Yea so no excuse besides life. Life sometimes stinks…especially if it is real life. Anyway home (actually in PA now) my seasonal job is over for now, so hopefully what this means is that you get more chapters. So yea, onward and enjoy!

Reckoning

Chapter 9

"Come on Eli. Damn it, pick up." Michael growled, but as soon as he hit the voicemail for the fourth time in a row, he slammed the phone on the cradle, "Damn him!"

"Maybe he is out." David said slowly not really knowing how far his temper could go.

"Doesn't matter. Rule three b: never be unreachable. Eli knows this." Michael said as he ran a hand through his hair in a frustrating manner.

Snow, David, and Regina watched him closely as he paced back and forth, "What is it exactly you need to tell this Eli person?" Snow asked seeing that it was silently voted on that she talk to him.

Michael sighed, "About this new development. We are going to need every ounce of information that we can get so we can take down Gideon."

"And what exactly is your family's deal with Gideon?" Regina asked, "And why do you need us?"

"You are the Mayor right?" Regina nodded, "And you are the Deputy?" David nodded, "Well there you go. You know this town, and Emma would help but she is busy at the moment."

Before anyone else could have a chance to respond, there was a resounding crash followed by screeching tires, then followed by, "MY CAR!"

They all exchanged quick looks and ran outside to see Emma half out of the black Lincoln and two men getting out of what used to be the bug, "Emmy…hi!" One said as Emma got fully out of the Lincoln and ran past them to inspect her vehicle.

"Do. Not. Call. Me. Emmy!" Emma shot back as she looked at the mass amounts of damage done to the bug.

"What the hell happened?" Snow asked shocked at how there was only scratches and a few minor bullet holes on the Lincoln, but the bug was smashed against the utility pole on the sidewalk with mass amounts of bullet holes on the side and a few in the windows, in fact it was amazing the men were still alive.

The two men looked at each other, "Gideon's lackeys that is what happened." The other spoke up.

Snow, David, and Regina looked at the two men as they came around. They embraced Michael in a hug and then looked back at Emma, "We do not know how they found us." The one said to Michael, and then noticing the stares he held his hand out, "Noeland Robert Vance at your service, but I prefer Noel."

He shook hands with them and immediately their minds' flashed to the painting that they had seen as the other spoke up and exchanged hands, "I am Lucas Fredrick Vance. This idiot's twin."

"Hey I am older."

"By five minutes."

"Oh please-"

"Shut up! You are both dead!" Emma yelled over to them. Then motioning to the car, "It's totaled! You hear me?! Completely totaled!"

Lucas and Noel flinched back into Michael, "Mikey! Emmy's threatening bodily harm!" They yelled.

"I apologize for this," Michael said to the confused group in front of them. Then turning back to the twins, he said, "Knock it off!" Then looking at Emma he said, "Calm down Em-"

"Calm down! Calm down?! Those two flea-biting SOBs destroyed my car! A car that I have personally maintained and taken care of for the past thirteen years!" Emma yelled.

"Emmy-" Lucas tried to say.

"That tears it!" Emma yelled storming over to them, "I am going to rip out your heart and flay it over a fire while I proceed to tear your throat out!"

"Whoa Emma whoa!" Michael yelled as he quickly caught her and restrained her as Lucas and Noel stepped backwards away from the pissed off blonde, "Easy Emma…easy."

Snow, David, and Regina couldn't help but have their jaws drop at the way Emma was acting. Sure they knew that she was majorly attached to the car, but they didn't know it was this serious, "We are sorry Emma!" Noel cried as he hid behind his twin, "We didn't have a choice!"

"Didn't have a choice?! Father had fifty cars to choose from, but you had to take my bug?!"

"We figured Gideon would have had someone place a tracking thingy on them, he didn't really know about your car." Lucas explained.

"There is major damage on this car that wasn't there before your little gun battle with Damien and Mathis!"

"Damien and Mathis?" Michael questioned looking between his three 'siblings'.

"Yes they were the ones who shot my bug and nearly ran these two off the road." Emma responded.

"But Emma came out of nowhere and started to Roman Chariot race their ass. You should have seen it!" Noel said, "It was amazing. She literally ran them off the road and into a ditch!"

