AN: I still don't own OUAT or the characters. Bummer.
Last chapter got some good reviews on how I took ideas from season 1 and I thought it would be really cool to do that every chapter, like take a small idea and make it into my own on how I thought chapter would go. But anyway, I really think you guys will like this chapter as well, it's got a lot of things happen to Emma, some more CaptainSwan and you get to find a little bit more about Will and Killian's relationship.
Back to the story :)
Chapter 5 Tunnels
Regina had been sitting at her vanity, making sure she looked good for the day. Touching up her face and making sure her outfit matched well enough and didn't have any wrinkles. She felt good, knowing the Mayor she was, was still the Queen she would always be.
Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.
Sitting up slowly, she straightened herself out. "No, it couldn't be" Regina whispered to herself as she ran over to her window. The clock, it had moved. An upset and yet furious Regina marched her way down to the middle of the town, looking straight up at the clock that now read 8 O'clock, time was unfrozen, the curse was weakening. Clearly her trying to make Ms. Swan stay away from that pirate wasn't working, she had to approach her differently? But how? How could she make Ms. Swan stay away from the deputy and to stop her from breaking this curse! She had to work fast, and then something came to mind. An evil grin appeared on her face.
Henry sat at a booth at Granny's. His father left early to get to work, something about him needing to do something about Operation LoveSwan. If it involved with trying to break the curse, Henry understood. His father was able to get him into school thanks to Emma's friend, Mary-margaret, so here he was, just sitting at Granny's trying to waste time before he had to go. To be honest, he was pretty nervous, going to a new school meant meeting new people, he wondered if he would be able to notice any of the children as somebody in his book. As he sat down flipping through pages of his book, he stopped at one page, it was a picture of the Evil Queen, she had all black, he had found out the day prior that the mayor was the Evil Queen, since she poured hot coffee all over his mother s shirt.
Suddenly the bell to the diner went off, saying somebody new walked in.
There she was, Regina. She had a smirk on her face as she walked up to the counter sitting down on a stool, next to Emma. Henry watched her, wondering what she would want with her now, she already burned her yesterday because she wouldn't stay away from his father, what could she do now.
Regina sat down next to the sheriff with a smirk on her face, she had a great plan, now she just had to make Ms. Swan actually eat the apple.
Emma was sitting down, enjoying her morning breakfast thinking about what happened last night between her and Killian, she didn't regret kissing him in the moment but now that's all she felt, she didn't love him, she barely knew him, she was confused, her emotions had been all over the place since he had arrived. Sitting do she felt somebody sit next to her and as she looked she seen it was the Mayor smirking at her, "Madame Mayor, what can I do for you now? Or are you just here to tell me how bad of a guy Killian is and when I don't listen you'll just pour more hot beverages on me?" Emma asked in a know it all tone.
"Actually, I came to give you a piece offering" Regina said, as she pulled out a bright red apple, handing it out to her, "Did you know the honeycrisp tree is the most vigorous and hardy of all the apple trees? It can survive temperatures as low as forty below and keep growing. It can weather any storm. I have one that I've tended to since I was a little girl" Emma said with a wide fake smile, offering up the apple.
Emma narrowed her eyes, confused on why all of a sudden the /mayor was trying to be nice to her, "Thanks" Emma said slowly taking the apple.
"No problem," Regina said now standing up, "Please tell, Deputy Jones for me that I wish him and his boy a safe drive home."
"Oh, actually they're moving here" Emma said. If hiring Killian has her deputy wasn't clear enough that he was staying then now the Mayor really knows.
Regina's smile faded, "Is he sure that's such a great idea? I mean think of the boy, wouldn't he be confused, going to a new school? New friends? And not to mention they don't even have a place of their own yet."
"He's ten, kids go to different schools all the time, it's part of growing up, and he's looking for a place, but right now there are no vacancies in Storybrooke as it may seem," Emma explained, "What is with you hating Killian? He just arrived here, he hasn't done anything."
"Trust me Ms. Swan, he has more of a dark past then you may know of, ask him about Milah, or the crocodile " Regina then said as she walked away, a smirk on her face. Soon Emma Swan will be in a deep sleep for an eternity, nobody that'll be able to wake her.
Henry turned back around in his booth so the Mayor didn't know he was watching. As he watched her leave with a smirk on his face, he turned around and watched her. "Ruby! Can you give Emma a cocoa with whip cream and cinnamon?" He asked as the waitress walked by.
"Sure Henry" Ruby said as she walked to the back of the diner, making the special delivery. By the time she came out Emma had stood up and was about to walk out the diner, "Emma, wait!" Ruby called out.
Emma turned around to see the waitress making her way over to her with the mug in hand, "I didn't order this" She said confused.
"No, I did" Henry said stepping out from his spot.
