Killian grabbed a quick shower once Henry had emerged then headed back to the Captain's Cabin wrapped in a towel to change. It was a nice day outside so when he opened the closet he pulled out black jeans, something that he had taken to wearing recently, they were much easier on his still healing hip than his usual leathers. Next he grabbed a dark shirt but elected to leave his vest, it was much too warm for that. Once he was dressed he found himself looking once more at his framed pictures that the towns folk had put together for him when he had been incapacitate in the hospital. He smiled to himself as he twisted his hook into place looking at the neat rows of tiny sailors lined up in front of the "Jewel of the Realm", his hand came up and he lightly touched a finger to the figure on the far left.

"I'm not sure how I feel about you seeing what goes on in this room Brother, maybe we could relocate you to the hold" he grinned widely "Actually when I think of it that wouldn't be any better, so I guess you'll just need to put up with it."

His eyes wandered over the painting, it truly was beautiful to behold but he also loved the ink plan that was in the frame too. Killian had studied it so many times over the last six months that he felt even more connected to his ship than he ever had but he smirked to himself again as he thought of the several secret compartments that he had used over the years to hide his more valuable treasures from the rest of his crew, secret compartments that were most definitely not on these plans.

A sudden idea hit him, there was a hidden compartment in the lower hold, what if he hid something in there for Henry to find? He was pretty sure the Lad would find whatever he hid without much issue now all that remained was to decide what to hide. He hadn't realized that he was still standing with his hand on the glass until Emma suddenly spoke by his side making him jump slightly.

"Sorry...What ya thinking?" she asked as she slid her arms around his waist and pulled him towards her.

"I told Henry we'd start clearing out the lower hold tomorrow" he answered with a lazy smile

"Good luck with that one, that place is a tip"

Killian hummed in agreement "I know but it won't take long with the three of us"

"Make that two of you, I gotta work remember?"

"Can you not ask your Father to cover for you? We could really use the help"

"Sorry, I'm already covering for him so he can take Neal to his nine month check up"

Killian sighed pulling her in tighter and resting his chin on the top of her head "No matter Swan, I'm sure that there will be plenty to help with over the next week or so."

Emma nodded her head towards the picture on the wall "What do you think Liam would make of all this?"

"He'd be happy that I was happy, that's all he ever wanted for me. I just took a longer journey than most to get there" Killian chuckled

He lifted his hand again and tapped on the plan where the lower hold was "I was thinking"

"Yeah?" Swan asked leaning back to look at him

"There is a secret compartment hidden beneath all the clutter in that hold, I was trying to decide what I could hide in there so that Henry could find it, you know, so that he thinks he's found some kind of hidden treasure"

"Ooooo... he'd love that. What are the options?"

"I don't know really, I had only just thought of it as you came in. Any suggestions?"

Swan looked thoughtful for a second as she studied the plan before turning in his arms to face him.

"How about this for an idea, you don't put any treasure in there"

"I don't follow" he furrowed his brow not understanding her meaning

"You don't put the treasure in there... but you leave a treasure map instead. I'm sure Belle said that there was an old map of the area in the folder of stuff that she found these in" Emma pointed at the frame on the wall.

"That is an idea I can work with, I'm sure I could find something worth searching for. I think an adventure may be just what Henry needs after these last few months"

"Great, why don't you head over to see Belle now, I'll take the Kid to the loft and once you're done you can meet us there"

He grinned widely bending down and pulling her into a searing kiss before pulling back to look at her.

"I'll not be long" he said stepping back "But if I've not shown up for dinner please come and make sure I've not killed myself in that bloody hold. I need to move all that stuff out of the way to get to the compartment then move it all back to where it was so Henry won't be suspicious"

Swan smiled at him "Just be careful, don't over do it"

"Do not worry about me Swan, I'll be just fine."

Killian shuffled his feet into his boots then headed for the door before stopping, he turned back and strode quickly back across the room, Emma had moved towards the bed and was just starting to straighten out the covers when he grabbed her from behind and tipped her back in his arms.

"I just realized that I haven't told you today how much I bloody love you"

He kissed her hard, stood her back up and marched back towards the door looking over his shoulder as he went to see her standing with a silly grin on her face, he threw her a wink and grinned.

