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05-That Still Small Voice

Wednesday night finds Henry and Ally back in Archie's office for another therapy session. This time both kids are in better moods, since things seem to be finally going their way.

"You weren't always a cricket." Henry says, determined to convince Archie of the curse and bring up over to Operation Cobra.

"I weren't always- Oh, right. Because, um… Because you think I'm Jiminy Cricket. Why… Why do you… Why do you think that, Henry?" Archie struggles, not really wanting to go through this again with the kids.

"It's just because of who you are." Ally pipes in leaning closer to Archie and giving him a long look. Archie shifts uncomfortably.

"And what am I?" He questions.

"You're a conscience. You help people see right from wrong." Henry says. Ally makes a face at that statement.

"I think that he may be broken." She mumbles thinking of all the bad things he's done lately.

"So, all the crickets in Storybrooke – they were once people, too?" Archie tries, but gets shot down by the looks on their faces.

"There aren't any crickets here. Listen." Ally says, and the three of them sit there quietly only listening to the crackling of the fire that Archie had made earlier.

"Maybe it isn't light enough." Archie reasons with them.

"There's never been crickets here. You've just never noticed." Henry says.

"So, you think that's proof that there's a curse?" Archie says.

"Yes, but I know it's not enough. We're looking for more." Henry assures him.

"So, Henry, Ally, look. I asked you guys this once before and you said you'd think about it. Why do you think it's so important that this is real?" Archie questions them.

"It… It just is." Henry says.

"Just cause." Ally mutters. Archie sighs and shakes his head. He's never going to get anywhere with these kids at this rate.

"Alright. Well, keep thinking about that answer, guys. Cause I think there's something buried there." Archie tells them, officially ending the session.


The next day Henry and Ally are hanging out. Ally, per Henry's request is showing him around the woods more, so that he can get to better know them. By the time that Henry comes huffing and puffing next to Ally, she's leaning against a tree. "I— don't get— it. How— how are you so fast?" Henry pants, hands on his knees.

"Years of running around out here Henry. You should really get out of your room and stretch your legs every once in a while." Ally retorts, with a grin. Henry glares up at her.

"No, I swear that there's something different about you." He says squinting his eyes at Ally. She shrugs it off, and glances around the clearing.

"We should probably head back. There's no need for your mom to catch us and ban you from going into the woods." Ally tells him, sticking out a hand to pull Henry up. The two friends start walking back towards town, when the earth starts to shake violently. The ground beneath their feet moves, and Henry is pitch to the ground, with Ally not far behind him. Henry groans as Ally falls on top of him. A few seconds later, the shaking stops, and Ally rolls off of him.

"What the hell was that?" Ally demands. Henry grumbles something under his breath, and shakes his head.

"I don't know, but I want to find out." He says climbing to his feet, and helping Ally up. "Okay Wolfpup find where that thing happened!" Henry exclaims looking at her like she was a dog. Ally glared at him, and gave Henry a pretty good shove.

"If I do change you better watch out Henry, I'm not sure yet whether I'll just be all bark and no bite." Ally threatens, before taking off at a sprint in the other direction. She can hear Henry's muttered protests and curses behind her, as he gives chase.

A few minutes later the kids slow down as they hear voices up ahead as they get closer to the road. "Where are we?" Henry asks Ally quietly as he comes to a stop, panting again. Ally cocks her head trying to hear what everyone is saying.

"We're by an entrance to the old mines. I've been near them before, but I've never actually taken the chance to go in." Ally tells him. Henry gets an excited gleam in his eye and pushes out of the forest and to the gathered crowd. Ally groaned, and followed after him.

The kids get close enough to the front of the crowd to see both Henry's moms arguing and Sheriff Graham standing there awkwardly not sure whether to break them up or not. "Emma's here." Henry points out unnecessarily. Suddenly Mayor Mills takes a step forward and addresses the crowd.