"What?! You didn't stop and get them?" Michael asked incredulously. Snow, David, and Regina were too stunned to ask the same thing, still trying to picture Emma doing what the men were describing.

Emma glared at her younger 'siblings' this time and Lucas scratched the back of his head uncomfortably, "Well the thing with that is, funny story really…uhm…Noel? You were driving…"

"Yea about that…uhm…the breaks kind of failed…"

"Kind of? They were destroyed!" Emma snapped her attention back to Michael, "I heard squealing and grinding over the sound of gunshots and dumb and dumber's crash! Not only that I saw the pulling to one side before I saw them going out of control. Hence when I decided to just cut them off and let them safely crash into this pole right here."

"Safely?! It is a utility pole in the middle of-" Lucas turned around and looked around at his surroundings, "Where the hell are we anyway?"

"Storybrooke." Regina cut in, "My town."

Lucas and Noel exchanged looks and then stared at Michael, "Seriously?"

"Seriously." Michael responded.

They looked at each other again and then to Emma, "Seriously?"

"Yes seriously." Emma stated with her arms crossed.

"You moved from a city named Boston to a small town called…Storybrooke?" Noel asked with the classic raised eyebrow and arms crossed to match.

Emma snorted and threw her hands in the air, "YES! For godsakes yes! I moved from a normal named area to one that is slightly out there in name so sue me and be done!"

"Excuse me, I resent that comment. I think this town fits perfectly with the name." Regina grumbled her own arms crossed.

"Ok going back to the problem at hand…what happed to Damien and Mathis?" Michael asked as Emma turned away to look at her wreckage of the car.

Noel and Lucas stayed silent as Michael looked at them, "Well?" He asked looking at Emma seeing that they were not going to respond.

"I do not know. I was focused on saving tweedle dee and tweedle dumb over there." Emma stated as she examined her car again, "It's gone."

"You can fix it." Noel said, "You fixed our cars before."

"It's gone! Gone and done for! It is useless scrap metal!" Emma yelled back as Noel ducked behind Charming.

David glared at him, "Sorry mate, but you do not want to know what happened last time she was this mad." Noel apologized.

"Somehow I have the image in my head as to what possibly happened." David drawled out as he stood aside, but at the same time trying to picture Emma a bit younger and practically an older sister to the two men that had just arrived.

Michael approached Emma and tried to pull her away from the rundown bug, "Emma please we need to focus."

"They are gone for now. I have a feeling that they managed to leave the ditch I put them in and drove away with their tail between their legs." Emma said as she pulled out her own phone and began to punch in the numbers for Tillman's, "How many times have I told you two to leave my car alone?"

"About a couple hundred times," Lucas responded and Emma shot him a death glare that made him shrink back as well, "Emma please we didn't have a choice."

Before Emma could formulate a response another voice broke into the group conversation, "Mom!"

Heads turned to see Henry, Killian, and Violet running over to them. However seeing the two new people and the damaged beyond repair bug, they stopped short, "Mom?" Lucas and Noel asked in shock looking at Emma.

"Yes, sheesh where have you two been?" Emma asked as she put her phone away for the time being, giving up the phone call for now.

"Wait, one more time…that kid," Noel pointed to Henry, "is your son?"

"I showed you a picture of him when we were in Philly." Emma stated firmly, "Did you two knock heads against the dashboard or against the side of the car doors or something?"

They looked back at Henry and then at Emma, "We could have made kickass uncles!" Lucas blurted out as he looked at Henry again, "Look at that gleam in his eyes! He would have made a great partner in crime, eh Noel?"

"That he would have! Look at him!" Noel motioned to Henry, "Slightly skinny, great for agility. Looks very intelligent, great for thinking of secret operations-"

"Who are you?" Henry asked not able to keep quiet as these two men were analyzing him.

Emma stormed over to them and gave them a swift whack upside the heads, "Enough with trying to corrupt my son."

"Our son." Regina muttered with her arms crossed not knowing what exactly was happening here.

"Emma love, who are they?" Killian asked as Emma looked like she wanted to hit the two men again.

"Love?" Noel and Lucas asked and then looked at Emma again in shock...that is until a dark look crossed their faces as they stared him down.

Lucas stormed over to Killian, drew his arm back, and delivered a direct blow to Killian's jaw, "Lucas!" Michael yelled as Noel pulled Lucas away from Killian as he was about to draw his foot back, and as the others went over to Killian.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!" Killian yelled as he tried to fight his way out of David's restraint to go after Lucas.

