So you may have noticed that I did not deliver a chapter over the weekend and that was because I was doing my 24 hour charity walk. Our team raised over £3,000 (about 4,000 US dollars) for Cancer Research and the whole event raised nearly £20,000 ( $26,500) so it was totally worth it.

Today I ached form head to tow and know EXACTLY how Hook is feeling but I have used my time this morning (as I lay in bed slowly dying lol) to type this up for you guys.

If you give lots of reviews I may even have another chapter for you by tomorrow. :)

As always please enjoy

:)

"I gotta go" David grit out shoving his cell back into his pocket, it was the last thing he wanted to do after what had happened to Junior but he couldn't ignore this. He hoped to hell that it wasn't as bad as it had sounded but whatever the outcome Whale was in trouble.

"What's going on?" Emma asked standing up and giving him a worried look

"Whale's come off the road somewhere... I need to head out and find him"

"Is he alright?" Snow suddenly asked coming to his side with Neal on her hip

David just sighed "I... I don't know. He was talking but then I think his car fell down a ravine or something and his cell went dead"

Snow suddenly shoved Neal at Emma "Here, you can look after your Brother for a while. I'm gonna go with your Father... Victor needs us to find him"

They were running down the corridor in few minutes, stopping only briefly to inform someone that they would need an ambulance ready to go ASAP. David told them that he would radio in with a location as soon as he had one then just ran out to his truck and headed for the highway. They scoured the road side looking for any sign of where the car went off and when Snow finally let out a yell David was confused to see by the skid marks that the car had been heading back towards town... Whale lived the in the other direction, why was he driving this way?!

But he didn't have time to wonder about it as they screeched to a halt and he radioed in like he'd promised before they both started off down the hillside, scrabbling and scrambling their way across the loose dirt until they came to the drop. David gave a gasp and looked to Snow before carefully making his way to the edge and peering over. He could clearly see the battered car down below and knew then that he HAD to get to the Doc. His eyes roamed back and forth looking for any way to get down when he noticed a pathway about a hundred yards to his left. He was off running towards it in a second yelling at Snow as he went.

"Go back up to the road and tell the EMTs where I've gone, they're gonna need a gurney and hoist to get him out of there."

"Just go David, just make sure he's OK"

David nodded as he scrambled his way across the stony surface and after a few minutes he was headed down the little trail. By the time he reached the bottom he was breathing heavily but he didn't stop, he just ran straight across to the car and threw himself down next to the broken passenger side window and peered inside.

"WHALE" he screamed out at the prone figure that hung upside down in the driver's seat "VICTOR... CAN YOU HEAR ME?"

But the Doc didn't respond and David had a hollow feeling in his gut as he pulled himself back up and ran around to the other side of the car. The window on that side was cracked but hadn't fallen in so he picked up the nearest rock and used it to finish the job before tossing it to one side and reaching inside.

"Victor, Come on Doc... " he trailed off when his fingers felt no pulse and there was no sign of the Doc breathing. He let out a sigh and sat back on his heals not quite believing what had happened.

Victor Whale was dead.

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"Do you think he's alright?" Henry asked giving Emma a worried look

"Grandpa and Grandma will do everything they can to help him" Emma replied around the question.

Henry gave a heavy sigh and let his eyes fall back onto Junior who was still sleeping, he pretty much had been since the whole episode in the CT room. Whale had given the kid a small dose of sedative before carrying out another scan... apparently the kid had been in the machine when whatever happened happened and he had freaked out when they tried to put him back in but in all honesty Emma was quite glad he'd been put under, he'd looked like crap and needed the rest. Hopefully like the last time once he'd slept the effects would have worn off and he'd be physically fine again otherwise she didn't know what she would do because right now the Kid had no vision in his left eye and that frightened her.

Would it be permanent?

No... she couldn't think like that... he would be fine.

He had to be.

So with a sigh she looked back Henry and gave him a quick smile before picking up Duckface and giving a little laugh. Henry chuckled too at the sight of the poor battered thing, he'd lost a lot of his paint already but Junior still loved him so she just tucked him under the Kid's arm next to P.B. and pulled up the covers a bit.