"People of Storybrooke, don't be alarmed. We've always known this area was honeycombed with old mining tunnels. But fear not. I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe – to rehabilitate it into city use. We will bulldoze it, collapse it, pave it." She announces. Henry has heard enough, and pushes forward to the front of the crowd with Ally following.

"Pave it? What if there's something down there?" He demands. All of the adult's presence is on the kids suddenly. Ally sees her own mother out of the corner of her eye.

"Henry. Ally. What are you two doing here?" Regina demands staring down the two children. Ally shifts uncomfortably under the glare.

"We were knocked down by the shaking." Ally states obviously. Ruby has to cover her mouth to conceal her smile at her child's sass to the Mayor.

"What's down there?" Henry asks ignoring everything else but his goal.

"Nothing. Now step back. In fact, everyone! Please, please step back. Thank you." She says and people reluctantly start moving back. Henry and Ally watch as Regina kneels down and picks up a piece of glass, and pockets it.

"What's that?" Ally asks, her curiosity getting the best of her. Regina glares at the girl making her flinch. She turns her glare to Ruby.

"If you knew what was best for you Ms. Lucas, I would reign in that daughter of yours. Henry, enough. Listen this is a safety issue. Go and wait in the car." Regina snapped pointing over at her vehicle. Ally glanced nervously back and forth between the Mayor and her Mom. Henry stormed away to the car.

Ruby held out her hand to Ally, and she scrambled over to her Mom. "My apologies Madam Mayor." Ruby growls out and tugs Ally away so that they can leave. Ally cranes her neck around to find Henry and the kids share a look. They'll talk again at their next session tomorrow.

Ally allows her mom to pull her to their own car, and she climbs into the front seat beside her. Ruby starts the car, and heaves a sigh. "She really irritates the hell out of me. Just because she's the Mayor she thinks that she has the power to tell me how to parent my kid." Ruby grumbles, pulling onto the road, and heading back to the diner.

Ally doesn't say anything. She just lets her Mom rant, as she fiddles with the wolf ornament on the dash. "Pup, I know that you and Henry are on this whole kick against Regina and everything, which I totally support by the way, but I want to cool it for a little bit." Ruby says glancing over at Ally.

The girl turns to her Mom shocked. "But Mom— if I don't help Henry, then no one will!" Ally cries already not liking this new proposition. Ruby sighs, and pulls into the small parking lot behind the diner.

"Ally, I'm being serious here. Regina is not the kind of person to go messing with. She could really hurt you— hurt us. I can't have anything happen to you as well. Not after P…" Ruby abruptly stops realizing that she was going to have said his name aloud. Ally bit her lip seeing the heartbroken look on her Mom's face.

She knew that her Mom still wasn't over her father. She knew that he was dead— that he was killed. And from the book she knew how it had happened. For this part of the curse she was happy, because at least her Mom didn't have to carry that pain with her now.

"Okay Mommy." Ally tells her softly. Ruby swiped at her eyes and gripped the girl's hand tightly.

"Thank you." She says.


The next day Henry and Ally meet out in front of the Archie's office for their session. Some people thought that it was odd that the pair shared one, but after a week of separate ones, Archie decided that it would be best if he worked with them together.

"So did you hear that Emma's now Deputy?" Henry asks Ally with a wide grin on his face. Ally smiles back at him, and gestures to his backpack.

"You going somewhere that I don't know about?" Ally questions him. Henry glances down at his bag and grins.

"Operation Cobra has its first mission. Don't tell me you didn't see the Queen pocket something at the cave in. We have to go down into the mines and find out just exactly she doesn't want us to find." Henry says. Ally's eyes widen at the new information.

"I dunno Henry. My Mom really doesn't want me to do anything big that will make your mom mad." She says hesitantly, but the thrill of an adventure was beginning to get to her. Henry grabs her hand and looks her straight in the eye.

"If you want your real mom back Ally, we need to do this." Henry says. After a moment Ally nods in agreement, and follows Henry into Archie's office. The kids pause in the doorway when they see Archie busy talking to Marco the old wood carver.

