After about an hour of nonstop running, Emma and Regina stood the other side of the blood lake, this lake is said to hold the blood of every soul that has ever entered the underworld. 'would explain why Killian felt so cold' Emma thought to herself but she didn't think it was real, having the blood of many surround your castle seemed a little far fetch even for the ruler of the underworld, but here they were standing in front of it. "How do we get across?" Regina asked, looking for a bridge or something. Emma looked around, it seemed like however Hades would enter his castle, it definitely wasn't by foot, more like magic, magic that Emma hadn't figure out how to use in this land yet. Regina raised her hands and tried to create a bridge to the other side of the lake nothing happened; her magic flicked and sparked from her hands like a dead electricity box. Emma tried next, she thought about Killian, how much pain he was in and how much she needed him back by her side, she managed to get some large rocks to form a structure, but only for a minute before the went crashing down and splashed in to the red lake below, "Argh!" Emma said defeated. Both women continued to look around for something to help them, but it was no use, there was nothing. "What if we try and use our magic together, at the same time?" Regina suggested. Emma thought for a moment, it wasn't a bad idea, it was something they would have done back in Storybrooke, but here in the Underworld magic worked differently, it was unpredictable. "Sure, it's worth a shot" Emma agreed. Both Regina and Emma raised their hands in the air in the direction of the castle, with all they could muster their magic began appearing from their hands "Keep going!" Regina yelled. Boulders and rocks flew up from the lake and surrounding cliff sides and created a bridge from where they were standing to the castle. They stop and waited a moment to see if it would last; it seemed to have worked, thank goodness. "Come on, let's go, we don't know how long this will hold" Emma said leading the way. When Emma stepped onto the rock it shook slightly but this didn't frighten her, she knew she had to get across and this was the only way. Regina followed close behind; looking back every now and again to make sure they weren't being followed. "Thanks for coming" Emma said after a few short minutes of silence, Regina gave her a small but genuine smile. "I didn't want to admit it to my parents' or even myself but I didn't want to do this alone" she added. Regina sighed, didn't Emma know that she didn't have to do anything alone anymore. "You're welcome" she replied simply.
Once they had reached the other side of the bridge they stood in front of two massive black doors with intricate carvings for mystical creates and Greek gods on. Emma walked up to the door to try and push it open but Regina stopped her before she could. "Emma! What are you doing, Hades is bound to have guards right behind those door! We need to find another way in, something a little less obvious..." Regina stated. Emma dropped her hand and nodded her head, Regina was right, again. Emma wasn't thinking clearly, how could she, she hadn't gotten any sleep what so ever since even before they went to Camelot. Regina lead the way around the side of the castle, looking for another way in when they came across a cave like entrance that looked like it lead underneath the castle. The two shared a look and knew that this was going to be their best bet. Slowly they walked into the dark cave, it smelt like death, but not like the rest of the underworld did, it was more dominant, Emma and Regina could hardly see each other from two feet away, Emma was almost tempted to use her magic as a light but she knew it would draw attention to them, and that was the last thing they needed right now. As they made their way down the long narrow tunnel like cave Emma started to get the strange feeling that she had been there before, something about the way it felt, felt familiar, then she realised, she had been there, in her vision when the first arrived in The Underworld. "Hook's here" she said to herself forgetting that Regina was with her. "What? Where" Regina replied, Emma jumped at her response, realising that she wasn't alone, she shook her head and began to explain to Regina what she knew "When we first came to the underworld, I had this... vision thing, at first I thought it was because of my lack of sleep, but, I think Killian was trying to tell me something, I don't know" she said, realising how stupid she must sound. Regina looked a little confused but let Emma continue "I saw him, had the bottom of the cliff, or ditch or something, it looked exactly like this" Emma added. Regina straightened her body with the new information Emma had just given her. "Well then, looks like we have an advantage then don't we Miss Swan" Regina smiled.
