Hey everyone so I had this idea when I re-watched "The Doctor." I love Regina and Daniel so when she had to kill him it broke my heart. I changed a few things to fit my stories needs but I hope you enjoy it. I am rating it M for future chapters but if I decide to keep it as a one shot I might change it to T.
All the mistakes are mine, sorry.
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" No I won't lose you again." Regina pleaded with the man in front of her holding back her tears threatening to spill from her eyes.
Placing a hand on his shoulder and the other to cup his cheek she searched frantically for her Daniel, the man she fell in love with all those years ago who was suddenly fading away from her for the second time. " Without you I'm lost."
Hearing his grunt and seeing him grit his teeth Regina grabbed onto his riding shirt and began lightly shaking him trying to get him to focus on her. "Daniel… Daniel come back to me." By then, all had gone to hell and she allowed her tears to fall from her eyes.
"I.. I can't." He whispered as his breathing became staggered and irregular. He was trying to get out of her grip but her determination to keep him was too strong.
" But I love you." Was all that she could muster at this point she had no idea what to do and how this could possibly be happening to her again. The sorrow that was written on her face was beyond repair as she slowly started to realize what was going to happen in the end.
Cupping her face with his bloody hands he spoke his final worlds to her, trying to be as soft and calm as possible. " Then love again."
He immediately felt the pain rush back into his body making him stubble back a few feet away from her. When his pain finally subsided she saw all the light that once filled his eyes were drained and replaced with a hollow shell and darkness that she knew all too well.
Seeing him come at her again she had no choice. Just as his hand came to attack her neck she put him under a paralyzing spell. He couldn't move so long as she had contact with him. She didn't want this, she couldn't handle killing him but if she didn't he would suffer and kill anyone who was in his path. Whatever Whale did to him and his heart it didn't work. She knew that there was no heart quite like Daniel's, that's why the procedure never worked.
So she could do the one thing she knew how to do she took her other hand a plunged it through his chest and pulled out the heart. She had no idea whose heart it was but she had to destroy to get rid of his pain.
Sobs and tears that were uncontrollably rolling down her face, she crushed the heart in her hands as she watched her love die in front of her for the second time. She releases the spell and Daniel's body fell to the floor. Her body could no longer hold her weight and she fell to the ground. She brought his lifeless body to her so she could cradle his body to hers. She had truly lost everything, her father, her son and now her love for the second time. How could someone do this to her. Whale knew her situation with Daniel and he still went on with his little experiments. She could not hold back her loud and heart wrenching cries as she cradled his lifeless body in her arms.
She felt his presence before she heard him speak her name.
" Regina , what…" David walked back into the stables to see what had happened after locking Henry in his truck. When he heard her cry out in agony he knew what was done. She had killed him. Before he could say anything else Regina, not taking her eyes of her lover found her voice just enough to say a few words to the beloved Prince Charming.
" Get out…"
She heard him draw nearer to her and she could not help but lash out at him. " Get out!" She screamed at him. She wanted to be alone why couldn't anyone understand that, she remembered because no one in this would had truly known the pain she was going through.
" Regina please let me help."
She finally had it in her to look up at him. " Get out. You've ruined everything and now everything I love truly has been ripped from me."
She could not keep their eyes connected for very long because of the immense sorrow and agony that racked her body. She brought her hand up to brush a few strand away for his face, helping her to calm her rage remembering her promise to her son. " David get out of here. Take my son and get out. Haven't I suffered enough as it is."
He wanted to comfort her because even if she was the evil queen no one deserved this, but he did what she wished and left her alone.
She cried until she had nothing left. She was so emotionally drained she was content on doing nothing and just falling asleep there but she knew it would be worse for her when she woke up here and feel the reality crash into her all over again. So she brought her body up to a standing position and teleported herself and Daniel back to her family Mausoleum. The preservation spell was still intact. His body placed back into his glass case. With one more stray tear she put her hand on the glass case. " Goodbye Daniel." With that she transported herself to her lonely mansion on Mifflin Street. She didn't even bother changing into her nightgown. She collapsed on to the bed and fell asleep hoping that the entire event was just a horrible dream but she knew that it wasn't. That in the morning she would have to deal with all the aftermath that came with it.
After waking up and crying some more, Regina was able to get herself decently presentable so she could visit the "good" doctor in the hospital. If you looked from afar you would think that everything was fine with the mayor, but if you got close enough you would see in her eyes what she was really dealing with but the town now ignored her more than ever now that she had her powers back. Good thing too, she didn't really want anyone questioning her resolve.
