Chapter 13
Cruelty and Despair
Emma woke up with shackles on her wrists. She looks around and realizes that she is in a cell. She tries to free herself from the shackles, with no luck. Suddenly the door opens and she looks up as Gold, Maleficent, and Cruella make their way down the stairs.
She sighs. "Look if you came to kill me, then go ahead. I'm not afraid." She said looking at the trio. Cruella laughs and shakes her head. "We aren't here to kill you darling. We are here to make your life hell." Cruella takes a gun out and shoots her in the arm, she grunts out in pain.
Maleficent came closer to the cell door. She summons some of her dragon scales. She opens the door and begins cutting her with the scales, which feels sharper than knife blades. Emma grunted in pain. Maleficent smiled and she continued to cut her, and push the scales into her skin, leaving them buried into her flesh, allowing her to bleed.
Emma looked up at Gold, who was just standing there. "What, no abuse from you? I'm surprised." Gold shook his head. "Not yet anyway Ms. Swan. My torture will be far worse than any physical pain." Cruella came into the cell, taking the blade of her knife, cutting into Emma's arm, leaving a trail of blood. She closed her eyes. 'Killian.'
Regina opened her eyes and touched her head. She had a massive headache from hitting the asphalt. "Emma?" she called, looking around. She gets up and looks in and around the bug. "Emma! Emma!" she called. She looked around, Gold and the others nowhere to be found. She sighed and she tried to call Emma. She heard a faint ringing and she walked over. There laid her phone. "Shit!" said Regina as she picked up the phone. She ran back to the bug and hopped in, and gunning it back to town.
Killian ran over to the bug when Regina parked it. "What happened? Where is she?" Killian asked, panic flooding his voice. "We need to find Mary Margaret and David first." Killian nodded. They walked over to the apartment.
They all sat down after Henry joined them. "Where is Emma? What the hell happened?" asked Killian. Regina sighed. "We were practicing magic when we felt a strong magic pull at the town line. We drove there to investigate. It was Gold and the others, trying to break the spell over the town. They broke it and I was knocked out."
"Why didn't either of you call us!? We could have been there to help!" yelled Killian. Regina looked at Killian with annoyance. "There wasn't enough time pirate. We didn't have the time to wait for you to get there in time."
"So wait, if you and mom were both knocked unconscious when this happened, then that means that mom has to be with Gold." said Henry. Killian gripped his hair until his knuckles turned white. "Okay, so where do we even begin to start searching?" asked Killian.
"That is a good question." said David. "For now, I think we should just split and look around." said Henry. They all agreed. Henry and Regina went together and stopped to ask Robin for help. David and Killian left together. Mary Margaret stayed with Neal.
They all looked all over the town. Killian looked around and looked at the shop. "I'll be right back." he said to David. He opened the door. "Belle? Belle, please!" Belle came from behind the curtain. "What's the matter?" Belle asked as she took in the shaken pirate's appearance.
"Please, I need your help!" Belle nodded. "Gold and the women attacked Emma and Regina, they took Emma, and we need your help getting through him. Please, I'm begging you." Belle nodded. "Of course I'll help." Killian sighed in relief. "Thank you so much. Now do you know where they could be keeping Emma?'
Belle looked at Killian. "Have you checked Zelena's old house?" Killian called everyone up and they met at Zelena's house. Belle walked up and knocked on the door. Gold answered the door and looked in shock at who was standing there. "My beautiful Belle, you are here."
Belle nodded in anger. Gold invited her in. "The others are not here now. We can talk in private. You know why I am here. Where is she Rumple?" Gold shook his head. "I won't tell you." Belle shook her head. "You know, I was hoping I was wrong about what I said about you. But now I know that it is correct. You are a beast Rumple. You are not even a man anymore. How can you honestly say that you have changed, when you are pulling stuff like this?"
Killian and David ran over to the cellar and Killian wrenched open the door and rushed down the stairs. There they both looked in horror at what they saw: Emma was laying on the floor of the cell, in a puddle of blood.
Killian ripped open the door and ran to her. He picked her head up gently. "Killian?" she croaked. Killian nodded. "Yes, it's me love. And your dad." He unshackled her. "I need you guys to get the scales out of my skin." They looked at her in confusion. She reached into her arm and with difficulty pulled out a scale.
