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"Hyperkalaemia" Whale grit out as he barged back through the door and headed straight for the bed making Mary-Margaret and Henry jump up to get out of the way.
"Sorry, what now? Hyper what what?" Emma asked sitting up a little and pulling Junior with her, the Kid had been sleeping for a while but the minute she moved he started to whine again so she pulled him in closer and hushed him until he settled.
"Hyperkalaemia" Whale reiterated then added "His potassium levels have dropped. It's not uncommon after an electric shock... maybe his body is reacting the same way... maybe it's a kind of shock! As I said before I'm kinda guessing about the reasons but now I KNOW the cause of his condition I can fix it"
Emma watched as he grabbed hold of an IV drip bag and a line "So what? That's gonna "fix" it?"
"It should, it might take a bit of time but he should be fine to go home in a few days" Whale looked up at Emma and smiled "We caught it early, try not to worry. Now, can you hold him still while I do this?"
Emma gave Whale a quick smile before just taking hold of Junior tightly so that the Doc could work. A few minutes later and Whale stood back pulling his medical gloves off and tossing them into the trash.
"Once his levels are back up he should feel much better and hopefully we shouldn't have any further issues. Try to let him sleep as much as possible for the time being, it's the best thing for him. Once he's feeling a bit better we will get some more potassium into him through his food... plenty of bananas for this young man"
"He'll like that" Mary-Margaret added with a smile as her gaze fell onto Junior "He does love a banana"
"Right, well, I'll be off then." Whale sighed but then he frowned and asked "Any news of Hook and David?"
"They are fine" Mary-Margaret replied looking back to the Doc but then Henry chipped in.
"Yeah, Ariel brought a message back from Neverland"
Emma watched as Whale seemed to sag in relief before schooling his features and simply saying "That's good, well I will leave you all to it. I'll be back in to see Junior tonight"
"Thanks Whale" Emma said sincerely
"Yes, Thank you Victor" Mary-Margaret added with a sweet little smile
Whale beamed back at her Mom then headed out the door and Emma couldn't help laughing "You're lucky Dad wasn't here"
"What?" Mary-Margaret asked in fake innocence before chuckling "Well it pays well to keep the town Doctor on side you know"
"Yeah" Emma mused looking down at Junior who had settled against her front again "Especially when you're a member of this family"
They chatted for a while until Emma fell asleep. She woke up sometime later to find her Mom and Henry playing a game of cards using the wheeled table from over the bed.
"Sorry" she yawned pulling herself up the bed a bit without thought but she froze in place when Junior gave a soft moan, bringing her hand up she stroked her fingers through his hair and whispered "It's OK, go back to sleep"
Emma was fighting back tears seconds later as Junior blinked open his eyes and mumbled "P.B. is not tired Momma, he says that his belly is empty"
Emma cleared her throat and gave a little giggle at the kid's obvious attempt to get some food "You feeling batter?"
He furrowed his brow slightly then gave a little nod before giving a little gasp and snuggling back into her front "Please don't leave me Momma, P.B. and I are frightened that the monster will return"
Henry stood up at that and lent on the side of the bed "You don't need to worry about that monster anymore Junior, I stopped it. It is gone and won't be able to get to you ever again."
She watched as Junior's little eyebrows danced in confusion "It is gone? Truly?"
"I promise" Henry said crossing over his heart "I used your lamp to set it on fire, it is gone. No more monster"
"Thank you Brother" Junior said with a smile before giving a wide yawn.
"Why don't you have a nap? We'll talk to one of the nurses when they come back in and see if you can get something to eat and P.B.'s too, for that empty belly of his" Emma said seriously like it was normal for a stuffed bear to want to eat food
He just nodded then snuggled back into her front but Emma knew she needed to get up, she needed to pee for a start so she looked at Henry but spoke to Junior again.
"Hey Kid, Momma needs to get up but I'm sure Henry will snuggle with you, is that OK?"
