Emma could visibly see the hurt on Walsh's face. Her chest hurt hearing what she was saying and watching his reaction. But this wasn't her life anymore. It never was, and she knew that. Even still that didn't change how she felt about him. Walsh looked away from her. Seemingly trying to gather his thoughts. The look of sadness vanished in a second and was replaced with something she had never seen before. His head snapped back to look her dead in the eyes, as his voice went cold as ice,
"I wish you hadn't drank that potion." His jaw locked at that last word. His face emotionless.
What? How did he? Her mind raced at what he just spoke. Who was he? How did he know about the memory potion?
"What?" Emma's voice cracked, fear all of a sudden slammed into her chest instead of sadness. She had no idea what just happened, or for that matter what was happening. How did he know?
"You just couldn't leave well enough alone!" Walsh said walking away only to grab a chair and throw it to the other side of the patio. Emma backed away closer to the brick railing at the end of the roof.
"What are you talking about?" Panic was setting in. Walsh was standing between her and the only safe exit to the apartment building. To Killian. Why did she tell him to stay in the apartment? This was going downhill really fast and she could use him now.
"It's too bad. I actually kind of liked you." His voice was expressionless and his eyes were dead.
"Who are you?" Emma had now pressed herself against the railing. He was getting increasingly dangerous by the second. Walsh let out a low and fearsome growl as his eyes flashed red. He came at her in full force arms stretched out at her. Emma ran to her left narrowly missing him stumbling as she dodged his grasp. He stretched out his foot seeing her stumble and caught her foot with his, causing her to fall to the ground hard. Hitting her head on the ventilation shaft that protruded from the patio floor, she let out a muffled scream as her head made contact. She lay there for a second before she tried to get up feeling something hot and wet drip down her forehead. She reached up with one hand and touched her palm where she thought it was coming from. She was met this a searing pain that caused her to pull her palm away from the agonizing spot. She gasped as her hand was covered in blood. Instantly feeling dizzy. She heard footsteps behind her she tried to scramble away on her elbows dragging her feet behind her as she tried to get them to work. His hands grabbed at her ankles and dragged her away from the ventilation shaft so she was on her back below him.
"You really have no idea what you are up against do you, Savior?" His eyes were laced with rage and hatred. He then quickly reached for something. A pipe? What was he going to do? Her vision was blurry to begin with she wasn't sure what was going on and if she should trust anything she was seeing. With both hands on either end of the object he quickly stepped over her chest and then sat down on her chest, locking her arms at her side. She desperately tried to wiggle free from him, but his weight crushed her ribs making it even harder to breathe let alone move away. Without any warning the object was firmly pressed against her throat. Realizing what he was now trying to do she let out a scream of desperation, the only thing that surprised her for a second what whose name came out of her mouth before it was violently cut off.
Killian sat at the dining room table as he helplessly heard Emma close the door behind her, he grasped the glass that was sitting before him. What was she going to tell, Walsh? How close had they originally gotten? And what kind of a name was Walsh anyway? He could vaguely hear Emma talking to Walsh in the hallway before he heard receding foot prints and a door open and close, then ascending footsteps. Minutes later he heard a door being opened and the clatter of Emma's boots as she walked above Killian's head. Then it went silent. Killian's heart sank. He had come all this way to save her from this horrible life of lies. He had out run a curse for her. She was everything to him and yet he could only think of how and what she was going to tell this strange man that she said they had spent eight months together. Killian tossed back the rum into his mouth and swallowed hard as it burned his throat. He then desperately reached for the bottle again when he heard a loud scraping of metal and an even bigger crash.
"Guess you aren't taking it well, huh, Walsh?" A smile cracked his lips as he pour more rum into his glass. He knew Emma would be fine with a little emotional outburst from someone. She was a tough one. Killian then heard something that made an icy chill stab his heart. Emma screamed and then there was an excessively loud crash.
"EMMA!" Killian jumped out of his chair and flew to the door to the hallway in seconds. He stood in the doorway to her place, frantically looking for the stairwell that she and Walsh climbed up to get above her apartment. What felt like an eternity of him looking around for the door. He finally found it and yanked it open to find a staircase leading up. This has to be it! Something made him hesitate for a second only to hear Emma scream something that knocked the air completely out of him.
