Hidden Treasures Chapter 114, an once upon a time fanfic

Longer chapter tonight and hopefully we can get Hook sorted out and lulled into a false sense of security lol.

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Killian woke with a start looking around wildly as the remnants of his dream skittered away from him, what had woken him? His heart was still racing in his chest when he heard a noise by the door and when he looked it was to find Junior sliding his way through the gap to stand at the foot of the bed with tears on his face.

"What is wrong?" Killian whispered beckoning the boy over to the side of the bed "Did you have a bad dream?"

The lad just nodded as he trailed his way across the floor clutching his bear and his duck. Killian leant over and scratched the bear's head.

"Did he have a bad dream too?"

Junior shook his head quickly and held the bear up "No, he was still sleeping"

Killian chuckled "He was was he?"

"Aye" Junior nodded

Killian looked up at the clock to see that it would soon be time to be getting out of bed anyway "What say you and I go up on deck? I think I could manage a trip up the crows nest before breakfast if you wish to join me"

Junior grinned widely and gave an excited little bounce crying out "Aye" before clamping the crook of his arm over his mouth and cringing as he looked at Swan. Killian turned to look but she just kept sleeping and he turned back to the boy.

"Shhhh" he chuckled before sitting up and swinging his feet onto the floor keeping himself covered and looking around for the pajamas that Emma had been getting for him the night before "Can you pass me my pajama pants Son? They are on the table"

Junior gave a little frown but just put his bear and duck down on the bed and headed over to return seconds later with them grasped in his hand. Killian quickly pulled them on before throwing the blanket fully back and getting to his feet. He was a little stiff but apart from that he felt fine until he took his first step and his hip complained loudly but he just dropped his hand to it and carried on limping slightly. Junior collected his toys and ran ahead to get the door and within minutes they both stood on deck looking straight up at the crows nest.

"How are we all to get up there? Perhaps you should leave P.B. and Duck Face here on deck" Killian mused looking at the toys but Junior grinned before tucking his pajama top into the pants and sticking the duck down his front then grasping the bear's arm in his mouth. He was off like a shot climbing up the rigging to pull himself out of sight before turning around and peeking over the edge.

"Come on Papa" he called before giggling

Killian grinned up at him "Just give me a minute, I am a lot older than you remember"

He started to slowly climb suddenly wishing he had his hook but he just tucked his stump through the holes and used his forearm instead and within minutes he was pulling himself up to sit next to the boy who instantly cuddled into his side.

"So what can we see from up here?" Killian asked making a show of peering up towards town

"Everything" Junior replied quickly before pointing "Look there is Ruby"

Killian looked up and sure enough he could see Ruby walking slowly up towards Main Street while staring at her talking phone. Killian raised his hand to his mouth and gave a loud whistle to get her attention and when she turned in surprise Junior jumped up onto his knees and started waving wildly. Ruby narrowed her eyes trying to see then her face lit up when she realized who it was instantly changing direction and heading back down to the dock.

"Hey you guys" she yelled up raising her hand to shade her eyes from the early morning sun "How are you doing Hook? Granny JUST messaged me to tell me you and David got back last night"

"I am fine Love. Did Granny also tell you we returned with someone else you may recognize?"

Ruby frowned "No, she said that Tiger Lily's family came back though"

"Aye that they did but we also brought back Robin and Roland"

"Wow... how did they get there?" she called back

"Long story Love but I am sure that they will fill you in the next time they see you"

"Awwww..." Ruby cried out bringing her clenched hands up under her chin "I bet Regina is over the moon, she deserves a bit of luck, I'm happy for them both"

Junior piped up "She cried because she was so happy"

"I'll bet she did" Ruby smile then changed the subject "And I believe that today's your first day at school"

"Aye" he cried out "And Roland is going to go to school soon too. He and I are friends"

"Now that is very cool" Ruby replied with another smile before looking at her watch "Sorry Kid, I gotta go. Catch up later?"

Junior nodded and grinned "See you later Ruby"

"Bye Junior" she waved "See you Hook, tell Emma I said Hi"

Junior turned to Killian and crawled back to his side but this time he just sat next to him and gave a sigh. Killian frowned bringing his hand up to tap Junior's head "What's going on it that head of yours Son? Are you willing to share?"

