After Killian and I moved into our house together we experienced about two months of ultimate peace. Killian and I spent every moment we could together and nothing bad seemed to happen to us. Killian made sure no one knew where he was because he didn't want to cause any in chaos in town. Since the last time Emma and Snow saw him they didn't exactly see him in a good light. But as the quote goes "all is calm before the storm". Apparently Archie, the town's shrink, was brutally murdered by Regina. I knew the evidence was all their but part of me didn't believe it. I knew she had changed and there was no way she would actually kill him, However I didn't know how to help her out because I knew no one would agree with me. But as sad as it is to say Regina wasn't the most important thing to me at that moment.
"I won't be back for a couple days" I told Killian as I grabbed my coat and some things as I got ready to head over to Emma's apartment to comfort Henry. Archie had been Henry's therapist before the curse had broken and he was the only one that actually sort of believed Henry about his curse theory back then so the two had a close bond.
"You take your time love, I'll still be here when you get back" he promised. I bit my lip nervously. I know it seemed like I was being clingy but I just didn't want to be a part from him.
"I love how your always there for everyone, making sure everyone is happy" he stated.
"Are you happy?" I asked
"Very much" he whispered a bit huskily as he kissed me on the tip of my nose. I smiled at him as his stubble sort of tickled me.
"Be safe" he said as I opened the door. I looked back at him and realized he wasn't saying it just because that's what you always tell someone before they leave, he was genuinely worried about me.
"Several of the people I'm staying with know how to use a sword so I'm sure I'll be fine" I assured him as I closed the door.
Killian let out a sigh as Ariel shut the door behind her. Now was the time. If there was any perfect moment for him to commit his revenge it was now. He would make sure Ariel knew nothing about it. If she found out about any of his doings he knew she would no longer love him. He put on his old clothes as he snuck back onto his ship that night to interrogate the cricket that Cora had caught for him. The faster he could skin his Crocodile the quicker he could get to living a happy life with Ariel.
"He's not talking" Emma told me as we all sort of tried to have some sort of a party after Archie's funeral.
"Do you want me to try?" I asked.
"If you could that'd be great, I even tried giving him a pop tart and he never turns down one of those" she told me. I smiled at her and walked over to him and sat on Snow and Charming's bed with Henry as he looked out the window.
"Hey there" I smiled at him. He didn't even look at me.
"I'm gonna eat that pop tart if you just leave it sitting there" I joked with him. Again no response I scooted closer to him and he plopped his head on my shoulder. Maybe what he needed was a change of location or something.
"Wanna go see my new house" I invited him, that got his attention.
"Can I spend the night there actually?" he asked.
"You can do whatever you want" I told him.
"Awesome I know you always keep ice cream in the fridge so I think we should have sundaes tonight" he assumed. I nodded and laughed at his excitement. He got up and ran to Emma and asked if it was alright and she gladly agreed noticing the change in Henry's behavior. Our eye's connected as Henry started packing his things.
Thank you she mouthed to me.
"You're welcome" I nodded back. Henry strapped his backpack on and we walked out. As we walked down the street Archie's old dog Pongo ran up to us. He must have escaped from Archie's apartment. After he died Emma, Snow, Charming, and I had taken turns going to Archie's apartment and feeding him. We hadn't thought of what to do with the dog yet.
"Ariel, Pongo doesn't have a home anymore" Henry stated.
"Yeah" I agreed.
"Do you think my mom would let us keep him?" he asked as Pongo walked with us.
"Probably how about he stays with us for the night and we'll see" I suggested. Henry's smile got even wider as we walked to my house together. When I opened the door I found Killian standing right there in the middle of the living room wearing his old pirate clothing. Why was he wearing that again? I heard Henry gasp behind me.
"Henry this is Killian" I introduced my little brother to Killian. Pongo turned around and started barking out the front door but there was nothing there.
"Stop it" I told the dog as I shut the door. Killian looked at me silently telling me that now wasn't the time for all three of us to have awkward bonding time.
"Henry, why don't you take Pongo outside for a moment and let him run around. Just head straight through the kitchen and the back door's right there" I advised. Henry took the barking dog outside and Killian and I looked at each other. He seemed like he was in a hurry.
"Why are you dressed like that?" I asked.
"Ariel there isn't much time listen, promise me you won't leave the house after I leave" he asked hastily.