Emma smiled, of course he remembered that she liked the hot chocolate with whip cream and cinnamon. The boy was just like his father, sweet and genuine. "Wait, don't you have school?" She asked, remembering that Killian begged her to ask Mary-margaret about getting his son into school as soon as possible.
"Duh, I'm ten. Walk me" Henry said with a smile as he started walking out the door with Emma behind him, "So, you and my dad have been getting along well" He said.
Emma looked down at the small boy, "Yeah, I guess" She said, placing her hands in the backs of her jeans.
"Do you love him?" Henry asked out of nowhere.
Emma stopped in her tracks, "Whoa! Love is a bit much, I just met your father, I mean I like him, but that's all it'll ever be, besides he's a married man, the way he talks is he hasn't been with anybody but your mother, Milah"
"Milah?" Henry asked confused. He knew who Milah was, his father had told him about her when he first found out about the curse. He told him how she begged him to take her along on his voyage, he didn't want to because she had a young son and was married but eventually he fell in love with her but immediately he was taken from her by Rumpelstiltskin, Milah husband.
"Yeah, you know, your mother" Emma said, continuing to walk.
"Milah's not my mother" Henry said. He knew that she would eventually find out one way or another, and he thought that maybe if she did, it would make breaking the curse a whole lot easier, or it could just make it a whole lot harder, but he had to try. "You are, Emma, you're my mother" Henry said.
Emma stopped once again, staying silent and just staring in front of her, "What? No, I don't have a son, I'm pretty sure I would remember that" She said as she then looked down at the boy.
"See that's the thing" Henry said, taking out his book that he placed in his bag, "The Evil Queen, she
banished everybody here and made them forget who they are," He said flipping to a page of Snow White and Prince Charming holding a baby girl, "Your parents are Snow White and Prince Charming, Mary-margaret and David Nolen here," He explained before flipping to a page of Emma and Captain Hook, "You married my father, Captain Hook and then had me, but you never got to hold me or look at me because that's when the curse came and dad had to take me away to the wardrobe where we came here and were destined to find you on my tenth birthday and try to break the curse" Henry explained.
"Right, Henry I'm not the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, I've never had any parents, they left me on the side of the road when I was born, I never married your father, I just met him, and I definitely never had a son" Emma tried to explain to him as she bent down.
"But you did, you just don't remember because of the curse" Henry said.
Emma nodded, she knew Henry must've told Killian this story as well since he told her that the book was about how they met and fell in love, of course she didn't believe him but she just ignored it at that moment, wanting nothing more than to kiss him. "Alright, well come on, we gotta get you to school" Emma said as she began to walk forward, about to take a bite of the apple that Regina had given her.
"Wait, where'd you get that?" Henry asked, before she could take a bite.
"The Mayor" Emma said.
"Don't eat that!" Henry exclaimed as he grabbed it out of her hand and threw it behind them. He couldn't let his mother be poisoned by that witch.
"Oh, oh ok" Emma said confused, what was with this boy?
Henry got out the three pages he had showed Emma only moments ago, handing them over to her, "Here, taken them, read them, but whatever you do, don't let the mayor see them, if she did, that would be very bad" Henry said looking up at her.
At first Emma hesitated, she didn't know if she shouldn't take them because she knew it wasn't real or if she should take them because something inside of her was forcing her to take them. Finally she grabbed them out of his hand and rolled them up.
They walked most of the way in awkward silence until Henry was able to say something, "My dad cares about a lot, you know" He said.
Emma looked down at him, "I'm sure he does" She said with a smile, looking down at the ground. Not wanting the young boy to see her blush.
As they approached the school you could hear all the kids laughing and playing with their friend. Once they arrived the school bell rang, causing Henry to run ahead, towards the door. "I knew you'd believe me!" Henry shouted.
"I never said I did!" Emma shouted back, watching the young boy run passed Mary-margaret.
"Why else would still be talking to me!" Henry shouted back.
Emma watched the boy run off with a smile. Whenever she was around Killian or Henry she felt at peace, she felt happy, she felt like they were apart of her. Last night after Emma and Killian's small make out session, things immediately became awkward. She left, it was the only thing she could think about. Running away was always how she coped with things. Of course she flt bad just leaving Killian there, but if she stayed what would have happened? It would be weird to just sit there in silence and pretend like nothing happened.
"Is that Killian's boy?" Mary-margaret asked, walking up to the young blonde.
"Oh, yeah, that's him" Emma said with a small smile.
"You're Snow White's and Prince Charming's daughter, Mary-margaret and David Nolan"
Being around Mary-margaret was a bit strange. She never had a good relationship with the women and now knowing that Henry thought she was her mother bad things a little bit more awkward to be around her. Of course she was good things with David but that was only because they spent so much time together. Her and Mary-margaret barely even had time to talk.
"So, um, David tells me he's your new deputy, hows that going?" Mary-margaret asked.
