Soooooo... Today I go buy light bulbs!
That is all.
Emma made her way to the waiting room, she could see Henry pacing back and forth in front of the row of chairs, chewing on his bottom lip with nerves. He was wearing Hook's leather jacket and it wasn't nearly as big on him as it should be, her kid was growing like a damn weed! The moment he saw her he ran full force into her embrace, pulling her in tight like he thought she might float away if he let go.
"Hey Kid, it's OK, you're gonna snap something if you don't ease up soon" she teased.
"Sorry Mom, I just miss you" he gave one more squeeze then pulled back to look at her.
"I know Henry, I miss you too but Hook needs me, I can't leave him right now" she gave him her best sympathetic face.
"I get it Mom, it's OK honest, I understand, I just..." he trailed off as tears threatened to spill down his face once more.
"Hey, What's wrong? You know you can tell me, right?" she moved him over to sit on one of the chairs and crouched down in front of him, hands on his knees.
Henry looked even more nervous before gushing out "I know you said I can't see him Mom but I promise I'll be quiet, he won't even know I'm there. I just need to see him, make sure he's OK, just for a minute. I know you all think this isn't my fault but I can't get the argument you two had before he left the loft out of my head, you were fighting because of me, I caused that fight."
"You heard that?" Emma was shocked, she hadn't even thought about the possibility of him hearing her angry words.
"Oh Henry, this is not your fault and it's not mine. I said horrible things to Hook last night, I was mad, I was also wrong but Hook wouldn't blame either of us." she looked at her Son sitting in front of her, she knew exactly how he felt, she had sat there the night before feeling the same way, all she had wanted to do was sit by her Pirate's side, to see him breathing and be able to feel some hope that everything would be alright.
"Your Grandpa is going to kill me" she rolled her eyes before turning back to her Son "Alright Kid, you get five minutes"
Henry's face practically split in half with the smile he gave her "Don't get too excited, you may not feel the same once you get in there. There are a few things you need to know before you head through those doors, you need to prepare yourself so I'm going to tell you EXACTLY what has been going on"
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David sat in the all too quiet room taking in the Pirate in the bed in front of him, unlike Emma he didn't feel the need to fill the silence. The heart rate monitor beeped steadily from the other side of his bed, it was probably the only sound that would be coming from the man anytime soon. David sighed and wondered for the millionth time how the hell it had come to this. He looked around the bare walls, nothing, there was nothing to see or do... God, this was insufferable, how could Emma do this? It hadn't even been twenty four hours yet never mind forty eight, he had literally been sitting there for less than ten minutes and he was bored out of his mind. In an instant he'd made a decision, Emma wouldn't do this by herself again. He would set up a rota, he was sure that many of their friends would help, Emma was not being left to sit here in this room alone again. He was just starting to make a mental list of people he could ask to help when he heard the door open, he turned and was shocked to see his Daughter's head poke through, he thought she'd want to spend longer with Henry.
"Don't get mad" she gave him a pleading look as she walked in followed by Henry "I told him he had five minutes". David buckled when his eyes fell on Henry's face, he looked like he'd been crying again, his eyes were rimmed with red, his face was puffed up and blotchy. David watched as Henry dropped his Mother's hand and slowly walked up to the bed where the Pirate lay. Emma stopped at David's side and he couldn't help the arm that came up and pulled her close, her head tipping to lean on his shoulder.
"Hey Killian" Henry started, he gave a nervous look over his shoulder at Emma who nodded at him in encouragement before he turned back to the bed " I hope you're doing better. I've got your jacket here, Mom says I can keep it safe, you know, until you need it again. It's totally awesome by the way, I can totally see why you like it so much. Don't worry, I'll look after it, your jacket..." he glanced over his shoulder at the two adults before lowering his voice a bit but not low enough that they couldn't still hear him "and the other thing, don't worry, I'll keep it safe"
"What other thing?" Emma mouthed at David
David just shrugged, he had no idea. The only other thing that they'd found in that clearing was Hook's missing shoe. Henry had walked around to the left side of the bed. David watched in awe as he tenderly took hold of Hook's stumped arm, his thumbs rubbing soothing circles on the Pirate's skin all the while his eyes never leaving Hook's face, David wondered if Henry was even aware that he was doing it.
"Yeah, so Rapha and me were reading my book, well I was reading it, Rapha can't read, I think he might be dyslexic you know, he says that the letters keep moving around the page so I "Googled" it, you know, looked it up online. Grandma says she's gonna do some research and if he is there are things we can do to help, isn't that great? I'm sure Grandma can have him reading in no time."
David was in awe once again at how easily Henry dealt with these things, he was so at ease with people even in extraordinary circumstances.
"I'll bring my book next time..." Henry carried on but David had stopped listening to what the boy was saying. His attention had been drawn to Hook's heart rate monitor. Every time Henry spoke Hook's heart rate rose by a few beats but when he stopped it dropped back down to it's normal level. David had thought he'd been imagining it to begin with so had kept quiet but when he realized that he was right he lent over and whispered it to Emma. At once Emma straightened up and watched carefully as Henry carried on talking.
"He knows Henry's there. Dad, he knows he's there. He's going to be alright isn't he?" tears shone in her lashes.
"He's going to be fine." he pulled Emma back to his side and she held him tight.
They had been standing watching for a few minutes when there was a commotion outside the doors, they both turned in surprise as the doors burst open and Whale marched in holding up a young boy by the scruff of the neck.
"I believe you are looking for this piece of trash" Whale grit out.
David looked at Whale's angry face, he could clearly see a welt under his right eye and the Doctor wore a rather impressive split lip, blood had seeped into his teeth making him look even more irate.
"I found him in the supplies store with these" he held his other hand out showing some wrapped dressings "It seems that one of the Lost Ones is in need of medical attention."
David moved forward and took hold of the boy, he was maybe fifteen, scrawny with dirty blonde hair.
"What's your name boy?" David gave him a slight shake as if to emphasis the point that he was speaking to him.
"Like I'd tell you" the words were harsher than the conviction with which they were said, the boy didn't seem like a leader, definitely a follower, not the brightest by a long shot, probably as lost as Rapha had been with no family other than the one he'd joined for an untold amount of time in Neverland but unlike Rapha this boy was willing to use his fists to get what he wanted.
"Fine, you don't need to tell us, it makes no difference to me, you're still getting locked up Kid." David sighed out
"Devin will save me, you'll see, he'll come for me" the boy said defiantly
"His name is Tootles" Henry called form the other side of the room.
"My name is Tootz" the boy cried indignantly
"Wait, what? Tootles as in THE Tootles?! THIS is Tootles?!" Emma stared in awe "I guess he really did lose his marbles!"
Henry burst out laughing and the boy looked confused, David couldn't help the smile that slid onto his face as he turned to the man in the white coat beside him.
"Thanks Whale" David gave him a quick nod as the Doctor excused himself, bringing his sleeve to his bloody mouth and mumbling curses as he went.
"Henry, I guess your visiting time just got extended, I've got a Lost One to book in at the station" Henry pumped his arm in the air in triumph.
David turned to Emma "I'll be back soon. Don't worry, we'll get them all soon enough, there's nowhere they can go now without someone seeing them. It seems that this town has finally had enough of the Lost Ones of Neverland, they will learn quickly that they shouldn't have messed with us and he" David nodded towards the bed "he is now, well and truly one of us"
He gave his Daughter one of his widest smiles as he practically dragged the boy from the room, yes, this was just the beginning , let Operation Nevenger commence.
