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Emma woke up to screams.
Flashes of the night before rushed by in her mind's eye: Hook on the floor of the bathroom, trembling, Ruber's mad face, the villains, the nightmares. She felt herself tremble. How were they going to fix this?
Another shout caused her to bolt up out of her bed and she fumbled to turn on the light, her hands shaking. What was going on? She saw a figure dash by her room, and then she heard more shouting.
She quickly got up out of bed and ran out into the hallway. It was still quite early in the morning, maybe six or seven.
Emma rounded the corner and her eyes befell on an incredulous sight; Mr. Gold and Killian—Hook were circling each other menacingly, in Hook's hand a knife, one of those used to cut steak and other meats—Emma had no idea how he had gotten it. In the corner, David and Snow watched with huge, round fearful eyes.
Hook was already on the verge of a panic attack from the events that had happened the night before, a fairly unstable act to be in already. Who knew what he would do now? Emma had no idea that a person such as Mr. Gold would trigger such a violent reaction.
"You. It was you. I saw you. You stood there and did NOTHING!" Hook shouted, pointing a shaking finger at Gold.
But before Emma could do anything, Hook swung the knife at Gold. They both struggled to grab it as both Emma and David circled them, trying to stop them from killing each other.
"Hey! Stop!" David shouted, standing helplessly on the sidelines as they fought. Finally, Gold threw Hook off and struggled to standing, a bruise forming underneath his eye.
"I have no idea what the pirate is talking about. What happened?" Gold asked. He straightened up, then took a step towards Hook, who was still on the floor, breathing hard and fighting for control. Emma stared at Hook, of course Gold hadnt known what Hook had gone through, that the slightest touch would trigger an almost violent reaction.
"I know you don't like me, but I'm just here to help." Gold said, leaning over and offering a hand up. Hook shuttered, and then grabbed Gold's arm and pushed him away, and Gold fought back. Hook didn't care though, he lunged at Gold with a strangled cry.
"Hook! Killian stop!" David shouted, grabbing at Hook's arm, but Hook pulled away and shoved David. Hard.
"Stop!" Hook shouted then he shot Emma a panicked look
"Please, please please stop." he pleaded, his whole body trembling. Now everyone in the room was shouting. David was trying to get a hold of Gold, Hook was trembling on the floor, Snow was standing next to the phone, her hand hovering above it, waiting for the right moment to call for help.
Emma finally stepped into the fray " Everyone stop! Stop right now! Gold, step away. Actually, go outside into the hallway-."
"But-."
"Please, he doesn't know where he is! Just go! Just let him come back!"
"What?" David asked
"Let him calm down, he has to understand that we are not them. That we wont hurt him." Emma explained, eyes looking from Gold, to David and then to Snow.
David took a step towards them, and then kneeled down so he was at eye level with Hook.
"Killian, give me the…" David started, taking a a step towards him, but Hook gasped and held the knife up higher in a defensive position.
"Don't come any closer. Stop." he said, hands shaking "Stop, stop!" he scooted backwards until his back his the wall, his breath coming in gasps.
"Stop. Stop. No. NO!" he shouted, the knife clattered to the floor as his hands came up to grab his hair.
"Killian?" Emma asked again, taking a few steps towards her friend and kneeling down a few feet from him.
"Hook." she said, trying to bring him back, to do anything to make -whatever this was- stop. Hook gasped shuttering he clutched his hair, but then he looked up at them and his eyes were pleading.
"David, Emma-make it stop. I cant-they wont stop-I cant-please." he stuttered
"I'm fine, FINE, no. They wont stop-I can't. No no NO no!" he continued, pounding his head against the wall and pulling at his hair with each word. Emma inched closer and reached out his hand.
"Killian, stop. It's okay, everything is going to be okay-" she said
"No, no no. Stop! Stop!" The mantra continued. Emma dropped his hand and watched helplessly as her friend was once again taken over by panic.
"David…Snow, call...call someone. We have to help him."
"Okay." she heard David move away, towards the phone but Emma stayed where she was. Hook didn't seem to see her anymore, he continued the chanting and hair pulling. Then, suddenly- finally Hook reached for her, grabbing his arm and pulling her close, his eyes wide with panic.
"Emma, I-I-cant. Please, Please they won't stop. Please, make it stop." he pleaded
"Okay, we will. I promise." Emma answered, grabbing hold of Hook's other hand.
"Just stay with me. Killian, look at me." she demanded and Hook finally looked him in the eye. Emma almost flinched away at the broken soul staring back at her, and then she knew just what Ruber's men had taken. She barely heard the arrival of the medics, and then the murmurs as David and Snow told them what had happened.
A medic knelt down next to them, holding a needle.
"Its a sedative." she told Emma.
Emma nodded "Killian, listen to me." she said, and waited until their eyes locked, "Everything is going to be okay. We're going to make them stop, I promise." she said.
"Keep talking, I need to pull his shirt down." the medic asked, and Emma nodded again.
"Killian, you're going to be fine." she continued, keeping a firm grip on Hook's hand. But Hook flinched and struggled when the medic touched his arm to pull down his sleeve.
"Look at me . We're going to help you." Emma told them, and they locked eyes again. Then Emma started to sing, a song of her childhood that always comforted her at night, when the nightmares came;
"Out of my window,
looking in the night,
I can see the barges glistering lights.
Barges, I would like to go with you,
I would like to sail the ocean blue…."
A silence krept over the room as Emma sang softly.
Hook stared at her, hanging on to every word.
"Done." the medic said, pulling the needle back. Hook panicked slightly as the drugs started to kick in.
"Emma? Emma? I-I-" he stammered
"Shhh, it's going to be okay." Emma comforted him, squeezing his hand, and finally Hook's head dropped, and he slumped against the wall.
"We're going to take him to the ER." the medic told her, and Emma could tell she was nearly as shaken as he was.
"Alright. David and I will follow."
Snow, who had been standing motionless, watched silently as the medics lifted the unconscious Hook into a stretcher and pulled him away.
"Snow, you alright?" Emma asked, and Snow nodded slowly.
"You stay here with Gold. Try to get some answers out of him. He was obviously a part in this."
Snow nodded again.
"I'll do what I can. Emma, will he be okay?" she asked, her eyes glistening with unfallen tears.
"He's going to be fine, He will be fine." David answered.
"Just stay here. We'll let you know when we get there." Emma added
Snow nodded again, and then backed up until she was sitting on the couch as David and Emma exited the room slowly.
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I apologize for the long gaps between the updates. This has been a crazy year! As always, please be respectful in the comments.