"I love you too" she called as he finally walked through the door and it was like music to his ears, she had taken a life time to say those words but now they were out there and it made his heart sing.

He walked through the lower deck, adjusted his stride as he hit the steps then headed up onto the main deck emerging into the bright sunshine. He was in a good mood and found himself humming to himself and he walked down the gangplank onto the dock and up towards main street. He headed towards the library but as he approached the doors he suddenly realized that Belle would not be there, it was Sunday, the library was closed.

"Damn it" he grit out but Belle's voice behind him had him turning in surprise.

"Morning Killian" she practically sang giving him a cheerful wave, she was walking towards him with her arm linked with the bloody Crocodile but Killian smiled widely at Belle anyway, he knew it would annoy the imp.

"Morning Belle" he greeted with a smile, nodding his head slightly. Gold shuffled his feet as the pair stopped and his face fell into a scowl clearly not happy at being interrupted from his day.

"Where are you off to?" she asked then frowned "No Emma with you?"

"No Love, I am meeting up with her later but right now I was looking for your assistance"

With that Gold seemed to find his voice "Well you are out of luck Captain, we are on our way to lunch so whatever you need MY wife for will just have to wait"

But Belle turned to him quickly and frowned deeply "Rumple! We have plenty of time don't be so rude"

Gold looked murderous and Killian couldn't help the smirk that came on to his face as the Crocodile tried to give Belle his best "Of course Dear" smile but to Killian he looked like he'd just sucked on lemons. Belle didn't seem to notice as she turned back and carried on.

"How can I help?"

"Emma said that you may have an old map, she said that it was in the folder of things that the painting and plans for the Jolly Roger were in"

"Sure, I remember but it's pretty beaten up looking"

"No matter" Killian replied "I plan to make it into a treasure map for Henry so the older it looks the better"

"That sounds like fun" Belle said digging in her purse and coming out with the keys to the library causing Gold to get antsy again

"Belle, we really don't have time for this" he said in a pleading voice stepping forward to try and get her to stop

"Nonsense, this will only take a minute" she replied with a smile as she unlocked the door "If you don't want to wait for a few minutes why don't you go ahead, I'll meet you there"

Gold gave another very insincere smile "Very well but hurry my Love, we have reservations remember"

Killian chuckled to himself as he followed Belle though the door into the cool building, she placed her purse on the desk that held the computer thing then headed towards the back room before disappearing from sight but her voice carried out to where Killian stood.

"I'm sure I put it in here, I'll just be a second"

"No problem Love" he called back.

"You are enjoying this aren't you?" Gold grit out coming around to stand in front of him

"Look Mate" Killian made sure to really pronounce the "T" before carrying on "I just need the map"

"It is always about what you want isn't it Pirate" Gold was clearly looking for a fight but Killian wasn't playing, he was done with all that and wasn't going to let the Crocodile bring down his mood, he locked eyes with Gold and growled.

"This is for Henry not myself... I just want to make him happy, a concept that you are maybe unfamiliar with."

Gold stepped forward lifting his hand slightly, Killian didn't back down even though his mind was screaming at him to retreat. His heart was thumping in his chest and he could suddenly hear the slight echo of Devin's voice somewhere deep down inside but he held his ground.

"FOUND IT" Belle's voice suddenly called out breaking the tension as Gold suddenly stepped back and dropped his hand smiling innocently when she came back in to the room.

She walked over towards them smiling widely then headed for the table spreading the map out across the wooden surface, Killian sucked in a deep breath and pulled a fake smile to his lips as his heart continued to rattle against his ribs but when his eyes fell on the map he was instantly back to the excitement of his plan as he looked in wonder at the beautifully ornate historical map, it was perfect.

"This will work really well, thank you Belle. Now all I have to do is find a treasure to hide, mark up the map and hide it where Henry will find it" he gave a wide smile as Belle folded the map up and handed it over.

