Revelation of the Savior
Gideon sighed as he looked out over the clock tower. He had already used up most of his energy to maintain the barrier that he put up to avoid Regina's tracking spell. His mother had given her something of his father's to use as a means of tracking the dagger, which means it was a way of locating him by default. Speaking of the dagger…
He looked down on the black hilt and the black and silver metal object in his hand that currently bares his father's name. Raising it, he says, "Dark One I summon thee."
"Gideon." He turns and faces his father once more, "Gideon please-"
"No, now is the time. I want you to lead them in the middle of the town." Gideon ordered as he pointed to the area just below the clock tower, "I do not care on how you do it, but I want them there."
Rumple looked at his son as he tried to ignore the order, "It won't do you any good." Zoso said in a tone that was almost regretful, "Ok." Rumple said to his son and as a response to Zoso, "What else my son?"
Gideon looked at his father and then at another object sitting on the window ledge, the gun that he was going to use on Emma Swan yesterday night. Its name, based on the research he found, was called Turricula Ignis; a flint lock pistol foraged from the anvil used by Ares. The ironwork was forged from the shards of the legendary blades: Asi, Kusanagi-No-Tsurugi, and later he plans to add the remaining ties to Excalibur…the dagger in his hand. While the actual blade was destroyed, the dagger is a pretty damn close replica in his opinion, especially since the blade itself had the same properties as the dagger; which should be good enough for what he is going to achieve.
"Son?" Gold called out again, knowing that his son has more that he wants to say. Silence settled over, and Gold waited a few seconds before taking a breath and tried to appeal to his son once more, "Please whatever you are planning-"
"Is not of your concern father." Gideon stated harshly as he kept his back to his father, picking the pistol up and inspecting it over once more, "Now go do what I told you to do, and remember…not a word."
Gold was forced to nod and disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke, leaving Gideon to his thoughts. As he looked down towards the square, he once again looks at the pistol in his hands. He didn't want it to come to this, but the Savior left him no choice. He sees the group gathering in the middle of the street, and re-looks at the pistol. There was a deep nagging in the back of his head that was telling him to not do it, that this was a very bad idea, and the cost would be too steep to pay. However just like during the research and the planning process, he ignored it. It was only one entity; it wasn't like he was summoning the other three. So with nothing else to do, he stands at the window waiting for his father to return with who he had asked for, your reign of terror is soon over…Mother.
-Snoopykid-
Meanwhile, deep in the Dark Realm the Black Fairy stands with great intrigued as she approached her mirror. She sees Gideon in some type of tower, as if getting ready to do something. She smiled wickedly as she paused the image, catching a glimpse of a pistol in his hand and immediately recognized it, "Yes." She purred out loud as she figured out Gideon's plans, "Foolish boy, you have no idea the forces you are playing with, but luckily I do." She waved her hand again and the image vanishes, turning back into the reflective glass.
Turning away from the mirror, she struts into her own vault. Pulling an ancient black book down from a shelf, she flips through its pages until coming across one that had the image of a pistol. Reading the description to ensure she really did see the right object, she nodded her head in satisfaction, "This is it." Snapping the book closed, she pulls it close to her as her plan starts to formulate in her head, once the Savior's light magic is gone her window or portal will open; and then all hell will break loose, bringing with it an Age of Darkness. Oh my poor sweet naïve little boy, she thought to herself as she went back over to the mirror and summoned the image of Gideon once more.
This time he was more alert now and changing the view, she saw why. In the middle of the town square was her grown son, his wife, and three others; one she recognized as the Savior, not for long though. She went back to watch Gideon and saw that the man she had raised was steeling himself for what he was about to do, you have no idea the literal Hell you are going to cause, she thought again as she watched him disappear in a cloud of orange smoke, but again luckily I do and then some. With that thought in mind, she turned her back once more and started preparing for her great escape from the Dark Realm and into Storybrooke.
-Snoopykid-
Killian was trapped. His hands and feet were bound and it looked like everything that just about could go wrong, went wrong. Now not to say his predicament with Hades was anything to sneeze at, but he had been in better conditions. The Lost Boys were dancing around the fire, celebrating their miraculous capture, i.e. him, "Look, mates, please let me go. Trust me you are better off without that demon child."
This was the wrong thing to say, "No we are not!" One boy shouted.
"You are the demon pirate!" Another yelled.
