Guardians of Magic

Three's a crowd

Storybrooke (Gold's shop)

"What do we do now?" Anna was frantic. She was pacing inside the pawn shop nervously as Mulan and Whale watched the young girl ping pong back and forth. "Now everyone is going to know where we are!"

"So what?" Whale said as he lounged in a corner with his finger inside a blood bag, trying to scrape out the last drop. "We're vampires. Nobody is going to come looking for us. The whole town is scared of us. They won't even leave their homes anymore. We're perfectly safe."

Anna wasn't convinced. She continued to pace. "No. They're going to come with pitchforks and torches! They're probably forming a mob right now! An angry mob! With pitchforks and torches! We'll be surrounded and they'll try to get at us with their pitchforks and torches!"

"Enough with the pitchforks and torches already." Whale finally got the drop of blood on his finger and sucked it off. He tossed the bag away, bored. "You're making me tired with all that pacing."

"Well what about Rumplestiltskin?" Anna snapped at the doctor.

"What about him?" Whale yawned.

"Are you serious?" Anna looked at him, astonished. "Uh, we had his wife and we let her escape! Don't you think he's going to be upset about this?"

Mulan remained silent, watching the scene. She was glad that Belle got away. She didn't want to see anymore bloodshed. She didn't want anyone else to fall under the curse that she was suffering. All she wanted was to be with Elsa, but she knew that it was impossible now. The future with Elsa that Mulan barely had time to imagine was gone. It had been unfairly taken from them by this curse. She almost wished for the mob that Anna was afraid of. At least then it would be over and she would be put out of her misery.

Whale was answering Anna's question. "He'd only get upset if we told him she was here. Why would we tell him she was here?" The doctor watched as Anna started to think about what he was saying to her. Her worried face began to relax a little.

"I suppose you're right. He doesn't need to know." Anna said after a moment of contemplation.

"He doesn't need to know what?" Rumplestiltskin said from the back curtain of the store. Three heads whipped around in surprise at the voice of the former Dark One. Anna's jaw dropped. Mulan slowly readied herself for action. The doctor on the other hand looked unfazed.

"That you didn't need to know that we didn't save you any." Whale pointed at the empty blood bags on the floor. Rumplestiltskin followed the doctor's eyes to the bags and his lips pressed in slight frustration. "Sorry." the doctor shrugged.

"You left the store." Rumplestiltskin was not asking him. "Did anyone see you?"

The doctor shook his head with arrogance.

"Are you kidding? I know that hospital better than anyone." he smirked. Rumple was growing impatient with the doctor. He stepped closer until their noses were nearly touching.

"You will not risk our discovery like that again." he sneered at Whale. "Do we understand each other?" Whale swallowed nervously and nodded. Rumplestiltskin stepped back, all the while fixing his eyes on Whale with an intimidating glare. "Now, I need to move to plan b. We need to separate the Savior from the mayor. The three of you will keep the Savior occupied while I take the mayor to her crypt and retrieve the remains."

"How are we going to keep Emma away from Regina?" Mulan spoke finally. Rumplestiltskin shook his head in annoyance.

"Must I think of everything? Surprise me."