Hidden Treasures Chapter 42, an once upon a time fanfic

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"Sit Belle, let me get the drinks" Rumple said steering Belle towards the comfortable chairs

"No Rumple, you've had a terrible shock, let me" she replied shrugging out of his grasp and walking quickly to the cabinet where they kept the alcohol.

Rumple sat with a heavy sigh leaning back trying to look like he was distressed by the whole situation and being honest he was just not the reasons that Belle thought and right now all he wanted more than anything was facing Devin... that boy had messed up yet again. HOW could he have failed to keep Tootles under control? It had been a sheer bit of luck that he had seen Devin running down Main Street earlier while the boy pulled the charm over his head to disappear right in front of Rumple's very eyes so when he saw the Lost One again some time later running towards the sheriff as he and Belle were finally heading home after Belle had come searching for him when he had taken too long to return to her something in his gut told him that he needed to stop the boy. He instinctively knew that THIS Tootles was not the one that he had created earlier so he had distracted Belle by "accidentally" knocking her purse from her knee as he drove before accelerating straight towards the boy so that he hit him with the full force of the car.

Then he had watched in horror as the boy came round and had started to try and talk to the shepherd but Rumple had put an end to it... if anybody cared to check they would find that the boy had died from a fractured skull, it would look like it had been caused by the car... only Rumple knew better. He had made sure of it by literally crushing his head with his magic as Tootles had whispered in David's ear.

He briefly wondered what Tootles had said but David had seemed to think it was all an accident and hadn't asked any awkward questions so Rumple was quite confident that he had cut off the boy before he had had a chance to say anything that he shouldn't.

"Here" Belle said holding out a scotch to him

"Thank you" he replied taking the drink and giving another heavy sigh "How did I not see him Belle?"

"Hey, this is not your fault Rumple. Don't do this. HE ran in front of you remember"

"I know" he said taking a large gulp from his glass and looking up at her "and I suppose, he HAD just attacked the Pirate."

"Yeah" Belle suddenly said looking longingly towards the phone.

"Go" he said with a smirk, he needed to distract her "Go and call Miss Swan, see what is happening with him"

She shook her head and dropped down into the chair next to him "No, you need me Rumple"

"I am fine Belle" he gave a wry smile "Believe it or not the boy is not the first person that I have killed in my life"

"This is different and you know it" she said giving him a look

He sighed again "I know Belle but I promise you that I am fine. I am more concerned about you and I can see that you are worried about your friend so please, go make the call"

She gave him a little smile and lent across to drop a kiss on his cheek "You are a good man Rumple"

He just smiled at her but the minute she stood and moved to the phone he lent across and dripped a few drops of a sleeping draught into her drink from the little compartment in his ring before sitting back and waiting for her to return.

He watched as she just held the receiver to her ear and eventually hung up with a sigh "No answer. I'll try again in a while or maybe I should just wait until morning, I mean they might be sleeping. David didn't say how serious that attack was... I think I'll just leave it"

"Whatever you think is best Belle" he said holding her drink out to her as she sat back down.

She smiled at him sweetly as she tipped the drink clean down her throat and he couldn't help that his eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"What?" she said with a shrug "I can drink with the best of them"

"I remember" he replied taking another gulp from his own glass as he thought of the way "Lacey" had drank.

"Yeah?" Belle replied through heavily lidded eyes as she lent back

"Yeah" he mimicked sitting forward to take the glass from her hand as she nodded off.

He stood quickly pulling her up into his arms before laying her down on the bed that was in the corner and pulling the covers up around her shoulders. He dropped a kiss onto her hair before pulling in a deep breath and disappearing into his cloud.

He had a Lost One to deal with.

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Finally the Lad was sleeping in Swan's arms. Killian was trying his hardest not to sleep himself to keep Swan from fussing after Whale had said that he probably had another concussion. It had taken an eternity for Whale to stop the bleeding from the deep gash on the side of his head and now he was left with a huge wad of dressing taped to his head until they were ready to stitch it... apparently it needed to be shaved again!

