11: A Warm Embrace
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Mr Gold held the Commodus doll tightly. He was thinking of his daughter none stop.
Suddenly the truck came to a stop. Gold froze seeing his car parked out on the ditch. He got out quickly to see if she was inside. She wasn't. All the doors were opened as if she and the others ran out in a panic.
"Where is she? I can't keep suffering like this!" Gold cried.
"Gold. It's late. Let's go to that abandoned dinner and see if there's anything we can eat and try to relax," David comforted him.
Hook and Josh followed them with Killer. Once inside the dog looked around to see anything that shouldn't be inside. Everything was cleared.
Hook and Josh went behind the counter to look for anything to drink or eat.
David walked Gold to a stool and set him down. Gold then broke down.
"Gold...," Suddenly unexpectedly, Gold hugged David sobbing. David awkwardly hugged him back. "It will be ok. We will find her."
Gold finally calmed down, "forgive me, but I just need someone to hold...," he then turned to Killer and took his leash.
"What are you doing?" Hook asked.
"Sarah is out there with two young men and is injured. I need to find her immediately. What if...one of those corpses were in the water and hurt her? Hurt my little girl? I have to find her. And I am not going to sleep, or rest or even waste another damn second while she out there!" He then walked out with Killer.
"Gold!" David called out, but Mr Gold ignored him.
"Don't follow me!" He yelled. "You all can rest, but I am gonna find my daughter!" He then was out of sight in the darkness.
Killer picked up Sarah's scent from the car and led Gold down the road it was going back where they came. "No no no, this can't be. We would've seen them." But then Killer turned to the field off the road. Ok this made more sense. He just hope they were not too far now. He bit his lip and started to pray and he never did since he never believed in God. But now he didn't know what else to do. "God...if you are real...I don't ever talk to you...but I need your help than ever...I just want my daughter back...please...bring us to her...I just want my baby girl back..."
For hours they kept walking. They finally came to a large building which was large as a factory. But why in the middle of nowhere? He stopped and saw on a sign when he lifted his hand making a light it read that it was a asylum. It looked like it was abandoned for many many years. "Please be here, princess..."
He and Killer got inside by pushing a heavy door to squeeze in through. He and Killer walked down the hallway and holding his hand giving more light.
Killer kept sniffing around trying to pick up the girl's scent, but seemed to be struggling.
"Stay close to me, boy," Gold got infront of him and checked in every room not finding anyone.
"Dearie?...Sweetheart? Are you in here?" Gold called out softly in the room. No response. He then walked upstairs with Killer behind him panting softly.
In one of the rooms was Sarah. Her, Couldmier, Marcus, Charlie, and Neal ran out of the car when they were being attacked by a group of the mutant zombies. She was holding onto the baby in her arms trying to keep her quiet. She didn't know where the others went. She was now scared and worried about them.
Suddenly she froze up hearing heavy footsteps up the stairs and on the floorboard of the hallway. She shut her eyes shaking thinking maybe one of the mutants came in. But it wasn't. She heard a familiar voice in the hallway, "Princess?"
She opened her eyes and was shocked. Was it....
Sarah got up to her feet, even though she was still in pain, and walked into the hallway. She noticed a dog walked into a room. Whoever he was following had to be...
She then walked towards the room they walked in and peered in. There was a man looking around with his hand up which was giving him light. She then teared up realizing it was him.
"Daddy?"
Mr Gold immediately popped his head up seeing his daughter standing before him. He then broke down happily. He ran to her and threw his arms around her. But he noticed the baby in her arms. He then held his daughter's face and they both cried. "Oh, dearie," he choked on his tears.
"Dad...I'm...I'm—"
"Shhh," he hushed her and shook his head, "you did nothing wrong, baby girl." He then managed to calm down and looked at the baby who had her eyes opened looking at him. "Who is this little one?"
"Lily. Bae found her and saved her."
"Bae? Balefire is with you?"
"...he was...I lost him...Coulmier...Marcus...and Charlie...I hope they are ok..."
"Let's go. I'm just so glad you're alright, princess. Your mother will be too."
"No, dad...I can't—"
"Dearie, your mother and I aren't mad..."
"No it's...I can't leave them, dad...I haven't seen Bae since that day we went to find him...and I am...inlove with Coulmier. I love him, dad. Marcus and Charlie are our friends too, Marcus has no one left...Charlie is Bae's friend..."
Gold then sighed. "Alright, we will find them, just stay close to me."
She nodded and held his hand. "You...you sure you aren't mad at me?"
Gold turned to her and brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear, "Of course...you were just protecting your mother."
"B-but...I killed people..."
"They hurt your mother. They were gonna hurt you. I understand you never want to kill anyone, sweetie, but it was out of self defense. You're fine," he smiled. He then kissed her ontop of her head. "I'm not mad. I'm just so glad you're alright."
She sniffled and he wiped her tears away with his thumbs.
