Chapter 2:
Killian POV:

Holding Emma in his arms leaning in to kiss her, she starts shaking. He tries to hold her steady. Her eyes roll into the back of her head and her eyes close.

I scream, "Emma! Emma!"

He can tell she's trying to say something but no words are coming out.

Still holding her, the shaking stops just as quickly as it started. I lay her on the bed. I start to shake her, as she remains lifeless on the bed. "Emma!" I yell again

At this point David and Mary Margaret come up the stairs in a panic.

Mary Margaret asks, "What happened?" She rushes to Emma's side checking for a pulse.

I reply, "We were sitting on the bed talking and she started shaking."

Mary Margaret, always calm and collected starts to cry, in between sobs, she says, "David, call an ambulance! She barely has a pulse."

I start to walk back and forth trying to relive that moment they just shared. He can't understand why it happened. All he can think about is he can't lose her. The women that he loves, more than he ever thought was possible.

Mary Margaret brings him back from his thoughts when she asks, "will you help me carry her down the stairs?"

He looks down at her and without hesitation he replies "Aye!" And he scoops her up in his arms. She feels so light as her carries her down the stairs. Did she lose weight and he didn't notice? She's always out there saving everyone and bringing back happy endings she probably never has time to eat. He makes a mental note to bring up later, hoping that Emma is going to make it.

He walks down the stairs following Mary Margaret. She walks over to Neil, Emma's little brother and picks him up from his crib. David looks over at me and says, " The ambulance is on its way. We should go outside to meet them."

I nod in agreement and David opens the apartment door, holding it open for me. I walk out with Emma still cradled in my arms. Holding her so close that he can feel her heart beat.

"Hang in there Emma. Help is on the way, love." I say out loud hoping she hears him.

David and Mary Margaret follow close behind him. They all hear the ambulance sirens heading in their direction. I step out into the street and it pulls up next to the curb.

Two people jump out of the vehicle and head towards the back. They open the back doors and quickly pull out a stretcher. I lay Emma on the stretcher, remembering the time when he was rushed to the hospital in one of these vehicles.

The EMT starts checking Emma over and strapping her onto the stretcher. The other guy starts asking David what happened. What is taking these guys so long? He thinks to himself. Seconds turn into minutes as he stands there. Starting to feel overwhelm I flip my captain switch on.

"Why in the hell are we just bloody standing here? We need to take Emma to a doctor." I yell at no one in particular but just trying to get his point across that we are wasting precious time.

Mary Margaret pulls me to the side while still holding Neil in her arms, "Calm down, Hook. They may not be doctors but they are doing the best they can for Emma. Just let them do their job" As Mary Margaret is speaking they start to put Emma in the ambulance and David follows his daughter in the back.

"I'll meet you both at the hospital", David says before the door is closed.

Mary Margaret jumps into David's truck. "Get in!", Mary Margaret yells. I quickly open the passenger door and jump in. She hands me the baby. I must have made a face because she instantly replies, "I can't hold him and drive at the same time."

I nod and she starts the truck.

I look down at the boy, who clearly has no idea what's going on. Truth be told, I think to himself, I don't have a clue either. I am just hoping Emma will be alright.

It doesn't take long to get to the hospital but it feels like hours when we pull in but only minutes had gone by. Mary Margaret parks the truck. As we walk up we see the empty ambulance and David standing outside waiting for us.

"They aren't really saying much but she's breathing better." David says as they continue to walk into the building.

David walks down the hall and turns right into a small room. It has a couple chairs in the corner and a small bed, where I see her. They have machines hooked up to her. Hearing the sound, I remember the annoying machine with the beeping from the time Emma brought me here after I was hit by a car. Things were so different back then. Revenge was all I ever wanted but now all I want is for her to be safe.

I walk over to the side of the bed and hold her hand in mine. She looks so fragile.

I hear a door open, and turn to see what looks to be a doctor wearing a long white coat. He picks up a chart and starts writing on it. "I'm doctor Audian, the on call doctor. Based on what I've heard, Emma just went through quite the ordeal." He looks up from his chart at the machine by Emma's bed, then looks back down and writes something on it.

