Hi All my readers here is another chapter.
This one is entirely from Emma's point of view-there's not much dialogue as I wanted to highlight the mess I think Emma is in at this point in the season.
The decision to take Liam to New York was always part of the plan and Next Chapter-(Tiny) Killian finds out about Emma's decision, the hunt for Cora is on and there's some Henry/Emma/Liam airport/plane bonding and I might even try something from Gold's point of view-Suffice to say next chapter is where the action truly begins.
Thank you all so much for your comments the fact that so many of you have read this story means that it's at the top of my updating list so it should be very soon!
Disclaimer-Only the adorable Liam Jones is mine
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The Pirate's Son
Chapter 8- In The Name of the Brother
In Which Emma re-evaluates her position in Liam's life
On first impression Emma thought Killian was dead.
He certainly looked like it. She left the combined efforts of David and Mary-Margaret to deal with confused and borderline terrified Belle and what she suspected was the heartbroken and therefore murderous Gold.
God there was never a moment's peace in this place was there?
She bent down gingerly prodding Hook's ribs and smiled to herself when she felt him gasp in pain. "You broke your ribs" she said matter of factly "Hurts when I laugh" came the pain ridden reply. "You idiot" she hissed "You do realised that you have a child don't you?"
But Hook had swept into the land of unconsciousness and Emma sighed again. If the bastard didn't make it through then she's kill him herself.
She had been quick and calculated separating Hook and Belle and Gold, the latter wanting blood. Whale was more practical. The outsider had seen Gold use magic.
Emma wasn't one of those people that wanted to kill someone but to be honest she didn't really see a way back out of this-unless of course he suffered amnesia-she really didn't hold out the hope for it really.
The tourist-Greg seemed harmless enough but still there was something about him that seemed to make her skin crawl, maybe she thought leaning against the wall it was because there was the two small children sleeping currently in her apartment like nothing was wrong. They were unaware of the threat that the town they lived in could be facing.
This created another problem for Emma Swan. When the hell had she considered the pirate's son as something almost like her own? She liked the kid and nobody could deny that his father loved him but Emma really wondered If Liam had been on Hook's mind at all tonight-if before he had destroyed the only thing the Dark One had loved he had considered the five year old at all. The comment "I hurt his heart, Belle is just where he keeps it" made her head hurt and she felt like throttling the idiot because of course a grief-stricken, all powerful wizard knew exactly where Hook's heart was kept.
Then there was the introduction of another problem. If you ignored the fact that they were discussing whether or not they should let Whale let the knife slip and the fact that the good doctor was drunk off his ass.
Her parents wanted to go back into the Enchanted Forest.
Emma really didn't want that.
This world was her home, in some way it was Henry's as well, Emma liked the internet and Jeans and her medical insurance. She wasn't sure if she wanted to take her son into a world filled with danger where she suspected women didn't have the same freedoms as this world all for the sake of some unfinished business she didn't understand?
Either way Emma was staying and Henry was staying with her.
She dispatched Ruby to look for the absent Doctor and sat down on one of the hard chairs feeling tension seeping into her. David sat down next to her, slinging an arm around her in one of the first father-daughter moments she had ever had it was nice and if the situation they were in wasn't so dire she would have enjoyed it.
Ruby skipped back smiling an hour later dragging the much calmer (and sober) doctor. They were both smiling softly shooting each other looks and Emma would have sighed and pointed out that they were in the middle of crisis but she was too tired.
Greg Mendel didn't know anything. Gold disappeared and Hook was forced to spend the next week or so handcuffed to a bed. All in all (with the exception of Belle) it hadn't been a bad outcome really.
She left Hook sleeping with the promise of keeping Liam with her until he was well (and hopefully still alive) when she finally staggered home in need of hot bath and a bottle of gin, it was to see Granny the resident babysitter reading, her crossbow at her feet.
It was times like this that Emma needed to cry a little.
The boys were both asleep sharing the same bed when Emma popped up to see them her parents sending Granny on her way. Henry was flat on his stomach his face pressed into the pillow when Emma smoothed his hair back pressing a kiss into his hair. "Love you Henry" she said softly. Liam was on his back and Emma pulled up the covers so they were covering his little body. Looking at him she realised that this little kid was so utterly innocent that the thought of him in danger physically hurt.
She was someone's mother, and nobody had been there to kiss her goodnight as a child and that had ripped her in two most nights. Gently she leaned over brushing a Liam's brown hair out of his eyes and pressing another kiss to his forehead. "Love you to Liam" she said blinking back the moisture in her eyes.
She bit her lip feeling an incredible, indescribable amount of anger swell at Hook. Whatever his damn reason, no matter how much he could have justified what he had done tonight he had done it for revenge. Emma understood the need to absolve your own conscious-the pain she felt for Graham was still burning somewhere deep inside of her but she would have never done anything if it meant leaving Henry alone.
Hook it seemed in that moment didn't seem to think about the five year old he was dependable for. Even now chained to a bed, with three broken ribs he had been more focused on almost flirting with her than focusing on the main priority at hand.
His son.
She staggered downstairs when she heard the commotion dragged out of her mental fatigue by the sound of someone and David getting at it.
As it turned out it was Gold.
Listening to him Emma wondered briefly if he had finally cracked without Belle there to keep him steady. "If any harm comes to Belle while were gone, I will kill you all" he had stated before disappearing. If Emma was any less cynical she would have made a comment, but she was bone deep tired and in need of a good night's sleep.
One thing was crystal clear even at the stark hours of the night as the migraine pulsed around her. Cora was in town, she could have Regina-and the only weakness Regina had ever had was Henry… for a start if she was leaving Storybrooke then he was coming with her. But that left the whole Liam problem to be addressed.
She couldn't leave him here. While Mary-Margaret and David would probably be thrilled about the idea she sincerely doubted that Cora (who Hook had double cross) would be overly concerned about the boy. He was the only way to get to Hook.
No. Emma had to keep the both of them safe. And there was only one way to do that…
Tomorrow the three of them were going to New York.
And please let me know what you think and stay tuned!-I promise I will update as soon as I can-Bring on New York!
