There Once was a Princess... (Hook x Reader)

Chapter 16

You walk out to see Mary Margaret, David, Ruby, Leroy and Emma hacking into the stranger's phone. You find out his name is Greg Mendell.

~Like the Genetics dude with the pea plants? That's unfortunate~

"I got nothing out of Hook, sorry."

"It's all good (y/n)," Emma tells you as she successfully unlocks Greg's phone with a little device on her keys. "Now, let's see. Pictures of him alone at a bunch of Eastern Seaboard tourist locations, a LinkedIn account, and he tweets pictures of his food. I'll keep looking, but I think what we have here is just a well-documented, real-life, ordinary Joe. Or Greg."

~Really? A food tweeter?~

"So, whatever's kept random people from stumbling into Storybrooke for the last twenty-eight years..." Ruby worries,

"It's gone." Mary Margaret confirms

"Anyone could drive in. Why are my instincts telling me that's a bad thing?" David asks

"Cause you've seen E.T. or Splash or any other movie where they find something magical and study it to death. Think of what they'd do to a werewolf." Leroy responds, Ruby shoots him a death glare.

~He's not wrong though...~

"Oh, and his friends and family? They're going to come looking for him soon." Mary Margaret comments

"Let's try not to overreact. Remember mom, worrying is never necessary" You roll your eyes at her, repeating what she told you in the Enchanted Forrest,

"Leroy's right." David agrees, "We don't need outsiders here."

"Hook says he doesn't know where Cora is." You repeat

"and God knows what she's gonna do. With other people coming here, that's not gonna be good for anyone." Emma adds

"We need to find Regina; tell her we know she was framed." Mary Margaret states

"I've been tracking her, but no luck. She's gone underground." Ruby reports

"But what if Cora finds her first?! I don't wanna think about the damage those two could do together. This could not have come at a worse time!"

"It's ok. The guy's being patched up right now. He'll probably be on his way home by morning." Emma insists. Whale enters, obviously hearing Emma's comment,

"Not quite. He's bleeding into his chest cavity, it's not a full flood, you know. But pretty soon he'll be drowning in his own blood."

~well aint that just awesome. Ugh.~

"So, make it stop. Aren't you a doctor?" you ask

Gold enters and Whale turns to him,

"Gold. You fixed me. Now fix him. Please. It will take you seconds and cost you nothing." Whale suggests

"No." Gold refuses

"No. Just... no?"

"Yes. I owe you nothing, Whale. I owe none of you anything. And some of you owe me. So yeah, just "No." Oh, and point of interest? The driver? He saw me throwing some magic. So instead of trying to get him outta here, you better be hoping he dies, because if he doesn't, he's gonna be driving tour buses up and down Main Street. So glad I don't give a damn." Gold then leaves. Whale turns back to the group,

~Wow... harsh much?~

"Look, letting him die is easy. I can do that, if that's what you decide.