Chapter 2 Blast from the Past
Author's Note: One more week until the season three premiere of Once Upon a Time. Thank god! I hate waiting for moths for my favorite shows to come back, but I know it will be worth it in the end.
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Faith waited outside the school when the final bell rang. She watched as a swarm of kids ran out to meet their parents. She didn't have to wait long for her kids to come out. They ran to their mother's waiting arms.
"Hey mom," they said.
"Hey runts. How was school," Faith asked them.
"Boring," Iris replied.
"You get into any trouble today?"
"Nope," Colin shook his head.
"That's good because I got an ear full from your teacher the last time you guys got into a fight with a classmate."
"It wasn't our fault. Joey was being a jerk," Iris protested.
"That doesn't mean you can hang him upside down from the jungle gym," she pointed out.
"Well, he doesn't bother us anymore," Colin declared.
"True, but if someone is bothering you tell an adult. But if it's a demon or a vampire..."
"Call you..." Iris said.
"Or Aunt Willow..." Colin said.
"Or one of the other slayers and we'll..." Faith said.
"Kick their asses!" Colin declared excitedly, but quickly corrected himself when he saw the frown on his mother's face. "I mean, butts."
"That's right. Come on, let's grab some pizza before we head over to the slayer school," Faith suggested.
The trio walked down the street to the nearest pizza place. They were about to enter when Faith bumped into a blonde woman, who was talking to an older man in a fine tailored suit with a cane.
"Oh sorry!," Faith said.
"No, it's okay... wait. Faith," the blonde declared.
Faith looked at the woman she just bumped into and she couldn't help but smile.
"Em!" Faith exclaimed happily.
Emma threw her arms around the brunette woman.
"Oh my god! I can't believe it," Emma said.
"Me neither. Damn, girl it's been years. You look good. You finally got rid of the glasses," Faith pointed out.
"Thanks. You look good too. Wow! It's been like what? Almost ten years," Emma said.
"No way!," a voice called out to her.
She turned around and saw another familiar face.
"Neal!," Faith yelled excitedly.
Neal picked up Faith and swung her around, while Henry watched his father hug the mysterious woman.
"Holy crap," Neal declared.
"Hey man. Long time no see," Faith smiled, as he put her down.
"Too long. You haven't changed a bit," Neal declared.
"I wish I could say the same for you. It looks like you put on a few pounds," Faith said, patting his belly.
"Hey!," Neal protested.
"You're a friend of my son's," the older gentleman asked Faith.
"Son," Faith asked surprised.
"Faith, this is my father. Rum... I mean, Mr. Gold," Neal reluctantly introduced him.
This guy was Neal's dad? Well, I'll be damned.
"Pleasure to meet you, dearie," he said holding out his hand.
"Yeah," she said.
When she shook his hand she got this weird feeling off of him, like he wasn't what he seemed. She was gonna have to keep her eye on this guy.
"How long have you known Baelfire and Ms. Swan," Mr. Gold asked.
"Baelfire," Faith asked confused.
"That would be me," Neal answered reluctantly and a little embarrassed.
"Dude, you're real name is Baelfire," Faith chuckled.
"I like it," Colin announced.
"Who's this," Emma asked curious.
Apparently the adults just remembered that there were children around.
"Oh! This is my son, Colin. And my daughter, Iris. Kids, this is Emma and Neal. They're old friends of mine," Faith introduced them.
"Hi," the twins said.
"You're a mom? Did hell freeze over and someone forget to tell me," Neal teased.
"Watch it, buddy," Faith warned him.
"My turn," Henry declared.
"Faith this is Henry, our son," Emma said.
"You two have a kid? Well, I'm not surprised considering the way you two..." Faith begin to say but Emma cut her off.
"Okay, we should probably not talk about that in front of the minors," Emma suggested.
"Mom! I'm hungry! You said we were gonna get some pizza," Iris complained.
"All right, hang on a sec," Faith said.
"Why don't you and me go inside and grab a few slices for the kids," Neal suggested.
"Cool. Hey Em, you coming," Faith asked her friend.
"No, I'll just wait out here with Gold," Emma said.
Faith wondered why she and Neal's dad wouldn't be joining them but shrugged her shoulders and headed inside with Neal and the kids.
"So how do you know our mom," Colin asked Neal, as they stood in line to order.
"Well, I met your mom in Boston a few years ago. Emma and I were running away from these guys we ripped off at a poker game. And these were big scary guys. I mean, like gorilla sized. Anyway, it looked like we were in trouble but suddenly your mom comes out of nowhere and starts to go all Jackie Chan on them. All five of them," Neal explained.
"You know how to fight," Henry asked Faith.
"Sure do Short Round," Faith said.
"Yeah, our mom kicks ass," Iris said proudly but quickly corrected herself when she saw Faith raise her eyebrow, "I mean, butt."
"Wow, you really got the whole mom thing down," Neal chuckled.
