I'm so so sorry this took so long. I hope you still want to read this. Anyways, enjoy.

Henry sat at the foot of the staircase playing with his gameboy. He was there waiting for Lily to come home. He was only a few zombie kills away from reaching level 23, he just needed to- suddenly he heard footsteps and looked up to see Lily. He smiled and lifted the brown bag next to him.

"I have your donuts!" His smiled faded when he saw the sadness in Lily's eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Lily let a tear fall from her eye and she was quick to hug Henry tightly.

Henry's eyes grew with concerned as his eyebrows furrowed. He gently wiped the year from his sister's face and offered Liky his hand.

"Come on. Let's go upstairs."

In the loft Killian and Emma sat by the kitchen table sipping some coffee. David and Margaret were near the couch making little baby Neal giggle. They all looked up at the same time when Henry and Lily walked through the door. Killian broke into a smile of joy and relief.

"Lily! You're back!" He was no longer smiling when he saw the look on his daughter's face.

"Lily, love, are you crying?"

Lily let herself fall into her fathers arms who wrapped around his arms tightly around her.

"Lily? What's wrong?" Emma joined to hug both her and Killian.

Lily squeezed both her parents and sighed. Her blue eyes were still glimmering with tears and and her voice cracked as she talked, breaking Killian's heart with every word she spoke.

"I wanted to stop him. I wanted to be a hero, but I couldn't do it."

Emma let go and with her motherly touch she wiped away a few tears and moved her hair aside.

"What happened?" Emma asked almost like a whisper. She didn't want to see her daughter in pain.

Lily sniffled dragged her feet towards a chair leaving everyone else surrounding her.

"Alex said he isn't going to stop his plan. I tried talking him out of it but he's so determined. He's going to continue and he still wants to hurt you."

Killian clenched his jaw and made a fist with his hand.

"Considering his lineage I'm not surprised. What could you expect from a boy who grew up with the dark one as his father."

Lily stopped crying and look at her father to state firmly,

"No he wasn't like this before. He was not a villain."

She sighed. She started to remember all the good moments she had with Alex.

They would often run together pretending to save people from danger. They'd sword fight dramatically, to eliminate their foes. Sometimes they would rest on the grass staring at the clouds claiming that every hero needed a rest. Day after day they would spend hours of fun together. They were great company to each other. Alex was there when she had a bad day and he knew exactly what to do to make her smile. Lily thought she had done the same for him too, but now she realized there was a deeper sadness she had not been able to fix.

"He's my best friend. Or was now...Back home we became friends fast. We were the only ones who believed we'd actually become the best of heroes. He's going to go on with this plan and become a villain and now I've lost my friend."

Emma wrapped her arms around Lily.

"I'm sorry kid."

Lily let her head fall on her mother's shoulders.

Killian stared at both his beautiful loves. Not only was this Alex lad trying to hurt Emma and him but he had also just hurt Lily. This made him really angry. How could he do such a thing? How dare he? He wanted to put a stop to it by throwing the boy in the middle of the sea...But Killian wasn't that man anymore. He couldn't hurt the lad even if every part of him wanted to. He had to stay strong and calm for everyone's sake. But as he stared at Lily in her mother's arms he just couldn't help it.

"Lily I'm really sorry that the lad hurt you. It upsets me very much. He's not the same boy now so we have to put a stop to his plan."

She took her father's hand.

"I know."

Killian smiled at her.

"Now don't you worry, love. Because we will find a way. As your mother has taught me…" Killian paused to smile at Emma who smirked back.

"... heroes always find a way. And we shall win."

Lily smiled back at him. He was right. They would win. Everything would be fine and Alex would come to his senses.

"Since you talked to him do you know what he might be up to next?"

"He told me he plans on continuing to steal Mom's powers"

"But he can't exactly do that if he doesn't find us right?" Henry asked.

Lily nodded slowly. "Yeah…which means…we should just stay indoors. Maybe Mom could do a protection spell and he won't be able to come in. At least until we come up with a plan."

"What can we do cooped up at home?" Henry pointed out.

Killian patted Henry in the shoulders.

"We can spend time together…like…like—"

"Like family," Emma said finishing his sentence.

"We can play videos games."

"Invent our own new food dishes"

"Finally watch Net Flicks"

"Netflix, Killian."

"Right! That!"

Emma raised her arms and hovered then against the door until a shimmering light was present on the door.

