Good evening fellow Oncers and Captain Swan fans. This is my final installment to Enter Night. There will be a sequel. Like I said before, the sequel will be called EXIT LIGHT. I am so thankful for all the followers out there, who enjoyed this story. I hope the ending is too your liking. Leave a review to tell me how you liked this story and what you're hoping to see in the sequel. Oh and a special thanks to:
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The wind blows quietly through the buildings by the docks, emitting a faint whistle, a warning that this day might end badly. Soft leaves roll along the grey cement past the pirate who limps his way in the direction opposing the cannery. He slumps his form down leaning his head against the wall of a building, closing his eyes to take in the fresh sea air. The bells by the docks ring away bringing Killian memories of the past.
FLASHBACK
Captain Hook leaned against the mass of his ship as his crew brought supplies aboard the Jolly Roger. Norris was bound and gagged, left in the brig till Hook could come up with a creative enough way to dispose of him. Little Wendy made her way past the Captain, heavily armed with daggers, pistols and a good old sword, followed by two incompetent, but suitable pirates as guards. It was as if just yesterday the young girl was brought aboard in a ragged baby blue dress, beating him at card games and stealing a gulp of rum. Oh how she changed. He was so proud of little tiny Gwendolyn Darling.
"Hold on lass." He ordered, causing the girl to stop in her tracks and roll her eyes as she turned around. He turns to another one of his crew members who's fiddling with cords, trying to undo knots. "Barkley! Drop it and accompany Miss Darling and the rest of the dogs."
"Ugh! Seriously Killian! I'm bloody sixteen!"
"Oi! No swearing." Hook scolded, wagging his finger in front of her face. She wore an un-amused blank stare as he grinned feverishly. "Only pirates are allowed to do that on my ship."
"I thought I was a pirate!"
"See have a good form but not good enough. They all go with you." Hook chuckled as the young girl groaned in frustration and stomped off the ship. The three pirates followed her with annoyed looks on their faces. They were pirates, not babysitters after all.
But as quickly as Wendy left, a small boy boarded the ship.
"May I help you, my boy?" Hook cocked his head to the side. The boy had dark brown curly hair and kind hazel eyes. Baelfire. Milah's son, but also the spawn of Rumplestiltskin.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I thought I asked you not to interfere with the plans?" Tamara sneaks up on Killian. She looks like a wreck, with matted hair and sweat gleaming down her face.
"Well, I thought you agreed never to hurt Wendy!" Hook snarls. Tamara sneers.
"We agreed not to kill her or harm her permanently. She'll live. No scars, no permanent damage." The grin fades from her face. "Now, that your sister is safe," relief washes over Killian at the mention of Wendy being out of their grasp. "and you somewhat delivered your end of the bargain, how about we help you kill your Dark One?" A smile washes over the pirates face. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't yet realize the consequences to this.
They have the beans. They have the diamond. Two sentences rattling in Regina's brain like a broken record.
"Pacing won't do anything, Miss." Peter says sighing.
"Of course you can just sit there calmly!" Regina snaps, she extends her hand forward, throwing the boy to the wall. "You weren't born in the Enchanted Forest, so your skin is safe!"
"Regina!" Wendy yells, raising her head from the couch. "Do you think yelling is going to change the future? It's set. We're done. So instead of spending your last moments being the Evil Queen, try filling the rest of your life with peace and love."
The mayor releases Peter, dropping him to the ground. Red, is sitting next to Wendy perks up.
"Wait!" She exclaims. "You said that your pendant was charmed." Red points to the purple crystal around her friend's neck. "Is it powerful enough to stop the diamond?"
"Even if it was, it can only be used by someone pure of heart." Wendy sighs. A phone buzzes and Ruby ruffles through her pocket to pull it out.
"It's Snow." She says. Regina, Wendy and Peter lean in closer to the woman. "They just told Gold and Henry. He... he won't help us." Ruby clasps a hand around her mouth. "I have to go be with Granny." Lifting herself up she walks out of the apartment, leaving the rest too stunned to speak. Regina slumps back on the bed, as Peter and Wendy sit together holding each other's hands.