The joyous celebration had ended and now the boys were lost in a fury as they shouted various insults to Killian, "Way to go." Killian internally groaned, oh right...I forgot about her, "Now you really pissed them off."
"Thank you for your sentiments Tiger Lilly. I was not aware of that." Killian bit back as the fury of the boys grew and there were now calls to burn them, behead them, and torture them.
Tiger Lilly groaned herself as she found herself trapped with the stupid pirate, "I did my job, you were supposed to get to the tree so you could give that piece of the wand to Emma."
"Ok well I tried; clearly your distraction was not enough." Killian snapped back.
"Stupid pirate," Tiger Lilly grumbled and tried to fight against their bindings.
"Infuriating woman," Killian grumbled back as he too tried to loosen the bindings, but without his hook, it was tough.
"Enough!" Their heads now looked to the new ring-leader of the Lost Boys. He stood on a large boulder and the boys immediately silenced themselves as they looked to him, "They will be put to death for crimes against us Lost Boys, and for the death of our leader Peter Pan!" Cheers erupted and the boy raised his hand, silence followed, "Prepare the ceremonial bon fire!"
Killian bowed his head in defeat as he heard Tiger Lilly swear, Emma love, he thought as he saw the boys scamper around grabbing all different sizes of sticks, I love you and I am sorry, be safe.
-Snoopykid-
Emma couldn't help but glare at Gold, despite knowing that he couldn't help it, "You led us into a trap." Hey, it helped to have someone to blame.
"I am sorry." Gold said and based on his expression, he actually meant it too.
"I know you couldn't help it." Belle said somewhat sympathetically. Then she turned to her son, "Gideon, please whatever you are planning, do not go through with it."
Gideon had his hands behind his back, pistol in a holster under his cloak, "I am sorry mother, but I cannot. I do not have a choice."
"Bull shit," heads turned to Emma, "there is always a choice."
Gideon smirked, "Indeed, but thanks to you, I have exhausted all my options. However I am offering you the same choice, help me defeat the Black Fairy willingly and I will abandon my pursuits."
"Not until Killian is here. You bring him back." Emma snarled out taking a step forward.
"I told you, you help me and he comes back." Gideon said simply not showing any of his cards, "That is how this will work. It is the only way it will work, not before."
"Unless you bring him here right now, I am not doing a damn thing."
Gideon shrugged revealing the dagger from behind his back, "So it was true." Belle said softly as Snow placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Again I am sorry mother, but I need to do this."
Regina raised her hands to form a fireball, "Oh no you don't." She said and just as she was about to throw a fireball, it disappeared from her hands. She looked at Gideon and then looked to Gold who had his hand out stretched.
"I am sorry, but I cannot allow you to harm my son; order or no order." Gold said.
"And we made a deal." Snow said as she pulled Henry to the side.
"Correction, Emma made the deal." Regina said as she tried to summon another fireball, but once again it was extinguished, "And it was to not kill, nothing in the words said anything about maiming."
"Gideon please," Henry spoke up, trying to push around Snow, "this is not going to end well for anyone. Bring Killian home and we can talk this out."
Gideon sighed, "I am sorry Henry, but the time for talk has expired, it is a time for action." With a wave of his hand, they were frozen in place, but still aware as to what was going on. It reminded Henry of when Gideon first arrived to Storybrooke and fought his mother. It filled him with the same terrified sense that was currently filling him now, and he didn't need his author powers to tell him that something bad was about to happen.
"Gideon please, don't do this. We will help you without bloodshed. There is no need to kill Emma." Belle pleaded desperately, but when Gideon did not respond, she looked to the one other person moving freely aside from Emma, who was getting ready to defend herself, "Rumple do something. Fight his commands."
"I am sorry Belle," she was getting tired of that word very quickly; "I wish I could fight it, but I cannot."
"Gold-" Emma started to say as she looked over her shoulder to make sure her family was still alright.
"Enough." Gideon said before turning to his father, "It is as I said father, you will no longer have to worry about fighting the darkness any longer." Raising the dagger, Gold immediately heard what Gideon was going to say and all the voices in his head gasped out, NO, "Dark One, I command thee to relinquish all your powers and channel them into the dagger."
"WHAT?!" They gasped and looked at Gold as if not believing that he could actually do that.
