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So, here it is. Hook's in tha house.
Hope you all enjoy it. And I might wanna say sorry before hand because now I'll be starting an intership. Tomorrow actually so it might take me a little time to update here, but I'll try my best.
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PPS: HAVE YOU ALL SEEN THE THIRD EPISODE OF OUAT? I'M JUST GONNA SAY: HOOK + EMMA = OTP! And Neal getting back so fast. No fun.
"I didn't know what I was looking for
So I didn't know what I'd find
I didn't know what I was missing"
(Broken – Jack Johnson)
HOOK
"Let's go then Captain."
The girl in front of him, Katherine, was already making her way out of his quarters. He felt completely glad that their transaction was over. As he had thought, the girl proved herself to be mad after that speech a few minutes ago. Her plan? Not brilliant at all but he had to admit that causing some pain, a sense of loss to be more precise, at his brother was something very refreshing after all those years of just trying to make him suffer. But if he would feel this way after they enacted the plan, then the feelings Pan had for Sam would come to be true. But how could he like her?
Haven't I been doing the same question these past few minutes?
As they made their way back to the deck of his ship, Hook was trying to come up with some idea as to make Katherine believe that he would actually be able to kill Sam. The way she did things really showed that the girl was one of those people who had to see some kind of proof to believe into something. Or in this case, that he had fulfilled his part of the bargain. It surely was going to be tricky. Well, he would figure it out in the meantime.
When they set foot on deck he saw all of his men, his crew, at full speed, preparing his beloved ship, his only love, to set sail. But that would have to wait a while more. His men won't be very happy but he needed to do this.
"Men, hold our depart for a few hours. I will be attending some urgent and very important business at shore, but once I'm back I want everything ready."
"Aye, aye Cap'n." They screamed in unison.
"Dave, a word please, mate." He waved his hand at the old man. "As for you lass, you can wait for me at the dock."
The girl eyed him with a mix of anger and insult but followed his request while the man he had summoned got close to him.
"Dave, I need you to take care of the ship while I'm away. I think this will finally be the time I get back at that prick."
"Oy, Cap'n, be careful around that girl over there, right? She might seem harmless but I have a bad feeling since she boarded our ship. Something's wrong about her, something dark Cap'n." Dave eyed the girl that was already on shore.
"Don't be silly. She might look a little bit crazy, but she's just a girl."
"Aye, and that's what you probably thought about the last one. Samantha, remember?"
"That's not of your business. Just keep an eye on my ship, aye?"
"Aye Cap'n." He smiled. "Oh, just a reminder. If you see her, Samantha I mean, tell her you like her already, please. I can't stand you sighing anymore since you got back from the tavern that day. Who knows, maybe she likes you too?" And then the old man started to make his way to help the others with their duties as he laughed because of the look on his captain's face, but that laugh was short lived as he felt his captain throwing him on the floor.
"Never talk of things that are none of your business in the middle of the crew, out in the open, aye? You old filthy low life of a men." Hook's eyes burning with fury. "This is not a subject for you to meddle with. So shut your mouth and take care of my ship while I'm away. Am I clear?" He couldn't have the luxury of Katherine hearing what Dave had just said.
"Aye Cap'n."
He released the man and stood up, facing the socked faces of his crew.
"What are you lot looking at? Back to work. All of you, sea dogs!"
At that final shout, Hook turned on his heels and made his way down the plank, going to Katherine's encounter.
"Any problems, Captain?" She eyed him.
"Not at all." He said under his breath.
"Good then." The girl gave him a wicked smile.
"Come on now, let's get this revenge started love."
x
They walked for a few minutes without talking until they reached the filthy, ruined down house known as the tavern. It might not be the best place in town or the perfect spot for a meeting but Hook liked it. But by the looks on Katherine's face the fact of liking the place was not shared.
"So, is she inside?" He risked asking.
"Well, she must be. She went in while I stayed outside. I said to her that there was no way I would get inside that place." And she in her face a look of disgust while eying the place.
"And dear Peter didn't come with you two?"
"Would I be talking to you if he had?"
"Point taken. So… what is your plan here? Are we going to wait here and jump on her or are we going to check if she is inside the tavern?" He asked, crossing his arms and pointing the house with his head.
"Well, you're the pirate here."
Really? What an infuriating woman.
"Wait it is then. We'll use the element of surprise to take her."
They moved themselves to hide behind some barrels Katherine pointed out, two houses away. The sun was already at its highest peak, burning so bright in the sky that he could feel himself melt under his leather garments, but they waited. Hook with his heart racing at every time someone would open the door and Katherine with more impatience than some kid waiting for Christmas.
"Are you sure she is in there?" Hook asked, impatiently.
"Of course I am. Do you think I'm some kind of an idiot?" She glanced at him and did not like the face he made as if he really thought she was.
"Well then love, for how long did you think you two parted ways?"
"About half an hour, give it or take." She said with a wave of her hand.
As the girl in front of him said that, he knew right away something was wrong. She hadn't took so long to sell just some animals at the tavern the last time he saw her do her job. He needed to know what was wrong so he started to make his way to the establishment, ignoring the words of Katherine.
"Hook, what are you doing? Come back right know. I'm saying right know. Hook…"
He looked back to the girl demanding things of him before walking back at her and giving her a slap in the face and placing his hook at her throat for a second time that day.
