I know, I totally suck with updates! To be fair, I've been writing, just not fanfic. Lol. Hopefully this mess makes sense to you...I wanted to write something. I'll be on spring break for about 10 days so I'll have time to write more. Thanks for reviews, faves-I enjoy those!-mads
The door slams shut in her wake. She paces around the store before calling for Gold. She picks up a bottle that's empty. In her angered state, she slams it against the wall across from her just as Gold steps from the back room.
"I'm glad to see you've broken into my store and are now destroying my things. What is it, Ms. Swan?"
She pulls at his collar, bringing him closer to her. "Tell me where your damn son is so I can murder him."
Gold's eyes widen a bit at her admission. "I wish I could tell you, but he doesn't make it a point to tell me his whereabouts. There's something more to him just murdering you, isn't there?"
Emma lets go of her hold on him. "Killian…" she takes a deep breath before continuing. "Gideon turned him back into the Dark One."
"That's not possible since I'm still the Dark One."
"Yeah, well apparently it is. I'm afraid of Killian, and I know you can help me." Emma places her hand protectively on her stomach. She will do anything in her power to protect her child from both Gideon and Killian. As much as she hates thinking of Killian in that way, she knows that's not actually Killian. Gideon is clearly manipulating him.
He moves around the counter to Emma. He gestures for her to open her hand, and she does. He places a small object in her palm before walking back around the counter. "This will freeze Killian in one place. You must find Zelena since she still has her dark magic. With dark magic and light magic working together, the both of you will be able to counteract Hook's darkness."
"That easy?" Emma looks at the small object in her hand.
"Not quite," he smirks. "You see, Ms. Swan, what is inside the object is where it will be effective. It's a stimulate that you need to attach to Hook. You'll need to get close to him."
Emma contemplates that. By getting close to Hook, she'll be putting her and her baby in danger. "I'll have Zelena do that."
"Unless you want Zelena to seduce your pirate boyfriend, it would be best if you did this. The Dark One won't let anyone close to him expect for those he loves. And despite his darkness, he still has affection for you under that darkened heart. Trust me, I would know," he tells her.
Emma nods her head, thanking him as she walks outside. Letting out a deep breath, she pockets the small orb. Her next step is to ask Zelena for another favor. She's glad the woman isn't totally against Emma anymore. And she would be more than willing to help destroy another Dark One as she also has a child to protect. Emma knows her Killian would never hurt a child, but she can't say the same about the Dark Killian. He's a threat, not just to her, but to everyone around her.
Knocking on Zelena's front door, the woman opens with a look of annoyance on her face. "I swear, my own sister doesn't even visit me as much as you do."
"I kinda have another favor to ask of you. Killian…Gideon cursed him with dark magic again."
Zelena lets out a bitter laugh. "Hook's the Dark One again? Bloody hell."
"Gold says the only way to defeat his darkness is by combining dark and light magic. So that means-"
"That you need my dark magic," Zelena finishes the sentence for Emma. Emma merely nods, hoping that Zelena won't take offense to that. Seeing as she's the only person left in town with dark magic, she wouldn't know what to do next if she doesn't agree to help.
Emma leans against the door frame, the baby angrily kicking her stomach. The house lights flicker on and off before going dark. Zelena and Emma both mutter curses under their breath. Emma's hand lights up with magic, emanating some light in the dark foyer.
"So useful," a deep voice says from behind her.
The lights go back on again as Hook steps through the door. Zelena hears Robyn crying, dashing over to her baby and creating a bubble of magic around Robyn. Hook regards her with a smirk on his face, leaning in closer to Emma. His lips brush against her ears. She stands still as he bites down softly on her ear lobe.
"She may be able to protect her baby, but your magic wouldn't be strong enough to protect ours," he says into her ear.
Emma shivers at his words, anger bubbling through her. The baby kicks her again, almost as if she wants to kick her father instead. The pain seizes hold of Emma as she lets out a loud cry. She turns around to look at Hook who has genuine worry in his eyes at her pain. Her stomach begins to grow.
"No!" Emma cries out as she slumps to the floor.
Zelena looks back at Emma, her eyes nearly popping from her head. She rushes over to Emma, blasting Hook with some of her own magic. He goes flying across the room, landing hardly against the wall.