"Oh, it's going good," Emma said, "Hey, I should go, I need to get to the station before the boys get into a fight or David kills Killian" She said was a small chuckle so she didn't seem like she was trying to be rude. Hurrying off back towards Granny's where she had parked her bug outside. Arriving she seen a coffee on her roof again, with another note. Can't wait to see you later -Killian. Another smile came across her face. This man would be the death of her.
David sat down at his desk, tapping his pen on the desk repeatedly. He was starting to worry, Emma was suppose to be here half an hour ago, she's never this late. Looking over he could see that Killian seemed more worried than he was. David rolled his eyes, he hated how Killian was trying so hard to get around Emma. All he wanted was for her to be happy and not get her heart broken, he couldn't bare see her go through another Graham incident.
Will sat in his small ceil bed, looking over at the pirate. He wanted to punch him so hard for leaving him in Neverland with pan. All the pain he went through each and every day to get away from lost boys for more years than he wished. Most of his time in Neverland was aboard the Jolly Roger with Killian and his crew for three hundred years, but when Killian abandoned him, he was stuck there for almost three more years with his former Captain roamed free, probably having the time of his life. He wished he never knew Killian, he wished that pirate could pay for the sin he did. The only way he got off that Island was when he got ahold of Pan's shadow when it was leaving the Island,and then seen himself in Wonderland.
Killian didn't feel comfortable sitting at the station without Emma. It felt no matter what way he turned somebody was staring at him with a look of murder in their eyes. If he turned around, David would be staring at him because he didn't trust him, if he looked right in front of him, Will would be staring at him as well. Killian knew Will had his memories, he just didn't want anything to do with him. Back in the enchanted forest when Killian finally got his life back together he was going to go find Will, but he thought he wouldn't want to see him. Hearing the station door open he let out big sigh, finally, she was here.
"Hey, sorry I'm late. I had to do something before I came here" Emma said, walking into her office and taking off her jacket and placing the half full coffee cup on her desk.
"Where were you? We were worried sick?" David asked immediately.
Emma arched an eyebrow, "Really? You two were worried about me?"
Killian stood up, walking over to her, "He's telling the truth lass."
"Oh" Emma tried to stay away from Killian as much as possible, she couldn't be around him. Her head was telling her to stay away but her heart was just pulling her toward him.
Killian noticed she was trying to stay away so he just stayed in her doorway, not wanting her to leave or think he was trying to force something between them. "So, love, what took you half an hour to get here?" Killian asked, propping one arm on the door frame.
"Oh,um...I um...walked Henry to school" Emma said, not wanting to look into those beautiful ocean blue orbs of him.
Killian's eyes narrowed, "You walked Henry to school?" He wanted to make sure he had heard her right.
"Yeah, had a nice little chat with him" Emma said, "Told me some interesting things."
"Like what?" David now asked, walking over to her door frame.
"Killian,you should know" Emma said, looking over at Killian.
David looked over at Killian,crossing his arms in front of his chest.
Killian was confused, "I honestly can't say I do, love." Deep down in his gut he got a pain, he knew what it was, he had a feeling if Emma was with Henry, than Henry must of said something about the curse.
"Henry, believes that I'm his mother and not Milah, he believes I'm the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming who are Mary-margaret and David and that I'm married to you, who's Captain Hook" Emma explained her entire conversation she had with Henry, "He even gave me these pages from his storybook" Emma said, handing them over to David.
David unrolled the pages and scrolled through them, looking at a blonde and a dark pirate, "Well, the Princess does look like you and Killian does look like the pirate" David joked.
"Not helping" Emma said with a smile, taking the pages away from him and stuffing them in her desk.
"I'm sorry, love, he strongly believes in this stuff," Killian said, and then realizing what she had said "Wait, did you say Milah was his mother? Milah wasn't his mother, how do you even know about her."
"Regina told me to ask about her and sme crocodile, so I was assuming that she was his mother" Emma said.
"No, Milah wasn't his mother, Milah was a woman I fell in love with long before I met his mother and the crocodile is just a man, a coward if you will, somebody who wouldn't fight for what he wanted" Killian said, looking down at his left hand he remembered the day he got a visit from the dark one. Ripping her love's heart out and crushing it in front of him,later cutting off his hand, thinking he had a magic bean. That was a day he could never forget
"What was he unwilling to fight for?" David asked.
Killian turned to the man, looking over to the ceil Will was sitting in, he was staring back, knowing the story himself. "Milah, of course, she was his wife" Killian said looking down feeling ashamed of how stupid it seemed now. The man he was today would never have done that, the man he was suppose to be would've never done that.
Emma arched her eyebrows, "You stole a man's wife?" She knew he was too good to be true.
