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As mentioned in the summary - this is a Captain Swan Story, but it has Swan Thief Parts, as well! So don't say you haven't been warned ;) Also this Story Sets after "Manhattan". Means everything that happens in the show after that episode will not be a part of this Story.

Anyways, here's the first Chapter:

A JOURNEY'S END

Chapter 1: That call, you wish you hadn't picked up

„Hey Beautiful."

Ugh. Why did she had to answer the phone? While Neal was talking to Henry Emma's phone had rang, so she had gone into the hall to answer it. But she should have known better than to answer a call from an unkown number and she probably hadn't - if Gold hadn't been the only other option to talk to.

„How's the hospital? I hope your wounds still hurt."

„Uh, Love, you really need to work on your communication skills. You can put that on your list, right next to: Learning how to trust people and being nice when someone's hurt." Emma rolled her eyes. He was such a jackass but of course he wasn't even closed to done: „See, a normal response when someone calls would be: Hey. Hello. Maybe an Aye, if you feel like embrasing your inner pirate. And an acceptable response when I call would be: Hello handsome."

„Let's try it this way: You have 5 seconds to explain why I should be wasting my time and keep talking to you. Otherwise I'll hang up."

„You mean aside from the fact that the sound of your voice makes my wounds heal much much faster?"

Emma sighted. „Bye, Hook."

She was going to hang up but heard him saying „One last question, Swan." For a moment she thought about ignoring him. There was nothing he could say or ask that might be important to her, she knew that – but her instinct told her to listen.

„What?"

„Who is that man, who's talking to Henry on the fire escape?" Her eyes got wide open and she stormed back into the apartment immediately.

Gold looked at her in confusion. „What's wrong?" He wanted to know but Emma didn't answer. She rushed towards the window and tried to find Hook but she didn't see him.

She put her phone back on her ear and asked: „Where are you?"

„Right behind you." In shock Emma turned around but there was no one. Hook started laughing into her ear. „I'm everywhere and nowhere my dear. Just know that. Bring me my crocodile. Or your boy might get hurt instead." Emma froze in horror and found herself incapable of saying (or thinking) anything. „Get out there. I will call you again and we can chit-chat about the details, when you're alone. 'Till then, Love." He hung up before she was able to process his threat.

„Miss Swan?" Mr. Gold asked and brought her back into reality. „Who was that?"

Emma looked at him in shock and tried to make something up but it didn't work. Telling him who it was wasn't an option either, which is why she said: „An old... acquaintance." She looked through the window before she stepped outside the fire escape.

„Henry", she said and he and Neal both turned around. „I have to go meet someone. Will you be okay staying here with Neal and Mr. Gold for a while?"

Henry shrug his shoulders and turned his back on her again. „Sure." He was still mad a her and it broke her heart to leave things like this but she hadn't had time to fix this right now.

Neal was about to turn around too, when Emma said: „What about you? Will you be okay staying here with your father?"

It took him a moment before he answered. „I'm not with him. I'm with my son."

Emma shook her head in disappointment. Neal of all people was mad at her? If there had ever been anyone who didn't have the right to be mad at someone it was him! But she didn't want to get into this in front of Henry. Therefore she just got inside the apartment again and headed towards the door.

„When can we expect your return?" Gold asked and she stopped walking.

She turned around and shook her head without realizing that he hadn't asked her a yes or no question. „I don't know. Soon, I hope. I'll be in touch."

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He couldn't be far from here. Whereever he was he could see the fire escape. Emma's mind was racing with options as she stepped outside the building and just hung up the phone again. She slowly walked down the street, constantly looking around when her phone ran again.

„What took you so long?" Hook asked she second she picked up.

„There are a lot of stairs."

„You were on the phone."

„Yes, with Mary-Margaret. Imagine this: It seems Regina showed up in Storybrooke again. You wouldn't happen to know if Cora has gotten to her daughter get, would you?"

„Just for the fun of it, let's say I do. What would you be willing to do for that information?"

He was such a pig, but at least a pig that was easy to distract. No wonder Cora picked him. He thought he was the great big evil pirate but from everything Emma had seen he wasn't too smart. Also he didn't know anything about this world. Two things she could easily use to her advantage. As she answered she didn't stop looking for him. „I could take that Hook of yours and impale you with it. Would be quite ironic, don't you think?"

„You wouldn't do that."

„Just for the fun of it, let's say I would."

He took a short ironic laughter. „Just like I remember you. Clever, brilliant, with a tendency towards masochism and still pretending you're not attracted to me."

„Oh, I'm sorry, I must have missed your pick-up-line. Was it It's okay to hurt innocent people in order to get to the enemy, or I'm going to kill your child?"

„I'm afraid you must have misunderstood me."

„There is nothing to misunderstand. You threaten my kid - you're dead."

„Uh, there's that fire I like about you."

„Stop playing around, Hook! You claim to be a pirate but you're hiding like a 5-year-old. Not very brave." Emma knew were to get a man like Hook so it would hurt him: His ego.

„If you think I'm afraid of you you're wrong."

Emma didn't see Hook but she did see someone else and was relieved. „If that were true I wouldn't be talking to you over the phone. You're just scared that I'm going to knock you unconscious again, like I did at the lake."

He hung up. And then finally: She saw him. He was climbing down the fire escape of another building and since he wasn't looking at what she was doing she used the opportunity and walked over to the people she'd seen.

A couple of moments later Hook walked towards her and seemed angry but also in a weird way happy. Happy about what? To see her? Emma couldn't figure it out but also couldn't care less. „I am not scared of you, Swan!"

Emma didn't say anything and just kept staying were she was.

„I could kill you in the blink of an eye. You had nothing but luck at the lake." he yelled but before he reached Emma someone behind her started yelling as well.

„FREEZE! POLICE!"

In no time the police men had pressed Hook at the ground and they found a large knife with him. Probably the one he wanted to kill Gold with. Hook looked horrified and when they put handcuffs on him and told him his rights his look wandered towards Emma. She almost felt sorry for him – he had no idea what was going on and was scared, she could see that in his eyes.

„That's him, Ma'am?" one of the police men asked and she nodded.

„Yes."

Now Hook understood a little bit better. „So, you guys are Mary-Margaret, huh?" he asked with a resigning grin and shook his head, which made him look even crazier to the police men. „What did you tell them, Love?" he asked while the police was leading him to their car.

„The truth. That you think you're Captain Hook who's looking for his crocodile to skin." Luckily for her in this world a man like that was considered to be nuts. He was also working this crazy-thing very good, because he was laughing as they put him into the car. „Be sure to check his phone. I'm sure he stole that, too." she said to the police men.

„If you think your son is safe now you're wrong. If anything I was saving him! You know I'm not lying, Love!" Emma froze as she watched the door getting closed and the car driving away. As she stood here she didn't know a lot. She had no idea how Hook had found them or even got here... how he figured out to use a phone of how he managed to get under her skin every time they met. But she did know three things.

One: He hadn't lied.

Two: Henry was still in danger.

And three: Hook was the only person who knew anything about that.

That's it for today. And remember, leave a review if you want to read more!