Once Upon A Time ~ Book 1

Chapter 69 - The Beating

Moe French lay against the wall on the floor inside the dark cabin.
"Let me explain. Okay?" he said silently.
Mr. Gold put his gun down on a table and walked towards him.
"Let me explain."
"Well, that is fascinating." said Mr. Gold placing a chair in front of him. He sat down on it, his legs around the sides and the back facing him. "Truly fascinating." he held up his black stick and poked the end of it straight into Moe's neck.
Moe gasped and choked for breath and tryed to push the stick away with his tyed hands.
"I'm gonna let you breathe in a second. And you're gonna say two sentences. The first is gonna tell me where it is. The second is gonna tell me who told you to take it." he smirked and Mr. French choked and spluttered. "Do you understand the rules?"
"Yeah." he muttered through the pain.
"Good. Let's begin." he pulled the stick away from his neck and Moe choked for breath again. He breathed heavily. "I needed that van."
He smirked and stuttered. "Well, you see, that is not a good first sentence!" he swung his stick and hit in the shin him with the metal handle.
Mr. French moaned in pain and cryed.
"Gold, listen."
"Tell me where it is!" he hit in the face this time.
"Stop!"
"Tell me where it is!" he beat him again with the stick, swinging it and bashing it off him.
"No! Stop!" he cryed in mercy."It wasn't my fault."
"My fault?...... What are you talking about my fault? You shut her out. You had her love, and you shut her out!" he voice broke a little and he whacked him with the stick in stomach. "She's gone. She's gone forever. She's not coming back and it's you're fault!" he gritted his teeth and he beat him in the face. "Not mine!" he swung the stick again and hit him harder and he shrieked and cryed in pain. "You are her father! Yours! It's yours........" he cryed and screamed and he beat harder and harder everyone with the stick.
Moe moaned and screamed.

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Rumplestiltskin grabbed the stick he once needed to walk before the darkness took over and swung it, smashing the glass cabinet, allowing the glass to shatter and the ornaments inside to break and smash. He screamed and shouted as he swung the stick, hiding the cabinet. Letting out his rage in destruction. Suddenly his head bend down and his swings became weak. He let the stick drop and fall to the floor. He fell agaist the smashed cabinet.

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"It's your fault! It's your fault!" he screamed, hitting Mr. French, beating him until a black gloved hand grabbed the stick in his hand and stopped him.
Emma stood in the cabin, her face full of shock of what Mr. Gold was doing. "Stop!" she glanced down at Mr. French who lay on the ground, beaten, bleeding, in pain.

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Rumplestiltskin picked up a cup from the glass tea set and threw it at the pillar in the room. They smashed into a million pieces and fell to the floor. He took all the cups and threw them at it in rage, in pain. He picked up the last cup and stared at it, there was a chip a the rim. He gazes at it and then put it down on the table and walking slowly away.

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Ashley sat in the bar alone, staring at the lamp on the table.
Mary Margaret walked towards her and sat down next to her. "Girls night's really working out for you."
Asked smiled a little. "I thought it would make me feel better. But the truth is I need a be with my guy night. But he's never around. And I'm at home with the baby all day. I mean, what's the point in being together if we're not together?"
Mary Margaret thought for a moment. "I get it. Loving someone you can't be with, it's a terrible, terrible burden."
"You know, this was a bad idea. I should go home." she picked up her bag.
"Ashley." said a voice from behind them.
Ashley looked up to see Sean holding a bocea of red roses.
"Sean?"
"Hey." he said.
"I thought that you were working tonight." her face light up.
"I am. It's my break. And I had to see you." he handed her the roses and she smiled happily.
Ruby walked over to Mary Margaret and they sat, watching them.
"And ask you something." Sean added. He went down on one knee and the people in the bar watched and gasped in happiness. He held up an open red box with a diamond ring inside. "Will you marry me?"
Ashley gasped and stared down at the ring, overjoyed, speechless.
Mary Margaret and Ruby smiled happily.
"I only have a twenty minute break, so, any time now." said Sean.
She nodded happily. "Yes!" he laughed happily and held put her hand.
The people in the bar cheered and clapped as Sean slipped the ring on her finger. She put her arms around him as he got to his feet.
"My trucks outside if you wanna take a ride before I head back to work. It's not much of a date......."
"It's the best date." she whispered happily and she leaned forward and they kissed.
"Then your carraige awaits." he said.
She glanced back at Mary Margaret and Ruby then walked out of the bar with Sean.
They smiled happily at her at she left.
Ruby then took up and went back to the men, leaving Mary Margaret alone.
Mary Margaret looked down and grabbed her coat and bag and left the bar.

Ashley chuckled as Swan took her to his truck.
"Get in." he said dad they laughed happily together.
Mary Margaret stood near by watching then, disappointed as they drove away down the road. "How was girls night?" said David, who stood near by.
Mary Margaret looked around at him. "David?" she walked towards him. "What are you doing here?"
"I knew you would here. And I......." he took a card from his coat. "........I wanted to give you your Valentine's Day card."
She took the card and smiled. "Check up on me?"
"Maybe a little. I didn't want you finding somebody else."
Mary Margaret looked at the card, confused then looked up at David. "Like you? Kathryn, I woof you." she said reading the card with the dog on it.
David took the card from her. "No. So sorry......" he pulled another card from his coat and held it out to her. "..........I meant this one."
Mary Margaret didn't take the card, and stared at David. "I........ I always thought that often people were supposed to be together, they would find a way. But, David, if this is our way, I think we should find another one."
"Mary Margaret........." he started.
"I think you should go home to Kathryn." she interrupted.
"I know......... You're right. But, it doesn't mean I'm gonna give up. We'll find that way."
"I hope so."
He sighed and looked around and shook his head. "Happy Valentine's Day." he sighed.
"Happy Valentine's Day." she said sadly and they walked their separate directions.