Hidden Treasures Chapter 20, an once upon a time fanfic

I hope you guys are managing to keep track of this fic, as they say on Blackadder "It has more twists and turns than a twisty turny thing!"

What will happen next?

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David pushed through Killian's door... young Killian... Little Killian? God that was gonna get confusing. He looked straight to the bed to find both his wife and the boy curled up beneath the blankets sleeping soundly.

He smiled to himself as he walked over to the bedside, Mary-Margaret looked so peaceful lying there that he didn't really want to disturb her but she needed to know what was going on. He had tried to call before but she hadn't answered, maybe she had been sleeping then too. David glanced at the other bed expecting to see Henry there but the bed was empty, where was he?

"Mary-Margaret" he whispered as he trailed his fingers down her arm.

"Hmmmm? David?" she peeked an eye open and gave him a lazy smile before suddenly realizing what was going on, her eyes popped open and she gasped "David, was he there?"

He just nodded at her and grinned "He'll be fine, he's in x-ray just now. Looks like he'd busted his leg up quite badly along with a couple of ribs but Whale seems quite confident that it's nothing too serious. He's gonna have to stay for a few days though, he's quite dehydrated and has taken a few knocks to the head but it could have been so much worse if..."

David shuddered at the thought of what would have happened if he hadn't realized that Hook had still been in that cave.

"Hey, it's OK. You found him and he's going to be alright" Mary-Margaret soothed as she started trying to pull herself from the bed but he put his hand out and stopped her.

"Stay where you are, don't wake him" he gave her a reassuring smile "How's he doing?"

"A bit better..." she started but then gasped again "Oh David, I forgot with all the craziness. Regina is getting checked out somewhere, can you go and find out what is going on?"

"What happened?" he asked suddenly worried

"After you and Emma ran out earlier I came back in here to find Killian having another panic attack... Henry was trying his best to help him but he was kind of freaked out too. I managed to get them both settled again and we were just sitting playing with Neal when Killian started screaming in pain clutching at his chest, I think it was just too much for Henry after that and he snuck off to call Regina. So of course she came but after a few minutes she seemed to pass out for a split second, she seemed fine straight after and even discovered that she had managed to heal her ribs when she had been sleeping at her office. I was relieved you know, if Regina's magic is coming back it means that Emma's might too but after a few minutes she passed out again but this time she collapsed onto the floor. Henry and myself convinced her to get checked out, can you just find out what's going on?"

"Sure, I take it Henry is with her?" David asked pulling out his cell, he'd call his Grandson and find out where they were then go down there himself but a sudden thought hit him and he looked up again in confusion "Where's Neal?"

"Belle, she came and took him. She's going to keep him overnight for us"

"I'll be sure to thank her the next time I talk to her, she's already done so much for us"

"She's even got Gold looking into that gem for us too, Belle was asking Regina if she had any books on magical gems when she collapsed"

"Wow... she certainly seems to be able to keep the Dark One on the right path but I'm not sure how keen he'll be to carry on helping when he finds out that Hook is still with us, I don't think those two will ever really get over the whole Milah thing"

"Oh David, I hadn't thought of that"

"Well we'll soon find out how he stands, I'll call Henry now then I'll call Belle and update her on Hook, she's gonna want to know that we found him too. I'll try and suss out how their research is going, see if Gold is going to carry on helping"

He dropped a kiss on to Mary-Margaret's hair and gave her a smile.

"Everything will work out, don't look so worried"

"I hope so, this is all just so messy" her eyes fell on Killian again "I managed to explain to him about Hook... David he asked if we were going to send him away now that "Our Killian" was back, it just about broke my heart"

"Well you and I both know that's not an option, if I know our daughter at all I think she has fallen hook line and sinker for that kid... no pun intended"

"Yeah well... she's not the only one "Grandpa", I see the way you are with him, you love it"

David couldn't argue, he had missed all this with both Emma and Henry and the wonder in the kids eyes at everything new was something special, he just sighed

"Yeah... yeah I do"

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"It was awful Rumple" Belle whispered in a harsh tone as she placed the sleeping baby down into the crib

Rumple had literally just managed to get the bedding onto the crib seconds before Belle had come into the house, he had spent far too much time crawling around the floor of the shop looking for his jewel only to come to the conclusion that it wasn't there... Regina must have taken it.

"What happened?" He asked trying to sound interested in what Belle was saying but inside his heart was thumping, he was furious with the former Evil Queen... but also with himself

"I don't know Rumple, one minute she was standing there and the next she screamed, clutched her head and fell to the floor"

"Hmmmmm" he hummed in reply, this sounded like his magic working, she must have been thinking of the gem but he needed to know for sure.

