"Why are you telling me this pirate?" The queen spoke with aggravation laced through her words.
The pirate in turn smirked and coyly smiled back, "That monster took the one thing that I cared for; I just want to return the favor. However the beast is a powerful man and so I would require your services." He turned and raised his eyebrows," I was told your equally as powerful. But perhaps I heard of another queen."
The queen chuckled, "Don't try that trick with me. You may be charming but don't make me out to be a fool."
The pirate shrugged and swaggered to the queens thrown, "so my queen" he said in a husky tone, "do we have an agreement?"
The queen paused for a moment and considered the pirates proposition.
"What makes you think he cares for this girl? Why would he care if she's hurt?" The queen asked inquisitively. Mostly amused that this captain, as he called himself, actually thought the dark one could care for anyone.
"Rumplestilskin has a force field of sorts surrounding his castle." The pirate explained as he turn to pace. "The girl was attempting to escape when she collided with it."
"That proves nothing!" The queen stated in a regal tone. "Did it ever occur to you that those with castles like to keep intruders out? Force fields are for protection you oaf. I don't like to have my time wasted captain." She huffed as she rolled her eyes.
"You see, I thought the same thing when I realized there was a barrier." He smirked yet again with bitterness. "But then it occurred to me..." he spat back, "that if I was an attendant of a castle, I would know about the protection the fortress was enchanted with, and wouldn't run right smack into it."
Regina was about to protest when hook stopped her, "let me finish." He said bluntly. She rolled her eyes in reply.
"So I tested my theory and wouldn't you know I was right." he chuckled at his own smugness. " I was able to stroll right up to the beast's lair and get a front row seat to the show inside." he again chuckled at the memory of watching Rumplestilskin taking pleasure in the admirably beautiful girl he had been pounding.
"You see" hook continued," the fence's purpose isn't to keep intruders out, it's to keep the girl in." He said with resolution in his voice.
"A caging spell…" The queen muttered to herself.
"A caging spell?" The scalawag questioned.
The queen looked up to him out of her deep thought, "Yes" she said distraughly," it is able to keep anything a person does not wish to lose inside a confined area." She said with certain sadness in her voice. "My mother used it on me when I was younger to prevent me from running away." She added.
The pirate sprouted a pleased smile and returned back to the queen," Then you know how undo the spell!" he said excitedly.
Regina snapped out of her melancholy state and stood up from her thrown, she resumed her imperial attitude as she replied to the pirate. "Yes, but the bewitched must be willing to leave otherwise the antidote will not work."
The pirate raised his eyebrows and rubbed his neck while he smirked, " well I don't think we'll have a problem with that. The girl is being kept and used against her will. Unless she takes pleasure in bondage." he chuckled as he remembered watching the dark one take his position on his own table. "Yes I have had many a woman love the feeling of restrainment during…" he trailed off to when he saw the queen exiting the throne room. She ran to catch up with her.
The soon arrived at Regina potion room. She strolled through shelves of bottled enchantments and she picked up a tiny vial and then turned to hook, "She must drink this potion willingly and must also desire to leave the castle otherwise you will fail."
Hook nodded and grabbed for the vial.
"Ah ah ah" the queen shook her head. "Why will I get in return?"
Hook licked his lips and replied sarcastically." A nick warm hug?" and smirked. Regina raised her eyebrows with impatience.
Hook rolled his eyes, "Fine!, what do you want."
Regina smiled a mocking smile," I want the girl alive." She said slowly.
"Why" the pirate said in confusion.
"I have my reasons" she stated with indifference.
He began to protest, "I will have my revenge and…" Regina cut him off. " oh of course you will, believe me , you can do some things that are far worse than death." She winked back.
Hook thought on it for a minute before nodding his head in compliance. Regina smiled in victory before handing him the vial and watching him exit the grounds.
A girl huh? Regina thought ," he's finally given himself a little prize." She knew a caging spell required a drop of love to enact, and she knew the dark one was incapable of love; but Rumple wasn't. That evil curse was like a soul that possessed him and it was like two men living in one body. Having this girl was a weakness and Regina new that it wouldn't be long before Rumple would hurt himself more than she ever could. She just needed to get the ball rolling and that dim wit pirate was the perfect ball. Rumple would kill him before he could even mention her own involvement and things would finally start to spiral down for the dark one.
"Checkmate dear Rumple"