Dust falls from the ceiling of the mines as Hook, Greg and Tamara, make their way through. It was wrong. They are about to kill an entire town full of people without a second thought. Well, at least the two outsiders don't feel bothered by it. Killian's heart is torn in two. On the one hand if he tries to stop them, he could get killed or Tamara would knock him out with the magic black box she carries around. On the other he can go along with them, and gather enough information to go to Emma and the others, then help to stop them. Emma. She haunts his thought and dreams constantly, wracking his brain with images of their night of passion, making want and need more. But then memories of Jefferson with his arm around her come to play. Or even worse, her admitting to loving another man, minutes before saving her. When he returned to the cannery to try and save Wendy, he heard Emma's piercing screams and as he rushed closer, he could hear their pleas of love to each other. Though Killian wasn't close enough to recognize the voice of the man and arrived to the scene after the man died, his heart stung of pain and jealousy.
As Greg pierces the diamond with the pick axe, Hook jumps back into reality, alarm bells ringing in his head at what is about to unfold. All he knows is he has to get to everyone else before its too late.
The gem rises from the ground, emitting a purplish blue glimmer. The walls of the mines begin to shake, causing Hook, Greg and Tamara to flee before the tunnels collapse onto them.
"Enjoy your last few moments Hook." Tamara smiles as they exit. Greg hops into a truck and the woman follows suit, leaving the pirate behind to eat their dust. He doesn't want to die, not for the Crocodile, or for his revenge. He realizes at that point that he wants to live. He needs to live. He makes his way to the building that he knows Snow, Charming and Emma will be.
"Henry!" Regina exclaims as the child runs into her arms, receiving a warm embrace. Suddenly the entire building shakes, throwing everyone off balance.
"Was that...?" Emma begins.
"The diamond." The Queen says with a worried look. "It's been activated."
"So we're all going to die." Henry looks around to his moms, his grand parents and friends.
"You were born here." Regina caresses her sons head lovingly. "So you'll live."
"But I'll be alone." Alone. Abandoned. Emma, Wendy and Peter sigh. They endured abandonment and isolation for the majority of their lives and now little eleven year old Henry was going to face it. Everyone he loves wiped off the planet.
"You, you created this so fix it!" Emma snaps at the mayor.
"I can't."
"Then figure it out." Emma spits angrily.
"I'm sorry to inform you savior, but the future is set. There's nothing we can do to steer away from the inevitable." Wendy tells the woman, rising from the couch.
"That's full of crap!" Emma doesn't want to come off as a bitch, but she can't believe that everyone will die. Good always wins.
"I saw the future, Emma. We all die!" Henry cringes at these words and Regina holds him closer to her.
"I don't care!"
"Emma." Snow says in a motherly voice. "We need to calm down and think about this."
"Fighting amongst ourselves won't do anything." David adds.
"I already lost my dad." Henry pipes up. "I can't lose anyone else. We have to work together."
"From the mouths of babes!" Everyone whips their heads towards the direction of the voice and see Captain Hook at the doorway. He stands right next to Charming. "I'd say the lad has a point."
"You!" Wendy shrieks.
WHACK!
Charming mercilessly socks him in the face, stunning Emma and Henry. Everyone else just sits there like they knew this was bound to happen sooner or later.
"Bloody Hell."
"That's for the last time we met." Charming pulls out his gun and aims it at him.
"Get out of here." Regina snarls. She holds Henry protectively against her.
Peter has to hold Wendy down, for she is ready to throw one of the kitchen knives at her brother.
"You expect to come here and receive a warm welcome after what you did?" Wendy exclaims.
"Tell us why you're here." Charming orders giving the pirate a good poke with the gun.
"For starters." Hook begins. "I never knew that they abducted you." He tells Wendy. "In fact I got dragged into this whole plot in order to protect you. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I should have saved you."
"You're lying." His sister snaps.
"Am I? Well that's rich coming from you. They threatened to kill you if I didn't help them, not to mention they barely told me anything of their bloody plans until they were acting upon them."
"He's telling the truth." Killian looks up to see Emma giving him a calculating look. She's evidently pissed... at him.
"That fails to explain why you're here." Charming growls, nudging him in the ribs with the weapon once more.