"What was she doing just before?" he asked as if he were concerned when Belle turned from the crib and started creeping her way out of the room. They made their way down stairs and Belle walked them to the kitchen,

"Nothing really, I just asked her if she had any books on magical gems but she never got a chance to answer. Poor Henry was so frightened Rumple and Killian too, God knows what that boy is going through right now, everything must be so scary and hard to understand"

"I'm sure Henry will be fine now that he knows his Mother is alright and I'm sure that Miss Swan was able to comfort the young Jones boy sufficiently"

Belle gave him a worried glance before busying herself with the kettle but something in her movements made him nervous, what was she keeping from him?

"Belle? What is it?"

She sighed dramatically and turned to face him "Promise me that it won't change the fact that you are helping me with our research"

"Of course not" he replied straight away, he was never really helping in the first place, he was trying to guide Belle away from the truth not towards it.

"I've been keeping something from you" she paused and gave a nervous look before carrying on "Killian... Hook may still be alive. Emma and David weren't at the hospital they had gone to find him. Mary-Margaret told me when she called earlier but I didn't say anything, I'm sorry. I just wanted you to keep helping and I know how you feel about Hook"

He gave her a reassuring smile but before he had a chance to speak Belle's cell rang again, who was it now? Could he not get five minutes with his wife without someone interrupting?

Belle nervously grabbed her phone and looked at the display and gasped "It's David" before quickly answering the call.

Rumple listened intently to the half conversation trying to figure out if Hook had been found, it would seem that he had been right to wipe the Pirate's memories. He mentally sighed in relief at his good fortune, he could still fix this.

Yes, the other gem was still missing but he knew that Regina had not had it on her person in the library so it had to be somewhere in the cave or in the tunnels system, he just needed to find it!

"Oh that is wonderful news, thank you David. It's no problem, I'm happy to help. I'll bring him back in the morning. How is Regina? Yes I had just arrived when she collapsed." there was a long pause as Belle listened "Really, well that's a good sign then. Yes. OK, Good Night."

Rumple just raised his eyebrows and waited knowing that his wife wouldn't be able to contain herself.

"That was David"

"I gathered"

"They've found Killian... Hook and it looks like he's going to be fine. He's got a broken leg and he's a bit bashed up but hopefully he'll not be in the hospital for long and guess what?" she grinned

"What?" Rumple tried to sound interested but he needed time to think, he now just wanted to be alone so he could gather himself and adjust his plan, how was he going to find the gem?

"It looks like Regina is getting her magic back"

"What? How?" He gasped, that couldn't be true, her magic was held in the gem that currently sat in his pocket.

"I'm not sure how, maybe it was just a temporary thing it being gone but she had managed to heal her own ribs when she was sleeping so hopefully it will return in full sooner rather than later"

"Ribs? I didn't know she had sore ribs" he replied casually but inside he was cursing himself, he had healed her injuries that she had sustained escaping the cave but didn't know she had hurt her ribs the first time she had been there, how could he have been so stupid?

"Yeah, she broke a couple when the cave fell in but that doesn't matter now, they're not a problem anymore and the hospital just think she's been overdoing it, that's why she collapsed so she should be out in the morning, everything is getting better Rumple."

She walked over to his side going up onto her tiptoes and kissing his cheek "I'm sorry I kept things from you but please say that you'll keep on helping us, we still need to find out about that gem... unless...unless their magic is really coming back by itself!" Belle suddenly turned to him with wide eyes "If their magic comes back by itself we will never have to deal with that gem again, we have Killi... Hook back now so we wouldn't need it, I mean for all we know if we use it we might lose little Killian, Oh Rumple I hadn't thought of that.."

"Let's just hope that Regina is right then." Rumple replied with a kind smile "How about tomorrow after she gets home I go and see if there is anything else I can do to help with the return of her magic?" he kept his tone light as she smiled up at him

"Thank you" she beamed "I love you so mush Rumple, you are a good man"

His smile faltered for just a second but then it was back, he was doing this for her too...she would get her good man if it was the last thing he did but why did everything have to be so complicated? Now he was going to have to find a way to make it look like Regina was regaining her powers without actually returning them... he wasn't ready to do that, not just yet.

Killian felt exhausted but now that he seemed to have stopped passing out every time someone touched his leg he had to pretend to be sleeping as Emma sat by his bedside. He had finally been released from that blasted board a while ago and settled into a room, Whale had just left after giving him some of the stronger pain medication that he hated so much but when he had heard Whale telling Emma what he was going to do he couldn't complain, he was pretending to be asleep so that he didn't have to talk to Emma about this other Killian and if he'd suddenly started complaining about the meds Emma would know that he had been pretending all this time.