"Alright. Let's start the fun."

A couple of hours later they were gathered in front of the TV playing video games.

"I'm winning you Swan." Killian said nudging Emma.

"No you're not. What the hell are you talking about?" She lightly pushed him back.

"I'm making that vessel move faster than yours. I'm winning"

"That doesn't mean your winning! You don't even know what you're doing Mister I'm 3 centuries old and have never played video games."

"Hey you're just jealous because I just started and Im doing quite the job." Killian nodded confidently.

"Don't flatter yourself. Watch when the game ends and I win."

Henry turned to Lily.

"They do realize they're both losing right now right?"

Lily laughed, but continue to fiddle with the video game controller, her eyes focused on the screen.

"Sometimes I think that whenever they're in a room together, even if the room was filled with distractions, they'd still only notice each other."

Henry laughed. "They're gonna keep bickering about this aren't they?"

"It's going to be really funny when they realize they've both lost." Lily added.

Later that night they were all laying down watching a movie and soon everyone was fast asleep.

—

Killian stood on main street in the darkness by himself. He spun around in confusion.

"How the bloody hell—"

A shadow stepped from behind a street light.

"Alex." Killian spat.

"Pirate." Alex spat back.

"What do you want?" Killian asked.

"Nothing big. I just want to torture you."

"I dare you. Try your best but you won't win."

"Oh you sound so sure. But what if I do this."

Suddenly a portal appeared behind Killian and he turned to look at it. Then he laughed and turned back to face Alex.

"A portal? That's your torture? What is that going…" Killian was interrupted by a yell he didn't want to hear.

"Killian!"

Killian turned back to see Emma trying to hold on.

"Nice try, Alex, but I'd risk my life to save her." Killian was quick to hold out his hand for Emma to grab.

"Emma. Take my hand. I got you." Emma reached out, but before Killian grabbed her hand he heard another yell.

A couple a feet away another portal had opened.

"Daddy!"

"No! Lily!" Killian yelled back. Killian was in a dilemma. The loves of his life were both going to leave if he didn't react quickly.

"Ha! Who are you going to save Hook? The woman or the girl."

Killian's face expressed torture and anger.

"I don't care what I have to do, but I'm going to save them somehow."

Alex laughed. "Unless I do this." With a flick of the hand another portal appeared and another voice could be heard yelling.

"Help me! HELP!"

"Henry!" Killian yelled.

He spun around in a circle. The three people that he loved most in the world were in trouble and he didm;t know what to do. He didn't have magic and he only had one hand. How could he ever save them? Tears formed in his eyes and his heart throbbed with pain.

"Three people. Three different portals. Three different destinations. Face it. You can't save them." Alex said smugly.

"Why? Why have you attacked my—my family. My happiness." Killian yelled with despair.

"Did you really think I was going to let you have a happy ending? After all you took from my father…Say goodbye to them because you'll never see them again."

Alex flicked his wrists once more and Emma, Lily and Henry fell into the green portals.

"NOOO!" Killian fell on his knees staring at the ground where they once were.

—

Killian woke up sweating. His heart was beating excessively and he kept taking deep breaths. He quickly adjusted to the dim light and sighed with relief when he realized he was in the living room on the couch. Just a nightmare. Emma and Lily had their heads buried in each of his shoulders fast asleep and Henry laid across Emma and his lap. He smiled. He rubbed Henry's shoulders and lightly kissed Emma and Lily on their heads. They were perfectly safe.

"How cute." A voice whispered.

Killian jumped back startled. "How did you-"

"How did I break the protection spell? I spent years studying magic and even looked through old books that I stole from Regina's things. I know how to break a simple protection spell. The savior should really try and focus more on perfecting her skills." Alex smirked.

Killian looked down at his family.

"Don't you dare hurt them! I will die fighting for them"

"You underestimate a 15 year old. I'm the one with the magic here. I could hurt you in so many ways, but don't worry….mate. I won't hurt them, that is of course if you come with me willingly."

Killian carefully stood up carrying Emma and Lily to place them in different positions on the couch. He gently adjusted Henry underneath Emma's arms. He stared at the three sleeping, not knowing if he'd ever see them again.

"As long as you let them be…alright." He spoke.

Alex nodded. "That's a good pirate." Then he proceeded to poof them away leaving behind a black smoke.

Where could Alex be taking Killian? Why? Stay tuned. Almost done.