I went home, changed clothes, came back to the apartment, and went with Emma, David, and Mary Margaret to tell Henry about Neal.
"Gold. What are you doing here?" David asked as we walked up.
"Well, my son made it clear I'm to stay away from him, so I'm spending some time with my grandson instead." Gold replied.
"Emma, Hazelle, it's okay. Why don't you talk to Henry, and we'll handle this." Mary Margaret said.
Emma and I walked over to Henry and I knew that this wasn't going to be good. We told Henry what happened with his dad and all three of us just hugged each other. I love this kid to death and I swear that I'm gonna end Tamara with everything that I've got. We headed back to the apartment because we need to figure out what to do about Tamara and Greg.
"Henry!" Regina exclaimed.
"Mom!" Henry exclaimed as he ran to her.
They hugged before an earthquake occurred and shook the apartment.
"Regina, was that…" I went to ask.
"Yes. The diamond was activated." Regina said.
"So we're all gonna die." Henry said.
"You were born here, so you'll live." Regina said.
"But… I'll be alone." Henry said.
"I'm so sorry." Regina said.
"It's not gonna happen. I'm not gonna let it. You did this, now make it stop." Emma told Henry before turning to Regina.
"I can't, there's no way." Regina said.
"Well, figure it out! It's your fault!" Emma yelled.
"Stop! I already lost my dad. I don't wanna lose anybody else. We have to work together." Henry said.
"From the mouths of babes. I'd say the lad has a point." Hook said as he walked in.
"That was for the last time we met." David said after he punched Hook.
"Bloody hell." Hook gasped.
"Tell us why you're here before I use something other than my fist." David said as he drew his gun.
"I think threatening to kill me seems a bit redundant when we're all about to die anyway." Hook said.
"No thanks to you. Regina just told us you were working with Tamara and Greg to get your revenge." I said.
"Well, that was before they told me I had to die to get it." Hook said.
"We don't have time for this. We have a real problem." Emma said.
"Which is why I'm here, 'cause staring death in the face has made me realize if there's one thing I want more than my revenge, it's my life. So should we start this thing now, and then resume bickering?" Hook asked.
"There is no stopping it. And the best thing I can do is slow it down, but that will only delay the inevitable." Regina said.
"It'll give us the time we need." David said.
"The time for what?" Mary Margaret asked.
"Steal back the beans. Use them to get everyone into the Enchanted Forest before Storybrooke is gone." David replied.
"How? We don't even know where Greg and Tamara are." I said.
"Well, I do. I can help." Hook said.
"Help yourself. You'll take them and leave us all behind. Why should we trust you?" Emma questioned.
"No, we won't have to. I'll go with him, and if he tries anything, I'll shoot him in the face." David said.
I couldn't help but snicker because that was funny and I knew that he was serious.
"Quite hostile, aren't we?" Hook asked.
"Just being clear." David replied.
"Hazelle and I will take Regina to slow down the diamond, give you guys time. Mary Margaret, take Henry, and gather everyone. Make sure they're ready to go as soon as we have those beans." Emma said.
"Henry, before you go, I'm sorry for what's happened. I tried to be the person that you wanted me to be and I failed. But I won't let you be alone. You just know that I love you." Regina said.
"I love you, too." Henry said.
Henry and Regina hugged before we all headed out the door. We got to mines and everything felt off.
"I can feel it. It's like the oxygen's being sucked out of the air." I said.
"Not the oxygen. The magic. There it is. Once it stops glowing, its destruction is achieved. And then… Well, then we'll see the real carnage. I'll try to contain its energy as long as I can." Regina said as we walked up to the diamond.
"Won't be long. We'll have the beans soon. We can get the hell out of here." I said.
"Slowing the device… It's going to require all of the strength I have." Regina said.
"You're not coming with us, are you? When you said goodbye to Henry, you were… saying goodbye." Emma said.
"He knows I love him, doesn't he?" Regina asked.
"Regina, no. There has gotta be another way." I said.
"Both of you were right, you know. Everything that's happening, it's my fault. I created this device. It's only fitting that it takes my life." Regina said.
"What am I supposed to tell Henry?" Emma asked.
"Tell him that in the end, it wasn't too late for me to do the right thing." Regina replied.
"Regina, please…" I said.
"Everyone looks at me as the Evil Queen, including my son. Let me die as Regina." Regina said.
Emma and I went to exist but Emma tried one more time to talk to Regina, but she ignored her. We went to Granny's to fill the others in.
"We have the beans." David said as he and Hook joined us.
"You did it?" I asked.
"Yeah." David replied.
"You okay?" Emma asked as she noticed an injury on David's arm.