"Why?" I retorted.
"Just promise, something is going to happen tonight and I don't want you getting hurt"
"Killian tell me, what's wrong?" I asked. He just leaned down and kissed me as his answer before he ran out the door.
"KILLIAN" I shouted at his retreating back.
"KILLIAN" Rumpelstiltskin heard a familiar voice shout as he tried looking for Captain Hook. He looked towards the voice and saw Ariel sticking her head outside a door to the house he was walking towards while he saw the back of his mortal enemy retreat somewhere. Just then something seemed to click in his mind as a small smile formed on his face.
I topped off Henry's sundae with a swirl of whipped cream and plopped down on the couch next to him as I handed the ice cream to him.
"Thank you" he smiled at me.
"No problem" I returned the smile as I looked at him.
"Not just for the ice cream though, thank you for being a good sister and making sure I'm alright and everything" he said. I hugged him close to me and kissed the top of his head.
"I'll always be there for you" I told him. There was a knock at our door just then.
"Did you invite anyone over?" he asked me. I shook my head and went to the door hoping it was Killian giving some sort of explanation of what he was going on about several hours ago. When I opened the door I saw Rumpelstiltskin.
"Good evening Ms. Ariel" he smiled at me.
"Good evening" I answered back.
"Do you mind if I come in for a moment I have something to ask of you?" he asked. Before I could say anything he pretty much let himself in.
"Sure" I said.
"Hello there Henry" he nodded to Henry. Henry just nodded back and I heard a slight growl come from Pongo.
"Do you mind if we talk in private for a moment?" he asked. I shrugged and walked into one of the spare bedroom's that I had. I turned towards him once he closed the door and the next thing I knew he was blowing this weird sort of concoction into my face and I felt dust go into my eyes.
Henry turned towards the door Mr. Gold and Ariel had walked through, he jumped a bit when it suddenly opened and he found Mr. Gold dragging a passed out Ariel.
"She hit her head on something, I'm gonna take her to see the doctors" he explained.
"Do you need help should I call someone?" Henry asked worriedly.
"No not to worry my boy she'll be fine just stay here and we'll be back soon" Mr. Gold lied to Henry.
"I'd suggest you give that back to me now" Killian tried to bargain with Belle as she made an attempt to escape from his ship with Rumpel's son's blanket. That had been the only thing he needed to keep his Crocodile in Storybrooke and here this lass was trying to escape with it. She must have been insane to love someone like Rumpelstiltskin, then again what did that make Ariel then for being in love with him. He thought this plan would have been so much easier.
"Or what?" he heard a familiar voice behind him and then he heard a whimper. He turned around and saw Rumpelstiltskin approaching him with Ariel by his side. Ariel looked at Killian nervously as Rumpel had his fingers tightly around her neck.
"What are you doing?" Belle asked. She was shocked to see what Rumpel was doing, he promised her he wouldn't do anything like this. Rumpel ignored her as he watched the mermaid and Hook have some sort of telepathic conversation with each other.
"You left something of yours all alone without protection" Rumpel said to him.
"That's because I know she can take care of herself" Killian replied. Rumpel gave him a confused look but was caught by surprise when Ariel kicked his cane out of his hand, grabbed it as it flew in the air, and knocked him to the ground.
"Stop" Belle shouted at the red head. Ariel soon found herself flying across the deck as her back collided with the mast of the ship and soon ropes tied her down so she wouldn't move.
"That was brave darling but not good enough" Rumpel said to her.
"Oi let's finish this Crocodile, you and me. What magic are you going to hide behind today?" Killian asked.
"I'm not hiding behind anything" Rumpel snapped at him as he picked his cane back up and smacked Killian across the face with it. Belle just stood there shocked at everything that was going on.
"No don't hurt him" Ariel shouted at him. Rumpel looked at her and smiled as he repeatedly kept hitting Killian.
"Rumpel come on let's go" Belle tried to urge him as she noticed Ariel burst into tears.
"Not just yet Belle" Rumpel pushed her away.
"He can't resist love he has to prove he's not a coward" Killian told her. He arched his head backwards and looked into Ariel's frightened green eyes.
"Killian" she whispered. He gave her some sort of a smile before Rumpel hit him again. Then Killian realized something.
