I'm back I want to apologies for the wait and I promise that it wont happen again
I guess that with the lack of Once Upon a Time I lost my inspiration but I'm
back, and I really hope that it was worth the wait
Thanks for the support and please review!
Chapter 52
Hook landed safely on his ship.
He couldn't help the relief that took over him at being back at the Jolly Roger, after the talk he had shared with Rumpelstiltskin he couldn't shake the feeling that he might have sent him somewhere else, but the dark one had kept his word.
Now the only thing he needed to do was grab what he came for and leave, before it was too late. He had learned throughout his life not to trust anyone, and the fact that Neal had the dagger that controlled his Swan was something that had him on edge. Not because he thought that Neal would be capable of using it to control Emma, but because he didn't trust Neal enough to keep the dagger out of Pans reach.
As much as he loved Neal, because he did, he loved him since he was a kid; he loved him for the simple fact that he was the only thing left of Milah, but loving him didn't mean that he would trust him with Emma's life. Especially with the history he had with her, if anything could be said about Neal's love for Emma it was that he was too much of a coward to fight for her, and knowing Pan for as long as he did, he knew that Pan was an expert at conning cowards into doing as he pleased. Which could only mean one thing, that Emma's life was in more danger than anyone thought, because if Pan had found Neal before he was able to escape, then the dagger was already Pan's, and that meant he had lost her forever.
He took a deep breath as he ran to the place he had hidden the item that would help them release Emma without the need to face Pan. That's why he needed to get in and get out, no time to lose, no time to think about anything else, Emma was his priority and once he had her with him then he could think about what to the next, how to defeat Pan and make sure he never harms her again.
He stopped right in his tracks as he heard a small movement coming from the place he had hidden the object. If his past experiences had taught him anything in the past week it was to keep alert even in his own ship, since the last time he was here he was taken captive by King George and he didn't have time to go through that again. So he took a deep breath as he drew his sword, whoever was hiding inside that room would be sorry for ever daring to cross in his path. He opened the door and what he saw took his breath away.
Emma closed her eyes once again as she tried to breathe through the pain Tinkerbell had just submitted her to, she still couldn't get over the fact that, she had just been tortured and threatened by someone she thought was good, well at least all the stories she had heard as a kid had taught her that.
But if the past months had taught her anything so far it was that all the fairy tales she read as a kid were bullshit. The Evil Queen didn't hate Snow White because she was prettier than her, she hated her for opening her mouth and causing the love of her life to be killed by her mother. Cinderella didn't go to the ball thanks to the help of her Fairy God mother, she went because she traded a pretty dress and some shoes for a favor which later caused her to give her first-born to Rumpelstiltskin. A man who created a curse to bring them to this world just so that he could find the son he had lost because he was too much of a coward to keep. Causing that son to come to this world all alone, afraid and with serious trust issues that later cause him to break her heart into a million pieces and leave her in jail to take care of a son, that she later had to give up because Peter Pan had other plans for her. Peter Pan, that was the biggest irony of all, he wasn't the harmless child the stories portray him to be, no he was a monster, a monster that had her prisoner in a ship, praying he didn't find the dagger that would make her get rid of the only thing she had in life, her family.
Tears came rolling down her face as she thought of what would happen if he had found the dagger. Could he really make her do all those things without giving her a choice, could he really make her kill the people she loved the most, could he? No there had to be a way to stop him, if only she could get out of this dungeon and warn them, tell them to run, to protect themselves, if only…
Another sound came from the ship and she remembered why Tinkerbell had left her in the first place, someone was on the ship and even though she wanted to be optimistic and think that it was a rescue, she knew better than that, she closed her eyes and waited for the pain that was soon to come once he entered the room. She heard him open the door and couldn't contain the whimper that left her lips at the thought of what was coming to her. She heard his footsteps coming closer and felt his had rest on her head. She counted to ten, patiently waiting for the pain and trying as hard as she could to reprimand her screams, but nothing came, confusion took the better of her as she tried to think of why he hadn't started the agonizing pain.
