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David frowned deeply as he woke, what the hell was that noise?
He listened intently as he raised his head from his pillow but couldn't hear anything, giving a sigh he was just about to close his eyes again when he heard Hook scream out Junior's name. David was up and running before he had time to think about it. He thundered through the house and realized quickly that the Pirate was outside but David was not prepared for what he saw when he ran out there.
"What the...?"
Hook lay on his back and Devin was making his way over to him dragging a sobbing Junior after him while Gold had Belle in some kind of choke hold. His brain seized, struggling to understand what he was seeing. He took a step forward but was halted again when Devin suddenly threw Junior to the ground and the kid started crawling towards Hook as Devin moved his attention back to the Pirate.
David felt lost, as he stood there just watching. He needed to help them. But how?
His gun... he needed his gun.
He was going to end this once and for all.
His mouth was dry but his feet worked without thought and he found himself running back inside, he ran straight back into the bedroom and pulled open the closet rummaging quickly for his gun.
"David?" Snow mumbled sitting up in the bed
He didn't even turn he just shouted "GET EMMA... DEVIN AND GOLD HAVE HOOK AND JUNIOR OUTSIDE"
He heard her gasp but he didn't look around, he just took off again loading his gun as he ran. He could hear Snow barging her way into Emma's room then the commotion as his Daughter obviously got the message but David only had one thing on his mind as he gripped the gun in his hand.
He had a Lost One to kill.
By the time he got back outside and made it to the top of the stone steps Devin was beating Hook into oblivion and Junior lay motionless by his side. David didn't hesitate, he just raised his gun and fired.
"HOOK" he screamed starting off down the steps towards his friend.
David thought he had done it, he thought that he had saved them but before he got half way down Devin was moving and suddenly Gold's red cloud was enveloping them all.
"STOOOOOOOP" he screamed out, he couldn't let them get away.
David didn't think, he just acted launching himself into a dive down the rest of the steps hoping beyond hope that he made it in time. There was a swirling sensation and then he hit the ground... hard.
He was moving before he even knew where he was, pulling himself up into a crouch with his jaw clenched tightly against the forgotten pains that had suddenly resurfaced from his last tangle with Devin. David blinked hard as he looked around him... of course the Lost One would bring Hook here! They were in the clearing where this whole thing started but this time it would be different, this time David would make sure of it.
David seemed to have landed slightly further away from the others and as yet was unnoticed. He realized that he had lost his gun and started frantically looking around for it but in the next second he froze, eyes darting across towards Hook as he recognized the sounds coming from the Pirate's mouth... he was having a panic attack.
Looking frantically around for a few more seconds he realized that his gun was gone, maybe he'd dropped it before he entered the cloud! David looked up to see Devin stepping over Junior and that was it for him, he saw red, that Lost One was NOT touching his Grandson. David didn't even think about the consequences he just darted forward and barrelled into Devin sending them both to the ground in a heap.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM" David yelled as they both tumbled through the long grass.
The Lost One gave a yell of surprise and his eyes went wide in fear as he realized what was going on. David had the upper hand as they landed and he managed to straddle the boy's chest getting in a good few punches before Devin started screaming for him to stop as blood oozed from a cut above his right eye.
David grabbed him by the collar and lifted his head and shoulders from the ground "Why should I? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't just choke the life out of you right here right now"
He expected Devin to give in, he expected him to whimper and back away but he watched in horror as the Lost One's mouth curved into a smirk "Because if you don't let me go right now my little pet is going to end the life of TWO members of your "family" RIGHT NOW"
David was confused for all of a split second until he looked to the side to find Gold crouched down next to a semi conscious Junior. Gold had his hands around the kid's neck and when David looked to Hook he could see the effect it was having as the Pirate gasped in breath after breath while scrabbling at his throat.
"Do as he says David" Gold pleaded "I do not want to do this but I have no choice"
In an instant David understood... Devin had the Dark One's dagger!
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"WHERE DID THEY GO?" Emma yelled in disbelief as she reached the top of the stone steps and looked out onto the empty lawn.
"I don't know Emma." Mary-Margaret gushed out "What are we going to do?"
Emma's heart was racing in her chest but one overruling thought kept going through her mind... check on Junior and Henry. Maybe her Dad had been wrong, maybe the kid was simply still in his bed. She took off back into the house followed by her Mom and went straight into the laundry room but she already knew what she would find when she got there and her heart sank at the sight of the empty bottom bunk.