"I didn't want to, but she begged be to take her so when I agreed to take her, her husband found out and when he came to me asking for her I would have given her to him if he would have just fought for her, but instead he ran off, whimpering, he was a coward," Killian said, "A man unwilling to fight for what he wants, deserves what he gets."
A vision started to appear before Emma's eyes, she was somewhere's dark, she felt gross, like she hadn't washed in days. It looked as if she was in the sky, with a plant sprouting from the clouds. Bones and armor all around the round. Somebody else was there with her, Killian?
"You're a tough lass, you make a hell of a pirate" Killian said with a seductive smirk, handing her a small white pouch.
Emma noticed something on his arm, it was a tattoo. A women in a heart with the name Milah written across it and a dagger piercing through the heart. "Who's Milah? On the tattoo?" She asked.
Killian's face fell. "Somebody from long ago." He started to walk away, not wanting to talk about the women he had lost.
"Where is she?" Emma asked.
"She's gone" Killian said walking farther away.
"Rumpelstiltskin, your hand isn't the only thing he took from you, was it?" Emma asked, turning around.
The flashes disappeared, causing Emma to loose balance and fall to the round.
"Emma!" David exclaimed as he seen the girl fall to the ground, running over to her, picking her head up off the floor.
"Swan! Are you alright?" Killian asked rushing to her side, helping David pick her up.
Emma held her head, as soon as she got back up on her feet, she moved away from Killian. What was that? What did she just see? It looked like her and Killian were at some dark castle that had just experienced a very intense battle. "Um, yeah, I just didn't sleep well last night" She said, which wasn't all a lie, she had trouble falling asleep after knowing she had kissed Killian.
"Or maybe she remembered something she wanted to forget" Will embarked from where he watched the sheriff and her deputies.
Killian turned, giving Will a dead look. He didn't want to, but if he was stating that Emma didn't want to remember their life together, he would march over in the cage and shut his mouth for him.
"Maybe you should go home, get some rest" David told her.
"No, I'm fine, just let me sit down" She said, walking over to her desk, taking a set, placing her hands over her head.
David and Killian looked at her one last time before they walked over to their own desks, hoping the girl was alright.
Regina watched as Henry threw the apple behind him, causing Ms. Swan not to eat the apple. Her face grew dark with anger as she watched Henry pass her pages, pages from a storybook, what could that be from? Trying to listen closely she was able to make out the words curse and Evil Queen, he knew, his father told him. What was she suppose to do now?
"Good morning Madame Mayor" Dr. Archie Hopper said as he seen the mayor.
"Oh, morning," Regina said as she watched the doctor walk past her, then it clicked, if she couldn't stop them from breaking the curse maybe Dr. Hopper could make the boy think the curse wasn't real so he would stop trying to break it and have people believe. "Uh, Dr. Hopper! I actually have something for you!" Regina called out, running after the crick...man.
When Mary-margaret had woken up she felt sick, she had an extreme headache and smell of the burning candle David must've left lit when he left ma her want to throw up. Running to the bathroom she opened up the lid and puked up everything she had eaten the day prior. Her life felt like it was just spinning all around her. She needed to call David, whenever she felt this bad, she knew she could count on her husband to be there.
Picking up her phone she dialed her princes number.
Ring. Ring.
"Hey hun"
"David, I need you to come home" Mary-margaret spoke as she leaned over the toilet, feeling more coming up.
"Is everything alright?" David asked, starting to feel concerned
Mary-margaret choked back, "Yeah, just a little sick, can you please come home?"
"Yeah, of course, just let me go tell Emma, I'll be home in a bit alright. Just go lay down and try to rest up" David said, "I'll see you in a bit" And with that he hung up the phone, immediately walking over to Emma's office, "Emma" David called out, making the blonde look up from her phone.
Emma looked up, noticing the worried look on David's face, "David, is everything alright?"
"Yeah, just,Mary-margaret came down with the flu or something, I need to go home and make sure she's well enough" David explained.
"Oh, yeah, of course, me and Killian don't mind," Emma said, "Now, go home."
David ran off out the station doors, running home to his wife, hoping she was alright.
Will sat in his cot, having nothing to do other than look at the walls and listen to the conversations around him. Thinking of the women he missed more than ever, his stomach start to growl, it's been almost two days since he had ate. "Hey, deputy! Don't ya think it's time for me breaky!" Will shouted towards Killian.
Killian looked up from the newspaper he had been reading, actually mostly just scrolling through, who even read this crap? The Mirror? Seriously? Getting up, he walked over to a cabinet and started to pull out a pack of pop tarts, handing them both over to Will. "Here you go lad" Killian said with a smile.
"Thanks" Will said snatching the two sweets and glaring at Killian with a dirty look.
Killian sighed, looking down, avoiding eye contact. He had a feeling Will was still mad at him and all he wanted to do was apologize, but how, how could he apologize for the horrible thing he had done.