As she opened her eyes, green connected with blue, and she felt her body shiver at the intercity of his gaze "Hook" she said with a smile
"Hello lass" he smiled that breath-taking smile of his "time to take you home"
"No"
"Ready?" Charming asked while taking Snow hands into his. They were standing in front of all the people in StoryBrooke, and even though he was a king and had been a king for some time, Snow was always the one to do the talking, probably because she had been born as a princess herself and not forced into becoming royalty "we don't have much time" he mumbled as he held her hand tighter
"Right" she mumbled with a weak smile as she turned to face the crowed that had gathered. She could see in their eyes that they were all wondering why they had been asked to come here in the first place, she could see the curiosity in the ones that didn't know what was happening and that scared her, what if they weren't willing to help, what would they do if they turned their backs on them and leave them to handle the problem on their own, will they be able to defeat Pan without everyone's help.
She felt all her fear at losing her daughter come to her once again as her confidence came crumbling down, but when she moved her gaze to the other side of the crowed, the side that contained all the friends that had stood by her all this time, she felt her confidence resurface and a smile crawl over her face as her eyes made contact with Red, Grumpy, Granny, Sleepy, Bashful, Happy, everyone that had stood by her all this time.
Lastly her eyes landed on Regina, the woman who had caused all her pain, the woman who had destroyed her life all those years ago, and in her eyes she saw pride, she saw determination and dare she say, love. Could it really be that all that had happened in the last months had managed to bring them together once again, could it be that all the hate was finally over?
She knew that Regina would never forgive her for what she did to Daniel, just like Snow will never forgive her for taking her Emma, but that didn't mean that they couldn't start again, and that's what Snow saw in her eyes, the opportunity to start again. And as Regina's head gave a small nod Snow finally found the strength she needed to talk to the crowd, because in that nod Snow found what she'd been looking for since the second Regina walked into her father's life, the acknowledgment that she was good enough. And with that Snow smiled at Regina one last time as she turned her attention to the expectant crowd.
"I don't know if you've heard" she started with the confidence only a queen portrait "but my daughter Emma has been captured by Peter Pan" she said and could hear the surprise on the people's voice as they talked among them "for those of you who don't know, Pan was the one responsible for taking my grandson Henry not too long ago, and now he has taken my daughter" she paused "I know that most of you don't understand the graveness of the situation, but my daughter's life is in grave danger and we need your help" she said with a smile "Pan is powerful, very powerful indeed but if there is something I've learned is that if we stick together we can achieve whatever we set our minds to… just like a long time ago I asked you to stand by me in overthrowing the queen, now I ask you to please, please help me save my daughter" she finished as she expectantly turned her attention to the crowd
"Why would we sacrifice our lives for the live of your daughter" a voice came through the crowd "what makes her so special"
"Who said that" Grumpy yelled as she came forward
"Me" King George said as he removed the tunic that was covering his face
"How did you escape" Charming yelled as he placed himself in front of Snow, in an attempt to protect her from that man
"No need to cover your wife son, I come in peace"
"I'm not your son" Charming yelled in irritation and didn't miss the whispering that started on the crowed as he yelled that truth he had kept for such a long time
"True" King George said with a smile "you are nothing like my son" he paused "but I didn't come here to talk about our family history, I came here to rescue this people from the death your wife is sending them to" he smiled more broadly as he saw the fear in some of the faces "Pan is more powerful than you think" he spoke with the authority only a king could possess "and trust me when I tell you that all of you who stand in his way will die…and I don't know about you but I don't think their beautiful daughter is worth my life" he finished and smiled as people started to turn away
Snow felt the anger take over her as she saw people retracting and before she knew it she found herself coming forward "if it wasn't for MY daughter none of you would be here in the first place" she yelled "my beautiful daughter as you called her George is the reason you all remember WHO you are, my daughter sacrificed her life, her childhood, her happiness so that all of you could be saved, so don't you dare walk away from her now, you owe her" she yelled "thanks to her you are able to hold the people you love, so don't take away her chance to be with the people she loves…I know that it's hard, trust me I know that you don't want to sacrifice the opportunity to be with the people you love to save someone you barely know, I know more than anyone because what I'm asking you now is what I did twenty-eight years ago" she said as tears came rolling down her eyes "I sacrificed twenty-eight years of my daughter's life for you, for all of you, all I'm asking now is that you help me get her back so that I could make it up to her" she cried "I owe her that, but so do you" she said as she turned to Charming and hid her face in his welcoming arms, not wanting to show them the tears that were coming at the fact that they were turning away from them
"She's right" someone yelled as the crowd started to turn back
"Let's go save the princess" someone else yelled
"What's the plan" another one said and Charming and Regina couldn't help the smile and pride that came over them
"You did it" Charming whispered in her ear "now let's go get her back" he smiled as he pulled her closer and press small kiss on her forehead, before turning into warrior mode "Red, Grumpy divide into groups, Regina come with me and Happy would you please make sure someone locks that man up" he finished turning to King George
He was about to leave when he caught Rumpelstiltskin face on the background and felt his body freeze, something was wrong, terribly wrong.
