Hidden Treasures Chapter 11, an once upon a time fanfic

On we go with this tale...

Rumple is enlisted to help in this chapter but will his "Help" be of any use and does he know more than he is willing to share?

Enjoy and review

David was worried about the Kid, he had only managed to get him to eat a few mouthfuls of his oatmeal before Killian had pushed it away and no matter how much David had assured him that it was OK for him to eat more he wouldn't. He then went very quiet seemingly not wanting to talk about what was bothering him and in the end he had fallen asleep again and the point was moot.

"Why won't he just eat it?" David asked Emma tipping the bowl and looking at the remains still sitting in the bottom.

"I don't know but don't make a big thing of it, we'll just have to keep trying"

But about an hour later it became all to apparent why the boy had been reluctant to eat as he suddenly lurched from sleep and puked all over the bed. He was crying again as Emma tugged him out of his soiled pajama top then took him back into her arms on the chair while her Dad called for help and a few minutes later Whale came back in to check on him.

"He's developed a temperature" he said with a frown "I'm going to start him on some antibiotics and set up an IV to get some fluids into him. We need to be careful with him, his immune system is not used to this realm never mind this time, he may be more prone to infection for a while"

Killian's cheeks were flushed and as Emma brushed her hand across his forehead she was surprised at the heat that was coming off of him as he still sobbed quietly.

"Hey it's OK" she whispered as she rocked him back and forth.

He burrowed his face into her front and brought his hand up clasping onto her shirt again and she once again found her heart clenching at the sight of him.

He was asleep again in a few minutes and after the nurses had changed the bedding Emma lowered him back onto the bed, he looked so tiny lying there by himself that she couldn't quite bring herself to let him go completely so she held onto his left hand around his cast as Whale worked. The Doc quickly took some bloods and connected him up to the IV line before administering the antibiotics.

"I'm going to rush these through to make sure this is nothing too serious" he said with a tight smile "I'll be back soon to check on him"

"Thanks" David answered but all Emma could do was stare at the boy in the bed, he had gone downhill so quickly and now he lay sweating heavily as he shivered in the bed.

"God Dad, I can't lose him. I've already lost Hook, I can't lose him too"

"You won't Emma, I won't let it happen" he said pulling her into a hug "I'm waiting on Blue getting back to me, she's going to come in later, she'll figure this out"

The door to the room opened a few minutes later and Henry poked his head through with a smile but when he saw the sight in front of him he frowned deeply.

"What's going on?" he asked stepping into the room clutching a bag in his hand.

"He's not very well Henry" David said pulling his Grandson in to their hug "Where's Grandma?"

"She's talking to Dr. Whale in the corridor, she'll be in soon"

"How's the arm Kid?" Emma asked suddenly when her eyes fell onto the cast on her Son's arm

"Good, doesn't really hurt anymore" he turned to look up at her and gave her a soft smile before looking slightly worried "I spoke to Belle this morning, I hope you don't mind. I explained what happened and she's going to bring Grandpa in soon, I just wanted to help and Belle said that she would convince Grandpa to put his differences with Killian aside, I'm sure he'll help, I just know it. It'll be OK Mom, we'll get Killian back"

"Hey, it's OK, you did good. Thank you Henry" she said as tears pricked her eyes, she pulled her Son into a tight embrace and sighed "I hope you're right kid, I need him back"

"I know Mom, me too"

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Killian woke with another groan as nausea washed through him once again, he just about managed to hoist himself up onto his elbows to turn his head away before his guts clenched and he threw up onto the sand, wave after wave hit him but eventually it passed and he clawed his way back towards the pool to rinse his mouth out. He took in a few sips of water but left it at that not wanting to test his newly settled stomach.

He squinted around himself trying to gauge the time but his head was fuzzy and he couldn't quite focus his mind and in the end he just let his head fall back onto the sand with a sigh too tired to do much more.

His strange double heartbeat thundered in his chest and he could hear each beat in his ears as the blood pulsed through his aching head, every part of him hurt and he felt hot... he knew that wasn't a good sign but there was nothing he could do about it.

How much longer was he going to be here?

Where were the others?

Were they going to save him this time or was he going to be left here to die all alone?

He sighed again and let his eyes close, his head was spinning and it was making him feel sick again but he wasn't willing to go through that again so he pulled in some deep breaths and prayed to any God that would listen to send help and in minutes he was gone again, the darkness taking him once more.

David watched in trepidation as Gold walked up to the bedside, Killian had developed a severe fever and Whale had been in a few minutes early to put him on some oxygen when he'd said that his levels were dropping too low, he had also said that if things didn't improve soon he was going to have to move the kid to the ICU.

"So from what you say, I am to believe that THIS child is the infamous Captain Hook!" he raised his eyebrows high in disbelief and pointed at the Kid in the bed.

"Yes" Emma cried out "Now can you help or not?"

"Well I'm not entirely sure Miss Swan. This is an interesting situation I find myself in." He stepped forward and gave a slight smirk before he schooled his features and continued "The good Captain certainly seems to be suffering doesn't he?"

"Rumple!" Belle suddenly cried stepping forward "Can you please just help?"

"I'm not sure yet Belle, this is no ordinary magic. I need to know EXACTLY what happened in that cave before I even attempt to do anything" Gold stooped low and David watched as his eyes raked over the boy.

