Sorry, I knew I told ya'll I would end this with the second chapter, but the ideas kept piling up and I couldn't just shut the brain off.

I know it's, once again, short and I'm sorry about that but I promise tomorrow (max. the day after) I'll update the last chapter to this FF.

Ohi, thanks for all the reviews, they made me happy :D

PS. if you find mistakes just keep in mind that I'm Italian ^_^" ... And feel free to correct me if mistakes bother you. And now on with our little story.

CHAPTER 2

He felt like hell... He couldn't breathe, he kept tripping on his own feet, and damn was it hot in here!

He saw Emma turn around and look at him, as if concerned, I must look just as bad as I feel, he thought.

He had just reached her when black spots clouded his vision, he didn't even hear her asking him if he was ok and the next thing he was aware of were two slender arms keeping him upright and then gently sitting him on the cold ground.

She kept him in her embrace and he felt, rather than saw, her cool hand on his forehead, checking his temperature. That feels good was what came to his mind... He wanted to add one of his witty remarks, but he just didn't have the strength to, so he simply assured her he was fine and started to get up. Try as Killian might he couldn't get up, not only because the Swan girl was keeping him down "... You stubborn pirate! You should rest for a little bit. Here drink..." Who knew she had such a tender side beneath that steel armour? Even if most of the time she was an open book to him, she still was a wonder, a mystery at times, and that was what was pulling him in, among many other things. He almost felt like snickering at his line of thoughts, but suddenly he felt like there was an earthquake inside of him. He couldn't stop it and he started to shiver uncontrollably, feeling colder by the second.

That's it I'm dying, paying for all I've done he said to himself. Actually he didn't want to die, not now that he had found a new reason to go on, something completely different from revenge and hate: now he had Emma, he cared about her, he wanted to help her finding Henry, help her heal.

He would never admit it out loud, but he was scared. Even in his state he managed to keep his cool, he let his eyes close on their own will and started to think, after all he knew Neverland like the back of his hand, had he touched or tasted something wrong he would have noticed...

Then Emma was slapping him and screaming his name Shhht I'm bloody thinking! I can't think... Lemme think... ... the BUG! That bloody thing! I have to tell her…

Opening his eyes again was some sort of a challenge in his shape, let alone speaking. He just hoped Emma would remember what he had taught them on their voyage to the island: he had showed them the most common dangerous plants, poisonous mushrooms, insects and the like, the bug that had stung him being one of them.

He managed to croak out something, he didn't have the time to see if Emma understood what he was trying to say because he couldn't fight it anymore and darkness took him again. He just hoped she had listened closely to his explanations.

↝Emma's POV↜

She forced herself to stay calm, even though she was so scared; that was all her fault, she was the one who had insisted to go even if he kept telling her it wasn't safe. She cared about him, or something like that she thought...

He was so pale, but so handsome nonetheless and even in her thin womanly arms he looked fragile.

His shivers had now slowed down, also he wasn't sweating or grimacing in pain anymore, but he was still so cold. An odd feeling was growing in the pit of her stomach, so she searched for his pulse point. The heartbeat was so feeble she had trouble catching it. "No no no no Hook! please, you can't die... please Killian" she started to cry fearing for the worse, when all of a sudden it all came back to her

"The sting feels a lot like your typical mosquito sting, but the venom it injects makes you feel sick, cold, sleepy. Then you faint for a good 5 hours at least"

"And that's it? You just lay there and then wake up. That's hardly something we should be afraid of, I'd pay to be able to take a nap"

"You are foolish just for saying it. The venom lowers your body temperature, your heartbeat slows down and you could freeze to death. That's if one of the many other creatures who inhabit the island don't eat you first!"

What he didn't tell them was what happened after the body regained its normal temperature.