Hey sorry for the delay you lovely people out there, hope you can forgive me I made this chapter larger than the rest. Enjoy!
Chapter 6,
Walkabout,
That Night,
Emma returned to the sheriff's department, and walked over to the closet opening it and letting the wolf out, but he was quite happily lying on a pile of clothes that had become his bed.
"Hey I need you to get up you have to live with me tonight, Graham probably won't be coming to get you any time soon." Emma explained, the wolf whined in return,
"I know I want him back too." She admitted, as she scooped the animal up and carried it out the door to her car, so that he could find refuge in the warm home she shared with Mary Margaret,
At The Hospital,
Graham's mind was far from inactive because his heart that had now been made whole showed visions of people who had touched it. He saw the Queen, he saw Rumplestiltskins, and he saw someone who had no connection to him at all Belle, he saw a woman her hair was a light brown, and she appeared to share royalty with the King of some land.
He saw Rumplestiltskin come in and take her, he saw him save her when she fell from a ladder, he saw her going to town and the Queen meeting her along the way. He saw her returning to Rumplestiltskin, he saw her kiss him, he saw him fly into a rage, he saw him throw her into the dungeon, and he saw where they parted ways.
He saw the Queen visit Rumplestiltskin, he saw her telling him that the woman who left had died, he saw Rumplestiltskin cry after he had replaced a golden chalice with the cup she had chipped. But then he saw the vision of the Queen kidnapping Belle, and locking her in the dungeon.
Belle was upset as she walked down the road that lead to her father, she had missed him it had been so long since they had seen each other, but then something stopped her.
"So did the kiss work?" The Queen asked, as she appeared out of no where,
"You tricked me; you wanted to use me to make him just an ordinary man again." Belle convicted,
"Well I am surprised it took you that long to figure it out, see here's the thing I don't care a single thing about you, but I knew you cared about Rumple so I found a chance to destroy him." She answered,
"Who are you, and how could you do that it was true love?" Belle asked,
"Simple, a Snow White destroyed my happiness when I found true love, so therefore you don't deserve to be happy." The Queen answered,
"I don't even know Snow White."
"That doesn't matter…however you're still useful to me, so you won't be going back to your father." She said,
"Well I don't think there's much you can do about it." Belle dismissed, as she started walking again,
"We shall see." The Queen muttered to herself, "Guards." She called, and soon Belle was surrounded, they soon seized her,
"Let me go now." Belle ordered,
"Perhaps I will when I come up with a way to get rid of that little imp once and for all." The Queen said referring to Rumplestiltskin, as she made a prison wagon appear out of pure magic,
"No let me go." Belle continued to protest, even as they threw her into the wagon,
The memory soon flashed forward to a more recent time; soon after he had become the Queen's prisoner he made a trip to the dungeons, where unknowingly to him he met Belle. She had her hands gripped on the bars of her cell, looking out, her hair was messy and her dress was filthy, he walked by her cell, she reached out and caught his sleeve, he stopped.
"Please you look like a man with some compassion, you're not like the other guards, please help me." She begged,
"I'm sorry I can't…I'm a prisoner as much as you are." Graham said, before he tore his arm away form her and walked away, though she continued to call out to him,
He jolted upright in bed as if he was a loose board that someone had stepped on and flicked up the end, he looked around it was morning he could tell by the sunlight coming through the window. He soon worked out where he was when he saw that he had tubes and wires attached to him, and the walls and floor were a suffocating white color.
He tore the hindering equipment off of himself and got out of bed, he made his way over to the wardrobe where he found his clothes and so he quickly dressed. The next thing which was slightly harder, was escaping, but he was going to rely on his huntsman abilities to get out of here, because when he was in the forest he ran into stickier situations than this.
He ducked nurses and doctors as he made his way to the front door but as he did a flash hit him, 26390, he saw the code flash before him as if it was his own memory, but it wasn't. Then he saw Belle dressed in white and she was locked in an empty room, she had to be in Story Brooke somewhere, because she was still a prisoner before they were sent here.
