Emma breathed deeply gasping then placed her head back on her pillow. A shooting pain erupted from her head, going to the connection and waking up took a lot out of Emma and she was tired. Snow ran over to Emma's side immediately checking her over to make sure she was okay;Emma noticed this and went to take her mother's hand to assure her that she was. Snow felt Emma's hand in her hand and started rubbing gently circles in her hand.

"Mom!" Henry came ran over to Emma side again to see that she was back. "Where did you go Mom" Henry asked looking up at her innocently.

"Everywhere and Nowhere kid" Emma said quickly trying not to discuss it. Henry's face scrunched up in confusion, but didn't question it all that mattered was he had his mom back grinning up at her happily.

"You know we should probably get going soon" Henry said trying to make Emma think about the first time they met.

"Going where kid" Emma asked going along with the joke between them.

"I want you to come home with me" Henry asked excitedly.

"All righty then. When can I go home" Emma asked anyone who would answer her in the room.

"I will go get Whale" David took off trying to please his daughter in a way he could.

"I don't know Emma I think you should stay for a couple of days" Snow exclaimed worriedly to her daughter.

"Why"

Snow looked Emma in the eye taking her daughters hands in hers. "Because sweetheart you were in a coma for two months" Snow told her sternly trying to make her see reason. Emma looked for an escape, she really wanted to get out of the hospital and go outside. She was tired of being kept locked up inside somewhere after her abduction she wanted out.

Gold saw this and stepped forward to speak to Emma's mother to try to explain.

"Miss. Blanchard I think Miss. Swan would like to leave the hospital as fast as she can. After all she would want to see what it is like outside" gold said to her while gesturing to the window.

Snow thought about it when she finally understood why Emma wanted to leave the hospital. She looked to Emma with loving sympathetic eyes realizing why Emma didn't want to be in the hospital. She wanted to be free especially after being kidnapped and kept locked up.

Whale came into the room following David with papers for them to sign.

"Emma I understand you want to be discharged"

"Yes" Emma said sarcastically.

"I would recommend that coma patients stay a full week after waking up for observation. But since given the circumstances I will release you now"

"Good where do I sign" Emma asked hurriedly.

"Here" Whale handed Emma the papers for her to sign. When Emma was done, he passed them to snow and David who signed them as well.

"Why do they have to sign" Emma asked questioning .

"They are your parents plus they have to sign you out of the hospital stating they will take care of you until you recover" Whale explained to her.

They sign the papers listing them as her parents and the release papers happily. Emma had her arms crossed, they had tricked her into signing papers claiming they were her parents not that she minded but it was another thing they did that hurt her.

"You can leave anytime you want" Then Whale left.

Snow went to get emma clothes to wear when she was released from the hospital to make her feel somewhat her normal Emma self, but what they didn't know is that the place changed her for the worse or better Emma didn't know but she did certainly feel different.

Whale prescribed her pain medication for Emma which she has to take two times a day to help. He gave orders to mary Margaret that Emma was required to get as much sleep as she could and if her head was really hurting her to take another pill if needed. He wanted Emma to come see him for weekly exams and test to make sure everything was fine with her mentally and physically.

When they showed up at Emma's room with the wheelchair to wheel her out, automatically Emma put up a fight.

"I most certainly walk myself Mary Margaret I don't need a wheelchair so get it out of here" Emma complained to her mother.

"Emma it is standard procedure, plus every time you stand up you get very dizzy and almost fall" Snow countered

After another round of debating Emma gave up and was in the wheelchair being wheeled down the hallway with a grinning Mary Margaret and David at her side and Henry in Emma's lap.

She was going Home.

Emma was leaning on Neal for support holding his hand as they made it from the car making Emma to stand on her own. They finally reached The apartment's green door. Snow and David stood in front of the door with the keys, the door opened. Snow and David went in and made room for Neal to come through with Emma. Once Emma's through the door the apartment seems less dark, but not much as If Emma was here but not here which made the apartment look a little cheerful but still had some darkness to it. Neal guided Emma to the couch so she could sit down and rest; Emma glanced all around her home taking it all in registering that she was finally home. Snow watched her daughter look all the way around the apartment, Emma looked around trying to notice if anything was different or out-of-order but surprisingly it was just the same as when she last seen it.

"Can I go to my room, I'm starting to get tired" Emma asked wanting to go to sleep while trying to stand, trying to keep her eyes open. The trip to the apartment and up the stairs had proven to be a challenge after being in bed for two months.

"Of coarse sweetheart, but I think you should take our bed until you recover" Snow said to her trying to see reason. Emma gave her a 'no way not going to happen look'.

"I can go up the stairs fine by myself"

"You are not going up and down steps alone Emma there will be no buts or exceptions" Snow said sternly to her not taking no for an answer.

"Fine" Emma said giving up.

"Can I have some water" Neal quickly went to the kitchen to get Emma some water so her and her parents could talk.

When he was gone Emma turned to her parents who were staring at her as if she would break any minute.

