Chapter Twenty-four

Worry

Emma pounded and yanked at the bars she was trapped behind. She tried to climb out, but she knew it was no good.

Emma cried out in frustration. She had to find a way out. Harper and Killian were back in New York. Harper was hurt and Killian was unconscious for who knows how long. Harper was five! She couldn't be alone and hurt!

Emma pulled at the bars again, trying to break free.

"That's no good."

Emma looked up and growled, "Let me go! I need to go back to my family!"

Dr. Facilier laughed and walked forward. "You're not getting out of here until I let you out. Also, you should know how to get out of your own basement."

"My basement-" It hit her. The reason the room looked so familiar was because she created it. This is where she held Excalibur when she was the Dark One. Sadness washed over her. She was trapped behind the bars that she had tied Gold up to. She infused the bars with dark magic so that Gold couldn't escape even though he was tied up. She made it so that nobody with light magic could break through the bars. Emma looked at her wrist. Dr. Facilier hadn't even bothered to put a cuff on her because he knew what those bars would do.

Emma looked at him. "How did you do this? Killian and I redid this room four years ago. We turned it into a play area for Harper."

Dr. Facilier shook his head. "You may have made it for your children, but this room will never hold more than the children you already have."

Emma glared at him through tears. "You are not getting my baby!"

Dr. Facilier smiled. "We shall see." He disappeared.

Killian opened his eyes. For a moment, everything was blurry and he couldn't feel a thing. Then, it all came rushing in. His vision cleared. His hearing returned. All he could hear were the cries of his daughter.

Killian looked over at Harper and the memories came rushing back to him. "Harper!" Killian stood up and ran over to her, picking her up and holding her bridal style.

"D-Daddy," Harper stuttered out between stuttering breaths and cries.

"Oh, baby, I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry." Killian kissed her forehead and swayed lovingly.

"It h-hurts."

"I know and I'm sorry. I'm going to fix it. Daddy is going to make it all alright," Killian soothed. He knew he needed to get to Emma, but he had to take care out Harper first. He couldn't let her suffer all the way back to Storybrooke, but he couldn't bring her to the hospital, her magic could lose control again.

Killian sighed. There really wasn't any other choice. He had to take Harper to the hospital, except, he didn't know where that was.

Killian kissed Harper's head once more and rushed out towards the car.

Emma hadn't stopped trying to get out. She tried teleporting more times then she could count, but each time she ended up on the other side of the cell. She tried calling someone on her phone, but there was no service down there.

She couldn't stop thinking about her family. Harper was in pain, Killian was unconscious, and her unborn child was going to be taken from her.

All Emma wanted to do was curl up on the ground and cry, but she knew she couldn't do that. First off, it wasn't good for the baby, and second of all, she had to find a way to get out of there.

"What happened to her?" the nurse asked as she raced Harper to the emergency room.

Killian followed. "The chandelier in our living room fell on her. It must not have been screwed in right."

The nurse nodded. She opened the door to the ER and another nurse came to help her get Harper comfortable on the hospital bed.

Killian held Harper's hand. "You're going to be alright."

Harper hadn't stopped crying since the chandelier fell on her, it worried Killian.

A man walked in with a long white coat. Killian assumed it was the doctor. The man looked at Harper, then looked at a nurse and pointed at Killian. "Get him out of here. He can't be in here while we do the surgery."

"Wait. Surgery? Is it really that bad?" Killian asked.

A nurse walked over to Killian and grabbed his arm. "Sir, you need to leave."

Killian pulled his arm away. "No! She's my daughter!"

"Which is why you shouldn't want to see this," the nurse explained.

"W-why?" Killian asked. More worry filled him. "Is she going to be okay?"

The doctor nodded. "We need to sedate her. We need to be able to pull that shard of glass out without her moving. And by the looks of it, there are little pieces of glass that need to be extracted to. Plus, she'll need stitches; and we have to check for broken bones. Now, if you would, please leave so I can help your daughter."

Killian looked at Harper. He had to help her. He kissed her head. "I love you."

Killian walked out of the room, stopping at the doorway for a moment to see his daughter, and then he was pulled out of the room.

He was told to wait in the waiting area. He sat down, but after a minute, he stood back up and started pacing. What was going to happen to Harper? He couldn't lose her. He couldn't.

Killian decided that he needed to call David and explain everything to him.

"Hook! Where are you?"

"David, I'm in New York."

"What? Why?"

"It doesn't matter why. I just have to tell you what's going on." Killian fought back tears. He couldn't break down. "Emma… she was kidnapped again."

"Wait, what? When?"

"This morning. And - and Harper. She… she's in the emergency room."

"What happened?"

"Dr. Facilier. He brought magic into the real world and Harper's magic got out of control. She must've hit the chandelier or something because it… it fell on her."

"Hook, I am so sorry. We are on our way."

"No! You can't come here!" Killian said. "You have to find Emma!"
"If Dr. Facilier brought magic there, then they could be anywhere."

"No, he went back to Storybrooke. I know it. Just… just find my wife."

"We will."

"Thank you, David."

"And, Hook, Harper is going to be fine."

Killian really didn't want to hear a hope speech. "Thank you, mate." He hung up. Killian sat in a chair and put his head in his hands.

"Is Harper okay?" Henry asked. "Does Dad want us to go to New York?"

David shook his head. "I'm sure Harper is fine."

"You're sure?" Henry asked.

"Henry, Harper is going to be okay," Regina said, trying to calm Henry down.

"We don't know that, Mom!" Henry said.

"Henry, Hook wants us to find Emma," David said.

Henry looked at him. "Wait, isn't Mom in New York with Dad?"

David shook his head. "No. Dr. Facilier captured her again."

"We have to find her."

Regina put her hand on Henry's shoulder. "We will. I, uh… I have something that may help us find her."

Henry snapped his head to her. "What?"

Regina looked at David (Snow was currently teaching). "Do you remember how you found me when Greg and Tamara kidnapped me?"

David nodded. "Yes, I do; but… I don't like where this is going."

"It's the only way."

"What's the only way?" Henry asked.

Regina looked back at Henry. "We are going to use one of Emma's tears to help us find her."

"Wait, are you saying you have one of Emma's tears?" David asked.

Regina shook her head. "I don't, but I know who does."

"Who?"

"Gold."

Killian looked up when he heard footsteps coming towards him. The doctor was rushing towards him with a look of sadness and worry.

Killian stood up immediately. "Is she okay?"

"She has no more glass in her. We stitched her up. She was ready to go home," the doctor said.

Killian felt a wave of relief, but when he looked back at the doctor, he knew that he wasn't telling the full truth. "Was?" If anything happened to Harper, Killian didn't know what he would do.

The doctor nodded. "Was."

Killian felt tears sting his eyes. "Is she… is she gone?"

The doctor nodded again. "She is, but not in the way you're thinking."

Killian's heart stopped, not because of worry or grief, but because of hope. Harper may still be alive. "What happened?"

"I don't know how to explain it, but as soon as we finished, she was surrounded by purple smoke and when the smoke cleared… she was gone."

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