"They also offered to help me kill Rumplestiltskin. That part I was alright with. But I didn't know that I had to give up my life to get it." Killian looks to everyone in the room. "And if there's one thing I want more than my revenge, it's my life." Emma catches his gaze and looks away. Yeah, he really doesn't care about her. He came to save his own hide. "Now can we stop this thing first and then resume bickering?"
"There is no stopping it." Regina says stepping forward. "The best thing I can do is slow it down, but that won't change anything."
"Or give us the time we need." David says.
"The time for what?" Mary Margaret asks her husband.
"To steal back the beans and portal out of Storybrooke."
"Are you listening to yourselves?" Wendy laughs. "You can't change fate! I bloody had a vision that no matter what we do, this town will be destroyed, along with everyone in it!"
"Wendy," Snow puts a warm hand on the girl's shoulder. "How often have your dreams come true? What if this vision is false?"
"No. Everything I have seen so far has come to pass."
"Did you ever try interfering or stopping it?" Emma asks.
"No she hasn't." Hook growls, thinking of how she let Milah and his unborn child die.
"No." Wendy confirms, shooting Killian a look.
"Then we have to try this!" Charming exclaims. "We have to get the beans."
"How?" Emma huffs. "We don't even know where Greg and Tamara are."
"Well, I do." Hook licks his lips. He gives her a look, begging her to trust him again. But how can she when he betrayed her more than once. But the way he looks at her right now, is eating her up inside. "I can help."
"Or you'll just betray us in order to get to your revenge." She counters. There's no time to be sweet. No time for feelings. This is a life and death situation.
"Don't worry." Her father says, shooting daggers in the pirate's direction. "I'll go with him, and if he tries anything, I'll shoot him in the face." Despite the seriousness of the situation a few of the people in the room can't help but crack a smile.
"Quite hostile, aren't we?"
"Just proving a point."
"Ok, you guys go get the beans. Mary Margaret, Henry and Wendy go get everyone ready." Emma states. "Peter. You, Regina and I will go deal with the diamond."
The groups split up and head in their own directions. Snow, Wendy and Henry make their way to the diner, calling and texting people to meet them there along the way. As the three walk, Henry is the first to break the silence.
"So what's going on between Emma and Captain Hook?" Snow gasps at her grandson's perceptiveness, while Wendy nearly trips over her own two feet.
"What makes you think there is anything Henry?" Mary Margaret asks.
"I'm eleven not stupid." He says. "They were looking at each other weirdly." He turns his head towards Wendy. "I guess you got Operation Beanstalk to work, huh?"
"Operation Beanstalk?" Snow exclaims, knowing exactly what 'beanstalk' means.
"It seems Killian's stash of rum was stronger than I thought." Wendy mutters, trying to defend herself while avoiding the princess's deadly glare.
"You were drunk in front of Henry?!"
"Actually she and Ruby called me." Henry pipes up.
"Red is in on this? Why are you three trying to get Hook with my daughter?"
"Calm down your majesty." Wendy laughs. "We just thought they'd be good for one another."
"Okay." Snow begins. "I'm not saying I approve of a pirate dating my daughter. But when they were together she did seem happy. Emma is a grown woman and I will support any decision she makes. But! That being said, if we survive this, you three need to stop meddling and let the grownups decide where they want to go with their lives. Understood?"
"Yes." Henry and Wendy echo.
"Good." The school teacher smiles "Now let's go back to saving Storybrooke."
About an hour later, Geppetto and Pinocchio, Mother Superior, the Dwarves, Ruby and Granny, Dr. Whale, Dr. Hopper, Wendy, Emma, Henry and Snow are all gathered around the Diner, with small bags filled with what they need for the trip back to the enchanted Forest. Charming and Hook rush in, holding a small leather pouch.
"We have the beans!" David announces proudly. His arm is nicked by a bullet and Hook has a bloody lip.
"Are you guys okay?" Emma asks.
"Yeah, we're fine."
"Okay, let's do this."
"Wait!" Henry whimpers. "Where's my mom?" Emma looks at him with sad eyes.
"Regina can hold the diamond off till everyone reaches safety, but she won't survive."
"No." Henry backs away from his mother's touch.