Junior looked up at him before looking out over the water "I miss my Liam but it was nothing to what I felt when you went away...but even though you are back I still miss you inside although I am really glad you are home even if it is not the same"

"You're right" Killian said seriously "It is not the same but this is better. I get to love you for you not because I feel you in here" he brought his hand to his heart "You truly are your own person now Junior... you can have a full and happy life without fear of what might happen to me"

"I know" he said with a sigh "But it still feels wrong"

"I know what you mean" Killian sighed pulling the boy in "but this is how it must be, we will adjust. We are made of strong stuff you and I"

Junior cuddled into his side and whispered "I love you Papa"

"I love you too Killian Jones Junior... with all of my heart"

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Emma woke with a smile on her face as she thought about the previous night but when she stretched out her hand to her Pirate she frowned when her hand fell on an empty bed. She was up on her elbow in a second looking into the room to see where he was but he wasn't there. Where the hell was he? She jumped up, quickly dressed then headed to the galley but he wasn't there either, next she tiptoed to the hold door and listened but all she could hear was her Dad's snoring. What the hell?

She suddenly smirked and shook her head knowing exactly where he was and she would lay money that Mini Me was with him. She headed up on deck and the minute she stepped out into the bright sunshine she knew she was right as she heard them talking high above her making her grin, they were so predictable.

"Room up there for one more" she yelled

"MOMMA" Junior shouted back "Come up, we will make space"

She climbed up and when she reached the top it was to find Junior sitting on Hook's legs to make space for her, she was sitting next to her Pirate in seconds and he threw his arm around her pulling her in to drop a kiss on her head.

"Morning Love" he beamed when she lent back and she almost giggled at the gleam in his eye

"Morning yourself" she replied with a knowing smirk before looking to Junior who was grinning like an idiot "And just how long have you two been up here?"

"Not long" Junior said seriously "I had a bad dream and Papa thought that this might help"

"And did it?" she asked

"Aye" he grinned back "We talked about it and I feel much better"

"Good" she said with a smile "We can't stay up here much longer though, we need to get you ready for school"

He gave a happy clap and bounced a little which made Hook wince and clamp his hand to his hip.

"Sorry Papa" Junior gasped "I did not mean to hurt you"

Hook quickly smiled "I am fine, it was an accident, it is alright"

Emma frowned "Is your hip still sore?"

"It is no worse than before the cave Love, it is fine, I can live with it"

"I thought I had fixed it though" she sighed in concern "I wanted to make you all better"

"I know but I think that it may have something to do with the metal inside. Lark had a similar complaint back in Neverland"

"Yeah?"

"Aye, Whale better watch out. Lark may just prove to be a much better doctor than him Love" Hook chuckled "He was practically on the war path when he found out that I had metal work attached to my bones"

"Do I have metal on my bones too?" Junior asked looking at himself in confusion

"No" Hook chuckled "And you never will if I can help it"

"I don't understand, why do you have it?"

Hook shifted a bit and pulled the waist band of his pants down to reveal his scar "See this scar?"

"Aye"

"Well this is where the metal lies beneath" he then reached forward to Junior's hip and tapped the bone with his finger "I broke this bone here and the only way that it could be fixed was to screw a bit of metal to the bone"

"Did it hurt?"

"Aye but it was worth it, it meant I could walk again."

Emma held back a laugh at the look of wonder on the Kid's face, she grabbed Hook's arm and twisted it showing Junior the scar there too "There's more metal in here too"

Junior's eyebrows shot up "Truly?" He shuffled his way forward carefully coming into Emma's lap and looking at Hook's arm in awe before running his fingers over the scar and looking up at Hook "There is really metal beneath here?"

"Aye" Hook chuckled "But neither are as "cool" as my hook so what do you say we go back down and you can help me put it on?"

Junior nodded quickly and he was moving again pausing only to stuff P.B.'s arm into his mouth before grinning around the bear and throwing himself over the edge to scramble down the rigging.

