To The Pain

nothingimpossibleonlyimprobable:

A/N:  So I’m fully blaming @queen-mabs-revenge​ for starting everyone on this path, and this started as a reply to @dagypsygirl​‘s ask (found here).  Because Milah deserved better, and if we can’t fix canon, at least we bloody well can fix the way it ends.  I hope this helps…

Word count: ~ 1,000

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Rumplestiltskin grins at the group of heroes standing in his shop, his eyes wild, crazed almost, as he narrows his gaze toward Killian in particular.  “I’ll let you in on a little secret, pirate,” he sneers, almost spitting the last word.  Killian doesn’t move, his sword firmly grasped in his hand, his special concentration of dreamshade coating the end of it.  The Dark One leans forward, closer, but his voice carries easily to everyone in the room.  “I killed Milah,” he declares proudly, “not Hades.  I tossed her into the River of Lost Souls.  Now what are you going to do?”

Killian can’t breathe, can’t think, his grip on his weapon faltering as he tries to process what the Crocodile’s just admitted.  He hears Snow White’s soft gasp of disbelief behind him, David’s whispered, “No,” Emma’s quiet, “Killian, don’t,” but it seems too far away to matter.

He killed her.  Twice.

He can only stare as Rumple watches him, watches the storm of emotions he doesn’t even bother to hide – grief, anger, and the all-too familiar vengeance he’s come to know so well.

Killian lets out a roar and lunges forward quickly, his sword aimed at the enemy he’s chased for too long, who’s evaded him for too long, who’s managed to hurt too many of the people Killian loved.  It’s familiar, so familiar, racing to drive a blade into the heart of the man who took his love.  Revenge for Milah, he thinks as he rushes toward Rumple, about to –

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