"Henry." Wendy speaks up. "It's the only way."
"No! We can't let her die! She's family! You don't leave family behind."
Hook stares at the heartbroken child. Family. You don't leave family behind. He was abandoned by his father, forcing him to learn the ropes of life on his own, being around Henry's age. He looks to Wendy, knowing how the boy's words affected her as well.
"We saved her from the wraith!" Henry continues. "How is this any different?"
"The wraith!" Snow exclaims. "We threw it into a portal! Why can't we do the same with the self destruct?"
"Because," Emma says. "We don't know it will work."
"But, we need to try. Emma I owe her, after killing Cora."
"You did that because it was the only way."
"No I did it because it was easy."
"No one will go along with it."
"Yes we will!" Red exclaims.
"Well, if I wasn't certain that we would all die before, I certainly am now." Wendy says. "Obviously this is what leads everyone to their deaths."
"What if you're wrong?" Charming says. "What if we succeed without any casualties? This is our best choice."
"Snow White and Prince David have led us before and we've always won." Archie says. The Diner shakes abruptly, causing everyone to fumble.
"Fine." Wendy says. "What have we got to lose, right?"
"Then let's do this." Emma says. "And fast."
Everyone begins to clear out of the diner when Killian blocks Emma's path.
"What are you doing, Hook?"
"Preventing you from making a mistake, Swan." Killian says.
"Listen. We're doing this. It might be stupid. It might be crazy. But we're doing this." Emma says. "Now you can either help us and be a part of something. Or you can do what you do best and be alone."
"The only reason I'm alone is because when I tried trusting you, every single on of you betrayed me." The anger in his eyes is evident. "So forgive me, if working with all of you is bloody difficult."
"Killian. You and I are alike. We understand each other. Being alone means never fetting hurt, so you care for yourself and leave everyone to fend for themselves. We're offering you a chance to prove that you're more than the bad guy, the pirate everyone fears. I know I'm not someone you care about, but trust me all the same." The problem is he does care about her.
"Quite passionate Swan, but why are you really doing this?"
"Henry lost his father today." Emma says. "I'm not letting him lose a mother too."
"Father? Who's Henry's father?" Jealousy springs up through Killian's body.
"Neal."
"Baelfire."
"Yeah."
FLASHBACK
"What's your name boy?" Hook asked the fourteen year old child who snuck his way onto his deck. "And what are you doing aboard my ship?"
"My name's Baelfire." The boy said. "But you can't let anyone know I'm here." Worry was written all over Baelfire's face as he looked into the Captain's eyes. "Please. I can't go back to him. Felix will kill us."
Baelfire. Milah's son. Just his luck.
The following few days that Wendy was on the island, Killian bonded with the boy, teaching him to sail and swordfighting with him. It wasn't until Bae found a drawing of Milah that, their relationship went sour. When Felix discovered the boy, he gave the captain a choice. Either give Baelfire over to him, or Felix would take him by force and kill Wendy and torture him and his crew, by summoning his leader, a destructive creature known as the shadow. Killian was forced to give Bae up, causing the child to let out a spew of curses and insults towards the pirate. For once in his life, Captain Hook had felt he could be a father, and in a split second, that was lost.
END OF FLASHBACK
"Wendy!" Hook calls out as he sees his sister march along the street. He hurries next to her and spins her around by hooking his prosthetic onto her forearm.
"What do you want, Captain?" She spits icily. He can hear the girl grit her teeth, something she used to do when she was angry as a young child.
"Look lass, I never intended for you to get hurt." He begins "If I didn't play to their whims, they would have killed you!"
"Oh so my big brother was protecting me? Well, that's just great now isn't it? You think that by letting them drain my blood and pump me with toxins that you were actually protecting me?" Wendy yanks her arm from Killian's hook. "Do you know what family means? It's not about sharing blood, it's about having a connection. Before we knew that we were related, I already thought you were my brother. I loved you more than I did for the family I was given in the Enchanted Forest. More than I did for Blackbeard or that Seer who birthed me. I thought they were selfish monsters. Then, I met you. You didn't even know who I was and you spared my life, despite the arguments Milah and the crew imposed for you not to. Family means love. It implies caring for one another no matter what and protecting them. Family means no one is left behind. No one is abandoned. And brother, you abandoned me." She fights the tears watering up in the rims of her lids and turns around to walk away.