Emma's stomach seems to have stopped expanding. She looks like she did mere weeks before she had Henry. Whoever pushed forward her pregnancy didn't complete the task successfully, but still managed to bump her ahead a few months. The pain is too much for Emma to hand and she lets out a sob. Hook is still slumped against the wall, appearing to stand back up again.
He gets up, heading straight towards Emma. Zelena beats him to it, getting in his personal space. "If you go anywhere near her, I swear, Dark One, I will rip out your heart and smash it in front of her."
Hook's eyes waver between Zelena and Emma. The conflict in his eyes is apparent. "That wasn't my magic. I'm not bloody insane!"
"No?" Emma moans from her place on the floor. "You're only trying to hurt your child!"
Suddenly Gideon appears in the house. Hook's focus is now on him as Emma panics when she sees the two men side by side. He goes over to Hook, side stepping Emma. He places his hand on Hook's chest before ripping his heart from his chest.
"You can't even break her heart as the bloody Dark One," he sneers. "Since I'm feeling generous today, I'll turn you back to your love-sick self before killing you in front of your true love." Gideon contracts his magic, turning Hook's heart, only a bit of black color remaining.
Hook seems to snap out of his trance as he bends over from the pain. Gideon's grip on his heart is tightening as Hook looks up to meet Emma's eyes. She recognizes the look on his face, it was the same look he had when Gold was about to crush his heart: full of hurt, love and content.
"I'll die if it protects Emma and my child," he says between his cries.
Emma's anger takes full-force as her hand begins to shake uncontrollably. Before she realizes what she's doing, Gideon is sent flying back and through the wall. Hook's heart lands on the ground and Zelena swoops in to pick it up as she attends to Hook. She pushes his back in his chest as he slumps down to the ground.
Emma picks herself up, stepping through the wall she blasted Gideon through. Her mind races as she finds Gideon on the ground, a smear of blood on his face.
"Please," he says warily, pleading with her. "Don't kill me."
Emma stalls for an instant. "Why? So you can kill me first?"
"Emma, stop!" her parents and Regina burst through the door in an instance.
Emma's hand still pulsates with her magic, ready to seek her vengeance on the man who turned her true love dark and the man who wants to murder her. "He needs to be killed."
Snow rushes to Emma's side. "Please, Emma. Gideon is just a child."
Her eyes flash with annoyance at her mother. How, after everything that has happened, can she be defending him? "A child? He's a murderer."
Gold steps through the rubble next, holding a cuff that Emma recognizes all too well. It's the same cuff that was used on her while she was the Dark One. Emma's eyes flicker through the wall at David tending to Hook's side. He pulls him up a bit roughly.
"But he's my son," Gold tells her quietly. "You would do anything to protect Henry and your unborn child. Would you not?"
Emma realizes his words. She would do anything for her children. However, her children also aren't a threat to the town. "My children aren't monsters."
David brings Hook into the room, an arm across his shoulders. Emma chances my last glance at Gold before walking over to Hook. She looks into his sad eyes and her eyes reflect his. Her eyes water with tears as she wraps him into a hug. David steps away from them, letting the two have their moment. Emma leans her head against Hook's shoulder as he repeats words of apology. His voice is clouded with the unmistakable sound of sobs. She caresses his head against her, letting him know she isn't angry with him. She knows the Dark One can't be controlled, considering she's been in the same predicament once before.
"I'm so sorry, Emma. I don't know how you'll ever forgive me," Hook chokes into her hair.
Emma pulls back from him, starring into his eyes. "It's too late; I already forgive you."
Hook's eyebrows shoot up. "You do?"
She gives him a slight shrug. "You forgave me for chaining you into my-our basement when I was a Dark One."
"That was different," he responds. "You were trying to protect me. I was trying to break you, and I'm sorry, Swan, but that's something that will take me some time to forgive myself for."
Emma kisses him on the cheek, putting her forehead against his. As she does so, she feels her stomach deflating back to her previous state. Her hand shoots to her stomach, nearly screaming in annoyance. Going for four months to eight months in an hour can do a lot to a woman. Her anger turns to Gold and Gideon. Her hand starts to shake with her magic, but Hook grabs it, lightly stinging his hand as he does so.
"Calm down, love."
She pulls her hand from his, cradling it in her other hand. "I think I should go see Whale about my whole deflating stomach thing," she makes light of it.
"Aye," Hook glances over to Gideon before following Emma from the room.