Chapter 51.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will involve character interactions, action sequences, and will advance the plot of this arc.
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OmniUIShaggyOverexagerated: Thank you for the review. Yep, nobody likes Cora. Clara Bronson is a popular Image Comics character.
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Jason's POV.
At this point, everyone had some explaining to do.
Clara had introduced herself as from Earth-961.
She was a gunslinger/space ranger on her Earth but had also ventured to other Earths such as Earth-2008, which she held a particular disdain for.
Marc and Clara had helped me carry Jean and Hook back to the Sheriff's office where everyone else were gathered.
"What the hell happened to Hook?" Robin demanded in shock.
So I explained how Hook had been brainwashed to kill us and that Jean had used her powers to try to kill us.
I then got to the part where Clara had intervened to save us.
The majority of people were weary of Clara to say the least, not that I blamed them.
Clara simply smirked and gave us all a look, that read 'If you fuck with me, you're gonna die badly'.
"Where's Hook?" Emma asked.
I frowned and turned to see that Jean was still there, but Hook had vanished.
"Oh wonderful" I sighed.
This was bad.
"Okay, I'll send out an MP for him" Emma said and left.
"Jason, I need to speak to you in private please" Mr Gold spoke.
I nodded and moved towards him.
"I need your help with locating my son" he said.
"Where is he?" I asked.
"New York City" Mr Gold replied.
"Okay, I'll help" I said.
"Wonderful" Gold rubbed his hands.
I stared, wondering what I got myself into now.
Later, I was walking down the street with Alexia and Clara.
This was so damn awkward.
Both were holding my hands for some completely absurd reason.
I honestly didn't mind though.
That was when I heard a gunshot.
The 3 of us sprinted towards where I saw Mr Gold, Belle and Hook standing there.
Clara drew her gun and fired a single shot that Hook dodged.
And then a car slammed into Hook and went skidding for a while.
"What the fuck?" I demanded.
I raced over to where Belle was lying on the ground.
"Bel are you okay?" I asked.
"Who's Bel?" she demanded in shock.
"She stepped over the town line. She's lost her memories" Mr Gold said.
Oh this was not good.
"We need to get Hooky boy over there to the hospital now!" Clara said, with Mr Gold helping me carry him.
"You can't just do that" I protested.
Clara just looked at me weirdly.
Alexia helped Belle to her feet and together, we raced towards the hospital with Clara racing at least a dozen meters ahead of us.
We made it the hospital where almost everyone was there.
Clara had met us outside the hospital with her guns out, ready for whatever came.
Mr Gold informed us that he felt as though someone was watching us so Clara and Alexia were both ready.
Oliver came running out of the hospital, tie undone, bow out.
Bart and Chloe stood at the doors hesitantly.
I had no idea where everyone else were, but I needed to wait.
"Someone is coming. I can smell him" Clara said.
I drew my knife.
"Get Bel inside now!" I ordered Mr Gold.
David came out and activated his Power ring, the Green Lantern suit forming over him.
He created a hammer, ready to smash anything.
I nodded to Bart and Chloe.
They clearly got the message and moved inside.
It was now Oliver, David, Clara, Alexia and I who were outside, ready to defend it from whoever came.
I saw torches being fired up in the distance and I tightened my grip around the knife.
Then someone moved into view.
He was dressed in all black with a mask covering his face.
Clara fired her gun and he went down.
Oliver loosed another arrow that took another person down.
"we're under attack" Alexia noted grimly.
I felt someone creeping up on me and spun around, slitting the throat of the person.
Clara jumped into the air and kicked another person down.
"Okay now ya'll gonna get fucked up" Clara snapped, taking off her hat and throwing it aside, allowing her long blonde hair to flail about.
She pulled another person close to her and shot him in the head.
I broke the leg of another and stabbed him in the eye.
As one, we fought.
What they were after, I had no idea.
Eventually, the flow of people stopped.
We all exchanged nods and moved back inside the school, Clara and Oliver covering us with there long-range weapons.
When we arrived, Hook was still out but badly injured.
"What the hell was that?" Emma demanded.
"Some masked people tried to attack us" I replied.
"How's Belle?" I asked.
