A/N: Should I put a warning for some violence in this chap? Whoops. I already did! Enjoy!:-)
Chapter 12
Ris was enjoying a good smoke outside Mary Margaret's appartment. She hadn't smoked at all in two days, that was progress. But she had missed yesterday's session with Archie and that got her off schedule. And she really wanted to smoke. Especially after she had that talk with Mary Margaret last night when she went over at the hospital.
Apparenly, Mary Margaret had found her prince Charming in David. Which would've been fine if it wasn't for David's wife, Katherine. Ris was no fan of that woman. Her husband had been in a comma for years and she hadn't noticed until last week? And what was it with her trying to win him back after all this time? Maybe the man wanted to move on. He had memory loss for God's sake.
Mary Margaret had asked Ris if she thought she was the worst person in the world. Honestly, Mary Margaret hadn't commited any crime. It wasn't her fault that she developed feelings for David, it was kind of expected after all, with all of Henry's book crap about him being prince Charming. But that answer wasn't good enough for Mary Margaret, especially when Ris told her that she should tap that. Mary Margaret didn't really know what that meant, but coming from Ris's mouth, she knew that it didn't mean playing a nice game of chess.
"Ris!" she heard Henry calling her from the other side of the street. Ris quickly threw her cigarette in the garbage bin after extinguishing the flame. Swan had somewhat influenced her with her motherly instincts and she wouldn't smoke in front of the kid.
"Hey champ. How's it..." she started, but Henry surprised her by wrapping his arms around her and hugging her tightly, not caring about the smell of smoke that still hadn't floated away. She felt a few tears on her shirt, and they were not because he was too happy to see her. Ris tapped Henry's head akwardly, she hadn't comforted a crying kid before.
"Uh... What's wrong champ? Did your mom do anything?" she asked and made Henry pull away. The crying kid looked at her with his tear soaked eyes, but he wasn't able to speak. He only shook his head.
"How about we go upstairs and you calm down a little?" asked Ris. Henry rubbed his eyes to get the tears away and he nodded. Ris placed her hand on his back and guided them upstairs.
Henry knocked on the door and Emma opened a few seconds later.
"Kid? What happened?" asked Emma, concerned. Emma looked at Ris.
"What did you tell him?" she asked, as if it was obvious that she did something. Ris raised her hands in surrender.
"Don't be so quick to make up conclusions, Swan. It was probably the big bad mayor." she said.
"Come in." said Emma and guided them inside. She sat on the couch and Henry chose to sit next to her while Mary Margaret and Ris sat together on the other couch.
"What happened?" asked Emma again.
"It's Archie..." said Henry, after his cries died down a little.
"What did that stupid shrink do? Will I have to beat him up?" asked Ris.
"He thinks I'm crazy." said Henry.
"Kid, I'm sure that's not true. He's in Operation Cobra." said Emma.
"He told me that Operation Cobra is a delusion and that I can't tell the difference between delusion and reality." said Henry, a few tears filling his eyes again.
"That doesn't sound right, Archie would never hurt Henry like that, I know him." said Mary Margaret.
"No, but I know someone who would." said Ris.
"The only one that doesn't benefit from Henry's theory." said Emma and she got off the couch.
"Where are you going?" asked Mary Margaret.
"To kill a cricket." said Emma while putting on her red jacket.
"Hey, there will be no killing without me, Swan." said Ris and ran behind her friend. Archie had a lot to hear from them.
"Archie!" yelled Emma while knocking hard on Archie's door.
"Open up you damn cricket!" yelled Ris, knocking even harder.
"You think he's in there?" whispered Emma.
"Of course he is. He's just too coward to face us after what he did." whispered Ris. "Alright, shrink. We're coming in!" yelled Ris and knocked the door open. Archie didn't even aknowledge them. He just kept drinking from his glass with his dog, Pongo sitting next to him. Ris got mad and she grabbed the glass from his hand and downed the rest of the drink by herself.
"Miss Silver! This is highly inappropreate..."
"To hell with the drink. Explain yourself." demanded Emma. "You told me not to take his fantasy away, that it would devastate him!"
