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Location: Washington DC, in April 14th, 2000|

On the way back to Washington...

The group snuck inside the facility. Mr Gold and Coulmier helped Sarah walk in since she was getting weaker. Her ankles were bleeding again and it was harder for her to walk again. Charlie was scared to get in since he was a zombie, but Neal bundled him up by putting on a hat and a hoodie to cover his grey pale skin. He held the baby her in his arms and followed Neal behind with Marcus behind him and Josh.

Sarah almost tripped and grunted, but Gold and Coulmier caught her and Gold covered her mouth. A guard that was walking around stopped in his tracks. He looked around not seeing anyone. So he kept walking.

Gold and Coulmier carefully helped her up and Gold picked her up in his arms. They finally came to the houses. Hook then sighed in relief, "hooof. That was close, crocodile."

Gold ignored him and rushed Sarah into the house. Belle was with Mary Marget, Emma, and Regina. She stood up once the door opened and saw her husband holding Sarah in his arms. She broke down seeing them.

Mr Gold laid Sarah on the bed and looked for his healing potions. Belle rushed in and held Sarah's face, "Oh my sweet baby. Are you alright? Peanut?"

"Mama." Sarah sobbed holding her hands.

Mr Gold set his healing potions on the nightstand and prepared them as Belle talked to her daughter. She was so happy her little girl was alive and back in her life. "My little Peanut. I missed you so much. I was so worried I wouldn't see you or your father again."

"Belle, I have to heal her ankles now. She told me a shark bit her."

"Bit her?" Belle gasped, "if a shark, she would've lost her feet!"

"I think...it just...nawed on me...," Sarah shivered, "it's miracle they are still attached."

Belle teared up and held Sarah's hand as Gold took her shoes and socks off gently. He then removed the wrap bandages off her ankles carefully.

His healing didn't hurt Sarah. She was calm and held her mother's hand as her father healing her bite wounds. Soon her wounds were completely gone and Sarah felt better. She then sat up and teared up at her parents. "Thank you, dad." She then hugged him and Belle in a big hug.

They both smiled hugging their daughter back. Then the three of them broke down holding onto each other tightly.

"I'm sorry," Sarah broke down. Gold may have told her it wasn't her fault, but she still felt guilty.

"No, sweetie," Gold said, pulling back slightly and held her face.

"Oh no, Peanut," her mother did the same.

"It's not your fault," they said to Sarah. "Don't apologize. You did nothing wrong. You did nothing wrong. We are just glad your back and alright."

Sarah broke down again and Gold and Belle hugged her tightly.

"I missed you both so much...I was even scared those...those things got you." Sarah sobbed.

"Princess," Gold looked at her cupping her face, "There is no way those things could hurt your mother and I. I would never let them hurt the ones I love. You and your mother."

Sarah teared up looking at him. Gold and Belle held her and comfort her. Sarah gripped on them and buried her face in their shoulders. They comfort her and didn't let their daughter go. They all were happy that they were together again.

"I love you guys so much." Sarah cried softly.

"We love you too, sweetie," Belle and Gold said softly.

Soon Mr Gold watched over Sarah and Belle. The girls were fast asleep and Gold was happy seeing them sleep peacefully in his arms. He was also glad they were all together again. Sarah snuggled closer to him in her sleep. He just smiled down at her and reached in his pocket. He pulled out her Commodus doll and placed him under her arm. "Daddy..." she smiled in her sleep.

Gold smiled at her and held her in his arm. He then pulled Belle close and watched over his girls while they slept.

Couldmier and Marcus were in David and his wife Mary Marget's house. They slept on the couches and David and his wife in the bedroom.

Couldmier couldn't stop thinking about Sarah. He was happy that she finally reunited with her parents, but now what? He really felt like he had no other purpose to be here. But then that night...the night they express their feelings for each other...it was so fast, but they both couldn't help it. They found out they were inlove, even if it was fast. His mind was racing all over the place. Maybe he should tone it down a bit. Even if she really is the one God brought to him. It would be out of respect. Besides...he didn't know much about her. Just a little. Thank goodness they didn't make love. Yeah it was mentioned before, but that was all in their head because their love for each other went so fast that it felt like they did make love. 