Gold heaved a trembling breath and focused on all his powers going into the dagger. He raised his hands and aimed them at the object in his son's hands. For one fleeting moment, he felt nothing, but that lasted only for a mere second. The longer he channeled his dark magical energy into the dagger, he felt like a thousand needles of ice was piercing though his body, "GAH!" He yelled out as eventually those needles started burning mercilessly.
"Come on!" Gideon yelled as winds started picking up as he held the dagger out to his father, who had collapsed to his knees, midnight black smoke swarming out of his hands and his body, almost as if his very skin was peeling off of him, "Give it to me!"
"I am trying!" Gold yelled painfully as he felt the very fiber of his physical body was being peeled away layer by painful layer. This made him wish he would go unconscious, to crawl in a ball and die so that he would no longer bare this torture anymore. Internally his mind was screaming with the painful cries of hundreds of Dark Ones tried to cling to his very soul, trying to fight the power that was forcing them into the cursed object in his son's hands.
The sky darkened and Emma looked around as day turned to night, she too was in pain as she somehow heard the tortured screams of the souls that were fighting desperately, and she didn't know what to do as Gold gave up his powers. It was like she was experiencing déjà vu, "Emma! Stop him!" Her head turned to Regina, who had managed to yell out amongst the raging winds.
Emma made a move as she tried to summon her own light magic and aim it at Gideon, hoping to disarm him, "No!" Gideon took his eyes off his father and taking one hand off the dagger, he waved his hand and Emma saw that she was somehow trapped in the pavement, unable to move and with sudden pressure on her wrist, she noticed a black cuff…she was powerless, "Not yet." Gideon growled as he turned to focus on his father.
Suddenly there was a black cloud like mass that burst out of Gold and went straight for the dagger just as Gold collapsed in a heap on his stomach with nothing left to give. Once it was absorbed, the winds died down some and it became eerily quiet, the sky still dark and menacing.
More déjà vu had hit Regina, Snow, and Henry, and it had hit Emma the hardest. It was just like that tragic day by the lake; Excalibur had been glowing black and had vibrated that day before Emma had stabbed Killian with the sword, and now the dagger that was in Gideon's hands was the exact same way only how he had it pointed right at Emma, "My father told me something interesting that I think you already know Emma." There was nothing the spectators could do as they watched the scene, "You are still connected to this dagger, but you have been able to avoid its call because my father over there took on most of the power. You also have strong mental shields that prevent the voices from taking over, but let's do an experiment. How strong are your shields against an entire hoard of Dark Ones?" Gideon asked as he now focused on Emma's name on the dagger.
Emma felt it before it came. The dagger in Gideon's hands changed from Rumpelstiltskin, to Emma Swan. Gideon aimed the dagger at Emma and an entire mass of dark energy exploded like a bullet from a gun, piercing Emma right in the heart…she screamed in pain, not knowing to clutch her chest or her head as hundreds upon hundreds voices assaulted her mind. Gideon waved his one hand, keeping the other trained on Emma to remove the cuff and freed her from the pavement so that she fell to her knees as the dark mass assaulted her.
Snow could only watch on in horror as the night Emma was forcefully taken from them came to her mind. It was like she was watching that night over again, Emma being shrouded in a black swirling cloud of darkness. She could feel her eyes brimming with tears as she heard Emma's torturous and unearthly screams of agony pierced the air around them.
"MOM!" Henry yelled out trying to fight the invisible barrier that entrapped them, however as Emma's screams became more otherworldly, his cries were eventually drowned out and he wished he could cover his ears.
Pebbles started to dance around Emma as she tried to fight the force that was afflicting her mind and soul, she tried to fight it off as hard as she could, "Do not fight it!" Gideon yelled as he focused on his objective, trying to not let the pain of Emma's cries affect him.
Emma shook her head as she clutched it in pain. She tried to ignore the order, but kept finding it harder and harder to ignore the onslaught of voices and darkness, "Accept it! Let it consume you!" With that order given, she gave up and released one final scream of defiance as she now pounded her fists to the ground.
When that happened, magic tore through the fabric of the air, but unlike the former when a curse broke, this was not filled with love; it was filled something else. The invisible force that held Regina, Snow, Henry, and Belle in place vanished and they were blown backwards. Gold's limp body also was thrown a few feet away, as well as Gideon with the dagger still in hand.
