Remember This
Just a thought from the promo for 2x16, adding a bit of a Hook spin.
Disclaimer: I don't once OUAT and this is un-beta-d. Hope you all enjoy!
Emma gasped, clawing futilely at Regina's iron grip.
Her fingers tightened like a noose and Emma's struggles started to slow.
Neil—Baelfire—Neil, he would always be Neil to her, was struggling against Cora's magic as she flung Charming and Snow out the door with a sickening crack.
Everything was blurring.
Emma gasped Henry's name.
That only seemed to antagonize Regina, who squeezed even harder—was that possible?—in response.
The thought struck Emma hard as the world brightened.
She was going to die.
Henry was going to be left alone.
With these women who murder and rape and pillage lands and people.
She let out a little sob.
Everything flashed white.
This must be what death feels like.
A shriek of pain, anguish, and rage shook her from her rest.
Regina dropped her and turned to see.
Hook was here.
His sword buried in Cora's chest.
She fell.
Neil fell too, released from her magic.
Her parents burst into the room.
Regina ran.
They chased her.
"Remember this," Hook said, eyes piercing her angrily, "Next time you leave me chained up somewhere. Because, lass," he pulled his sword from Cora's corpse and wiped it on her dress, never taking his eyes from Emma's face, "You'd be dead without me."
He turned his back and walked away.
She wouldn't forget it.
She swallowed.
Time stood still for a moment.
He looked back.
Everything went dark.