He could feel the medication starting to work on him and knew that soon enough he really would be sleeping but as he lay there he began to realize that something was wrong. It was getting harder to breath by the second and within a few breaths he was pulling his eyes open and searching for Swan as his heart started thumping in his chest, what was going on?

"Swan?" he groaned

She was up in seconds trying to soothe him but she seemed to think that he had been dreaming.

"Hey, it's OK, you're safe now. I've got you" she stroked the hair from his forehead and he could see her smiling sweetly at him

He shook his head and managed to mumble "Something's wrong...can't breathe...not bad dream."

He saw her frown slightly but when he tried to pull in another breath and a long wheeze came from his chest she seemed to suddenly understand that something was very wrong.

"Hang on I'll get Whale" she yelled and hit the call button but his vision was going again, what was happening to him?

He tried to pull in air but he felt like his throat was closing and his ribs were screaming at him, it was just too hard. He felt Emma come back to his side, her hand was on the side of his face but he couldn't see now, the room was slowly disappearing now and in seconds he knew no more.

"Hook?!" Emma practically slapped his face as he went limp on the bed, she put her hand on his chest but it didn't seem to be moving "HOOK!"

The door burst open and Whale came running in going straight to the bed "What happened?"

The nurse that had arrived with him was lowering the bed and got straight to work jamming an oxygen mask over Hook's face before connecting him to the heart rate monitor. Emma just stood staring, waiting on the sound that she desperately needed to hear and when the slow beeps suddenly sounded in the air she sagged in relief.

How could this be happening? What the hell was going on?

"Miss Swan? I need to know what happened" Whale's voice brought her round from her thoughts

"I don't know, you had just left... he was still sleeping but then he started having trouble breathing. I thought he was just having a bad dream you know but when he opened his eyes and I went to him he said that it was something else then he passed out again and went totally limp, I thought he wasn't breathing"

Whale worked quickly moving round the bed, he studied Hook carefully. He shone a light in his eyes then quickly moved to his feet pulling the blankets back and looked intently at his his toes.

"Pinpoint pupils...labored breathing... blue nail beds?" Whale muttered, he seemed to be searching his brain for answers

What was he doing? But suddenly the Doc was moving to the drugs cabinet and yelling at the nurse.

"Shit...Get that morphine pump out of his arm now, has anyone else been in here Miss Swan? Any nurses?"

"What? No, Whale what's happening?"

The Doc was back at Hook's side in seconds yanking Hook's right arm out from under the blankets "He's having a reaction to the morphine, are you sure no one else has given him anything?" he spoke to the nurse as he waited on Emma's reply "I'm giving him naloxone now, he should come round in a few minutes just keep an eye on his stats."

"What do you mean reaction to the morphine, he's had it before, how can this be happening?"

Whale glanced up at her with a worried look "Because Miss Swan he has been given too much, he's overdosing"

"WHAT?! How?"

"That's exactly what I intend to find out" he grit out "Did he take anything before he came in? Any of his Oxycodone?"

"I don't think so, not when I was with him... actually no, the most he's taken recently has been Tylenol. He hates the stronger stuff you know that, he doesn't carry it with him and as far as I know he didn't even have Tylenol with him when we headed out there"

Whale shook his head "So how did this happen? I just don't understand"

But right then Hook started to stir on the bed bringing his bandaged hand up to try and pull the mask from his face and Emma was by his side. He blinked his eyes open and looked at her in confusion.

"Swan? What happened?" his voice was muffled through the mask but she could still hear him.

"It's fine, nothing to worry about. Just relax, you're going to be fine" she soothed going back to his forehead with her fingers.

He was gone again within minutes but this time she could see his chest rising and falling in sleep and she was finally able to relax.

She slumped back into her seat and looked up at Whale as he studied Hook's chart, the Doc looked confused and when he turned to her he sighed.

"I don't understand, he shouldn't have overdosed from what I gave him... how did this happen?"

She could see the worry in his face and knew that he was beating himself up over it and that wasn't fair, from what she had just witnessed he had just save Hook... again.

"It's OK Whale, he's fine now"

"Yes Miss Swan he is but he should never have been put in that position in he first place, he is my patient and as such he is my responsibility" With that he slammed the chart into it's holder and marched towards the door "Mark my words, I will find out if ANY of my staff have done ANYTHING that would endanger one of my patients, heaven help them if they have" and with that he was gone.