"You're back! You're back!" Eva took a flying leap into Sean's arms just as he was closing the door. He put his bags down, caught her, and gave her a kiss. "I just got back from the store," he chuckled. "It's not like I went all the way to Siberia or something."

"I know, but can't I hug you when you come back even though you didn't go all the way to Siberia?" Eva asked.

"Well, of course!" Sean replied. "I tell you what. I'm very glad to be home. And very glad that my cousin is locked away safely in jail. Aunt Edele was enough trouble. I'm glad I don't have to worry about you meeting Kai and him getting any ideas."

"Actually, um, he does know about me already," Eva replied. "I mean, he doesn't know that you and I have anything to do with each other, but when I watched Victoria, we played the mirror game, so I've seen him. He's kind of cute."

"Excuse me?" Sean's jaw dropped. "Eva, he is a bad person!"

"I know that," Eva nodded. "And I still love you very much but that doesn't mean I can't find other guys aesthetically pleasing."

"Fine," Sean replied. "And if you and Victoria play that game again, don't you tell him that you know me, all right? He's hated me since we were kids, and he wouldn't be above striking at me through you."

"Okay," Eva promised and gave him another kiss. "I won't." She then helped him unpack the groceries and after they were all put away, he sat down with her and said in a very firm voice, "Now you and I are gonna talk about my cousin Kai, all right? I want you to know all about him so you can avoid him."

"I told you that I've seen him before," Eva said. "I won't forget him, or fall into his clutches or whatever." She got up and pulled him up with her. "I don't want you to think about him anymore. It's just making you tense and angry."

"Yes, my family does often make me have that sort of reaction," Sean acknowledged. "And they're really hard people to forget about."

"I bet I can help with that," Eva replied and kissed him. Sean resisted for a moment, then kissed her back, picking her up and carrying her to their bed. He set her down on it, but that was the last bit of control she let him have. After he climbed in with her, she zapped his clothes off and straddled him, her fingers running through his dark hair, and then going down his torso.

Then she kissed his neck and then switched to gentle nibbling, which made him laugh.

"Did you miss me while you were gone?" She later asked against his ear.

"I sure did," Sean replied. He then paused as she backed off him. "Why are you stopping?"

"I'm not," Eva assured him. "Just doing something a little different." She then reached down to stroke him under the covers while Sean shut his eyes and moaned. "Promise me you'll stay with me," he requested. "And don't get into any more trouble. My cousin really is a dangerous man-"

He then broke off as Eva kissed him. "Hush!" She commanded. "We're not talking about him anymore. You don't have to worry. I bet he doesn't even remember me and that his mind is now somewhere else completely."

"I want to talk to you," Kai said to Victoria. She'd finally untied him and let him walk around.

"Yeah?" Victoria asked as he stopped and stood behind her. "What about?"

"That girl you were with the night you first saw me in the mirror," Kai wanted to know. "Who is she?"

"That's my cousin Eva," Victoria replied. "And she can kick your butt more than me, so I'd stay away from her."

"How sweet," Kai replied. "Could it be that you like me after all?"

"No," Victoria replied. "It's just that if anyone is gonna kick your butt, it's gonna be me." Kai then noticed a tiny bear in her lap. "Who's that?" He asked, snatching it away.

"Hey, give it back!" She cried. "It's mine!"

"What's his name?" Kai asked, dancing away to keep it out of her grasp.

"Big Stupid Idiot," Victoria replied, wishing for the first time that she would be rescued already. "I named him after you."

"You named him Kai?" He replied. "I'm touched. If I could show emotions like giving a crap, I would."

"I didn't name him Kai," Victoria shook her head. "He's called Big Stupid Idiot, which is what I call you."

Kai's mouth became a thin line. "Well isn't that cute?" He asked, then ripped off the bear's head and threw the body at Victoria while she let out a blood-curdling shriek. "How could you do that, you monster?" She cried, trying to stop tears from coming down her cheeks as she picked up the headless bear and held it against herself.

Kai just chuckled. "Not so tough now, are you? What do you say you promise to never tie me up again, huh? Then I'll fix your precious bear."

"No, you won't!" Victoria replied. "You just want to make me more miserable! I want out of here!"

"I want you out of here too," Kai told her. "Do you really think I'm enjoying myself?"

"No," Victoria shook her head. "I really don't."

Just then, there was a beeping noise from the closet with the mirror in it. Kai went to open it and saw James staring back at him. "What is it you want?" He asked. "Please tell me you're coming to take this little intruder out of my space."

"Oh, we are," James replied. "Now move out of the way. I want to talk to her."

"Fine," Kai replied. "Knock yourself out." He stepped aside and then pushed Victoria toward the mirror. "Go ahead and tell the nice officer how scary and evil I am," he encouraged.

"Oh, I will," Victoria assured him. "You better believe it." Then she turned to face James, who asked, "Are you okay? Sorry it took us so long to get to you."

"That's okay," Victoria assured him. "It only stopped being entertaining down here just recently."

"Did he hurt you?" James asked. "Or are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Victoria replied. "But he did rip the head off my favorite teddy bear cause he was being spiteful."