"Of course, if therapy stops working, you adjust it." said Archie.
"I think I see the big bad mayor's signature all over his face. If you look closely, you'll see it." said Ris.
"Did she threaten you, what could be strong enough to drown out your own conscious?" asked Emma.
"I don't need to defend my proffesional decisions to you, okay?" said Archie.
"Okay? I'll show you okay." said Ris, and grabbed Archie's umbrella from its place next to the couch and pointed it at him. "Next session you have with Henry, you'll tell him that all these bullshit came from a very bad hangover and many years without getting laid. Understood?" she said. Archie rolled his eyes and took the umbrella back.
"I'm not getting intimidated in my job. Now please, Miss Silver, get out!" said Archie, pointing at the door.
"Oh, but you do get intimidated by Gina? What did she tell you exactly? That she'll leave you with nothing other than your umbrella if you don't do as she says?" said Ris, ignoring Archie's request that she leaves.
"Archie, whatever that woman has told you is not worth ruinning Henry's life. So please..." started Emma, but her phone ringing stopped her.
"It's Regina." said Emma to Ris only.
"This should be fun..." commented Ris and she stuck her ear on the other side of the phone so that she could listen as well.
"Hello, Madam Mayor. Nice work." said Emma when she picked up.
"You with him?" asked Regina from the other line.
"Yes, I'm with Dr. Hopper and guess what? You left your fingerprints all over him when you tried..."
"Not him. Henry. Are you with him?"
"Ris and I dropped Henry by your office an hour ago."
"Well he's not here."
"I don't know where he is..." said Emma.
"That kid... Where could he possibly go?" asked Ris, pulling away from the phone.
"I know where he went..." said Archie.
The Enchanted Forest
A Long Time Ago...
Mulan walked to Clarissa's tent, trying to make her step look manly. Her walking would be the last thing her co-soldiers would notice after her climb up the stick, that was all everyone would talk about, but it's better to be safe than sorry. She had a feeling that this Chien Po guy already knew about her. Hopefully Clarissa hadn't told anyone...
"Hey there Ping. How does victory feel like?" asked Yao when Mulan got to the tent carrying some food for the prisoner.
"It feels good my friend. May I eneter? I have food for the prisoner." said Mulan.
"About the prisoner, when is it going to be the time of her questioning? I'm sick of being her guard dog." said Yao, somewhat angrily.
"All in good time. Now let me enter and do not let anyone else come inside." she said. Yao stepped aside and Mulan entered the tent. Clarissa was knelt on the ground and she was doing something at the back of the tent.
"What are you doing?"asked Mulan. Clarissa jumped in surprise. She hid her hands behind her back and got up with a fake innocent smile.
"Absoloutely nothing." she replied.
"What are you hiding there?" asked Mulan.
"What are you talking ab..." started Clarissa, but Mulan grabbed both her arms and pulled them in front of her. Clarissa had a small piece of glass in her hand. Mulan looked over at the girl's previous spot on the ground. The tent was slightly ripped, but it looked like someone was cutting it for hours. Mulan looked at the prisoner as if she was about to kill her.
"To be fair, this is my tent. I get to do what I want with it." said Clarissa.
"I'll have a guard at every side of your tent. There will be no escaping this camp for you." said Mulan and she left the tent after she let clarissa's food on her bed.
"You wouldn't have to if you could just let me go!" yelled Clarissa, but only Yao heard her from outside the tent.
A while later, she had another visitor. It was no other that Chien Po. He had a kind smile and Clarissa felt relieved that at least one person liked her in that camp.
"How are you doing?" asked Chien Po.
" 'Ping' is having more guards standing outside my tent. What do you think?" said Clarissa.
"I think you were right." whispered Chien Po, making sure that Yao wouldn't listen.
"About what?" asked Clarissa, whispering as well.
"I think I should put my brains to use. I'm getting you out of here." he said and reached at the belt of his armor. He took out a small hunting knife and handed it to her. "This is sharper than the pice of glass you got there. Mulan has put me guard at that side of the tent." he said and pointed to the left. "I have your map, I'll give you some food and you can have my horse to get away as fast as you can." he said hurriedly.
