should I help you?" Kovu scoffed in response.
"Because you had a home and a family once and you stopped believing you could get back to them," Emma defended and explained. "Now we're here."
"We can help; not just Henry, all of you," Evie added. "We can get you home."
Regina then moved her hand closer, offering the chocolate bar. Kovu then took it and sniffed it before chuckling as he immediately threw the chocolate bar into the jungle. Emma soon drew her dagger and Evie narrowed her eyes dangerously in warning which startled Carlos since Evie very rarely got angry.
"Don't you get it? I'm here because I don't wanna go home," Kovu scoffed. "None of us do. Especially her." he then pointed at Carla.
"I was abandoned by somebody." Carla added firmly.
"Pan's a monster. Look what he did to you." Emma defended as she pointed to the scar on Kovu's face.
"Oh, Pan didn't do that. Henry did." Kovu explained.
"Henry? No way..." Evie frowned in disbelief.
"Oh, yes way." Kovu nodded truthfully.
"But Henry would never hurt anyone," Evie frowned. "He's changed." she then realized in horror.
"That's what Neverland does to you, it changes you inside and out," Carla told Evie. "You start to forget everything from back home because this is your home now. I was made into a mermaid since I wasn't Lost One material along with Magda, Scarlett, and Diana."
"Exactly." Kovu nodded at that.
Carlos soon walked over and decided to get the Apollo bar. "So... You want some chocolate?" he then offered to Carla.
"Chocolate?" Carla perked up slightly at hearing a new thing. Her reaction seemed almost reminiscent of a puppy.
"Mind if I give her some?" Carlos asked Regina.
"Go ahead." Regina told him.
Carlos smiled at that before he soon went to break off a piece of the chocolate to give to the girl. "Trust me, you're gonna love this." he then said to her.
Carla looked at it suspiciously, waiting to see him bite some first.
Carlos nodded before he soon helped himself to some chocolate, beaming at the taste already. "Mm~"
Carla blinked then put the piece she had been given in her mouth. after chewing and swallowing it her eyes widened and then closed in bliss. "Mmm~" she almost moaned in delight.
"Good, huh?" Carlos smiled as they shared some chocolate.
Carla scrambled up to try some more chocolate. Carlos chuckled a bit as he helped Carla, but tried to stop her from taking too much. Evie then decided to summon a little more candy for the girl. Carla ended up looking like she was wearing chocolate lipstick, though she also discovered a love of jelly beans.
"Okay, I think you've had enough." Carlos smiled bashfully.
Carla pouted slightly but sat back, munching on one last jelly bean.
"I'm glad you like it though." Carlos then said.
"Yeah, you don't wanna eat too much, or else you'll get a tummy ache." Evie advised the girl.
"Oh, you can't get a stomach ache in Neverland," Carla replied. "Pan used to have cakes delivered all the time from Captain Hook and he could eat so many at a time without ever getting sick."
"Hm... Sounds like you on your 6th birthday party when you thought you could eat your whole cake without getting sick." Regina smirked at Evie.
"Mom..." Evie blushed in slight embarrassment.
"It's true though~" Regina smirked warmly.
"So, are you guys gonna let me go or what?" Kovu soon asked.
"Oh, we're going to let you go, after a quick favor you do for us~" Regina told Kovu as she looked him dead in his emerald eyes.
Kovu blinked with wide eyes, looking a little nervous with how Regina approached him like that.
Meanwhile, Killian, David, and Harry were navigating their way through the jungle.
"How are you holding up, mate?" Killian asked David.
"Don't worry about me," David replied as he panted a bit. "Just worry about getting us to the sextant."
"I meant the goodbyes," Killian clarified. "Looked a bit stormy back there."
"I did what had to be done, and I did it out of love. Emma and Mary Margaret will understand that." David said before he stopped and leaned against a tree to catch his breath, so the pirate father and son stopped to wait up for him.
"You gonna tell them that from beyond the grave?" Killian then asked as Harry looked concerned for David.
"No. You are. You're gonna tell them that I died a hero, fighting for their way home," David panted and explained. "What you're not gonna tell them is that I left already a dead man."
"The truth, you mean." Harry reminded with a firm pout.
"Their last memories of me won't be of a liar." David retorted before he then walked past Killian and Harry.