"You want anything from the machines?" she suddenly asked Henry when she realized that he was probably hungry. The original plan had been to stop at Granny's and grab take out for lunch but now that Junior was staying that idea had been scrapped. Henry just shook his head and sat down with a heavy sigh, he certainly wasn't his usual full of hope, nothing will stop me believing self "What's up Kid, you look like you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders"

"I just thought we had beaten this already. What's the point in fighting if somewhere along the line someone changes the rules?"

It was Emma's time to sigh as she sat down next to him "Just look at it as a challenge" she mused "If everything in life went smoothly all the time it would get very boring."

"Yeah well I wish that Junior could get a bit of boring for a while... and Killian too. This isn't fair Mom." he huffed out

"I know Kid" she replied reaching out and pulling him into her side

They sat like that for a while until Junior stirred on the bed and peeked open an eye. The minute he saw Emma his face crumpled and he was crying again. It broke her heart as he sobbed for his Papa and she silently fumed inside as she tried to comfort him, this was NOT right. Hook should be here... this wasn't just about him, it was about Junior too and the kid needed his Dad not some tall tale about him being off on a noble quest. She wanted more than anything to pull Junior from the bed and sit him on her knee but he was back on the IV line so instead she pulled herself up and settled him against her side before looking to Henry.

"You want to join us for the hugfest?"

He nodded and kicked off his shoes before climbing up and tucking himself into Emma's other side. Junior gave a deep sigh and reached over to clutch on to Henry's sleeve but Henry had other ideas as he reached down and took hold of his Brother's hand instead.

"You OK little Brother"

Emma nearly burst out laughing at Junior's reply of "I think you mean younger Brother"

She grinned as she looked down at Henry who was holding back a laugh too but her Son was not done teasing "Whatever you say shorty"

Junior pulled himself up onto his elbow and threw back "I may be short now but I will be tall when I grow up, I will be as tall as Papa"

Henry just shrugged "Yeah but will you wear make up too?"

"Kohl is not make up" Junior cried out indignantly sounding EXACTLY like Hook

"Right... I'm putting an end to this. I swear you two have been listening to Papa and Grandpa far to much"

Junior grinned "They are funny Momma... Papa likes to play tricks on Grandpa"

"Yeah he does but that does NOT mean that you two can start all that crap... I think two jokers in the family is more than enough" He paused giving him a smile before asking seriously "How's the eye?"

He gave a little puzzled look closing his good eye before just giving a shrug and settling back into her side "It is better but still a little blurry"

Emma breathed out a huge sigh of relief, thank God for that but Junior asking her a question had her distracted from her train of thought.

"Grandpa is Papa's new Liam, aye?"

"Yeah" Emma agreed wondering where this was going.

He gave a definite nod and declared "Good"

Something in the way he said it had Emma on edge "Why is it good?"

"Because Papa's Liam does not deserve the name Brother anymore... my Liam would never say such things. You are supposed to be there for each other no matter what"

"Hey" Emma soothed pulling him in a bit tighter "Come on, what's brought all this on? Papa loves his Liam just as much as you love yours"

"But his Liam does not love him anymore" Junior practically growled letting out a huff and tugging P.B. to his front

"What makes you think that?" Emma asked in concern but it seemed that he was done talking as he just gave a shrug.

He stayed quiet for a while before looking across at Henry again "You will never let me go will you Brother? Even if Papa does, you will not. I do not want to be let go. I want to stay here with you"

Henry shook his head but it was Emma who spoke "I thought we'd covered all of this Kid. YOU are not going anywhere. You are stuck with us for life OK. No matter what happens, no matter what you do we will ALWAYS be here for you so I don't want to hear anymore about this OK? You are my Kid now and anyone who tries to say different will have to face not only one but two saviors alright? Your Papa is coming home Junior, I promise, he wouldn't lie to you."

