As per request, Hook gets his punishment!
The crowd at The Rabbit Hole was surprisingly small for a Friday night. But then again, many people had left when the pirate showed up. Sitting at the bar, Hook was slinging insults left and right at every person he encountered.
"That wench shall look good enough to take home in a drink or two," and he laughed at himself. The bartender rolled his eyes at him, considering who he should call if the pirate gets out of hand. At this point everyone in town had heard about Emma's beating. Hook mostly stayed on his ship until night struck and he was free to move through the shadows. The bottle of rum on the bar in front of him was nearly empty. No one was really surprised; Hook's drinking problem only got worse when Emma left him for good.
A few nights after the incident, a drunk Hook stumbled his way to the mansion on Mifflin Street. It was nearly midnight when Emma was woken from a deep sleep by the pounding of fists on the front door. She was nearly paralyzed with fear when she heard his voice.
"Damn it Emma!" Hook tried jiggling the door handle. "Let me in! It's time you come home with me where you belong! That bitch can't make you feel the way I do! You know you love the feeling of me inside you; she can't do that to you! Come home, I'll prove it to you!" He continued pounding on the door relentlessly.
Regina had woken up at that point and tried to break Emma from her terror. Henry had opened their bedroom door, eyes wide in fear.
"Moms," he asked. "What do we do?" Regina grabbed Henry's hand and pulled him onto the bed next to Emma.
"Stay here with your mom and don't leave her alone. I'm going to call David," she said as she made her way across the room to unplug her cell phone from the wall. She hit the number she had recently saved in her favorites and held her breath as she waited for a reply. A groggy sounding David answered after three rings.
"Regina? Is something wrong? Is Emma ok?" David was awake in an instant leaving his bed and a confused Snow behind. He dressed quickly as he listened to Regina.
"He's here and he's belligerent. He's on my front porch and I'm not sure my door can take much more of a beating before it breaks down. Please hurry! Emma's not ok," she whispered the last part. David had been there within minutes with Ruby as backup. It had taken both of them to get him to the station and in lockup for the night to sleep off the alcohol. David charged him for an attempted break-in but they couldn't keep him longer than one night.
The dingy lighting in the bar didn't help Hook's blurring vision as he tried to stand up, a full glass of rum in his hand. He had completely missed the arrival of a man sitting two chairs away. Hook's boot caught the edge of the stool, causing him to trip forwards and toss the entirety of his glass down the back of the new customer.
"Aye mate! What the hell? Had enough to drink have you?" The man speaking was none other than Will, who already did not like the pirate. Hook scoffed at Will and pushed him to the side to pass.
"Get out of my way," Hook slurred as he tried to sway past Will.
"Aye don't touch me. I'll knock you straight out ya filthy pirate." At that comment, Hook swung his now empty glass towards Will who proceeded to duck causing Hook to stumble forwards. Will picked him up by the lapels of his leather jacket and held him there. "You should watch your back mate, everyone knows what you did to the sheriff. Someone might want to return the favor yeah?" He practically threw Hook backwards towards the door. "Now get out my face." Will practically spit in his anger. He firmly believed no man should ever hit a woman. He turned back to his waiting beer, grabbing napkins to dry himself off with.
A crash of glass was heard through the bar. Shattered glass sprinkled over Will's body, a gash bleeding on the top of his head. After the shock of being hit wore off, Will turned around to the smug face of a drunken pirate. He took one swing and connected his fist with Hook's jaw. Hook reeled backwards at the first blow. The second came moments later, his left eye on fire with pain. Another hit to the face; a direct impact on his nose, a disgusting crunching sound echoing through the now silent bar. Hook fell to his knees holding his gushing nose. A grunt left Will's throat as he put his energy into a hard kick to Hook's ribs. And another, and another. No one bothered to stop him; they all thought Hook was getting what he deserved. When Hook stopped moving, beaten unconscious, Will dragged his body out the back door to the ally. He left him on the cold ground and headed back inside the bar to grab his jacket.
"Ye might want to call David. There's a nearly dead pirate hiding in the ally." Will walked away from the bar with his held high. No one said a word until the bartender in deed called the station. When the call came in, David made sure not to let Emma know about the call. She didn't need to be near this man. Hook was coming to when he and Ruby arrived.
"Again Hook?" Ruby asked. "Maybe you should stick to water." She checked him over to make sure he wasn't carrying any weapons. An ambulance came to collect him and the deputies followed making sure to handcuff him to the hospital bed as soon as they could. They didn't need him leaving the hospital and causing more damage to the town. They couldn't hold him for more than a night, the bartender didn't have any charges to press and no one told who had actually beaten the pirate. Not to say that no one knew. Everybody knew. Word travels fast in the small town.
Early the next morning, Emma caught word of the bar fight when she went into town to get coffee, hot chocolate and donuts for the family at Granny's. She waited until she was safely in the mansion before she called David.
"Dad?" she asked. She waited for him to respond before yelling, "What the hell? Why didn't you call me? I'm the sheriff and I am more than capable of handling that kind of situation." She wasn't angry with David. She was more so angry that she didn't get a chance watch Hook suffer. "Where is he Dad?"
After breakfast, Emma put on her famous red leather jacket, hopped in her bug and drove to the hospital. A nurse led her up to Hook's room. She took a deep breath before going inside. Regina wanted to come with her but she knew she needed to do this alone. At the sound of the door opening, Hook turned his head towards the door.
"Swan," he croaked. "To what do I owe the pleasure? Your father already took my statement." Emma shook her head.
"I didn't come here to ask you questions." Emma stepped up to the bed knowing that Hook had no control over his hands. She took in a particularly dark bruise near his neck and jammed her thumb right in. Hook cried out in pain. "I came here to tell you to get the hell out of this town." Emma moved on to gripping his obviously broken nose. "You deserved every second of this for what you did to me. You ruined me Hook. I gave up everything for you and I stayed with you every time. Every time you hit me I convinced myself that it was my fault and you really were sorry." Hook was writhing beneath her trying to remove her hand from his now bleeding nose. Unshed tears were welling in Emma's eyes. "I thought I loved you and maybe I did. But now? I never want to see your face again. When you leave this hospital, you will get on your ship and leave this town. You will never come back or so help me, you will not survive the next beating." She let go of his nose and wiped the blood from her hands on Hook's hospital gown. "Goodbye Hook," Emma said as she walked out of the room and out of the hospital. She held her emotions inside until she was back at the mansion. One look at Regina and she burst into tears.
Regina held Emma in her arms and let her cry as much as she needed to. There was much healing to be done in their near future but Emma had taken that first step. With Hook out of town, Emma was free to live again with her family safely.
Three nights later as the sun set, Emma, Regina and Henry sat on the beach and watch the sails of boat soon forgotten sailing into the horizon. The past was in the past and they were ready to begin the next chapter of their lives, together.
