OK, sneaky second update of the day just because it's the weekend.
Just a short one but it might answer some questions.
Enjoy and as always please review
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"This is so cool Mom, you're gonna be back to full power in no time, I just know it"
Henry flung his arms around Regina again and pulled her close but David wasn't worried about the Queen he was worried about Emma who was standing by her Pirate's bedside just watching him sleep. David gave Mary-Margaret a sideways glance and they both walked around the bed to join their Daughter. David threw his arm around Emma's shoulders and pulled her into his side where her head tipped to rest on his shoulder.
"He'll be fine Emma" he whispered as Snow tucked herself into their Daughter's other side.
"I know Dad, we'll all be fine now" she sounded happy as she spoke "I meant it you know, I can live without magic. I mean don't get me wrong if I can get it back I'll totally be all over that but if I can't... well, I've got everything I ever wanted right here in this room"
She suddenly pulled herself from his arms and looked behind her but her face fell quickly into a frown.
"Where's Killian?" she asked looking panicked and David was instantly on alert too, he looked around the room quickly but he couldn't see the Kid anywhere.
"KILLIAN?" he called out, "KILLIAN!"
Hook stirred on the bed and David briefly turned to look at him but he didn't have time to explain that he wasn't shouting for the Pirate but for the boy as he started towards the door, had the Kid left the room?
"He's here Grandpa" Henry's voice brought his attention towards the bathroom where the kid stood with his head hung low "I've got him, he's OK. Come on Killian"
David sighed in relief as Henry took the Killian's hand and lead him back into the room, the boy looked nervous and David was just on the verge of going over to check on him when Mary-Margaret tugged on his sleeve and whispered.
"Leave him, let Henry be "Big Brother" for a change, you get to be "Grandpa" all the time"
She smiled at him sweetly and he chuckled pulling her back into his side as they turned back to face the bed again.
"What the hell happened Swan?" Hook gasped raising his hand up and looking at it like it was made of gold.
"Regina happened" Emma smiled taking hold of his hand and entwining her fingers with his "I missed this"
Hook grinned at her then tried to sit himself up only to gasp out in pain instantly letting go of Emma's hand and clamping his hand to his ribs.
"Yeah sorry about that" Regina said walking towards them "I only managed to heal a small part of you before I lost power again"
"I don't understand Love" Hook grit out through clenched teeth as he tried to get comfortable, Emma reached for the bed controls and slowly raised him up to his previous position before sliding herself onto the edge of the mattress and taking up his hand again.
"Gold came by"
Hook instantly grasped her hand tighter and David could see his jaw ticking as he tried to hold his tongue but Emma just carried on regardless.
"It's OK, he was here to help. He helped Regina get a bit more of her magic back but it looks like it's going to take time for it to come back in full."
Hook looked really confused for a second before suddenly looking to Regina and giving her a quick smile.
"Thank you" he said sincerely
"You're welcome" she replied smiling kindly before frowning "I just wish I could have done more"
Hook was about to speak again but a sudden realization slammed into David like a fist to the face... he suddenly turned to Regina.
"What did you mean before?" the former Queen looked at him in surprise "You said that you had wanted to help Hook back in the cave but you couldn't... Regina, you weren't there when we found him so how could you have tried to help him?!"
"I...I..." she looked completely confused blinking a few times and frowning deeply again "I have a distinct memory of being with him there but I have no idea how I got there or how I got back... I knew something wasn't right, do you think this has something to do with my missing shoes? Hook, do you remember anything? Was I there?"
They all watched as Hook closed his eyes and searched his mind and sure enough in seconds his eyes popped open and he looked straight at the Queen.
"You WERE there!" he pulled himself up a bit sitting forward on the bed "You helped me after... after... Oh Gods... he was there too... I didn't know how... but he was there and he... he..."
Hook took a gasping gulp and David knew in an instant that he was going to have a panic attack but it seemed that Emma saw it too, she was on her feet and grabbing one of the paper bags that she had left by Hook's beside specifically for this reason.
