Mom, Grandpa, Grandma and I went to Regina's office. Grandpa and Mom went inside first, carrying their guns to make sure that everything was clear. "It's okay. She's not here," Mom said so Grandma and I walked inside.
"When you find her, you're not gonna hurt her, right?" I asked. "No. We just want the beans she stole from us," Mom replied. "I don't get it. Why would Regina leave her office unlocked?" Grandma asked.
"Especially when she's keeping the beans here," Grandpa stated as we walked over to a small plant that the beans should be growing on. "Was keeping them here," Grandma corrected. "They're gone."
"Something's not right. Regina would never leave evidence like this behind," Mom said from behind. "Maybe she already used them to portal out of Storybrooke," Grandpa suggested. "Without Rose?" Mom asked, raising an eyebrow. "I don't think so."
"What if something bad happened to her?" I asked, worried. "Security system says the last time someone was in the office was around 6:00 this morning," Mom read from the security system that beside the doors. Then she pressed a key at it and frowned, "They used an override code to get in."
"Why would Regina need an override code on her own alarm?" Grandpa asked. "She wouldn't," Mom replied, looking at us. "You think someone else broke in and took the beans?" Grandma asked.
"Well, we haven't found Regina anywhere and haven't heard from her," Mom stated. "So something bad did happen to her," I said. "We're gonna find her, Rose. I promise," Mom promised.
"There's only one person who could overpower Regina," Grandma said. "Gold," Grandpa replied. "He's too busy with his new/old girlfriend," Mom replied. "No, this wasn't Gold. This was Tamara."
"Haven't you already gone down that road?" Grandma asked. "Maybe not far enough," Mom said. "Or, maybe it's time for you to let it go," Grandma said. "August was attacked the day Tamara came to town. I don't think that was a coincidence," Mom insisted.
"What if you're wrong? If Regina's in trouble, we can't just drop everything else because of a hunch," Grandpa said. "Which is why we're not gonna drop everything else. Go to Gold. I'm sure he has some kind of magic that can help locate Regina," Mom said. "Where are you going?" Grandma asked. "Back to Tamara's room," Mom replied before she left.
... ...
Grandma and Grandpa took me to Granny and we both went to the park. I was on a swing while Granny supervised. I soon slowed down when I saw Mom walking over. "Emma," I said with a smile.
"Hey, kid," She said with a small smile and then looked at Granny, "Thanks for watching over her." Granny smiled, "Not a problem."
Mom looked back at me, "I need to talk to you," She said. I slightly frowned as I glanced behind her to see Grandpa and Grandma with Mr. Gold.
Then I looked back at Mom, "Yeah, okay," I said and we both went to a bench. "What's wrong? Did you find Regina? Is she okay?" I asked.
Mom smiled slightly, "Yeah, yeah, she is fine. But . . ." She said and took a deep breath. "Rose, it's . . . It's Neal. Tamara . . . She shot him."
I stared at her, "What?" I whispered. "I'm sorry, honey," She said, fighting tears, "Neal is dead." There were tears in my eyes and I hugged her. She hugged me back immediately. No, it couldn't be happening. Dad couldn't be dead.
... ...
After taking the news all in, Mom, me, Grandpa and Grandma went back home. Soon after I saw Regina inside, I ran towards her. "Rose!" She said.
"Mom!" I said and we hugged tightly. Then, out of the blue an earthquake occurs and shook the entire apartment. "Regina, was that . . ."
"Yes," She cut Mom off, "The diamond was activated."
"So we're all gonna die," I said. Regina placed a hand on my cheek, "You were born here, so you'll live."
I looked at each of them, "But . . . I'll be alone," I said. "I'm so sorry," Regina said softly. "It's not gonna happen, I'm not gonna let it," Mom said and then looked at Regina, "You did this, now make it stop."
"I can't, there's no way," Regina said. "WELL, FIGURE IT OUT! It's your fault!" Mom said. "STOP! I already lost my Dad. I don't wanna lose anybody else. We have to work together," I said.
"From the mouths of babes," A voice spoke. We all looked to the door and saw Captain Hook walking inside, "I'd say the little lady has a point." Grandpa didn't waste a moment and punched him in the face. "That was for the last time we met," He said.
"Bloody hell," Hook muttered. Grandpa pulled out his gun, "Tell us why you're here before I use something other than my fist."
"I think threatening to kill me seems a bit redundant when we're all about to die anyway," Hook said. "No thanks to you. Regina just told us you were working with Tamara and Greg to get your revenge," Mom said.
"Well, that was before they told me I had to die to get it," Hook said. "We don't have time for this. We have a real problem," Mom said. "Which is why I'm here, 'cause staring death in the face has made me realize if there's one thing I want more than my revenge, it's my life," Hook said. "So should we start this thing now, and then resume bickering?"
"There is no stopping it," Regina said as she stepped forward. "And the best thing I can do is slow it down, but that will only delay the inevitable."
"It'll give us the time we need," Grandpa said. "The time for what?" Grandma asked. "Steal back the beans," Grandpa replied. "Use them to get everyone into the Enchanted Forest before Storybrooke is gone."
"How? We don't even know where Greg and Tamara are," Mom pointed out. "Well, I do. I can help," Hook said. "Help yourself. You'll take them and leave us all behind. Why should we trust you?" Mom asked.
"No, we won't have to. I'll go with him, and if he tries anything, I'll shoot him in the face," Grandpa said. "Quite hostile, aren't we?" Hook said. "Just being clear," Grandpa said.
"I'll take Regina to slow down the diamond, give you guys time. Mary Margaret, take Rose, and gather everyone. Make sure they're ready to go as soon as we have those beans," Mom said.