"She's still in a state of shock but should be fine soon" Graham replied.
Clara dusted off her coat and looked at me with a grim look.
I frowned.
"They'll be back" Clara said to me.
"How long?" Graham asked.
"Unknown" Clara replied.
Alexia patted my shoulder and looked at me with a concerned look.
"I'm okay" I assured her.
"We'll keep first watch" Clara said, motioning to me.
I frowned but didn't protest.
We made our way outside the hospital.
"You okay?" Clara asked me.
I smiled and nodded.
"It's peaceful out here" Clara noted, smiling up at the sky.
I could see many constellations in the sky.
"Sure is" I replied.
I felt super tired, but I was careful not to fall asleep, lest anyone bypass me.
Clara took out her gun and started polishing.
She then jerked upwards and frowned.
"What is it?" I asked with worry laced in my tone.
"Someone is coming?" Clara replied.
I took out my knife again.
I saw someone emerge out of the shadows and I recognized her as Cora Coldheart.
She smirked and slammed her staff into the ground, generating a force field that expanded outwards and hit both of us, sending us both flying.
Cora made her way into the hospital as I groaned.
My ribs were now sore from being slammed into a wall.
Clara staggered to her feet and helped me up.
I heard shouts and gunfire coming from within the hospital and I traded an anxious look with Clara.
We raced inside where I found Chloe, Emma, Henry, Alexia, David, Leroy and Ruby all knocked out.
Graham was busy fighting Cora but was losing badly.
Clara took out her pistol and fired a single shot that struck Cora in the shoulder.
She knocked out Graham by tapping him on the head with her staff.
I heard a shout from behind me and turned to see Marc jumping across the room.
He flung a knife at Cora who blocked.
I jumped and sent a kick at Cora.
She generated a magic shield to block it and I went flying.
Clara kicked her, but was blocked.
Cora touched Hook and together, they vanished.
I doubled over in pain as I felt blood seeping through my clothes.
I saw my white shirt had been stained with various wounds that were seeping blood.
"Oh my god" Clara exclaimed as she helped me lie on the bed.
I coughed up some blood.
Whatever Cora did had given me internal damage.
Mary Margaret and Mr Gold came rushing in, with concerned looks on there faces.
I closed my eyes in pain.
I could already feel the super-soldier serum beginning to work on healing my injuries.
Clara took out something and injected it into my arm.
I fell asleep at that.
And I dreamt of the Dark Avengers fighting against Chaos King, the Scarlet King and all there forces at a silver city.
I woke up with a start then.
I found myself still in the hospital but none of my friends were anywhere in sight.
I looked down and my wounds had closed up but they were still throbbing.
I remembered that Mr Gold, Clara and I were supposed to head to NYC to find Gold's son.
The flame of determination in my eyes, I got out of bed and went down to sign myself out.
Nobody stopped me thankfully.
I made my way downtown to the Sheriff's office where once again, literally everyone was there.
"Jay? Why are you out of the hospital?" Mary Margaret asked.
I raised an eyebrow.
"You do realize who you're talking to right?" I replied rhetorically.
"Mr Gold, when do we leave for New York?" I asked.
"You're kidding me right?" Oliver asked.
"Nope. I'm perfectly fine. You do remember I'm a super-soldier right?" I asked.
"That makes sense" Chloe said.
"In about 10 minutes. I am taking Ms Swan, young Henry, Clara and Mr Queen" Mr Gold said.
I nodded.
In about 10 minutes, we were all ready to go.
"Aren't you gonna wear…you know…anything else?" I asked Clara.
"Why?" she made a face.
"Because no one dresses like that anymore" I told her.
She just playfully slapped me on the shoulder.
We all then left Storybrooke and drove to New York.
Mr Gold was now wearing an enchanted scarf to protect himself from the lack of magic which was very smart.
New York was the same on pretty much every Earth so it shouldn't be too hard to navigate.
Oliver was mostly quiet and he held a lack of quips which was strange. When I asked why, he explained it was because he felt that we shouldn't have left Storybrooke.
When I asked why, he just said it was a feeling he had.
We made our way to New York City, where Emma had tracked down Gold's son.
Oliver was subtly fingering a bow at his side.
