Sorry for the lack of updates... life... blah blah blah
Anyway, let's get them home shall we?
You know it's not gonna be that simple right? lol
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"Wait" David gasped suddenly catching sight of the silver blade on the table that had been slightly covered by a once damp sheet. He stepped forward and dug out the Dark One dagger and held it up to Hook "I forgot about this thing... what should we do? Take it back or leave it here?"
Hook furrowed his brow and stepped forward plucking it from David's grasp "What the bloody hell happened to it? Why is it glowing?"
David shrugged "Pass, it's been doing it the whole time we've been here though, it's not a new thing... so take it or leave it? It's up to you, he's your Crocodile"
Hook studied the blade before looking back at David "As much as I'd like to leave it here I have no idea where the damned thing would end up and I know how it's magic works. It would find it's way to some poor unsuspecting soul and then manipulate it's way back to Gold... I think we best just take it back"
"Fine" David sighed before grinning again "We really are going back"
Hook grinned too "You better bloody believe it mate and if we want it done before dawn we best start back to camp... I have a feeling the return journey may take a bit longer than the one here." he suddenly held up the dagger "Here, you take this. I don't want anything to do with it because if I still have it in my hand when we get back I can't guarantee that I won't just force Gold to jump off the clock tower over and over until he hasn't got a single whole bone left in his body"
"Oooooooo kaaaaaay" David drawled before laughing "Remind me never to get on your bad side"
They both laughed then headed back to the outside world where the braves all stood waiting, the minute they came into sight a murmur ran through the crowd and Bear stepped forward.
"Did you find it Apenimon?"
"Aye" was all Hook had a chance to reply before the crowd suddenly surged forward and they were engulfed. David briefly worried about Hook, he knew that he struggled with people crowding him and he was still in pain but when he heard his Brother let out a roaring laugh he relaxed and before he knew what was going on the pair of them had been hoisted up onto the shoulders of the braves and they were moving back towards camp.
"Now this is the way to travel" Hook beamed over at him as they were carried along
David just laughed as the groups split to walk one in front of the other down the narrow pathway and the noise of the new song drowned out any retort. He felt ecstatic at the thought that in just a couple of hours they would be home...
They were going home.
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The picnic had been great but Emma had found herself chewing more on her lip than the food, she just couldn't get the words Regina had said to her out of her head and that last rumble in Neverland before the mirror broke was almost too much to take... were her Dad and Hook alright?
Belle had given them another mirror and Blue had enchanted it for them, Emma hadn't even bothered to ask Gold due to the whole "Not being able to help Hook" thing. Emma let out a frustrated sigh walking away from the guardrail, she had been standing on deck for the last half hour calling for Ariel but the Mermaid hadn't come, where the hell was she? Movement on deck had her turning to see her Mom walking towards her clutching a hot chocolate in her hands.
"You want to tell me what's going on now?" Mary-Margaret asked handing over the mug once Emma had lowered herself down onto the checked blanket before joining her "Henry and Junior are watching a movie with Ruby, you don't need to worry about them hearing"
"Mom..." Emma started and instantly the tears were back
"Emma" Mary-Margaret cried out plucking the mug back out of her hand and putting it down on the deck before pulling Emma into another hug "Talk to me, what is going on? It's something in Neverland isn't it?"
Emma sucked in a breath and sighed "Yes and no"
"Well?" Mary-Margaret asked tucking a stray bit of hair behind Emma's ear
Emma looked up at her Mom's face and finally spoke the words she had been dreading "Neverland is still destroying itself. They think that they only have a few days until the whole damned place is washed into the sea."
Mary-Margaret gasped bringing her hand up to her mouth "No"
"We need to find another way to get them home Mom but I don't know if there is one"
"Is that where Regina went earlier? To look for another way?" Mary-Margaret asked with her voice full of hope
Emma sniffed back tears again and shrugged as the lump in her throat grew.
"What happened?" Mary-Margaret asked with a sigh "I can see from your face something did"
"We had a fight after the mirror got broken... things were said and I made her leave"
"Emma, now is not the time to be pushing people away, we NEED our friends and family around us"
Emma looked up and met her Mother's green eyes "I know Mom and I know that we were both angry and things were said that we both didn't mean but it hurt...Mom, she went straight to the one place that she knew would hurt the most... Henry"
Mary-Margaret gave a sad smile "OK... but you know she didn't mean it so the question you need to ask is, is it worth losing her friendship over?"