Emma sat at her desk, stressing over all the paperwork she had to do that day and now she also had to deal doing night shift, with Killian. She wasn't purposefully trying to ignore the man, she just couldn't bare to get closer than she already was with him, she couldn't get her heart broken.
Killian walked over to Emma's office, clearing his throat as he walked in, causing her to look up at him. "Um, hi" He stuttered.
"Hi" Emma said looking at him, "Look, Killian, bout last night…" She was cut off.
"No, it's alright, I understand, you just got lost in the moment," Killian said, "If falling in love was that easy, we'd all have it" He said as he walked away. He wished Emma would just start to trust him and open up.
Emma watched him go back to his desk, she felt bad for ignoring him and being distant, but what else was she gonna do? Maybe she should learn to open up and try something with him, he seemed like a nice man, the only downside was the fact he stole a man's wife. But he was an amazingly sweet man, he bought her coffee every morning and placed a small note on it, just to make her day. But all she could think about was that kiss, and that vision! It seemed so real, Killian was there and she was there, and they were talking about Milah, how does something like that just randomly pop in your head?
She was about to go back to her work when she remembered the pages that Henry had given her. She was hesitating, should she look at them? Or just leave them in her desk? After fighting with herself and actually deciding to pull the pages out she looked over them. A man that looked like Killian was on the page, he was on a ship and he had a hook for a hand. The second page was Snow White and Prince Charming holding a baby girl wrapped in a blanket with the name Emma embroidered on it. Finally, the third page was the same man she seen in the first page, but this time, he looked happier, he was standing in front of a crowd, holding a blonde girl's hand. The girl was in a white ball gown dress. Looking closely she thought the women looked like her, running her hand through the illustration, she looked closer. Was that her?
Suddenly the ground start to shake, having multiple items in the station start to fall off the shelfs and land on the floor, a few items smashing.
Emma drew her hand back, grabbing onto her desk. As the shaking stopped she looked over at Killian. "What was that?"
"I don't know, love" Killian said as the phones started to ring, "But I feel like we're about to find out."
-David ran into his front door, slamming the door behind him. "Mary-margaret!" David shouted, not seeing her around. As soon as he felt the ground shake he started to speed on the road, which probably didn't look too good since he was suppose to be against that but he had to make sure his wife was alright.
"I-in here!" Mary-margaret shouted from the bathroom right before she was heard spewing up more.
When David walked in he had to cover his mouth with his shirt, the scene in front of him was absolutely disgusting. Throw up was around the bowl, inside and out, Mary-margaret was on her knees, bent over the toilet. "Are you alright? I thought I told you to go back to bed."
Mary-margaret sat up slowly, "I was, but I couldn't make it to the bed before I had to come back" She said.
"Well, good thing I'm here now," David said, picking his wife up off the ground and carrying her into their bed, "Now you rest up, while I go make you some chicken soup" He said gently pressing a soft kiss to her forehead.
Mary-margaret forced a small smile and nod. She was glad to have such a sweet gentlemen to call hers, but as she laid down, deep into the feather like bed all she could imagine was sharing him. Sharing him with a son or daughter, maybe even both.
Emma and Killian were called saying that a part of ground collapsed when the earthquake struck, causing what seemed to be a mine appear. Of course they rushed to the site. Taking the sheriff car so it would be easier to get their and plus they were on the job, it would look unprofessional to show up in a yellow bug.
"Everybody step back, please!" Regina shouted as she ran out of her car and over to the crowd.
As Emma and Killian got out the car and walked over to the crowd, people immediately started asking questions and freaking out. This wasn't a normal thing to happen in their small town, when something huge happened it was usually a big deal to everyone.
Regina spotted Emma, walking over to her she didn't look very pleased. "Sheriff, set up a police perimeter. Marco, why don't you help with the fire department," Regina said. Turning to Killian she gave him the most dirtiest look she could give somebody, "Deputy, why don't you make yourself useful and help with crowd control."
Killian looked down at Emma and when he noticed she was trying to avoid eye contact with him, he looked back at Regina, giving her a dirty look back. He knew that Regina knew he wasn't cursed, or else she wouldn't have brought up Milah or the damn crocodile to Emma. He knew she was just trying to get under the sheriff's skin, stop her from following her heart.
Regina turned back around, walking towards the crowd once more. "People of Storybrooke, don't be alarmed. We've always known this area was honeycombed with mining tunnels, but fear not. I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe. To rehabilitate it for city use. We will bulldoze it, collapse it, pave it" She said looking out at the crowd.
Henry had arrived just on time with Ruby, when the earthquake happened they followed everybody to the commotion. When he got there he had heard what the Mayor had to say. "Pave it? What if there's something down there?"