"I swear one of these days he's gonna kill himself doing that"

"I disagree Love" Hook replied pulling himself up and crawling his way over to the edge "I on the other hand am much more likely to fall than he is... my old bones are no longer used to this"

"Well you better get used to it again... that kid spends a LOT of time up here"

He just grinned before leaning forward and kissing her deeply drawing a moan from her lips but then he pulled back and started his own descent "Come on Love, we have boys to get ready for school, a hospital appointment to get to and an entire community to re-home... we are going to need sustenance you and I."

Emma laughed as she looked over the edge of the crows nest and calling after him "In that case I say we head to Granny's and if we're lucky we can get my Dad to pay"

"Now that is a plan I can work with... after all I did save his life yesterday, the least he can do is buy my breakfast"

Emma grinned... she had the best life ever.

David laughed to himself as they started up Dock Street heading for Granny's. He wasn't quite sure how he had come to be paying for breakfast and as he watched Hook hoist Junior up onto his shoulders then try and fail to gallop like a horse he didn't care.

His family were back together.

"Come on Horsie" Junior cried out giving a bounce to encourage Hook to go faster

Emma laughed next to David then called out "Just remember that this horsie is a bit lame, take it easy on him"

Hook spun the two of them around "There is life in this stead yet Swan, worry not"

With that he took off up the street followed by Henry who was laughing loudly, in what was supposed to be a gallop but David could tell that the Pirate was protecting his hip by doing more of a half skip.

"He's an idiot" David chuckled looking to Emma

"You're just jealous that he got to do it first" Mary-Margaret giggled by his other side where she was pushing Neal's stroller "Leave him be, he's happier than I've seen him in a long time"

David looked back as Hook came to a stop grinning like a fool down at Henry, he couldn't hear what was being said but suddenly the Pirate was roaring with laughter

"Yeah he is isn't he?" David chuckled

By the time they had made it to Granny's Hook was looking decidedly dishevelled but David didn't think even Gold could have wiped the smile from the Pirate's face as he set Junior down on his feet and hobbled through the door to throw himself down into one of the booths.

"I am so hungry I could eat a Hippogriff" he laughed taking up the menu

"Not Buckbeak!" Junior cried out in horror

Granny chose that moment to waddle over "Don't worry Kid, you'll find no Hippogriffs on my menu" she ruffled Junior's hair as he slid onto the bench seat beside Hook. She then looked to the Pirate and David "Glad to see you back in one piece you two, you had me worried for a while"

"Thanks Granny, I didn't know you cared" David replied in mild astonishment, he knew that she liked to talk to them but he hadn't really thought about them being friends or anything but Granny chuckled and set him straight "With the amount you two eat I couldn't afford for you not to come back, I'm running a business here you know"

Everyone laughed and David shook his head as he slid into the other side of the booth to sit opposite Hook. Mary-Margaret settled next to him leaving Henry on the outside opposite Emma and David grinned as he looked around.

"Right, have whatever you want guys... it's not everyday that we get to do this, Junior will only start school once"

Granny suddenly hummed and looked at Junior "Ahhhhh... starting school today. How did I miss that uniform? Well in that case your Grandpa is right, order whatever you want and it's on me"

"I knew it" Hook chuckled "You do care"

Granny smirked then looked about with mock nervousness "Shhhh, don't tell everyone, they'll think I've gone soft"

"We love you too Granny" Junior cried out sitting forward on his seat and grinning up at her.

Granny suddenly looked a bit uncomfortable before giving an unsure smile "I'll leave you to have a look at the menu." she muttered then turned away to walk back through to the kitchen and David was sure that he saw her wipe away a tear as she headed through the door.

Breakfast was eaten at a ferocious rate but David noticed that Hook barely touched his before covering his plate with his napkin and pushing it away. He eyed his Brother suspiciously and sure enough a few minutes later he witnessed Hook clench his jaw as if he were in pain and his hand moved to rest on his stomach... he needed more meds.

"OK, let's get these two to school, we don't want them to be late on Junior's first day do we?" David cried out wanting to get things moving so that Hook could get to the hospital sooner rather than later.

There was yelling and whooping as everyone struggled from the booth but David made sure to hang at the back so that he could lean in and talk to Hook.

"We'll get you to Whale soon. You gonna be OK until then?"