Harry frowned as he didn't like where this was going.
"Why should we help you?" Killian soon asked as he and his son then followed David again.
"Well, if you didn't steal that bean, they wouldn't have had a chance to take Henry, we wouldn't be on this island, and I wouldn't be dying of dreamshade." David explained with a chuckle.
"Fair point. At least you got to say goodbye," Killian replied. "Most people don't get that much." he then added softly.
Harry frowned, concerned about his father, but didn't say anything as they continued to walk.
"You lost someone, didn't you?" David asked Killian before they suddenly stopped together.
"This is where we ascend," Killian then said to avoid the subject. "I'll climb ahead and throw down the rope." he then instructed.
The mountain was shown and it appeared to be very tall as they soon continued to walk toward it.
"He was your brother, right? I had a brother, too, you know," David then guessed and added as he breathed heavily. "A twin. He died before I ever met him."
"There were two of you?" Killian snorted in response. "I can barely stomach one."
"Ah, you would've liked him," David chuckled and smirked. 'He was a thief and a liar."
"Yeah, you would've liked my brother. He could be a stubborn ass," Killian smirked back. "Harry, you clearly got that from your uncle."
"Hey!" Harry pouted.
"Just a joke, son," Killian smirked playfully before they soon stopped at the base of Dead Man's peak. "Now wait here." he then told David and Harry.
"Aww... I wanna come too, Dad." Harry pouted.
"Maybe later, Harry," Killian advised. "I'll pull you two up, it might be too much if we go all at once."
"Hmm... Okay..." Harry then nodded as he tried to stay put since his father told him to.
"You'll understand," Killian replied. "Don't worry, this won't take long."
Harry nodded as he soon decided to wait with David while his father would do his part for the good of the team. Killian soon started to climb up. David and Harry waited at the bottom while Killian collected vines from a dead tree to throw down and give to his potential new friend and son down below only to be interrupted suddenly.
"Don't pull them up yet," Peter said, causing the adult pirate to turn around and see him. "I wanna talk. Alone."
Killian then suddenly dropped the vines and advanced toward the ageless boy who caused him a lifetime of grief and not just in the storybooks. "What do you want?" he then demanded.
"To offer you a deal. Come back and work for me, like the old days," Peter replied. "You can even bring your son along with you."
"I don't miss the old days." Killian chuckled with a scoff.
"What if I were to offer you something hard to come by?" Peter then asked, suddenly coming right up to his face. "Passage off the island."
"Still not interested." Killian shook his head.
"What if I were to sweeten the deal?" Peter then bribed the adult pirate. "You can take someone else with you besides your son... Emma."
"Emma would never leave her son." Killian declined, trying to stay strong.
"She did once before, and you can be there to pick up the pieces. We've known each other a very long time, Killian. I know your son pretty well too even if he's a bit of a cowardly codfish," Peter countered. "We've done business before and I think this is the perfect time to restart that relationship."
"What if I'm not interested?" Killian retorted.
"Of course you are," Peter taunted with a smirk. "Because that's what I've always liked about you. You're good at surviving."
Killian narrowed his eyes in annoyance and impatience. "What do you want me to do?" he then challenged the boy who was a lot older than he looked due to being young for a very long time.
"Be in my employ. Do my dirty work." Peter urged.
"What dirty work?" Killian asked.
"When the time comes, I'll let you know, but first, I need a signal that you've taken my deal." Peter replied.
"So my word right now wouldn't be good enough?" Killian asked.
"You know me," Peter reminded, coming up behind the adult pirate suddenly. "I like action. I'll know you've taken my deal when I see the prince's dead body up on that peak~"
"Oh, you'll see that anyway," Killian scoffed at that. "He's on his last legs thanks to dreamshade."
"I wanna see you kill him before the poison," Peter clarified deviously. "I want to see your hook inside his body."
Killian glared a bit. "And what if I don't take your offer?" he then asked.
"Remember the last time you didn't listen to me?" Peter rhetorically asked as he pulled out a flask before swiftly taking it back until he let the adult pirate take it. "Have a drink. You know it always helps you think~" he then added before suddenly disappearing, leaving the adult pirate alone with his thoughts just as David climbed up to the top of the cliff.