"I know he wouldn't" Junior replied with a sigh "But without his Liam he may get lost again and I need him too much"

Emma dropped a kiss onto his head "I'll talk to Grandpa and see if he can cheer Papa up alright?"

Junior gave a little nod then snuggled back into her side where he stayed for a while before lifting up P.B. and standing him on Emma's stomach where he addressed her in a very deep voice "Thank you for being Junior's Momma... he loves you very much"

"Thanks P.B. that was nice of you to tell me and you can tell Junior that I love him too... in fact I think I may even love him more than Grandma's pancakes"

Junior's head popped up and he grinned widely "You are silly Momma"

Emma giggled back "I'm also hungry... who wants food?"

Again she had expected Junior to say yes but he just shook his head "My belly still feels funny"

So she just tugged him in again "That's OK, you can have something later"

"May I have a banana thing? They make me feel better"

Suddenly Emma's eyebrow shot up and she looked down at Junior "You mean they made you feel better a few weeks ago... this feels different right?"

He tilted his head in thought then replied "Different but the same. Before there was no big pain but I still had a funny belly and my arms and legs felt too heavy... but the banana thing helped."

"You think this is the same but different"

"Aye, there was no Shadow this time and..." he trailed off and looked nervous

"And what kid? You can tell me"

But he just shrugged "I don't know Momma, maybe the banana will not help... I am sorry"

"Hey, don't apologize" she soothed "If you want to try the banana trick we can give it a go, it can't hurt right? Henry... Big Brother duties ahoy, can you go find the Kid a banana please?"

Henry grinned "I'll go see if I can find three... then we can all have one"

Junior gave another smile as Henry climbed off the bed and shuffled back into his shoes before disappearing out of the door.

"You promise you will ask Grandpa to talk to Papa?" Junior asked in a little voice as he settled back against Emma

"Yeah Kid, as soon as he gets back"

He moved his head and looked up at her again "Can you ask him to tell Papa to eat a banana too? He needs to feel better Momma, he will feel more like himself once he does"

"Sure Kid" she replied giving him a smile but the minute he looked away she was frowning deeply. What was going on? How could this be anything like the shadow attack?

It couldn't, surely?

The Shadow Man was gone...

This had been caused by the link... hadn't it?

And yet Hook had not been effected with this last episode so how could it be the link?

She gave a heavy sigh... hell, she didn't have a clue what was going on. Even if a shadow had gotten here, would it be able to do anything that would have caused the pain that Hook and Junior had experienced?

In the end she figured that the Kid probably just had a hankering for banana... that was probably all it was.

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Killian sat himself up and lent back against the wall, he closed one eye against his fuzzy vision and gave a heavy sigh as he looked across at the window that had apparently just kicked his behind... Alright, so he wasn't getting out that way.

He gingerly pulled himself up to his feet and hobbled the short distance back to peer out over the town... it was like torture looking out at the world but knowing that he was stuck in the dank room but he was not giving up on his new found hope so he made his way back over to the door and studied it running his fingers all around the edge looking for any weakness and when he reached the hinges he gave a smirk when he realized that the old metal was corroded... he could work with that.

He looked around the empty room for anything that could help him... if only he still had his hook. There was nothing here, the room literally had nothing in it bar a ratty old mattress and a single blanket.

Wait... the mattress would contain springs he could use those to his advantage.

He was suddenly shuffling his way back across the floor but it would seem that he set off too quickly and he suddenly found himself in a heap on the floor as the room spun and his stomach clenched for what felt think the millionth time. He literally had nothing to bring up, he had eaten nothing since arriving and had been given nothing to drink either. The bout eventually ended leaving him breathing heavily against the floorboards wishing he had some water but he didn't and he had a mattress to get too so he ignored the burning desire in his brain to get more pills and clawed his way across the floor once more.

JUST as he reached his goal he heard the lock on the door click so he just tossed himself down and closed his eyes hoping that he would be left alone if Facilier thought that he was asleep.