"Hey! Have a good session, Henry, Ally." Marco tells the kids brightly ruffling their hair, and leaving the room. Henry and Archie take their seats on the couches, while Ally attempts to fix her hair briefly. As soon as she joins them, the session begins.

"Hey." Archie tells the kids. Ally just gives him an unreadable look, and Henry grins at him.

"Are you recruiting Geppetto for Operation Cobra?" Henry asks excitedly. Archie raises an eyebrow at that and Ally sighs, getting tired of having to convince everyone that the book is actually real.

"You think Marco's Geppetto?" Archie says doubtfully. Ally groans into her hands.

"Sure. He's Jiminy Cricket's best friend and Marco's yours." Ally explains. Archie scratches his head trying to regain control of the situation.

"Henry… Ally, look. W-We really need to talk about this, okay?" Archie pleads. Henry is already on a roll though.

"I know you're not convinced, but I know where I can get proof." Henry says determinedly. He grabs his backpack and unzips it. He shows the contents to Archie and Ally.

"What is this? Flashlight? Candy bars? Oh, wait, Henry. Henry, you do not want to go down there." Archie says trying to change the kids' minds about this idea.

"Emma's here and stuff's happening. I have to look at it." Henry says stubbornly. Archie turns to Ally pleadingly. She crosses her arms.

"I'm not letting my best friend go without me. He needs someone to help him." Ally says. Henry grins at her for that. Archie finally can't take it anymore.

"Ally, Henry. Stop. Stop. There is no proof. Look, all of this – all of this – is a delusion. Do you know what a delusion is?" He demands. Both kids shrink back into the couch a little bit. Ally shakes her head silently while Henry responds.

"I…I think so." Henry stammers. Archie leans in closer to the kids and locks gazes with them.

"It's something that's not real. And… And not healthy. And I thought that you'd outgrow this, but guys, you know… Now it's turned into a psychosis. Do you know what a psychosis is? Th-that's when you can longer tell what's real and if that continues, then… Then I have to lock you away. Henry, Ally, look. This has to stop for your own good. You got to wake up. This nonsense must end. How much longer will your parents want you when you don't want them?" Archie states.

Ally clenches her hands into fists on her knees and tries to keep from crying. Henry gives Archie a wounded and betrayed look, verging on tears. He grabs Ally's hand and pulls her out of the office. By the time they're both on the street, Henry's lip is wobbling, and Ally's crying openly.

Henry grit his teeth angrily. He couldn't believe that Archie would say something like that. He betrayed him, and worse he made Ally cry after she was already feeling bad about the whole situation. There was only one thing to do. Henry grabbed Ally's and they sped walked to Mary Margaret's apartment.

They needed to see Emma. The pair climb the stairs to the apartment, and Henry knocks on the door since Ally is in no state to do so, a few seconds later the door swings open to reveal Emma, Mary Margaret comes over from the kitchen to see who is at the door.

"Henry— Ally what's wrong?" Emma asks worriedly, seeing the upset look on Henry's face and the tear stained face of Ally. She didn't know which child to attempt to comfort first. Luckily Mary Margaret took that situation out of her hands.

"Ally, honey." She says softly kneeling down to her level and opening her arms. Emma wasn't sure that the kid would trust her teacher so much, but was surprised when Ally ran into her arms without a second though. Emma took Henry by the shoulders and led him over to the couch, as Mary Margaret wrapped her arms around the now sobbing child.

"Henry, what's wrong? What happened?" Emma asks trying to keep a lightness to her voice so she doesn't upset the kid even more.

"A-Archie said that— that we have a— psy— psychosis. He said that they're gonna lock us up." Henry cries unable to fight the tear that streaks down his face. Emma looks up as Mary Margaret carries Ally to the couch next to them. The girl's sobs have slowed, and now she's hiccupping.

"There was something else, wasn't there?" Mary Margaret says softly pushing the hair that got stuck to Ally's faces by her tears, away from it. Henry clamps his mouth shut, and Ally's lower lip wobbles again.