"These two are a handful but I'm pretty sure your mini me drives you crazy too," Faith declared.
"Actually... I didn't know I had a son until yesterday," Neal confessed, sadly.
Faith looked at her friend confused.
"What do you mean you didn't know," she asked.
"Well, you see..."
"Emma told me that my dad was a fireman and that he died in a fire. She lied," Henry answered.
Faith noticed the anger and hurt in Henry's voice. She also noticed Neal looking uncomfortable and a bit guilty. There was something he wasn't telling her. She would have to talk to him and Emma later when the kids weren't around.
"Next person in line," the cashier up front said.
"What do you guys want? Pepperoni and sausage," Faith asked the twins.
"Yup!" they answered.
"Can I have one too," Henry asked.
"Sure buddy," Neal said.
As they ordered their pizzas Iris looked at the window the front of the pizza place where Emma and Mr. Gold were talking. Emma seemed nice but there was something feeling about Mr. Gold. When your mom is a slayer you learn to keep your eye out for things that was out of the ordinary. Like the strange man across the street spying on Emma and Mr. Gold. He was dressed in black and he was walking funny. Then she notice that he had a hook for a hand. He's a pirate! How come no one else was noticing him? I mean, he was a pirate for crying out loud. Iris had to tell Faith.
"Mom," Iris said.
"Yeah babe?"
Iris took her mother's hand and dragged her away from the guys.
"What is it?"
"There's a strange man across the street spying on Emma and Mr. Gold," Iris said.
"What man," Faith asked concerned.
"That one," Iris pointed toward the window.
Faith looked across the street but there was no one.
"Honey, there's nobody there," Faith said.
"But I saw him! He was right there. He was a pirate," she said.
Faith felt her heart freeze up when her daughter said the word pirate.
"What makes you think he's pirate," Faith asked her.
"He was dressed in black and he had a hook for a hand," Iris explained.
Hook? No! No! This can't be happening. This cannot be happening!
"Iris, are you sure? You have to be absolutely sure," Faith declared.
"I'm sure," she said firmly.
It's him! He's here in New York! How the hell was he here? Faith looked at the window, where Emma and Gold were still talking. Iris said he was looking at them from across the street. She took a closer look at Gold. Wait! Could he really be... okay she had to calm down and think. The last thing she wanted to do was fly off the handle, especially in front of the twins.
"Okay, listen to me. I want you to go over there and eat your pizza. Act like everything is fine, but make sure to warn your brother," Faith told her daughter.
Iris nodded and headed back to Neal, Henry and Colin where they were eating pizza near the door.
"We saved you a slice," Neal said, handing Iris a slice.
"Thanks," Iris said.
"Where's Faith," Henry asked curious.
"She's over there," Iris said, pointing to Faith talking on her cell phone.
"Everything all right," Neal asked.
"Yeah. She's just calling our Aunt Willow because she needed help with something," she said.
Colin noticed the look in his sister's eyes when she said that and knew that something was wrong. He wanted to ask her what was going on but he couldn't in front of Neal and Henry, so he followed Iris' lead and ate his pizza.
"Red, I really need your help. No! I am not being paranoid! Just work your mojo and be my back up when I need you," Faith said, hanging her phone.
She walked over to where Neal and the kids were, as they were finishing their pizzas. Neal noticed the troubled look on her face.
"What's the matter," Neal asked his friend.
"I need to ask you something and I want you to tell me the truth. Is your father Rumplestiltskin," Faith asked serious.
Neal stared at her surprise.
"How do you know that," he asked.
Suddenly they hear shouting outside. They see Emma running down the street. Without a second thought, Faith and Neal ran after her with the kids close behind. They soon follow her into a alley, where Gold was being dragged by none other than Captain Hook himself. Oh god!
"You stay guys here," Faith told the kids.
Henry, Colin and Iris did what they were told as they watched their parents ran down the alley. Emma was trying to pull the pirate off the older man but he just shoved her aside. Soon he stabbed Gold in the chest with his hook.
"Tick tock. Time's up crocodile," Hooke declared.
"Papa!" Neal yelled.
Neal tried to throw a punch but Hook managed to duck at the last minute and trips him. Neal falls to the ground on top of Emma. it looked like Hook was about to finish Gold but Faith decided to intervene.
"Killian don't!"
Hook looked up to see who dared interrupt his vengeance. When he laid his eyes on Faith it was like his heart suddenly stopped. There have only been two women in his life that had the power to make him feel this way, his beloved Mliah and this woman standing before him.
"Faith," he said in disbelief.
Faith slowly walked over to him, like approaching a wild animal. At first she was nervous but the closer she got to him the more angry she became. Memories of what happened between the two of them started coming back to her. Killian was about to say something but didn't get the chance when Faith punched him so hard in the face that it set him flying through a brick wall. In the commotion Neal and Emma managed to entangled themselves from each other and stared at their friend in shock. They knew she was strong but she batted Hook around like he was no more than a fly.
