We've all heard the great tales of Captain Hook. We have all listened and read about his days as a pirate. There is hardly a child in this realm that has no heard his name.
But no one has heard of the feared archer and bandit, his younger sister Na...
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THE EARTHQUAKE KNOCKED NAOMI off of the bar stool in which she'd been sitting on. She groaned, pain searing at the wrist she'd fallen on. Mary Margaret rushed over to her, making her since as she tried to move it.
"What the hell was that?" Naomi demanded, holding her wrist. Mary Margaret shook her head.
"I don't know," she said. "But we need to get you to the hospital. That wrist could be broken-"
"I'm fine," the teen said, standing up. Then realization hit her.
"Henry!" She exclaimed, grabbing her keys and running out the door.
"Hey! Where are you-" Naomi couldn't hear the rest once the door slammed shut. She ran out to her car, practically speeding to the sheriff's station. She got there just in time to see Graham and Emma coming out of the station.
"Guys," she rolled her window down to talk to them, "What happened?"
Graham unlocked his car doors. "Dig site. Something collapsed," he told her as him and Emma climbed into the car.
"Are you following?" Emma asked her.
"Duh."
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They arrived at the old dig site twenty minutes later. A crowd had already formed, all eyes looking anxiously at the old tunnel.
"Everyone step back, please," Regina said loudly, getting out of her own car. Naomi stepped up next to Ruby.
"Is that a crater?" Ruby asked. Naomi shook her head.
"It's an old mine. Something collapsed," Marco explained as Regina approached them.
"Sheriff, set up a police perimeter. Marco, why not you go help the fire department," Regina started handing out orders. Naomi turned to the mayor.
"Miss Swan," the mayor said, "this is now official town business. You're free to go."
"Well, actually I work for the town now," Emma told her, a smug look creeping on her face. Graham glanced to Noami, who nodded.
"She's my new deputy," Graham stated. Regina titled her head to the side.
"They say the mayor's always last to know," she said, glancing over to Naomi. The teen frowned.
"It's in my budget," Graham said, earning a smirk from Naomi.
"Indeed," Regina paused. "Deputy, why don't you make yourself useful and help with crowd control." Graham nodded to Emma, and she turned away. Regina gave one last look to Naomi and moved to the front of the crowd.
"People of Storybrooke, don't be alarmed. We always knew this area was honeycombed with old mining tunnels. But fear not. I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe; to rehabilitate it for city use. We Will bulldoze it, collapse it, pave it," Regina announced to the crowd.