"You're right." Hook says, causing Wendy to stop in her tracks. "A family stays together no matter what. They protect each other. And that's why I am doing this."
"Wha…" Hook slams a wet cloth over his sister's mouth and nose, causing her vision to fade slowly.
"I'm really sorry, lass." Killian says. "I truly am." The last thing Wendy notices is the faint smell of salt water, and the sound of seagulls.
At the mines, Regina is doing everything in her power, to hold off the diamond, slow its destruction down, to allow her former enemies to flee the realm. Peter stands with her, guarding her, just in case Greg and Tamara decide to show up and cause further havoc. Being born in this world many years ago has allowed him immunity towards the self-destruct, and after a saying his good byes to Wendy and the rest of them, Peter decided to stay behind in Storybrooke. The Enchanted Forest is foreign to him, and he has already made a life in San Francisco, so he can always return to that.
The boy watches as Regina's body shudders in pain, the diamond draining all her magic, all of her energy out of her. Suddenly, he hears quick thumping approaching them, and draws out his sword, ready to defend the Queen.
"You're majesty," Peter warns. "I hear someone approaching." Regina nods and he moves forwards in a defensive stance. From the darkness, Emma, Henry, Snow and Charming emerge.
"What are you doing here?" Regina asks, her eyes are bloodshot and her voice is slightly off. "You're supposed to be crossing the portal!"
"You were willing to risk your life for everyone else's." Henry tells his adoptive mother. "That makes you a hero."
"We're going to try and save everyone's life." Snow says smiling. "Even yours."
Charming looks to his daughter as she turns around and opens the leather pouch. She gives the pouch a good tap, but nothing falls into her gloved hand. It's empty. The bean is gone. She turns around with a shocked look on her face, panic and dread sweeps over everyone else's.
"Hook." The savior manages to say. You bastard! How could you do this to us? Emma thinks. One second you save my life, the next you leave me to die. I'm in your arms one minute and the next you're exerting all your anger and rage out on me. And the worse thing is, I'm actually falling for you, even though I'm dying because of you.
"Damn Codfish!" Peter exclaims, putting his face in his palms. He turns to Snow and Charming. "I need to go find Wendy." Charming nods at the boy and Snow buries her face against her husband's chest, as the boy hurries off to find his best friend and love.
Emma turns to Henry, he's too appalled to speak. She fights the tears that are pooling in her eyes, ready to stream down her face like a waterfall.
Meanwhile on the Jolly Roger, Wendy awakes to the sight of Captain Hook at the helm of his ship. She is on the floor of the deck, laying down, and discovers that her hands are tied behind her back with a rag.
"Seriously, chloroform!" Wendy complains, Hook ignores her, as his eyes remain focused on the course ahead. "Never thought you'd know about this worlds chemicals, or did the two hooligan friends of yours teach you about them, along with how to ensure the death of an entire town?!"
Hook bites the inside of his cheek and sighs, but doesn't turn his head around.
"What do you care lass?" Killian growls. "Your boyfriend will survive."
"Oh yes, one person surviving makes up for the hundreds that will suffer?" Wendy snaps, not even caring enough to deny Killian calling Peter her 'boyfriend'. "I feel so sated now, my bloody conscience is satisfied! Because living twenty eight years with these people means nothing to me. I have friends who will die brother! Don't you care about anyone in this town? I thought you cared about Emma? What the hell happened between you two?"
Displeased with the lack of response from Killian, she pushes further. "I thought you'd actually grow to love her."
"Do you think I want this?" He says angrily, he turns away from the helm and towards the girl, who has now managed to stand up, supporting her weight against the mass. "Do you think I can stand knowing that everyone in this town will die? It's their bloody faults. They chose to save the Queen, risking their lives to do so. Now I'm not the type to put my life on the line like they are. And forgive me, if I wanted to ensure your safety by bringing you along."
"Do you know what family means, Killian?"
"What?"