We all begin to exit but Regina stopped me, "Rose, before you go, I'm sorry for what's happened. I tried to be the person that you wanted me to be and I failed. But I won't let you be alone. You just know that I love you." I smiled a little, "I love you, too," I said and we hugged before leaving.
... ...
We all waited at Granny's Diner. The entire population of Storybrooke was gathered inside when Grandpa and Hook came in. "We have the bean," Grandpa said and we all cheered when Mom walked in. "You did it?" She asked.
"Yeah," Grandpa said. "You okay?" She asked, noticing an injury on his arm. "Oh, it's . . . grazed. It's fine," Grandpa said. "Okay. Let's get going," Mom said and she walked over to me. "Rose?"
"Wh-where's my Mom?" I asked, noticing Regina wasn't with her. Mom placed her hands on my shoulders, "Regina can hold off the self-destruct device long enough for us to escape, but . . ."
"But what?" I asked. She glanced behind me and then back at me. "She won't survive," She said softly. My eyes slightly grew wide, "No. No."
"Rose, I'm sorry. I promised her I'd get you to safety," She said. "But we can't do this! She's family! We don't leave family behind!" I said.
"This is what she wants. We have a ways out. We have to take it," She said. "We saved her from being killed by the Wraith. How is this any different?" I asked.
"The Wraith," Grandma repeated. Mom looked at her, "What?" She asked. "We sent it through a portal. Why can't we do the same thing with the self-destruct?" Grandma asked.
"Because we don't know if it's gonna work," Mom said. "It could," Grandma said. "Yeah," Grandpa agreed, standing beside her.
"It's too risky. No one will go along with it," Mom said. "Yes, we will," Archie said, stepping in. "Because it's the right thing to do. Look, Snow White and the Prince have always led us before, and we've always won. So, who's willing to let them lead us again?"
Everyone agreed and I smiled. "Thank you, Archie," Grandma said and then looked at Mom as she pulled me to her. "This is what we should do."
"And will do," Grandpa said. "Look, I know we haven't had a lot of chances to be parents, but give us this one. Let us do the right thing. It's not to late," Grandma said as Mom pulled me to her and hugged me.
"I just don't want Rose to be alone. I don't want her to grow up the way I did," Mom said quietly. Grandpa and Grandma stared at her and opened their mouth but suddenly, a loud boom, and then another earthquake occurs, the largest one yet.
"This plan could fail. If we use that bean now, we can get away for sure. We will survive," Mom said. "But it's wrong. Emma, I killed her mother," Grandma said.
"You did that to Cora because you had to," Mom said. "I did it because it was easy. It was a mistake. There were other paths, harder paths, and I wish I had taken them. So please, Emma, honey, let's take the hard path. Because if we don't we will be building a future on Regina's blood," Grandma said and she wrapped her arms around me.
Mom hesitated a moment, then, "Okay." Grandpa tossed her the bean, but it is intercepted by Hook. "You're all mad." Mom and Grandpa attempted to grab it back. "I can live with myself."
"Give it back," Mom demanded. "If she wants to die for us, I say let her," Hook said. "We understand each other. Look out for yourself, and you'll never get hurt, right?" Mom asked.
"Worked quite well for me," Hook said. "Yeah, until the day that it doesn't. We're gonna do this. It might be stupid, it might be crazy, but we're doing it. So, you can join us and be a part of something, or you can do what you can do best, and be alone," Mom said.
Hook handed her the pouch containing the bean, "Quite passionate, Swan." We all started to leave and we went to the mines.
We ran inside the mines and saw Regina was slowing down the trigger. "Mom!" I said once she saw us. "What are you doing here?" She asked us.
"You were willing to die to save us. That makes you a hero. Now we're gonna be heroes," I said. "They're gonna open up a portal, throw this thing into a void," Grandpa said.
"No. You don't know that it'll work," Regina said. "We have to try," Grandma said. "Everybody, step aside," Grandpa said and he and Grandma pulled me to the side with them, wrapping their arms around me. Mom pulled out the pouch containing the bean and opened it up. "Emma?" She looked at us. "It's empty," She said. "Hook."
"I can't contain this much longer," Regina said quietly. Mom had tears in her eyes as she walked over to us, "Mom . . . Dad . . ." We all hugged and then I looked at Regina and walked over to her.
"I love you, Rose. I only wish I was strong enough to stop all this. I'm just not," She said. I hugged her and then looked up at Mom as she walked over to us, and I pulled away, "You may not be strong enough, but maybe we are."
Grandpa wrapped his arms around me and he and Grandma pulled me then with them away as Mom and Regina started to combine their magic and successfully diffuse the trigger, saving the town, but also knocking themselves out in the process. Suddenly, a hand was placed at my mouth and I was dragged away.
I tried to scream but I couldn't. Then the hand moved away from my mouth when we got away from the mine and I looked up to see Greg and Tamara. I struggled against them as they dragged me to the cannery
"Relax, kid. We're not gonna hurt you," Tamara said as I continued to struggle to get away. "Just everyone I love. You tried to blow up Storybrooke!" I said. "True, but that was never the point," Tamara said.
"It wasn't?" I asked. "We came here to destroy magic, Rose, but then we found something more important, something that changed everything -" Greg said and we stopped as he looked at me, "You."
Then he continued to drag me with him and Tamara to the dock. Greg opened up a portal in the water. "Rose!" I looked to the side and saw Mom, Regina, Grandma and Grandpa running towards us. "Rose!"
Suddenly, Greg and Tamara leap through the portal, forcing me to jump in with them.