Emma shook her head "Of course not"
"Good" Mary-Margaret said curtly before pulling herself up to her feet "because I think there's someone here to see you"
Emma looked up to see Regina walking slowly up the steps as Mary-Margaret whispered "You two need to sort this out so we can get on with getting your Father and Killian home"
Mary-Margaret promptly walked away disappearing out of sight just as Regina reached the top step looking very sorry for herself. Emma pulled herself up onto her feet and stuck her hands in the back pockets of her jeans as she stood nervously avoiding the gaze of the former Evil Queen.
"Swan" Regina said quietly taking the first step "I... I just wanted... I am sorry. I was angry and frustrated and I took it out on you... the one person in this damned place that understands me better than anyone else and I snapped at you. Can you forgive me?"
Emma gave a sigh "I thought you understood me too Regina. You of all people know what I went through back then and even after I came back... I love that Kid more than life itself and you used him against me to score points in an argument"
"I know" Regina sighed too "I guess... I... lately, I have just been... feeling a bit lost"
"What? Why?" Emma asked walking to the guard rail and leaning on it, Regina walked over too and stared out over the dark waters
"You have Henry and now you have Junior too. I have Henry but I miss Roland... Junior brought all my memories back, ones that I tried to forget... THEN I just had to let myself believe that he was coming back... but now... oh God Emma... what if they don't make it?"
Regina suddenly looked at Emma and Emma's heart broke at the sight of her friend as Regina gulped in a huge sob "I don't think I could bear it if anything were to happen to that boy, I love him Emma, as if he were my own... he doesn't deserve this, he hasn't had a fair shot at life... I just want them home with me, is that too much to ask?"
Emma moved swiftly pulling Regina into her arms, the former Royal hugged her back as if her life depended on it as she sobbed "I am so sorry Emma... please forgive me, I can't lose you too"
"Of course I forgive you" Emma soothed pulling her in tighter "We'll figure something out, I just know it. This isn't how our stories end... I won't let it and after all I am the Savior so what I say goes, right?"
Regina gave a crying laugh and just hugged her tighter "Right...Thank you"
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Another huge rumble of thunder rolled across the sky seconds before the heavens opened. The noise of the rain battering down into the jungle was almost deafening as they carried on along their path. Killian and David had been lowered back down to their own feet as they had neared camp but as they carried on along the path Killian found himself slipping and sliding in the growing mud. He clamped his jaw closed grinding his teeth as he squelched his way behind Bear with his hand clamped to his hip, it was getting beyond painful but he knew that camp was only just ahead.
"YOU OK?" David yelled coming up to his side
"I WILL BE FINE AS SOON AS I AM BACK WITH MY FAMILY" He yelled back but as he took his eyes from the ground to look at David his foot slipped and he practically somersaulted his way to the ground to land in a heap.
He could have seriously cried it hurt so much but instead he found himself clamping his eyes closed and growling "Bloody hell"
David came down next to him "CAN YOU GET BACK UP OR DO YOU NEED US TO CARRY YOU"
As much as it was tempting to ask to be carried the humor in his earlier request was lost as he managed to look up at David and shake his head. He wanted to walk back into camp, he was cold, he was wet and he was most definitely in dire need of a wash... the thought of the warm shower aboard the Jolly sounded like absolute bliss as he lay there in the mud.
"LET'S GET YOU UP" David shouted moving to haul Killian up to his feet but just as he lent forward Killian's gaze fell onto the tree canopy above them to see a set of giant green eyes glaring back at him.
He moved quickly shoving David out of the way shouting "MOVE"
David flew backwards just in time as the Neverbeast launched itself from the tree in which it was hiding. Killian could do nothing to help himself as the beast landed directly above him and it moved quickly giving a huge roar into the night sky before striking. Killian could smell it's putrid breath as it opened it's mouth and threw itself upon him. He raised his left arm trying to fight it off but of course all that did was give the beast something to grab hold of and grab hold of him it did.
Killian screamed out in pain as he felt it's teeth sink in, the pain was horrendous and seemed to be never ending but just as he thought that he was surely done for the Neverbeast was torn from his front. Killian instantly curled to his side pulling his bloody arm into his front, he managed to open his eyes as a huge roar filled the air so see the braves, David and a HUGE bear fighting the Neverbeast. Killian was confused, his brain wouldn't focus, already too consumed with the pain from his arm to figure out what he was seeing but when the Neverbeast suddenly turned and fled into the trees a few seconds later it became all too clear that the bear was in fact Bear as he transformed back to his human form right before Killian's eyes but he couldn't do anything to thank him as he lay there in the mud shivering and moaning.
