A/N: Sorry I didn't follow the schedule I said I would, I took a break from fanfiction. I will follow the schedule until the end of the month and then it will resume after summer.
"You're kidding me, right?", asked Kate.
"Nope", replied Emma.
"A sword?"
"Yep."
"I'm more of a gun kind of gal."
"So was I. Doesn't work in this town."
"Guns always work. So do bombs. That's why I spent so much time either in jail or on the run from cops."
"Oh, you've been in jail too?", asked Emma.
"Yeah... you've been in jail?"
"Yep. In Phoenix. Henry's dad, Neal, let me take the fall for his crime so I could break the curse, and I got 11 months."
"Yeah, yeah, join the club", said Sawyer. "Back to your plan?"
"Right. Anyway, guns don't work on this monster, or as she prefers to be called, Maleficent."
"Maleficent? Like from Sleeping Beauty."
"Long story, but yeah."
"Okay, so, what do we do?"
"Stab her in the stomach with a sword."
"That's it?"
"Yeah. That's it."
...
Emma led everyone down into the basement of the library. Kate led with her sword, and Claire and Sawyer followed. Richard, Miles, and Lapidus took the rear, and Emma stood ready in case something went wrong. Kate ran forward with her sword and yelled, and a monster greeted her. Ducking the fire breath, she tried to stab it, and the others helped. After a while, they defeated it. Emma was just about to think of a story for Rumpelstiltskin when he came up behind them. "Congratulations, Ms. Swan. Very well thought out."
"Oh, come on", said Emma. "Really?"
"Yes, really."