"Come on kids, we need to know everything, or we can't make it better." Emma attempts to coax the answer out of them.

"He… he said Mom— Mommy wouldn't…" Ally couldn't go on because the tears started again. She buried her face into Mary Margaret's neck; clinging to her like she had done many times when she was a small child, well smaller than now. Emma and Mary Margaret share a look, bot knowing that they're not going to like what the rest of that sentence is. They both turn to Henry as the teacher coos at the girl to calm her down again.

"Henry, come on bud. We can tell that it was serious. You need to tell us. If not for us, then for Ally." Emma tells him placing her hand on his knee. Henry shoots his gaze to Ally, and he bites his lip. As much as he's upset with Archie at the moment, he also doesn't want to hurt him. But as he listens to his best friend cry, Henry realizes that he has to tell them.

"Archie said that if we keep not wanting our parents as they are, then they're not going to want us anymore." Henry admits brokenly. As much as he hates Regina she has been his mother for a long time. Both the adults wince realizing how damaging that is to hear, and for Ally even more so, since they both know that on some level, she believes that Ruby doesn't want her.

"Oh honey. Don't believe what he said for a minute. No matter what you could do or say, would stop your mom from wanting you. It was the happiest day of her life when she had you, and I should know because I was there." Mary Margaret tells the girl, trying not to show that she has a hard time remembering the girl's birth for some reason.

Ally pulls back from Mary Margaret, and the woman strokes her cheeks, wiping the tears off of them. "Y-you're sure?" She croaks, her sore from crying so much. Mary Margaret smiles sweetly at the girl.

"I know it with all my heart. Now come on, let's go and get you guys some juice." She says sliding Ally off of her lap, and grabbing her and Henry's had leading them to the kitchen. Emma follows after them, silently seething. She doesn't know what she's going to do to the doctor first when she sees him. She watches the deflated kids with Mary Margaret as they drink their juice quietly, Ally leaning into Henry, and him leaning back.

"Those poor kids." Mary Margaret says quietly to Emma. She nods her head and continues to watch them.

"At least they have each other. They've been holding on well for this long." Emma says. Once the kids are finished, she allows them to wash up, before she takes them back home. Or well to the Mayor's office since Henry has to meet with her, and Ally doesn't seem to want to leave his side just quite yet.

Emma leaves and is pretty distracted for she's already planning her confrontation out with Archie. As soon as she's gone Henry turns to face his best friend.

"We're doing it. We'll show them that we're not crazy." Henry says resolutely. Ally bites her lip still not liking the sound of this plan, especially after what happened earlier.

"I dunno Henry, I kinda just want to go and see my Mom." Ally says blushing slightly. Kids her age are supposed to want to get away from their parents not go to them. Henry grabs her hand and starts leading her to the woods.

"Come on Ally your mom's working. You can see her when we get back. Besides, I'll never make it back there, only you know the way." Henry points out. Reluctantly Ally nods her head. With a deep breath she takes the lead and pulls him into the woods after her.


At the entrance to the tunnel Henry digs around into his backpack pulling out two flashlights, not noticing that a candy bar falls to the ground. "Take this." Henry says handing Ally a yellow flashlight as he takes the green one for himself. He shrugs his backpack back onto his shoulders, and they turn on their lights.

With a deep breath the kids start into the mine, shining their flashlights around, trying to find something, anything that could help them out. After a few minutes searching Ally's flashlight catches something. She bends down and picks up another shard of intricate glass that has a wood chip attached to it.

"Henry, I think I found something." Ally says. Henry comes hurrying over to her, adding his light to hers. A beaming smile slips onto his face at the sight of the glass.

"That's just like what my mom picked up!" He cries. Just then the earth starts to shake and with a loud crack, the mine starts to crumble around them.

"Run!" Ally cries grabbing Henry by the hand and dragging him away. That is before something hits her, and all she can see is blackness.


"She pushed me out of the way… I couldn't help her! I didn't mean for this to happen!" Henry's voice cries from a distance. There was the sound of hurried feet, and someone sliding next to her.