They continued down through the cave, being weary of any protection that Hades may have in place, until they reached a dead end. It didn't make any sense, there hadn't been any corridor from the main tunnel and there wasn't and up or a down option to go. Suddenly, Emma's heart started beating faster, what if this was a trap? What if Hades had let them create bridge because this is exactly where he wanted them to be? Emma used her magic to light put the wall in front of them so that she could see if there was anything that would let them continue through the cave, nothing. Emma sighed and placed her hand on the wall, leaning against it "Killian, where are you?" she whispered to herself. All of a sudden the wall that she was leaning on dropped down and disappeared to reveal a small walk way. Emma looked over at Regina who gave her a shrug and gestured for her to go in. Emma lead the way followed by her friend and came to the edge of deep ditch, there at the very bottom, was Killian Jones.
"Killian!" Emma yelled as loud as she could, not caring about who could hear her. Killian lay spread out on his front, not moving and there was blood everywhere. Emma felt tears coming to her eyes and she didn't even fight to hold them back. Without a second thought you dropped to the floor and started to climb down the rocks. "Emma!" Regina shouted grabbing her hand trying to stop her from climbing. "Regina, I swear to god, do not try and stop me from doing this!" Emma wailed, the tears falling controlling. Regina sighed and shook her head "I'm not going to stop you Emma, but I just thought using this" she said taking out a piece of short sting from her pocket "you might be able to get down there without dying" she finished. Emma looked at the piece of sting and it was almost enough to make her laugh, did Regina think that a flimsy piece of cotton would be able to hold her? "Regina, you can't be serious right now?" Emma questioned not sure if she did actually find it funny or it was making her angry. Regina rolled her eyes and performed magic on the small string turning it into a sturdy piece of rope, long enough to tie around Emma and lower her down "Regina! You're a genius" Emma exclaimed, her tears still falling. "You don't need to sound so surprised!" Regina remarked, pulling Emma back up, tying the rope around her and then slowly lowering her back down.
Emma felt her heart miss a couple of beats as she was lowered down the side of the cave wall, Killian was getting closer to her but the fact that she could see him moving or he hadn't even acknowledged that she was there was worrying her... a lot. "I'm coming Killian" she said in a low tone so that she didn't frighten him. For all she knew Hades could be torturing him with morphs that looked like her, filling his head with visions like the one she had had when she first arrived. Emma landed with a thud at the bottom of the cave and fumbled to untie the rope wrapped around her waist. The rope dropped to the ground and she ran over to Killian almost tripping over in the process. She fell to her knees and turned him over, he groaned slightly with the force so she tried to be a little gentler; at least he was still breathing. Killian couldn't open his eyes, they were swollen and Emma could tell that his ribs were broken, the sight of him made her cry even more but she tried to keep it thought, she didn't know how much time they would have until someone realised they were there. "Killian, it's Emma, Killian come back to me, can you hear me" she said stroking his face and as her tears fell onto his skin. There was so much blood, a lot of it was dried but there was some that seemed quite fresh, like it had only happened maybe twenty minutes ago. Killian's eyes twitched and Emma felt a glimmer of hope take over her body "Killian!" Emma said again, this time Killian's eyes slowly opened and Emma saw she saw a tear roll out of his right eye. "Killian, it's okay, I'm here, and I'm going to get you out of here" she reassured him. Killian's darted opened and he looked very anxious, Emma hated seeing him like this. "Killian, what have they done to you" she asked, not wanted an answer, she reached out to touch his face but he backed away quickly "Get away from me!" he yelled sitting up much faster than he should have "ARGHH!" he screamed in pain. "Killian it's me!" Emma cried, she wasn't sure how to prove it to him; she shuffled closer to him cautiously. "I won't fall for you trick Hades, not again" he shouted looking Emma directly in the eye. Again, that was the only word that lingered on his lips and in Emma's mind, so Hades had been fooling him with visions of her. "Killian" she said trying to calm herself down for his sake "it's me, I promise, what can I do to prove it to you" she asked. Killian looked her up and down still visibly shaken and afraid, after a moment he spoke "Tell me something that only Emma would know" he said in almost a whisper. Emma thought for a moment, something that only she would know, something important to both of them, her mind was full of wonderful memories of the two of them so she just started listing anything that came to mind "I know that you like coffee in the mornings, I know that you wear an extra layer under your shirt because you hate the way the fabric feel against you skin, I know that you'd rather take a shower than have a bath!, I know that you sleep on the right side of the bed, I know that you tried for years to be a better man, I know that even though you spent many years sailing by yourself, you hate being alone, I know that you get nervous in the dark, even though you have never told me I know that you've always wanted a child so that you can prove to yourself that you can be a better father than your father was to you and your brother and I know that your biggest fear is being abandoned, just like mine" Emma listed almost sobbing. Killian's mouth opened as if he wanted to say something but nothing came out, instead he inched closer to her nervously not taking his eyes from hers. He reached out to touch her face, like he had in the graveyard, he studied every inch of her face as she cried "Emma, it's you" he said his voice shaky. Emma nodded and practically threw herself onto him forgetting about his broken ribs, she didn't care about the blood that was now staining her clothes, she didn't care about the past, at this point she didn't even care that he had tried to kill her whole family, all she cared about was that he was back in her arms, for real, it wasn't a dream, it wasn't a vision and it wasn't a magic potion, it was him. Emma suddenly realised that he was probably in a lot of pain and tried to pull away from him, but he just held her tighter "Don't let go, not yet" he pleaded. Emma's heart broke with his words "I'm not going anywhere Killian" she promised.