"Would you stop staring at me like that I'm fine"

"You are most certainly not fine, what did you talk to gold about what did he tell you..." David went off sending off questions a mile per minute. Emma's head started hurting her more and more David was asking questions. It was like pain building up, filling until it was about to burst and it did. Emma screamed clutching her head from the pain, which sent shock waves smashing all the mirrors in the apartment at once.

David stopped talking the minute Emma screamed, then the mirrors happened which stunned her parents who just stood there speechless. Neal ran down the stairs with Emma's stuff after hearing the noise of Emma screaming.

"Ems what happened you okay" He asked running up to her side on the couch, he started rubbing her shoulders trying to comfort.

"It hurts" Emma said trying not sound weak but failed. David felt immediately guilty think Emma could take that too many questions.

"Hey it's okay" Neal said whispering to Emma as he held her and rocked her back and forth soothing her until she fell asleep in his arms. Snow watched with fascination at how Neal knew how to handle emma so well, she could never get Emma to admit things.

Neal picked her up in his arms and carried her to her room upstairs carefully. Snow followed him, she took care of her daughter while Neal went to go talk to David.

Snow carefully took off Emma's boots and jacket, she took out pajamas for Emma. Snow started undressing Emma to get her in her pajamas who slept deeply; Snow took off Emma's shirt and Pants trying not to hurt her. She gasped at what she saw. Burns and huge deep cuts all across Emma body just like Whale said in his exam when Emma was first brought in the hospital, she didn't want to believe it but now.

Now she had seen it. They tortured her little girl.

She tried not cry but she did any way. She traced her hands over her little girls cuts and burns, causing Emma to scrunch up her face and moan in her sleep. Snow put Emma in her pajamas, as she did so she thought back to all the times she missed out doing this when Emma was a child. When she was done dressing Emma, she pulled back the covers picked Emma's legs up and tucked her in the bed. Snow pulled the covers over Emma tucking her as she would have when Emma was little. She pushed back Emma's hair; Snow spent minutes looking at her. Snow took Emma baby blanket and put it under Emma's pillow where it belonged.

She heard some yelling from downstairs, she got up and noticed it was David and Neal. Snow went over to Emma's side and slowly bended down to Emma face and Kissed her little girl softly on her forehead.

"Good night Emma" Snow got up and noticed Emma moving her hands under her pillow almost hugging it, before exiting downstairs to face the men.

Neal came down the stairs.

"What did you say to her" Neal accused David.

"I asked her questions"

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY DID TO HER. DO YOU THINK SHE WANTS TO BE REMINDED OF THAT DAVID" Neal nearly yelled at David.

"NO,NO I DON'T AND NIETHER DO YOU. YOU BROUGHT THAT WOMEN HERE AND NOW EMMA HAD TO PAY THE PRICE" David yelled at Neal raising his voice.

"SHE USED ME HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW. WHAT"S YOUR EXCUSE HER OWN PARENTS DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE HER" Neal shouted back at him.

"HEY.."

"ssh. Stop fighting it won't change what has already happened. She trying to sleep the only thing you will carry out is making Emma be in more pain and she DOES NOT DESERVE any more" Snow argued with them trying to stop them from fighting more.

Neal headed upstairs where Emma was sleeping.

"How is she" David asked felling sorry that he caused Emma more pain.

Snow had slight tears in her eyes. "She um, it's as bad as whale said but I didn't think it would be that bad" Snow said looking down. David brought her in his arms, hugging her.

"She's home now Snow she's safe now" David promised her.

One thing was sure was that Emma was home, but was she safe?

Neal left an hour later making sure that Emma was comfortable. Emma slept for the rest of the day, it started raining around 5:00 PM which turned into a full on storm. Snow and David were having dinner when they heard the screams.

Emma fell asleep but soon found her self dreaming of her time at the cannery with THEM. Her mind flashed to her get cut, beaten, burned, Rivers, Tamara, Greg, The video, Then finally the shock table. Emma got up in her sleep and fell on the floor near the window which was open blowing in rain and cold air. Emma was getting beaten by Rivers in the head over and over. Emma was on the floor shaking and sweating all over her body from the nightmare she had lived. She screamed.

Snow and David shot up from their chairs making their way to the stairs running to make sure Emma was alright. They opened the door to Emma on the floor shaking an Sweating and the window open with rain and wind coming in.

David puts his hand on Emma's shoulder trying to wake her with Snow beside him.

"Emma" David says shaking her trying to wake her.

Emma takes David hand and flips him hard on the ground then puts her hand across his neck as if to karate chop it. Her eyes pop open and releases David and backs away quickly towards the window in fear at what she had almost done to her father.

Snow goes over to David and Helps him up trying not be surprised by how Emma did that to David as if by instinct when some one was near to her. She gets the courage to kneel on the ground toward Emma who was by the window cowering with fear about what she had almost done.

"Emma it's okay your home your safe"

"Your safe" Snow said repeating trying to reassure her daughter who had haunted look in her eye.

Emma looked toward her parents who were trying to comfort her and tell she was home and was safe.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry"

Emma knew one thing. She was home. But she was far from Safe. They would be back and she had to be ready.

The Council will return and she would be ready.