"Oh dear, this is not good." Archie's voice sounds from beside her. Ugh, the last thing that Ally needed was for him to be here. That was her last thought before the pain hit her, and a moan left her.

"Ally!" Henry cries, as the girl blearily opens her eyes. There appear to be three Henry's for a moment, before they all snap back into one. Suddenly Archie is leaning over her.

"Go away… I'm mad at you." Ally mumbles trying to remember exactly why she was upset with the doctor. "Better yet, why are you here?" She asks.

Archie lets out a sigh of relief that she was conscious, and looked down to assess her injuries. There was a pretty bad bump on her forehead that was bleeding, and he didn't even want to look down at her right arm. The blood there was enough to tell him that it was bad.

Henry was white as a ghost on Ally's other side, and he scraped and bruised as well. Archie swallows hard knowing that as bad as Ally was at the moment, Henry probably would have ended up worse, if she hadn't pushed him. Damn the girl and her need for heroics.

"Ally I'm here because Emma, and I were looking for you and Henry. Now we're in a little bit of trouble here since we're trapped and there's no way out." Archie says, trying to put everything lightly for the injured girl. Ally blinks a few times before turning to Henry.

"You so owe me for this Mills." She says. Henry cracks a small smile at her.

"Anything you want, I promise." Henry says grabbing her good hand and squeeze it. Archie gets to work on trying to stop the bleeding. He rips off part of his jacket, and carefully lifts up Ally's injured one to screams from her. Henry grips her hand tightly, trying to take the pain away for her.

Archie wraps the cloth around the break as tight as her dares, before setting the arm across Ally's stomach so she could cradle it. "Okay kids, we can't stay here any longer. Its dangerous here, and we have to try and find a way out." Archie tells them, reaching under Ally, and lifting her up into his arms despite the painful cry from her.

Henry looked totally freaked out by the state of his best friend. "Come on Henry we have to move. You're in charge of the lights." Archie tells him, and with that the three of them start moving, leaving the unstable section of mine they were just in.

After a few minutes of following random stone corridors they hear barking. "Ally, Henry, do you hear that?" Archie asks, not sure if his ears are tricking him or not.

"It's Pongo!" Henry cries. Ally cheers weakly from Archie's arms. She's been slipping back and forth from being awake to being tired. The pain is enough to keep her awake though, every time she's jostled.

"Follow the noise!" Archie cries, desperately wanting to save these children. It was the very least that he could do, after everything he'd done to them. A few minutes later, they come across what looks like an old elevator shaft.

"It's loudest over here." Archie says carrying Ally over with him, even though his arms are beginning to ache and grow tired. He's more worried about the girl in them though.

"What's… What's this?" Henry asks curiously looking at the shaft as well, and up.

"Looks like…an old elevator." Ally gasps painfully as she is shifted once again. Both of the guys looked at Ally. She chuckled and flinched in pain. "What, a girl's not allowed to know stuff?"

"It's to get the mine workers in and out. It goes all the way to the top. That's why we could hear Pongo." Archie says stepping into the old elevator. Henry follows behind him.

"Can we make it work?" Henry asks glancing worriedly at his best friend who seriously doesn't look good now.

"Let's give it a shot." Archie says kneeling down, and as softly as possible setting Ally down. She cries out in pain once again, but says nothing. Archie grabs the wheel that turns the elevator and turns. It moves slightly.

"Let me help." Henry says, and with that the two manage to move the elevator. They managed to move it a good few feet, before the shaft is wracked by an explosion, and the elevator is dropped farther down the shaft, throwing the people in it around painfully.

After the dust settles, all they can hear is Ally's muffled sobs. Henry quickly scrambles up from on top of her, to sitting next to her. Archie slides down on her other side, and help the young girl sit up. From what he can see of her bandage, her arm looks worse.

"I really don't feel well." Ally admits. It hurts Henry to see Ally in this much pain. Out of the two of them, he's always the one complaining when he gets hurt, so when she's actually crying about it, and admitting it, then it must be bad. Archie bites his lip, and looks at the two kids worryingly and sadly.