Suddenly Emma thought about how on earth she was going to get both of the back up the side of the cave to Regina, Emma was strong but not strong enough to hold all of Killian's weight. She pulled away slightly and cupped his face in her hand "Killian, I'm going to need you to try and get up okay? We don't have a lot of time" Emma said wincing in pain when he did. Killian slowly rose from the ground and screamed out in agony; Emma willed her tears away as she didn't want him worrying about her. "Regina!" Emma shouted trying to get her attention, Regina's head peered over the top of the edge, Emma sighed in relief know that she was still there and unharmed. "I'm going to send Killian up first, please, please be gentle" Emma shouted. She turned back to Killian who looked like he could pass out at any moment and stroked his cheek gentle "We're almost there, almost, I'm going to tie this around you so Regina can pull you up" Emma explained wrapping the rope around his battered body. Killian didn't answer, his eyes were red and Emma could tell he was trying so hard to be strong all she wanted to do was tell him that it was all going to be okay, but she couldn't, not yet. "Ready?" Regina called, Emma tugged on the rope signalling that Regina could start bring him up. Emma watch as his feet left the ground and loud groans and wails echoed around the dark cave "Emma, stop, stop, it hurts!" Killian yelled. "You're almost there Killian hold on" She called back to him trying to sound reassuring but her voice shaking. Regina finally managed to pull him to safety with all her strength and magic she could muster on her own, she wasn't sure how she was going to do it again for Emma, but she had to, she didn't have a choice. Killian now lie on the cold ground, he had passed out in pain and honestly this was a good thing for now, it meant that Regina could concentrate on getting Emma back to safety without a screaming pirate right next to her. Regina carefully untied the rope from around Killian's body and dropped it back down for Emma to use. It should be easier to drag Emma up. She could climb herself, the rope was just there as a precaution. Emma tied the rope around her waist and began to climb up the rocks, it wasn't easy, the stones were beginning to crumble beneath her feet and there was suddenly a very cold chill in air that made her start to physically shake. All of a sudden Emma felt the rope relax slightly which made her panic, what if something had happened to Regina and Killian, she couldn't see anything and she as now very far from the ground, if she fell, it would surely be to her death. "Regina?" Emma asked cautiously, for a minute there was no response but after a moment Regina poked her head of the side "Emma" she said slowly, Emma's heart began to race hearing the fear in Regina's voice. "Don't make any loud noises, I, I'm going to pull you up" she added whispering. Emma felt the rope tighten once more as Regina pulled her the remainder of the way and over the side of the ditch. Once Emma was up if wasn't long before she was the reason Regina had looked so nervous. Emma stood up and brushed off the dirt from her jeans and follow Regina's eyes to what she was looking at. The other side of the ditch that they had just been in was none other than Hades himself, had he been watching the entire time? Emma froze where she was standing and then sharply turned her head to look at Killian, he was still lying on the ground but he was stirring slightly and groaning once more. As Emma looked more closely she noticed something standing behind Hades, it had blood red eyes and was almost invisible for the distance that they were standing. Suddenly Emma noticed that there was another one standing to the left of him and another to the right, what was it? Hades smirked and laughed before disappearing in a cloud of smoke, the blood red eyes still remaining in the darkness. "We've got to get out of here, now!" Emma shouted running over to Killian who was now in an almost sitting position. "Killian, Killian I know you're in pain, but I'm going to need you to try and forget about it, just for a little while, if we don't get out of here, I don't know what's going to happen" she said desperately. Killian tilted his head upwards and looked into Emma's eyes lovingly "Anything for you love" he said standing up, wailing in agony. Emma