As soon as Killian heard his young boy's voice he sighed, what was he doing here? "Henry, what are you doing? I thought I told you to stop sneaking out" Killian said leaning down at the boy.
"I didn't, I'm here with Re...Ruby" Henry whispered.
"You should've stayed at Granny's, it's dangerous here" He told his son.
Regina glared down at the boy, how would he know if something was down there. This all happened because of him! If he hadn't escaped with his father when he was born and then return on his tenth birthday and then give Emma those damn pages this morning, the curse wouldn't be weakening.
Noticing something shiny be her feet, she picked it up in a rush and stuffing it in the pocket of her jacket, knowing exactly what it was.
"What's that?" Henry asked, seeing the whole thing.
"Oh, nothing" Regina said as she walked away.
Dr. Hopper stepped up to the front of the crowd, seeing the boy and his father. "Hey, deputy Jones, I can watch the boy if you like, while you do your job" He offered.
Killian knowing that Dr. Hopper was once Jiminy Cricket and was the one to go to if you needed good advice knew he could trust him. "Oh, yeah, thanks" He said, standing up, "Henry please stay here, don't get into any trouble" He said waiting for his son to nod his head before running off to see if Emma needed any help.
Dr. Hopper waited for the deputy to leave, "So, Henry, I heard that you think this whole town is a bunch of cursed fairy tales"
Henry seen the look that Regina was giving them, watching from afar, he knew she probably had him try to find things out so she could stop the curse from being broken. "Oh, yeah, but you know, I'm only ten, it could just be my imagination" He said, not wanting to give away any information about him knowing.
Dr. Hopper nodded, "And that's completely healthy, you're not the first kid I've talked to that believed in something similar to this"
Henry smiled up at the man, he really didn't want to talk to him at all.
Dr. Hopper looked behind him, where Regina was standing, staring at him. "So, uh, i-if I was a fairytale character, who would I be?" He asked.
Henry looked up at the man, noticing him from the story, about his parents being thieves and dragging him along with it, he wanted out but when he tried it kind of backfired on him. "Jiminy Cricket" Henry said.
Dr. Hopper nodded. "Why do you think that?"
"Well because you help people with their problems and you carry around a umbrella" Henry said.
Once Killian met Emma putting up police tape around the perimeter of the hole he decided to help.
Emma noticed this, she didn't want the help form Killian, she wanted to be away from him. "You don't need to help" She told him, not bothering to look.
"Matter of fact I do," He said, holding onto the tape and helping, "Look, Swan, we need to talk."
"Actually, no, we don't" Emma said, not bothering to even look at him.
Killian stopped, moving her to the side to look at him, forcing her to, "Yes, we do love."
Emma sighed, "There's nothing to say, it was just a kiss."
"You can't tell me you didn't feel anything" Killian stated looking down at her.
Emma sighed and shook her head, "Matter of fact I can, because I felt nothing" She lied, she couldn't say she did, that would be so embarrassing to say she was already starting to feel for him when he's only been here for about a week. She did feel something, she felt sparks, she felt warmth, she felt like everything around her was just frozen.
Even though he knew she was lying, it still crushed his heart. He would make her admit it. Instead of questioning her more he just kept quiet and helped along with the police tape.
Henry watched from a distance, he had to get into those mines and see if there was anything inside. But how? Looking around there wasn't that much people around to notice if him if he was able to sneak in, but was he willing to take that chance? Looking over to his father and Emma and seeing how miserable his father was without her, it hurt him. He had to do this. Ducking behind cars that were parked on the side of the scene he slowly made his way over to the mines, going behind trees, in bushes and then softly running into the mines. Confident that no body seen him he pulled out a flashlight he always had in his bag and turned it on, starting to walk down the mines.
Henry walked for an hour, not even knowing where he was going. He was getting tired and his feet were starting to hurt but he wouldn't give up, he had to find something, something to make Emma believe. Seeing a glisten from the corner of his eye he turned and walked towards it. When he got closer he noticed it was a small hole in the wall. Trying to peek in he didn't see much, just darkness.
An hour had passed by the time Killian and Emma had finished putting up the police tape. Emma was tired, Killian was tired, they really wish David didn't have to leave to go to Mary-margaret, but they understood, when your family needs you, you gotta be there.
Looking around, Killian didn't see Henry. He wasn't with Ruby or Archie, the one man who said he would watch him! Walking up to the man he stopped and looking at him for a few seconds, "Where's Henry?" He said gently but still a bit of madness in his tone.
Archie looked around, "Well, he was here just a moment ago," He said.
Killian got an angry look on his face. He trusted this man more than anybody else in this cursed town, the one man he counted on let him down. "Do you have any idea where he could be?" He asked.
Archie shook his head, "Sorry deputy, I don't."
Killian shook his head walking off, trying to look for Henry. He couldn't find him.