After a short drive to the hospital and a small argument with the receptionist that she was not there to kill anyone she was escorted to Dr. Whale's room. He was awake and staring out the window. Regina gave a slight cough to grab his attention away from whatever he found so interesting.
" Thank you nurse, you can go." Noticing the nurse still behind Regina.
"I don't think it would be wise to leave you alone Dr. Whale, especially with her."
Regina turned slightly to glare at the young woman behind her. She wanted to snip back at her but she knew better to start something now in front of Whale when she needed answers from him.
" I'll be fine, right your Majesty."
"Yes."
Noticing the tone in both their words the nurse took her leave, shutting the door behind her.
Now that Regina had him alone she walked up to his bead and took a seat. Her posture never changed in her time here in Storybrooke, straight and poises evidence of a true queen.
" Now, you know why I'm here. I'm only going to ask once, Why?"
He shifted into a sitting position to address her.
" I thought if I brought him back you could send me back to my world. I believed that I perfected the procedure. What went wrong?"
" Well just like you told me years ago, the heart want strong enough. He came back for a few minutes but he just couldn't handle the heart you gave him. No one had a heart like Daniel."
She said matter -of-factly. When she mentioned Daniel her head dropped to her hands.
Whale lessoned to her explanation and took in her last statement. So the procedure worked but there was still the matter of the heart situation.
He knew Daniel didn't have his heart and that's why he died so maybe that was the problem. If he could put the same heart back into the patient maybe then his procedure would finally be successful.
When Regina finally had enough of the silence she looked up a Wale and noticed the gears in his head turning which was either really good but probably really bad. Before she could ask she heard him speak.
"I think I understand why it didn't work. I can never bring him back. I need the original heart to fully bring him back."
With that her heart broke. True that she had long ago left the idea of bringing him back but hearing it from someone else really hit home. Her mother had crushed his heart to dust so he could never be connected to this world again, but being with him in that short time just after she told him she loved him brought back every memory of their lives together. She could never forget them but they all flooded her mind all at once.
She couldn't take it anymore she got her answer and now it was time to leave. She stood from her chair without a word and just as she reached for the door a solution hit her like a ton of bricks. Something she said a long time ago that she nearly forgotten.
"True love is magic… and not just any magic the most powerful magic of all."
She could not believe what she was about to purpose to this man she hated but it was her last option, and last resort but in her state of mind she didn't care.
Without turning to face him, she spoke in just above a whisper.
"What if you use mine?"
Whale was watching her leave but was confused about what he just heard her say. Maybe he heard wrong but he had to make sure.
"Excuses me?"
She turned to him from across the room and repeated her last statement.
"What if you use mine?"
He was shocked at what she was asking. He weighed to pros and cons of this but most of all if the procedure would actually work. Maybe that's what he didn't account for, love.
While he contemplated Regina walked swiftly back to his bead not wanting to sit and wanting her answer.
" Look Whale, you and I don't get along, we both know it but I am out of options. If you succeed I get him back and if it doesn't..." She took a minute to remind herself," Well , let's just say I will be eradicating the Evil Queen once and for all."
She leaned in so she was towering over him.
He looked into her eyes and saw past her hardened exterior and saw someone truly broken and out of options but he still didn't trust her. It was basically a win- win for him so without hesitation he gave her his answer.
"Well your majesty I don't see the harm in giving it one last try don't you? But what do I get in return."
"Now you sound like Gold." She gave him a huff and took a step back giving him room. Then she noticed the arm that was still unattached to his body. " I will put your arm back if you do this. I can see that it's not reattached already so my guess is that they can't put it back on medically is that right?"
He looked down at his arm and the silence was enough of an answer for her.
"And I am guessing you were also going to go to Gold for help but if I am also correct that means he could ask something in return which would probably be something that you regret in the end, so I will put it back right now if you agree to my conditions."
He took a minute to consider it even if there wasn't much to consider. He nodded he head to her and before he could look back at his stump on his shoulder he saw his arm back on his body. She saw his eyes go wide at how simple magic could be. He moved his arm and hand around just to make sure it was real and once he was satisfied he returned his eyes to hers.
" Now that that is done when you are cleared contact me so we can begin the procedure I want this done as soon as possible."
She left him still in awe of his returned limb.
Regina got the call two days later. Doctor Whale was out of the Hospital and was ready to do the procedure as soon as Regina deemed appropriate. She called him back and informed him that the procedure was to be done in her Mausoleum for privacy. She also informed him that whatever he needed to use for the procedure she would teleport for him. She wanted discretion when it came to this matter since it could well be the death of her.