"I'll let you get on with your day" he said nodding his head again "Thank you"

"You're Welcome" Belle replied "I hope Henry enjoys it, let me know how the adventure goes"

Killian made his way back down Dock Street unwilling to give anymore thought to his own body's reaction to the confrontation with Gold. He sighed heavily to himself knowing that he'd have to deal with it sooner or later, but not today.

Maybe he'd talk to the Cricket about it... maybe.

Killian would have liked to have got back to the Jolly quicker but he didn't do anything quickly anymore. He hoped that the pain his hip still gave him would eventually leave but Whale had said that there was a possibility that it may always remain but then again he had also said that it may not so in the end it made no difference... for now he stuck with it.

He made his way back down to the lower deck planning on working on the map first but he couldn't decide what to use as treasure or where he could hide it so he decided to start work clearing the old junk from on top of the hidden compartment while he had a good think. He walked through the old bunk room that now belonged to Henry and yanked up the hatch before pulling in a deep breath as he struggled onto the ladder. He had to pause there for a few seconds for his hip to settle but wasn't going to let this stop him and once the pain receded a bit he started on his descent.

He worked hard for the next half an hour shifting stuff about until FINALLY the boards that hid the compartment were cleared, he wiped the sweat from his brow before lowering himself down onto his rear and sliding closer, he still couldn't kneel very well so this was the best option. Finding the board that he needed he pushed down slightly and twisted then slid it to the side revealing a space below about the size of Henry's story book but when he looked inside it was to find that there was something in a small cloth bag. He frowned, he didn't remember leaving anything in there?! Reaching forward he picked it up and pulled it towards himself so that he could see it better and when his eyes fell on the initials B.B. he instantly knew that it wasn't something he had hidden it was Black Beard's, obviously hidden there in the time that the Jolly was in his possession.

Intrigued he pulled the string tie and tipped the bag, a small strangely colored gem stone the shape of a rounded pebble tipped out onto his lap before he dropped the bag and picked it up in his fingers holding it up in the dim light. It was a deep red color but when you looked more closely it held many more that seemed to swirl when the eye was not focused on them. It was beautiful and it was also perfect, this would make the ideal treasure to hunt for and he knew just the cave he could hide it in.

Killian put the gem back into the bag and shoved it in his pocket before pulling his stiff body up from the floor, he panted gently before heading back up the ladder. Grabbing the map that he had left on Henry's bunk he headed back to his own quarters where he fished out his star mapping equipment and got to work. It would be so much easier to make a convincing map now that he had the gem that had belonged to Black Beard, he hummed to himself as he worked getting completely lost in what he was doing but after about an hour he finally put his quill down and beamed at his work. If Henry didn't think this was a genuine Treasure map he'd eat his own hook.

He glanced out the window to see the sun high in the sky, he would just have enough time to hide the map then move the stuff back into place before heading to the loft but he would need to hide the gem later. He needed a low tide to be able to access the cave he had in mind which either meant that he would need to sneak out for an hour later or head out REALLY early the next morning. He'd need to see how the day proceed but either way he knew that Henry was going to have so much fun.

Half an hour later and Killian stood back to admire his work, admittedly it looked liked he'd done nothing but that was the whole point so he was happy if not very tired and a bit sore. Hauling himself back up the ladder he closed the hatch and settled the cushions back into place so Henry wouldn't notice anything, he hobbled to the galley grabbing a couple of pain pills and washing them down with a long drink of water from the fridge appreciating the cold liquid on the hot day, that thing was a bloody wonder. His eyes fell on the bottled beer that Swan had brought in the night before and without much thought he grabbed one popped the cap and gulped most of it down before suddenly remembering the pills he had just taken.

"You are a damn fool Killian Jones" he admonished himself but as he raised the bottle up to look at the remaining liquid it seemed a waste to leave the one mouthful unfinished. He shrugged before quickly drinking down the rest in one large gulp hoping that there would be no consequences, this realm was still a mystery to him. He knew that when the damn Prince had supplied him with rum while still in hospital he had felt like death for a long time after but his medication had been changed since then and Emma had assured him in small quantities he would be fine but he didn't know what she would deem as a small quantity. Realizing that there was nothing he could do about it now he just tossed the empty bottle into the "Recycling Box", sighed and headed for the deck... he had a dinner to get to.