-Snoopykid-
The Lost Boys were leading Killian and Tiger Lilly to the stakes. One of the boys had placed Killian's hook back on his appendage, but he didn't try to free himself. Instead he looked at what would be his funeral pyre, "You aren't going to try and fight yourself free?" Tiger Lilly hissed to him as they were walking.
"Not yet." Killian said, "I am waiting for the right time."
"The time is now, there is the tree." Tiger Lilly said, but then received a small stab when she had paused to nudge her head to motioned tree that once was the source of Pan's magic.
Killian didn't stop to look, he knew where the tree was, but as he kept walking a shooting pain went into his heart that caused him to collapse to his knees with a yell of sheer agony, "Hey!" The boy yelled as he made to kick Killian in the side, "Get up!"
"Gah!" Killian gasped out as another stab shot through his heart, "Emma. Something's happened to her." He managed to get out.
Tiger Lilly's eyes widened at this, and then just as Killian experienced another painful stab to his side and heart, an Earthquake hit the area. The boys were trying to run away from the violent quaking. Limbs were falling and trees were toppling as larger cracks appeared in the facinity. Tiger Lilly managed to throw herself down towards Killian and moved the pirate out of the way, just as a large branch from the pyre fell in where he used to be. Tiger Lilly then turned away to shield her eyes as the winds started roaring, causing the dirt and debris to be kicked up. Killian, with all the pain he was going through, managed to hide his face as much as possible as well.
Then out of nowhere, a large black tornado like mass appeared out of the largest crevice, and it engulfed Killian. With no time to yell or do anything to protect himself, his world went black.
A few moments later, the quaking stopped, and it was silent and still. Nothing was moving nor breathing, "Killian?" Tiger Lilly called waiting to hear a sarcastic response. There was nothing.
With heavy breaths Tiger Lilly turned her face to where she last saw Killian, and he was gone. Seeing no one around, she played with her ropes until they eventually became untied and fell to the ground. Rubbing her wrists, she quickly searched the camp, and there was no trace of him. With little to no time to lose, she ran away from the camp, hoping to whatever higher power that was that Killian was safe.
-Snoopykid-
Snow, shaken up and in slight pain, fought to her feet to see Emma still on her knees with dark smoke radiating off of her, masking her appearance. She raced forward, "Emma!" However as she got closer, the sight she saw made her pause with uncertainty, "Emma?"
Emma stood up, and they gasped. Emma's hair was now a platinum blonde, but unlike her previous Dark One appearance, it was not in a bun; however she was dressed in black leather and her skin was almost shiny, "Mom?" Emma asked, her voice semi-cold, but not too much indifferent.
"Oh Emma," Snow said in relief, and as she along with Regina and Henry moved forward as Belle went to Gold's side.
"Stop them." Gideon commanded raising the dagger as he struggled to his feet, Emma's name now written into the metal of the dagger.
Emma's body moved on its own accord and immediately they were entrapped in an invisible barrier, "Emma!" Regina yelled furiously trying to break the barrier down with her fists.
"I am sorry." Emma spoke, voice slightly hoarse from the yelling and body stiff from the pain that it underwent. She tried to block out the order, but it was next to impossible to do.
"And here I thought you had strong shields love," Emma closed her eyes trying to block out Hook's taunting.
"Leave her alone," Nimue's voice spoke up, "we need to pay attention since we have bigger fish to fry."
Emma internally sighed, at least she had someone in her head that was half-way decent. Then she refocused on Gideon, "Is this what you wanted?"
"No, not yet. I have bigger plans for you, but first to keep my end of the deal with my father." Gideon turned towards his parents and saw that his father was starting to come around, "Dark One, I command you to restrain my father."
Against her will, Emma used one hand to levitate Gold and then used the other to summon a large rock behind him. Still disoriented, he looks around just as gold energy chains appear and shoot out at him and wrap around his wrists and feet, just to drag him into the rock holding him in place, "Let me go!" Gold yelled angrily, "I did what you wanted! What more do you want from me?!"
"Gideon please this has gone on long enough." Belle pleaded again. Seeing his still stoic expression, she turned to Emma, "Emma please, fight this."
"It's too powerful." Emma stated as she took a predatory step towards her captive prey.
Regina banged on the force field that was keeping them trapped, "Emma! Stop this! You are stronger than you think."
"Mom!" Henry called out as well, as he too started to bang on the barrier, "Mom you can do it!"
"Emma!" Emma squeezed her eyes shut as she heard Snow's pained plead.