"KILLIAN!" no sooner did he hear his name, he heard it violently get cut off. Oh God No! His feet propelled him forward ascending the staircase in minutes. Killian kicked the door open to hear a chocking gasp come from the right side of the patio. His eyes darted towards the sound only to see this man on top of his Emma. A metal pipe crushing her throat with it.
"EMMA!" Killian frantically screamed as he saw her eyes shut and her body go limp. Everything screamed inside him as he flew at the man, propelling him off of her in seconds. This man this Vermin had attacked Killian's Emma. He had no time to check if she was okay he had to exterminate this creature. Killian placed himself between Walsh and Emma. There was going to be no second chance to attack her. Not while he was there.
"You stay away from her! You hear me! She is finished with you, forever!" Killian shook with rage as he screamed the words at this thing before him.
"No, I am afraid she's finished, forever." A sadistic smile spread across his face as he looked down at Emma. Killian's heart sank as he slowly turned his head to look down at Emma as well. She wasn't moving, and there was a horribly black, blue and purple bruise that was across her neck. Sadness a rage filled him as he glared back at Walsh.
"NO!"Killian lunged at Walsh his hook outstretched and his right hand grabbed something metal and round, the same pipe that Walsh must have dropped when Killian removed him from Emma. As he pulled it up into the air to use it against the Walsh. Walsh transformed in to a winged beast within seconds. Killian didn't care he was filled with so much rage an sadness that he couldn't think of anything besides getting rid of this creature before him. Just as Walsh transformed the pipe contact with his skull with a loud and thunderous crack. The winged beast fell to the ground instantaneously, vanishing in a puff of smoke. Killian stood for a second staring in confusion. When he turned quickly on his heels and darted back to a lifeless Emma. He dropped to his knees as he got closer to her body. His hand hovering over her too terrified to touch her.
"Emma…" Killian's voice cracked horribly. Tears came to his eyes the moment his voice cracked. As a tear rolled down his face he very gingerly picked her up and held her limp body to his chest for a second before he slumped the rest of the way to the floor. His legs kicking out from underneath him. Sitting cross legged on the cold flooring as he rocked her back and forth in his arms. Tears streaming down his face. Loosening his grip on her he leaned her back so he could look at her face. Her eyes closed and her face devoid of any expression, the bruise on her throat looking much more horrendous then when he first saw it.
"Emma… No… Come Back To Me… Please…" He kissed her lips holding himself to her. Willing her to come back. He heard a quiet whimper come from behind her lips, his eyes flashed opened. Only to be greeted with the half open eyes of Emma. Her emerald eyes were looking at him. He could hardly believe it.
"EMMA…" Killian said breathlessly.
"Killian…" Emma whispered his name. Killian's heart leapt at the sound of her voice. Her weak voice, but still her voice.
"Oh God Emma…" He pulled her back into his chest as he felt her warmth returning slowly.
"You…you…really have a bad taste in men don't you?" He relaxed his tension in his arms so he could look at her again. A smirk passing over his lips.
"Yeah… I… guess…so." Emma wheezed out the words. She tensed in his arms and her face scrunched in pain. His eyes flared across her face looking for what was causing her any other grievances. When he spotted a jagged cut on just above her forehead. He grudgingly released her into his lap as he reached into his the pocket of his jacket and pulled out a handkerchief and gently pressed it to the gash on her head. She winced but it was instantly turned into a smile.
"Thank you, Killian." She quietly spoke. Reaching her hand up to touch his face. Feeling the wetness that stained his cheeks.
"Don't mention it, Love. I'm just glad you are still here. I mean who else will yell at me randomly if I lost…" Killian was trying to hold back the tears but his voice gave him away as it violently cracked.
Hearing his voice crack made Emma's heart chest clench with concern. Her thumb caressed his cheek lightly as she looked into his icy blue eyes. She could get lost in those eyes.
"Killian…" Her voice was instantly cut off as his hook touched her lips.
"It's okay Emma, I'm here and you're safe." Killian said gently taking hr in his arms again and carefully standing up with her in his arms. As he proceeded to take her to her apartment to rest and recuperate. He was never going to let anything like this happen to her again. Every other man who had pursued her had hurt her. Neal sent her to jail for something she didn't do, Graham had thrown a dart at her when she denied him. And now this Walsh creature, had almost murdered her. This ended now! Any other guy how would want to get to her would have to go through him. He wasn't going to let anyone hurt her from here on in.