From afar Peter watch the scene play in front of him and smiled, to bad Snow's speech was for nothing, there was absolutely nothing they could do, he had the dagger, he had won, Emma belonged to him. He let out a small chuckle as he thought of the fact that instead of rescuing her they were going to walk straight into their deaths, sparing him the need to look for them.
"What do you mean NO" Hook said in irritation as he caressed her cheeks, she was so beautiful even with all the bruises and blood that covered her tortured face, she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen
"What are you doing here" she said breaking him out of the stare that was making her uncomfortable, it had been a long time since she had been looked at like that by a man
"Don't change the subject Swan" he smiled "I have to get you out of here"
"You can't" she said quickly "magic cuffs remember" she said lifting her hands to make her point "so how did you find me" she asked with curiosity
"I…I didn't" he said a little distracted as he tried to find the object that would help him free her
"What do you mean" Emma asked as a small cough escaped her lips, the pain from Tinkerbelles torture finally taking a toll on her weak body
"Are you ok" Hook said as he pulled her closer to him
"Yes" she mumbled "but what do you…"
"I came here for an object that will help me free you" he smiled "didn't think you'll be here to make it easier for me"
"What do…"
"The enchantment on your handcuffs can be lifted by two things" he explained with another smile "with Pan's magic or with Pan's blood"
"And…"
"When I was in Neverland I got into a sword fight with him, he took us by surprise and the only thing I had to fight with was a small and meaningful sword" he said "I managed to nick him with the sword before he disappeared" he continued "and I happen to have this sword on this very room"
"And it still has his blood" Emma said a little skeptic
"I believe so" he said quickly as he got up from the floor and started looking for it
"Why?" she asked with curiosity
"Because that sword belonged to Bae" Hook answered with some pain on his voice "it was the only thing I had left of him" he gave her a painful smile "call me sentimental, but I believed that if I washed it I would be washing away the part that belonged to him" he fished "you seemed shocked" he said after a moment of silence
"I..I…"
"It's ok" Hook said with a small smile "you can say it, I'm…"
"You are full of surprises" she said before he could continue
"Well I…"
"I like it" she smiled "and before you say it I don't think you are pathetic" she said before he could continue his last sentence "if anything Hook, I think you are a great man, I think that the reason you did all the things you did was because you were forced into it, I think that you are a better man then you give yourself credit for"
"I am not a great man Swan" Hook said with a smile "before I met you I was a monster" he frowned as he remembered all the things he had done not to long ago "even after I met you I…"
"You were consumed by revenge, you…"
"Don't make up excuses lass, I know what I am"
"I don't think you do" she said smiling back at him "yes you did horrible things"
"More than you could ever imagine" he said with a sad and remorseful tone
"We all do bad things Hook" she smiled "some worse than others" she said before he could interrupt again "I probably don't know all the horrible things you've done, but to tell you the truth, I don't care"
"You say that because…"
"I don't care because you've changed" she said before he could continue punishing himself "the Hook I know went from a villain to a hero in my eyes" she smiled "you sacrificed your revenge for my son Hook, you managed to put behind three-hundred years of revenge for a boy you didn't know and since that moment you've been sacrificing your life for good over and over again" she smiled as she gently whipped the tears that were coming out of his eyes "I don't care what you did in the past, I've never cared about it, I care what you've done since the moment I met you, which is sacrifice yourself for me, for Henry, that's what I care about"
"Lass I…"
"Don't" she interrupted him again "nothing you can say will make me change my mind, or change the way I look at you"
"Emma…"
"I don't want people to judge me for the mistakes I've made in the past" she said "so why would I judge you" she asked
"Because what I've done would never compare to what…"
"If I didn't know any better I'd say you are trying to tick me into hating you" she smirked "do you want me to hate you Hook?"