"It is a shame, although I am curious what he is going to have you do", Hook's voice and apparition came to her, "Again, I am merely making this change permeant. Well it is my idea that Emma will enact since she has the know-how." Gideon said, ignoring Emma's facial reaction to Hook's haunting words, "I am making sure you never do magic again."
"How are you going to do that?" Gold demanded to know as he for once didn't feel sorry for his son.
"The Five Pronged Seal." This time it really was Rumpelstiltskin that came to her. She glanced out of the corner of her eye and saw Gold's counter-part staring pitifully at his other half, "It is a technique meant to block and disturb energy flows, in this case magical energy."
Emma relayed just the name, not being able to think of the horrifying and painful process out loud, "The Five Pronged Seal."
Gideon nodded in confirmation, "Emma if you will please prepare my father." He motioned to Gold.
"Emma please, don't do it." Belle begged again as she moved to get up and block her path, but Gideon waved his hand and she disappeared from Gold's side and was placed beyond the barrier with Regina, Snow, and Henry.
Unwillingly, Emma made her eyes glow a vivid blood red as she looked at Gold directly. Gold felt his insides freeze and he swore he saw his breath as the temperature seemed to suddenly drop in the area. Emma held up her right hand, as small flickers of magic appeared at the tips. In her left, a dagger appeared. As whispers appeared in her mind, giving her instructions to make this as threatening as possible, she sauntered forward and slashed the dagger, cutting into Gold's shirt to reveal his stomach, "Hold it right there Emma." Gideon verbally instructed, and Emma paused in her advance, "Tell me, do you remember what you read about magic cores and where they lie in a magic user?" Gideon asked in a taunting manner.
Gold already knew where this was going, having able to keep some of the knowledge from the former tenants in his mind, "Magic flows through the body like the cardiovascular system. Except it all begins at the core…physically near the stomach area."
"Exactly, very good so that is where we will start." Gideon said as he nodded towards Emma, who willed the dagger away. He then walked over to the barrier as and looked at his mother specifically, while really speaking to his father, "When I give Emma the order, she is going to wipe away all traces of magic from you. You will not remember any spells, or be able to use any type of magic ever again."
"But what good is that going to do for you?" Snow demanded to know, hoping to stall the situation as Belle was in shock and not able to react to her son's words, "What if you need help?"
"That is why I have Emma. She is already such a great little helper." Gideon said smiling.
Regina scowled, "You are sick. When I get out of here-"
"You'll what? In case you have forgotten, I have the Dark One and I have bigger fish to fry. Emma," he raised the dagger and said, "I command you to seal my father's magic ability forever."
Emma turned her head as she thrust her hand forward and jammed her fingers into Gold's stomach. Unprepared for the attack, Gold screamed out in agony as if he was being burned alive.
-Snoopykid-
Killian woke up in a daze. He felt like he was in a brawl at the local pub. He tried to move his arms, but was stopped by the rope. Oh right, the Lost Boys were about to kill him and Tiger Lilly. Tiger Lilly! He jumped up ready to fight, until he paused to take in his surroundings. He was by the lake…in Storybrooke…what the bloody hell was going on? Then his thoughts drifted towards Tiger Lilly, and he hoped she was alright.
It was then that he heard terrifying screams of agony and immediately began to once again loosen the ropes, even managing to maneuver his arm with the hook to cut the ropes. Once free, he started running towards the ear piercing sounds, praying that whosever screams those were, they would be out of misery very soon.
-Snoopykid-
He could feel his insides burning from the inside out and he could also feel his organs being sucked right out of his stomach. Emma tried to block out the man's yells as she laid all her focus on sucking the magic right out of him, however she couldn't help but let a few tears roll down her cheek. Even Hook's apparition was silent in her mind, yet she knew they all were trying to block out what she was having to endure. She was the cause of this man's agonizing pain and suffering, and some part of her was enjoying it (not that she would admit it to anyone).
Once she felt that there was no more magical energy to suck out, she twisted her hand and yelled, "Five prong seal!" Gold yelled even louder as he felt a twisting heavy lock forming right in his stomach and once Emma ripped her hand away, he slumped limply forward, his voice hoarse and head heavy.
Gideon motioned with his hand after Emma stepped aside and the rock vanished and Gold fell to the floor in a heap. He then turned back to Emma, who was shaking, "Didn't that feel good?"
