Chapter 9

(In the hospital, two ambulance men wheel Rumplestiltskin in on a stretcher with Belle holding his hand, Doctor Whale/Frankenstein and a nurse crowd round them and lead them to the ER)

Rumplestiltskin: Get him away from me.

Dr Frankenstein: I don't exactly want to treat you either, but it's my job.

Rumplestiltskin: Fine, but hurry up.

Belle: Please can you heal him?

Rumplestiltskin: Who are you?

Belle: My name's Belle

Dr Frankenstein: And Rumplestiltskin here is your beast, I get it, come on let's see if we can't heal that leg of yours and get you out of here by the end of the day.

Rumplestiltskin: That would be good

(Half an hour later Belle is standing by Rumplestiltskin's side still holding his hand, then Dr Frankenstein comes into the private room).

Dr Frankenstein: Luckily for you the wound was not deep and after a nurse comes and unwraps those bandages for you, she'll stitch it and we wrap it for you. You'll have to change it again tomorrow morning and keep that on for 12 hours, after that you can take it off and then clean the wound with antiseptic once a day until its fully healed.

Belle: Thank you Doctor

Dr Frankenstein: Oh and don't forget to take your painkillers, that leg's gonna hurt for a while.

Rumplestiltskin: Thank you

Dr Frankenstein: You're welcome, now if you excuse me I have other patients to see.

(Doctor Frankenstein leaves the room and Belle hugs Rumplestiltskin)

Rumplestiltskin: What was that for?

Belle: I was scared for you, now I know you're gonna be fine.

Rumplestiltskin: I was never going to die from the wound, surely you know that?

Belle: I do, but still, to see someone you love so much hurt in any way, it hurts.

Rumplestiltskin: Believe me dearie, I know.

(The two smile at each other. In Regina's front yard, Cora raises her hand towards Emma and just before the spell touches her Regina uses her magic and forces the spell backwards so that it hits Cora instead).

Emma: Thank you

Regina: You're welcome, but we haven't got long, she's only knocked out.

Emma: Then we'll take her to the station, lock her in a cell.

Regina: No offence Miss Swan but she will break out of one of those cells before you've finished turning the key, we'll take her to the asylum.

Snow: The what?

Regina: The mental ward under the hospital, it houses people you are clinically insane.

Charming: You mean people from your prison back home.

Regina: Maybe

Snow: Not now Charming

Charming: But most of those people are probably innocent.

Snow: I know, and we'll deal with it, after Cora is locked up, ok, come on, let's move her, quick.

(David picks Cora up and carries her to the car)

End of Chapter