"Bloody hell. I told you to wait." Killian complained to the blonde man.
"Were you talking to someone?" David asked while panting heavily.
"Just talking to myself," Killian covered up. "It's an old habit from many nights on the lonely seas."
David glanced at the adult pirate before looking down to see his flask. "Well, I'm glad to see your enjoying the refreshments while you do it." he then scoffed.
"Apologies, mate," Killian then said before he pointed out the rest of the way. "It isn't much farther now."
"Hey! I'm still down here!" Harry called out as his voice echoed slightly.
"...Right after I go help my son." Killian then said as he went to lower the vines at the base down below to his son.
"About time." Harry said as he grabbed the vines and climbed a bit before his father began to pull him up onto Dead Man's Peak.
Killian smiled softly at his son before glancing back at David and narrowing his eyes almost dangerously.
Emma, Regina, Evie, Carla, Carlos, and Mary Margaret had Kovu tied to a tree. Emma was in his face, interrogating him.
"It's too late! Henry is a Lost Boy, now!" Kovu taunted. "Your boy is one of the most vicious recruits we've had in ages!"
"Shut up!" Evie hissed as she started to choke Kovu but was suddenly pulled away by Mary Margaret.
"Whoa... Evie..." Carlos said with wide eyes as it was frightening to see the blue-haired girl act like that.
"S-Sorry... I don't know what just came over me..." Evie said nervously, even shocked with herself just then.
"Don't let him get to you, okay?" Mary Margaret advised Evie.
"Sorry, everyone, sorry." Evie said sheepishly.
"That's all right, Evie, you were probably stronger than I was." Emma soothed the blue-haired girl.
"Move aside." Regina said as she suddenly stepped forward only to be blocked by Mary Margaret.
"Why?" Mary Margaret asked, having a feeling that Regina would try something dark and drastic.
"So I can rip his heart out!" Regina explained as if it was the logical thing to do. "Then he'll do exactly what we want." she then added for her reasoning.
"No!" Carla frowned as she felt that not even Kovu deserved that.
"This is not how we do things!" Mary Margaret reminded Regina. "Evie, we can find another way." she then suggested.
"Really?" Regina scoffed. "And what do you think, Evie?" she then asked her teenage daughter.
"I think I need to talk to my little brother." Evie frowned.
"We can't do this! That is brutal-" Mary Margaret cried out, trying to prevent the heart ripping only for Emma to force her to the side.
"We can't but she can," Emma told her mother. "Do it, Regina!" she then urged the other woman.
"Emma!" Mary Margaret yelped, struggling as Emma held her back as Regina walked over to Kovu.
"I'm sorry." Emma whispered to her mother.
"Please reconsider!" Carla yelped.
"Maybe it won't be so bad?" Carlos advised Carla with a small smile.
"I doubt it." Carla firmly pouted in response.
Kovu soon grunted in pain as Regina pulled out his heart. Evie turned away as she couldn't bear to look and Carlos held onto Carla to keep her from seeing the carnage as well.
Once the heart was ripped out, Emma took a seat before facing her mother with a bit of a grave facial expression as they were dealing with the aftermath of the gruesome situation. "Mary Margaret, I'm sorry." she then said softly.
"You don't have to apologize to me. It's Henry I'm worried about." Mary Margaret replied.
"That's why I'm willing to let Regina do whatever it takes." Emma nodded.
"I just wish it didn't have to come to this." Carla frowned.
"Me neither." Evie added and agreed.
"When we get to him, I just want to make sure the line is still there." Mary Margaret then said.
"What line?" Evie soon wondered as Regina untied the rope binding Kovu to the tree and motioned for him to follow her.
"The line between what your mother is willing to do, and what you are willing to do with us." Mary Margaret explained.
"I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get him home!" Evie retorted firmly.
"But the cost can't be this family." Mary Margaret advised the teenage girl.
"It won't be." Evie reassured even though she still looked firm.
"Second thoughts?" Regina asked the others once she had Kovu able to bend to her every whim now.
"I'm game if you are, Evie." Emma spoke up.
Evie looked all around before she nodded in determination. "Let's get him that message." she then said.
"Oh, we're going to do more than that," Regina then said. "Evie, you have your handheld mirror, right?"