"He seems to have been awake at some point" Facilier's voice said in a whispered tone but no one answered and Killian was unwilling to open an eye to see who was with the man when he could probably lay money on the answer being the Crocodile.

The silence just hung in the air as the Doctor walked slowly across the room towards where Killian lay trying in vain to mimic sleep until the footsteps stopped right by his side and the Doctor spoke again.

"He is not looking too well is he? I'll just leave these here where he will find them when he awakes. Do not rouse him... let him wake in his own time"

The urge to know what was being left was nearly overwhelming but Killian remained still until the footsteps moved off again. A few seconds later the door closed and the lock clicked back into place but Killian was no fool, he was a Pirate and as such he was a distrustful fellow so instead of just looking to see what had been left behind he faked moving in his sleep to turn over onto his side and once he was settled in place he creaked open his eyes and looked through his lashes to see a bottle of water sitting right by his head. His heart rate picked up at the sight of it and he wanted more than anything to just grab it and gulp it down but he refrained, instead choosing to ensure that he was truly alone first. Once again he faked movement in his sleep but this time he let out a slight moan and clutched his hand to his gut before settling in a slightly different position so that he could see across the bare floor... he was alone, there was no one else there.

He had the bottle in his hand in an instant twisting the lid from it with his teeth simply letting the blue cap fall from his mouth before gulping down half of the cool liquid in one go... he instantly regretted it as the water hit his stomach and another huge cramp took him in it's grasp but he fought it hard unwilling to lose what he had just consumed and eventually the pain eased and he fell back down onto the mattress with a sigh.

He knew he needed to move, he knew he should be getting the spring that he had set off so determined to retrieve but he was just too tired and he found his eyes closing against his will. He drifted in and out of sleep for a while but he kept being woken by more cramps and the shivers that now ran through his body.

He gave a particularly hard shudder and let out another groan only for it to be cut short when a voice spoke in the room. It was a voice that he thought he would never hear again but here it was in this room with him. His eyes flew open fully expecting to find the room still empty and to realize that the voice was another from inside his head but he was mistaken as his eyes fell on …... Two grinning Devins standing by the window.

"No no no... you cannot be here... you are not real... you are dead" Killian cried out scooting backwards on the mattress and clamping his eyes closed

The Devins laughed and one replied "Yeah we are but apparently that doesn't stop us Captain. We are your new personal "shadows" Hook, wherever you go we go and only you will see us."

Killian sucked in a huge breath and held it trying to calm his racing heart but nothing was helping as he heard the floorboard by his head creak. He couldn't help it, his eyes flew open and his breath left him as he found Devin crouching down just above him.

"Boo" the Lost One yelled before laughing loudly again "Who knew that being a spirit could be such fun?"

"Leave me alone" Killian grit out clamping his eyes closed again

"Sorry Captain... only you can make that happen." The other Devin threw in

Killian couldn't bring himself to open his eyes, he knew that he was teetering on the edge of an attack and his fragile mind could not take seeing one let alone two of these bloody demons so instead he rolled over to face the wall and pulled the blanket up over his head.

"You are pathetic" One of the Devins cried out with a bark of laughter

The phrase hit Killian hard and his chest hitched against his will... he had to fight this... it couldn't be real... and yet it was.

"You think that a blanket will stop us? Well I'm here to tell you it won't Captain... the only thing that will stop us is you when you end your own miserable life. You see we are now stuck here, in this realm but if you leave... well you will be able to be with your beloved Brother once more. Would you like that Captain? Do you need to see him so badly that it hurts?"

Killian was still fighting hard, he didn't want to let them win but with every word he lost more hope as the disappointed face of Liam invaded his thoughts... he needed to tell his Brother that he was sorry... Liam had died and it had been his fault. He had goaded him into testing than damned plant out on himself and in the end his Brother had died as a result.