"Wait, what? Your horse? No way. I'm getting Yao's horse. Serves him right for being such an ass." said Clarissa.
"No. Not Yao's. If his horse goes missing he'll come after you. It won't be pretty."
"How do I know which one is yours?"
"I've left it a few miles away. You'll know. I'll get out now. I'll see you in a few..."
"HUNS!" yelled someone from outside the tent, interrupting Chien Po.
"I thought Huns do not attack here..." said Clarissa.
"I thought so too." said Chien Po. Three seconds later, Chien Po and Clarissa could hear the Huns yelling and the soldiers begging for mercy. Those savages sounded like the ogres...
"My time here is getting better and better. Week one, I almost get eaten by an ogre. Week two, I'll get eaten by the closest thing to them." said Clarissa.
"Huns are not cannibals."
"I thought so too about myself. I almost ate my brother from hunger once." said Clarissa, and she grabbed the knife Chien Po gave her. She headed to the ripped side of the tent and she started stabbing it with force.
"What are you doing? You are going to head straight to the battlefield!" yelled Chien Po and he forced her away.
"Everywhere is a battlefield! We need to go before..." she started, but stopped when someone cut the fabric of the tent with a huge sword and marched inside, straight in front of Chien Po. It was one of them... The Huns. He was huge. He had a murdering look. Although Chien Po said that they didn't eat humans, Clarissa was sure that the savage was thinking which way he would serve her to his plate.
Chien Po pushed Clarissa behind him to protect her. The savage raides his sword at the same time Chien Po raised his. The Hun brought it down with force, but thankfully, Chien Po was strong enough to prevent it from slicing his head in two. The swords slashed together, but the savage kept trying to bring his sword down to decapitate Chien Po. Clarissa got scared for her friend. He was the only one that belived her and the only one to actually offer her help. She couldn't let him die. She gripped the hunting knife strongly and she emerged from behind Chien Po, taking fast steps towards the Hun. She raised her knife and brought it down on his leg. He was preoccupied with trying to rip Chien Po's head off, so he didn't notice her. But even when the knife ripped his skin, he still wouldn't aknowledge any pain. But unfortunately, her failed attmpt of giving Chien Po a head start did not go unnoticed. The Hun gave up on fighting her friend by breaking off the sword fight and punching him in the face so hard that he fell on the ground. Next thing Clarissa knew, was that she was lifted from the ground by her throat. The savage was choking her. She tried her best to breath, but the grip on her throat was too strong. So she tried to get him to release her by scratching his hand with her fingernails. But if the hunting knofe on his leg had no effect on him, how would that accomplish anything? She was starting to feel dizzy anyways. Her vision was starting to blur. She knew death was coming.
She atleast hoped that he was satisfied. If that was what he wanted then good for him. Maybe he would let her brother go if she died... But that never came. Chien Po attacked the savage from behind by stabbing his armor, hoping that he could rip through it. The Hun let Clarissa fall on the ground immediately, and turned around fast. Clarissa was about to fall unconcious. But the sight she came to see kept her eyes wide open with fear and shock. Chien Po fell on the ground with blood dripping from his throat. He was dead... The savage had killed him...
'"NO!" yelled Clarissa and she ran by her dead friend's side, forgetting for a moment that she could die as well.
She hadn't cried in years. There was nothing for her to cry for. But this week back in the Enchanted Forest had brought her back to her previous original self. She wondered if she would be like that if she had never left...
The Hun raised his sword once again, to finishe what he started. Clarissa made no move to stop him, it would be pointless. She just stood there and waited for the Hun to finish her off. But something stopped him. His sword fell form his hand and he made a groan of pain. Clarissa found out what was happening when the savage dropped on his knees. There was someone behind him. Not someone. It was him. Out of all the times she needed his help, he chose to appear then. When she was about to die. He had his hand inside the Hun's back. In a fewseconds, he pulled it out holding something that looked like a heart that glowed in a shiny pink color. Oh God, he had just ripped his heart out...
