A BAT IN STORYBROOKE:
Chapter 19
Just when the Golds were cleaning the pawnshop before closing time, the door bursted open and in came Emma, Killian, and Anubis, along with three of his hounds to guard the shop while the others went to track down Henry.
"Lord Anubis?" Rumple asked. "Sheriff Swan? Hook? What's going on?"
"It's Henry," Killian said. "I'm afraid that Fitzgerald ripped out his heart…"
"We know," Belle said. "The Batrishan came earlier today…"
Emma looked angry at Belle's words.
"YOU KNEW THAT HE RIPPED OUT HENRY'S HEART?" Emma screamed. She tried to tackle Belle until Killian and Anubis grabbed her by the arms to restrain her while Rumple held Belle protectively in his arms. "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING?"
"He threatened the lives of my wife and unborn child," Rumple said, placing a gentle hand on Belle's stomach to show the others what he was referring to. This definetly calmed Emma down.
"I'm…I'm so sorry Belle," she stammered. "I didn't know you were…"
"…Pregnant with an infant full of the Dark One's darkness," Anubis cut in sharply. All the mortals looked at the deity in shock: the Golds in a very horrified shock.
"Just as I feared," Rumple muttered. "I told you that things wouldn't go well with our child, Belle!"
"It doesn't prove anything!" Belle insisted.
"Rumplestiltskin is right," Anubis cut in. Belle looked at the god in surprise. "The infant might be unborn…yet, I can feel the aura of the Dark One lurking within its small, little brain."
"Time out," Emma said. "I thought you couldn't have the darkness of the Dark One in you unless you killed the current Dark One. And didn't we destroy that darkness with Merlin?"
You'd be dumb enough to believe that evil isn't born but made, a voice snickered. The jackals of Anubis growled as the adults and the god looked around them to figure out where the voice came from.
In the womb, the voice taunted. Belle placed a hand on her stomach and her face was full of fear now.
"I…can feel it," she gasped in terror. "It's…coming from my baby…"
It seriously took you that long to figure it out, mother dearest? The voice mocked.
"If you really are our child, you will not speak to your mother that way!" Rumple growled angrily.
How it runs in my family to talk back to others! The unborn infant laughed wickedly, scaring the adults. To be frank, you're already a coward in my eyes, dearie.
"Bloody hell, she's already talking like you when you were the Dark One, crocodile," Hook said.
Wow, you really aren't as dumb as you look. But the lack of bravery…the lack of keeping promises…No wonder Fitzgerald Denada Cortés calls you a codfish, the Aldoradian insult for a coward with no sense of honor.
"Alright! That's enough!" Emma said angrily. "What do you know about what's going on with the Batrishan and what he did to my son?"
You mean Fidget-that's his common nickname, by the way, aside from the Batrishan Prince of Darkness, the Vampire of the Seven Seas, He-Who-Stroke-Deals-With-Five-Immortals, and the one who entrapped one hundred villains in Pandora's Box.
Yes, I admit that I knew his arrival in Storybrooke. Even in my physical unconsciousness, I spiritually managed to learn about his arrival in Storybrooke last night with all the dark energy he emits. And to be honest, Fidget's a hundred times worse than me when it comes to villainy.
He's the one who scared the dwarves by accident when he got through the town line from the outside world and landed on top of their truck, causing a small accident. That's the part where he learns the existence of one of the ingredients he needed to fulfill his revenge on the codfish.
For most of today, he hid underground and spied Killian Jones from the clocktower. When he saw the pirate leaving my precious papa's store, he feared that Rumplestiltskin's involvement would interfere with his revenge scheme-Fidget didn't know that my father wasn't the Dark One anymore.
That's when Henry Mills and Rosetta Anubisia came. He scented their presence at the Storybrooke Library while they ditched class in order to get information on the Batrishan when Rosetta had a vision of Fidget harming Emma Swan. Once he recognized the parental genes of their scent, he concocted a plan to use them for his plans. Fidget captured them and held Rosetta hostage while he ripped out Henry's heart so that the boy could do his bidding.
While Henry fetched the missing ingredients-Emma's blood, a werewolf's blood, and a few coals from the mines-I'm excluding the diamond skull from this shop because Fidget got it himself by blackmailing my parents- Rosetta was caged within the Batrishan's lair. For attempting to anger him, Fidget the Bat used a blade to create cuts on her face in order to suck her blood as punishment.
Once the ingredients were gathered, he created a potion that would unleash demonic creatures that would create a field of carnage and desolation in Storybrooke, framing Killian in the process and causing him to lose everything he holds dearest. You might as well say that Fidget wanted the codfish to suffer the same way that he had thanks to the codfish.
Fidget then took the children to the woods and restored Henry's heart back to its initial spot. However, he broke half of his promise of letting the children go by keeping Rosetta hostage and throwing Henry at the bottom of a ravine. The end.
The adults were too stunned for words. The Golds were horrified by the malevolent resume that came from their child's spirit. Killian feared the worst for everyone, but mostly for Fidget. Emma and Anubis were furious when they learned what the Batrishan had harmed their children; Anubis was the most pissed of the two.
By the way, I almost forgot, the baby's voice added. In less than three seconds, you're all going to forget what I just said. True to its words, black smoke suddenly filled the pawnshop, blinding the adults and hounds. Once they were done coughing and the smoke cleared, they all forgot about their encounter with the baby's spirit.
"I'm…I'm so sorry Belle," Emma stammered. "I didn't know you were…"
An army of shrill screaming coming from outside cut her off.
"What the bloody hell was that?" Killian said.
"We'd better find out!" Rumple said. Agreeing with him, the adults rushed out of the pawnshop, unaware that Fidget and Rosetta, who was gagged and shackled, had been listening to the entire scenario from the rooftop of the shop.
"That was quite a creepy child," Fidget said. "I don't what she's after, but I'm glad she brainwashed the codfish and his group!"
Rosetta mumbled through the loincloth that gagged her mouth. Fidget gave her a dark look that told her to shut up and softened once she did.
"Oh don't worry, little Rosie," he mocked, placing his index finger under her chin in order to lift her head up so that she could look at him in the eyes. "I'm not going to kill you. But since everybody in this town, including your parents, will be dead by the end of sunset, I'll keep you as my personal little friend…forever."