It had been a week since Emma had come to Storybrooke and accepted Graham's job offer, at first Regina was worried that the young blonde had a hidden agenda but once that was proven to be false. Regina did a little digging into the blonde's past thinking maybe she was running from someone but she couldn't find anything on the blonde apart from the numerous places that the young woman had lived in, and she wanted to know why the blonde was always looking like she was in constant fear.
Regina decided to approach the skittish blonde on the subject, she saw Emma walking up her drive way to pick up Henry for her two weeks which was what the two women had agreed on and walked over.
"Are you alright dear?"
Emma let out a shriek and shrank away from the brunette.
"Emma I am so sorry I didn't mean to scare you."
Emma turned towards the mayor and Regina saw that the right side of her face was covered in blood some of it was from a serious looking head wound.
"Emma what happened?"
Before Emma could answer Henry came running out of the house.
"I'll see you later mom."
Regina stopped Henry.
"Not yet Henry right now Emma needs to have her injury taken care of then you two can go."
Instead of protesting like Regina thought he would, Henry turned and went inside going to the kitchen and got a bowl of warm water and a cloth then headed into the living room where Regina and Emma were.
Once they were in the living room Regina sat Emma down and started to gently clean the blood from Emma's face and head causing the young blonde to pull away from the stinging of the wound being cleaned.
"I'm sorry Emma but the wounds need cleaning so you don't get an infection."
Once Regina had soothed Emma she resumed cleaning soon all the blood was gone and Regina was inspecting the wounds.
"The cut to your head needs stitches and so will the one that runs down from your temple to your chin."
At the mention of stitches Regina felt Emma tense up.
"Henry please grab the suture kit from the first aid box and the acupuncture needles as well as the vanilla scented oil."
Henry went to do as his mother said within 5 minutes he was back and handed the items to Regina.
"Thank you dear."
Regina placed an oil burner on the coffee table and poured some vanilla scented oil in the top then lit the tea candle underneath the aroma filled the room then Regina took out the acupuncture needles and put them in the spots that would help Emma to relax.
Soon Emma was relaxed and Regina got to work on stitching Emma's wounds, within just under an hour Emma's wounds were closed and strips of medical tape were placed over the top to make sure the stitches didn't get pulled.
Regina had packed up everything and soon Emma and Henry were on their way.
"I wonder how she got those wounds?" Regina said to herself.
Meanwhile back at the loft Emma had gotten Henry settled in for his two week stay, they played video games for a couple of hours then had dinner and Henry noticed Emma wince whenever she got up from either the chair or sofa so when Emma went to sleep Henry got up and held his torch in his mouth as he lifted his blonde mothers tank top to expose her midriff which was covered in massive bruises.
Deciding he needed some help Henry took out his phone and dialled the only person he could think of that would have a calm level headed approach to the situation.
"Henry what are you doing calling so late at night?"
"Mom I need your help it's about Emma."
"I'll be right over."
Henry went to the front door to wait for Regina to arrive within 30 minutes there was a soft knock on the door and Henry let Regina in.
"Now Henry what's the problem with Emma?"
"Come and I'll show you."
Henry led Regina upstairs to where Emma was now in a fitful sleep.
Henry went over to Emma and rubbed her arm to calm her soon Emma was sleeping peacefully and Henry showed Regina the massive bruises on Emma's torso.
"How'd she get them Henry?"
"I don't know I just noticed how she was in pain when she would get up from sitting down so I decided to check."
Regina thought for a minute then decided on a course of action.
"Henry go get your things and wait in the car while I pack a bag for Emma."
Once Regina had Emma's bag packed she was faced with a new problem, how to get Emma downstairs without waking her.
So she did the only thing she could think of she called Graham to come and carry Emma down to her car, within 10 minutes Graham arrived and pretty soon had Emma in Regina's car and the whole time Emma didn't wake.
Graham followed Regina back to her home so he could get Emma inside and upstairs.
Once Emma was in bed in the guest room Regina took another look at Emma's bruises and judging on what Henry had told her Regina made an educated guess that some of Emma's ribs were fractured and there was a high possibility that her right eye socket was also broken.
"Oh Emma what did you get yourself into now?"