"No" he smiled as he pulled her closer to him "I'm to selfish for that" he mumbled as he took her face into his hands and pulled her into a passionate kiss
The minute his lips touched hers Emma felt her whole body shiver in a mixture of love, happiness, desire, she had kiss many man in her life, some of them where good, some bad, but what she felt when Hooks lips crashed with hers was something she had never felt before, she felt powerless and protected at the same time, it was as if by that kiss she had been protected from all the evil in the world. She felt her body feel with strength the more he pulled her to him and before she noticed she was pulling him to, kissing him as if it was the last thing she'll ever do
"I love you" Hooked mumbled as he stopped to catch his breath "I love you" he repeated over and over again and with every time he said it Emma felt her strength crumbled once again
He loved her, that couldn't be true, how could he love someone he bearly knew, how could he lover her of all people, she was unloved, she was "don't pull away from me now Swan" he mumbled bringing her out of her thoughts "I love you and there is nothing you can do about it" he smiled
"Why" she whispered
"Because I'm as stubborn as you"
"No, why do you love me" she asked as tears came rolling down her face and Hook felt his heart-break at the painful look that took over her face
"Why" he smiled "because your beautiful and funny, you are smart, kind, because I can see how vulnerable you are even though you try to hide it…but most of all I love you because after everything I've done you found a way to love me and…and…"
"I don't…"
"Don't try to deny it lass" he smiled "you are a lousy liar" he smirked and pulled her to him once again
"So I've been told" she mumbled and before he could continue talking she pulled his face towards her and kissed him once again trying to make him feel with that kiss everything that she couldn't alow herself to say out loud, because even if she tried she couldn't alow herself to tell him what she felt, because what she felt for that man scared the hell out of her and saying out loud would just make it more real then it already was
"I need to find that sword" he whispered to her once they stopped to catch some air
"Right, I wouldn't want to ruin your rescue Captain" she smiled and reluctantly pulled away from him
"Good" he smiled and got to his feet the minute he got up a sound came from the room, freezing them on the spot
"Hook you have to go" Emma said with fear in her voice
"No" he mumbled "I'm not leaving without you"
"Yes you are" Emma said with determination
"Got it" Hook said holding the sword in his hands and smiling at the fact that it had the blood stain in it
"Hook go" Emma said again "he can't appear in the room through magic because of the spell he placed but he'll be here any minute and there is no time, so go"
"I just have to…"
"Hook…Kilian" she said in desperation and he couldn't help but smile at his name coming out of her lips "please, go and warn the others"
"Warn them" he said in confusion
"If he's here it because he got the dagger" she explained
"No" he said with a terrified look on his face "no"
"Go" Emma said
"Emma…"
"Please Killian" she begged "just warn them"
"I'll come back for you" he said as he went to the door
"Killian" Emma said before he left "I love you too" she felt tears coming down her face as he disappeared from her view, but before she could pounder on the thought that she might never see him again Pan came into view with a huge smile on his face
"Hello sweetheart" he said with a smile that quickly disappeared as he took a look at her face "who took your gag" he asked while taking a step forward "Emma" he said a little more forcefully as he held her from the hair "who took…"
"Tinkerbelle" Emma answered through the pain
"What are you…"
"Don't act so surprise Pan, you came to this world with her"
"True" Pan said as he pulled her closer "the question is how she knew where you were" he said with a little curiosity that quickly disappeared, who cares who told her, he had won "it doesn't matter honey, I've won" he smiled
"What do you…"
"Don't talk unless I tell you to" he said as he appeared another gag on her mouth "you wont be able to breathe unless I tell you to" he let out a small laugh "I own you Emma, you belong to me now" he smiled and Emma felt her body freeze as he pulled out the dagger.
hope you enjoyed it and again sorry for the wait