"Oh, we'll fix that when we get you out," James promised. "Don't worry, sweetheart."

Kai then asked, "Aren't you going to ask if she hurt me? It's only fair for you to do that."

James smirked. "Why would I do that? If she did anything to you, I'm sure it was self-defense and well-deserved."

"She fed off me!" Kai cried. "She tied me up like an animal and fed off me!"

"She didn't have any other food sources," James replied unsympathetically. "What was she supposed to do?"

"I tell you what," Kai shook his head. "I get no respect at all around here."

"Well, first you have to earn it," Victoria replied smartly. "And you don't do that by being a jerk."

"I was gonna fix your bear, but now I'm not so sure I want to," Kai replied.

"Fine," Victoria replied, picking up the bear's head and fixing it herself. "There. Now it's all better and you don't have to be a good person and help someone out at all."

"Good," Kai nodded. "Cause I have a reputation to protect, you know."

"How long until I get out of here?" Victoria wanted to know.

"Very soon," James assured her. "Just hang on for a little bit longer."

"All right," Victoria replied. "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome," James replied as Kai rolled his eyes. "And I'm glad you're all right."

"So did you reach her?" Regina asked James while holding Declan's hand very tight. "Is she all right? Was she hurt?"

"No, she seemed just fine," James assured her. "But she was more than ready to go home."

"Well, that's good to know," Declan said. "Things have been much too quiet at home without her. What happens now? Is there anything Regina or I need to do to help?"

"No, unfortunately, although it was very kind of you to ask," James told them, his voice full of regret. "All you do now is sit and wait for us to bring her out."

"All right," Regina replied and went with Declan to sit in some chairs nearby. They sat and talked for a few minutes, and then Lenora appeared.

"Hey, you two," she greeted them. "I'm James' wife Lenora. How are you doing?"

"Much better, now that we know Victoria is safe," Regina replied. "And it is so sweet of your husband to be working as hard as he did to find her when it was her own misbehavior that got her into this mess."

"He doesn't like people to know this, but he really is a very sweet man behind the reputation he's made for himself," Lenora replied. "And I have to give your daughter props: it takes a lot to survive in a prison world."

"Can I ask how you know that?" Regina wanted to know.

"Cause I lived in one for awhile myself," Lenora replied. "When I was a small child, I made a deal with James to come cook for him and stuff so he wouldn't kill my aunt and when I was sixteen, he made me kill someone so he could come and collect and not get in trouble with my grandmother, who's head of the council. It was a tough go at first, but we made it through."

"I very much doubt that Victoria will do something like that, but it's good to know that she's not the first one to make it through a situation like this," Declan told Lenora. "It makes the waiting less difficult."

Meanwhile, James had finally made his way to Kai's cell. Victoria ran to hug him while Kai smirked at him from the bed. "What took you so long to get here?" He asked. "You must really hate this girl."

"Actually, we've been watching the two of you," James replied. "We kept her in here as long as we did because she was really making this a hell for you and it was enjoyable to watch. The only reason why I'm here now is because it seemed like she was ready to go."

"So can I leave too?" Kai asked. "Cause I'm certainly ready to go."

"No," James replied flatly. He then took Victoria's hand and she gave Kai a smirk and a cheeky wave, telling him, "I hope you don't miss me too much. I know I certainly won't miss you." They left the cell then and when Victoria was back in the council building and running into her mother's arms, she looked like a twelve-year-old girl again.

"I'm so glad to see you!" She cried, hugging her parents in turn. "Did you miss me?"

"Yes, of course," Regina replied. "Did you miss us?"

"I did," Victoria nodded. "I mean, it was fun there for a little while, but then it got boring."

James thought a moment and then asked Regina, "Can I make a humble request of you?"

"Sure," Regina replied. "What is it?"

"Well, Kai is a very difficult person to punish," James explained. "If unsupervised, he can often escape. So I was wondering, since he and Victoria seem to have such an interesting rapport and she's not scared of him like so many others are…would it be all right if she watched him?"

"I have to go back in the cell?" Victoria asked.

"No, you don't have to," James replied. "It's completely up to you. But if you did it, you wouldn't have to stay there forever. We'd give you a special key that would let you come and go from Kai's cell as you like."

"But if she's not there to watch him all the time, won't he still be an escape risk?" Declan wanted to know.

"Not if we make a double of her for night time," James replied. "And we'd be paying her for her time, of course."

"You mean I get money?" Victoria wanted to know. When James nodded, she said, "That's completely different. How much money? I hope it's a lot."

"You'll be well-paid," James promised her. "So…will you do it? Will you keep Kai in line when you're not at school?"

"Sure I will," Victoria nodded. "I like messing with him. It's fun." Then she turned to her parents. "Can I?" She asked.

"We'll talk about it," Declan told her quickly. "Why don't you take a few days to catch your breath first? You just got out of there. It's too soon for you to want to go back."

"Oh, she wouldn't start immediately," James said. "I'd wait long enough for Kai to think he's free of her and then I'd bring her back."

"All right," Declan replied. "That sounds like a plan."