"We don't know EXACTLY what happened Gold" Emma grit out through clenched teeth "I can't remember. All I know is that the cave collapsed, we lost our magic and that happened" she finished pointing at Killian in the bed.

"What do you need to know Grandpa? I remember what happened" Henry answered stepping forward surprising David, the kid had said that he couldn't remember either "Please we just want Killian back, please you have to help"

That seemed to pull at something inside Gold as he gave a sudden sigh and laid his hand on Henry's shoulder.

"OK Henry, talk me through it and don't leave anything out, I need to be clear on everything. The last thing I want is to lose my magic too"

Henry sighed and glanced at Emma nervously before turning back to Gold.

"I had just found the gem, I held it up and when the light shone on it it looked beautiful but it was like nothing I'd ever seen before, I asked Mom," he paused shaking his head slightly "My other Mom I mean, what she thought it was made of and she asked to see it and that's when things started getting weird. The minute she touched the gem she got "That" look on her face, you know the one she gets when she's doing something evil. Next thing I know, Mom... Emma Mom was trying to get her to give it back but when she grabbed it she started acting weird too. They were fighting over it and wouldn't listen to me. Killian came over and shouted at them to stop but it was like they couldn't hear us and in the scuffle I got knocked over. Killian tried to grab the gem from their hands but just then they both seemed to cast a spell at each other and Killian got hit."

Henry looked really upset now as he looked up at Emma "I'm sorry Mom, I know it wasn't your fault, I was trying to protect you from the truth but Grandpa needed to know"

Emma looked close to tears but she stepped forward and rubbed her hand across the back of Henry's shoulders and gave him a smile "It's OK Kid, just tell us the rest"

"Killian screamed, he staggered back and then the rocks started to fall. I ducked out of the way but I managed to look up a few seconds later and I could see a bright light coming from Killian's hand, he was still screaming but then a rock hit me and I don't really remember anymore except... Killian was calling for me, he was trying to get to me but I was too far away"

Henry brought his arm up and scrubbed the tears from his face with his sleeve and Emma tugged him into her arms "It's OK Kid, it's OK"

Gold seemed to be pondering something, his eyes narrowed as he looked from Henry to Killian then back to Henry

"This gem... what EXACTLY did it look like?" Gold suddenly asked bending down to look Henry in the face and something in the way he moved had David on edge.

"It was about this size" Henry said holding up his fingers to show the size "It was like a pale blue color but not at the same time, it had lots of different colors that ran through it and when you didn't look directly at it the colors seemed to swirl around, it was cool"

"Yes, very cool" Gold mumbled standing up and walking over to the bed with a frown on his face studying the boy closely again

"What is it?" David asked stepping up beside him, he had the sudden urge to protect Killian. The look on Gold's face was unreadable but it put David on edge.

"I'm not sure" Gold muttered but in the next second he held his hand out to hover over the Kid's chest and an eyebrow shot straight up on his head "He has two heartbeats!"

"Yeah, Whale is gonna do an MRI later, we don't know why he's got it now, Hook never had it before" Emma said stepping up too "Look Gold, I'll do anything, I'll make any deal you want. PLEASE just help him"

"Anything? Now that's a..." Gold's lip curled but it was gone in a second when Belle stepped up to the bedside

"Rumplestiltskin! Don't you dare try and make a deal over this. Either you help because it is the right thing to do or you don't because you can't" she gave him a daring glare and David nearly laughed when a little unsure smile appeared on the Dark One's face.

"Of course not Belle, I wasn't going to make a deal but I'm still not sure what I can do here"

"Just do what you can, anything to make this better" Emma said in a pleading voice then Henry waded in

"Please Grandpa before it's too late"

Gold stepped forward again before glancing over his shoulder "Stand back, I'm not sure that this is going to work"

They all stepped back and David's heart thumped in his chest as light suddenly shot out of Gold's hand and hit the boy. Killian's back arched up from the bed for a split second but then it was over and Gold stepped back.

Nothing had changed, David looked at Gold and cried "What? That's it?"

"I think the words you are looking for are "Thank you" and I would reply "You're Welcome". Are manners not taught at shepherd school anymore?" Gold groused

"But you didn't do anything?" David yelled stepping around the Dark One to get to the boy.

"Didn't I?" Gold replied turning and pointing at the bed as Killian suddenly blinked his eyes open and frowned lifting his hand to pull the mask away from his face, David helped him pull it back as the boy squinted against the bright light in the room.

Emma stepped forward yelling "But he's still a kid"

"Very observant Miss Swan but there is NOTHING I can do about that. This boy here in this bed is Killian Jones but he has never been older than he is now" he said cryptically

"What? That doesn't even make sense" Emma cried

"Be that as it may I cannot return him to an age that he has never been however much magic I throw at him but I think you will find that he is no longer in danger of death so if you will all excuse me I will be on my way, I have matters that I need to attend to." Gold gave a slight nod of his head before spinning on his heals and striding towards the door and just as it swung closed behind him Belle gave Emma an unsure smile then added

"I'll be back later this afternoon, I get the feeling that there is more to this than Rumple is sharing, I'll see what I can find out"

"Thanks Belle" was all that David heard Emma reply, he wasn't really paying attention anymore as he looked back at the bed to see Killian sitting himself up a bit and frowning deeply, eyes roaming around the room again in confusion.

Hook was really gone... all that remained was Killian Jones Junior.