"Oh, it's… grazed. It's fine." David replied.
I took a breath of relief because at least he wasn't severely injured.
"Okay. Let's get going. Henry?" Emma said.
"Wh-where's my mom?" Henry asked.
"Regina can hold off the self-destruct device long enough for us to escape, but…" Emma started.
"But what?" Henry asked.
"She won't survive." I replied.
"No. No." Henry said.
"Henry, I'm sorry. Hazelle and I promised her we'd get you to safety." Emma said.
"But we can't do this! She's family! We don't leave family behind!" Henry argued.
"This is what she wants. We have a way out. We have to take it." I said.
"We saved her from being killed by the Wraith. How is this any different?" Henry argued.
"The Wraith!" Mary Margaret exclaimed.
"What?" Emma asked.
"We sent it through a portal. Why can't we do the same thing with the self-destruct?" Mary Margaret replied.
"Because we don't know if it's gonna work." I said.
"It could." Mary Margaret said.
"Yeah." David added.
"It's too risky. No one will go along with it." Emma said.
"Yes, we will. Because it's the right thing to do. Look, Snow White and the Prince have always led us before, and we've always won. So, who's willing to let them lead us again?" Archie asked.
Everyone in the room agreed.
"Thank you, Archie. This is what we should do." Mary Margaret said to Archie before turning to Emma and I.
"And will do." David added.
"Look, I know we haven't had a lot of chances to be parents, but give us this one. Let us do the right thing. It's not too late." Mary Margaret said.
"I just don't want him to be alone. I don't want him to grow up the way we did. This plan could fail. If we use that bean now, we can get away for sure. We will survive." Emma said.
"But it's wrong. Emma, I killed her mother." Mary Margaret said.
"You did that to Cora because you had to." I said.
"I did it because it was easy. It was a mistake. There were other paths, harder paths, and I wish I had taken them. So, please, Emma, Hazelle, let's take the hard path. Because if we don't we will be building a future on Regina's blood." Mary Margaret pleaded.
Emma and I shared looks before Emma replied for us both.
"Okay." Emma said.
David threw the bean to Emma, but Hook intercepted it.
"You're all mad. I can live with myself." Hook said.
Emma, David, and I went to get the bean back, but Hook kept it tighter.
"Give it back." I demanded.
"If she wants to die for us, I say let her." Hook said.
"We understand each other. Look out for yourself, and you'll never get hurt, right?" Emma asked.
"Worked quite well for me." Hook replied.
"Yeah, until the day it doesn't. We're gonna do this. It might be stupid, it might be crazy, but we're doing it. So, you can join us and be a part of something, or you can do what you do best, and be alone." I said.
"Quite passionate, Swan, Evans. So why are you really doing this?" Hook said as he handed over the pouch and then asking a question.
"The kid just lost his father today. I'm not letting him lose a mother too." Emma replied.
"His father? Who's Henry's father?" Hook asked.
"Neal." I replied.
"Baelfire?" Hook asked.
"Yeah." Emma replied.
Mary Margaret, David, Emma, Henry, and I went back to the mines, and I knew that Regina wouldn't like this.
"What are you doing here?" Regina asked.
"You were willing to die to save us. That makes you a hero. Now we're gonna be heroes." Henry replied.
"They're gonna open a portal, throw this thing into a void." David added.
"No. You don't know that it'll work." Regina argued.
"We have to try." Mary Margaret said.
"Everybody step aside. Emma?" David said.
"It's empty. Hook." Emma said as she realized that the pouch Hook gave us was empty.
"I can't contain this much longer." Regina said.
"Mom… Dad…" Emma said.
She finally called them mom and dad. We all embraced in a hug while Henry went over to Regina.
"I love you, Henry. I only wish I was strong enough to stop all this. I'm just not." Regina said.
"You may not be strong enough, but maybe we are." Emma said.
I was gonna join them but Emma told me to stay back. I did as instructed, and Emma and Regina diffused the trigger. We slowly got up and I was happy that we're all alive.
"We're alive!" David exclaimed.
"Emma? Hazelle?" Mary Margaret asked as she helped us to our feet.
"We did it." Emma said.
"Yes, we did." Regina said.
"Gotta hand it to Henry. He's right about a lot of things." David said.
"Yes, he is. Isn't that right, kid?" Emma asked.
We noticed that Henry wasn't with us.
"Henry?" I asked as I looked around the corner.
We then went searching for Henry.
"Henry?" Regina called out.
"Henry?" Emma called it as well.
Emma then saw something and took off towards it.
"Emma, what is it?" Mary Margaret asked.
When we joined her, it was Henry's backpack.
"They took him." Emma replied.