Hook nodded "I will not spoil this for the boy David, I will be just fine"

"Well in that case can I suggest no more horse play" David chuckled "Literally"

Hook chuckled "Aye Mate, sounds like a good idea to me but if he asks I'm not so sure I can refuse him"

"Then let me do it" David grinned "Grandpas can be horses too you know"

Hook nodded with a grin of his own "Thank you. He is a mite excited in case you failed to notice"

"Oh I noticed" David laughed as they headed out the door and onto the street "The teacher may need to tie him down you know, he'll probably bounce his way through his day"

"More than likely" Hook smirked looking up ahead as they walked, the walk took about fifteen minutes and David was seriously starting to regret not taking the bug, Hook looked wrecked by the time they reached the top of the hill.

David looked to see where everyone was to find Emma holding the Kid's hand as Junior skipped his way up to the school gates. Henry was talking excitedly then suddenly waved wildly and pointed. David and Hook's gaze followed to see Regina, Robin and Roland walking up the hill from the other direction towards them.

"GINA" Junior yelled but he didn't let go of Emma's hand he just bounced up and down and giggled "You came"

"I wouldn't miss this for the world" Regina replied pulling Junior into a hug when she reached him before pulling him back "And guess what?"

"What?" he asked excitedly

"You didn't guess... I'll give you a clue. Look at Roland"

David looked too and gave a chuckle when he realized that Roland was wearing a uniform too, Junior looked at his friend seriously before practically screaming.

"ROLAND IS STARTING SCHOOL TODAY TOO" Everyone laughed but as David glanced at Hook it was too see him wearing a deep frown which disappeared the minute Junior looked up at him "Look Papa, we are starting together"

"I can see Son" Hook chuckled back but he wasn't fooling Emma anymore either it would seem as she suddenly walked over to the Pirate's side and took up his hand before helping him to sit at one of the large tables that were outside the school.

"Is Hook alright?" Mary-Margaret asked in a low whisper as Junior and Roland ran around in circles chasing each other and laughing loudly.

"Damn it Snow, I knew that tea was a bad idea. I nearly overdosed him once back in Neverland now look what it's doing... but I didn't have anything else and he was in pain"

"Hey, this isn't your fault." she soothed "You worked with what you had, Victor will sort him out, he'll be fine"

David looked across at his Brother and sighed heavily as he watched him curl slightly in on himself obviously fighting off another stomach cramp "I hope so because right now he's not"

Killian clenched his teeth as another wave of nausea washed through him, he felt Emma's hand slide across his shoulders as she bent down to look at him.

"Take some deep breaths, he'll be going in in just a second then we'll get you to Whale OK"

He gave a slight nod then pulled a smile to his lips when Junior ran over followed by Roland.

"Papa, it is time for me to go inside now" he held his arms out for a hug and Killian couldn't refuse him so he pulled him up to sit on his knee fighting hard against the groan threatening to escape him.

He hugged his boy then spoke sincerely "Now remember that you must concentrate hard, do not get distracted from the task in hand Son. Deal with one issue before moving on to the next but I want you to have fun too..."

Junior nodded and gave a cheeky little grin "I will Papa" he scooted from Killian's lap before running off with Roland towards his new teacher who gave Killian a little wave, he raised his hand and waved back without thought just happy that his boy was finally going to have something to occupy that ever curious brain of his. The minute Junior walked through the door and out of sight Killian slumped forward and gulped in a few deep breaths.

"Gods I feel awful" he complained "Why would Tink make a tea that makes you feel like this?"

"Come on then" Swan said gently "We'll just head back to the Jolly, my bug is there"

He nodded as David came up to his other side and he was helped to his feet by the two of them. They started off slowly but even before they had made it half way along main street he knew he wasn't going to make it and worse still he knew he was going to puke. He had tried to fight it but it was impossible as the feeling only grew and just as he was making his way past Gold's shop his stomach lurched and he found himself doubled over puking his guts up onto the sidewalk.

"How... charming!" the Crocodile's voice sneered but Killian couldn't do anything as his stomach clenched again

Then Belle's voice replaced Gold's "Oh Killian... Emma, what's going on?"

