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He had agreed to come with her! She would hug him if she thought he wouldn't shove her away. Instead she helped him up and allowed him to use her as a crutch. "My car is just past the trees. I wanted it hidden just in case someone was here." Gold didn't say anything but let her lead him outside.

Between his limp and her stopping every minute or so to scan the area they made slow progress over the uneven ground. After several minutes they finally made it the two hundred feet to where she had parked her car. "You're almost free Gold."

"Rum. Call me Rum."

Belle smiled at him. "Rum, I like it." And that's when everything went wrong.

Her headlights turned on, starling her and Rum, momentarily blinding them. When their eyes finally adjusted Belle's heart nearly stopped. She heard Rum's intake of breath and knew he felt the same. Standing in the glow of the headlights were Regina, Cora, and Bae.

"Bae!" The same shout tore out of both of their throats. Both so surprised by what was in front of them.

"Papa! Belle I'm sorry!" Bae had tear streaking down his cheeks and appeared to be in worse shape then she had ever seen him.

Rum shoved her away, falling to the ground without her support. "You lied! You said he was safe!" Belle wanted to protest but she just couldn't understand. Bae should have been safe with Jefferson and Emma. How did they get him back? She had been sure they weren't followed. How could this have happened? Rum was shouting cruelties at her but she could only stare in shock. She just didn't understand where they had gone wrong.

"Oh Rummy please shut up. Agent French didn't do anything wrong. Well besides think she could out smart me." Rum fell silent and Cora's gaze turned towards her. "Agent French I do want to congratulate you. You got much further than I would have thought possible. You might have even got away if it it wasn't for Gaston."

"Gaston?"

"He woke up shortly after you left and alerted me as to what happened. It didn't take us long to track you. Honestly what are they teaching you at the academy these days? I would have expected better from you. As it was we simply waited for you to leave before we took young Bae back."

She was foiled by Gaston. She could honestly say she hadn't seen that coming. But if they had taken Bae from Jefferson's then why hadn't he been able to stop them? He was one of the best, plus Emma had been there too. Surely they would have put up a fight, there was no way they would have let them take Bae. Unless... "My friends?"

"Oh they're alive, we couldn't have the CIA after us for killing two of their agents. You on the other hand...well we'll just see where this goes." Her smile was absolutely heartless. "Now Rummy, I don't understand why you would want to leave. We made a deal after all."

"Screw your deal! I'm not doing your dirty work for you anymore."

"Hmm I'm so sad you feel that way." In unison Cora and Regina pulled guns and leveled them at Bae's head. "If that's how you feel I guess there's no use for either of you anymore. Say goodbye to young Bae then."

"Cora wait! Please it doesn't have to end this way." Belle spoke before she even had a chance to plan. She had no Idea what to say to stop Cora or Regina, but she knew she couldn't let them hurt Bae, it would destroy Rum. It would destroy her. She had made a promise to save him, to save both of them, and she wasn't going to let Cora change that.

"Agent French this doesn't concern you." Belle saw her raise the gun to be level with her own head. "Goodbye Agent French."

Everything seemed to be in slow motion. She saw Cora pull the trigger, Bae bumping into her to try and knock the gun aside, Regina clawing at his shoulder to try pull him back into place, Rum's mouth opening in a shout, and then a white hot pain rocket through her shoulder.

She didn't remember falling to the ground but she definitely felt the pain from it. Rum was yelling something but Belle couldn't make out what. She knew she had to try and stem the bleeding but she couldn't figure out how to move her arms. Across from her Bae had broken free of Regina's claws and was running towards her. "Belle!" He skidded to a halt next to her. "Belle are you okay?" She couldn't answer. She could barely keep her eyes open. Blood loss and shock was rendering her unconscious. Right before she lost consciousness Belle saw Cora and Regina raise their guns again. She heard two gunshots right before everything went black.

I'm a stinker for ending the chapter like that aren't I? :) Please tell me what you think!