"Yes, I do. Why?" Evie replied.
"Please, let me see it." Regina then requested.
Evie shrugged and then brought her handheld mirror from her pocket, giving it to her mother. Regina then took the mirror and broke it in half and gave one other half to Kovu.
"Mom!" Evie cried and complained.
"Don't worry, I'll buy you a new one," Regina reassured her daughter and promised. "We're gonna see him." she then added.
"Hmph." Evie pouted since her mother did that right in front of her.
"I promise, it'll be worth it," Regina told her mother. "This will do the trick."
"You could've at least told me what you were about to do." Evie pouted at her mother in response.
Meanwhile, back at Dead Man's Peak, Harry, Killian, and David soon approached the dreamshade vines.
"Well, since you're already dying from the stuff, you won't mind if I stand back while you..?" Killian started to say to David.
"Yeah," David replied before he suddenly rounded Killian, drawing his sword and rose it up to the pirate's neck, trapping him between the blade and the dreamshade, startling Harry instantly. "I know about your deal with Pan."
"You heard that then?" Killian asked.
"Yeah. I heard that." David nodded as he kept a brave stance.
"Then you know I didn't agree." Killian then said.
"Yeah, you also didn't disagree." David retorted firmly.
"Don't you guys see? This is what Peter Pan wants!" Harry spoke up as strongly as he could. "He wants you guys to just turn against each other." he then flinched once he heard his father grunting.
"Well, it worked." David glared as he pressed the blade onto Killian's neck.
"You're making the poison spread quicker, mate." Killian warned David.
"I don't care. I just have to last long enough to get the sextant back to my family," David glared. "Now take me to it!"
"My brother didn't lose his satchel up here!" Killian soon confessed. "I made that up."
David slowly then lowered his sword in disbelief.
"What? Dad... But a pirate never lies..." Harry frowned in disappointment. "What about the insignia?" he then asked.
"I dropped it on the path so Dave here would find it." Killian explained with a deep inhale for his life once he was free from the blade for now.
"Why?" David demanded.
"Because I knew you'd never make the journey here if I told you the truth." Killian soon admitted.
"The truth?" David frowned. "The truth; you brought me here to die?"
"I brought you here to save your life!" Killian defended firmly.
"You're a liar!" David glared and soon grunted while charging toward Killian only for the adult pirate to punch him in the nose, making the blonde man fall backward and knocking him out.
"Dad..." Harry frowned at that.
"I'm sorry, son, but it was either him or me." Killian defended.
"I guess that's a good point." Harry remarked.
Back at the campground of The Lost Ones, Henry was sitting on the outskirts and draws a picture of a house in the dirt. Kovu soon approached him and gently poked him to get his attention.
Henry flinched before he stood up and saw who had come to see him. "I don't want to fight again, okay?" he then replied meekly.
"I didn't come to fight. I came to deliver a message," Kovu reassured the younger boy before pushing Henry further towards the edge of the clearing. The picture in the dirt disappears as Henry shuffled backward. "Your family is here." he then told the boy.
"What?" Henry asked in disbelief.
"They're on the island trying to find you." Kovu explained calmly.
"Y-Y-You're making this up because I cut your cheek," Henry frowned and didn't believe him. "You're trying to get back at me."
"I'm not making it up." Kovu said as he handed Henry the half of the mirror Regina gave to him earlier. He then left to go stand guard.
Eventually, the mirror glowed in Henry's hand and he could see Emma, Mary Margaret, Regina, and Evie.
"Henry... Hello... Can you hear and see us?" Evie asked hopefully.
"Henry, are you okay?" Regina added.
"Henry! Can you hear me?" Emma added.
"Mom? Evie?" Henry replied softly.
"I'm here too, Henry!" Mary Margaret said calmly.
"No," Henry shook his head as he glanced at Kovu like he was trying to trick him. "This is a trick."
"No. No, this is not a trick. Henry, I promise you this is real," Emma reassured the boy. "Kid, it's Operation: Cobra Rescue. It's us."
"Though I would've called it Operation: Clownfish, just like..." Evie added softly.
"Like from Finding Nemo," Henry concluded and realized that this was for real. "Y-You're here?" he then asked his family.
"Yes. We're coming to get you." Emma promised him.