"How many times must I tell you? Not. Her." he said and started squeezing the heart until it was nothing but dust. Clarissa stayed with her eyes wide open the entire time. She had witnessed two deaths and almost experienced her own in a matter of a few minuites... At that moment, she snapped. She grabbed Chien Po's knife and made a move to stab him. But he was faster. He grabbed her arms and made the knife disappear with his magic.
"Is that a way to treat the one that saved your life?" he asked.
"You didn't save my life, you took two of them!" she yelled, angrily, trying not to let her voice break.
"If I recall, it was him to kill your friend, not me." he said and pointed at the Hun's dead body.
"Quit playing dumb, it was you that sent the Huns to attack the camp. Why?" she asked, her voice not breaking for even a second. She couldn't appear weak in front of him.
"Isn't it obvious? To help you of course, my dear Rissy." he said.
"Don't call me that. Couldn't you help me the second I got here? Why now?" she asked.
"Because, Rissy, the second you got here, you were on the right path. I didn't want to ruin that. But this one only helped you do just that." he said, pointing at Chien Po's body.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"You were about to get out by yourself, using a very sneaky and smart method I must say. What was her name? Ping? Oh no, that was the fake one. Mulan, was it?" he said.
"What about her?"
"You were going to spill her secret, weren't you?"
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Sure you do. Giving into your dark side is nothing to be ashamed of. Why did you call off that plan?"
"Because I'm not you. Why do you care how I do things anyway? In two weeks time, we'll never have to see each other again."
"I wouldn't count on that. Without using any sneaky methods, I doubt you'll ever get out of here."
"Why don't you get me out? You are here."
"Where would the fun be in that? It's the game, Rissy. This Hun attack was a warning. Next one probably won't be. Better get this plan of yours going." he said and disappeared into thin air.
Storybrooke
Present Time...
The mines. Henry went to the freaking mines. Which were most likely going to collapse even more. Damn Archie and damn Regina for making Henry go there.
"Henry!" yelled Ris along with Archie and Emma.
"Champ, come out now!" she yelled again, this time approaching the mines.
"I don't think he's here." said Emma, hopefully.
"I think he is." said Archie and he held up a candy bar he found on the ground.
"Candy bars. He had these with him." said Archie.
"Great. Thanks to you being Regina's lap dog, Henry is trapped under this set of unstable rocks that will most likely..."
"Please, stop talking!" yelled Emma, not wanting to fear for the worst.
Suddenly, the ground started to shake again, just like last night. The mines were collapsing again...
"Henry!" yelled Ris and Archie at the same time.
"Henry! It's not safe!" yelled Archie. Ris tried to see through the smoke that the destruction had created. Archie had just entered the mine! Ris tried to go after him, but the entrance collapsed right in front of her.
"Archie! Henry!" yelled Ris. Emma ran towards her from behind.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Archie... He entered the mines and now he's trapped with Henry!" said Ris, trying to keep calm but failing.
"Oh my God..." said Emma. Ris took out her phone as fast as she could.
"Who are you calling?" asked Emma.
"Graham. He's the sherif, it's time for him to do his job." said Ris and placed her phone on her ear.
"Hey there. I didn't expect a call from you." said Graham when he picked up.
"You need to be at the old mines in about twenty now seconds. Archie and Henry are trapped in there, bring anyone who can be of help. Now!"
"When did that happen?"
"Uh, about ten hours ago, I just thought of calling you a little later and wait for the rocks to crash both Henry and Archie's bones. Get here now!" she yelled.
"On my way." said Graham and he hung up. Ris turned to Emma to calm her down, and she had her phone on her ear as well.
"Who are you calling?" she asked.
"Regina. It is her son after all." replied Emma.
All the two best friends could do until help got there, was praying that Archie would find Henry and he would protect him.
A/N: Hey there! That must've been the biggest flashback I've ever written. I actually cried while writing Chien Po's death... I hope I didn't break any hearts... Anyway, I hope you got who that him person that Ris always brings up is. He's a real douche bag... Thank you for the favorites/follows and thank you Lolo314, Blacklab369, SwingingOnAStar and Lilian for reviewing! Thank you for reading! Please, please, please leave your review!:-)
