Emma gave Max the week off after what happened with Jefferson. She was walking in an alley when she saw someone laying on the ground.
"Hello? Ma'am, are you all right?" Max ran over to the person and turned her over and gasped.
"Kathyrn?" She questioned.
"Yes?"
Max quickly grabbed her phone from her back pocket and dialed Emma,
"Hey, Emma? I found her."
"Emma, Max. Come on in. Look who's awake." Dr. Whale said, standing by Kathryn's bed.
"Kathryn, hi. Listen, I don't want to take a lot of your time. But, do you remember what happened?" Emma asked.
"I don't know much. Um, I was in a car accident, and…I remember the airbag going off. And the next thing I knew, I was in the dark, in some basement. I didn't see anyone, but there was food and water. And then, I guess I was drugged." Kathryn answered.
"Yeah. We're still trying to flush that out of your system." Dr. Whale commented.
"And then, I woke up in a field at the edge of town, and I started walking. That was it."
"You saw no one? You didn't hear a voice? Smell perfume? Cologne? Anything?" Max questioned.
"Nothing, no. I'm sorry. I wish I could help. Especially since… While I was gone, you thought I was dead?" She asked.
"Your DNA matched the heart we found."
"They're grilling everybody down at the hospital lab to see who doctored the DNA results." Dr. Whale said.
"Why would anyone do this?" Kathryn asked.
"I think someone was trying to frame Mary Margaret." Emma answered.
"But why? I mean, who would do something like that?"
There was a party at Mary Margaret's house for her release. The next day, Sidney Glass admitted that he was the one who kidnapped Kathryn.
Max sat in Granny's Diner, drinking coffee. She sat there in silence for a few minutes before Maddie slid in beside her,
"Hey, Maxxie." She smiled, "You look a bit down in the dumps. Where's Jefferson?"
"It didn't work out." Max replied.
"What happened?"
"He kidnapped me and my friends. Began mumbling about how we were all from another world and I was his wife or something and he had a child." Max answered.
"That idiot." Maddie mumbled under her breath, "Don't worry about him. I'm sure someone else will come one day."
"I guess." Max sighed, "But I really liked him, ya know?"
"Yeah, I know you really liked him." Maddie replied. "He really liked you, too."
"I just wish he wasn't so... psycho!"
"Preach it, honey."
August sat in the seat across from Maddie and Max,
"She's not believing."
"What?" Max and Maddie questioned.
"Emma. She's not believing and soon enough, I'll be a pile of wood." August continued.
"Again, what?" Max asked.
"Did you show her your leg?" Maddie replied.
"Yes, but she didn't see it. And now, she's believing less than she did before."
"What are you guys talking about?"
August leaned towards Maddie, "I thought she was in on it."
"She's not." Maddie whispered back, "She doesn't believe, either."
"Only one way to test that out." August undid his glove and took it off.
"HOLY-" Maddie covered her sister's mouth.
"Shh! Max, this is August, a.k.a Pinocchio."
Max said something, but was muffled by Maddie's hands.
"Oh, sorry." Maddie removed her hands,
"You're... you're little fairy tales are... real?" Max asked, her eyes wide.
"Yes. But Max, in order to see his wooden arm, you need to believe a little." Maddie stated.
"Like I said, Jefferson believed he was from the Enchanted Forest. I looked in Henry's book, the Hatter looks just like him." Max said.
"Welcome to the club." August smiled.
Max's phone rang and she answered it, "Emma? Yeah, we'll be there."
"What's wrong?" Maddie asked when Max put her phone away, "It's Henry."
"Is he okay?" August asked.
"He's in the hospital."