"Family is precious. You make it with those you love and care about. Before I knew that we shares the same blood, I still thought of you as family." Wendy begins. "Unlike my own blood, you chose to save me, to treat me well, even though you barely knew me at the time, and Milah and the crew were against it. You made me believe in the possibility of family. And then we met the Lost Ones and the Lost Boys and even after your bursts of anger, I still thought of you as family. Family isn't blood. It isn't set in stone. It is made. It is a bond. Family sticks together no matter what. They don't abandon each other." Wendy shuts her eyes as if to deter a migraine. "And right now… that's what we're doing."
Aside from setting Killian into shock from her speech, his heart jumps even more as his sister falls to the deck, unconscious, as her body goes rigid.
"Wendy!" He yells. Suddenly her eyes jump wide open, her green irises glowing in the sunlight. Her gaze is fixed and unmoved. Finally her state changes as she jumps back to life, taking in a deep breath. "Are you alright lass?"
As her breathing becomes more steady, she allows herself to speak. "I'm fine. I want to go to my bed." Hook unties the rag behind her back and watches as she stomps off to the lower deck. I was wrong, she thinks.
Killian looks back to the sea, then to the town, and to the bean in his hand. He's made a decision.
Emma and Regina are both weak as they and the Charmings run after Greg and Tamara, who have Henry in their grip. They see the duo reach the water, and project the bean to it, creating a portal. The Evil Queen, too drained to use her magic to stop them and the Charmings and Emma, too far to reach them, watch as Henry Mills is dragged into oblivion.
Now you can either help us and be a part of something. Or you can do what you do best and be alone.
Emma's words echo in his mind, as he sees six figures gaze at his ship from the shore. Wendy surfaces from below deck, arms crossed.
"So I see you've grown a conscience." She smirks. "Welcome back, brother." He raises an eyebrow at her, confused at her sudden change in attitude. "It seems that the future isn't what it seems." She says simply, not wanting to divulge too much.
"Then I say we save this bloody town, together lass." Killian says.
"As a family." Wendy adds.
They reach the dock and anchor the Jolly Roger, as Emma leads her family, and Regina, to the ship.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Emma snaps at the pirate.
"Helping." Killian says sincerely, looking hard into her green eyes. She looks back into his own pupils, not buying his words.
"Well, you're too late."
"Am I?" He counters.
"I thought you didn't care about anyone but yourself." She swallows.
"Maybe I just needed reminded that I could care for someone else." His eyes bore into hers at this comment, as he hands her the pouch that actually contains the bean. As she dumps the bean into her hand and looks up at him she sees kindness and… if possible… love.
Wendy watches their brief exchange, trying not to smirk. He looks from her eyes to her lips as she flutters her lashes. Well, we know what they're thinking… she thinks. Then realization hits her. Oh my God, they're actually falling in love! If they were standing any closer and they didn't have a deadly audience, Wendy is sure that they would have smashed their lips into each other and kissed the hell out of one another. In fact that's probably what they're thinking about doing right now.
"Enough waiting around, let's go." Regina says, snapping the two back to reality. Way to go your majesty. Ruin the moment, why don't you? Wendy thinks, smirking.
"Go? Where?" Hook inquires. "I thought we were saving the town."
"They already did that." Wendy says rolling her eyes. Snow laughs at her perceptiveness.
"Greg and Tamara took Henry through a portal." Emma says, her eyes pleading with his.
"Well, I will offer my ship and services."
"That's great Hook." Regina scoffs. "But how do we track them?"
"Leave that to me." A voice says. Wendy and Killian turn to see Gold standing a few meters away. Belle is gripping onto Gold's arm watching the pirate wearily, obviously still traumatized from the shooting. "I can lead us where we need to go."
"Then let's go." Snow says, taking in a deep breath. Her eyes are slightly watery from all the stress.
From the corner of her eyes, Emma can see Killian tense up and Wendy looks like she's about to jump in the middle of a cross fire. The Captain turns around and walks back aboard his ship followed by Wendy, Regina, Emma and Snow. When Killian notices his sister behind him, he stops abruptly and turns around to face her.
"Alright Swan, Milady, your Majesty; you can find a place to hold onto for the bumpy ride. But you," He turns to Wendy. "Are going to go back into town."