"Mom? What's going on?" Henry asked jumped down from his bunk and rushing over to take hold of both Emma's arms as she just stood in shock. How could this be happening?... Everything was supposed to be over... they had won.
"We don't really know Henry" Mary-Margaret whispered in a light tone obviously trying not to worry him
"SWAN?!" Regina's voice rang out and in an instant Emma was moving again. She ran back out into the living area to find Regina peering up the corridor to the bedrooms.
"What in the hell is going on? Was that a gunshot I heard?" she cried out the minute Emma came into view.
"No time to explain, I need a locator spell... and I need it now"
Regina didn't ask questions she just raised an eyebrow for a second before letting it fall "I have one at the house, I made up a batch for emergencies just the other day. I'll grab it then will someone please tell me what's going on?"
Emma just nodded and with that Regina lifted her hand and disappeared into her purple smoke obviously deciding that this was important enough to use her limited magic for.
"I need to change" Emma grit out not making eye contact with anyone, she just marched back into the bedroom and grabbed some clothes.
By the time she got back out into the main room Regina was back and her Mom and Henry had changed too. Emma marched straight across to Regina and lifted up Hook's hook.
"Use this" was all she said not trusting herself to keep it together if she said anymore. She needed to find them, she needed her family home and talking was not going to do that.
Regina thankfully just did as she was asked and took the hook in her hands quickly soaking it in the blue liquid. It took only a few seconds to start to work and as soon as the hook raised a few centimetres from Regina's outstretched hand it started to move out the door.
Emma gripped her gun tightly in her hand and just followed. She made it out onto the patio before someone's hand slid into hers and she looked to the side to find Henry looking up at her.
"We'll find them Mom" he said with a reassuring smile.
"I know kid" was all she said in reply and she had no doubt that they would... she just hoped that they were all still alive when the did.
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David backed off from Devin walking steadily backwards with his hands up in surrender.
"OK Kid, you win" he said trying to calm things down as he glanced at Gold who was still crouching next to Junior with his hands round the kid's neck "Leave the boy out of this"
"And why should I?" Devin sneered walking forward with his hand clenched over his still bleeding arm ""When it is so much more fun to see how their link works. I mean I need to do research after all"
David didn't have a clue what Devin was talking about but he knew that he needed to help both Junior and Hook. Hook seemed to be trying to pull himself up but was obviously too out of it to manage to do little more that writhe about on the ground.
"Let me help him" David said nodding his head towards the Pirate
"I don't think so. He is exactly how I want him to be" Devin laughed changing direction to head over to Hook and suddenly David regretted pointing him out.
"He looks so... tormented" Devin chuckled "I did this, you know. That's my work right there"
He gave a happy laugh then turned to Junior "And this one, well he is just a bonus... although he's not looking too healthy right now but then I suppose a crossbow bolt to the leg will do that to a person and with the state of Hook right now it's no wonder the boy is struggling"
"WHAT DID YOU DO?" David screamed out as his head snapped round and he was moving in an instant not caring what would happen to him, he had to help Junior. "Gold, get out of my way" he grit out dropping down onto his knees and trying to barge the Dark One away.
"I cannot go unless he desires it" Gold replied through clenched teeth staying right where he was
"Get up" Devin suddenly said in an amused tone "Let him try to help the boy, it will make no difference in the end"
Gold instantly stood allowing David to reach Junior. He hauled off his pajama top and started ripping it with his teeth trying to get something to stop the bleeding from the wound on Junior's leg. It looked like the bolt had sliced the kid and there was a huge chunk of missing flesh. Suddenly Belle was at his side and she grabbed a handful of the torn fabric, he had expected her to start trying to stop the bleeding too but she got to her feet again and headed for Hook instead and David gave a gasp when he realized that Hook had a bolt sticking out of his left shoulder. This one was in deep and when Belle pressed around the protruding shaft Hook let out a strangled cry but David's attention was drawn back to Junior as the kid started to cry and wriggle obviously trying to get away from the pain. David didn't know if it was his own wound or Hook's that was causing the issue but he had little choice anyway, he had to stop the bleeding so he pressed the material onto the deep gash on the kids leg and again his heart gave a lurch as Junior's hand suddenly clamped over his and he met his eyes.
"Grandpa" he whimpered
"You're alright Kid... everything is going to be alright" he tried to soothe.
"Liam tricked me" Junior sobbed "I thought he was my Brother but it was a lie... I'm, sorry"
"Shhh shhhh shhh... it's OK... it's alright. Grandpa's got you"
David was too busy trying to help Junior to think of anything else but his ears pricked up when he heard Devin talking a short distance away.