"We were just on out way to the hospital. He's... uhm... having a reaction to something he had in Neverland, he'll be fine, honest Belle, Whale's already got a treatment plan sorted"

"Well let me drive you at least" Belle burst out "Rumple give me the keys"

"What?!" he cried out as Killian managed to spit onto the ground "Those seats are the highest quality leather Belle"

"Then they will easily be cleaned if he has an accident then won't they" Belle threw back without missing a beat

"Belle" Killian managed to croak out "Do not worry, Emma's vessel is not far away"

"Nonsense" she replied turning back to Gold with her hand held out "Keys please"

Killian may have found the whole thing more amusing if he hadn't been having to be held up by Swan and David but in the next minute he was being helped to sit in the back seat of Gold's Cadillac. He was pulled into Emma's side and he just let his head fall on her shoulder as David got in the other side of the car and called out to Mary-Margaret.

"I'll call you as soon as I know what's going on, can you let the Chief know that we may need to delay the move"

"Nooooo" Killian drawled "I'll be fine as soon as Whale sorts me out... we can still go" he looked up at David with a pleading look

"We'll see how you feel later" David replied with a sigh before turning back to Mary-Margaret "I'll let you know"

The door slammed and they were moving. Killian closed his eyes against the queasy sensation that rolled through him but in no time at all he was being helped from the car by David to find that Swan must have ran inside already because when he got to his feet it was to find her waiting with a wheeled chair. He just sat in it knowing that his legs were not likely to carry him inside without dropping his ass to the ground.

Twenty agonising minutes later and Killian finally managed to relax as the liquid heaven washed through his veins.

"You should start to feel better in a few minutes" Whale said stepping away from the bed on which Killian lay and dropping the syringe into the waste disposal box "Now, the bloods I took last night have helped me to make up a drugs regime to slowly wean you off the opium, the whole thing should take about four weeks and after that you should have no issues"

Swan spoke up which was just as well because Killian really didn't know what to say so he just looked to her instead.

"OK, so do we have to keep coming in?"

"No Miss Swan" Whale said quickly heading over to a little cabinet "He will have to take two of these pills twice a day, they work on a twelve hour cycle so maybe two at eight in the morning then two at eight in the evening. We will then reduce it to one and a half in a few days and so on and so forth until he is ready to stop"

"That seems simple enough" David said plucking the bottle of pills from Whale's hands and reading the label "OxyContin?"

"Yes" Whale nodded "They are opioid based but I must warn you Hook, DO NOT chew them, they are to be swallowed whole OK, we clear?"

Killian nodded and mumbled "Aye, thank you"

He was so tired that he let his eyes close as David carried on talking to the doctor but he no longer cared what was being said as whatever Whale had injected him with worked it's miracle. Swan rubbed her knuckles down his cheek and his eyes popped open again to see her smiling at him.

"You ready to go?" she whispered "We'll get you home and you can have a nap before we meet up with the others"

"Aye Love" he replied with a smile reaching up to take her hand and bringing it to his lips to kiss "I like the sound of that. I want the tribe to get settled as quickly as they can"

Emma chuckled "You sure you want them to settle there?"

He frowned, he hadn't told her where he had been thinking "You know?"

"Of course I know you idiot... open book remember" she laughed "It doesn't have to be there you know"

"Aye Love, it does" he replied with a sigh "It is time to put that bloody clearing to better use... although I may ask them to use that damned tree for kindling, that thing I could do without"

She laughed again "I think that can be arranged" she looked at him with such love in her eyes that his heart skipped a beat "I love you so much Killian and if this is what you want then I'll be right by your side but you don't need to prove anything to anyone, it's OK to not be OK"

"But I am Love" he smiled "With you by my side I can concur anything this world sends my way. I am ready, ready to start our next adventure... one with both our boys"

"And your Brother" David cut in "Don't forget about me"

Killian laughed "As if I could"

OK I think that there's only one chapter left, we just need to get the tribe settled and find out what Rumple is up to and then we will be done. Then I am afraid that I am going to take a few weeks off to enjoy my summer and concentrate on my charity work for a while... after all we will not beat cancer unless we raise some money to fund the research.