"You shut up right now or everyone will find out about us, about our position, more specifically. And if our target is somewhere near here, which I highly doubt, we wouldn't want for her to find us working together, would we now?"
He eyed the girl who held his gaze with some bottled up angry inside her.
"Am I right Katherine?"
"Yes Captain. But if you think you won't pay for this…"
"For what? The slap I gave you? I do what I want. I don't owe you anything, you aren't paying me to do this job and I have no relationship with you whatsoever, only a professional one because we both want something which we'll benefit from. And a very weak relationship at that if I might say so."
She kept silent at his whole speech, just glancing at him.
"Now…" he lowered his hook, grabbed her by the elbow and pulled her with him towards the place she dreaded entering "… we will try finding something about our target."
x
Stew had no idea where the "Lady of the Woods" had gone. She entered the place like always, quite in a good mood this time, sold her hunt and left as soon as she received her gold. Nothing out of the habit, he informed to Hook.
Something's not making sense here.
That's what he was thinking as he left the place. Katherine still glued to him until they were definitely out.
"She left here about 20 minutes ago. Did she say she had more things to do? Did she order you to do something?"
"OH!" The mouth of his companion said as her lips made a perfect "O" shape.
"What?" He stopped walking to look back at her.
"Well, I think that when she got out she didn't see me where I should have been."
"So? That's obvious, but what does this have to do with where she is, woman?"
"Would just shut up and listen, you idiot pirate? She told me to head to the forest if something or someone was kind of suspect looking. So…"
"You think she went to the forest to look for you because you weren't here when she got out of the tavern. Is that it?" He sighed, running his good hand at his face.
She gave him a little smile.
"I like when you get to work your brain like that."
He did not appreciate the comment.
"Come on, let's find her. From which direction did you guys come from?" He asked, turning his heels to stare directly at the forest.
"From that way."
As she pointed the direction, Katherine made her way past Hook and pulled her hood back on, trying to look less suspicious than ever; trying to mix with the people that now filled the streets that they walked through. But she wasn't as graceful and she hadn't so many skills as Sam did, Hook noticed. This girl was not made for this environment. She was not destined for a life at Neverland. It did not suit her. And he only knew that for those who Neverland didn't take a liking to, bad things would follow. And as soon as that thought crossed his mind, Dave's voice screamed inside his head.
She might seem harmless but I have a bad feeling since she boarded our ship. Something's wrong about her, something dark Cap'n.
Yeah, alright mate. Not believing that.
But something inside his mind kept saying to him that maybe Dave had some reason to say that. He was so old, and he knew more things than he alone could even think about. What had he seen to make him doubt so much of the girl in front of him?
Well, it won't hurt to keep a close eye on her for the time being.
As his thoughts made him drift away, Hook hadn't realized both of them had already left the streets of the village and where climbing the hill that led to the forest. He looked around trying to see any sign of that mermaid trapped in legs. It was only then he heard a laugh coming out from Katherine's mouth, a few steps away from him and a few steps near the wall of trees in front of them.
"What's so bloody funny?"
"It might seem, my dearest Captain, I won't be in need of your services anymore."
Her voice was carrying a hint of victory and satisfaction. There was something at where she stood. He closed their distance with two long steps until he saw.
Right in front of them, lying on the floor.
A cloak.
Beside it, a broken bow and a quiver.
Her quiver. He knew it was hers because he had seen it that day back in the tavern.
Hook leaned to examine it.
He grabbed the cloak and saw that there was a little blood on the hem of it. He knew it was hers even before checking it.
"So, what do you think happened here?" The girl asked, rummaging the belongings of her previous guide with her feet, looking quite pleased with herself.
Not a clue, but I'll bloody well find out what happened to her, that's what I'll do, you idiot.
Well, that's what he wanted to tell the person standing beside him anyway.
"Don't know and is not of my bloody business, really." He said, going back up on his feet. "I guess we'll part ways now. Can't say I'll miss you, honestly."
"I know you won't. Now if you can give me that cloak please."
He stared at her and gripped the cloak tighter.
"What do you need this for?" He asked while some clouds started to gather, hiding the sun.
"To tell Pan Sam's gone, of course. She left them again and if she knows what's best for her, she might have left for good this time."
Suddenly the wind started to blow from the west, stronger than ever. Cold and without mercy. Piercing their skin. The clouds still kept gathering above their heads and not only at that place but all through the length of the island. They were black and heavy.
A storm was coming. A nasty one.
Katherine held her cloak close to her and tried to yell to Hook above the noise of the wind.
"What's happening? What's this Hook?!"
He eyed the storm, the cloak, and then back to the Katherine. Realization hitting him like a cold wave. He grabbed the girl by the shoulders and shook her while he asked.
"Was there anybody else with you two?"
"No, there wasn't any-"
"Are you sure?! Completely sure?" He screamed above the thunder noises that grew louder by the seconds.
"Yes, I'm…." Her eyes grew bigger all of a sudden.
"What? Who was there with you?"
She didn't answer and he shook her one more time, screaming as loud as he could.
"Bloody hell woman! Tell me."
She hesitated but he heard as she said her name in a low voice.
"Tinkerbell! Now let go of me so I can go back to Pan and get him to-"
As she said the name a devilish grin made its way into his face, illuminated by a lightning that fell not too far from them, making him completely sure now that the storm was caused by whom he had originally thought.
"No need for that love. He already knows!"