When we entered his apartment, there was no one there which was strange.
Using my superhuman senses, I heard shuffling and turned to see a hooded man exiting the apartment via the fire escape.
"There he is!" I shouted.
I imeadelty raced after him.
I tackled the man to the ground but he flipped away.
He removed his hood, revealing the face of Baelfire.
"Baelfire?" I asked in shock.
In hindsight, it should have been rather clear, with how hesitant he was on our previous mission together.
"What are you doing here?" he asked with anger in his voice.
"Mr Gold was looking for you" I replied.
Now he looked confused.
"Who's Mr Gold?" he asked.
"Your father, Rumplestilskin" I replied.
Now Baelfire looked horrified.
"You brought him to me!? Why would you do that!?" he demanded in shock and anger.
"Hey, I'm the only one allowed to be angry here!" I snapped.
"Let's just go someplace private, there's a bar down the road here. There you can yell at me all you want" Baelfire said, moving away.
I stared at him in complete and utter disbelief, shaking my head and then following him.
Later we were at the bar and I demanded answers.
So he explained how he had tried to convince Mr Gold to give up his selfish ambitions but he refused and Baelfire was sent to Earth alone.
He explained how he met Emma, got her pregnant with Henry and then abandoned her.
He was very remorseful and ashamed of actions.
After a while, I finally convinced him to come with us and we made our way back where the others were waiting.
Mr Gold looked shocked and seeing Baelfire who was called Neal Cassidy on Earth.
We all vacated the room to allow the 2 of them to talk.
"This is gonna be awkward" I told Oliver who nodded.
I heard incoherent yelling from inside but Emma, Henry, Oliver and I were doing our best to ignore it.
Eventually the 2 came back out.
"You know each other?" Mr Gold demanded looking at Emma.
She looked nervous now.
"Yes. He is Henry's father" Emma sighed.
Henry looked stunned as well as Mr Gold.
"We can discuss this some other time, we need to get back to Storybrooke" I said.
"Let's just hope Cora doesn't have any welcome back cards" Oliver quipped.
I chuckled.
Then something impaled Mr Gold in the chest and I jumped.
I swung around to see Hook standing there, his eyes pitch black.
Looks like Cora brainwashed him to work for her.
I threw my own knife while Oliver pulled an arrow out of nowhere and shot it, deflecting Hook's knife.
"We need to get him back to Storybrooke now!" I said with urgency.
Neal and I helped carry Gold into the elevator and downstairs with Oliver covering us.
"There's a dock nearby. We can use Hook's ship to get back" Neal said.
"You even know how to use it?" Oliver questioned.
"Yes" he replied simply.
I hoped he was right.
We had arrived at the dock and Neal managed to locate the ship which Hook called 'The Jolly Rodger'.
It was old fashioned, like a pirate ship was supposed to be.
Neal expertly drove the ship out of the dock and I heard Hook yelling angrily and screaming insults at us from the dock.
We sailed across the mist and when we exited, we were in Storybrooke, thanks to a magic portal created by Mr Gold.
Except it was damaged.
Several blocks had been leveled.
"We left for like a day, what the fuck happened!?" I demanded in shock and horror.
"I told you Jay" Oliver said to me.
Oliver and I instantly leapt over the mast and ran into town.
There I saw Clara facing Cora in the middle of the street.
Cora raised her staff and slammed it as more blocks were leveled.
She then took Jean's hand and flew high into the air.
"Looks like we did get a welcome back card" Oliver quipped.
And Chapter 51 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
So now, Hook has been brainwashed to work for Cora. He will return to normal as well.
I hope I handled the fight scenes and character interactions well though.
One of the things that annoyed me about the show is how Baelfire never once showed remorse for his actions. But in this series, characters will be forced to go through actual character development.
Here are the list of Earths involved in this chapter:
Earth-21. Home of 'Smallville'.
Earth-143. Home of the Filmverse X-Men.
Earth-961. Home of Clara Bronson.
Earth-1937. Home of 'Once Upon A Time'.
Earth-2008. Home of the 'SCP Foundation Mythos'.
Earth-199999. Home of the MCU, John Wick and Lord of the Rings.
Now, next chapter will end the second OUAT arc.
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