"Fix my arm Dark One. Then I think that it's time that I went home. I will miss it here, it has a certain... charm"
Go home?! Back to Neverland? How was that possible? But the thought left his head as Junior gave another gasping sob and David looked to Belle to find her struggling to keep Hook down as the Pirate struggled against her.
"You have to let me take them to the hospital, they need help" David yelled out in frustration turning quickly to plead with Devin "They're going to die, please"
"That was kind of the point" Devin replied with a smirk as he stretched out his now healed arm "A world with one Captain Hook in it was bad enough but two... that I just can't have" then the boy's face changed and he grit his teeth "Now get up and leave them be, the both of you. Oh and Dark One, I forbid you to help Captain Hook in any way, EVER, are we clear?"
David looked to Belle who reluctantly started to get up before he did the same, they knew that they would be of no use to anyone if they got themselves killed.
"Great, now get over there" Devin nodded towards Hangman's tree.
They both moved and David could see the pain in Belle's face as she looked back over her shoulder at both Junior and Hook as the Pirate pulled himself slowly over to the boy.
"You OK?" David whispered as they came to a stop. Belle nodded and he could tell that it was a lie but he couldn't do anything about it so he just looked back to Devin as the Lost One pulled out the Dark One's dagger from inside his jacket and held it up.
"Bring me my crew" he commanded holding the blade up in front of him.
Gold gave a heavy sigh but in the blink of an eye the other Lost Ones all stood in the clearing too. There were murmurs of disbelief then cries of joy as they realized that they were free.
"SHUT UP" Devin yelled out and they did, all just snapping their mouths shut and looking at their leader "Now who wants to go home?"
They cried out in unison and this time Devin joined in as they jumped for joy but after a few seconds he turned back to Gold and spoke again.
"OK, Dark One, hand over my bean"
Gold reached into his pocket and held out a magic bean but sneered "You will not get away with this boy, mark my words"
"Ah but I do believe I will" Devin crooned taking the bean and putting it in his pocket before rummaging in a different pocket and holding out... the two gem stones!
David gasped in surprise, how had he got them?
They had been hidden in the safe at the pool house. Then he remembered Junior's plea for forgiveness and his blood ran cold. Devin had tricked him, he had used that same image of Liam that he had used on Hook and tricked the boy into handing over the gems... damn him.
"Now Dark One you will reunite the gems" Devin commanded next
Again Gold moved as if it were against his will, had he been under the dagger's control this whole time? David watched in horror as Gold took the two gems and held them in his outstretched hand before bringing his other hand over the top to cover them up.
He closed his eyes and threw back his head muttering some kind of incantation and in an instant there was a blinding light coming from Gold's hands but as quickly as it started shining it went out and Gold opened his hands to reveal the most beautiful jewel he had ever seen. David could have sworn he could feel it's power as he gazed upon it, he wanted to get closer feeling it pulling at him but he stayed where he was.
Devin grinned widely stepping forward and plucking the jewel from Gold's grasp "You know what to do Rumple, make your Father proud. Create us some more Lost Ones before we return home"
"Are you sure you want me to do this?" Gold asked and David thought he saw the corner of the Dark one's mouth twitch into a smirk but he couldn't be sure.
Devin gripped the dagger, held it up and sneered "Do as I have asked"
"Very well but do not say that I did not warn you" Gold replied raising an eyebrow and giving a sigh.
The jewel was suddenly glowing and Devin held it up high above his head turning around to show the others "Watch this boys, this you are going to like"
But all to quickly he realized that something was wrong as the Jewel gave a loud cracking noise and the bright light that had appeared when the gems were reuniting suddenly emanated from a split in one side.
"What is happening?" Devin yelled out looking fearful as he staggered backwards dropping to his knees on the ground, he lifted the dagger and held it up to Gold "Stop this, make it stop"
"I can't. I did warn you" Gold said raising an eyebrow "The jewel consumes magical powers BUT the Dark One's magic is simply too much for it to take...It was a Dark One who created it you stupid boy and that is why I required another's magic to make it work. You have started the process that will ultimately destroy it."
David was moving the minute he realized that Gold was no longer a danger to him. David only had one destination in mind, he had to get to Hook and Junior. He got there at the same time as Belle and they both dropped down next to the Jones'. Hook was blinking widely and gave a low groan trying to get away as David started to pull him up into his arms.
"Hey, it's alright, it's only me" David said in a low voice not wanting to startle the Pirate.