"I know Ally." Archie tells her, trying to console the girl, even though his own hope at escape is dwindling.

"I'm really…really, really sorry." Henry says giving Ally a watery look, and then flicking his gaze to Archie.

"It's okay Henry." Archie assures him, trying to stave off a breakdown, when they're already in a lot of trouble.

"I just wanted to find proof." Henry says his voice wobbling. Before he can beat himself up anymore, Ally grasps his hand tightly with her good one.

"I did too." She tells him. Henry gives her a wobbly smile. He's the reason that she's hurt in the first place.

"You know, it's really alright, Henry, Ally. And um, um, I'm sorry, too. Look, I… I don't think you guys are crazy. I-I just… I just think Henry's got a very strong mother, who's got a clear idea of a path that she wants you to be on and when you step off that she… She gets scared. And, you know, it's natural. But it's also natural for you to be able to be free to think the things that you want to think. And Ally your mom wouldn't ever give you up despite what you do. She loves you too much to do that. So, anyway. I… I didn't mean those things I said and I never should have said them." Archie tells them getting it off his chest.

"Then, why did you?" Henry asks him.

"I guess I'm just not a very good person. I'm not the man I want to be." Archie admits. Before anyone can reply though, a metallic screech rings out, and the elevator drops lower in the shaft. The all cry out, and clutch the floor.

When it comes to a stop again, everyone lets out a sigh of relief. Ally on the other hand was seriously starting to not feel well. Her head was fuzzy and pounding at the same time, and the pain in her arm was getting to an excruciating level. Not to mention that the tips of her fingers were beginning to get tingly.

She didn't dare tell either of them, for there was nothing they could do. Ally was already pretty sure that she was going to die in that elevator. Maybe Henry could still get out though, that would make her happy.

"I think you can be him. I think you can be a good person. I mean, you're Jiminy Cricket." Henry tells Archie suddenly. Both Archie and Ally turn to look at him.

"Henry. Henry, Jiminy Cricket was a… He was a cricket, okay? And he was a conscience. And… And I hardly think that's me." Archie tells him.

"But before he was that, he was a guy who took a long time to figure out the right thing to do." Ally adds, deciding that she's forgiving the guy, since he after all came down here to save them.

"That kind of sounds like me." Archie admits slowly. Henry grins at him.

"Now it's harder for you because of the curse. To hear the voice inside of you. To be who you want to be." Henry says, right before the elevator drops again, and they all scream again.


This time when Ally comes to, she finds that she's still in the elevator shaft with Henry and Archie, and that they're talking. Archie just said something about him not remembering but, Henry having made him believe that he could be a better man. Ally cried out as a wave up pain hit her. Henry and Archie turned their worried gazes to her.

"I just want my Mom." Ally groans pitifully. Suddenly loose rocks and pebbles rain down on them from above. All three prisoners look up and see a light.

"Wh-what's that?" Henry asks. Archie grins at the two kids, relieved beyond belief.

"I think that's the rescue." He tells them. No sooner had he said the words then Emma comes into view.

"You guys okay?" Emma asks them worriedly, trying to assess the situation. Archie slowly and carefully climbs to his feet.

"Henry and I are okay, but Ally's hurt— really hurt. You got to get her out of here." Archie says quickly.

"Shit! Okay, what's wrong?" Emma asks worried about the answer that she's going to get.

"She took a good hit to the head when the tunnel collapsed, and her arm— well her arm is hurt really bad." Archie relays. Emma winces, and curses internally. That is not what she wanted to hear.

"Okay, I want you to slowly pass her up to me, then Henry." Emma says. She watches as Archie slowly and carefully lifts Ally up, and through the top of the elevator to Emma.

"Okay kid I want you to hold onto my tight with your good arm. Henry is going to hold onto my other side, while I hold you, got it." Emma asks her. Ally nods her head with a sob, and wraps her good arm around Emma's neck tightly.

