Mr Gold wandered around the shop and then he heard the bell ring and saw Belle walking in.
"You got my message." said Mr Gold.
"Look I... I told you..." started Belle.
"Here." said Mr Gold, handing a potion. "This will save you from harm when you cross the town line."
"Am I going somewhere?"
"Well, that's up to you. You've always wanted to see the world and all of it is right out there on the other side of that town line. Go when you can. See all the wonders you've dreamed of, and when you've tasted it all, maybe one day you'll come back. Go today and have a life."
"Is something wrong?"
"No. No, no, no. Nothing's wrong."
Mr Gold took Belle over to her father and they drove away in a car towards the town line as Mr Gold tore up and went back into his shop and into the back. He gazed over the Mark of Charon and knew that the end of his life was near... Suddenly, he heard the door open and he went.
"We're closed." he said and saw the Dark Swan and Regina. "Please, go away."
"No. We're not going down without a fight." said Regina. "I bet there are a lot of people who would be thrilled to see you and I."
"Makes sense. There is no alternative."
"There might be but I'll be needing Excalibur." said the Dark Swan.
"The only possible way Excalibur would be of any use would be if..."
"If Emma takes all the darkness into herself." continued Regina, and Emma looked towards the ground. "And uses the sword to destroy it."
"And herself." finished Mr Gold.
Mr Gold went into the back and smiled to himself when he knew Emma and Regina couldn't see him and brought Excalibur to them... with a bit of something else on it to get what he wants.
"Excalibur was always destined for the hands of a true hero."
"That's it? You don't want to make a deal or something?" asked the Dark Swan.
"No." said Mr Gold and handed Excalibur to her. "You're a brave woman, Emma Swan. But it might not work."
"What? Why?"
"Well, that blade, it chooses whom it finds worthy and it chooses its miracles."
"It doesn't matter. Right now, all that matters is i need to be with my family while I can be." said the Dark Swan and then looked at Regina. "Come to Granny's with me?"
"No. I can't. Robin and I need to protect Roland and the baby from Zelena. I'll catch up with you later."
The two of them left and Mr Gold couldn't happen but to smile.
"Perfect." he said. "This is going to turn out better than I thought. All I have to do is wait."
He went into the back and waited for the news. Suddenly, he felt it, he felt the power of darkness back inside of his body and it felt great to be the one in power again. he looked at the counter top and found Excalibur and the dagger, both separated again and he chuckled.
"How could this get any better?" said Mr Gold. "I'm now the most powerful Dark One in existence and Hook is dead."
He went back into the back of the room when he suddenly heard the bell and quickly hid the two blades.
"Get out, we're closed." said Mr Gold.
"Rumple?" said a loving voice with an accent he could never forget.
"What are you doing here?"
"Henry called." said Belle. "He told me everything. You lied to me. Again."
"Belle..." started Mr Gold but Belle kissed him and he joined in.
"For the first time, you are truly selfless. You know I don't need to see the world to know what I want anymore. What I want is to be with you."
They kissed again and Gold took her back to their house and kept the dagger in a handkerchief below the counter and there Belle fell asleep when Mr Gold got a text on his phone from Emma which said, 'Meet me at your shop' and Mr Gold went into his car and went back to his pawn shop to see Emma waiting for her at the counter.
"Now, you see, this isn't the library or Granny's or some bus station, Ms Swan. This is my shop. Unless the sign says 'Open', you are not invited." said Mr Gold.
"I think I was invited," replied Emma. "It's the dagger. It's calling to me."
"You're upset. Imagining things."
"No, I'm not. It's here, isn't it? You have it don't you?"
Mr Gold walked behind the counter and unfolded the handkerchief to show a dagger with black marking and a silver name on it titled 'Rumpelstiltskin'.
"Yes, I do." said Mr Gold.
Emma gasped and said, "You're the Dark One, again."
"Yes. How I hoped to keep it a secret, wasn't expecting you to hear it, but again, most ex-Dark Ones are dead."
"How is this possible?"
"When you came to me asking for the sword, I'd seen an opportunity. A chance I'd never imagined would present itself again. As fat would have it, a small vial of magic was close at hand. One sprinkle, and I knew I could get it all back. I turned the sword into a conduit. So that while Hook thought he was destroying the darkness, he was actually moving it, channeling it, someplace safe."
"Into you."
"he had no idea and now, things are as they should be."
"Hook sacrificed himself, and you took that from him..." started Emma and tried to kill Mr Gold but he blocked it with ease.
"Do you honestly think that you can hurt me? I now have the combined power of every Dark One that has ever lived. Including you."
"You found a loophole. Betrayed us all, again."
"It's what I do. It's the man I am."
"Well, then, Dark One, now that you have your powers back, you're going to do something for me."
"And why would I do anything for you?"
"Because I still have magic and I'm willing to bet that I can get to Belle and tell her everything before you can kill me."
"Don't test me."
"Don't test me! You really want to take that chance? That she will once again know the kind of man you really are."
"What do you want, Ms Swan?"
"I want to avenge Killian, I want to bring him back from the dead."
"Such powerful magic is impossible."
"You're forgetting that I know when someone is lying, it is not impossible."
"I'm doing this for your own good, Ms Swan."
"And I'm doing this for Belle's own good."
"Fine, there is a way to bring Hook back, but it is very dangerous. You are required to go to the Underworld and let me tell you, it is a dark place down there."
"Good thing that you're coming with us or else..."
"Fine! Meet me at the lake at night."
"Alright, you better be there."
Emma went out of the shop.
"Ms Swan seems to be a bit of an inconvenience to my plan, she can hear the whispering of the dagger but she has not found out about Excalibur... yet." said Mr Gold.
Mr Gold knew Belle was still at home and so, he was safe to get Excalibur from the closet and he held the blade in his hands.
"If Ms Swan can hear the dagger, she will hear the blade so i need to hide it somewhere where the whispering can't reach her. Not in Storybrooke and I can't risk hiding it in a magical realm, the Land Without Magic is where I will hide it, but how? There must be a place somewhere where she won't go or anyone else for that matter... somewhere I know it's protected but can't be found by anyone."