James saw Maleficent sitting in the corner looking sad. He really did hate seeing his mother sad. This was the affect David had on her. After tonight that wouldn't be an issue anymore. His mother didn't know it yet but David cutting her off was the best thing to happen to her. James walked over to her. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder. Maleficent turned around and gave her son a sad smile. "I'm sorry mom. I didn't mean to upset you with mine and David's crap" he said. Maleficent nodded. "I wish you two would just forgive each other already. It's been years since everything happened. I just want my sons back" she said. "I know. I wish I could get my brother back" James said. Maleficent stood up and looked at her son. "You can. You two just need to talk to each other like adults without trying to kill each other" she said. James shook his head. "That's how all our conversations go. They end in a fight" he said. "Well maybe if you both apologized to each other…" Maleficent started to say but James cut her off.
"I have nothing to apologize for. Everything I've done to David he's deserved" James said. "You tried to kill him" Maleficent said. James glared at his mother and crossed his arms over his chest. "Don't be so dramatic mom. I was barely touching him. It's not my fault he's such a baby and can't handle someone standing up to him that he has to disown the family. He's such a drama queen" he said rolling his eyes. "You shouldn't have said all that stuff about him being a mistake" Maleficent said. Now James was getting frustrated. "It's true. Dad told me so. David is nothing more than a screw up in everything he does" James said. Now Maleficent glared at her son. "That's not true. Your brother isn't a screw up. Besides since when do you believe what your father says" she said. "Since everything he ever said about David being worthless was true. We were just blinded that we couldn't see it. Apparently you still can't" James said.
James shook his head. "I'm done talking about David. I have something for you" James said pulling a phone out of his pocket. He handed the phone to Maleficent. She looked at it confused. "It's called a cellphone mom. In this world it's used to communicate with people when your far away from them. Everyone has one and now you do to" James said. Maleficent looked up at her son hopefully. "Does David have one" she asked. James sighed. Of course she would ask about David instead of admiring the gift her loving son just got her. He was going to have to help his mother get over David after he dealt with him first. James shrugged his shoulders. "Probably but he won't give me his number" James said. Maleficent looked down at the phone sadly. "Thank you for the gift honey" she said. James kissed his mother on the cheek. "Of course mom. I've programmed my number in there so all you have to do is push that button and it will call me" James said showing his mother the button to push.
"It will give us a chance to talk more" James said. Maleficent smiled at her son. "I'd like that" she said. James smiled at his mother. "When Emma comes down to visit I'll find out if David has one too. Then I'll be able to talk to both my boys" Maleficent said. The smile faded from James's face. "David abandoned you. He doesn't care. You're better off without him" he said. Maleficent shook her head. "David's just mad right now. When I talk to him again he'll come to his senses and we'll all be a family again" she said. James was pissed now. How could she still be so desperate to have a relationship with David? He was a loser and not worth her time. She deserves better than him as a son. "Your never going to give up on him are you" James asked calming himself down. Maleficent smiled at James. "He's my son just like you are. I'll never give up on either one of you" she said. James had to get his mother away from his brother's toxicity and he knew exactly how to do it.
Across town David was walking out to his truck. He was trying to call Emma but for some reason she wasn't answering. That was weird. He guessed her phone must be dead or something. He looked at his watch. He still had two hours before he had to meet with Snow. The three of them were going to be a family again. He knew Emma would be really excited and wanted to tell her. He guessed he'd have to tell her later. He put his phone in his pocket. "David" he heard someone call. He looked up and saw his sister in law walking up to him. He rolled his eyes. "Listen Regina, I'm not in the mood to fight with you right now. I have to…" David started to say but stopped when he got a good look at Regina. He stared at her confused. "Have you been crying" he asked. Regina nodded. "Henry hates me and his father. I don't know if he'll ever talk to us again. You were right. We should have just been honest with him from the beginning. We're going to lose our son forever" Regina cried.