They both looked at in horror. Emma's arm dropped as she lost consciousness. "We need to get her out of here NOW." said David. Killian nodded. He wrapped his jacket around her and he picked her up and carried her out. "How can you expect me to ever trust you if you are going to torture Emma?" asked Belle.
Gold shook his head. "She and that damned pirate are the reason why I lost you." Belle looked at him in shock. "They are not the reason why you lost me. You are the reason. All those lies that you told me. You are the one that destroyed us. All you had to do was tell the truth. You know what Rumple, I was hoping that we could start over, but after this, I can't. We are done." she stormed out of the house and joined the others in David's truck. They rushed Emma to Killian and Emma's house, where Regina was waiting to help with her injures.
They were able to fix her up well. Regina was able to convince Whale to allow a blood transfusion in her room. Emma rested, everyone relieved that she was okay. Killian and Henry both sat by her bedside and didn't move a muscle. Emma opened her eyes. "Killian, Henry." They both jumped up. "We are right here mom." said Henry as he took her hand. Emma smiled, falling back asleep.
A few days passed and Emma was on strict orders to stay in the apartment just in case Gold and the others came after her. Regina was able to erect a protection spell over the house. Henry slowly began to notice that his mother wasn't acting herself.
It was almost like she was void of feeling. Henry sat on the docks and sighed heavily. Killian looked out the window and saw him. "I am going to check on the lad, he seems vexed." Emma nodded.
Killian walked out and sat next to him. "What's the matter lad?" Henry sighed and looked at Killian. "There is something different about mom." Killian nodded. "Yes, but you have to think about the torture she went through."
Henry nodded and looked at Killian. "I know, but it is almost like she can't feel. Like she is just a void, a shell. I think Gold did something else to her than just allow her to be tortured." Killian looked at Henry.
"Is your gut telling you this?" Henry sighed and looked at Killian and nodded. Killian sighed and nodded. "Well I have learned to trust a man's gut. Let's have Regina come over and have a look at her." Henry agreed and they headed back to the house.
Henry called Regina while Killian called Mary Margaret and David. They all met up. Regina sat next to her. "Please forgive me Emma." Regina reached into her chest. Regina looked up in panic and took her hand from her chest. "Her heart is gone."
Emma fell asleep after Regina took her heart from her chest. They all looked at each other. "The bloody crocodile must have it. I say that we go after him, and put an end to him once and for all!" he was livid. David put a hand on his shoulder.
"This isn't what Emma would want. For now we just need to find a way to get her heart." Mary Margaret shook her head in confusion. "But something doesn't make sense." she said, all of them looked at her. "Killian, remember you were battling Emma when we were trapped in that world with Mulan and Cora?"
Killian nodded. "Well Cora reached for my heart and Emma pushed me out of the way. But no matter how much she tried, Cora could not take Emma's heart from her chest. So how the hell did Gold take it?" asked Mary Margaret.
Killian thought. "Maybe Gold put a spell on her or something to cause Emma to take her own heart. She is the only one that can take her heart from her chest." They all thought about the possibility.
"But I thought that Gold and the others wanted to kill her." said Regina. "Maybe they just wanted to have fun with her first, torture her." said Killian through clenched teeth. Killian looked at the others.
"We need to get Belle back into this. I hate causing that lass any more pain, but she is the only one that can get through to him." said Killian. They all agreed. Henry stood up. "I will walk to the shop and get her."
Regina looked at her son with a frown. "It's not safe Henry." Henry rolled his eyes. "I'll be fine mom." He left the apartment. Killian looked at Emma's sleeping form. He caressed the side of her head.
"Don't worry my love, we will get your heart back." Belle came in behind Henry. "She was already on her way over." said Henry.
"How is Emma?" she asked. Killian got up and walked over to her. "He took her heart." Belle covered her mouth with her hand.
"He took her heart?" she asked in horror. Killian sat down in shock. "We need your help again." Belle nodded and stood up. "What do you want me to do?"
White energy barely missed Killian. He dodged it and turned away. They all turned and there stood Emma, her eyes glazed over. They all looked in shock. David pushed Mary Margaret back behind him. Regina pushed Henry behind her. Belle backed away from her.
Killian walked closer to her his hands up in surrender. "Swan-" She throws more magic at them, all of them dodging it. Killian walked closer. "Come on Swan, listen to me..." She summons a sword and began fighting him. "Emma, come on! I know that you can fight this! Please wake up!"