"Are you kidding me?" Wendy exclaims, crossing her arms over her chest, her feet planted firmly on the ground. "I'm coming with you, and there's nothing you can tell me to convince me otherwise."
"Darling, Greg and Tamara are dangerous. You've seen first hand what they are capable of doing. This journey is too dangerous."
"Oh, so when I was fourteen, you recruited me to your crew of crazy pirates, but now that I'm eighteen, it's too dangerous to take on a couple of idiots obsessed with science? Plus, I owe it to Henry. He deserves my help." She takes a step forward, making sure to get right in his face. "I told you this before, and I'm going to repeat it again. Family sticks together. I don't know where you're going, but I know that there is a slim chance that you will come back, and I am not going to be separated from my only family. I don't care if we're going to the deepest pits of hell, I'm coming with you." She looks around to Snow, Regina and Emma, and David who just returned to the ship, who seem content with her answer. Killian lets out a huge sigh, in defeat.
"Fine." He nods.
"And if she's going I'm coming too." Peter walks up the plank and boards the ship. "Because family sticks together." He repeats, eliciting a smile from Wendy.
"Wonderful," Hook rolls his eyes. "Just like old times."
"Mhm" Wendy chirps.
"Alright, since you three know how this works, help me set her up why don't you." The Captain orders.
"Aye, aye, Codfish." Peter mocks.
Emma , Snow, Charming and Regina stand near the helm, as Mr. Gold leaves Belle and returns to the Jolly Roger, just as Peter, Wendy and Hook return above deck. Killian approaches Rumplestiltskin cautiously.
"So… are you done trying to kill me?" The Dark One sneers.
"I believe so." Hook says, gritting his teeth together. Regina approaches the two wearily, ready to intervene if necessary. She doesn't need the only hope of finding her son being flung off the ship because of some stupid brawl. Emma eyes the two as well, noting how Wendy and Peter are not too far off either.
"Excellent. Then you can live." Rumple says with a crazed look. Killian looks as if he's going to attack him, but he restrains himself. Before anything else can happen, in a puff of purple smoke, a tracking globe appears. Everyone takes a step closer to watch as Mr. Gold's blood drops and forms a map. Emma looks to Hook, hoping that he knows where the little islands are. He looks pale, and so does Peter, Wendy and Gold.
"Well, I guess we are going to the deepest pits of hell." Wendy says.
"Where is that?" Regina asks impatiently.
"Neverland." Hook says, looking from his sister, to Peter, Gold and then Emma. Gold purses his lips, looking at the globe with disgust. He turns back to Wendy and Peter. "It's not too late to leave the ship you know." Wendy shakes her head vigorously.
"No, we go together." She says giving her brother a stern look. Cracking a smile, she adds. "Plus, I'd like to see what they've done with the place."
"Too right lass." The Captain says. He walks towards Emma, looking deeply at her. "The bean, if you will." Hesitantly, she hands it to him, and he launches it into the water. "Everyone grab onto something." He smirks, as he walks to the helm. "It's going to be a bumpy ride."
Charming and Snow hold onto netted cords, Gold grips onto a large rope, Regina hangs onto a thinner rope, Emma grips onto the boom, and Peter and Wendy latch onto the mast.
"So who are we up against?" Charming bellows through the noise of the rushing waters. "Who are Greg and Tamara?"
"They're merely pawns." Rumplestiltskin says. "Manipulated by forces far greater than they can conceive. They have no idea who they're truly working for."
"And who's that?" Emma yells.
"Someone we all should fear." Gold answers.
"Me." Peter says.
Everyone looks at the boy, wide eyed, mouths hanging open. Peter Pan. Twenty one year old boy, with light brown hair, green eyes, nicely toned in a green leather vest and brown leather pants and black knee high boots. With rusted scabbard strapped to his side, and a brunette standing next to him, not looking too surprised. Her long hair flows wildly in the wind as everyone gives them a deathly stare. But before anyone can react, the Jolly Roger reaches the portal, dropping down into a deep abyss. Neverland. Hell.
It's the end... but not really the end. Now I can let my imaginative mind completely take over :D hehe. Don't forget REVIEW! They encourage me to write more!
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