More Than Rubies

Chapter 19

(Hook's P.O.V.)

I try and fight off the flying monkeys while Henry runs and hides. As I'm shooing them away, I catch the eye of one in particular. It looks very familiar. The monkey flies towards me and holds it's knife up against my neck before I can run. For some reason I can't bring myself to stab it. 'It's just a monkey, you can kill it' I think. But instead, I beg for pity.

"Please," I beg," please don't do this."

That's when a light goes on in my mind.

"This isn't you," I continue,"...Swan, please."

The monkey, who I have now identified to be Emma, pulls back and looks me in the eye. That's when she begins to transform back into her human self.

"Hook!" she exclaims," I'm so sorry."

"I think we have more important things to worry about right now," I say, gesturing to the large group of monkeys.

"What's the plan?" Emma screams over the loud murmuring of the flying creature.

"Initially it was to shoo them away, but I recently thought up and idea that is much more efficient," I reply.

"And what is that?" she questions.

"Run!" I yell.

We run through the crowd, grab Henry on the way out of the room, and slam the door behind is. We sit down outside the door to catch our breath.

"Those monkeys," I say between breaths," are ruthless."

"And to think I was one of them," Emma replies.

Her comment brings me to remember something important.

"Emma, when you turned into a flying monkey you took something," I begin," a bean. The bean that was to take us home. What did you do with it?"

She turns to me, horrified.

"Oh no," she says," this is really really bad."

"What?" I question, curious.

"I gave it to Zelena," Emma replies.

We all go silent.

"Well how much time do we have left?" Henry asks.

I look at the time.

"Twelve hours," I say.

"Well," he says," lets go steal a bean."

"Shouldn't we find your family first?" I ask.

"We can't save them without any assurance of a way home," Henry states.

"But we can't steal the bean without any assurance of saving them," Emma argues.

"Swan has a point," I say," family is the first priority."

"Point taken," Henry agrees.

We start to roam the building which is clearly Zelena's castle.

"Shhhhh," Emma says after a few minutes," do you hear that?"

We all go silent. I point to my right.

"The noise," I say," it's coming from that direction."

The three of us walk towards the sounds. Emma pushes on the wall, and it begins to slide. A new room is exposed when it opens.

That's when I spot the Charmings and Neal, chained up against the walls. I don't even get the chance to do anything before Emma run up and frees her family. Henry joins her. When Snow, David, and Baelfire are free, the five of them share a hug.

They converse about their past year and catch up, while I decide to settle in a dark corner.

"A pity, isn't it," a voice says amidst the darkness.

"Excuse me?" I question.

I hear a finger snap, and then appear in an empty room, only there is a figure by me.

"What are you talking about?" I ask sternly.

"It's a pity, isn't it! You helped that woman find her family. Even a simple thank you would be better than the gratitude the woman has shown towards you," the figure says.

"The woman has a name you know," I say," it's Emma."

"Right," the figure replies," your 'swan girl'"

"What do you want," I ask.

"To offer you something," the voice replies.

Then a light appears in the room and the figure steps into it, revealing her green complexion.

"What are you?" I question.

"What?! Well that's awfully rude. I prefer Zelena."

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