Regina watched the pirate struggle, trying to find his boy, she smirked and walked upto him. "What are you looking for?" Regina said as she walked up from behind him, startling the man.
"Oh, uh, Henry" Killian said straightening himself.
Regina hummed and nodded her head. "Well, I sure hope he's alright, or else that would just be another man's blood added to your hands...well, hand" Regina said with a smirk.
Killian swallowed, "Excuse me?"
"Well your brother died because you provoked him into using the dreamshade on himself so he thought he could prove you wrong, then it was sweet ol' Milah, the one that got away. She wouldn't have died if you gave the dark one what he wanted in the first place and then it was dad, the man who abandoned you and started another family, you killed him for what? Revenge? Jealousy?" Regina said as she walked around the pirate, whispering her words.
Killian's face got dark, he followed the mayor with his eyes. He wanted to slit her throat with his hook, if only he had it! Having a hand at the start was exciting for him but now he just wanted his hook back.
"So, if I were you captain, I'd…" She got cut off.
"Everything alright over here?" Emma asked running over, looking between the two. She was sitting down on the gravel when she saw Regina circling Killian, she knew something was up.
"No sheriff, Killian here was just asking if I seen Henry" Regina said, trying to cover her story up.
Emma nodded, "Henry's missing?"
"Aye" Killian spoke as soon as the ground started to shake again. He seen Emma started to lose balance and started slipping down into the pit. Before she could Killian grabbed ahold of her wrist and held her close, making sure she was safe.
When the ground started to shake Emma pushed herself off of Killian.
Killian looked over at Emma and then down where the entrance of the mines where, he had a feeling where Henry might be. Not telling anybody, he ran over to the entrance, stepping over all the fallen logs and boulders.
"Killian!" Emma shouted as she ran after him. When she got into the entrance of the mines, Killian was just standing there, wondering which way the boy might've gone, "Killian, we shouldn't be in here, it's dangerous."
"Trust me love, I've been in a lot more dangerous places then this bloody mine" Killian said, starting to walk straight.
Emma grabbed ahold of his right hand, "Come on, let's go" She said, starting to drag him around.
Killian snatched his arm back, "I'm not going anywhere until I find ou...my son!"
Emma looked at him, she could see he was only trying to make sure his son was safe. There was nothing she could say that would make him change his mind.
Waiting for her to say anything Killian just went and started walking ahead, "Henry!" He called out.
"Henry!" Emma called out, joining in, "Henry! Henry, where are you!"
"You don't have to come with me love" Killian said continuing to walk ahead.
"I know, but, I want to" Emma said, giving a small smile to the handsome man next to her.
Killian smiled back at her. "Henry! Henry!"
Thirty minutes had passed by, they hadn't found Henry or seen anything saying he was even in the tunnels. Time was running out, every second they were in those mines was just another second closer to the whole thing collapsing on them. But he wasn't going to give up like that, he would keep searching until he found Henry, he waited ten years to see Emma and his family again, so he could wait a few more minutes to see his boy, hopefully unharmed. It was awkward between the two, they haven't really said anything to each other as they went deeper down into the tunnels, only words coming out their mouth was, Henry.
While it was quite, Emma had some time to think, think about what she wanted, what she wanted with Killian. She sighed.
Killian looked over,"What's the matter love?" He asked not bothering to look at her, just look around using the flashlight he had.
"Just thinking" She muttered.
"Is that so?" Killian really wasn't in the mood, he just wanted to find his son.
"Yeah, about...what you said about opening up and how it's alright to feel alone" Emma said, looking down at the dusty ground below her.
Killian stopped and turned to her"Aye, what about it?"
"I, um, I think...I'm hoping I'm ready to open up...to you" Emma said.
Killian arched a brown, "is that so, well I'm all ears lass" He said as he continued to walk.
Emma followed just a couple feet behind him, "Well, there's a reason I have these walls up and how I'm afraid to get close to people," She started, taking a few breaths before she continued, "My parents, when I was first born they left me on the side of the highway, didn't even bother to drop me off at the hospital, so I was put in the system, I was adopted until I was three and the couple had their own kid so they sent me back, I was in there my whole life until I was eighteen...I would cry myself to sleep every night asking why wouldn't anybody want me, was I not good enough?...And once I got out I met this man, Neil, I thought he was the one, I fell in love...but when he made me take the fall for his own crimes and I was put in jail...everything changed...I put up these walls that keep me from ever getting hurt again" Emma said through cracking voice, she had tears swelling up inside her eyes, they stun. As she blinked two tears fell from each eye.
Killian stopped in his tracks once again, he turned to her and seen how much pain her fake memories gave her. Carefully approaching her he gently took her in his arms, rubbing small circles into her back. "Don't worry love, you don't need them, you're a strong young women, you wouldn't be who you are today if those things hadn't happened in your life. I love the lass you are" He said leaning back, making the blonde look up at him as he whipped away the tears.