"Let's find Bae and your friends, sweetheart." He took her hand and they walked around the asylum. They continued to look around. Suddenly they heard voices in a dark room. Inside it was Balefire and a corpse.
"Bae! Charlie!" Sarah ran to them and hugged Balefire.
Mr Gold was surprised seeing the corpse. He was their friend? He probably was because he was not attacking Balefire.
Balefire smiled at her, "you ok?"
She nodded, "Dad came."
Balefire looked up seeing Gold. "...Dad?"
"Hello, son, how you doing? Besides...all this?"
"Good...real good...because I ran into Sarah again and I am thankful she is ok. New York was brutal. The city was swarming with corpses, luckily me and Pin were safe at my bar. Sadly, he didn't make it."
Gold was worried, "Pinocchio?"
Balefire and Sarah nodded.
"...atleast...he is with his father in peace now. We lost Granny, Ruby and Geppetto."
"What about, Emma? Mom...and everyone else?"
"They are alright. Hook, and David are with me. This is Josh's dog. We ran into him looking for Sarah."
Balefire smiled slightly and went to him. For a long time he hadn't hugged his father until now. Gold was in shock, "I'm sorry for your losses. But I am glad you're ok. Even Sarah."
Gold hugged him back smiling. "I am glad you're ok too, son."
"Did Coulmier and Marcus come in here with you?" Sarah asked while Charlie checked the baby.
"I did see them before going in. They were behind me...but I don't know where they went when Charlie and I hid. Hopefully those super corpses didn't get to them."
"Super corpses?" Gold asked.
"They are stronger and more powerful than the regular corpses. As if...they become mutant later on."
Gold was shaken up. So that's what kind of corpse attacked him days ago back in Storybrooke. The one that was squeezing his neck, choking the life out of him.
"How about this? Bae you take Sarah, your friend and the baby back to the car, the others and I parked next to it. So stay in the truck until I come back."
"Dad, I'm not leaving you. I want to find them too." Sarah teared up after she handed the baby to Charlie and he cradled her carefully.
"Princess, it's too dangerous," Gold said, "you need to go with your brother."
"No. Dad, I won't leave until we find them. You can keep telling me, but I won't change my mind."
Gold sighed, "...alright."
Balefire picked up the baby from Charlie and they both left the asylum. Sarah and Gold then went looking for the others with the dog. They heard voices down the hallway. Sarah went in the room it was coming from. She then saw Marcus. He was curled up in a ball shaking.
"Marcus?" Sarah went to him, "you ok?"
He looked up and nodded, "You ok?"
"Yeah. You know where Coulmier is?"
He looked down down and shook his head. "I thought he was behind me."
"Sarah, get him back to the truck, I will find Coulmier." Gold said.
"No, I want to—"
"Please? I will find him. I know what he looks like. We saw you and your friends on the security cameras. Please, sweetie. I will find him." He held her face and kissed her forehead. Sarah teared up and hugged him. He hugged her back, "it will be ok. I will find him."
Marcus took her hand and they walked out. Gold took Killer's leash and looked in every room looking for the priest. He stopped in a room seeing one of the mutants. He froze and heard it was eating something. He turned to Killer and took his leash off. The dog then charged at the mutant corpse and jumped on it. Killer then bit it's neck and the mutant was squirming and tried to break free.
Mr Gold went to what the corpse was eating. It looked like a headless rat. Good it was not a human.
(Someone in the comments: "Poor rat.")
Gold then left the room and kept looking. Killer followed him after killing the mutant corpse. Gold looked around until he found a body laying on the floor. He recognized his cloths that of a priest. He even recognized his face. It was Coulmier. Gold ran to him and shook him. She checked his pulse and any wounds on him. He had a pulse so maybe he was unconscious. Gold picked him up and grabbed the leash. He then teleported to the truck. Good his magic was still working.
Everyone got in the truck and Hook drove them back to Washington.
Sarah came to Couldmier while her father held him. She teared up holding his face. "Abbe?"
Abbe groaned and held his face, "what happened? My head."
"I found you unconscious." He heard a man's voice. He turned and looked at him.
Sarah then hugged Couldmier, "I'm glad my father found you."
Coulmier blushed, "funny. I was trying to look for your father and instead he finds me." He hugged her back and kissed her cheek.
Sarah smiled and then went to her father and hugged him tightly crying. Gold hugged her back and teared up happily. Balefire was then pulled in by Gold and they all hugged each other smiling and laughed happily. They were happy to see each other again. Even if it was the end of the world, they were together again and they didn't want to leave each other.
"I love you both so much," Gold cried hugging his son and daughter.
"We love you too, dad," Balefire smiled.
Sarah hugged him tightly crying, "I love you too, daddy."
Gold chuckled hugged her and kissed her forehead. "I am so glad you kids are ok. I'm so proud of you kids. And I just love you both so much."
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To be Continued...
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