Henry smiled until he glanced to the side. "There's someone coming," he then warned as he checked again and panicked slightly. "It's Pan. I-I-I gotta go." he then told them.
"Henry!" The three women and teenage girl frowned as they tried to hear more from him.
"I-I gotta go." Henry replied since he didn't have much time or else he would get caught.
"We love you!" Regina quickly said.
"You're my favorite little brother ever!" Evie then added.
"And you're my favorite big sister ever, I love you too!" Henry replied as he dropped the mirror, shattering it and walking back to camp.
Evie, Emma, Regina, and Mary Margaret stared at their half lovingly while Carla and Carlos looked hopeful for them.
Back at Dead Man's Peak, Harry rubbed his arm as David was still unconscious on the ground.
"Bloody hell," Killian grunted and straightened himself out before looking over. "Stand back, Harry. This could get ugly." he then said, drawing out his sword.
"Please don't kill him," Harry frowned. "I know what he did and what he said, but you shouldn't murder him."
"Don't worry, I won't, I'm going to help him out," Killian told his son. "Just take this as a lesson that sometimes you just have to be nice to people even if they don't exactly return the favor."
"Hm... That feels like a dumb lesson..." Harry pouted and crossed his arms.
"I'm sure it is, but you'll thank me someday," Killian replied. "Now stand back before you get in worse trouble than being grounded." he then added as he covered his face, heading for the dreamshade.
"Be careful, Dad." Harry whispered as he stepped back then.
"I'll be fine." Killian promised his son as he soon turned around and drew his sword to hack at the overgrown dreamshade. He then came to fill the canteen with the water from the waterfall and returned, checking himself for scratches before sighing in relief. "What'd I tell you, son? Nothing to it." he then chuckled and smiled softly.
Harry smiled back, looking relieved and proud of his father right now.
"Mate, wake up." Killian then told David before slapping the other man awake gently.
David coughed and soon came to. "Hey! Get off me!" he then glared at the adult pirate before struggling to get away.
"Hey, whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa," Killian then said as he stopped the other man from hurting him. "Look. In this canteen is the water that will stop the dreamshade and will save your life."
David soon stopped and panted a bit. "That's why you brought me up here?" he then asked.
"Yes." Killian confirmed.
"You knew I wouldn't come on my own; that I wouldn't leave my family." David then realized.
"That you were stubborn? Yes, I gathered that rather quickly." Killian then nodded.
"Well, give it to me." David requested, still sounding a bit breathless.
Killian retracted his hand to give David a warning. "There's something you need to know first. Because its power comes from the island, once you drink this water, you can never leave Neverland." he then told the other man.
"Never leave?" Harry frowned in concern.
"Aye." Killian nodded at his son.
"It's a small price to pay for what I get in return: the chance to save my grandson... and to help my family get home." David admitted and panted.
Killian nodded and soon gave David the canteen. David then drank all of the water before he saw the effects of the dreamshade disappearing, causing him to laugh in relief. Harry smiled, looking happy and relieved for the other man before Killian helped David back up to his feet.
"One question. Why risk your life for me when there wasn't anything for you in return?" David then wondered.
"I didn't do it for you, mate." Killian replied to the other man, giving him a wink.
Harry chuckled and smiled warmly once it appeared that they were all on good terms now.
Back with Emma, Mary Margaret, Evie, and Regina, they were walking back to their clearing after talking to Henry.
"So how did it go?" Carlos asked as he stayed with Carla.
"Pretty good, I think," Evie replied. "I just wish it could've lasted a bit longer."
"Yeah..." Carlos nodded as he understood that a bit. "Well, this place creeps me out, but I always did wanna get out of Storybrooke a bit."
"Let's just hope we can find Jay and get all of us out of here in one piece." Evie replied.
"Definitely." Carlos nodded in agreement.
"You think he's okay?" Mary Margaret soon wondered.
"Who, Henry? He's fine." Emma reassured her.
"You know this how?" Regina asked with a slight scoff.
"Because he's our son, and he's a survivor, and now he has something to survive for," Emma reminded strongly. "He knows we're coming, and we're not gonna let him down. Especially his big sister."
Evie smiled softly at that.
