Chapter Fourteen~

The next day Mary was off at school so Emma went off to the hospital to try a get a blood sample from Dr. Whale while Darcy went to Mr. Gold's shop to see what she could do. As she entered she found it empty and confused looked around at everything inside, finding bits and pieces that seemed to belong to just about everyone here.

"And what can I do for you then?" she heard from behind her and turned to find Mr. Gold behind the counter as she said,

"Emma's gone to try and get a blood sample from Dr. Whale at the hospital." he nodded and asked raising an eyebrow,

"So then why aren't you by her side?"

"Because I thought I should try and help you—like you helped me." Darcy said honestly so that she watched his face contort into a wide array of emotions; shock, joy, anger, then loathing so that he turned his back to her. Utterly confused, she took a few steps forward as she said,

"You saved my life as a child by telling my father to put me in the well, saved it last night, gave me my memories—all you've done is helped me."

"And for what?!" Mr. Gold suddenly spat back at her so that she jumped at his sudden rage as he came around the counter and snarled,

"So you say I've helped you and perhaps I have, but you have no idea who I am and what I've done in the past or who I really truly am. You don't know the monster that lurks behind the man Darcy. You don't even remember when we first met!"

"First met?" Darcy asked as he stepped forward and grabbed her wrist in a bruising grip as he said,

"Johnny's Hillside, it was raining and you were singing karaoke. You were trying to break into someone's car when you were asked to walk back to someone's hotel in exchange,"

"To not be put in jail again." Darcy finished his sentence staring off into space as she watched images swirl in her mind and felt him pull her against him.

"You see? Even before you knew me you were getting yourself into far too much trouble then you could ever imagine. But—it doesn't matter now dearest because when this is all over—you'll be mine again." Mr. Gold said keeping the hold on her impossibly tight and wrapping that arm around her waist as she gasped out,

"What?!"

"Same as I saved your life your silly father William promised it to me in exchanged that I do so. You were mine from the very beginning Odette—you just didn't know it. Why do you think fate would have us meet before we even knew who we were?" Mr. Gold asked her leaning his forehead against hers but she pulled away saying,

"No, no I don't believe it!" only he chuckled saying,

"Ah but you better my dearest because when this is all over I expect Emma to keep her end of her deal with me. You have to choose whose side you pick and stay on." suddenly anger filled Darcy's whole body so that she tried to fight only he laughed saying,

"Yes, that's the fight I love in you!"

"Stop it let me go!" she snapped only his lips were upon he's before she could say another word and he had pushed her back onto the counter top. His kiss was claiming as he held one hand on her hip, the other under her head to cradle her close to him. Darcy struggled as best she could only soon felt her body slowly starting to fade into a numb sort of sensation. When he finally let go of her lips she moaned and couldn't help but realize he was torturing her body and brain. Making it hazy on purpose so she couldn't think correctly. Then she opened her eyes, a fact she didn't even realize she had closed them to see him hovering over her watching her face.

"See, you're mine." he said softly his voice dripping with that knowledge before he slowly stood back up to allow her to scramble away from him as if she'd been burnt by the acid.

"I—no—no I don't want to be yours. Not like this—not without love." Darcy said feeling her eyes starting to water only Mr. Gold barked out a laugh saying bitterly,

"Love can get you a broken heart."

"Speaks someone with experience then, no wonder you're like this—no wonder you're so cruel. You have no heart to give!" Darcy spat at him making him glare at her and snarl,

"Don't you dare try to patronize me."

"Then don't dare try to own me like some trinket in your shop! I'd rather die than be treated like just something that can be broken or thrown away! That's how my life has been all up until I met Emma, I don't need that again especially from a man who has no heart!" Darcy shouted but Mr. Gold was storming over to her as she continued,

"I don't want you, I'll never want you! I wish I had never come to this town, I wish I had never found Emma and I wish I had never found you!" then she was out the door and running down the sidewalk wind in her hair like a scarlet banner of warning to everyone that something was to happen should they not heed the warning. By the time she reached Mary's apartment she was a sobbing mess and went instantly to the shared bedroom to pack her suitcase. When everything was packed she wrote a note to Emma, Mary, David and Henry explaining but not before heading for the garage. Once there she spotted her car and went over to the mechanic working on another one.

"Excuse me sir, but is my car done? The blue one?" the man got out from underneath the one he was working on the see her and said,

"Yeah, was done a few days ago but if you're ready to pay for it now." nodding, Darcy asked,

"How much?"

"Four thousand and sixty five dollars on account of the fact the break wires got cut also and the like." the mechanic told her as she got out Mary's credit card and as he swipe it she felt a pang of guilt using it—but she just had to leave town. He nodded when it was approved telling her she was free to go and never having heard better words in her whole life put her suitcase in the passenger side of the car and then got into the car. Once on the street she drove right pass Mary's apartment silently wishing them the best of luck with a parting glance before heading straight for the town line. As she drove Emma arrived back at the apartment where she and Darcy had said they'd meet up only to discover the note.

"Oh shit." she cursed running out of the building saying into her walkie-talkie,

"David pick up over."

"I'm here Emma." his voice called from the other end as she explained,

"Darcy is going to try and leave town, we have to stop her before she can."

"What!? What happened?" David asked on the other end as he got into his car to start driving to one side of the other end of town while Emma took the other.

"She had a fall out with Mr. Gold, she doesn't say what happened all she says is that she won't stay if all he wants is to control her. David—I'm scared." Emma confessed as she started driving in her squad car with lights on and speeding towards the town's edge.

"Don't be, you'll reach her in time." David told her as Emma said silently to herself as she put down her walkie-talkie,

"I hope so." meanwhile Darcy's car was about ten feet away from the town's edge when the skies overhead started to turn black. Clouds started to form and lightning began to strike from above before one bolt hit the middle of the street in front of her car causing a crater and forcing her to slam on the breaks. The impact was enough to set off her airbag as she heard the wind whistling and picking up all around her. When the airbag finally deflated she spotted a figure standing in the middle of the crater and coming towards her. Dressed in an outfit fit for wicked royalty, when the smoke and haze cleared it was Regina who smiled with ruby red lips as Darcy gripped her steering wheel and tried the keys only to discover her car was dead.

"Dead in the road my dear?" Regina called before Darcy found herself out of the car in the blink of an eye and in front of Regina. Bound in some sort of magical forceful bond of black chains, Darcy was eye to eye with Regina who cooed,

"Well look who fell right into my trap." by the time Emma arrived to where the two had been all that she discovered was the crater where Regina had appeared, Darcy's car, and Darcy's bloodied sweatshirt with a large tear in the shoulder.