Chapter 4: Disappearing

While Sidney was planning on finding out the secret of the strangers in town everyone else was going about their business. Mr. Gold was at his house playing with his four year old son Bay. They were sitting on the floor rolling a little ball to each other. Bay was sitting there wearing a blue t-shirt with a teddy bear on it and little spider-man underwear. If the ball went passed him then he would scrabble to his feet and got get it. Then sit back down and roll it to his dad. Belle was in the kitchen preparing dinner and finally the game had to end. She came out to the living room and took Bay by the hand and led him into the kitchen. Unbeknown to them Future Bay was staring at the scene through the window as a tear fell from his eye. He remembered those days and wished that someday it would be him and his child playing with a ball in the living room. Then they would go into the kitchen and he would kiss Faith as she cooked dinner. To have that would be the greatest wish of all. He remembered how beautiful she looked in her wedding dress as her long brown hair was held up in a bun. After they were married he vowed to always make sure Faith was happy and safe. Now to ensure that he would keep her mom's safe so in the future he and she can have the happy family life he was dreaming about. Faith watched in the shadows as she saw Emma walk into her house. From the window she saw her mom give her mother a hug and a kiss. Then she saw Regina picking up baby Henry and giving him a small cup of milk. She couldn't stay long for if she missed her shift it would cause some problems and Bay had told all of them to keep a low profile. So, very quietly she headed for the diner hoping to go back home as soon as possible. "So, Emma how was your day?" Regina asked sweetly as she placed Henry in his highchair.

"Oh good pretty slow but that Joseph guy is helping out a lot", Emma said with a grin.

"You seem stressed dear allow me to help you relax", Regina purred as she sent a trail of kisses and Emma's neck. The blonde groaned with pleasure as she nipped at Regina's ears.

"Darling I appreciate the gesture but not in front of our two year old son", Emma said as she pulled away.

"Yes you are right well I will just save it for tonight then", Regina said as she gave Emma a sly wink.

"Um Regina speaking of Henry I was wondering if you might want another kid?" Emma said nervously.

"You mean now oh Emma I would love to have another baby but we are both very busy women. Are you sure you thought this through?" Regina asked her.

"Yes, I did and as you may remember we were quite busy before Henry was born and we still managed. I had Henry and if you want I will carry our next child or you could if you want", Emma told her.

"How about we talk about it for a while and maybe we can have another one", Regina said.

"Okay fair enough", Emma agreed as she kissed her wife on the cheek. Faith was in the back doing dishes when she began to feel dizzy. Then this lightness overcame her and she fell to the floor. When she lifted up her head she began to freak for her legs began to vanish. Fear struck her heart as she began to panic. What was going on? Did they mess something up and why was she disappearing? Finally her legs became visible and she slowly got on her feet. Very carefully she touched them and she could feel her own skin but what caused them to disappear. Maybe since she was going to be born soon her time for being born was running out. After the incident she kept it to herself for the main reason they were there was to protect their parents and Bay and Henry's younger selves. Still the disappearing thing kept happening one time it was happening while she was at work. Her whole entire left arm disappeared causing her to drop a plate of food. Thank goodness she was wearing a long sleeve sweater for a lot of patrons would have been freaking out by now. By the time she cleaned up the mess and made another plate her arm had returned. Her friends began to notice a change in her especially Bay but she managed to keep it well hidden so no one would worry. Finally they were at the diner and Faith was off work and Bay and Henry wanted to do something sweet for their girls. They played a love song on the jukebox which was "Lost in this Moment" by Big and Rich. Bay held her tight as he waltzed her around the dance floor. She was getting lost in his eyes that she didn't notice the dizzy spell coming. To her horror her right arm began to vanish and she immediately pulled away from Bay.

"Are you okay Faith?" Bay asked in a concerned tone.

"Yeah I just need to use the restroom", Faith said lamely as she quickly excused herself. Angela noticing her friend's distress followed her and came to this shocking scene. Faith was alone in the bathroom but her body was vanishing.

"Oh my god Faith are you alright?" Angela cried as she ran toward her friend.

"For goodness sakes Angela keep your voice down", Faith hissed as her body became visible again.

"Alright girl spill what is up with the disappearing act?" Angela demanded with crossed arms.

"I am supposed to be born soon but my time might be running out so I am disappearing because I may not exist in the future", Faith explained.

"Wait I am not born yet how come I am not disappearing?" Angela asked.

"Because you won't be born for another two years remember", Faith stated.

"Well we have to tell Bay and Henry maybe they can help", Angela said as she headed toward the door.

"No Angela we cannot tell them", Faith said as she grabbed the girls arm.

"But we have too", Angela argued.

"If you tell them then they will focus on me instead of the mission and right now that is more important. Please Angela you cannot tell them not until we fix what we came here to fix. Remember what we have to lose if we fail", Faith reminded her. Seeing the fear in Faith's eyes Angela agreed to keep quiet. They returned to their guys as Bay wrapped his arms around Faith.

"Are you okay darling?" he asked her.

"Couldn't be better", Faith said with a smile as they continued to dance.