Recovering from the intake of the memory he continued out the door and down the street towards Mr. Gold's pawnshop, he opened the door cautiously, and approached the counter. And when no one came to answer the door he walked around the counter and into the office where he had spoken to Gold previously.
"Rumplestiltskin." Graham interrupted,
"Sheriff…I didn't expect to see you so soon." Gold admitted, a little startled, "Your deputy was here like I said accusing me of having a hand in your misfortune."
"Sorry but can I talk to you?" Graham asked,
"Of course, about what?" Gold asked,
Graham starred past Gold as he walked away from what he was working on, because there in the very room was the dress that he saw Belle wearing, so it was real, Gold did love her. He walked several steps towards the material lined manikin that that dress was hanging on to get a better look, but Gold was getting curious.
"Sheriff?"
"I know these clothes." Graham said,
"What?"
"That's why I'm here to talk to you, to ask if you know a woman named Belle." Graham explained,
"And why would you want to know?" Gold asked,
"Because I saw you and her in a dream last night, the Queen was also there." He said, "Where you two in love?" Graham asked,
"Who told you about me and Belle?" Gold asked, as he tried to keep his emotions at bay,
"I told you I saw it in a dream, while I was in the hospital…she told you that Belle was dead, she lied." Graham continued,
"Pardon?"
"Belle isn't dead; when you told her to leave she was returning to her father only the Queen met her on the road, she kidnapped her and sent her to the dungeon, I didn't know it at the time but I met her once." Graham made clear, Gold went silent,
"Gold?"
"If you're right and if she is still alive, then she has to be in Story Brooke somewhere, Regina must have her hidden in some other dungeon away from me, no doubt to use her to get to me the next time I cross her path." Gold noted,
"I also saw a number." Graham said,
"A number?"
"Yes, 26390, does that mean anything to you?" Graham asked,
"Unfortunately not, I haven't seen anything in this town with a number lock on it." Gold answered sadly, "But what you have found, when we eventually find the lock is the combination to free Belle." He explained,
"How do we look for it without getting Regina suspicious?" Graham asked,
"We don't."
"Pardon?"
"I think it's time we let her in on us, I think you should pay her a visit and tell her all the things I can imagine you've wanted too ever since you knew the heart was in safe hands." Gold explained,
"I should go back to the hospital then, because no doubt she's there already coming to check up on me." Graham agreed,
"Sounds like a good idea that way you'll make more of an impression, which means she'll skip thinking twice before she grounds your heart into dust, only thing is it's now back in the hands of whom it was taken from." Gold said,
"How will her not finding my heart tell her it was us, she might think it was anyone?" Graham questioned,
"Yes but I left a special something in the draw that had your heart, so she'll definitely know it was me that took it, she'll be coming here for blood." He explained,
"Then you should put the dress away, or she'll know that you're involved in anything that we might get caught in the middle of." Graham reasoned,
"You're quite right; while you pay a visit to Regina I'll put it away." Gold agreed,
"Then I'll see you later, maybe sooner if I remember anything else." Graham said before he left the office and walked outside, into the crisp morning air,
"How can he be gone?" Regina demanded,
"We don't know but when we went to check on him this morning his wasn't there, and his clothes are gone too." The doctor explained,
"I would hate to think that you had something to do with this Miss Swan." Regina said, as she turned to Emma,
"I want to know where he is just as much as you do, because if you remember the same thing happened to David Nolan." Emma assured,
"Well then why don't you start doing what you're paid to do…find him." Regina ordered,
"With pleasure." Emma confessed, because the sooner she got away from that wretched woman the better, so she left the room and the building,
"If anything happens to Graham I assure you there will be consequences for the entire hospital." Regina threatened,
"I don't think that's necessary." Graham protested,
"Graham there you are, are you alright?" Regina asked, having gotten over the initial shock of seeing Graham appear out of nowhere,
"I'm fine there was just something that I had to do." Graham answered,
"Well in that case now that we've found you how about you come home with me" Regina said, as she moved a little too close to Graham,
"Of course Regina." Graham coincided,
"Then let's go shall we." She said, as she took his arm and led him out of the hospital,
Mills Estate,
Regina and Graham walked into the house, and as she tried to kiss him, he stepped away from her; this was his chance to tell her all the things he always wanted to since he remembered what she had done to him.
