Chapter 7
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She paused, unable to breath. How did he know she would leave?
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked again.
"Hook." she said, stunned.
"You see, trying to run away from me won't help. Because what is it again? Ah right, I will always find you." Hook said, using the phrase her parents always say. He started walking towards her.
"Don't step any closer." Emma said, holding up her hand, ready to hit him with magic.
Hook held up his hand, and suddenly she couldn't move, she couldn't speak.
"Do you honestly think that using your magic can stop me? Did you forget that I'm the Dark One? Thanks to you, this is who I am." Hook said stepping closer to her.
She struggled to say something, to try to stop him, but she couldn't. She was frozen. "If you thought that you could run away, without me knowing, you are wrong. If you thought that you would find something to stop me outside of Storybrooke, you are wrong. If you thought I would just let you go, you are wrong. Because Emma," he said caressing her cheek, "You have to pay for what you did to me. You will regret the day you decide to tether me to Excalibur." He dragged his hook down her cheek. "I see you got rid of the gift I gave you. What a shame. But don't worry," he pressed his hook harder, reopening the cut, this time hurting more than the last. "It's a gift I'll be happy to give to you many, many times."
She felt blood falling down her cheek. "Why are you doing this?" Emma said, finally able to speak again. "How does this make you happy? How does losing your happy ending satisfy you? You had everything anyone could want- a chance at a happy ending- and you threw it away. For what? So you can get revenge on a man that killed your old lover centuries ago? That isn't worth it, Killian. This isn't worth it." Tears started to form in her eyes, slowly falling. "Please Killian. Just stop this. Please come back to me. This isn't you. Killian Jones never wanted to become this man. Come back to me and we can get rid of the darkness together. You don't need your revenge. You can be happy without it. You can be happy with me, with the future like we planned." She looked at Hook and saw that his face softened a bit. She walked over and took his hand. "Please Killian, for me." She smiled through her tears. "We can overcome the darkness. And you can get your happy ending. I'm your happy ending. We can be a family together."
Hook stared at her, holding onto her hand. "Love, I would love to have my happy ending." he said softly. "But unfortunately it's not with you." His eyes hardened. "And you're wrong Swan, I am the man I always wanted to be, and you helped me turn into him. Now I can end the crocodile and be happy that I did. And you, I will never get my happy ending with you. Like I said, you will regret the day you let me live." He pulled his hand away and laughed. "Did you really think that sweet talking me will make me come back to you and ignore everything you've done to me? You are very wrong." Hook waved his hand and Emma felt the blood flowing out faster.
"Let's see how much you regret tethering me to Excalibur." Hook said.
Emma tried to speak, but she couldn't move her lips to form words. She felt the blood dripping down her chin and she saw the trees starting to spin around. They looked like they were dancing, no they were part of a painting, each color blending into the next. She saw a figure move towards her- Hook? – and felt her knees go weak. She fell, unable to brace herself.
"You are so much easier to tolerate quiet." she heard Hook say, as he lifted her up in his arms, the hook poking into the small of her back. Her eyelids closed as she drifted into the darkness.
