Belle smiled when Rumple offered her his hand.
"Thank you." She said sweetly before settling into the canoe. Rumple sat behind her and they were joined in the canoe by Regina. Despite everyone else's aversion to her, and the fact that Regina how kept her captive in a mental hospital for twenty eight years, Belle still had hope for Regina. Call Belle the eternal optimist, but she knew there was good inside of everyone. How else could it be explained that she was still with the Dark One. She could tell that Regina was worried about the boy. If the fact that Regina hadn't spoken once since they came to the island wasn't indication enough, Belle could see the concern in her eyes.
"Hey." Belle said taking Regina's hand.
"It's alright we'll find him." Regina looked down at Belle's hand on hers. For a few short seconds she looked grateful, but that look quickly changed to one of confusion almost as if she didn't know what to say next. Regina pulled her hand out from under Belle's and rubbed her hand.
"Thank you. I'm sure we will." She said. Belle was confused that Regina was so put off by her gesture, but she wasn't going to push things. She nodded reassuredly and they all sat in silence until Charming turned on his flash light.
"Maybe some light will help."Charming said and turned a flash light oh.
"NO SHUT IT OFF!" Angelica and Gold said at the same time and the Prince did.suddenly they heard movement and they looked at each other.
"Row Faster hurry!" Belle saw the water ripple as fins ran across the surface. She scooted away from the boat sides. She had never experienced a mermaid attack before but she heard about them from sailors who transported her to Mulan's country. She also knew anything that could make Rumple nervous could not be good.
Hook looked down at the water as fins became more and more common in the water around them. Don't listen to them. Hook warned Charming.
"Don't listen, don't touch then. Whatever you do don't try to kiss them. It's not worth the novelty I assure you." "You don't have to worry about me." Charming said looking at Snow.
"I'm spoken for." Hook gave him an amused look.
"That well may be, but they favor men, and you'll find them a little more...alluring then most. They have special qualities." The fins drew closer, and Hook pulled out her knife. With a hook on one hand and a dagger in another, he'd be ready.
The mermaids started singing. One of them pulled herself out of the water and reached up towards Hook.
"Stay away from my captain.'She said fircely."Keep rowing we just have a little further to go!" She didn't need to protect him, Hook was too smart to fall for the mermaids and had dealt with them enough before, he could have handled it, but it was interesting she had protected him. Even more interesting she called him her captain. She was becoming attached to him.
Soon she was pulled into the water by a mermaid and tried to get free."Go!"She shouted before she was pulled down into the water.
Hook tried to reach for her, but it was too late, she was out of his reach. Quickly he pulled off his jacket and throw it to Snow. He put his dagger back and pulled out his sword. He jumped head first into the water, and started swimming towards Angelica and her mermaid captive. A few mermaids grabbed his legs, and tried to pull him further down into the water. With a swipe of his hook, blood was released into the water. He started swimming again, reaching for her with his sword. The sword behaved differently in the water then it did above the water, but he was able to scare them off enough to wrap his arm around her and help her swim to the surface. As they bobbed in the water, sputtering and gasping for breath, more fins started to surround them. The sword helped a bit, but they needed more. They needed magic. He held her close as he treeded water and held his sword out, prepping for another attack.