Chapter 31: Spring Tide
After lord knows how many pails of water, he finally felt alive again and strong enough to talk. He beamed at the blonde haired savior who was looking at him in utter astonishment.
"Where the hell did you put it all? Seriously, you should have exploded...you drank like an entire lake! What the hell?" She asked trying to wrap her head around what had just happened.
"I was thirsty." He answered lamely, trying not to laugh.
Her facial expression was utterly priceless and he was never going to forget it.
"Ya feeling better now, Captain?" Rem asked reminding him that she was still present.
"Physically...yes. Mentally...well enough. Emotionally...not so much. Rem…" He started but stopped because he couldn't find the words.
"It may sound cruel, but I was real happy to see ya...that the last thing I got to see was me favorite captain. I'm sorry for hurtin' ya...again." She apologized making him feel even guiltier.
"I should have saved you." He replied placing his hands on top of the arms she had wrapped around his mid section.
"Silly captain. Ya did save me. Ya saved all of us." She revealed her head resting against his.
"No...that was all Artz. I had nothing to do with it." He refuted looking away and towards the tent wall.
"She's right." The blonde stated making him look at her in confusion, "You said before that newly awakened magic expresses what you keep inside."
"With you, it was your anger. For Artz, her desire to save a life, but what does that have to do with me?" He questioned wondering where the hell she was going with this.
The blonde savior looked at him and he wasn't quite sure what all he was seeing in her eyes. Regret, relief, guilt, joy, sorrow, and gratitude for sure but he couldn't comprehend the rest or the why.
"You believed." She answered simply, her expression morphing into one of shame and guilt.
"I don't understand." He replied his face scrunched up in confusion.
He was at a complete loss. Her reactions and body language were confusing the hell out of him.
"Ya real dense, captain. Ya believed Madame Red." Rem stated knocking on his head with her right hand.
"Well of course I believe in her…" He started but was cut off by the Savior.
"No, Killian. It wasn't you believing in her. It was because you believed. You believed her...you accepted what she told you as the truth and promised to stay with her...and because of that faith, that promise… thats what saved them.
You believed and her magic expressed what she felt inside, what she wasn't able to say ...her emotions were too deep, too intense for her to describe with words or actions…" Emma explained a soft smile on her face.
He stared at her, his blue eyes revealing just how shocked he was by this revelation. It was his belief that triggered her magic, his vow empowering her heart and allowing her to perform a miracle. He didnt know what to say. What could he say?
