Chapter 3

Emma came out of the bathroom. Killian was sitting on the sofa.

"Only a fool wouldn't run. I just tried to murder you."

"Yeah I noticed that but I couldn't leave you Emma. Despite it being in my best interest I can't leave you." Emma plopped down next to him on the sofa, staring off in a dazed expression. She handed him the small white tube.

Killian took it confused. It was some sort of white contraption with a cap on the end. There was a little screen in the middle with a plus sign in the center.

"Emma I don't know what this means."

"Go away Killian," she said waving her hand over him and making him vanish.

Killian appeared on the street out in front of Granny's. He looked to either side double checking where he was and then looked down again. He still had the mysterious white tube.

"I'm here. What do the Charmings need now?" said Regina bursting in the door.

"Shhhh…Neal is sleeping upstairs," spoke Snow in a hushed voice.

"It's me that needs you," said Killian pulling his still beating heart out of his jacket pocket.

"I assume that's yours." Regina asked.

"Aye, can you put it back in?"

"Do I need more then one guess as to who did this?"
"Probably not."
"It was Emma," spoke Snow in a hurry.

"Yeah I got that," snapped Regina.

"Can you put it back in?" Asked Killian

"Yes, but I don't think you want to do that. If she ripped it out once, she'll rip it out again. We better find a hiding spot." said Regina.

"No. I need my heart more now then ever for Emma. Without it I'll turn against her, there will be no hope for us."

"Fine. Have it your way pirate." Regina thrust his heart back into his chest and made a small x over his heart with her fingers. "There at least there's a protection spell now against her."

"She just ripped out your heart?" asked David. "For fun?"

"Aye, said she needed it to release Excalibur from the stone. She said everyone would be safe for ever if she did it…that I was the price she had to pay."
"She was going to kill you? Oh David this is worse then we thought. She's gone completely dark!" cried Snow. David wrapped his arms around wife pulling her into his embrace.

"Why didn't she go through with it?" he asked.

"Don't know. She got sick and ran off."
"She just ran off and left you with your heart?" asked Regina.

"Aye and she gave me this." Killian pulled out his mystery tube and handed it to Regina."I don't know if it's some sort of magical device or what but it seemed to make her pretty upset."

Regina looked at the white tube a second before handing it to David. David took it and turned it over once looking at it before showing Snow. All three of them were silent, exchanging knowing glances.

"Well? Do you know what it is?" It was Snow that finally broke the silence.

"Yes Killian. It's a pregnancy test. She's pregnant."