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Killian awoke with a groan bringing his hand up to the back of his head, he had obviously tried to move in his sleep and it had pulled on his sore neck. He peeked his eye open to find the bed next to him empty but he could hear Junior and Henry playing out in the pool, Swan must be with them... they were just outside, no need to panic. He pulled in a breath and held it letting his hand fall back to the bed. He moved slowly trying to get comfortable again knowing that he still felt tired and that he could easily go back to sleep once he calmed his racing heart.

"How you feeling?" a voice called from the kitchen making him jump in surprise which in turn caused him to growl as his ribs flared. "Sorry! I really should stop doing that"

Mary-Margaret was suddenly by his side sitting down on the edge of the bed but she didn't say anything else she just let him pull in a few more breaths until he brought his pain levels back down then opened his eye again to look at her worried face to answer.

"I am fine" he said with a quick smile

"Well we both know that's a lie" she laughed raising an eyebrow before frowning slightly "How are you really doing Killian? Be honest with me"

"I will be a whole lot better when I find out what is happening with that damned hellion Devin" he replied avoiding the question, what was he supposed to say? That he felt terrible, that he felt more tired than he ever remembered or that he was terrified that he would lose everything that he had worked so hard to achieve.

Fine was a much easier answer.

He gave a sigh but it wasn't even half way out when Emma's voice suddenly burst out "Dad told you? I'm going to kill him."

"Technically I guessed Love. Do not blame him" he said quickly realizing that she looked furious

She deflated before his eyes then looked at him raising an eyebrow "You're not freaked out?"

He chuckled "I know I have done a lot of that lately but no, I am not freaked out... well not enough to let it affect me. I am shall be say "focused" on ending this. This isn't like the last time Love, this is down to the damned Crocodile and I am determined not to let him beat me... he will not win this fight, he will not take the ones I love away from me again"

"Good" Emma said with a sigh making her way over

"You want something to eat?" Mary-Margaret suddenly asked dropping a hand onto his leg "You slept through lunch, Henry made you chicken soup!"

"Then how can I refuse? Thank you" he replied as she stood up and Emma sat down in her spot.

"You OK?" she asked but when he gave a sigh of frustration she added "I know I said I'd stop asking but I'm just worried"

"I know Love" was all he said, he wasn't prepared to answer her, she wouldn't like the answer so he changed the subject instead "Are the Lads with Regina?"

"Yeah, they're playing in the pool. Regina's watching them don't worry"

"Any news from your Father?"

"Nope, not yet" she said taking his hand "But that doesn't mean anything, you know that right?"

He just gave a smile but their attention was drawn to the door when Belle's head suddenly popped through.

"Hi guys" she cried out "I just came to check on... Oh my gosh Killian!"

She didn't wait for an invitation to enter she just rushed forward with her hand covering her mouth to get to his side.

"I am fine Lass, it looks worse than it is" he said with a sigh closing his eye and when he opened it again it was to see her looking at Emma in worry. Gods, he wished that they would all just stop fussing. Then he noticed the books that Belle clutched to her chest "What's that Love?"

"Oh, I almost forgot" Belled said suddenly looking at them like she really had forgotten she was holding on to them "I found these in a pile of books that I had been meaning to go through for a while. There seems to be quite a lot on Blackbeard so I brought them for Henry"

"He will appreciate that, thank you" Killian croaked out giving a slight cough which left him cringing in pain again.

"I'm gonna get your meds ready, you want water or do you want some orange?"

"I presume that adding rum to the orange is out?!" he chuckled

"Until you're back on your feet I'd say so" Emma laughed back "Orange it is... straight"

She got up and made her way to the kitchen, his gaze followed her until Belle spoke again drawing his attention back to her as she stood awkwardly by his side.

"I guess I'll just leave these here" she said dropping the books down onto the small table at the side of Killian's bed "I better get back anyway, Rumple will be home soon"

Killian gave a quick smile and asked "How is his search for an answer proceeding?"