"So we've come full circle then. I had to watch as you ripped my old love's heart out. Now my new love has to watch you rip mine out. Do it" Killian urged him knowing he couldn't do it. Ariel suddenly realized why this was happening and discovered that Milah had been Rumpel's wife. She knew what he had done to her and she didn't want the same to happen to Killian.
"Please don't" Ariel tried to beg. She was shaking now as Rumpel placed his hand on Killian's chest. Killian winced and tilted his head back. He wanted to make sure Ariel was the last thing he saw before he died.
"Stop can't you see what he's doing to you. He wants to make sure that there's no more good in you. I know there is Rumpel you can't let him do this to you" Belle persuaded him. Rumpel looked at Killian and then snapped his fingers and suddenly Ariel disappeared.
"Your lucking I'm leaving you alive" Rumpel sneered at him.
"Where'd you take her?" Killian asked. Rumpel ignored him as he left the Jolly Rodger with Belle by his side.
Belle watched nervously as Rumpel stepped over the town line. When both feet were over the line he looked at her and she knew his spell had worked.
"Now you can find your son" Belle told him.
"And I can do one more thing" Rumpel said. Belle gave him a confused look. He snapped his fingers again and suddenly Ariel appeared by Belle's side.
"Where's Killian?" she asked the both of them trying to back away from Rumpel. Rumpel grabbed her arm and half of her was over the line as he started to pull her towards him on the other side.
"I thought you said-"
"He can't be happy Belle he just can't" Rumpel argued as he tried to pull Ariel over, but Ariel was using all her strength to keep her feet from landing on the other side. She was sliding though and she felt her heat beat quicken. She didn't want to forget everything.
"You promised now stop this now" Belle reminded him
"If my love died then his should as well"
"I wouldn't count on it" they all heard Killian's voice. They all looked towards him and saw he had a gun in his hand. The one Belle had left on his ship. And in that moment Killian pulled the trigger and shot Belle in the shoulder. Rumpel let go of Ariel and she was relieved to find that she had fallen on the good side of the line while Belle fell on the other. Killian ran towards Ariel and pulled her towards him and kissed her anywhere he could as he apologized for all that had happened and Ariel couldn't speak as she painfully watched Belle scream at Rumpel since she had just forgotten him. Ariel just wanted everything to end and she tried to block out all the noise as she dug her face into Killian's chest.
Rumpel saw Ariel and Hook holding onto each other and he felt this surge of anger in him. He started to form this sort of fireball in his hand and he aimed it at the couple until he heard a car honk behind him. He turned around and saw a car driving into Storybrooke at an incredibly fast speed. He moved himself and Belle out of the way.
Killian saw the strange machine coming towards them and pushed Ariel out of the way as it ran into him. Ariel ended up face planting into the ground and felt a strong pain in her stomach when she hit the ground hard. Once the car had crashed. Ariel lifted her head and saw Killian's limp body.
"Killian?" she asked.
Everything seemed to happen so quickly after that the next thing I knew I was at the hospital sitting in a chair while Belle, Killian, and the person who had hit Killian were getting taken care of. Lots of other people were there too. Red, Snow, Charming, Emma, and Grumpy. They were more upset about the stranger that came to town then anyone else. I didn't bother leaving to check on Killian because I knew they'd question me soon enough about what was going on. I wrapped my arms around my middle and pulled my knees up to my chest. I soon found a blanket placed around my shoulders. I looked up and saw a man with light brown hair.
"Sorry it's a shock blanket I figured it'd help" he apologized. I just looked at him.
"Hi, I'm Dr. Watson, I heard you were a part of this accident as well just wanted to see if your alright? Seemed like nobody came to check on" he asked. He leaned down and looked at my scraped up cheek and took out a little alcohol pad and scrubbed it up.
"You got the wind knocked out of you as well when that man pushed you out of the way. Can you breath fine?" he asked. I nodded. He gave me a small smile.
"If there's anything you need let me know" I seemed to hold onto my stomach tighter as he said that. There was something that had been bothering me lately. I hadn't been to sure about it and I hadn't wanted to talk to anyone about it. But after all that had happened today I needed to know that at least there was one good thing going on at the moment.
"Wait?" I asked. He stopped and turned towards me.
"Could you give me an ultrasound?" I asked.
Well that's it hope y'all liked it?