Emma shook her head, refusing to answer, afraid of the reactions she would get if the words came out of her mouth, "Not speaking huh?"
"Go to hell." Emma managed to snarl out, eyes still somehow glowing red, "You have me, you kept your sick promise to Gold. It is me you want, let them go. Now." Emma motioned to his parents, her mother and son, and Regina.
Gideon smirked, as he observed what she was not say, "You think this is my fault? Hate to break it to you, this could have been avoided if you were not so suborn or bull headed about helping me." He then raised the dagger, "Now did you enjoy that? Answer me."
Emma fought it as much as she could, but unfortunately the order broke her will, "Yes. Some part of me did."
Snow watched as her daughter bowed her head in shame, "Excellent, just what I wanted to hear." Gideon mocked.
"Enough!" Snow yelled as she slammed her hand on the barrier, getting their attention, "Please Gideon enough is enough."
"Shut up!" Gideon snapped, "I will say when I have had enough." Turning back to Emma, he held the dagger up again, to which she had taken an involuntary step back from, "Now Dark One, I want you to-"
"EMMA!" Heads turned to see a new voice running towards them.
"Killian." Emma gasped out as he ran towards them.
Killian stopped when he reached the area where everyone was standing, "What the bloody hell is going on?"
"Where have you been?" Regina demanded.
"Yea finished running away?" Henry demanded to know as he was still mad at how he had left his mother.
Before Killian could offer a response, Gideon spoke again, "Oh good, glad to see you arrived just in time." Emma looked at him as he smiled, "See I told you if you would help, he would come back."
Emma realized her mistake too late. It was literally just that agreement, "I said yes when you gave me your tests…"
"Those were tests, it was to see how determined you were in actually helping me."
"But you are forcing me to help you now." Emma said as she moved close to the barrier to be as close to Killian as possible.
"You are still helping." Gideon pointed out, "But now it is good that the pirate is here. I need you to feel hate."
Killian watched as Gideon waved his hand and the barrier shattered before them. Belle went to Gold's side as he had just recovered from his ordeal, as the others went close to Emma, "Emma what is going on? Why does he have that?" He motioned to the dagger.
"I am a Dark One again." Emma spoke quickly, "He forced the powers from Gold and made me take it on."
"But we broke the curse," Killian said in dismay, "how-?"
"Later." Henry said as he looked at his mom, who for the most part still looked like herself, "Mom you can do it, block out the orders."
"Kid is too optimistic." Nimue said, recovering from the forceful transition.
Emma swallowed as Snow grabbed her hand, "Emma honey-"
"Enough of this." Gideon said as he pulled a pistol from the inside of his cloak and he aimed it right at Emma. Snow and Regina pulled Henry away, as Emma took a step to the side. Killian however stepped in front of Emma as Gideon kept his aim on her, "This is the last thing I promise."
"This is the darkness we sensed." Zoso's voice came to her. She felt the Dark Ones' wariness and she too looked at the weapon in his hand.
"You are not doing anything to her." Killian snarled out, "I will not let you."
"As will I." Gold gasped out as he struggled to his feet with Belle's help.
"Rumple-"
"No Belle, I will not let our son damn himself more."
"And what can you do father?" Gideon asked, "You have no magic, and will never have any ever again. You are nothing more than the coward from the Enchanted Forest all those years ago."
Gold, with much effort, tried to stand up straight and tall, "Wrong son. Recall that I once was stripped of that darkness a mere couple months ago thanks to the Sorcerer. With your mother's help, and Ms. Swan's forcefulness with Merida," Gold side-longed Emma as he said, "they showed me what true courage was and that I didn't need that dark magic; however I was weak yes, and I wanted it back so I did take it, but I will not let you do what you are about to do."
Gideon waved his hand, freezing them in place, "And it is because of that I cannot allow you to stop me." Something in him broke as he looked at his parents, and a small trace of his true emotions showed through.
He thought he masked it, but Belle caught his true look, "You don't have to. Emma will truly help you now. Right Emma?"
Emma looked at Belle's face and wanted to say no, but she couldn't. She was the Savior…at least she thinks she still was, "Yes, please Gideon you already have me at your will. I just ask for mercy. Please Gideon," he looked at her now, "let them all go and I will help you. Show some mercy."