"Graham what's wrong?" She asked,
"Do you remember when I told you it was the first time I felt anything with you?" Graham asked,
"Yes why?"
"Well I want you to know what I felt." He said, as he moved his mouth close to her ear so he could whisper in it, "I feel hate."
"What?"
"For the first time Regina I feel, and I hate you I hate what you did to me, and I especially hate the way you pretend to love Henry." Graham explained,
"Emma told you to do this didn't she…she put ideas in your head, to turn you against me?" Regina asked, her voice cracking under anger,
"No Regina, I think you know why I'm doing this, I think you know I know who we both are." Graham corrected,
"What are you saying dear?"
"Enough of the charade, I know who you are you're the Queen who killed Snow White's father, you're the one who took my heart, but regardless of that I'm not going to be your slave any more, it's over." He announced,
"You've been speaking to Henry."
"And his right, he's right about everything, you can try to ruin Snow and Charming's happiness but I'm not going to let you ruin mine, not now that I know who I am." He said,
"He sees a psychiatrist Graham he's imagination has taken over his reality." Regina stated,
"You're losing this battle Regina starting with me, and I'm going to make sure everyone else believes by the time I'm done with you." Graham swore,
"Graham…"
"The question is, are you willing to expose yourself to stop me, risking everybody else finding out who you are and what you've done?" He asked, her look of fake worry turned into real panic,
"Graham I will find away to make you see that what you are saying is just a story." Regina promised,
"Enough Regina it's over, you're going to lose." He repeated, as he then walked out the door,
Once he left her facial expression changed, the tears she had managed to win Graham over faded and she glared at his back as she watched him walk down the path.
"We shall see." She said, as she walked through the house to the other side, and left out the back door, and she walked towards what just happened to be the cemetery,
As Graham walked down the pathway lost in thought, trying to make sense of the vision he saw while he was in a coma, Emma spotted him and called out but he didn't seem to hear her.
"Graham." She called, as she touched him on the shoulder making him jump, "Didn't you hear me I've been calling you?" She asked,
"Sorry I was lost in thought, what do you want?" He asked in return,
"We need to get you back to the hospital, Regina's bearing down on me because you've gone missing, so let's go." She said,
"I've already spoken with Regina." He explained,
"You have when?" Emma asked,
"After you left I went in and spoke with Regina, I offered quit a few choice words, I suspect she'll try and kill me now, Gold says he has everything under control though, I hope his right." Graham explained,
"Well we'll find out…you want to come over to Mary's place Age is there I think he misses you." Emma offered,
"Alright…Emma can I ask you a question?"
"Sure what is it?"
"I know what it was like to live through 28 years without being able to feel anything, but what's it like to see your parent's everyday and know that they aren't together and that they don't know you?" Graham asked,
"It's hard, Regina has destroyed their lives together, and I know that if I tell them that I'm their daughter they'd think I'm crazy and I would only push them further away then they are now. I live with Mary, it's like I'm a child in a custody battle that was won by my mother, but she doesn't want to know me, perhaps if I asked Rumplestiltskin he'd be able to…" She cut herself off,
"What is it?" Graham asked,
"You go on ahead; I'm going to speak to Gold." Emma said,
"Be careful Emma, even though he's not the man everyone says he is, you have to watch what you agree to give him in return for his help, I had nothing to lose, but you do, and you already owe him one favour." Graham warned,
"Don't worry he's already reminded me that I owe him a favour, I'm not going to give him anything that I'm not wiling to lose." She assured, as they parted ways,
So the plot is beginning to thicken Graham is starting to remember parts of Rumplestiltskins life, is Belle really dead? Of course not everyone knows Regina has her locked up in the psychiatric ward of the StoryBrooke hospital. So what will happen now?