"Pass him up." Emma orders. When Henry comes through his time, he latches onto Emma's other side and holds on for dear life.

"Hold on tightly kid, and don't let go." She tells him. Henry nods in fright. Emma looks down sadly at Archie. He looks up at her with an understanding look. The elevator suddenly shakes violently.

"Archie." Emma says desperately. He smiles at her grimly.

"It's okay." He tells her. With a screech the elevator falls, and Archie with it, well that's what the three think when the scream his name, but they hear a laugh, and see Archie hanging onto his umbrella below them, the handle of it which is latched onto Emma's support cable.

After close to ten long laborious minutes of being slowly pulled up to the surface, the group makes it. Regina quickly whisks Henry away despite his protests, and Archie pants on the ground, clutching it. Emma slowly stands with the you badly injured, sobbing girl in her arms. She looks around for Ruby.

She knew that she was still here since she was there since Archie and Emma picked her up. "ALLY!" Ruby's cry comes from their right. Ruby skids to a stop in front of them, when she sees the state that her daughter's in. Tears start to fall faster from her eyes when she sees all the blood.

"Ruby! Now is not the time to break down. We're taking Ally to the EMTs. You're going to get in the ambulance with her, and you're going to hold your daughter's hand and calm her down. You are her mother, and you're what she needs right now more than anything." Emma tells her sternly, shaking Ruby out of her panicked haze.

She nods her head, and follows Emma and Ally over to the paramedics who lie the girl on the gurney. As soon as she's lying down though, Ally breaks into panicked sobs. Ruby hurries over to her side, trying to keep out the sight of the blood on her baby.

"Oh baby. Ally, its okay, you're going to be okay. I'm here now, Mommy's here. Shh…" She says grasping Ally's good hand, while using the other to smooth out her girl's wavy chocolate locks. Big watery brown eyes stare back at her that remind her so much of her father.

"It hurts…" Ally says her voice cracking. Ruby bites her lip, and feels the ambulance start moving, sirens on full blast. Ally feels a pinch in her left hand, then a warm heavy feeling running through her veins. Her vision starts to get fuzzy, and the panics her, for she really needs to see her Mom.

"What did you give her?" Ruby demands staring at her calming child, watching as her eyes finally slip closed.

"Just something to calm her down and help her with the pain. That's all. She should be good till we get to the hospital. The ambulance finally arrives at the hospital after what feels like ages to Ruby. She tries not to think of how badly her child is injured, when just seeing her pale unresponsive face feels like her heart is being pulled out.

The doors of the ambulance open, and the paramedics jump out wheeling Ally behind them, and Ruby quickly follows them, all the way up to the point where they gather doctors, and wheel Ally straight to double doors and through them. When Ruby tries to follow them a nurse stops her.

"I'm sorry ma'am but your daughter is being prepped to go in for surgery. You'll have to wait here, and I promise I'll keep you updated." She says, before turning and hurrying through the double doors after her daughter. Ruby just stands there frozen before Granny arrives and rushes over to her.

"Ruby! Where is she? Where's Ally? Is she okay?" Granny demands grabbing her granddaughter's arm desperately. Ruby shakes her head, trying to speak but words won't come out. Granny leads her over to a chair and helps her sit down. "Come on child, you can tell me." She says softly.

"She-she's in surgery! I-I don't know what's wrong, or if she's going to be okay!" Ruby cries burying her face into her hands. Granny sits down next to her and wraps her arms around her. A few minutes later Emma and Mary Margaret come bursting through the doors, and skid to a stop when they see the Lucas women sitting there, Granny solemn and Ruby sobbing.

"No…" Emma says refusing to believe the worst, while Mary Margaret fights her own tears and sits down on Ruby's other side trying to comfort her. "Not the kid." Emma pleads. Granny looks at the two new arrivals.

"She's in surgery. We don't know what's wrong or if she's okay yet." Granny relays the little information that they have. Emma breaths a small sigh of relief before beginning to pace in front of them. This was not how today was supposed to go.