He was still very jittery after his attack and the shivers that ran through him made his teeth chatter which in turn kept pulling little groans from him when it hurt his swollen face and broken ribs.

"Hey, it's alright" Swan soothed reaching forward to take hold of his hand

He gripped her tightly and gave a jerky nod but didn't say anything, his throat felt like he had swallowed razor blades and as if on cue his breath caught and he descended into a coughing fit that had him gasping for breath again.

He felt someone pull one of those damn masks over his mouth but he was too tired to fight it but when he heard the boy crying softly again he knew he had to talk.

"Whale" he croaked "Can you not let me sleep? Give me something to take away the pain?! This is too much for the boy"

"Sorry" Whale replied shaking his head "I can't. I know your x-rays all came back clear but I still need to get a CT scan done first. Maybe I can give something to him instead. Would that effect you?"

"Probably" Emma answered "We're not entirely sure how it works but I don't think it's worth the risk. He's fine Hook look, he's out again"

Killian turned his head slowly, it pulled on his very sore neck but he could see that Swan was right as Junior slept soundly once more. He let his eyes slide closed but the minute he did that damned voice was back in his head and his heart was racing in his chest making the monitor next to him start to beep wildly.

"Take some deep breaths" Whale suddenly said stepping into his field of view "Try and calm yourself down Hook... Hook?"

He tried, he really did but his chest hurt... everything hurt and the damn shaking wouldn't stop.

"Killian!" Swan's voice reached him through his foggy brain and he realized when he opened his eyes that he must have passed out because Mary-Margaret was suddenly by his bedside in the chair holding Junior in her arms and Emma was on her feet gripping his hand again.

"Swan?!" he croaked out

"It's OK. You're going down to get the CT scan now. Do you want me to come with you?"

He closed his eyes and pulled in a few breaths "Stay... with the Lad"

"You sure? Mom's got him and he's settled now"

He tried to nod but was left gasping again when his head pulsed, he felt Emma stroking his hair from his forehead as he tried to settle himself but he must have lost himself again because the next he knew he was being pushed down a corridor and Swan was still by his side. He furrowed his brow trying to see what was going on as he was pushed through some doors to see the machine that he had become all too familiar with on his last visit here.

A short while later he was left wondering why he wouldn't just pass out again as he was pulled from one surface to another and every part of his body screamed at him. Then he was in the machine as it hummed around him but by now he was practically shaking his way off the table... why would this not end?

The minute he was freed he was engulfed in blankets once more and they actually added a few heating pads to try and stop the shaking but as he was being wheeled back to the other room the shivers only seemed to increase. He started to feel light headed and nauseous as he gulped in some breaths but the last thing he heard was someone yelling by his side.

"Pressures dropping, let's get him back NOW. Get his legs raised and I want another IV line in, I think he's going into shock"

Emma stood back as she watched Whale finally settle Hook into his room. She sighed knowing that her Pirate was not going to be happy when he woke up to find that he had been admitted but right now she didn't care.

He needed to be here.

She looked across to the other bed, Whale had made sure that it was a double room so that Junior had somewhere to sleep and Emma gave a soft smile when she saw her Mom lying down with the Kid cuddled into her front as he slept soundly. Their eyes met and Mary-Margaret gave her a reassuring smile and mouthed "He's fine"

Emma just nodded then turned back to Hook. He had finally stopped shivering and was sleeping soundly too but Emma knew that he would have to be woken again soon. He had a moderate concussion that was going to take time to get over but thankfully no other damage which was surprising considering the state of him. She looked at him with his half shaved head, he was not going to be happy... it looked like someone had gotten a bit scissor happy with his hair. She'd have to see what she could do with it once all his stitches were out. They had also trimmed his beard to a light stubble so that they could monitor the bruising on his face and neck... he looked so different... so young!

Emma knew that right now he wasn't in pain. Whale had finally been able to give him some strong pain relief, the meds had worked pretty quickly pulling him into sleep and the doc had told her that he'd be pretty much out of it for a while, they would mostly just let him sleep only waking him briefly every couple of hours for his concussion checks but Emma knew that the minute he wasn't doped up to the eyeballs and could actually think straight he was going to want to leave.