Yes he was remembering how it went. He told Sarah he wanted her desperately, but Sarah was the one who stopped him saying it was rushing too fast. So, he did stop. Then they remembered Marcus and that's how it really happened. Couldmier would feel like a fool for rushing it so fast to make love to a woman even if it was true God sent her to him. He just felt like it wasn't right. Everything is best to slow things down than rushing them.

Morning came in the bunker village. The lights turned on at 6:00 am. Most of the survivors woke up around this time.

Living in the bunker was alright, it wasn't normal, but it felt safe. Of course everyday the soldiers would have to come and check for any survivors that may have snuck in the facility. Luckily Sarah, Neal, Couldmier, Marcus and especially Charlie were hidden from them by magic. Gold would make them invisible so the soldiers wouldn't see them.

It was also strange, Mr Gold was the only one that seemed to have his magic still. Everyone else, like Emma and Regina didn't. It confused everyone. Sarah was able to use the Magictrix she knew since back in New York. So...how was it possible that her and her father still have their magic?

After being checked, everyone had breakfast. Sarah didn't feel like she was going to have a normal life again. Like how they use to, or atleast a new normal. Having privacy in their own home. The reason why they could be check over even if she was healed, her family would be in danger. Gold heard a family that snuck in a family member in the facility, but the soldiers found out. The family was taken out of the house and away from the village tunnel to somewhere else. No one knew what happened to the family or even the family member. But Gold sensed something definitely wrong. Even if the family member was healthy, he sensed maybe they were...killed. He really felt they had to leave this place.

Killian was too focus on watching some VCRs he found in the house he and Emma were living in. It talked about the bunkers and explaining who planned this and how long it took them to make this. Originally it was President HG Bush and remodeled idea was the "Leader". That's what he was called. Nothing else. Once they mentioned him, Killian felt a strange feeling. As if he was uncomfortable about the Leader.

"Hello and welcome to the Secure and Protected Community Shelter. Here is everything you need to know at your stay in the Shelter...."

As Killian watched, his eyes were glued to the screen, focused. He was watching the videos hoping to find out about the facility here and the government. Why did they built this as if they knew the Cure would fail. They had to know about something that we all didn't know.

That's when a scene was cut out during an amusement park scene shown in the tunnels. It then was cut out to a man walking in the tunnels. Maybe a worker? He went inside a the room which was the forbidden red door. He then flashed the camera on his face. He looked like a young man. Late 20's early 30's.

"My name is Luis Clark. I work here at the facility. I just hope someone will see this and the government won't erase it. But you need to listen to me carefully. The government had been planning to trap us for years. They planned to treat us like puppets for years. They want to see themselves as gods. They want to rule us over because they think we are just their little puppets. Man has lost their way. And the Lazarus Cure, they planned this since 1910. It had been going on since then. Even these tunnels..."

Killian's eyes widened hearing this. That long? Not 10 years!?

"Let me show you how they were able to create the cure. " Luis walked to a laboratory table and it showed a still insect with fungus growing on itself.

"This here is a fungus called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, other known as Zombie-Ant Fungus. It was never dangerous for us, until we made it to be. We had not just insects tested with this, bigger creatures as we went. Soon cattle was infected. Then pets, and soon it was too dangerous that the scientists stopped it, but amazed that this could change history. With few technologically and the fungus they tried, but failed to raise the dead. But there was one more option...making a deal."

Luis then took the camera and walked into a door that was not seen in the darkness except for the light behind that you could under the door. It was like a red glow. He opened the door and there stood a bull statue.