He peeked his eyes open again but she was happy to see him give a little nod so in the next few minutes she was replaced by Henry on the bed and as she walked to the bathroom she glanced over her shoulder to see Henry smiling like he had just won a gold medal as he lay there with his Brother in his arms... he, like everyone else, really did love that kid.
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Killian woke with a start with Devin's sneering face still firmly jammed in his mind. He pulled himself up quickly and swung his feet over the side of the bed before thinking about it and found himself gritting his teeth and clamping his eyes closed. Gods, he was stiff and sore... and still slightly damp.
He had obviously been too far gone the night before for David to risk taking him out of his wet things. He gave a sigh as his pain levels settled and as he looked around he saw his pajama pants still hung up near the fire. David was still sleeping soundly in his own bed and he chuckled at the light snores that reached him. Not wanting to wake David he shuffled himself forward on his bed and pulled himself up to his feet. He still felt really tired but he was done sleeping... Devin was still lingering too close to the surface to risk that.
He was back to grinding his teeth as he tried to take his first step but when his bare foot fell on something on the floor he frowned and looked down to see the dream catcher. How had that gotten there? He tried to bend down to pick it up but gave a grunt as both his hip and ribs flared painfully.
"Bloody hell" he grumbled standing back up, he threw the blasted thing a dirty look and muttered "You can bloody well just stay there then"
He was moving again, if that was what you could call it. He had been making such good progress over the last couple of days but now he was back to creeping around like an old man... although he was determined not to be stopped, they needed to find Jensen sooner rather than later.
He suddenly ground to a halt when his brain caught up... they didn't need to find Jensen... he had found them.
He pulled in a steadying breath as his heart rate picked up and after a few seconds he shook his head and stepped off again. Even if they no longer needed to find the Lost One he was not going to stop trying to get better, he needed to do this by himself. He finally made it over to the fire and tugged his pajamas down before struggling out of his damp clothes. He briefly studied his new scrapes and bruises with another sigh before pulling on his pants and slinging his damp clothes over the rope. He looked back at his bed and decided that he better hang up his blankets too so he headed back over and stripped them off.
In no time at all he had managed to hang them up and shuffle his way to the fire where he started making himself some tea. He found himself humming to himself as he worked, the hardest thing he was finding was the total lack of distraction from his own thoughts and humming his favorite song helped.
"Has hell frozen over?" David grumbled as he stretched out on his bed pulling Killian's attention over to his Brother
Killian furrowed his brow "What are you talking about?"
"You" David chuckled pulling himself up and yawning "I thought you were gonna sleep for most of the day but I wake up to find you've been making house"
"Aye well" Killian sighed "I can either lie in bed all day letting Devin win or I can get on with life and I know which one I want to do"
"Good" David said with a nod "I'm gonna go see if I can find some breakfast, what's the weather doing?"
Killian gave a one armed shrug so not willing to hurt his ribs again "I have no idea but I guess I am about to find out, I need to pee. I'll just come with you if you wait two seconds until I drink this"
He poured the tea and swigged a couple of mouthfuls before hauling himself to his feet and hobbling to the doorway after David only to turn back and grab his shoes and his blanket poncho when he realized that the snow was lying thick on the ground. David grabbed his warmer clothes too and before too long they were trudging their way across the camp to where the large fire was still lit and a few people lingered.
"Well I think the Shadow Man has realized that Jensen is gone" David grit out as a few new snowflakes began to fall.
"Aye" Killian agreed "Talking of the Lost One, I seem to remember you saying that he was trying to help when he ran into me so what did he say?"
David looked really uncomfortable then he let out a sigh "He says he was trying to get back to camp. He didn't want to stay with the Shadow Man after he killed Xylo and that... that the Shadow Man... he uhm... sent..."
David was suddenly cut off by someone screaming their names and Killian swung around to see Ariel stumbling her way through the thick snow towards them.
"You need to take this" she yelled holding out something to Killian
He reached out and took hold of it but was looking for the container, where was his talking phone?
"What is going on?" he asked in confusion holding up what appeared to be a small mirror
"You need to talk into this mirror, Emma should be on the other end."
