"Where is she?" he demanded as he pushed the snivelling man against the wall. Blood dripping from his nose and mouth, all confidence now gone as Hook had beaten it out of him. "Do you know how long I have been searching for you Mr Smee?" The man shook his head, "A year! A whole year it has taken me to hunt you down. So you better give me my answers because I am tired of being a patient man."
"I don't know," he muttered,
"Come on Mr Smee," he leered as he stroked his hook's point across the man's throat and took great pleasure in watching him gulp fearfully. "I have shown you far too much mercy in your life time. Right now I am willing to give you some more, if you give me an answer." The hook pierced his skin a thin trail of blood trickled down the hook, to which Hook promptly wiped it on the man's face. "Tell me!"
"I took her to Rumplestiltskin," he said quickly,
"You what!"
"Took her to the Dark One. I made a deal with him!" Hook smirked and lifted his hand and patted it against Smee's sweating face and stepped back. "See that wasn't so hard was it," he said as he turned away. He could hear the rapid breath of Mr Smee, he lifted up a golden vase off its stand and inspected it, "You've done well Mr Smee. All this gold, a large home, wenches coming to and fro from your house. What did you want from the crocodile?"
"Fairy dust,"
"So you could fly,"
"So I could find my true love,"
"Did you?"
"Yes,"
"Then where is she?"
"She already has a family," he stated.
"Ah," Hook said before spinning around and throwing the vase against the wall he had Smee pinned to. The vase smashed above the man's head. "Wasn't worth it then was it Mr Smee? You better hope I find her there because if not I will be back and I will not show you mercy,"
"But he might have gotten rid of her," he stammered,
"You better hope he hasn't," snarled Hook before he picked up a fistful of gold that Smee had just sitting in a pot. This man had more gold than he knew what to do with. Smee slowly fell to the floor his breath rapid as he watched his old Captain leave his home. He looked around at his life, it was so unfulfilling and he was going to have to live it forever.
Hook walked out of the castle and nodded to the woman on a horse who held his at bay. "The Dark One's castle," he told her as he mounted his horse. The dark haired woman nodded "Did you kill him?"
"No. I might still need him,"
"Right," Snow nodded. Killian smiled at the woman she had been kind to him over the past year. She was the reason he had located Smee in the first place, her and her husband anyway. If someone would have told him that he, Captain Hook, would one day make friends with Snow White and Prince Charming he wouldn't believe them. Let alone the fact that he had actually stayed in their castle with them. He looked down at his attire, and scratched the back of his neck. It reminded him of a nightmare he had had so very long ago. The brown coat, white shirt, black vest, it made sense for him to dress this way, after all the Charming's couldn't exactly just have a pirate roaming around their castle. But he still owned all his leather and his ship, he was just a changed man.
David rode along the path and met them outside Smee's castle. "Where were you mate?" Killian asked,
"Someone needed help,"
"Always the hero," he mocked.
"Did you get what you wanted?"
"Aye,"
"Where we heading?"
"Rumplestiltskin's castle," Snow answered. "I guess it would make sense, he had been awfully quiet this past year. I guess whatever he wanted he got and its made him happy."
"If you two don't mind, I'll think I'll make this journey by myself," Snow opened her mouth to object but David put a hand over hers and shook his head. "You know where to find us, if…you know,"
"Aye,"
"She'll be there," Snow assure him,
"She may but True Loves Kiss might not work," he said voicing his fears. Snow and David shared a look, "If it doesn't I'll still grab her though. I will make sure she is free,"
"Good luck mate," David told him. Killian gave him a curt nod before pulling on the reins of his horse and galloping off. Snow and David watched and shared a look between them "Hard to believe he was once the famous pirate Captain Hook," Snow commented,
"He still is," Davis noted, "But he also so much more than just a pirate."
"Aye," said Snow imitating the pirate and causing them both to laugh. "Back home then Charming?"
"Back home."