"J-Junior" Hook stuttered out bringing his hand up to cover his heart
"He's alright Killian, he's here with me" Belle soothed reaching over to comfort Hook.
Hook gave a sigh and let his eyes slide closed but he wasn't done "Wh-where is D-d... D-dev..."
David put the Pirate out of his misery, just answering so he didn't need to say Devin's name "He's over there having an issues with the jewel and your Crocodile, forget him, he's not our problem anymore, Gold can sort him out. We need to get you two to the hospital."
"I w- would arg-gue b-but I th-think in this inst-tance you m-may be right M-mate" Hook stuttered before looking to Belle when Junior gave a moan.
David knew that he had to get them help, Hook had gone very pale and clammy but he wasn't sure how he was going to do it, the clearing was quite far into the woods and he knew that he could never carry Hook back even if he had had shoes on. The Pirate gave a shiver which pulled a whine from him and David found himself rubbing his hand up and down Hook's right arm to try and comfort him as he looked across the clearing still trying to figure how to help but what he saw had him laying the Pirate back down onto the ground again and getting to his feet.
"Belle, stay with them" he muttered not even looking back at her.
Something was happening with Devin and the Jewel, it was glowing brightly now sending the splintering light out across the clearing. Gold was standing with his arm raised against the brightness as a wind started to pick up and David jogged his way over coming to a stop with his arm raised too.
"What's going on?" he yelled above the rising noise
"The Jewel is unstable, I do not know what it is going to do... but I think that it may be about to destroy itself"
"WHAT?" David screamed "What does that mean for Junior?"
Gold actually did look like he was sorry as he answered "I'm afraid I don't know, no one really knows. The jewel by nature is duplicitous but it is cracked, I don't know what it will do"
As if on cue the Jewel started to whistle, the light flared then got brighter and Devin was suddenly screaming "HELP ME, get it away from me"
David watched as the Lost One tried with all his might to shake the jewel free from his grasp dropping the dagger to the ground at his feet in the process but it seemed to have fused with his skin and David suddenly understood how Hook had got that burn on his hand back in the cave. He glanced back over at the Pirate who was now lying back in Belle's arms with Junior lying next to him. Belle gave an unsure smile as their eyes met but David was suddenly looking back at Devin when he let out a shrill scream.
David gasped and actually took a step back when right before his eyes Devin began to split, the Lost One was screaming as if he were in total agony but it stopped in an instant when a loud pop echoed through the air... leaving TWO Devin's panting on the ground in front of him.
"What the hell? I thought it wouldn't work!" David cried out turning to Gold for a second, he couldn't believe it but he didn't have time to ponder as both Devins looked up at each other and grinned.
They both stood as one but then the Devin on the left looked up at David and sneered as he stalked off to the side "Don't worry sheriff, we are not staying... I think it's about time that I returned home and now that I can no longer create more crew I think that maybe my plans have changed"
David didn't know what the Lost One was talking about but he soon found out when Belle suddenly screamed behind him
"Get away... leave him alone"
David spun around to see the other Lost Ones trying to wrestle Junior away from Belle and a now livid looking Hook. David looked to Gold only to realize that the other Devin had reclaimed the lost dagger and was holding it up once more while he pulled the bean from his pocket.
"He can't help you" Devin sneered lifting his arm. "I told him he never could remember?"
With that he threw the bean and in an instant the portal started to open between where Devin stood and where the fight was going on with the other Lost Ones, Hook and Belle..
David just ran not even stopping when he tumbled to the ground after he stubbed one of his bare feet on a rock. He just pulled himself up and scrambled forward. Hook was up on his feet now, his movements were sloppy obviously still struggling from the after effects of his attack and the bolt that was still sticking out of his shoulder along with all his other injuries but he was fighting none the less and that was something that made David swell with pride.
Belle gripped Junior tightly in her arms across her front as she stood slightly behind the Pirate and she was fighting too throwing out punches to anyone who got too close. For the second time that day David thumped full force into Devin and sent him to the ground but in making his move he knocked Belle over too and Junior was thrown from her grasp and to make things worst David lost his grip on Devin in the confusion.
"JUNIOR" Hook screamed out staggering towards the kid but another Lost One came from nowhere and grabbed Junior pulling him up by his hair.
"LET HIM GO" Hook growled freezing his movements but the Lost One didn't answer, Devin did as he pulled himself to his feet.
"Not gonna happen Pirate" he laughed taking hold of Junior too and circling around David, Hook and Belle "Now unless you want me to end you BOTH right here I suggest you back off."
