Everything hurt, like his chest was on fire from where his half of Emmaâs heart had been pushed inside. A part of him was almost desperate to get Reginaâs attention to rip it right back outâanything to stop the all-consuming agony he felt, even while he was basically hovering on the brink of consciousness. His hand was pressed against his chest, breathing hard, eyes slammed shut as heâd fallen to his knees, unable to remain standing.Â
Distantly, Killian was aware of Emma having shouted out in pain, but it was like a fog over his mind, this haze of pain he was in. Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop was all his brain could manage to think right then. It was like a voice wanted to whisper to him, over and over, that if he took the heart out, it would stopâbut that voice sounded an awful lot like Hades, like the god was trying to trick him, even now (somehow). Head bowed, Killian slowly but surely grew used to the feelingâŚÂ
And soon enough, after what felt like hours (but in reality had been mere moments), the pain lessened, eventually disappearing entirely. Killian lifted his gaze to Emma, his fingers lowering from his chest, to find her hand, to intertwine with hers. And when he saw that she wasnât dead, that he wasnât (any worse), when he realized they were both relatively âalrightââŚÂ
âIt worked?â He smiled, the surprise in his tone perhaps clearer than he realized. âIt⌠It really worked.âÂ
Emma Swan never thought in a million years that she would have her heart ripped out of her chest and split in half for her true love. If you had told her that she would do such a thing, sheâd look at you like you were crazy.
At first, her body did not know what was going on and had to adjust to the feeling of getting her heart taken out and then put back in, but only half of it. The pain was definitely there, but she tried fighting it with all that she had. She needed to have her happy ending.
Once she felt strong enough, she opened her eyes to look over at Killian, waiting to see if he was awake. And in mere moments, he seemed to be confused as to what happened before looking at their hands and then to her. They were both fine...well except for the fact they still needed a way out of this place.
AS she heard his voice, she knew the split worked. Her Killian was alive and talking, and now her family could go home. âYeah...it worked. But, I suggest we get out of here soon before Hades realizes that you are actually alive.â Emma smiled at him, saying that one word made her happy and she was ready to start their happy beginning once they got the heck of the place. âAny ideas on how we get out?â