"Good" she said and her eyes suddenly lit up "He thinks that as soon as Tinkerbell gets back that he'll be able to mix up a potion, isn't that wonderful"

"Aye" he grumbled knowing that the Crocodile probably had no intention of returning Emma's powers but he gave a quick smile when she looked at him in concern "Sorry Love, I'm just tired. That is good news indeed"

Emma was suddenly walking back over with the little table tray in her hands "Belle, can you help him sit up a bit please?"

"Sure" she replied coming forward as Killian tried to pull himself up.

He was left gasping for breath again once they were done but he didn't let it stop him as he patted his lap and looked up at Swan "Come on Love, I need to sample this soup"

She put the tray across his legs but didn't move away "Meds first Pirate and no arguments, you are in pain I can tell"

He gave a playful sigh and rolled his eyes saying "Aye aye Captain"

Belle gave a little laugh as he swallowed his pills and she stepped back "OK, I'll be off then. Get better soon Killian"

"Thank you Lass" he replied before downing half his orange trying to take away the bitter after taste of the pills "Ugh...I will never get used to those things"

"Eat your soup sailor" Emma said with a chuckle "I'm gonna walk Belle out"

He just gave a nod taking up his spoon, the soup smelt amazing and his mouth was already watering in anticipation. When he took the first mouthful he wasn't disappointed, it was so good that he hummed in appreciation letting him head fall back onto the pillows only to realize that Mary-Margaret was still in the kitchen when she laughed at him.

"I take it you like it?" she giggled

"I swear that Lad creates magic when preparing food" he croaked back taking up another mouthful but he paused before putting it into his mouth "Along with utter chaos, no pan is safe when he is around"

Mary-Margaret gave a loud laugh "You're not wrong Hook, you should have seen this place before we cleaned up"

He swallowed thickly giving another small cough as his throat begrudged the hot liquid

"Ouch" he gasped bringing his hand up to his throat while still clutching the spoon, he wasn't finished just yet.

"I've got ice cream if you want some when you're done" Mary-Margaret said wincing right along with him

He gave her a cheeky smile and asked "What flavor is on offer?"

"From the look of it whatever flavor you want, I think Regina went a bit overboard" she laughed back "I'll do you a mix, if you like"

"Aye Love, that would be most welcome. Perhaps some for the lads too. It does look quite warm outside"

"Great idea" she replied with a grin

Killian finished his soup quickly pushing the bowl aside in anticipation of his ice cream. He looked to the door when Emma stepped back in and said "Call the Lads in Love, your Mother is preparing ice cream"

"HENRY, JUNIOR... ICE CREAM" she yelled sticking her head back out the door.

Killian heard Junior squeal in delight "Ice cream, ice cream...I like ice cream Henry"

"We know" Henry laughed

Then they were both running through the door but their wet feet and the smooth tiles didn't mix very well and Killian watched in horror as Junior was suddenly skidding across the floor with a thump. He was screaming in pain in a second and Killian knew why as he suddenly gasped bringing his hand up to his nose and sure enough when Swan swooped down and pulled the lad from the floor it was to see blood flowing freely down his face.

"What is it with the two of you?!" she asked throwing Killian a look "Can you not stay on your feet for more than two minutes? What were you told Kid? The floor is slippy when it's wet, you need to slow down"

Junior just howled louder as she sat him on the kitchen counter to see the damage, Mary-Margaret was suddenly there holding out an ice pack and wet cloth which Emma took but Mary-Margaret didn't stop she came straight over to Killian's side.

"You alright? Do you need an ice pack too?"

He shook his head with a wince "No, it does not work like that apparently. I am fine, it does not really hurt anymore, it's more just like a ghost sensation... it is quite strange being honest. Is this what he is feeling from me?"

"Maybe" Mary-Margaret answered dropping down onto the side of his bed "Don't think about it too much Killian, he is happy... well when he's not falling on his face that is"

Killian looked across to the kitchen to see that Junior had already stopped crying as Emma held the ice pack to the bridge of his nose and Regina looked on in concern.