This was impossible.

"OK I'll leave you too it" Whale said slotting Hook's chart back into it's holder

"Thanks Victor" Emma said giving him a smile

"Try and talk some sense into him Miss Swan, I want him to stay at least a week"

She shook her head "I'll try but he's a stubborn ass and you know it."

"Well he's gonna be sore for a while so maybe you can try convincing him that it's the best thing for the boy. That seems to be his main concern"

But Hook suddenly spoke from the bed ending the Doc's plan

"It is true, he is my main concern Whale and that is why first thing tomorrow morning I am taking him and the rest of my family back to the Jolly. We will take her out to open water where NO ONE will be able to get to us unless we want them to and nothing you say or do will change my mind"

Emma looked at Hook and she could see his steely determination. Nothing she said was going to change his mind either. Whale gave a heavy sigh and just shook his head.

"You are impossible Pirate." he groused "Fine...I will have your meds ready for the morning but you need to take it easy. You are going to be sore and while you have no more broken bones that doesn't mean to say that you are OK because I think we can all agree that you are not"

"Believe me Mate when I say that I know" Hook let his eyes slide shut again with another sigh and Emma could see that he's had enough. This conversation was over.

Whale gave a nod then headed out the door leaving them to it and as Emma moved over to Hook's side he creaked his one good eye open at her and slowly turned his head.

"You alright Love?" he croaked taking hold of her hand

"ME?" she blurted out "I'm fine, I'm just worried about you"

But she couldn't stop the tears that started to fall as her chest lurched trying to hold back a sob, he looked like hell but was still worried for her!

"Shhhh Love... I will be fine" he soothed pulling her hand up to his chest gripping it tightly

"I was so scared Killian... I thought he'd killed you." she gasped out trying to calm herself but it was no use she needed to hug him, needed him to tell her that is was all going to be alright and he couldn't but in the next second another set of arms suddenly engulfed her and through her tears she could just make out her Dad as he pulled her to his front.

"God Dad... this is so mess up." she wailed burying her face into his chest

"I know" he whispered into her hair rocking her back and forth but when she heard a sob from the bed behind her she yanked herself from her Dad's warmth and spun around to see Hook crying too.

"I'm so sorry Love... I'm sorry" he croaked out as his Adam's apple bobbed up and down in his throat.

"You listen to me Pirate" she said scrubbing her face with her shirt sleeve "NONE of this is your fault, you hear me? I love you Killian Jones. You, Henry and that little boy in that bed are my world so you're right. First thing tomorrow we are all going to the Jolly. Tootles won't be able to get to us there... I promise. You will be safe"

Hook closed his eyes and she watched as a tear tumbled down his cheek but when her Dad spoke out they were both pulled back to reality.

"Tootles won't be hurting anyone anymore Emma" he said coming up to her side so they could both see him

"What? You caught him?" she blinked in surprise, why hadn't he said? But something in his face made her think that there was something else going on "Dad?!"

"He's dead Emma... he was hit by a car on Main Street about two hours ago"

"Good" Emma barked out turning back to Hook "You hear that? He's gone Hook, he can't hurt you anymore, he can't hurt anyone OK"

Mary-Margaret cried out from the other bed "Emma! You can't m..."

"Emma it's not that simple" David suddenly said cutting off her Mom

"Of course it is, he got what he deserved" she said turning back to her Dad in anger

"I'm not so sure he did Kid" he sighed "Ruby was there when it happened and she said that the Tootles that was killed by the car was not the same boy that attacked Hook. Emma I think Gold has something to do with this, he was the one who hit the kid. As Tootz lay there dying in the street he tried to warn me that someone was going to hurt Hook. He told me to save Rapha, Rufio has gone to Regina's now to get him. Tootles then tried to tell me something about Neverland but he never got a chance to finish what he was trying to say before... you know. But Emma he shoved this into my hand right before he died"

He held up the gem to show her.

"Is that the gem stone that Henry was searching for? Why did Tootles have it?"

