Chapter 21: Save Alice
London
Victoria, Cyrus, and Taj had come up with a plan to rescue Alice. It was a simple plan. Victoria was wearing the Wicked Witch's magic slippers from Oz. With them, she could go anywhere. So, she would use the slippers to transport everyone into Alice's prison cell and then transport them all away again. Victoria seemed sincere in her love for Alice. Cyrus was ready to trust her. However, Taj still had mixed feelings about Victoria. He was right to be skeptical of her intentions. Victoria ultimately wanted to get revenge on Alice, which she couldn't do while Cora still held her captive. Involving Alice's husband would be part of the revenge. Now from their hotel room in London, Taj held baby Sophia and moved closer towards Cyrus and Victoria.
"Are you all ready?" Victoria asked.
"I'm always ready to save Alice." Cyrus said. "Let's go."
Victoria then clicked her heals. Then, all of them were consumed by magic green smoke and disappeared.
Alice didn't know what to think. She found out that the Queen of Hearts was alive and had become the head of a top secret organization that hunts magic and destroys it. Cora even admitted to Alice that she planned on invading Storybrooke some time in the future. On top of that, Alice was trapped behind bars in a prison cell in the basement of Cora's headquarters. Cyrus had no idea where she was. She longed to see him and to hold her daughter again. She wanted to find Victoria, but wondered what would happen if the family had stayed in Storybrooke. They would at least be together, or perhaps not. Rafi would still be off visiting his father and eventually Cora would invade and they'd have no idea that it was coming. Suddenly, a cloud of green smoke appeared in the cell. When the smoke cleared, Alice was overjoyed. The first person she saw was Cyrus. The couple immediately embraced and kissed. Then, Alice caught sight of Taj, who was holding her daughter Sophia. Taj then gave the baby to Alice to hold once again. Then, Alice caught sight of another person. This person looked exactly like her, except with brown hair. This was clearly her twin sister Victoria. Alice hadn't seen her since they were little girls. Then, Ingrid later told her that Cora kept Victoria a prisoner in London all this time. Alice's eyes filled with tears of joy. Cyrus then took the baby so that the two sisters could fully embrace in a hug.
"Victoria!" Alice said in the happiest way possible. "I never thought I'd see you again. We came here to find you. How did you all get here?"
"I'm wearing the Wicked Witch's magic slippers." Victoria said. "I found your family then we all came to rescue you. I'm going to use the slippers to take us out of here."
"Where are you taking us?" Alice asked.
"Storybrooke." Victoria replied.
She clicked her heals and the entire group was consumed by magic smoke and disappeared from London on their way to Storybrooke.
Cora sat in her office and stared at her computer screen in anger. She was watching live footage from the security cameras in the basement of Alice escaping with Victoria. If they went to Storybrooke, they'd surely warn everyone of her invasion plan. So, there was only one thing for Cora to do. She'd have to invade Storybrooke a few weeks early. She started to make preparations. Tonight, her army would leave Europe and fly to North America to invade Storybrooke.