Neal heard his father groan in pain and ran over to check up on him. Emma on the other hand kept staring her friend, who hasn't been able to keep her eyes off the pirate that was now unconscious. She noticed the look on Faith's face, like she was seeing a ghost.
"Faith!"
Faith looked up to see Willow running toward with the kids trailing right behind her.
"Man, am I happy to see you," Faith declared.
"What happened," Willow asked.
"I'll explain later but right now we could really use your help," Faith said leading her to where Gold was.
"Who are you," Neal asked Willow.
"This is Willow. She's friend," Faith said.
Willow checked the wound on Mr. Gold's chest.
"This looks bad. We have to get him back to the school," Willow said.
"What about him," Henry asked pointed to Hook.
"Whoa! Is that a pirate," Coin asked excitedly.
"Kids, get away from him," Emma said.
Faith turned to Willow.
"Red, we need to go," Faith said.
"But what about..."
"Now!"
Willow noticed the determine look on her face so she decided not to argue. She waved her hand soon they were all in the lobby of the slayer school.
"How the hell..." Emma said but was cut when a group of teenage girls came rushing in.
"Hannah, Maggie, take this man to the infirmary," Willow told two of the girls.
The two blondes lifted Mr. Gold and carried him away.
"Careful with him," Neal told the girls.
"Cameron, Hilda, lock him in one of our cells in the basement," Faith said pointing to Hook.
They were about to pick him up but Willow stopped them for a second. She quickly removed his hook and let the slayers take him away. Willow noticed the blood on his hook and took a quick whiff.
"Poison. I'll have to run a few tests to see what kind we're dealing with," Willow said.
"Okay, hold on! Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on," Neal demanded.
"Yeah, you've got some explaining to do," Emma said.
"Funny I was about to say the same thing to you guys," Faith said.
"Was that really a pirate they took away," Iris asked out loud.
"Yeah, he was Captain Hook," Henry said.
"Really," Colin asked surprised.
Willow noticed the tension building in the room so she decided to step in. She signaled for one the slayers, a curvy Mexican-American girl, over to them.
"Veronica, could you keep an eye on the kids for a while," Willow asked the young slayer.
"Yeah sure. You guys like cookies," she asked them.
"Yeah!" they declared.
"Wait. I need to talk to the twins for a second," Faith told her.
Faith pulled Colin and Iris to the side and got down on one knee so she was eye level with them.
"Guys, what I'm about to tell you is very important. You know the pirate you saw," she said.
"Captain Hook," Colin said.
"Right. I want you to stay away from him."
"Why," Iris asked.
"Because he's a pirate and pirates are dangerous people. You saw what he did to Mr. Gold. I want you two to promise me that you won't go near that man," Faith said.
Colin and Iris have never seen their mother like this before. She really looked spooked and they didn't think she was scared of anything.
"Okay," Iris said.
"We promise," Colin added.
"Good. Now go with Henry and Veronica into the kitchens for a while okay. I'll come get you when I'm done," she said.
She gives each of them a kiss on the cheek before sending them off. Faith turned to the remaining adults in the room. While Neal and Emma looked like they wanted answers, Willow looked concerned. She knew Faith had manage issues with the pirate and now that he's here she was worried that her friend would do something foolish.
"Um, Wills could you show these guys to the infirmary? I'm sure Neal would like to see his dad," Faith suggested.
"No problem," Willow said.
Faith started to walk away but Emma called to her.
"Where are you going," Emma asked Faith.
"I need some air," Faith said.
"Faith!" Emma cried out.
But she was already gone. Emma turned to the red head.
"She knows Hook, doesn't she," Emma asked Willow.
"You don't know the half of it," Willow commented.
Faith went outside to the courtyard, where there was a beautiful garden and a fountain in the center. She took a seat on the bench and started to cry. She hated feeling this way. So lost and confused. Killian was the only man that could do this to her. She hated him for that. And now that he was here she had a lot of explaining to do, especially to the twins. Faith just hoped they didn't hate her too much when this was over.
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Giles sat in his office late at night at the New Watcher's Council headquarters in London. A seer from one of the witch covens in London told him that she had a vision of an up and coming battle. When he asked her what she saw, she was very vague and spoke in riddles. Just once he would like to meet a seer that wasn't cryptic. After spending hours locked away in his office with every book he could get his hands concerning prophecies he finally found the one that matches the seer's description. What he found was quite disturbing. He pulled out his cell phone to make a call.
"Hello Russell, it's Giles. Ready the jet. I need to go to New York as soon as possible," Giles explained.
Giles grabbed his coat and ran out the door. The book he was looking at was opened to a page with a picture a shadowy figure with glowing eyes and two children: a boy and a girl, confronting it.
Author's Note: Since it's the season premiere next Sunday I plan on doing something special by posting up new chapters to all my OUAT related stories, including the crossovers and a couple of new ones. Seven more days!