"I'm sorry I doubted you. I'm just..." Mary Margaret soon said before sighing as Emma turned to face her. "I know how easy it is to give in to the darkness. I didn't want you to-"
"She didn't. I did," Regina interrupted the short-haired woman curtly. "That's what I'm here for. One happy family."
"Say that again like you mean it, Mom." Evie smirked playfully.
"Don't push it." Regina warned her daughter.
Suddenly, the foliage rustled. Carlos stayed close beside Carla while everyone else prepared for battle with Evie's hands sparkling with blue and white magic, Emma drawing out her sword, Mary Margaret readying her bow and arrow, and Regina having a fireball in her hand.
"Stand down, it's us!" David called out, causing them all to lower their weapons and Regina extinguished her fireball while Evie's hands looked normal again. He then smiled as he came over to Mary Margaret and kissed her passionately, causing Regina to cringe instantly.
"Uh, where is the sextant?" Regina then demanded.
"I'm afraid Pan got to it first." Killian replied with regret.
"Oh, no..." Carlos and Carla frowned in unison.
Everyone else sighed deeply in defeat as David kissed Mary Margaret a bit more.
"Okay, you guys, keep it PG," Evie told the two adults. "There are children here."
Mary Margaret looked a bit sheepish. "I'm not complaining, but what was that-" she then started to ask David only to be kissed yet again.
"Okay, I'm... complaining." Emma said before turning away, acting like an embarrassed child who witnessed her parents sharing love with each other.
"What I wouldn't give for another sleeping curse." Regina groused.
"Aw... Poor Mom." Evie cooed a bit before giggling.
"Hook... He saved my life." David soon started to tell the others.
"You sure you want to tell them that, mate?" Harry asked the man. "I mean-"
"Harry, please, I'll handle this," David reassured the pirate teen. "On our trek, we were ambushed by Lost Ones. Pinned down, outnumbered, but Hook, he risked his life to stop me from getting hit by a poisoned arrow but if it wasn't for Hook, I wouldn't be alive," he then told the others before looking at the adult pirate. "Your flask, please."
Killian looked surprised before handing the flask over to him. Harry looked just as surprised, but Killian shushed his son for their sake.
"I thought he deserved a little credit." David then said, raising the flask to celebrate a toast to the adult pirate.
"Thank you." Killian said softly.
David then took a swig and coughed before handing the flask to Mary Margaret. Harry looked like he wanted to try some too, but no one gave him the flask while Evie put her hand on his shoulder and shook her head at him.
"To Hook." Mary Margaret added as she took the flask before drinking some, then offered some to Regina.
"I don't do rum." Regina scoffed before walking away.
Evie soon used her magic and decided to pass around some root beer to her fellow teenagers.
"To Hook." Emma said as she toasted and capped the flask.
"To Captain Hook." Evie, Carlos, and Carla added.
"To Dad," Harry smiled before he glanced at the bottle. "Is this our own rum?" he then wondered.
"It's root beer and I think it'll be a better substitute until we're all 21." Evie explained and advised.
"Hm... I guess beggars can't be choosers." Harry shrugged before he tried some, then beamed at the taste as he began to drink some more as he enjoyed it a lot.
Emma soon came to see the adult pirate alone. "Did you really save his life?" she then asked him curiously.
"That surprise you?" Killian replied.
"Well, you and David aren't exactly... How do you say it?" Emma began to remind before she spoke in a cheesy English accent. "Mates?" she then asked.
Killian smiled and then became serious once again. "Doesn't mean I'd leave your father to perish on this island." he then told her.
"Thank you." Emma said softly.
"Um... Perhaps gratitude is in order now." Killian smirked playfully as he scratched the nape of his neck.
"Uh, yeah," Emma smiled as she knew where that was going. "That's what the 'thank you' was for."
"Mm. That all your father's life is worth to you?" Killian smirked before taking a step toward her.
"Please," Emma rolled her eyes. "You couldn't handle it."
"Perhaps it's you who couldn't handle it~" Killian whispered.
Emma then suddenly grabbed Killian by the collar and kissed him. "That was, um... A one-time thing. Don't follow me. Wait five minutes. Go get some firewood or something." she then covered up and went to walk back to the group.
"As you wish." Killian replied as he took a deep breath.
Emma began to head back before flinching as Evie grinned and looked excited for some reason. "What?" she then murmured.