The tears fell down Killian's face as he sobbed "I am sorry Brother... I am sorry. I did not mean for this to happen"

"You never mean for things to happen." one of the Devins yelled "You didn't mean to let your Brother die, you didn't mean to steal the Dark One's wife, you didn't mean for her to be murdered as a result, you didn't mean to give Baelfire to the lost ones... the list goes on Hook. Need I remind you of your latest "I didn't mean"? Look at you lying there, you really are pathetic. I bet as you lie there trying in vain to ignore us that your body is still crying out for that next hit. Is that the truth Captain? You didn't mean to get addicted to your pills and yet you did... do you NEED them? Can you feel the effects running through to your very core?"

Killian clamped his eyes closed... he was not going to answer.

Suddenly he heard the unmistakable sound of a pill bottle being shaken, his eyes popped open and he went stalk still.

"I am just going to leave these here and let you have a think about it Captain... did you know that just one of these bad boys if taken in the right way will have you not knowing that we are here? Just one... can you imagine that? Do you remember Whale telling you that you must NEVER chew them? Well that is the reason why... the hit you will get will be better than any rum that you have ever wasted time consuming. You can be blissfully unaware for a few hours. All your worries, all your troubles will simply disappear. You can be free of the burden of domestic life Hook... you will no longer worry about what is happening to that boy that is leeching away your soul."

Killian shook his head... he wouldn't do it.

He needed to stay strong but even after the room went silent he knew that the Devins were still there just waiting to taunt him again. He knew that before too long he would not be able to resist the urge to take a pill... he needed them... his whole body ached and his heart was racing... would one help to take all that away?

Maybe he could take just one and it would help him focus his mind... he could get the spring free from he mattress and escape this hell. He justified it in his head before making his decision, then he was rolling over and grabbing the pill bottle before he could change his mind deliberately not looking out into the room, he did not want to face the Lost One . He popped the cap off with his teeth and tipped the contents out on to the mattress before quickly grabbing a single pill.

He held it up and gave it a hard stare before mumbling "This is the last time... I swear. I just need to be able to get out of here."

He threw the pill into his mouth and crunched it in his teeth cringing at the bitter taste but he barely had time to form a coherent thought to try and figure how he was to free the spring without his Hook when suddenly he was lying back on his dirty mattress as a wonderfully euphoric feeling hit him. It was amazing, the feeling was beyond words. He forgot all his worries, in fact he found himself imagining himself back on board the Jolly racing through the open water with no one else around him... he had missed this... he had missed her... he was free.

He let out a burst of laughter as his troubles were replaced with only joy...And Killian Jones knew no more of reality as both Facilier and Gold watched the proceedings from the now open door.

Facilier grinned and stalked forward to get a better look at his prisoner who was now just lying grinning like a fool.

"Now that he has experience the sensation once he will crave it more and more, I also laced his water with a little something extra too. The poor Captain is not going to know what's hit him later on tonight and unfortunately his recollection of events will be a bit hazy... all except the feeling of that pill when it hit his system... that feeling he will remember all too well" Facilier smirked and turned back to Gold "I think a call to his "Brother" may be in order. I must report the fact that Captain Hook once more became violent and that this time he broke into the medicine store where he managed to get hold of what he was craving so badly. Hook will be out of it for a while so there will be no way he can tell the Sheriff anything useful but just to be certain I will ensure the only face he sees is that of that former Lost One that he seems to hate so much. I will move him back to the other room until we are done with this charade then he will be moved back up here after his Brother has left feeling nothing but disappointment in the fact that Hook has failed in his first attempt to get himself clean"

Gold looked slightly impressed but then his eyebrow rose and he asked "What happened with Whale? Why did you not just adjust his memory like you did for the Sheriff?"

"You have to think of the bigger picture Dark One." Facilier laughed "Now that the Doctor is out of the way I can concentrate on dealing with Hook without any further distractions. After Prince Charming himself has visited this afternoon he will not be in a hurry to return and hopefully he will even agree to me restraining the Captain... for his own good of course...leaving Hook feeling even more lost than he already is. Then in a couple of days poor poor Killian Jones will break free from my facility and end his days by throwing himself from the top of the clock tower... I know how much you like that place... your revenge will be complete and I can be on my way to a new land... What could possibly go wrong?"