"The Evil Queen?" Killain gasped at the girl. He studied her determined face. "But why would you want to see her?"
Emma looked down the hall, and the man focused his eyes on her trying to read her. "I just need her help."
"Why on earth would you need her help? What is this help you require? Surely there is someone else?" Hook didn't want to admit that he was slightly nervous to see the Evil Queen, despite the rumors that her magic had been stripped after the Royals defeated her.
"She knows how to wield magic." Emma leans closely to him and whispers.
"And you want to learn how to do that?" He chuckles. "My dear, I believe that is a skill you are born, or cursed with. If it were possible to obtain, I already would have to defeat the Dark One."
With a wave of her hand, the door flew open. With mouth wide, Killian looks at the Princess. "Your Majesty." He bows, unable to speak anything else. Though, he must say, he was quite impressed.
Emma rolled her eyes and waved at him. "Come on, we don't have much time."
She starts running down the hall, and Killian runs after her. "How do you suppose we escape your kingdom Princess?"
"We take your ship." She says as a matter of fact like.
"The Jolly Roger? And how do you suppose we will get aboard the ship without guards stopping us?"
Emma stops, and looks back at Killian wild-eyed. "Take my hands." She holds out her hands, and he looks at her questioningly. "Come on!" She demands. "We really don't have time for you to be childish."
He takes her hands, and feels her warm touch against his skin. He watches her closely as she closes her eyes, and her eyebrows scrunch together. "Come on." She mutters under her breath. After a few moments she violently drops Killian's hands and scoffs. "This is why I need to see the Evil Queen. I can't even transport us! We just have to run."
"But..." Killian didn't have time to finish his thought; the Princess was already to the end of the hallway, hands outstretched. When he catches up to her, he finds her slowly circling the room. He tries to contain a gasp when he sees the two huge guards passed out on the floor. "Did you do that?" He asks in a mixture of amazement and fear.
"I had to." She responds stoically. He once again follows her up and out of the dungeon. He was right in commenting about the early time, the sun had yet to emerge. But the Princess was correct in saying it was the best time to escape. No one was around. "Changing of the guards." She comments as if reading his mind.
"You planned all of this perfectly didn't you dear?" He asks with a grin of amusement on his lips.
"Almost." She groans as they arrive at the docks to find a fleet of military men coming off a docked ship. "Over here." She grabs his jacket and pulls him down next to her behind a stack of barrels. While she is watching the men, waiting for a clear moment, Killian takes the opportunity to study the peculiar girl. He had heard of the beautiful daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, but he never imagined she would be like this; both strong and independent, while still being timid and mysterious.
She turns back to him, and he finds they are only a few inches apart. Emma searches his eyes for a moment before moving a step backwards. She loses her balance, and falls backwards onto some fishing gear. The commotion arouses the saliors attention, and they rush over to investigate. Emma waves her hand at Killian, telling him to hide, but the signal comes too late. The men find Emma wrapped in some fishing nets.
"It's just the Princess." One informs the rest, and the men chuckle. The man reaches down to help her up. Emma takes his hand with a smile.
"Thank you."
"What are you doing out here so early Your Majesty?" He asks as he untangles her.
"I heard you boys were coming in this morning, and I wanted to welcome you home." Killian is amazed that the men have not spotted him yet, but then again, they are all entranced by the Princess. And for that, he cannot blame them.
"You're not trying to get us to take you out again are you." The man, Killian assumed was the captain, chuckled once more. "But hey, If you are here to greet us, what are you doing behind all of this?" He waves at the barrels and other things stacked all around. Emma's eyes flash quickly to Killian, but it's enough to draw the sailors attention.
"Pirate." The man grits his teeth, and all of the other men turn their attention on to Killian. "Is he trying to hurt you Emma?"
"No!" Emma yells, and tries to laugh off the situation. "He's with me, it's not problem."
The sailor squints his eyes at Emma, and then back at Hook. Something in his eyes flash, and he reaches for Killian. "You're Captain Hook!" He yells, and the men yell cheers with him. "The King and Queen offer quite the prize for your capture." He turns back to Emma. "Sorry Princess, but he's coming with us."
While Killian wasn't easily scared, he would be lying if he said this man didn't make him nervous. But he looked back at Emma and saw her wringing her hands together.
"I'm sorry too." She says calmly, and waves her hand at the man. He falls to the ground, and drops Killian.
In a dazed confusion, the other men split up, rushing towards Emma and Hook. From her hands, Emma hits them with beams of light, knocking them flat on their backs. Killian grabs a metal pole from beside him, and uses it as a sword. Emma nods her head towards the ships as she throws back more men. Killian throws the pole around one last time to knock the last man in the head.
Just as he starts running towards the Princess, the duo heard a voices and footsteps behind them.
"You there! Stop!" A guard came sprinting towards them.
"Run." Emma whispers, grabs Killian's hand and the two rush towards the Jolly Roger. They quickly climb aboard and Killian jumps to the wheel.
"Hoist the sails Lass!" Emma does as she is told, and the ship is soon out at sea.
Emma looks back to see the guard stopped to check on the sailors.
She smiled to herself as she settled herself on the ship.
"You're crazy Princess." Hook yells from above her.
Emma laughs, and winks up at him. "I know Pirate."