turned to look back and saw that the creatures had moved in to light and that it was not in fact three at all, but one hound like creature with three heads! "Oh my god" Emma heard Killian say, the fear in his voice quite clear. "Run!" Emma yelled, Regina led the way using her magic to guild them whilst Emma took Killian's hand in hers and dragged him back through the long, narrow tunnels. She could hear the growls of hound echoing behind them and sounding like it was becoming ever so close. "I can't" Killian said breathless and came to a stop "Killian, you have to, we're almost there" Emma said pleading with him to continue. Killian just shook his head "I can't" He repeated looking defeated. Emma sighed, 'okay, time to think of a plan B' she thought as she heard the sound of massive paws gaining on them. There was only one thig that could do now, try to fight it off using magic. Regina and Emma prepared themselves for the threat and conjured up all the magic they could. Killian crawled over to the side of the cave, trying to stay out of harm's way. The beast made its way towards the three of them and came to a halt once it was that they were ready to fight. Growling and looking Emma directly in the eye the monster slowly crept closer and closer to her. Emma had to think fast, she could try and use her magic but it was very unpredictable here, what if it didn't work. Emma looked over at Killian, he was holding his side and wincing in pain, she knew she had to try; it was her only option and their only hope of getting out of there. With all the power she could muster she summoned her magic and directed it straight towards the three headed hound. A bright beam of light shot out from her hands an impacted the creature and it stumbled back a few steps, but it wasn't enough, it only growled loud and this time fire came out of each of the head's mouths. Suddenly Emma remembered, everything has a weakness, she remembered how Pan's weakness was his power and how Zelena's was light magic, what if she could draw the beast out of the cave, what would happen? It was worth a shot. "Regina! I need you to take help Killian, I'm going to lead this monster out of here, I think it's weakness might be light itself!" she shouted over the top of the hound barking and growling. For a moment, Regina couldn't believe that Emma was taking this much of risk, what if that didn't work, all three of them would be doomed to spend the rest of entirety in the underworld, but there was no choice. Regina ran over to Hook and places his arm around her shoulder to help him walk "GO!" Emma shouted and Regina and Killian obeyed leading the way out of the tunnel. Emma used her magic to slow the beast so that they had the advantage but her attempts were getting weaker and it seemed as though the three headed hound was only getting stronger. Emma shot out beam after beam of magic as Killian stumbled ahead of her with Regina, finally she could make out a light towards the entrance of the cave. Regina put Killian's arm around her neck to help him run a little faster to which he gave her a faint smile in thanks. The three of them stumbled out of the cave followed by the hound of Hades which screeched and wailed as the light hit its oily skin; it growled as fire burst out of its mouth. Regina placed Killian in a safe position an took her place next to Emma and prepared to fight, but just as they raised their hands to shoot yet another round of magic towards the beast, it let out one last raw and dissolved right in front of their eyes. Regina and Emma exchanged glances, their plan had worked. Emma suddenly thought of Hook and ran over to him, falling to her knees beside him. "I knew you could do it Swan" he said weakly. Emma sighed with happiness, happiness that she had found him, that she had him in her arms. They lent their foreheads together, but Emma couldn't wait any longer, she bought her lips to his and gently caressed his bottom lip, he returned the gesture, for one perfect moment, everything was how it should be, they were back together, no long dark ones, they felt safe and loved.
Hey guys! Sorry it took so long for me to update but I have been busy! I think the next chapter is going to be the last one since the 5B starts tomorrow, so I'll try and wrap it all up. Hope you enjoyed reading this and don't forget to comment and leave your vote! 3