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They'd been waiting for Emma to appear for nearly 3 hours...it was more than enough time to have some fun with their captors. Arthur was positively fuming.
"So when the dark one comes, who should we threaten first, the mother?" Arthur asked his companion zelena
"Well as much as I love a good matricide, I'd suggest Mr. Tall dark and handless" "You called?" Hook smirked "you do know Emma will never agree to this right?"
"If I wanted your opinion I'd have asked for it" Arthur said
"Ooo I'm wounded"
"Will you shut up!"
"Bite me"
That was the last straw. Arthur stalked forward towards Killian.
"Alright let me rephrase that. If you don't shut your mouth, I'll unleash Merlin. I mean honestly will you ever stop talking?" Now Arthur held the broken Excalibur out threateningly. Just as he began to turn around, the reply came
"Not likely. I noticed that your sword is a bit smaller than a man would like. Apologies mate"
"Ha and yet you don't have one at all"
"sadly not, but I assure you my ship is quite large" Everyone snorted at that
Arthur huffed. He was losing control of this situation. "Where the heck is the dark one!?"
"Her name is EM-MA"
"sorry?"
"Please your pathetic. Real men fight their own battles, they don't need to entrap sorcerers to do their bidding. I'm not a big fan of cowards meself. Regina can tell you that"
Regina had been listening to the pirate blab for hours on end.
"Hook STOP TALKING"
"That wasn't an answer"
"I don't like cowards"
"I didn't ask you tell him your opinion on cowards, I asked you tell him mine"
"He hates cowards"
"Thank you. Was that so hard?"
If looks could kill, Hook would have been dead in that moment. Although considering everything that he'd seen in his lifetime, he wouldn't have been a bit surprised if they could.
Arthur couldn't have been more relieved when the dark one emerged from the clearing.