"I don't know but I get the feeling that he was trying to hide it from Gold"

Emma turned back to look at Hook to see what he thought to find him sleeping again. She let out a sigh before reaching forward to flip off the light sending the room into semi darkness.

"I can't deal with this right now Dad. Can you just look into it and keep me updated?"

"Sure" he said stepping back to go to the other bed and speaking to her Mom "He OK?"

"He's fine David" she whispered with a smile stroking Junior's hair

Emma dropped down into the chair and wiped her face again and although literally two seconds before she had said she couldn't deal with this anymore it seemed her brain wouldn't let it go "I don't understand Dad. If it wasn't Tootles then who the hell was it?"

"I have an idea" he sat down on the edge of Juniors bed and looked up at the ceiling with a sigh

"Who? Come on Dad. I'm tired just spit it out"

He brought his gaze back down to look at her giving a shake of his head "I think it was Devin. Don't ask me how because right now I don't have the answers. I'm heading out to the detention center in the morning to check it out but it makes sense. Who else would have known to use a rope on him Emma? Look at him, whoever did this knew exactly what to do to cause the most distress plus HE was convinced that he saw Devin before that whole bathtub thing. What if he was right? We all assumed that he had fallen asleep and slipped but he said that someone had shoved him. Emma what if it was Devin? I need to find out for sure. If that boy has found a way to run around town no one is safe and what's worse, if he has found a way to run around town wearing someone elses face he HAS to be working with someone with Magic. You and Regina are out so that only leaves Blue and Gold..."

"God Dad... I don't think I can deal with any more."

"I know honey" he said dropping down into a crouch next to her "I will find out the truth. This is going to end. I promise you"

"Don't tell Hook, Dad" Emma begged "If he thinks that Devin is somewhere out there he is gonna freak. Please, just help us get to the Jolly in the morning before you head out. Once we're out at sea he'll be able to relax, it's what's best for him and for Junior"

He just nodded his head looking back at the bed "Yeah, you're right. They've been through enough Kid, we need to keep them both safe. I'm going to speak to Whale, get a guard on this door. No one gets in or out of here without our say so, alright?."

"Thanks Dad" Emma said closing her eyes and leaning back in the hard chair but when she heard rustling she looked up to see her Mom sliding off the bed.

"Mom? Is he OK?" Emma gasped instantly jumping up to her feet.

"HE is fine Emma but you are exhausted. Come on. Lie down with your boy." Her Mom gave her such a worried look that Emma couldn't help it, her tears were falling again.

She felt both her parents pull her in and she just let the comfort wash through her, she always felt so safe with them. But eventually the hug had to end and Mary-Margaret stepped back bringing her hands up to Emma's face to wipe away her tears with her thumbs.

"I love you baby girl" she said through her own tears

"Love you too Mom" Emma said with a sniff before laughing "God, I must look a state"

"Hey, you're allowed" David said dropping a kiss into her hair "But we have to go, it's getting late and we need to pick up Neal from Ashley. Sleep Emma"

She gave him a tired smile "I will, I'll just go wash my face and stuff before you guys head off"

She was less than five minutes before she was back in the room bidding her parents goodnight then pulling herself up onto the bed next to Junior.

She pulled out her cell and shot off a text to Henry knowing he'd be worried sick and when his reply came back almost instantaneously she knew he must have been sitting with his cell in his hand. She had a ten minute typed conversation with him trying to reassure him that everything was going to be alright but she could tell that he was freaked out and she couldn't blame him after what he had seen that evening so in the end she'd called him so that he could hear her voice. He had promised to be strong and that he wouldn't leave the house without Regina and finally she had told him that she loved him and that she missed him before wishing him a goodnight and ending the call.

She sighed heavily and looked longingly across at Hook, she wanted more than anything for her and both the boys to be snuggled with him in one bed but that wasn't going to happen tonight so she just pulled Junior into her side and dropped a kiss onto his head as he slept.

Emma closed her eyes with another sigh just hoping that sleep would take her quickly.

Tomorrow was going to be another long day...