"You bastard! You put Emma in jail! You left her pregnant you cow-" Lucas was cut off as he felt a hand on his wrist that he was using to motion and enunciate the problem that was Killian. In fact in his blind rage, he did not notice that Emma had gotten up from her spot next to Killian and was totally blocking his view from his prey, "Emma?"

Emma's eyes were dark, almost as dark as he was used to seeing when they had gotten deep in the business. Her grip tightened on his wrist, and then she did something that he was not expecting (but in all honesty he should have), she twisted his wrist around, then spinning herself around, she used her full momentum to flip him over. However that was not all, as soon as she had on the ground, she was on top of him with a knife she had pulled from her boot to his throat, "Emma!" Michael and Noel shouted this time, ready to go after her.

Emma, gave them a piercing look that was just as deadly so they backed off, "Now see here, that is not Neal. That is Killian." Emma growled in Lucas's face as she pressed the knife to his throat.

"Wait, you are Killian?" Noel asked looking at the man in shock.

"Yes…" Killian growled eyeing the one twin with a menacing look, but then he gave a concerned glance to Emma as she got off of Lucas yet kept her deadly and murderous gaze on him.

"I am sorry…" Lucas gasped as he struggled to get off the ground, "It isn't like you showed us a picture or anything." Then looking at Killian, he held his hand out, "I am sorry mate."

Killian started to reach for his hand, but Emma stood right between them, "No not yet."

"Emma-" Both Killian and Lucas started to address her.

"You try anything remotely threatening again, and I swear I will kill you." Emma threatened harshly.

Lucas pulled his arm back and crossed his arms, "You would kill a brother who is trying to protect his sister?"

"She isn't really going to kill him is she?" Violet asked softly to Henry.

"Oh she would." Michael responded as Noel nodded in agreement. However looking at Emma closely, he saw something in her eyes. Something that he had seen that night in the parking lot before arriving in Storybrooke, and one other time before. Slowly, he moved away from the startled unsettling crowd, "Emma…"

Emma's hand was shaking as she held the knife in her hand. She heard a voice calling her name, but it was like it was coming from underwater as she saw a different scene play in her mind. It was like she was suddenly drowning in the memory in her mind as she stared into her prey beneath her and nothing else matter except for survival; her life was in danger, her family was in danger. She had not brought her gun…she was undercover, he drew the weapon-

A hand was slowly on her hand. Michael had slowly grasped her hand and kept talking to her, all the while keeping an eye on Lucas, telling him in so many expressions that no words were needed to keep quiet. He noticed how she now held the knife. It was like a gun and it was aimed at his head, like she was going to shoot him, "Emma, it is ok. You are in Storybrooke. Lucas did something stupid, and I think you scared him enough."

Emma slowly started to come to her senses as she felt her own grip loosen on the knife. Michael looked at Killian, and he went over to help Emma get of Lucas. Slowly pulling the two apart, Lucas felt it was safe enough to ask, "Emma? You ok sis?"

Emma blinked a few times as her mind caught up with the events that just happened, "I am going to see about my car." With that she wiggled out of Killian's grip on her shoulder and jogged over to Tillman's, leaving a confused group in her wake, "So," Noel said in the awkward silence, "that happened."

"Yea…sure did." Lucas responded as he rubbed his throat and kept swallowing the lump that was still there. Then looking at Killian, he said, "Look I am sorry. I just heard that word and thought you were that Neal bastard that screwed her over."

Killian sighed, he wanted to go after Emma, but something was telling him to stay back. Noticing the out stretched hand, he sighed again and shook it, "Just do not let it happen again."

There was another round of silence, before Henry spoke up this time as he held Violet's hand, "What did we miss?" As the adults remained looking at where Emma trailed off to and the slowly growing crowd started to form after Emma's tangent and near murder.

"Let's head back to the station, I can try calling Eli and you two can tell me everything that happened." Michael suggested.

At this, the twins shifted nervously, "About Eli, I think we may have a problem." Noel said slowly as Lucas had elbowed him to speak.

"What?" Michael deadpanned.

"We have been trying to contact him for a few days now…no one is answering…we think something may have happened."