Discreetly he waved his hand, freezing Snow, Regina, and Henry in place. He knew his parents were too far away to do much good so all that left was the pirate; however he knew the choice she'd make anyway, "Mercy? The Black Fairy showed me none, and quiet honestly I am trying to spare you all of her wrath whether you believe it or not. I told you Emma, you failed my tests and this is the only way. I can promise you," he looked at her and watched as her eyes widened, "I'll help you when you are done."
"What-?" Emma was about to ask when Gideon switched his aim from her, to Killian.
It was like everything fell into slow motion as Gideon somehow fused the dagger with the gun, a resounding BANG was heard and Emma reacted as she pushed Killian out of the way of the projectile, "MOM!" Henry yelled.
"EMMA!" Regina, Gold, Belle, and Snow (being the loudest) yelled.
Killian just watched in shock as Emma stood still for a moment, then started to fall backwards. Killian caught her in time as he gently lowered her to the ground, and Gideon lowered the now fused pistol and dagger while canceling out his magic as everyone ran over to the two, "Emma, please oh god no." Killian said as he touched her chest where blood was pouring out.
"Emma honey." Snow pleaded as she whipped her daughter's hair out her eyes.
"Gah, cold…so cold." Emma muttered as she was looking into the faces of everyone leaning over her.
"Mom do something please." Henry begged as he looked at Regina, then looking back at Emma, "Stay with me, please I cannot lose another parent."
Regina allowed her hand to hover over the wound as Emma let out wheezing breaths, "Why isn't it working?" Killian bit out trying to remain calm.
"I do not know." Regina said in a strained voice, "Come on Swan, you cannot do this to us." Then looking at Gold she asked, "Well, help would be nice right about now."
Gold shook his head as Belle bit her lip, "I am sorry, but I do not know."
"Gideon! What have you done?" Belle demanded looking at her son as he drew close.
Gideon put his hands behind his back, hiding the gun from view, "I am making a strong and obedient solider."
Emma let out another moan, "Hot…cold…so hot…gah! Make it stop!"
"Emma hold on we are trying honey." Snow said quickly and panicked, "Well stop it!" Snow demanded as she looked at Gideon, "Make it stop!"
"I cannot. The transformation is already occurring." Gideon explained.
"Transformation?" Regina demanded to know as she looked back at Emma's now shaking form.
"Smoke, fire, blood…so much blood." Emma gasped out as her body shook and Killian grasped her one hand as Henry grasped the other. Her grip tightened making the both of them wince.
Snow, with great effort, tore her eyes away from Emma and back to Gideon, "What. Did. You. Do. To. MY. Daughter?!"
Gideon marveled at the sight of Emma fighting off the transformation, but relocated himself as he looked at the infuriated mother, "Just as I said, I needed a solider, a powerful one. So with a bit of research I found the most powerful solider of war there was."
Gold's eyes widened as he recalled some of these readings, no…he thought, he wouldn't be that desperate, would he. It was true, he had no magical knowledge to perform the spells or make potions of any sort, but he did have information as to what each thing was supposed to do, but now seeing and hearing Emma's words, he had a very bad feeling, "Which is what?" Killian snapped out, briefly taking his eyes off of Emma as well.
"Wait and see." Gideon said in satisfaction.
Emma withered in pain as if she was being burned alive. They started noticing how her wound was no longer bleeding, but it started glowing lightly until it almost looked as if it was on fire, "Armies clashing, fields soaked in blood, thirst for conquest. So much conquest. I want it. I need it. Hate, rage, conquest, blood." Emma listed off in rasps amounts of breath.
"What do you want?" Gideon demanded to know as he approached and the group reluctantly, sensing something as about to happen, left Emma on the ground. Only Killian and Henry staying close to her.
"Blood. Conquest." Emma responded.
"When do you want it?" Gideon asked as he once again revealed the pistol, this time its color a midnight black, with Emma's name in a faint red color.
"Now." Emma snarled out as her wound started to glow in a fiery red.
"Who are you?" Gideon demanded to know more furiously.
Emma's eyes closed as the fiery glow started to spread, "I. Am. War." Her eyes snapped back open as her body was consumed by fire.
-Snoopykid-
At this moment the Black Fairy's mirror was consumed by fire, before a swirling vortex appeared. Laughing manically at her son's critical mistake, she flew through the portal knowing it will take her the place where the Savior's magic ended. As soon as she left the portal closed leaving an empty living area with a shattered mirror in the middle of the room as witness to the hell that would soon present itself.