"I'm done playing with these assholes. They're going down." I growled.
We started running through the docks searching for Greg, Tamara, and Henry.
"Emma, you don't even know where you're going." Mary Margaret said.
"Doesn't matter. I have to find him. I'll track them down in hell if I have to." Emma said.
We finally spotted them, but Greg then opened a portal.
"The last bean. They've opened a portal." Regina said.
"Henry!" Emma and I yelled together.
"Henry!" David yelled right as Grag, Tamara, and Henry jumped through the portal.
"No! No! No! We have to follow them! There has to be a way!" Emma exclaimed.
"Not only do we not know where they went, but Hook stole the last bean." Regina argued.
"I don't care!" Emma yelled.
"Without it, there's no way to follow." Regina said.
"There has to be. We can't just let them take Henry." Emma argued.
"They've taken Henry?" Gold said as he and Lacey (we don't know that Belle got her memories back) walked up.
"Yeah. You're the Dark One. Do something." David replied.
"Gold, please help us." I pleaded.
"There's no way. I spent a lifetime trying to cross worlds to find my son. There's no way in this world without a portal." Gold said.
"So that's it? He's gone forever? I refuse to believe that." Regina said.
"What is that?" Lacey/Belle asked as she noticed something in the distance.
"Hook." Emma replied.
I realized that Belle sounded like Belle and looked at Gold. He gave me a smile and nodded his head. I couldn't help the big grin that graced my lips because I was super happy.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked as Hook docked the Jolly Roger.
"Helping." Hook replied.
"Well, you're too late." Regina said.
"Am I?" Hook asked.
"I thought you didn't care about anyone but yourself." Emma said.
"I just needed reminding that I could." Hook said while holding out the bean to Emma.
"Enough waiting around, let's go." Regina said.
"Go? Where? I thought we were saving the town." Hook said.
"We already did." David said.
"We need to get Henry. Greg and Tamara took him through a portal.
"Well, I offer my ship and services to help follow them." Hook said.
"Well that's great, Hook, but how do we track them?" Regina asked.
"Leave that to me. I can get us where we need to go." Gold replied.
"Well, let's do it." Mary Margaret said.
Everyone got on the ship, but I stayed back with Gold because I wanted to say hi to Belle since she has her memories back.
"Belle, I have to go. You have to stay here." Gold said.
"No. Why? I wanna help." Belle said.
"The town is no longer safe." Gold said.
"What?" "What?" Belle and David asked.
I jumped because I didn't know that he had stayed behind as well.
"Well, Greg and Tamara weren't working alone. Others will follow." Gold replied.
"No. We can't leave people in danger." David said.
"After we've gone, follow these instructions. It's a cloaking spell. It'll shield the town, making it impossible for anyone to find." Gold said as he handed Belle a piece of paper.
David then went on the ship while I waited on Gold.
"Then how will you find your way back to me? (Gold didn't say a word and that gave Belle her answer) You're not coming back, are you?" Belle asked.
"The prophecy. The boy is my undoing, but he's also my grandson. I must save him. I must do this to honor Baelfire. He's gone, and I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye." Gold replied.
"I understand, but I also know that the future isn't always what it seems. I will see you again. (Belle & Gold kissed and I couldn't help the tears that were slowly falling) Bealfire would be very proud of you." Belle said.
I came off the ship and gave Belle a hug. I told her that I was so happy to have her back and I would try my best to bring Gold back home to her. Belle hugged me extra tight and thanked me. Gold and I watched Belle leave and I could tell that he really didn't want to leave her.
"She's right. Baelfire would be proud of you." I said.
"Thank you, Hazelle." Gold said.
I placed my hand on Gold's arm to let him know that I would always be there to listen, even if he wanted to vent about killing someone. I guess you could say that we're all on the same side for now, but I also know that people can hide their feelings easily.
"So, are you done trying to kill me?" Gold asked Hook.
"I believe so." Hook replied.
"Excellent. Then you can live." Gold said before he summoned the Magic Globe.
Gold then pricked, dropped blood on the globe, and a map of a strange island started to appear.
"Where is that? Where did they take Henry?" Regina asked.
"Neverland." Hook replied.
Did he say what I think he just said?
Hook threw the bean and a portal appeared. We all got ready to sail into the portal.
"So who are we up against? Who are Greg and Tamara?" David asked.
"They're merely pawns, manipulated by forces far greater than they can conceive. They have no idea who they're truly working for." Gold replied.
"And who's that?" Emma asked.
"Someone we all should fear." Gold replied.
We sailed through the portal to Neverland and I hope we all can return home in one piece. Hang on, Henry. We're on our way.
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