Mr. Gold's breathing was heavy as he jogged to the sheriff's station.
He had to tell Emma what had happened to Belle, he knew that she could help him find her.
Mr. Gold suddenly wished that he had treated Emma better, maybe then she would be more willing to help him.
Well, all he could do now was hope, hope that the kindness would override the bitterness in Emma's heart.
He burst through the doors of the station and saw Emma sitting at her desk surrounded by papers.
She looked flustered, her blond hair pulled into a messy ponytail and her favorite red jacket was rumpled and tied loosely around her slender waist.
She looked up at him and then abruptly stood up.
"Gold, what brings you here ?" she asked, placing a un-manicured hand on her hip.
"I need help finding a missing person." he said.
"Okay, well what's their name?" she asked.
That's when Mr. Gold realized he didn't remember Belle's name in Storybrooke.
He had heard it a few times from Maurice (whose Storybrooke name was Richard Le Blanc)
"I can't remember her first name, but she's Mr. Le Blanc's daughter." said leaning harder on his cane.
Emma opened up an old fashioned filing cabinet and
leafed through some papers until she found the file she was looking for, and pulled it out.
"Okay, Mr. Le Blanc has one daughter..." Emma said, running her finger across the words on the page.
Emma glanced at .
"Why are you reporting her missing instead of her father."
"I'm closer to her than her father is." replied.
"But you don't even know her first name?" Emma asked, her eyebrows raised in question.
"I have called her something else my whole life." said Mr. Gold.
Emma looked him in the eyes and her superpower told her that he wasn't lying.
"Alright Gold, I'll help you out. But there are a few things you need to know first. Her name is Scarlett Baker, she's married, she was put away because she's insane, she accused her husband Sylvester Baker the head of hospital security, Of kidnapping and domestic abuse. Apparently they went to court and he won. She filed for a restraining order,it wasn't granted. After that it was all downhill."
Emma looked up at .
The pain in his eyes was evident.
She took a deep breath and began reading again.
"Here's a quote from her husband 'For my wife's mental health, and for the safety of all Storybrooke residents I believe it would be best she's put away.'"
Emma looked at Mr. Gold .
"How did she get out?" she asked.
He glanced at her,"I got her out." he said.
Emma blinked a few times, and then stood up.
She dusted off her pants and redid her ponytail.
"First I'll have to search where she was living."she said.
"At my house." he said softly.
"She's been staying with me."
Emma raised her eyebrows, but asked no questions.
"All right, let's go." she said.
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After searching his house and not finding anything , Mr. Gold was beginning to panic.
"Emma, we have to hurry, whoever has her could have killed her by now."
"I don't think she's dead." Emma said staring off into the distance.
"And why is that?" asked Mr. Gold.
"Because she's right there." Emma said and pointed toward the mayors home.
Regina, Sylvester, and Scarlett (Belle) stood in front of Mayor Mills' home.
"What do we do?" Mr. Gold asked, worry creasing his brow.
"We go and see whats going on." Emma said and pulled her gun from her holster.
She then decided it would be best not to walk up to a group of people with a gun in your hand, so she placed it back in the holster and grabbed Mr. Golds hand.
She wasn't exactly sure why she did, except that she felt he might
need support at this moment.
They walked up to Regina, Sylvester, and Scarlett.
Then Emma let go of Gold's hand.
She placed her hands on her hips.
"What's the meaning of this?" asked Regina in reproachful tone.
"The meaning," Emma began, mocking Regina's tone, "Is you two, are in possession of a missing person, I'm gonna have to take you down to the station."
Regina's blood red lips twisted into an evil smile.
"This is a missing person, a missing patient in fact. And I have permission to bring her back to the hospital where she belongs. OR she can go home with her husband."
Regina looked at Gold and gave him a smirk.
Because she knew that he loved Scarlett and by taking away his only ray of sunshine Regina was tearing at Gold's heart with claws of steel.
"What do you choose Sylvester?"
Regina asked, turning to Scarlett's husband.
"Wait wait wait,why does he get to choose where Scarlett goes? doesn't she have a say?" Emma interjected.
"Miss Swan, this woman is not of sound mind. Her decisions must be made for her for the safety of her and others." Regina replied.
"My wife will come home with me." Sylvester said.
And he grabbed Scarlett by her arm and began walking her to her car.
"We're going home honey." Sylvester said.
"I DIDN'T MARRY YOU!" she screamed and tried to pull away.
Mr. Gold ran to her side.
"Scarlett," he whispered softly, his sweet scottish accent calming her instantly.
"Don't let him take me."She murmured.
Gold took her face in both hands "I'll fix this." he said.
Sylvester yanked her from Gold's embrace.
And as the car door closed Scarlett mouthed "I love you." to Gold.
"I love you too Dearie." he murmured."
Gold felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around and saw Emma.
"Gold, she's safe with her husband.I know you have feelings for her, but you're going to have to let her go." she said.
"No, I let her go once, I'm not letting her go again."
But Emma had no clue how far he would be willing to go to get Scarlett back.
But she would find out.