P.O.V Change

Greg Mendell, now Owen Flynn, sat in his car at the town Line watching a set of headlights approach.
He got out of his car as the other car, pulling a moving trailer, came to a stop next to his. He turned on a flashlight, checking up and down the road to be sure no one else was around.

Tamara got out of the car as he let out a relieved sigh "Hey, Beautiful. We all good?"

She smiled "Better than good" she said before he kissed her happily.

"Now, should we unwrap the package?" she asked with a twisted glee

"You think he'll co-operate?" he asked her, genuinely concerned...considering who they were dealing with.

"I wouldn't worry about that" she stated confidently "From what I know of him, I don't think he'll need much convincing to help us."

"What makes you say that?" Owen asked with a grin, her optimism rubbing off on him.

"Because, if there's one person you can always count on to do your dirty work-"

She pulled open the door of the trailer revealing a multitude of cases, boxes and one Captain Hook, gagged and bound...and not in a way he would like.

"-it's a pirate" Tamara finished

Hook glared at her from where he was seated, blinded by the torch light and attempting to throw insults to the pair that were now staring at him. He was hookless and felt naked without it.

"There's something else" Tamara said, this time her tone slightly concerned "I heard tell of someone called Watcher that was hanging around town"

"What does that have to do with anything?" Owen asked her

"She's said to be The Mayor's sister" she told him with a smile. He smiled in return.

"Watcher, that's an unusual name. Do you think she's the same one Head Office warned us about?"

Hook yelled something that sounded like a warning, but it was muffled by the gag. Owen and Tamara just laughed at his suffering.

He rolled his eyes at them and thought of what Watcher would do to them when they found her, if they found her.
And when they would ask him about her, which they undoubtedly would, he would tell them, with all truth intendid, that he had never met the girl, that he'd been in the hospital and New York when she'd been with her sister and mother.

He'd heard that she was fiercely loyal to those she cared about.

He'd be dreaming of the girl tonight. Dreaming of how she would rip them apart.

There was nothing but darkness in his vision and he was rather sick of it.

"Actually, I prefer it with the lights on" Hook said sarcastically.

The bag was ripped from his head, and though it was night out, his eyes still had to adjust, although the bag had whipped his nose some and made him grunt lightly in pain at the sting.

"I've spent enough time below deck to not be afraid of the dark. So if this is your idea of torture, well, you're just going to have to try a little harder" his sarcastic tone remained, though his eyes trailed Tamara.

"Torture you? No, we just want to offer you a job" Owen told him

"Oh. And then you're gonna let me go?" he said this as seriously as he could and then burst into laughter, obviously not as stupid as he often made himself look.

"I'm sorry. I already did that last job" he said looking between them "I killed Rumplestiltskin. I'm sated. Replete. My life's purpose met"

"Wish I could've been there, to see you stab the Dark One" said Tamara said knowingly, her tone somewhat mocking.

"Well, look who's up to speed" said Hook with a smile

"I'm a quick learner" she stated

"Well, then you know my work is done" Hook affirmed forcefully

"Yeah, I don't think so" Owen commented as he moved to grab one side of the chair. Tamara grabbed the other side and they both dragged him forward to look out of what had once been the face of the clock in the tower.

"Take a look" Owen told Hook as Tamara pulled out Hook's telescope and handed it to said pirate.

Hook took it from her bitterly and stared out the empty clock face to the centre of the town, specifically to a pub that two figures were exiting from, chatting happily.

"No" Hook whispered unbelievingly as he spied Gold and Lacey walking arm in arm down the street.

"No!" Hook yelled, confusion and anger swelling in his chest, ready to blind him.

"He's alive, Hook" Tamara stated as she pulled the telescope out of his grasp, none to gently either.

The two, Owen and Tamara, dragged him backward, away from the view as he growled in frustration and pulled against his bonds, determined to try and finish the evil imp all over again.

"He beat you" Owen mocked as Hook sighed and tried to control his emotions, it was no good losing his head over it.

"This guy has powerful magic 'mate'. He's untouchable, you'll never get another chance to take him down"

"Oh, I will. I will indeed" Hook said with conviction

"Not unless we help you" Tamara told the pirate

"How can you help me?!" Hook hissed. It was starting to annoy him how unemotional they were being

Tamara looked to her lover with a happy smile. Now they had him. Hook, line and sinker.

"We know how to kill magical creatures" she said

There was silence between the three of them. Hook looked, again, between the both of them before looking down and away almost thinking it over.

"And the price?"

Tamara looked toward her lover again as he spoke "I need you to help me find someone"

Hook looked to him, listening intently

"My father" Owen continued "He was taken in this town a long time ago"

"Why the bloody hell do you think I'll be able to help you find you father?" Hook questioned

"Because you know the woman that took him" Owen said almost ominously "Regina"

Hook rolled and closed his eyes. He had suspected that she'd be involved somehow.

When he opened his eyes, Owen was staring at him and holding up the pirates namesake to show him, waving it about a little to make a point
"Do we have a deal" he mocked

Hook thought it over some more before agreeing.

"So what's going to be your first move?" Tamara questioned as Owen locked Hook's hook back into place and untied him.

"Well first, you're going to have to get to Regina. Not physically. Mentally...emotionally. You're going to have to hit her where it hurts" Hook told them

"Her son" Owen said

"No" corrected Hook "Her ego...and her sister. You're going to have to start playing Regina's games"

"But how does her sister come into all of this?" Tamara questioned again

"Because she's protective of her sister" Hook stated "Regina lost her when the girl was just a toddler. Cora lied and told Regina that she'd died from sickness. It's one reason as to why she is the way she is today. She refuses to lose her again. And you can't really take the boy. That would attract too much attention. You wouldn't only have Regina to deal with you'd have his mother and his grandparents, not to mention the whole town coming after you"

Tamara and Owen looked to each other, although Hook missed it as he stretched his back and arms.

"So go after the girl" Tamara said "Got it"

"There's just one thing" Hook went on, ignoring Tamara's input "The girl is trained in combat. Not magic, proper combat. According to her mother. You see, Cora told me of a confrontation that occurred between the three of them when they first met here in Storybrooke. Apparently, the girl, Watcher as she's called, had her big sister running scared. Cora didn't get involved. She was too shocked seeing her baby girl again for the first time in years. If you were to get the girl, even get near her with ill intention, she would destroy you in less than a second."

"So we make friends with her" Tamara said

"That's just the problem. How much exactly has your 'Head Office' told you about The Watcher?" Hook questioned them.

"They haven't really told us anything" Owen told him "They just said to be on the lookout for any of them"

Hook chuckled "Well, the job is in the name. No doubt as soon as she learned who you are she'd be off telling the others everything about you and your plan would fall to pieces. Whereas me, if I were to get close, I might just stand a chance. Though she might not trust me completely"

"But wouldn't she suspect something if you just turn up?" Owen questioned

"Exactly" said Hook with a smile "And Regina's going to run to Henry's side leaving her sister unprotected on that part. Then I'll swoop in with a sleeping dart and take the girl"

The pair may have agreed to this, but they had a plan of their own that they were going to stick to.