Chapter 5

"We're not very careful showing our attraction for each other are we?" Past-Killian said just before his future-self and Emma's lips met. They sighed at the same time and shot daggers with their eyes at him.

"Were you really this annoying before?" Emma asked and let go of her Killian.

"Trust me; I would have killed him if I could." Killian said. Emma smiled and shook her head. She looked up at the tree where she had seen Rumple sleeping, but it was empty.

"Where's Rumpelstiltskin?" Emma asked and turned to the Killians, feeling a flash of panic through her body. They looked at each other, but suddenly a scream ripped through the silence.

"Milah." Both Killians said at the same time. The three of them started running deeper into the woods, towards where they had heard the scream and the sight that met them made them freeze. Rumple held Milah by her throat over a cliff that led straight down to an ocean.

"I want the bean! Where is it? Give it to me!" Rumple yelled while Milah was trying to get lose from his grip, turning red in her face. Past-Killian took a step towards them, but Emma stopped him.

"We have to help her!" He whispered, still watching her dangling over the cliff. Future-Killian stood completely still and all he wanted to do was to close his eyes, but couldn't. Emma nodded and took a few steps towards Rumple and Milah.

"Hey! Let her go!" Emma called. Rumpelstiltskin turned his head to look at her, but she was one step ahead. She summoned her magic and blasted it at him. He flew backwards and he dropped Milah on the ground beside the cliff. She coughed and held around her throat.

"Get her!" Emma commanded the men while still holding her hand up in case Rumple tried something, but he was gone. His body had left a mark on the grass where he had landed, but he wasn't there.

"Looking for me, dearie?" Emma turned around quickly and was face to face with Rumpelstiltskin. A sharp and quick movement from him, and his hand was in her chest, squeezing her heart. Emma gasped by the pain, but didn't break eye contact with him. He tried to pull her heart out, but it remained where it was.

"Why can't I kill you?" He hissed between his teeth. Emma smiled through the pain in her chest.

"Because I'm the product of True Love and I'm the savior." Emma said and he let go of her heart. She quickly glanced at her Killian who stood in front of his past-self and Milah, protecting them.

"I may not be able to kill you, but I can kill him." He said and pointed to her Killian. Emma was about to attack him again, but with a single movement from his hand, she was frozen from doing anything. Now, she was panicking.

"You want the bean?" Milah stood up on shaky legs and held out her hand. In it lay a single, white magic bean. Rumple took a step closer and reached for it, but Milah threw it to past-Killian who stood a little further away.

"You will never get it!" Milah hissed. Rumple laughed and clapped his hands.

"Oh, I'll get it, even if I have to kill every last one of you." He turned to future-Killian and smiled his cruel smile. "Starting with you." Emma wanted to scream, fight, cry, anything, but she was frozen, not able to do anything but watch. Again, Rumple's hand shot forward, too fast for Killian to react or move, and into his chest. Then, a silence spread through them except from Milah who screamed. It wasn't Killian's heart who was ripped out, it was Milah's.

"No!" Both Killians called and saw Milah's heart in Rumpelstiltskin's hand. Milah fell into Killian's arms and both fell to the ground. Past-Killian ran to them, but was stopped by Rumple.

"Give me the bean or else this will be your heart." Rumple said and crushed Milah's heart to dust. Milah let out a gasp and her eyes closed. Killian hugged her body close while past-Killian was still clutching the bean in his hand.

"If you don't want to give it to me, I'll have to take it from you." Rumple said and waved his hand, summoning a knife. With another quick movement, he cut past-Killian's hand off and another scream filled the night. He fell to his knees while holding at his now handless arm. Rumple took his hand cut off hand and opened it, revealing the bean. He stared at it in wonder before disappearing in a cloud of red mist and the freezing spell around Emma was gone.

Emma's legs fell under her and she landed on the ground, still not able to do anything. Past-Killian was now beside Milah, holding her with his good arm and Killian was sitting on the ground further away. Emma couldn't imagine what he had to be going through. Losing his first love twice is something no one should go through.

After they carefully lay Milah in meadow deep in the woods, they all went back to the campsite. There was no talking or laughing, only silence now. Emma had lost faith in that they would ever return home, Killian's heart has been broken again and past-Killian had lost his first love. Emma copied Killian's hook and made on for past-Killian out of magic and she couldn't look him, or either of them for that matter, in the eye without feeling guilty. Hadn't it been for her, none of this would ever happen.

The night had started to turn lighter and the fire had gone out, but none of them wanted to go and get some firewood, but Emma wanted to be alone for a while.

"I'll go and get some firewood." She mumbled and walked into the forest, the other direction than where they had put Milah's dead body. Killian had carried her body and put her down while Emma had tried to make it as comfortable for her as possible by laying her red leather jacket under her. She had stuck her phone in her back pocket, so she would have that.

"Swan, what are you doing?" Emma jumped by the sound of Killian's voice, but didn't turn around.

"I'm getting firewood." She said and picked up a stick in front of her. She did everything in her power to not look at him, she couldn't. She felt his hand grabbing hers.

"No, I mean, what are you doing?" He quickly turned her around, but Emma was still avoiding meeting his eyes. "Hey, look at me." He said softly, but she pulled away from him and walked away.

"I think we should go. We can still get the Dark Fairy's wand and get home." Emma said over her shoulder and started walking. "Get the other you, so we can get to the castle before night falls."

The walk was awkward and silent that she wanted the Wicked Witch or any other villain to come. Emma walked first with the men behind her and she tried her hardest to avoid them.

"Okay, Swan, I'm not going another step before you tell me what is bothering you." Killian said and stopped behind her and the same did past-Killian, but Emma didn't. She kept going.

"Fine by me." She said without turning. She could feel the sigh from both Killians.

"Is she always this stubborn?" Past-Killian asked and Killian laughed.

"You should really meet her mother. She's the most stubborn person I have ever met, well, after Emma of course." Killian said and smiled towards his girlfriend's back who had suddenly stopped and turned around.

"How can you be like this? So…normal?" Emma asked, almost crying. "Your first love died! And she died a second time for you and it's my fault! How can you even be talking to me?" Both Killians stared at her, but they didn't answer, so she continued walking.