Once Upon A Time: Second Chances

Returned

Previously on Once Upon a Time: Second Chances

"Hey, Killian." she said, softly. Killian looked at her with sad, but determined eyes. The, he said the four words that she had been dreading, but knew were coming. "We need to talk."

The Swan-Jones House

"Really?" Emma asked, looking at the clock. "It's kinda late and I'm really tiired. Can't we talk in the morning?" Killian got up and walked over to her, pulling her into his arms. "No, Emma. I know you've been hiding something from me, and your family. Remember, love, you're an open book to me. What are you hiding? Why do you need to keep it from me?" Emma looked down, feeling tears rising in her eyes. When Killian looked down and noticed she was crying, he led her down to their bed. "What's wrong, love?" Emma buried her face in Killian's chest. "It's easier if I show you." she said, getting up. She walked to the foot of the bed and attempted to lift her shirt with one hand. "Uhm, can I have some help?" she asked Killian. "Of course, love." he said, kind of confused. He walked over to her and helped her lift her shirt over her head, gasping when he saw what was happening. "You're turning to stone too?" he asked. Emma sighed. "Yeah." "How long have you known?" "A month or so." "Emma, you should have told me." "I told Regina a month ago." "No." "I begged her not to tell." "You should have told me." "I'm so sorry." Killian pulled Emma against his chest. "How long do you have?" he asked, burying his chin in her hair. "I don't know. I mean, I can't feel my arm, chest, I can't turn my head, I can't move almost all of my top half." "Oh, Emma." Emma walked a few steps away from Killian and turned around. "Please don't tell my parents, or the reset of my family. Especially not Hope." "Of course, love. When you're ready. I'll be ready too." 

Granny's, The Next Day

Emma, Killian, Snow, David, Henry, Henry, Zelena, Regina, and Gideon were all sitting in their usual booth, eating breakfast. Regina noticed that Killian was being a little more protective of Emma than usual. But, as usual, Snow and David didn't seem to notice. "So, what's been going on with everyone?" Regina asked, looking at the Swan-Jones family out of the corner of her eye. Emma noticed. "Well, not much with us. Killian and I have talked a bit, mostly what we're going to do about Hope, but not much." Regina nodded. "Anyone else?" Everyone shook their head. Suddenly, Violet-Marie's phone, which they had been carrying around with them just in case, started glowing. Killian picked up the phone and ran out of the diner, yelling, "Don't want Granny to get too mad at us in case a fight!!" Everyone got up and followed Killian outside. Killian placed the phone on the ground and the glowing got brighter. It got so bright, everyone had to look away. When they looked up again, Violet-Marie was helping Hope off of the floor. "HOPE?!" Emma and Killian yelled, running over to their daughter. "Hey." Hope said, hugging her parents. Violet-Marie awkwardly walked off to the side, not wanting to interrupt the reunion. "So, I'll see you later, okay?" she asked. "Sure!" Hope said, "You're coming home later, right?" Violet-Marie smiled. "Of course I am, girl!" she said, fist bumping Hope. "Bye!" Violet-Marie said, walking off. Emma stared at her daughter. "So, you two are on better terms." she said. "Yeah, well being stuck in a technology world with your enemy really puts things into perspective." Hope said, with a smile. The family walked back into the diner, but when they returned to the table, they found a note with numbers on it. 

01001001 00100111 01101101 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110100 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00101100 00100000 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100101 01110011 00000000 00000000 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100111 01101101 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101001 01101110 01100111

"What the hell?" Emma asked. "Does anyone know what that says?" "No, I don't," Hope replied. "But it looks like binary, and I know someone who can read binary." Everyone started at her. Hope shook her head and brought out her phone. "Hey, Violet-Marie! Yeah, can you come to Granny's?" she asked. Then she saw Regina shaking her head. "My palace." "Oh, never mind, Aunt Regina's palace?" she hung up and turned to the group. "She'll be there." 

Regina's Palace

"Yup, that's binary." Violet-Marie said, looking down at the slip of paper. "Well, what does it say?" (older) Henry asked, crossing his arms. "Uhm, I'm not sure you really want to know." Violet-Marie said, after hesitating a moment. "Tell us anyway." Hope said, walking up to Violet-Marie. "Okay, then, it says 'I'm watching you, heroes. I'm coming.'" Violet-Marie said, looking up at everyone. "Does that mean anything to anyone?" Everyone looked at each other. "I have no idea, but we need to be watching our backs, more than ever." Emma said. "I-I have to go." Violet-Marie said, running out of the room. 

Granny's

Violet-Marie ran up the stairs to Micah and Sera's room. She knocked on the door, frantically. Sera opened the door. "Violet-Marie!" she cried out in surprise, continuing in a hushed whisper-yell she asked "What are you doing here?!" Violet-Marie rushed into the room. "Micah, can you call Dawn and Evelyn? Sera, can you start preparing the supplies? We have to move fast. Evelyn left her note for the heroes." Violet-Marie checked her phone. "We have two weeks. We have to be ready. Are you in?" Micah looked at Sera and walked over to Violet-Marie. "Of course I'm with you. I jumped so many realms to get to you, I'm not turning back now." "I'm with you as well." Sera said. "Alright then." Violet-Marie replied, smiling at her friends. "Let's get to work." 

Another chapter finished!! What did everyone think? Did you catch my reference? Don't feel bad if you didn't catch it, but to those of you who did, it was a little obvious, but I just COULDN'T pass up that perfect opportunity!! Was this chapter a bit of a filler because I don't really know what to do and I spent a lot of my day procrastinating writing this, then looked up at the clock and realized I had only written 200 words in 3 hours? Yes. Yes indeed it was. ANYWAY, Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it, and happy holidays to everyone!! I'll see you later!! <3

~Ana/Red 💜