He suddenly understood and held the mirror up with a grin on his face and practically whispered as butterflies suddenly fluttered in his belly "Swan?!"
The mirror shimmered and suddenly Emma's face was in front of him. His tears were instantaneous but he was grinning like a fool when she smiled at him.
"Hook" she beamed and when David suddenly bustled up to Killian's side she smiled wider "Hey Dad"
Killian opened his mouth to speak again but David was suddenly rambling by his side.
"Emma, you have to keep Junior safe. The Shadow Man has stolen Xylo's shadow and sent it to Storybrooke to try and take Junior's... you have to be ready"
"WHAT?" Killian yelled turning to David "And you didn't tell me?"
"I was just about to" David grit back before looking back at Emma "I don't know how long you've got Emma, you need to be ready"
"It's OK Dad, we already stopped him" Emma said with a worried look and suddenly Killian was aware of that all too familiar sound of a heart rate monitor in the background.
"Swan, why are you at the hospital?" he asked cautiously raising an eyebrow.
She pulled in a deep breath and let it out slowly "Right, don't freak out. He's fine OK"
"Who is fine?" Killian gasped getting nervous "Swan, what is going on?"
Slowly the mirror spun around and Killian's legs nearly buckled when he saw a very pale looking Junior lying in a hospital bed in Henry's arms. Both boys were sleeping but Junior looked awful and far far too small as he lay there, it nearly took Killian's breath away and he found himself swallowing against a lump in his throat.
"Was it Xylo?" David gasped
"I guess so" Emma said turning the mirror back to her own face "It was a shadow that's for sure but don't worry, Henry burned it's ass... it's gone. Junior will be fine in a couple of days, he's already asking for food so try not to worry."
"That is easier said than done Swan" Killian sighed and suddenly he needed to sit down, he looked around himself to find that there was nowhere nearby without a covering of snow. His leg gave a wobble and suddenly David was gripping hold of him.
"Hang on Emma, I'm just gonna get Hook inside out of the cold before he falls on his ass"
"Kay" she replied "I can still hear you so keep speaking, I've missed your voices so much"
"Where's your Mom?" David asked as he pulled Killian's arm around his shoulder
"Gone to Granny's to get lunch, I told you. Junior and P.B. are hungry and the nurse said that if he wanted to eat to let him"
Killian chuckled around a wince "I will never be free of that blasted pink bear now shall I?"
"Nope, he is here to stay" Emma laughed back
A groan was ripped from Killian's mouth as his foot suddenly slipped but it turned to a gasp as he dropped the mirror into the snow and it disappeared from sight.
NO, had he just broken the mirror?
"Killian?" he heard Emma's little voice from somewhere in front of him and he sighed in relief when Ariel dug into the snow and pulled the mirror back out.
"I'll carry this for you" Ariel said with a kind smile wiping the snow off
"You guys OK?" Emma asked and Ariel spun the mirror around so that Killian could see her once again.
"We are fine Love, I just lost my footing a bit" he replied with a sigh
"You look tired" she fussed
"I am fine, or I will be when I can sit down" he replied as they started moving again.
He could hear Swan babbling away as David pulled him back through the doorway to their teepee and when he was dropped onto his bed a few seconds later Ariel sat down next to him and handed the mirror back over. David sat down on his other side and lent over so that he could see too but there was no one there, the viewer was just white
"Swan?" Killian asked giving the mirror a shake
"Hang on" she yelled from somewhere and Killian suddenly realized that the whiteness was the ceiling
Then the mirror was moving but she seemed to have clamped her hand over the viewer part, what was going on.
"You ready?"
"Ready for what Love?" Killian replied, what was going on?
Suddenly her hand moved but it wasn't Swan's smiling face that greeted them it was Junior's.
"PAPA, GRANDPA!"
Killian's heart clenched and he found himself crying again at the sight of his two boys grinning back at him... he gave a barking laugh and clutched at his chest and Junior mirrored his movement clutching at his own hospital gown
"Hello Lads" he sobbed "I have missed you more than you will ever know"