Operation Hydra vs Giant Squid

by Meresger

Rumple and Regina team up... to get revenge on Hook in badly written POV-swapping satirical fashion. This is SF with gratuitous Hook bashing. Complete anti-CS. I repeat anit-CS! If you are perusing this for the Captain Hook character tag because you want Emma to have 10,000 of his babies, do not read this story! IT'S SATIRE! I REPEAT: SATIRE! READ THE ENCLOSED WARNINGS!

7. Do Not Disturb

Chapter 7

Do Not Disturb

Neal was having the usual trouble sleeping, tossing and turning in his bed at Granny's - not that he wanted to sleep and risk that dream again about Emma and his mother and Hook - when the silence was broken by a tentative knock on his door.

Curious and in need of a distraction from his insomnia, even if it was just Tinkerbell again complaining about another fight with the Blue Fairy and weirdly eye-humping him, Neal threw back the covers and went to answer it.

"Emma..." Neal croaked out, startled to find his ex in the hall. Her hair was a mess and her make-up was smudged. It was clear that she had been crying. Immediately concerned, he asked, "What happened?"

Instead of answering Emma stepped over the threshold and took the 'do not disturb' sign from the inside knob of the door...