"You're probably gonna have a pretty descent shiner there Kid" she said tilting his head a bit to see if the bleeding had stopped

"What's a shiner?" he asked with a pout

"A black eye... maybe even two. God, Junior you really did a number on yourself"

His little lip gave a tremble again but in the next second Swan used distraction tactics "OK, the bleeding has stopped. Now if you WALK to the table and sit like a good boy Grandma will bring over your ice cream"

Junior gave a little bounce of excitement "I like ice cream. Killian are you having ice cream too?"

"I am Lad" Killian replied as Mary-Margaret scooted off the bed and headed back to the kitchen.

The next hour or so passed quickly, they all finished their ice cream then Swan and the Lads settled on Killian's bed (after changing out of their wet swim wear) where Emma read one of the stories from Henry's book. Killian was on the verge of falling asleep again when Emma suddenly stopped talking, he opened his eye and looked at her in confusion which only grew when he saw the look on her face. He followed her gaze to see David standing in the kitchen talking to Mary-Margaret in a quiet tone. They gave him a meaningful look and Killian realized that Mary-Margaret was telling David that Emma knew that he knew about Devin.

"Come on boys" Mary-Margaret suddenly said "Who wants to go to Granny's to pick up dessert for later?"

There were cries of delight as they both scrambled off the bed heading for the door, Mary-Margaret paused looking back at David "I'll be about half an hour"

David gave a quick nod as he walked across to stand at the bottom of Killian's bed where Regina had stopped too after getting up from the couch.

The minute the Lads were out of ear shot Killian had to know what was going on "Well?"

David shook his head looking at the floor for a few seconds before sighing and looking back up at him "He's gone... they all are."

"What?" Emma and Regina cried in unison

"I am more sure than ever that Gold is in on this" David said stepping forward speaking quickly "The guards didn't have a clue who I was talking about and even after I showed them the CCTV footage from the yard that CLEARLY showed the Lost Ones there they just looked at me like I was crazy... they've been gone for days, it took me ages to go through all the tapes but I finally figured out that they must have escaped nearly a week ago. If we hadn't suspected Gold we would never have found out the truth, the guards would never have alerted us because they didn't realize that anyone was missing"

Killian just kept quiet but his mind was racing... those devils were out. If they were running round town no one was safe... but apart from their one attempt to hurt him they had remained out of sight, they obviously didn't want anyone knowing that they were out.

"Killian" Emma suddenly said laying a hand on his arm "You OK?"

"Aye Love, I was just thinking" he replied but didn't elaborate and she didn't ask obviously just glad that he wasn't panicking

"I need to head back out again" David suddenly said walking back towards the door "I am going to see Gold and Belle, I still need to take their statements and now seems like a very good time to do that."

With that he was gone practically running down the stairs and out of sight leaving Killian, Emma and Regina to digest the information.

Regina moved to the doors too "I will be back in a few minutes, I just thought of something that might be of some use"

Then she was gone too leaving Killian and Emma alone. Emma looked so worried that he tugged her hand drawing her attention away from he door.

"Come on Love, come lie down next to your devilishly handsome Pirate"

She gave a little lopsided smile before coming to the other side of the bed to lie by his side.

"I just want this to be over" she sighed against his chest as he brought his arm around her back "Staying here has been so nice but now that I know that the Lost Ones are out there how are we supposed to relax?"

"They cannot get to us in here Swan and from what I can make out they do not want us to know that they are free so I think that for the time being we have nothing to worry about and you are forgetting one thing in all of this"

"What's that?" she asked looking up at him with a frown.

"That the Crocodile will never win, us hero types always make sure of that" he said with a grin letting his eye close.

He felt her give a chuckle against his side and tugged her in closer. He knew he should be worried, he knew that over the last few months this news would have had him descending into an attack without any chance of stopping it but as he lay there the image of Rumple Bloody Stiltskin sneering at him was enough to ensure that all he was focused on was stopping the Dark One... Devin be damned, Captain Hook still had a Crocodile to skin.