#020901

Pine Tree Black Rock (#020901 to #030226)

(The group is still scouring the cell in search of the ink. Emma is still looking at the paper.) Emma: What does this even mean? Snow: He was obsessed with you, Emma. You were the key to breaking the curse. Aurora: We’ve looked everywhere. There’s no ink in this cell. Snow: Well, it has to be. He told David. Emma: You were in a Netherworld. Maybe something got lost in translation. Mulan: No. She heard right. Snow: You found it? (Mulan holds up an empty bottle.) Mulan: In a manner of speaking. There was ink in the cell. Emma: Son of a bitch… (Suddenly, Aurora grabs a rock and throws it against a lever just outside of the cell. The door to the cell falls down, trapping the four of them inside.) Emma: Aurora, what are you doing?! (Cora and Hook arrive.) Cora: Helping me. (Cora magically summons the compass to her.) Emma: No! Cora: No. Don’t waste your energy, dear. Rumpelstiltskin himself couldn’t escape from this cell. Thank you, Aurora. We couldn’t have done it without you. Emma: Why would you do this? Snow: How could you? Cora: Don’t blame her. She was only doing what she was told. (Cora pulls out Aurora’s heart.) Emma: You took her heart? Hook: Actually, I did. It was a gift. (Cora squeezes the heart, causing Aurora to yell out in pain.) Cora: Forgive us. We’d love to stay, but Storybrooke awaits. (The two of them turn to leave, but Emma calls out to Hook.) Emma: Hook. Wait. Please don’t do this. My son is in Storybrooke. He needs me. Hook: Perhaps you should’ve considered that, before you abandoned me on that beanstalk. Emma: You would’ve done the same. Hook: Actually, no. Hook: Do you know what this is, Emma? (He takes out the mummified bean that the giant had on his necklace.) Emma: The bean that the giant kept. Hook: Yes, indeed. A pirate always keeps a souvenir of his conquest, but this… Well, this is much more than a mere trinket. This is a symbol. Something that was once magical, full of hope, possibility… Now look at it. Dried up, dead, useless. Much like you. The time for making deals is done, just as I’m done… With you.