"If you don't know, in the Bible times as even to this day, children were sacrificed to this bull named Baal. The scientists were using the bull to communicate to the devil. They were making a deal for helping in making the Cure and just in 10 years it happened. I just ran in here before they will release the cure to the world so I can leave this message to any innocent citizen that is very confused. I just hope they won't find me here. And I even pray that God hasn't left all of us? Because...why isn't He doing anything to stop this from happening? Are we gonna be tested...like Job? Whatever happens, stay safe, don't trust the government, survive out their yourself, and most of all...pray..."

Then it cut back to the instruction video of the tunnels. Killian looked scared at this point. So this was how the curse was made? By this fungus? And then the Devil? Was it Hades? Belle would probably know. He stopped the tape immediately and hide it in his bag. He went to Belle, Gold and Sarah's house which was across the tunnel. He then knocked on the door....

Past...

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Killian was looking down sadly at the fireplace. He was happy that Emma accepted his purposal, but he still had to tell her about something. Of why David her father didn't trust him anymore. He did something terrible. Which cause him to loose his friends in the past. David, Rumpelstilskin (Mr Gold), and even his own crew.

He hear footsteps behind him and turned. There standing was his fiancée Emma, but she didn't look happy. She looked like she was angry and hurt. She was even holding onto the ring he gave her.

"Why didn't you tell me?" She said.

"Emma—"

"You killed David's father, didn't you?"

Killian sighed, "yes..."

"Why?"

"...he was going to take away someone. A boy. For King George. I thought I was saving the children. Also...I didn't know it was his father. I thought it was the only way..."

Emma frowned at him, "Why couldn't you tell me or him? I thought you trusted me. If you love me, you would also trust me. You would tell me everything." She then handed him the ring, "until you can show me that you trust me, maybe we can be together, but right now I need space."

She then left him.

Present...

"We have to get out of here, Crocodile," Killian told Gold.

"What's wrong? I mean I agree, but what?" Mr Gold said.

"I watched one of the tapes they leave here, and there was a worker here that explains about this place. He said they planned this curse since back in 1910!"

"What!?" Mr Gold was surprised.

Belle was even confused overhearing this.

"The tunnels were also made around that time, but it had nothing to do with the curse...I think. But it was a fungus...and...and something demonic."

Belle was now looking very concerned. Sarah walked in and Belle went to her and held her.

"What fungus? Killian, you're not making sense." Mr Gold told him.

"A zombie fungus. It brainwashes insects and make them like zombies."

"Wait, you mean the Zombie-Ant Fungus?" Sarah asked coming in the room, "I remembered back in school that Henry and I learned that stuff. It's also called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, but that's impossible that it effected on us, because they say it's impossible. There's a 1% chance that it can."

"That's the thing," Hook said, "it's just not the fungus. They tried to test on larger animals, but it never worked, but they found this ancient alter that can help to communicate to the demonic forms of the under world. They said they could talk to the devil."

Belle shivered hearing this. She knew it had been much worse than she expected.

"They made a deal with him and he helped them."

"What did this alter looked like?" Mr Gold asked.

"A man like bull? They said its name was Baal and he was from the Bible."

"But he is used for children sacrifices," Sarah said.

"And I guess for talking to the devil too," Killian said.

"He is the devil himself, disguised as a bull." Belle added.

"I think we need to leave before they suspect Sarah, Bae, and their friends weren't tested. Not to mention their other friend they brought is a zombie also." Killian suggested.

Mr Gold sighed, but where would they go?

"We could go to Alaska," Sarah added in, "it's cold, but it would make sense for the dead liking warmer areas like here. The cold they would just freeze easier than us."

"Alaska! Good idea, lass," Killian smiled and patted her shoulder. "Uncle Killian always said you were the smart one in the family."

"Well anyone could've thought of it," Sarah blushed, shyly.

Everyone tried to hatch up a plan. And soon they came up with one. They would all sneak out at night. Mr Gold would use his sleeping spell on the guards to help them all escape and take the vehicles to escape. Henry even heard there were docks that were at the Canada border they could take also, incase they ran out of gas or something.

And so their escape began...