Emma smiled, taking a deep breath, "Thanks."
"Guys"A male whisper came from behind them.
"Henry!" Killian shouted as he knelt down in front of the boy giving him a hug, "What are you doing down here?"
"I-I found something! Follow me!" Henry shouted as he ran back in the direction he had came.
"Henry!" Killian shouted after him as he turned around to look at Emma before running after him.
Emma followed the two boys.
Henry stopped at a spot that was covered with boulders, no way to get into the next tunnel, "Look, there's something shiny on the other end, but I can't seem to see what."
"Henry...it's probably just a shiny piece of rock or maybe it's just a small piece of metal or diamond, this is a mine after all" Emma told the boy.
"No, it's much shinier than a piece of metal or rock, look" Henry said motioning towards the rock.
Emma looked over at Killian before she slowly started walking towards the small hole to look inside. Before she even had the chance the round started to shake again, this time more fiercely than the other time. She fell down.
"Come on! We have to go!" Killian shouted through the noise of rocks that started to fall.
"Wait! No! We have to find out what's on the other side of that wall!" Henry shouted, trying to keep his balance.
Emma knelt down in front of the boy, "Henry, please, enough. This tunnel is about to fall on top of us if we don't get out now! Please, it's dangerous!" She begged.
Henry looked into her eyes, she was terrified. Henry nodded as he started to run down the tunnels, the rocks falling and dust coming off of the soil. Dirt was flying around everywhere, getting into their eyes, making them cough from breathing it in. Killian had almost gotten a few boulders smashed over his head a few times but thankfully he was able to dodge them just in time. When the got to the end of the tunnel and they could see the hole they had come in from, it was closing by fallen rocks.
"Faster!" Emma shouted as her, Killian and Henry ran as fast they could until they were outside the mine.
Killian was gasping for air, trying to catch his breath as he bent down placing his hands on his knees, "Henry...what...were...you thinking?"
"I'm sorry...I just...wanted to prove...to Emma that the curse was real" Henry said looking over at the blonde.
"Henry...asking somebody to believe in a curse is asking for a lot," She said looked over to Killian, "But that doesn't mean it isn't true, I looked at the pages you gave me, and I mean yeah, I can see why you think what you do" She said.
Henry looked at the women, she was his mother. Maybe she would start believin on her own. He smiled as he ran over to her, wrapping his arms tightly around his waist.
Emma hesitated before she actually took the hug, placing her arms around the small boy.
Mary-margaret sat in her bathroom, once she was done throwing everything up and was starting to feel some what better she was able to pull up the calendar on her phone. She was late. And then it led her here, sitting on the bathroom toilet, timer on the counter and another pregnancy test in hand. She doubted it was going to be positive considering every other test she done out through the years was all negative.
As the timer went off she took a few deep breaths, sucking in relaxation from the air. As she turned the test around she closed her eyes, she couldn't bare look at it. Slowly creeping one eye open at a time, she looked down.
-Emma had drove Killian and Henry back to Granny's after they had left the mines. Henry had passed right out once he got in the back of the sheriff car. But they had just sat in silence, Killian looked out at the stars and thinking of how much pain his wife had to endure all these years without him, he hated himself every day for it.
As she pulled in front of Granny's she got out of the car with Killian, walking over to the passenger side, opening up the back seat. Getting ready to lift up Henry and carry him to their room.
"Lass, you don't have to do that, I'm perfectly capable of carrying him myself" Killian informed her.
"I know" She said, "But I want to carry him, besides you look drained."
Killian nodded, he was pretty tired, felt like he hadn't slept in centuries. Letting it go he just walked behind Emma up the stairs, trying not to fall asleep right then and there.
As Emma got to the top of the stairs and to the room number Killian had told her, she waited for him to open up the door since she was pretty much occupied. It felt strange carrying a child. As the door was unlocked she laid him carefully down onto the bed under the cover. "Thanks for listening back there" She said turning to Killian.
"No problem Swan, any time" Killian said with a smile.
She smiled. Looking up at the clock it was almost two in the morning, she had to get back to her small apartment and get to bed, her eyes were starting to feel like heavy weights. "I should probably get back, I'm pretty tired" Emma said.
"Aye, me too, I guess I'll see you tomorrow" Killian said as he stepped in front of her, about to be a gentlemen and open the door for her.
"Yeah" Emma said with a small simple smile as she started walking out the door but stopped. Turning around she looked up at the man, going into his face and pressing a quick peck on the side of his cheek,"Goodnight, Killian" She said with a saucy smile before turning and walking down the stairs.
Killian froze, he was surprised, he wasn't expecting for her to kiss him, since she had complained about the kiss they had the night prior. "Goodnight Emma" He whispered to himself as it was too late for her to hear.
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