Killian walked into one of the cells in the sheriff station. He turned around when he was inside and Emma un cuffed him. She closed the cell door and locked it. Killian sat down and covered his face with his hands.
"I'm sorry, Killian," Emma said and she really did feel sorry for him. The only thing she still didn't understand was why he did it. If she still believed in her fairy tale theory then maybe she would have thought he had a past with those boys, that he started to remember something. But that was just crazy. This was the real world and fairy tales were nothing more than just stories.
Emma sat down in a chair next to Killian's cell. "What happened?" she asked him gently.
"I- I was walking to Granny's," he started, still covering his face like he was ashamed to show it. "there is this alley I sometimes use as a short cut, although I never use it at night. This time though I was lost in thoughts and walked strait in. Those boys were there, teasing me and I know that I could just have ignored them, kept walking, but I didn't. There was something… inside me that… screamed, screamed that they deserved it. As if a forgotten part of me came back and wanted them dead." He shook his head and chuckled humourless, finally removing his hand from his face but not looking at her. "You probably think I'm some kind of sociopath, that I'm a crazy person and have issues." He bowed his head again and added quietly, "I don't blame you."
If he had a past with them… no, focus Emma. This was a real problem, in the real world. She didn't know what she had to do with him. Yes, he did seem like he had issues, but her gut feeling knew that something wasn't right. She hadn't known him for long but the man she knew, this wasn't him. Killian would never hurt someone like that, especially not two teenage boys younger than him.
She was snapped out of her thought when the phone rang. She walked over to it and picked it up.
"Sheriff station," she said.
"Sheriff, something has happened," Doctor Whale said and Emma pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Is it about the two boys from earlier?"
"No, It's the coma patient, John Doe. He's missing."
Emma frowned in confusion. "What do you mean? How can a coma patient be 'missing'?"
"We don't know. We came here and he was just… gone."
"Okay, I'm on my way." She put the phone back down and grabbed her keys. This was the last time she was going to take Graham's mornings shift.
"Something wrong?" Killian asked.
"Coma patient has gone missing, I have to go."
He nodded but still not looked directly at her. She gave him a sad smile before leaving the station. She still couldn't believe this had happened, that Killian would be capable of such a thing. She had to discuss with Graham what his punishment will be and she wasn't looking forward to that. But for now she had something entirely different on her mind; a missing coma patient.
How could this be happening? She made sure the saviour lost her belief so how can the curse still be weakening? Regina walked frustrated to the hospital. She was about to enter the building when two teenage boys left. One had his arm in a cast and the other had a bandage across his face. Both of them were covered in bruises. Normally Regina wouldn't look twice at them but they were different.
Regina had a track record of everyone in Storybrooke including who they were before the curse and the boy with the cast was no other than Peter Pan. He probably deserved what had happened to him, that didn't unnerve her. What did unnerve her was what Felix had under those bandages. It was another sign that the curse was weakening, old scars that disappeared with the curse returning in one way or another. It was the reason why Hook had two hands instead of one.
Regina walked up to the two boys. "Hello, I'm Regina Mi-"
"We know who you are," Pan said.
"But what do you want?" Felix asked annoyed, only unnerving Regina more. The curse was weakening faster than she thought. He was remembering even if he didn't knew it. It was the first phase, remembering your old self, your old habits, old feelings and emotions.
"Who did that to you?" she asked less gentle.
"Why do you care?"
"I'm the mayor of this town. I have to make sure all the children in this town are safe."
"We're not children," Pan said.
"Just tell me and I'll make sure the person who did this gets what they deserve," Regina said harshly and crossed her arms. Pan and Felix shared a look and a grin appeared on their faces.
"Jones," Felix said and they both walked past her. Of course it was Hook. But the cursed Hook wasn't violent. She made him a miserable man who lost everything but drink or sleep his misery away, never hurting someone. This only meant that he was remembering his old self too. Apparently getting writ of the saviours belief wasn't enough. No, she needed something stronger.
Emma arrived at the hospital. She walked up to Doctor Whale who was talking to Regina.
"Ah, Sheriff, good to see you," he said and she arched an eyebrow.
"We saw each other a few hours ago," she said dryly but before he could say anything else she spoke again, "So what's going on?"
"It looks like John Doe woke up and decided to take a walk." When both Emma and Regina gave him a look he cleared his throat awkwardly. "Like I told you earlier on the phone; when we came to check on him, he wasn't there."