"It's OK. Don't cry" David said awkwardly giving Regina a hug. David hated seeing anybody cry even if it was Regina. "As much as me and James hate it Henry looks up to you. Do you think you can talk to him" she asked pulling back from David. David nodded. "I can try but as someone who's been there before with Emma, let him be mad" he said. Regina looked at David shocked. "He won't talk to me or his father. He wants nothing to do with us. What kind of advice is that" Regina asked. David nodded. "That sucks. Trust me I know the feeling but he'll get over it. He loves you guys and you guys love him. If you try to force him to talk to you it'll just get worse. Let him come to you on his own time" David said. "Do you think he will" Regina asked. David smiled at her. "I know he will. You guys are his parents and your important to him even if he doesn't say it" he said. Regina smiled at David. "Thank you" she said. David nodded. "Oh by the way Mr. Gold wants to see you" Regina said. David got in his truck and drove away.
Regina watched as David drove away and smiled an evil smile. She wiped away her tears. "That was a good performance you gave. He bought it hook line and sinker. He doesn't know what we did to Henry or the sheriff and his daughter" Paul said walking up to Regina. Regina smiled and took out her phone. "He's about to experience the same thing" she said dialing a number. She put the phone to her ear and waited for the person she was calling to answer. "He's on his way. Make sure everything's ready" she said. "I'm here with Gold right now. He assures me this plan will work" James said. "Perfect" Regina said. She hesitated and thought about the situation. "Babe, are you sure about this? He's your brother and I don't want you to regret doing this" she said. "I appreciate the concern but David needs to learn a lesson. Besides he told me today he's walking away from this family. He's not my brother anymore" James said. "I love you" Regina said. "I love you too" James said hanging up the phone.
"This is going to work right" James said. Mr. Gold smiled. "Don't worry Mr. Mills. Mr. Nolan doesn't stand a chance. I was able to do it to the sheriff, Miss Nolan and your son" Mr. Gold said. James nodded. "Thank you for that by the way. Me and Regina appreciate it" he said. "Of course Mr. Mills. I'm happy to help" Mr. Gold said. "I just have one question for you" he said. Mr. Gold smiled at him and nodded. Of course the king had questions. He didn't know how to leave well enough alone. "You've helped me and Regina without anything in return. What do you get out of this" James asked. Mr. Gold shook his head. "You can't just accept my help. There's always got to be a reason for everything doesn't there" Mr. Gold said. James nodded. "I don't want me or Regina to get burned by you in the future because of this" he said. Mr. Gold accepted that answer. "There are some skeletons I want to keep in my closet just like you and your wife. I can't have your brother taking them out of the closet" Mr. Gold said.
"You might want to get going Mr. Mills. I will call you when Mr. Nolan is ready for you" Mr. Gold said. James nodded and walked out of the shop. Mr. Gold smiled evilly. He was going to kill two birds with one stone. He would have the prince under his control and the king and queen would be so distracted by their "victory" they wouldn't even see what was coming and by the time they found out it would be too late. The prince was an integral part of his plan. Mr. Gold walked over to a table and placed the windmill on it. He smiled. This windmill was going to get the prince under his control. Since the prince and the savior arrived in town and he got his memories back after hearing Emma's name, everything was moving a little too fast. The curse was starting to break. Yes he wanted the curse broken so he could find his son but not yet. He couldn't have the curse breaking too soon. That would ruin all his plans. He walked into the back of the shop and waited for the prince to arrive.
A couple minutes later David walked into the shop. "Hello" he called out. He didn't see Mr. Gold anywhere. He closed the door behind him and saw these creepy human like dolls on one of the tables. He looked closely at them and shivered. They looked too life like. "Hello. Mr. Gold" David called out. David walked right past the windmill and didn't notice when it started to spin. He looked around the shop. It was fascinating to see all the things Mr. Gold had from back home. The only time he was actually in the shop was when he found Ashley stealing in from Mr. Gold's safe and that ended with him getting knocked unconscious and robbed. David looked across the room and was shocked at what he saw. Emma's baby mobile from back home. How did Mr. Gold have it? He walked over to it and reached out for it. He smiled at the memory of when him and Snow first saw it. David made it specially for Emma using magic. It was glass unicorns. Unicorns were sources of good which was why they picked it.
