Glass

Moving on

The cops had shown up half an hour ago and were busy investigating and clearing up the mess that the fight had obviously caused. Emma was sat at the back of an ambulance staring out at the display of officers doing various jobs whilst thinking back on past events. After the medics had patched up her shoulder they had cleared off to give her some privacy which she was extremely grateful for and they were now currently working on David who was still quite weak due to the drowning he'd just experienced, Emma tried to push back the memories of The Beast's teeth biting through her flesh, the desperate psychotic look he had whilst trying to kill her and more importantly to her which seemed to be the one causing the most concern right now was her killing Stevens.

"He would have killed Casey if you hadn't done it" she argued with herself but it still didn't do anything to ease the worry she felt after her momentary loss of control of her anger which caused the extreme violence, she hoped it would never happen again but she would have to keep an eye on it just to be sure. For now she just sighed as she turned to watch Casey who was fast asleep next to Kevin's dormant body, Emma hoped he would wake up soon but she was also hoping Dennis would be the one to appear first as it would probably help to ease Casey's mind somewhat to know that he was okay. He had been unconscious since David shot The Beast to save her and when the others took over from him, Emma knew how unsettling it must have been for them so it would probably take time for the to recuperate before making an appearance.

Briggs walked over to her clearing his throat, she stood up to shake hands with him before he started talking 

"You know I should've known you would pull a stunt like this" he smirked and Emma chuckled "How are you doing anyway huh?" 

Emma nodded before answering "I'm okay I think"

"Only okay?...Emma what's going on"

"Elijah Price managed to get away tonight, he was the mastermind behind all of this right from the beginning" Emma informed him

"And what about Mister Crumb over here?" Briggs asked nodding his head towards him.

"I believe he should be back to normal once he wakes up, The Beast was defeated and with no one supporting him I doubt he'll reform again" Emma explained

"Well we can't be completely sure on that" Briggs answered 

"Indeed hence why they'll be living close to me...at least there will be someone to hand should something happen"

"Emma he still broke the law..."

"That was the act of one alter who has been taken care of trust me the others will not be a problem"

"Laws are laws at the end of the day and technically I am supposed to turn you all in..." Briggs trailed off as he saw the look Emma was giving him before clearing his throat and saying "But I guess I could just let it slide besides it sounds like we have a bigger criminal on the loose at the moment"

Emma sighed in relief "Indeed...thank you Briggs if you need a hand or if you find anything let me know" she said before shaking his hand as a farewell and watching him walk away, David walked towards her shortly after sitting down next to her, they sat in comfortable silence for a while before David spoke softly

"How are you feeling?" 

Emma inhaled before replying "Free, I finally have my family back together and The Beast is gone what could be better?"

"They told me about Elijah...I'm sorry he got away Emma" David apologized, Emma shrugged 

"It was either you guys or him and honestly I think I made the right choice, we'll get him eventually right now I'm gonna call it a day and come back to it" 

David chuckled before turning to see Casey and Kevin "How is she?" he whispered 

"I think she'll be okay when they wake up, she needs confirmation that their fine but I think things will start going back to normal before long...how about you?" Emma asked cryptically.

"Still a bit weak but I'll survive...honestly I'm more worried about what Audrey will say about this" he replied, Emma smirked a bit at that.

"I wonder who she'll be more pissed at you or me" Emma wondered and David laughed

"Probably me but she also won't refrain from blaming you for some of it either"

"I don't know what your talking about" Emma replied pretending to be completely oblivious to past events before giving up and laughing hysterically.

"I haven't seen you in such a good mood since we started the case" David smiled at her

"I guess I'm just glad we all made it...there were times when I really thought we wouldn't make it"

"And yet here we are" David reassured 

"Indeed, I think that calls for a drink wouldn't you agree?" she asked, David turned to face her giving her a stern glance until he realized the huge grin that was threatening to break through "I'm messing with you" Emma joked "Although given the circumstances it would be nice" she added, David smiled before nodding 

"Fine you can have one but I will be counting" David relented with a firm warning before they settled down into a comfortable silence again he asked "So what now?

"We move on...whatever form that takes together" Emma replied.

David couldn't have agreed more with that.