'That's right Emma, keep fighting him, then when you have the chance, KILL HIM!' Gold yelled in her head. She disarmed him and she aimed her sword at Killian. "Come on Swan, I know you can hear me." Emma looked straight at him. "Die pirate."
She stabbed Killian in the stomach. He cried out in pain. "Swan." He slumped down the wall and hit the floor. 'No! I don't want to do this! Please Gold! Stop!' she begged in her head. "Mom-" Henry said, she sends him into a wall, knocking him unconscious.
"Henry!" yelled Regina. 'No! Please you have to stop this! I don't want to hurt anyone else! You don't a say Ms. Swan.' She looked at Emma. "Emma come on, you have to get ahold of yourself!" she sends Regina through the window.
'Regina!' Her parents back away from her. She sends David through another window. "David!" yelled Mary Margaret. 'I have to stop this! Stop making me hurt those I care about! Gold enough! It's enough when I say it's enough.' She looked at Emma in fear.
"Emma please, I'm your mother." Emma looked at Mary Margaret. "I don't care." 'I do care! Please you have to know that I care mom! I do care! I love you! And dad! Please!' she throws Mary Margaret into a wall.
Killian picked up his wounded body and stood up. "Swan, I know you're in there. I know you can hear me, please you have to fight this, fight this. You have so much to fight for. You have people that care about you."
"Please, my love, fight this and come back to us. We can help you. We will get your heart back." Belle ran from the house. Henry, and Mary Margaret woke up and sat up. David came in, holding his injured shoulder. Regina came in with a cut on her head and arm.
"You have people here, that care about you. We all do, we all love you Swan." 'Do it Emma! Kill that pirate! Kill him! Kill him!' Gold yelled in her head. She summoned fire and aimed it at Killian.
"Please Swan." he begged as he slumped. Henry rushed over and tried his hardest to keep Killian standing. Emma's eyes softened just slightly. "Kill me." she whispered. They all looked at her. "Kill me." she said louder.
Killian looked into her eyes and noticed tears filing her eyes. "Kill me! Please! I don't want to hurt you anymore! KILL ME!" She begged. They all shook their heads. "We aren't going to kill you." said Regina.
Emma's fire got bigger. Belle looked around frantically and she finally found the dagger. She raced back to Zelena's. She stormed in and there sat Gold with Emma's heart at his lips. She raises the dagger. "Rumplestilskin, I command you to drop the heart and release Emma."
Gold dropped the heart, Belle catching it. Gold looked at Belle. "Belle, how could you?" Belle looked at him coldly. "Because that's what heroes do, they defeat the villains." She turned away and walked out of the house.
She rushed back to the house. The fire in Emma's hands disappeared. She looked over at everyone and Belle came running in. "Here Emma." she handed Emma her heart. Emma put her heart in her chest. Suddenly she was overcome with guilt. She looked at everyone. She rushed over to Killian as he slumped more.
She lowered him gently. Emma unbuttoned his shirt and looked at the wound. He was bleeding badly. She out her hand over his wound. "Glad to have you back love." Emma closed his wound and looked at her hands as she backed away from them.
They walked closer to her. "Stay away from me!" she begged. "I did this! I hurt the ones I swore I would protect! I almost killed Killian!" she said in hysterics. Killian shook his head. "We are all okay love."
Emma looked at him with anger. "Don't say that you are okay!" Henry nodded his head. "But we are mom." Emma shook her hand. Killian walked closer. "How can you say that you are all okay!? Didi you see the look my mother gave me!? That was pure fear!"
"Just calm down Emma." Emma looked at him. "Stay away from me!" she yelled, a whole wall of their house exploding. She looked at her hands and backed away. "Just stay away from me, I don't know if I can control myself, I don't want to hurt anyone." she walked away.
Killian grabbed her arm. "Swan wait!" Emma turned "Let me go!" she yelled, sparks flying all over the place, David pushing Killian out of the way as one of the sparks seared his arm. "David!" Mary Margaret yelled.
She ran over to him. She looked over at Emma in anger. "Emma!" she yelled. Emma backed away. "Emma, Emma wait." she said as she saw the horror on her daughter's face. Emma took off running toward her car.
"Swan!" Killian yelled. "It's okay!" yelled Mary Margaret. "Mom, wait!" yelled Henry. Emma jumped into her car and sped away, tears falling down her face.
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