Once she had everything in place in her Mausoleum she brought herself back to her home possibly for the last time. It dawned on her how lonely her life had been in that house for the past 28 years. Well maybe not the entire time. When she had Henry her home was filled with life and love but when he began to pull away she felt the same dark loneliness once again fill her home. In her heart she was glad she would never walk into that house again without someone right behind her.
She did one last thing before she left the house for good. No one knew other than Whale what she planned on trying not even her son since he was staying with his beloved grandfather and rarely ever came to see her anymore. Throughout everything she still loved him with all her heart or what was left of it but it would never be enough in his eyes, and she knew it now. So she decided to walk up to her room and place a note for him if he ever did come looking for her and she wasn't back.
Walking back down stairs she took one last sigh of breath before transporting herself to Daniel's resting place.
When she emerged she saw Wale was already there waiting for her.
" Well at least your on time." She said in a flat tone walking past him to Daniel's body. She placed her hand on his cheek affectionately. She felt tears threating to fall but she refused to cry in front of Whale so she retracted her hand from Daniel's face and turned to face him.
"Everything is all set your majesty all I need now is your heart." His eyes were hiding slight hatred and Regina picked up on it right away but she let it roll off since she really didn't want to play anymore games with the likes of him any longer.
Without another word she brought her hand through her chest searching for her own heart.
Whale's eyes went from anger to bewilderment the second he say her reach for her own heart. She winced in pain but he stood still not wanting her to take it the wrong way and verbally attack him.
She felt her own body go numb as the organ left her body. Her eyes were shut until she was able to regain her senses. She had taken so many hearts but never her own and the act was ironic really so she just chuckled to herself before reaching out her own heart for the Doctor to take.
"Now I need my privacy you are welcome to wait outside but I doubt you want to be so out in the open so just wander around whatever it is down here for a while and I will call when it's finished. Oh and I would probably stay near somewhere I could sit down if I were you."
She arched her perfectly sculpted eyebrow at him in slight annoyance but also curiosity. She waited for him to continue before she made her way out.
" You're going to feel the electroshocks that are in this procedure since it is in fact your heart we are using so I'm just warning you in advance." He said with a surge. Truthfully he didn't care if she fell flat first on her face dubbing over in pain but he just felt like he had to warn her of what was to come.
" I think I can handle it." She said before walking out of the room with all the poise and dignity she could muster fully intending not to take his advice.
"Suit yourself." He whispered basically to himself knowing she already left the room.
She first felt the pain as she was lessoning to her hearts she collected. It oddly calmed her nerves the steady beating of all the hearts. But when the second shockwave came through her body flung forward. Her hands were on her knees and her face down casted trying to hold in a glass shattering cry.
The third made her knees collapse onto the floor inform of her. She couldn't keep in the cries any longer. She felt like her body was being burned for the inside out. Starting with her chest then all the way through to her fingers and toes. She didn't know how much longer she could take. The final wave was almost the death of her. She could barely catch her breath through the agonizing pain she felt taking control of her body.
Just then she heard a door open. It had to be Whale. She forced herself to take a deep breath in even though it was killing her windpipe to do so, so that she could at least begin to recover from what he did to her.
She felt his presence before she was able to look at him, her face still downcast and heavy.
" The procedure when without a hitch but he has yet to wake up. It happened the same way last time, it will take a few minutes for the patient to regain his motor and verbal functions. Excuse me if I wish not to be there when that happens since my track record with him includes losing my arm." She was finally able to lift her head after his statement.
The procedure did work, now she just had to see if she was enough for him to stay with her. She felt him take her arm lifting her into a standing position. She gave him a hate full glair at the gesture but she sighed knowing he didn't mean anything by it.
"Thank you." Was all she was able to say to him. She retracted her arm from his grasp and began slowly waking back to Daniel's room.
"Good luck your Majesty. I hope for your sake that I finally got it right." He said as he ascended the stairs out of her Mausoleum and out of the way of the potential crossfire that may result if he failed yet again.
After hearing him leave she took one last deep breath before she opened the double doors seeing either her lovers blue eyes or a stranger she would have to kill. It was now or never.
With the doors open she saw the man she met in the stables all those years ago. A man that she fell head over heels for. The who was willing to take the biggest leap of faith for her even though in the end it ended his life. It was indeed her Daniel standing in front of her. Her eyes were filled to the brim with tears but this time she allowed them to fall.
" Regina…" How long was it that she heard him say her name that way? Breathless, soft, vulnerable, quiet, and above all full of love.
" Daniel."
So what do you guys think? Should I continue or should I keep it the way it is? The next pending chapter is going to include Henry (if I decide to continue).
Reviews are always welcome no matter what.
