I think Rumple didn’t fight for Milah because the odds were stacked against him. He had Bae to think about. If he died duelling Hook, who was far more experienced with a sword, who would’ve taken care of Bae? Rumple didn’t want Bae to have the childhood he had of growing up without a father? Bae had already lost one parent that day, he didn’t need to lose the other. Rumple fought for Bae because he had seen the ogre wars up close where being maimed made you one of the “lucky ones”. No parent would willingly stand by and watch whilst their beloved child got sent off to a war where the best chance of survival is to be severely injured.
I think the fact that Milah and Hook discussed taking Bae with them when she deemed him old enough actually makes her look worse then she did before. She chose to let Bae grow up without a mother then she would have just crashed back into Bae’s life and taken him away from the father who loved him. Rumple wouldn’t have had any say in the matter, Milah would have probably just took Bae and left again.
All magic comes with a price!
Keeper of Felix