"HOOK" David yelled coming down to his side again trying to see his blood sodden arm but Killian pulled it away, he didn't want his Brother to see it knowing what it would look like, he just wanted to get underway... he needed to get home... his arm could wait.
The rain had started to slow making it easier to hear what was going on so he no longer needed to shout "I am fine David just help me up, I can get seen to once we are back home"
"But you're bleeding" David argued
"And that fact is not going to change while we sit here but there are a lot better medical facilities back in Storybrooke. Let us just go... please David"
"Fine" David grit out as Bear came down to Killian's other side to say
"But the Neverbeast..."
"BEAR" Killian roared cutting him off before letting out a frustrated sigh "Please... I just want to go home, everything else can wait"
"If you wish Apenimon...but if that is to be the case I will carry you, you are in no fit state to walk anywhere" Bear said not waiting for permission, he just grabbed Killian's right arm and hauled him up briefly letting him stand on his feet before lifting him bridal style and starting off back towards camp.
Killian held his tongue, he couldn't have spoken even if he had wanted to as the pain radiated up his arm. It was getting to the point where he wanted to scream now and he found his head lolling to the side to rest on Bear's chest, not something he would have chosen to do but right now he didn't care what anyone thought, he was just in far too much pain. Sooner than he had expected they burst into the clearing and even in Killian's pain induced state he gave a gasp of surprise as he realized that every teepee had been dismantled and everything had been packed up ready to go...
Bear headed straight across the clearing to the crowd of waiting people and Killian managed to raise his head to see Lark and Tala rushing forward.
"What happened?" Lark called out coming up to their side
Bear opened his mouth to answer but Killian jumped in with a smile "We found the bloody bean that's what but I see you already knew we would, are you all ready to go?"
"We are" Tala replied with a frown of worry "But you are hurt Apenimon, let us tend to your wounds, what happened?"
The island took that moment to remind them that it was still very much unstable as the ground shook again.
Killian shook his head "Let us just get home, set me down Bear, we do not have time to waste"
Robin appeared by Killian's side as Bear lowered him to his feet but he spoke to David "Is he alright?"
Killian's anger flared, Gods he just wanted to go home "I am right here and I am fine." He stuck his still sore hand into his pocket and pulled out the bean "David can we just bloody well get this done? Everyone is ready to go and we can discuss the ins and outs of all of this later... the island is practically falling apart around our ears and you are all standing around like washer women."
"Right" David mumbled stepping forward and taking the bean from Killian's hand giving him a worried look "Let's do this together then"
He gave him a little smile to try and hide his grimace as David tucked himself under Killian's Right arm but Killian ground his teeth the minute David looked away, he held his breath as another wave of pain washed through him knowing that things would get worse before they got better and as David tossed the bean onto the ground he let out a groan. He could feel the Neverbeast venom already starting to work it's way through him... from previous experience he didn't know if he was strong enough to fight it off. Having sustained a bite once before which had been bad enough when he was at full strength, he knew what was to come and if he was to battle this he wanted to do it at home... with Swan by his side.
The portal swirled into life before him and David turned to look at Killian again wearing a huge grin pulling a smile to his own lips.
"You ready?" David asked
"Aye" Killian replied with a smile, he was more than ready.
"Let's go then" David grinned stepping forward to the now huge swirling hole.
The others had all started to lift their belongings but seemed unwilling to go first so David briefly stopped on the edge before pulling in a deep breath and just jumping forward and hauling Killian with him. The sensation of portal travel was strange enough without the added addition of his sorry state and Killian found himself closing his eyes and bracing himself for what was about to come but however much he prepared himself he was still left screaming out in agony as he hit the hard ground of Storybrooke's harbor... he managed to open his eyes to see the Jolly bobbing in the water a few feet away but the pain was all consuming now and he found that no matter how much he wanted to he couldn't fight the darkness... he wanted to see his Swan... he wanted to see Henry and he NEEDED to see Junior but no matter what he did the darkness wouldn't go.
The loud swirling noise of the portal suddenly stopped as it obviously closed and a huge cheer went up but the only voice Killian could make out was David as he shouted by his side.
"SOMEBODY HELP... I NEED HELP OVER HERE"
Then Killian was gone as the darkness won.