"Is she going to be okay?" David asks as he puts his arm around Mary Margaret.

"We did an MRI scan and from what I can see, Emma has some abnormalities in her brain." He points to the wires hooked up to Emma's forehead, "And hopefully these will tell us what is going on."

"So you don't know what's wrong with her?" I ask.

The doctor looks up from his chart and shrugs. "Based on what you've told me and what I see, Emma had a seizure. Most seizures are caused by medications or a head injury. The first step is finding the likely cause before we can treat it."

"Emma doesn't take any medication that we know of. Maybe she hit her head back when we were in the Enchanted Forest?" Mary Margaret asks.

Suddenly Emma's hand starts to tighten around mine. "Emma?" I ask, as I see her lids start to flutter.

Her eyes open. She looks scared. Before I can say anything the doctor says, "Stay calm, Emma. You're in the hospital. You had a seizure."

She crinkles her eyebrows like she does when she is thinking hard about something. She looks up at me and then at her parents. I'm still holding her hand and I give it a little squeeze. "You gave us quite the scare, love."

Emma looks at me now, she asks, "I had a seizure?" She looks up at David and Mary Margaret and then around the room.

I nod, "Aye, love, that's what the doctor told us."

She let's go of my hand and feels around her forehead where the wires are and goes to pull them off. The doctor immediately says "Don't do that!" Emma looks up at him. "We are monitoring your brain activity. You're not out of the woods yet, miss swan. We want to keep you here for a few more hours just to see if we find a pattern. Do you remember anything happening that may have triggered this?"

Emma looks at me, and I raise an eyebrow at her. I can tell from the way she's looking at me that she must think I had something to do with it. "I know I'm absolutely dashing and devilishly handsome but we established this long ago, Swan. You're looking at me like I'm the cause of your pain. You know I would never hurt you." I make a joke out loud but all joking aside he really hopes he didn't cause it, he thought to himself.

Emma looks down at her hands and replies, "It wasn't you Killian. I know you would never hurt me." Why didn't she look at me when she said that? What are you hiding from me, Swan?

The doctor quizzes again, "Could it be stress?"

Emma looks up at the doctor then and replies a little to quickly for my liking. "You know, that must be it. The stress of trying to bring back everyone's happy endings and undoing all the things the author changed. I haven't had a moment to myself."

Mary Margaret replies, "You haven't taken a day off in months Emma. Maybe you just need a vacation?"

Then David chimes in, "Hook and I can take over at the sheriff's station. It won't be so busy now that all the villains have left town." He walks over and puts a hand on Emma's shoulder. "You can take a break from being the savior for a little while."

Emma gives David a small smile and nods in reply.

I stand there, shocked. Not one argument from her. Is this really his Emma? I try to compose myself, hoping no one notices. Some times I'm a bit of an open book.

David looks over at me now, "Isn't that right, Hook?" He asks.

I nod in agreement. Of course I would do anything to help Emma recover from this. I'm just not sure she's being entirely truthful with us.

The doctor seems trilled with the solution. "That sounds like a great idea, David. I will leave you all alone while I do my rounds but I'll be back in a bit to review your chart again. If everything looks good, you'll be free to go."

Mary Margaret smiles at the doctor, "Thank you, doctor!"

Once the doctor leaves Mary Margaret pulls up a chair next to Emma's bed with Neil still in her arms. David continues to stand next to the bed, but grabs Emma's hand. The hand I was holding moments ago.

I walk backwards towards the door. "I'll leave you royals here to catch up."

I can see the disappointment in her eyes as the words come out but she smiles back at me and nods. "Thanks Killian. Please let Henry know I'm fine?"

I reply "Aye, love, I'll let your boy know." I turn around and walk out into the hall. I close the door and walk outside through the automatic doors. I know Emma is hiding something and I intend to find out what it is and the first step is to find Henry.