'Missing Signals
When Emma helps two orphaned children find their father she starts to wonder about her own, even more after an interesting conversation with Mary Margaret.
NOTE: THIS STORY STARTS FROM EPISODE 9! I DON'T OWN THE SHOW.
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A/N: POSSIBLE SPOILERS UP TO 1X21
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Chapter 36:
Snow opened her eyes slowly. She felt a sharp pain on her belly and suddenly she feared the worst. Emma held her hand while James had fallen asleep on a chair next to the bed.
"Hey" Emma told her mother sweetly "You gave me quite a scare" Snow smiled at her daughter and as if Emma could read her mind "The baby is fine, he is stable"
"How…" Snow muttered "What happened?"
"You went into shock and fell and then the baby was in distressed" Emma said "But Doc managed to…"
"Is he going to be okay?" Emma looked at her mother pulling back the tears "Emma?"
"Doc says he is danger…" Emma choke "But he's strong Mom, you have to have faith" Snow smiled as tears streamed down her face.
"You sound like your father" Snow said touching James's hair.
"Yeah… I kind of had to… drug him" Snow ceased an eyebrow at her "He was driving me crazy"
"Emma!" Snow scolded her and then saw all she loved in James since the first time she met him.
"At least he's sleeping" Emma said "He has been awake for almost 48 hours"
"See you are awake" Doc appeared by the door "Are you feeling alright?"
"Not sure" Snow said "I…"
"Grandma!" Henry barged into the room "You are okay!"
"Hello Henry" Snow said weakly "I am so glad you are still here… I was afraid she might have taken you…"
"No" Henry said determined "No way you are getting rid of me that easily… things have been pretty calm actually"
"Really?" Snow whispered as James stirred "I wouldn't take that as a good sign"
"Me neither your Highness" Doc countered "I am afraid the Queen may be cooking up a plan right this minute" Emma shot Doc a dirt y look.
"Snow…" They heard James said groggily "You are awake" The smile on his face was bright.
"Yes" Snow cupped his face with her hand "It's alright"
"No is not" James told her firmly taking her hand "I… It was my fault all of this happened"
"Now why would it be your fault?" Snow inquired "Don't start the blaming game Charming"
"Is all I can think of" James said sadly.
Emma found August sitting on the couch. He lifted up his head and smile "How is she?"
"Not better" Emma said collapsing by his side "But at least she is awake… she really needs to go to a hospital August"
"I know" He said simply wrapping his arm around her "We could take her"
"No" Emma said "Too dangerous. Regina has spies everywhere"
"That she does" August sad "But if we were to be very careful…"
"James would never allow it" Emma said firmly "He is losing it"
"I would be too" August told her. Green meeting blue "It's his family falling apart… his son and wife are fighting for their lives"
"And his daughter might die" Emma said bitterly "I need to fix this... I can't lose my family"
"Dad?" Emma found James in her room "What are you doing here?" James raised his face to look at her.
"I just needed to clear my head" James shrugged sitting on the bed "Red and Ashley are with her"
"I know" Emma told him sitting next to him "It's you I am worried about at the moment" James smiled "And don't start cause I won't take any crap okay?"
James let his back fall on the mattress and Emma sat so she was looking down at him "I have failed"
"No" Emma told him "You are Prince Charming. You are all but a loser" James looked up at her and a smile formed on his lips.
"Is that so?" James asked sweetly "Well I don't feel very charming at the moment"
"Maybe this will cheer you up" Emma said standing up and taking something from under the bed. "Here I was going to give it to you later…"
"What is it?" James inquired. It was a white box and it had not a thing written on it "Emma?"
"Just open it" She pushed the box closer to him as he sat up "Grumpy and I thought it would go great with those small shoes" James smiled at the sight of a replica of Emma's baby blanket but it had the name Michael engraved. "You like it?"
"I…" James said "Your mother must go to a hospital" Emma nodded.
"I know" She sat back on the bed and took the baby blanket from him "She needs to be treated like… well like…"
"Like she is danger" James said "I heard you and Doc talking" Emma was taken aback "The pills you gave me weren't as strong as you thought"
"Oh..." Emma froze "About that… I am sorry…"
"Its fine" James said "I have had now experience it all… you slapping me and then drugging me…"
"Is it only me or maybe there is a pattern?" Emma smiled "Mom did hit you when she first met you"
"True" James smiled and kissed her forehead "Emma… I want you to know that I would never allow anything happen to you"
"I know" Emma said "Don't worry I don't plan on getting killed"
"Good" James said and placed a hand on her shoulder "Now we must come up with a plan"
"Agreed" Emma said "First we need to make sure Mom is okay"
"And then we need to make sure an Evil Witch doesn't get her way" James said "First off I think we need to go to the source of it all"
"You are not serious!" Doc told Emma and James "Even if we could get Snow safety to the hospital…."
"Please Doc" James said breaking "I cannot possibly chose between her and my children"
"I will help" August stepped in "In whatever you need" James smiled gratefully at Pinocchio.
"Actually" James said "I need your help with something else"
"Name it" August said quickly eying Emma. James nodded "You aren't thinking of?"
"Paying him a visit" James said and smiled at his daughter "Emma, Thomas, Me and you"
"Emma?" August questioned confused "But I thought"
"Shut it August" Emma told him and he froze just as he had noticed James did in Snow's presence "I am going"
"And then what?" August asked "What about Snow?"
"She needs to go to be taken care of" James said sadly "I need to save them both"
"Agree" August said "Are you going ahead with the hospital plan?" Emma and James nodded "Then…"
"What?" Emma asked confused. James ceased an eyebrow at him "August…"
"You need more help" August told them "We are not enough"
"Where is she?" James recognized the old lady's voice and as he turned to face Granny. She was no longer just a dinner owner. She had returned.
"Hey" Red trailed after her "Granny's is back"
"I see that..." James said "How did you…?"
"No time" Red told James "Thomas is on his way so you can go visit the imp. Emma nodded "James… is careful"
"We will" The prince smiled "You take care of them. And yourself Red"
James opened the door of the old imp's pawn shop and took a deep breath. Emma smiled at her father and then with August and Thomas close behind
"Good day… "Rumple froze at the sight of the people standing before him "I believe my eyes are deceiving me" Gold said bluntly "All of you friends all the sudden?"
"Cut the crap!" Thomas said dryly "We aren't here to chat"
"Then why are you here?" Gold asked calmly. James and Thomas looked at each other.
"We need answers" Emma said "Fast"
"Oh" Gold mocked her "Tense are we? Well Miss Swan, I am sorry to disappoint you but..."
"Shut the hell up!" Emma blurted out. James shot her a look but quickly regain composure.
"Are you sure you want to use that language in front of Daddy dearest?" Emma and James froze and Thomas and August looked at each other. "What? Surprised?"
"Stop it and just tell us what we want to know" James said huskily.
"And why should I help you?" he asked cockily "I gave you all you have and you pay me with nothing" James tensed.
"What is he talking about James?" Thomas asked "Don't tell me you made a deal with him"
"Not exactly" James told his best friend.
"Now if you want to save your child…" Rumple said "It is not a deal I propose"
"Then what?" James asked walking closer to the counter "There is nothing you want more than to make deals"
"Maybe not" Emma said sod h "Maybe he has other plans"
"Like what?" August asked "All he wanted you to do was believe"
"So you could break the curse" James said "Why?"
"Because dearie" Rumple said "You and I are two men with similar goals"
"Really?" Emma said "What could you possibly have in common with him?"
"We both fight for what we want" Rumple smiled "And I intend to help you do just that"
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