Hook's eyes were clamped shut now and David could see that he was battling hard to fight the attack but right now he looked like he was losing the battle. David was just about to rush forward and help by talking to the Pirate as Emma worked but suddenly there was a cry of despair from behind him and David swung around to see Killian on the floor grasping desperately at his throat with Henry by his side trying in vain to stop him.
"GRANDPA" Henry called out looking close to tears "HELP HIM"
David was moving in seconds, he scooped Killian up from the floor and rushed him over to the chair dropping down into it.
"Mary-Margaret I need you to get another bag and put it over his face. Right now I think they are both feeding off each other, if we can calm one down I think the other should follow"
Snow moved quickly grabbing another bag as Regina stood comforting a very upset Henry and bouncing Neal in her arms. David held Killian tightly just like he had the first time this had happened and as Snow lowered the bag to Killian's face David glanced past his wife to see Emma looking desperate as she too held a bag over Hook's face.
The Pirate seemed to be totally unresponsive now just lying unmoving on the bed with a vacant look on his face... yeah, David recognized that look. He'd seen it many times before when these attacks first started all those months ago. David knew that his friend was really struggling with this one and right now he was totally unaware of anything other than the horrors playing out inside his own head.
There was nothing David could do to help Hook other than try to bring Killian's attack under control and hope that he was right about them being linked so he concentrated on the boy clamped in his hands.
It seemed to take forever but eventually Killian started to sag in David's arms and as the Kid started to come back to himself the boy was once again sobbing into David's chest as Snow took the bag from his face. David looked to the bed again to see Hook giving long languid blinks too, thank God, it was finally over.
"Hook, look at me" Emma stroked her hand down her Pirate's cheek and it worked as his eyes suddenly moved and looked up at her before he let them slide closed with a choppy sigh. In the nest few seconds he started shaking uncontrollably and all Emma could do was pull his blankets up a bit and try to soothe him through it.
Killian seemed to be completely wiped out too and when David looked back at the Kid it was to find him still breathing heavily but he was calm now at least and well on his way to sleep.
"I think he's OK" he whispered to Mary-Margaret as she looked at the Killian with a worried face
"God David I never want to have to do that again, he looked petrified. What on Earth triggered it?"
There was a rustling noise from the bed and David looked back over to see Emma pulling herself back up onto the mattress but instead of tucking herself into Hook's side like she usually did she tucked him into her's instead as she lent back on the pillows stroking the hair from his forehead.
"You're alright, I've got you. You're safe and loved, remember that, you're safe and loved" she whispered over and over
But the Pirate suddenly seemed to be agitated and his head swung round looking out into the room as he gasped out.
"Where... is the boy?"
"He's fine Hook, don't worry about him" David called over
But the Pirate just shook his head and grit out through his shivers "I can feel... that he... is not"
David looked down at the boy in his arms to see that Hook was right, David had thought Killian was sleeping now but in fact the Kid was just too tired to open his eyes and David suddenly realized that the boy's chest was still giving an occasional hitch as he tried to keep breathing.
David was up and on his feet in seconds carrying Killian over to the bed. Both Hook and Emma seemed to read his mind and moved slightly to make space so that David could lay him down between them. The instant David let the boy go Killian turned on his side and buried his face into Emma's front gripping hold of her shirt.
Emma still had Hook tucked into her side but she now rested her chin on the crown of his head. Killian lay between the pair and David didn't know how to explain what he saw, it just seemed right. Hook finally relaxed letting his eyes close with a sigh as Emma looked up at David with a small smile, she just gave him a loving look before she went back to soothing both her Jones boys. She was so strong, this had to be so tough for her, God it was bad enough when it was just Hook but now when this happened to the Pirate the Kid got pulled along for the ride...
David sighed and turned back to Mary-Margaret, Regina and Henry raising his eyebrows high on his head before nodding towards the door, he didn't want to disturb the others anymore than necessary. He thought that they could maybe head to Granny's and discuss what had just happened, they could grab some food and even bring some back for Hook, Killian and Emma but the second he got out the door Henry ground to a halt and looked up at him with a worried face.
"They'll be fine Kid, don't look so worried" he soothed putting his hand on Henry's shoulder.
"It's not that Grandpa, I need to tell you all something... it might help explain a few things but I know you're not going to like it!"