"Charming" Mr. Gold said which made David jump a little. He looked up at the pawn shop owner in confusion. "I'm sorry" David said as he walked closer to Mr. Gold's desk. "The mobile. Isn't it charming" Mr. Gold asked. David pointed to it. "Where did you get that" he asked. Mr. Gold shrugged his shoulders. "It's just something I always had. Can't really remember where it came from. It's exquisitely designed. Masterfully crafted. I can get it down if you like" Mr. Gold said. David shook his head. "No that's not why I'm here. Regina said you wanted to speak to me" he said. Mr. Gold nodded his head. "Yes deputy. We need to talk" he said. "About what" David asked. "We can't have another situation like what happened with Ashley happen again" Mr. Gold said. David stared at him confused. "I don't understand" David said. "You got in the middle of a deal I had with Ashley for a long time before you even came to town. I can't have you ruining my deals in the future" Mr. Gold said.
"I made a deal with you. You're still going to get whatever you want" David said. Mr. Gold nodded. "That deal will come into play in the future but for right now we need to talk about another arrangement" he said. David put his hands on his hips. "What kind of arrangement" he asked. "The kind where you work for me. Any cases you work on, anything you might find that might be valuable come to me with. I will approve the cases you can work on and you will give me anything you find you think might be something important" Mr. Gold said. David shook his head. "With all due respect, I don't work for you Mr. Gold" David said. Mr. Gold shook his head and walked out from behind his desk and walked in front of David. "Mr. Nolan you've only been here for a short time so I will excuse you blatant disregard for how things work around here but be advised I am a man that doesn't do good with the word no" Mr. Gold said. The two men stared each other down.
"Mr. Gold you should be advised that I am very good at what I do and if I have to find something I will. I would hate to find what secrets your hiding from everyone in this town and expose you" David said. Mr. Gold shook his head. "You shouldn't threaten me Mr. Nolan. I am a very dangerous man" he said. David stepped closer to Mr. Gold. "Unlike everyone else in this town you don't scare me" David said. Mr. Gold used his cane to grab David's arm and pull him closer. "You should be" he whispered in David's ear. He let go of David and David glared at the man. His fear tactics wouldn't work on him. David grabbed Mr. Gold by his suit jacket and pulled him closer to him. "I will find out what your hiding and when I do I'm going to expose you. The power and fear you hold over the people of this town is going to end" David said letting go of the older man. David looked at his watch. "I have to go. I'm meeting someone" David said turning to leave. "You're not going anywhere" Mr. Gold said.
David started to walk to the front of the shop but stopped when he saw the windmill spinning. He stared at it. There was something about it that made David not be able to keep his eyes off of it. David felt his body stiffen up. Mr. Gold smiled. "See something you like" Mr. Gold asked. "The windmill. Where did you get it from" David asked his eyes not leaving it. Mr. Gold walked up to the windmill. "This old thing? It's been gathering dust forever" he said. David just continued to stare at it getting lost in it. Mr. Gold smiled at the prince. "Mr. Nolan I believe you were leaving" he said. "Yes I have to…" David said trying to move. He found he couldn't. "Why can't I move? What did you do to me" he asked trying to move his head to look at Mr. Gold but couldn't. "The windmill's blades have a paralyzing affect if you stare too closely at them while they're moving. They also have a hypnotic affect too which we will get too later" Mr. Gold said.
"Mr. Nolan you will find you have no control over your body but I do" Mr. Gold said sinisterly. David tried to fight the effects of the windmill but found he couldn't. "Look at me Mr. Nolan" Mr. Gold said. David's head shot up and he looked at Mr. Gold. He had no control over it. "What the hell" David asked. "You are completely under my control now Mr. Nolan or should I say Prince Charming" Mr. Gold said. David was shocked. "You know" he said. Mr. Gold nodded his head. "I've known ever since you and the savior walked into this town and I heard her name. It broke the curse for me" he said. "What do you want" David asked. Mr. Gold laughed. "Don't worry about that just know that you are a vital part of my plan. Now if you don't mind get me my phone. It's on my desk" Mr. Gold said. Just as he was commanded David walked over to Mr. Gold's desk and grabbed his phone. David tried to stop himself but he couldn't. He had no control over his body.