Hook fell to one knee and David could see him struggling to keep himself upright but he couldn't concentrate on the Pirate right now, he HAD to get Junior free and time was running out as the Lost Ones backed up towards the portal.
"RUMPLE" Belle screamed "STOP THEM"
But the Devin with the dagger just lifted it up and laughed as the other Devin came to join the growing group that was edging their way closer to the swirling vortex in the ground.
Junior was stumbling and staggering his way across the ground and at one point he actually fell into the grass but Devin hauled him back up causing both Hook and Junior to cry out in pain.
David was panicking now, the Lost Ones were going to take Junior through the portal and they would have no way to follow... he had promised the boy that he wouldn't let anything happen to him, he had promised that he would never be alone again.
This was NOT going to happen.
David ran forward again screaming as he went but all of a sudden several things happened at once. Hook fell forward onto the ground but rolled over in an instant raising Granny's crossbow up and fired it. One of the Devin's gave a strangled cry letting go of Junior's arm as the bolt lodged itself in his gut. Junior dropped to the ground but if David had thought that he was just going to lie there he was wrong as the Kid started scrabbling backwards trying to get away... straight towards the portal.
"JUNIOR STOP" David screamed
Junior was frantic now but he seemed to listen coming to a halt with a face full of fear. David was approaching him fast with every intention of just scooping the boy up and getting the hell away but just as he was getting closer Belle gave a scream as the Lost Ones turned on her instead.
The Devin who wasn't lying on the ground with a crossbow bolt through his gut was clenching his teeth while he hauled on Belle's arm "YOU TRICKED ME DARK ONE, SO FOR THAT I AM GOING TO TAKE YOUR LOVE."
David threw himself forward trying to break Devin's grip but at the same time Hook was moving too. They both dived sending them all into a heap on the ground again. Devin was the first one to claw his way up and David watched in horror as the Lost One suddenly raised Gold's dagger high above his head ready to bring it down into Hook's back.
"HOOK" David screamed out trying to warn the Pirate who was now lying face down panting heavily into the grass
Devin wore a look of pure hatred on his face as the blade started it's descent but it never hit it's target as a gunshot rang out into the air and Devin dropped like a stone to the ground eyes wide open and most definitely dead as a red spot blossomed on his chest. David looked to Gold who still stood in the same spot that Devin had left him but the Dark One looked just as shocked as he did at what had just happened.
David was confused, if Gold didn't have the gun who did?.
He frowned deeply... this didn't make sense.
David turned slowly as the reality hit.
Junior... Junior was the only other person that it could have been.
True enough when his eyes fell on the Kid it was to find him sitting on the ground still gripping onto the gun tightly, he looked so lost just sitting there in total shock at what he had just done that David's heart nearly broke. He made a move to go to him but as he took the first step the ground suddenly shook and David was knocked off his feet again. He looked around wildly to see what was going on to find the other Lost Ones standing about looking at the two dead Devins in awe as the portal grew wider.
"We can still get home, let's get out of here boys" Xylo suddenly screamed out above the noise
They moved swiftly only hesitating briefly before jumping into the portal and that was just fine with David, he was just glad that they were leaving but he had to get to Hook. He looked up to find the Pirate struggling to get to his feet while Belle tried her best to help him. David pulled himself up staggering again as the ground gave another shake but he just grit his teeth and ran towards them knowing that they'd never make it without his help.
"You ready to get out of here?" He yelled above the din as he pulled Hook's right arm around his shoulder, it must have been agony against the Pirate's broken ribs but he didn't say a word he just started staggering forward between the two of them.
They were going to make it... they were going to be safe... it was finally over.
Then the ground gave another shudder and the portal was suddenly upon them. Hook was on his knees again and David stooped down to help him back up trying to get moving quickly but there was no time. Right before they were swallowed into the ground the Pirate shrugged out of Belle's grasp and shoved her with all his might pulling a scream from his lungs when he used his left arm to do so. She tumbled forward as the ground gave way and the last thing David saw as the portal snapped closed above his head was Belle's horrified face looking down at him as he found himself heading back to Neverland... the one place that he sworn to himself that he would NEVER EVER go to again.
He landed with a thump but before he even had time to gather himself there was a deafening explosion and for a split second David felt like his skin was being seared off as a fierce heat blasted over him.
The Jewel... the Jewel had fallen through with them.
David pulled his aching body upright instantly looking for Hook but his mind was somewhere else, he had one thought on his mind.
Please let Junior be alright.