A few weeks later, Henry was just fine with his hearing intact. He passed every hearing test with flying colors. Today was the day that Emma could take him home. She stood next to Henry's crib packing up everything. She smiled at him and picked him up.
"You're definitely going to give me grey hair aren't you? You gave me quite the scar a few weeks ago. Let's not do that again shall we?" She pressed a hard kiss to his head and he squealed before launching himself at her with his arms around her neck. He only learned what a hug was a few days ago and now he gave them to everyone. There was a knock on the door before David and Mary Margaret came in along with Killian. Henry bounced in his mother's arms reaching for his grandfather. David smiled and took Henry before giving Emma a hug and kiss on the head. Mary Margaret gave Emma a hug and kiss as well.
"Well, it seems you're all set here. As soon as you sign, you'll be free to go." As soon as Emma took the pen though, a gunshot rang out. Everyone jumped and Emma looked out into the hall to see the one person she forgot about while Henry was sick; Neal. Killian followed her line of sight and saw a man holding a gun pointed up. He slowly and quietly shut and locked the door.
"Dad." She reached for Henry. David quickly but gently gave Henry back to Emma, who held him close. "Okay, time for the quite game again." Killian grabbed a filing cabinet and tried to move it against the door. David quickly ran over and helped him. "Mom, are you okay?" Emma asked when she saw Mary Margaret was a little pale. That was until she looked down and saw the puddle under her mother. "Oh God, Killian please tell me you have experience delivering a child."
"Not much, but I'm a fast learner. Unfortunately we don't have the right equipment here, instead of a bed Mrs. Nolan, we're going to get you in the recliner." Both men helped Mary Margaret into the chair. David helped her into a hospital gown that Killian had handed to him. She grabbed David's hand.
"This labor is going a lot faster than Emma. I feel like this baby is coming now." Mary Margaret bit her lip to keep herself from screaming as a contraction hit. David quietly coached her through it. Suddenly, there was a loud banging on the door and all four adults looked at it. Emma clutched Henry closer and went over to her parents.
"It's Neal, he's here for the baby. I'm so sorry, this all my fault." Emma said as tears fell from her eyes. Mary Margaret grabbed her hand.
"No it's not. There's no way you could have known when you got involved with him. We don't know why he wants this baby but he's not getting him or her or Henry. I promise." She kissed her daughter's hand. The banging increased and Killian feared that the door would fall off. He knew by now the hospital was under lock down but he also knew that there wasn't much the hospital security could do to stop him, especially since he had a gun. He heard the banging stop for a moment, but then another gunshot. Henry was surprisingly calm through all of this.
"You can't stay in there forever! That baby needs to go to the nursery at some point!"
"Neal." Emma whispered. Mary Margaret gripped David's hand harder. Killian checked her and a look of horror enveloped his face. "What?" Mary Margaret and David looked at him as well.
"The baby is crowning." He said quietly. "You're going to have to push." Killian quickly got clean towels that were in the room as well and a clean pair of scissors for the cord. He laid own the towels and told David to get behind Mary Margaret. "Okay, ready on three. One…two…three…push." Mary Margaret pushed and bit her lip to keep herself from screaming. "Keep going, I can see the head." Killian gently encouraged her.
"Good job honey, keep going." David said he held her hand and let her push against him. Emma stood off to the side feeling strangely out of place. After a few more minutes, the room was filled with the cries of a newborn. Mary Margaret fell against David. "It's a boy. It's a boy!" David kissed Mary Margaret's head as Killian cleaned the baby as gently as he could. He motioned David over to cut the cord and then handed David his son. He brought him over to Mary Margaret who eagerly took him in his arms. David rested his forehead against hers after kissing it. "We have a son." Mary Margaret nodded and looked at her son before looking behind David to Emma who was standing off to the side with her head down.
"What are you doing over there, Emma? Come over here. Come meet your new brother." Mary Margaret told her with love in her voice. Emma gave Henry to Killian who quickly took him. "Bring him too. Let him meet his uncle." Mary Margaret laughed a bit. Emma took Henry back and went over to the bed. She looked at the baby swaddled in towels. David took Henry as his wife passed their son to Emma. Emma quickly adjusted her arms and held the baby close.
"Welcome to world little bro." She gently brushed a finger over his cheek and he grabbed her finger in the surprising grip that all newborns have. Suddenly, the door was kicked in and filing cabinet flew across the room. Killian held Henry tighter and Emma held her brother tighter to her. Neal walked in and smiled.
"So, now that he's here. Emma hand him over."
"No, I'm not letting you take him. I'll do whatever you want if just leave my parents and brother alone."
"Emma, Emma, Emma, you still don't get it. You had your chance to be my prisoner but then you just had to run away. Well, now I need a new one."
"Why my family? What's so special about us?"
"Ask dear old dad. Years ago, you took in a foster child, you promised to love him, and treat him as your own but then you got pregnant with her and sent him back!"
"Oh my God, Neal Cassidy." David remembered the memory from years ago taking in a ten year old boy from the foster system. They had been so excited to start a family but when the social worker found out Mary Margaret was pregnant on a home visit, they pulled Neal immediately.
"Now you remember. Well, that's why I'm doing this, seems children don't matter to you anyway. You lose one, you just have another."
"Neal, we didn't send you back we had every intent on adopting you but the minute your social worker found out I was pregnant, they pulled you. They told us we couldn't foster if I was pregnant."
"Lies! They told me you sent me back because you were having your own child and didn't need a homeless kid anymore."
"That's the farthest thing from the truth. We had the papers in my office ready to sign. We were going to give them to your social worker on the next visit, but before we could they took away."
"Neal, you know that's true. I heard for twelve years, you were only ten so I'm sure you heard it from other families, you know they say that to make us feel like it's our fault. There are some horrible social workers out there and they will say anything to make us feel guilty." Emma said to him but not going any closer. Neal's hands shook. Killian silently moved towards the door and motioned for the police who had just arrived to come and get Neal. They moved in slowly and when they were behind him, they jumped. Neal was caught off guard and fell to the floor no problem. They cuffed him after getting the gun away and hauled him away.