David walked back to Mr. Gold and handed him the phone. Mr. Gold took it and dialed a number. He put the phone to his ear. "I've got him. He's ready for the next phase of our plan" Mr. Gold said. "Perfect. I'll be right there" James said into the phone. "What plan? What are you going to do to me" David asked. "Don't worry about that Charming. You'll find out soon" Mr. Gold said. David just stood there not able to move or do anything to try to save himself. He was completely at the mercy of Rumplestiltskin. "Your going to be very valuable to me Charming. As I said before you will work for me and just like everyone else in this town you will fear me" Mr. Gold said. "What do you want with me" David asked. "Well Charming having a prince work for me is always beneficial especially one who is the town deputy. I can get away with murder literally" Mr. Gold said laughing. "I won't be your puppet. I will fight. Me and Emma will stop you" David said.
"You have no idea what's about to happen to you Charming. Now if you wouldn't mind give me your phone" Mr. Gold said. David tried to resist but it was no use. He took out his phone and handed it to Mr. Gold his phone. Mr. Gold took it and put it in his pocket. "You won't be needing that for the time being not until were done with you" he said. "Before your brother gets here there's a few things we should talk about. First, whenever I say the word Charming around you, you will be completely under my control" Mr. Gold said. "I'm not going…" David started to say but Mr. Gold shook his head. "Quiet. I'm not done yet. Don't interrupt me" Mr. Gold said. David's mouth shut and he found he couldn't open it. "Now as I was saying secondly I want the curse to be broken just not yet. There are things I need to take care of first that your going to help me with. Thirdly, your my secret weapon. You know instead of you and your brother fighting each other you two should have been more concerned about me" he said.
David and Mr. Gold heard a car door slam outside. Mr. Gold turned to David. "You know your brother was never a threat to you. If you guys just would have worked together maybe you would have seen the real threat to the both of you. Now not a word about me knowing about the curse and who everyone actually is or my plans. You can talk again" Mr. Gold said as James walked in. James smiled seeing David frozen in the middle of Gold's shop. James walked up to him. "Look what we got here David. Looks like you can't move which means you can't stop me when I do this" James said as he punched his brother hard in the face. David felt the punch but couldn't do anything about it. James smiled. "I think I like you like this" he said. "James…" David tried to warn him about Gold but he couldn't. Gold just stood behind James smiling evilly at David. "What's the matter David? Cat got you tongue" James said laughing.
"James whatever you're going to do trust me when I say you don't want to do it. I can help you" David said. James shook his head. "I don't want or need your help with anything" James said he turned to Mr. Gold. "Do it" James said. Gold stepped in front of David. "We're taking a trip. Your going to need to be unconscious for it. You are getting sleepy" Gold said. David could feel himself getting tired. "I'm going to count backwards from 10 and when I reach 1 you will be in a deep sleep" Gold said. He leaned in close to David's ear. "I told you I was a dangerous man" he said. He pulled back and started counting. "10…9…8…" Gold counted. David yawned. "7…6…" David's eyelids were getting heavy and it was hard for him to keep them open. "5…4…3" David's eyes started to close. "2…1" David fell into a deep sleep. Mr. Gold pushed David's body with his cane and he fell to the floor. James turned to Mr. Gold. "How long do we have" he asked.
"He'll be sleeping like a baby for a few hours. Enough time for us to prepare him for the next phase of the plan" Mr. Gold said. James smiled. "Perfect" he said. He walked over to his twin's unconscious body and tied his hands behind his back. He took a rope and gagged David then put a bag over his head. James turned to Mr. Gold. "Just in case he wakes up early" he said. You could never be to safe. James dragged David out to his car and opened the trunk. He threw David's unconscious body in the trunk and closed it. He walked back in the shop. "Regina and Paul are already up there" James said to Mr. Gold. Mr. Gold nodded. "I'll help get everything ready" Mr. Gold said as he grabbed the windmill and walked out of his shop with James following behind him. James saw Mr. Gold drive off and James followed in his car. After tonight David would no longer be a threat to him and Regina.