"Have you checked the security camera's yet?" Emma asked.
"No… but-"
Emma sighed and walked to the security room. "Show me the footage of this morning."
The security man looked in confusion at her and she rolled her eyes and showed her badge. The man nodded and brought up the footage. She saw herself walking into the hospital but no one except Ruby left after that.
"Check the other exits camera's," she ordered.
On the multiple screens appeared a few other exits. She examined them closely and pointed and one of the screens when she saw a figure walk to the back exit.
"Where does that exit lead to?"
"There is a path that leads right into the forest," the security man said. She nodded and walked back to where Whale and Regina were talking.
"He's probably somewhere in the forest. I'll call Graham and we will start searching right away," Emma informed them.
"Good. Now that that is settled I have to go," Regina said and turned to leave while Emma stared after her in confusion. She sensed that Whale wanted to say something that had nothing to do with the situation at hand so she held up her hand walked to the exit John Doe used.
"Save it," she said she called over her shoulder and left the hospital.
Jones was going to pay for what he had done. Felix felt an anger crawl up inside him, anger that seemed strange but familiar at the same time. It surprised him how easily Peter would just let it go and let the 'adults' take care of it. But just this once Felix wasn't going to just let it go and hope the punishment was painful. No, this time he would give his own punishment, his revenge.
Everyone was busy with that missing coma patient, giving him the perfect opportunity. He entered the sheriff station, walking through the hall until he was in the office. There, in the cell sat Hook. Wait, what? There sat Jones. Why the hell did he just thought of him as Hook? Hook what? Captain Hook? He shook his head, it was probably the pain killers the doctor gave him.
He chuckled darkly and walked to the cell's, Jones looked up from his hands as he did. Something crossed his face but Felix ignored it, grabbed the cell keys from the desk and swung them around his finger.
"What are you doing here?" Jones asked in a growl. For some reason this amused Felix more than that it scared him like last night.
"Not happy to see me?" he asked with a smug grin. Jones just kept glaring at him. "I came here to get my revenge on what you have done to my face," he continued with a much darker voice.
H- Jones stood up and walked to the back of his cell, leaning against the wall with his back and arms crossed. "Come and get me."
"With pleasure," Felix said through gritted teeth and grabbed a letter opener from a desk. He walked over to the cell, unlocking it, raising the hand with the letter opener and roared forward, aiming for his face. Jones ducked and grabbed him around his middle, throwing him over his shoulder. With a loud groan he landed on his back, feeling the throbbing of his forgotten bruises.
Ho- Jones was about to close the cell but Felix got up faster, pushing the cell door right into his face, making him stumble backwards. Felix lunched again but Hoo- Jones grabbed his wrist. He brought up his other to punch him but he grabbed that one too.
"One day, I'll hurt you like you've hurt me, Hook," Felix hissed.
"Do your worst, lost boy," Hook spitted.
Than they both realised what they just said and looked at each other with wide eyes before Felix stumbled back.
"You- you remember…" Hook asked and swallowed. Felix only nodded.
"Not for long," a voice said from the hallway and the both looked in the direction from where it came. Regina walked into the room with her hands behind her back and a fake sweet smile.
"You," Hook growled but before he could move Regina removed her hand from her back and held up a dreamcatcher. A glowing light appeared from the dreamcatcher and Felix felt himself becoming lightheaded. His knees began to feel weak and he blinked a few times to keep himself awake. He saw that Hook, no Jones, was struggling to stay upright too. But eventually they both crashed to the ground.
"Just like it never happened." That was the last thing he heard before the world went black. What never happened?
Regina was far from done with this mess. While she was at the sheriff station, wiping Hook and Felix memory, Emma, Snow and Graham had gone to the woods to look for Charming. As soon as he was found she had to wipe their memories too, replace them with the search for Charming and remove the event of the fight between Hook, Pan and Felix. She already had Ruby, Pan and Whales memory wiped earlier.
It may seem like she was going through too much trouble but both Hook and Felix started to remember and that was dangerous. She had worked too hard for this, she was not just going to give up when things started to fall apart. As soon as she erased the memories of Emma and Snow everything would go back to normal.
Except for Charming, but she'll deal with him later.
A/N: Sorry for the what shorter chapter and it isn't my best chapter either... but still much has happened. Let me know what you guys think in the reviews, pretty please?