A Curse that can't be Broken

Hidden in Time

Belle sat in the hospital next to Gold's bed. Tears were constantly being wiped from her eyes as she hoped her love would wake up soon. She felt a hand on her shoulder and immediately placed her hand on the strangers's hand. She took her attention off Gold for only a second to see who it was.

"We'll get to the bottom of this." Emma tried to assure her. Belle nodded as the tears suddenly came back. "I know." She pushed through her tears. "I just don't know what happen." she added. "I was gone for about twenty minutes but when I arrived back home." She couldn't really get the rest out as she squeezed Gold's hand in hers.

"I know." Emma stated. She gave Belle's shoulder a slight squeeze before looking out the window of the room. She felt a fresh of breath air at the sight of Regina and Killian.

"I'll be right back." She informed Belle before leaving the room.

"Thank god you're here." Emma looked to Regina and Killian. She had to pause for a moment when she noticed both Edith and Coal were not too far behind them.

She pointed to another spot down the hallway, "We need to talk." She told them. Sending a signal that she didn't want Edith or Coal to hear.

"Of course." Regina nodded. She turned to Edith and Coal and pointed to the floor, "Wait here..." She then pointed to them. "Don't move." She added warningly.

Coal and Edith both nodded.

It wasn't so much that she didn't trust them... Well she kind of didn't trust them, but more so to the fact that they weren't at home with her protection spells. And every time Coal left the house, disaster followed. Regina had already figured it out in a way. She had taken Edith out and nothing went wrong. Coal steps outside and the town goes up in flames.

Regina meet up with Killian and Emma a few feet away. "What happen?" She asked looking back at the room, but also keeping an eye on Coal and Edith.

Emma took in a deep breath before speaking. "I don't know." she thinned her lips and shook her head. "From what I can tell from Gold's shop, he had to have been in a fight with someone." She frowned her brows.

Killian narrowed his eyes as he looked from Emma to Regina. "Morgana?" he asked.

Emma shook her head and locked eyes with both of them. "Comparing to the fights we had with her before... I honestly don't think so." Emma frowned. "When I say that Gold's shop is destroyed, I mean it looked like an all out war zone."

Regina tilted her head, "And how would that be different from Morgana?" She asked.

Emma thought for a moment. "From what we know, Morgana is very particular in her targets." Emma glanced to Edith and Coal.

"You mean one target." Regina corrected her.

Both Killian and Emma looked to Regina a bit confused.

"She's after Coal." Regina informed them.

"How do you know this?" Emma asked.

Regina glanced over her shoulder at Coal and watched him for a moment. "She made her motives very clear the other night." she stated.

This greatly confused Killian and Emma to no extent.

"Wait." Emma touched her fingers to her temples, "What happen exactly?"

Regina turned back to Emma and Killian. She thought for a hot minute before gathering her words. "Edith and Coal broke into my vault the other night."

"What?! and you didn't tell us?" She asked.

Regina let her shoulders drop, "What I have to call you every time they do something?" she asked.

"Well... I... I would like to be informed." Emma pointed out.