"#CaptainSwan~" Evie grinned.
"...Excuse me?" Emma asked out of confusion.
"That's what I've been calling it in my head," Evie said to the blonde woman. "I've been having a feeling about you and Captain Hook for a while."
"Oh, Evie... It was nothing... Just don't tell anyone, okay?" Emma firmly pouted and blushed in response.
"All right... CaptainSwan... This is a successful ship because you have a pirate in the pairing." Evie smirked to herself.
"I have no idea what you're talking about but keep it to yourself." Emma rolled her eyes in response as she walked away from the blue-haired teenage girl.
Evie just giggled and beamed out of excitement, but nodded.
"I'll come with you, Dad." Harry spoke up since he overheard the talk about firewood.
"Me too." Carla added suddenly.
Harry blinked before glancing back at Carla curiously who shrugged and blushed in response. "Well, all right," he then nodded at her with a small smile. "The more the merrier."
Killian smirked a little as he soon walked in the opposite direction into the woods along with Harry and Carla, sending them to go get firewood while he decided to sit on his own with a lot on his mind. Once he was alone, he was suddenly given company and not in a good way.
"Ahem," Peter called to the adult pirate mockingly as he stood upright and walked toward him. "You really should have taken my deal."
"It looks like I don't need your help with Emma after all, mate." Killian retorted bravely.
"What, you think that kiss actually meant something?" Peter asked.
"I do. I think it means she's finally starting to see me for the man I am." Killian countered.
"What? That you're a one-handed pirate with a drinking problem?" Peter scoffed at that. "I'm no grown-up, but I'm pretty sure that's less than appealing."
"A man of honor." Killian glared as he capped his flask.
Peter then stepped forward and crouched beneath Killian. "So tell me, what would a 'man of honor' such as yourself do with a big, fat secret?" he then taunted.
"Um... well that depends on what the secret is." Killian sighed, trying not to look nervous but he appeared to get nervous.
"Baelfire. Neal," Peter smirked as he stood and backed away a bit. "Whatever name he goes by these days. The guy Emma loves. Henry's father."
"What of him? He's dead." Killian replied, standing up and growing apprehensive.
"No. I'm afraid not," Peter retorted as he threateningly took another step toward the adult pirate. "He's alive. That's not even the best part. He's in Neverland~" he then added as he was on his way back into the woods.
"Is he?" Killian darkly replied.
"Oh, yes. Can you believe it? I'm sure that Emma would love to know that Henry's father is still alive, but I'd hate for that to get in the way of a 'budding romance'," Peter smirked as Harry and Carla continued to collect firewood, oblivious to what was going on without them. "So, I'll leave it up to you to tell her or not. Let's see what kind of man you really are. Especially with having such a coward for a son."
"Harry is not a coward." Killian glared.
"Oh, yeah?" Peter smirked before he took a deep breath and shouted in Harry's direction, throwing his voice a bit as he decided to use a trigger word against the pirate teen. "BANGARANG!"
Harry suddenly shrieked at the word before he began to run up a tree and shivered, dropping the firewood in his arms. Peter chuckled at that and soon disappeared into the forest while Killian frowned at his son. Carla began to look concerned for Harry as the pirate teen looked around, looking like he nearly jumped out of his skin in fright.
"Harry, are you all right?" Carla asked the pirate teen out of concern.
"Sorry, Carla... Bad memories..." Harry frowned as he looked down once he realized he was stuck up a tree. "Uh... A little help here?" he then asked nervously.
"Uh... Hmm..." Carla paused nervously. "Mr. Jones? Could you give us a hand over here?"
Killian snorted before he looked over, then stepped by to help out his son yet again. Harry grinned sheepishly as his father came to his rescue and began to help him down from the tree.
Meanwhile, Felix and four Lost Boys were carrying Neal's cage through the forest.
"How's our guest?" Peter asked as he came to join them.
"We drugged him. He'll be asleep for a while," Felix reported. "Where do you want him? In the tower with your favorite Lost Girl?" he then asked.
"No... Hang him up. Over there. Next to the other one." Peter clarified as he chuckled darkly and left his Lost Ones to hang Neal's cage as it was slowly lifted next to another cage that was silently shaking.