My Tourniquet

by jd4941

AU Storybrooke. Regina and Emma once had true love. But they allowed outside pressures to rip them apart. Then Regina is viciously attacked and almost dies. She left town to recover and for a new life. But, now an emergency has drawn her back. Will Swan Queen prevail? Dark Henry. Magic baby fic! SQ Happy Ending (eventually) TW inside.

1. Chapter 1

********I DO NOT OWN OUAT NOR ANY OF THEIR CHARACTERS*********

Ruby had been out for a stroll when she was first alerted. She wasn't sure if it was the smell or the sound. She just knew she had to get there quickly.

Ruby followed them to Mifflin Street. Just as she got there, a blinding light flashed through the downstairs section of the entire house. Then, there was something like a shockwave which threw her to the ground. As she pulled herself up on her elbows, she saw Henry hurry out of the house. He jumped on his bicycle and rode away quickly.

Ruby could still hear the cries. It sounded like the mewing of a newborn cat. Then, it became gurgling. Then, she heard it. A howl. But, not any howl. This was not one of her fellow wolves calling to the night. It was a howl that made your gut clench. It was the howl of the trapped knowing that this was the end. It was the howl a rabbit gives right before it's ripped to pieces by its predator. Ruby jumped onto her feet and took off for the house.

She ran inside and looked around. "Regina?" She had known that Emma had moved out with Henry months ago. She wasn't really sure what he was doing there at that time of night anyway. She was sure that Emma didn't know where he was.

"Regina?" she cried out again. She knew something wasn't right. Her heart was thumping so hard she thought it'd beat right out of her chest. That's when she caught whiff of the smell. It was a smell of electricity, burnt electricity. And blood.

She ran through the house and entered the kitchen. She found her there. She dropped to her knees and let out her own howl. "REGINA!"