Here's the second half of "Failure." This part takes place in Storybrooke after Belle's Cup is stolen. Again, I apologize if it isn't very good. I'm not completely happy with it, but I'm drawing a blank on how to make it sound better.

Happy 6 month anniversary, Rumbellers! We made it through the feels and the tearful reunion. :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon A Time, Emma Swan, Belle, or Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold. Please don't sue me; I am just a lowly high school senior.

Chapter Two- Rescue

Mr. Gold returned home in as sour a mood as ever. He despised Valentine's Day; all it ever did was remind him of all of the mistakes he had made all those years ago. And of what those mistakes had cost him.

Taking French's van had boosted his spirits, somewhat, but even that small vengeance for Belle's death wasn't enough to make up for what had happened to the Beauty. No matter how much he tormented Moe French, it would never bring Belle back. No matter how much he wished it would.

The sight of his front door ajar shook him out of his musings. So once again, someone thought they could pull one over on the Dark One, even if he wasn't nearly as powerful in this world.

Grabbing his gun, Mr. Gold began to investigate. After the situation with Cinderella earlier, he be damned if he'd let someone have the chance to attack him again.

A floorboard creaked behind him and he whirled around, only to see Sheriff Swan with a gun of her own.

"Neighbor saw the door open and called it in," the Saviour explained, putting her gun away.

"It seems I've been robbed."

"Funny how that keeps happening to you."

"Well… I'm a difficult man to love."

As the words left his lips, Gold's eyes landed on the glass cupboard behind Sheriff Swan. His heart stopped as he noticed it sitting wide open.

Wide open and very empty.

The cup. Belle's cup. It was gone.

There was no doubt in his mind who the culprit was. Moe French, the man he had just humiliated in the street. Storybrooke's incarnation of Belle's murderer. Her own father.

Gold wanted Sheriff Swan gone and now. He had a man to find and the Saviour would only hinder his efforts toward justice, not only for the cup, but for Belle herself. He couldn't allow Emma to stop him; he wouldn't allow anything to stop him from getting his precious cup back.

Belle's father had already taken his Belle away, he would not let him take away the only piece of Gold's love that he had left. He would tear Storybrooke apart if that is what it took to find French.

He would rescue Belle's memory, as he should have rescued her. He would not fail in this. He would not fail her. Never again.