Chapter 30: The Crocodile and the Dog

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{Killian's POV}
After leaving Emma's house and making them hot chocolate, Killian decided to head over to Regina's to see if she and Robin wanted to get started on this new case of threats. Once he had pulled up, he saw Archie just leaving the house carrying.. Pongo? He was weeping.

"Archie, is Pongo..?" He asked slowly realizing the dog was dead. Archie opened his mouth to reply, but he spat out a jumble of unrecognizable words and phrases mixed in with tears. "I'm sorry, mate. He was a good dog." He said patting him on the shoulder. Archie barely contained himself as Belle came by and took Archie's arm, leading him away and consoling him.

Killian walked confused into Regina's house. "Regina?" He asked as he walked into the living room looking for her. "Regina!" He called. Regina came down the stairs not realizing that her hair was all messy. Robin shortly followed finishing slipping a shirt on. "I'm sorry, you two." Hook smirked and held up his arms. "Didn't mean to interrupt anything." He said. "I'll just come back later when we don't have a crisis on our hands." He said starting to giggle.

"Oh please," Regina said fixing her hair. "Coming from the guy who got his fiancé knocked up at home." She snapped. Robin laughed at that one.

"She's got a point." He said crossing his arms.

"Yes, but that happened before said threats." He poked back.

"Ooh, he's got a point too." Robin walked over and stood by Killian crossing his arms at Regina.

"Whose side are you on?" She sarcastically yelled at Robin. Giggling, he walked back to her.

"Anything for your majesty." He smirked. She rolled her eyes and hit his arm.

"Stop saying that!" She laughed with him as he held his hands up in a truce. She crossed her arms at Hook. "So, for real... we do need to figure something out." Regina stepped down from the stairs and walked to the kitchen. The two men followed.

"What was with Archie? I know Pongo died, but why was he here?" He asked taking a drink of coffee that Regina had handed him.

"Because of this." Robin handed Hook the tiny slip of paper.

"What the bloody hell does this mean?" He squinted to see the words scribbled by none other than the crocodile himself.

"It means the "Truest Villains." Regina said squinting at the devil-like piece of paper. Just then, Killian's phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and saw Emma's face on the screen. Clicking talk, he heals the phone up to his ear.

"Swan, how did you like the hot cocoa I made this morning?" He broke into a smile. He paused waiting for a response. He heard sniffling. "Swan? Are you okay, Emma?" He became anxious.

"Killian.." she softly wept in the background. "He wants our baby. He's gonna take our baby." She was hysterically crying now. Killian dropped the phone and ran out the door. Heart pounding, he immediately began sprinting down the street towards their house. His thoughts circled every possibility and horror that his brain could come up with. He ran the entire way home and swung open the door. Walking into the living room, he found that August was gone, and Emma was sitting on the couch looking as empty as he had ever seen her. She was still.

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