Red Apple, Green Apple
Chapter 3
Disclaimers::: I do not own OUAT or it's characters, just my colorful imagination. Oh boy! What a HUGE mess! How is Emma going to handle knowing just exactly what Zelena did to her. And now we will have to see how Regina takes the news once she finds out. More drama ahead. And yes there will be a character death. More male drama too… More angst, more bickering, and a cat fight or two. I wanted to do something different this time… Well for now. Lol question is… For how long? Wink wink…
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Emma stared at Zelena, not wanting to believe what she heard coming out of the redhead's mouth. After a few heartbeats, she began laughing. "You have got to be kidding me! Pregnant? Really? Tell me you're joking." She crossed her arms over her chest.
Zelena looked at the blonde. She wasn't smiling. She knew the shit was about to hit the fan, so to speak. "Why would I joke about the baby I have growing inside me? Whale is going to tell you that I'm pregnant. Make no mistake blondie. You knocked me up that night. I promise I haven't been with anyone else. It's your baby, Miss Swan."
Emma was beginning to lose it then. She was seething. "How the hell could I have gotten you pregnant?! I'm pretty sure I don't have what it takes to put a baby inside you! You fucking drugged me! You violated me! You used me! You… You forced yourself on me!" She pounded the desk angrily. The lights began to flash and burst around them.
"But I didn't force myself on you! There's more to you than you realize. You're more than capable of knocking a woman like me up. Please! You wanted to make love… Maybe not with me… But with my… Ugh Regina! So I did it for you. I'm sorry you're not happy about this. But we're going to have a baby. Maybe now you'll be able to learn to love me…"
Emma scoffed, wanting more than anything to break something. She wanted to scream, to lash out. "You think I'd be able to love you after what you did? You're delusional!" She was so angry right now and hurting. She wanted to make herself forget any of this had happened. She hoped this was just a bad dream she would wake up from. She needed to get away and to clear her head before she could come to terms with what happened. "You're a real piece of work Zelena. I hope you're real proud of yourself!" Her eyes were completely black right now. She grabbed her jacket and stormed out, not wanting to have anything to do with her right now.
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Emma went for a long walk, wanting to get away from everything for a while. The crisp air was something she needed. She thought about everything Zelena revealed to her. She knew the redhead was a very bitter, angry woman. She'd been abandoned by Cora, blamed Regina for everything wrong in her life. She had a lot of jealousy issues. She was a broken woman. Yeah she made a lot of wrong choices. A lot of mistakes were made. But she kept trying to destroy Regina. Emma hated that more than anything. She hated that Zelena went out of her way to hurt Regina even though none of this was Regina's fault. Emma groaned as she thought about the possibly that there was going to be a baby in her life. The last thing she ever wanted was for her child to feel unwanted like she herself had felt all her life. Just like Zelena had also felt. But why had Zelena resorted to doing this to Emma in the first place? She remembered Zelena said she wanted to have love in her life. Emma scoffed. Zelena would need to clean up her act if she wanted their child to love her. She'd need to set a good example. But how could she? Zelena was such a mess right now, she'd need help to get through this one way or another. Emma was royally pissed that Zelena had dragged her into this mess. But she wouldn't allow their child to feel as if this was their fault. She would do what it took to help Zelena somehow. She knew Regina wouldn't like this. Neither would her family. Zelena really had no one to help her. "Ugh…" Emma groaned as she heard her phone. She answered it, seeing it was from Whale. "Emma Swan speaking. She's pregnant? Alright we'll have to make an appointment for a checkup… No. I will get back to you later. I'll take care of it." She sighed as she hung up. She licked her dry lips and then headed back to the station, having decided she would do what it took to help Zelena and their baby. Their baby… This was going to take some getting used to.
When Emma arrived at the station, she saw that Gold was threatening Zelena. Something snapped inside her as she blasted the Imp away from Zelena. "Get the hell away from her!" She snarled.
Rumple stood up, wiping the dirt off his hands as he sneered at Emma. "She needs to die. Killing her would get rid of your problems yes?" He reached his hand into his pocket for something,
"NO!" Emma ran into him, wanting to get him away as far as possible from Zelena and their unborn child. "You will not touch them!" Her eyes changed color as she went into warrior mode.
Rumple giggled. "You'd save them even after what she put you and your family through? You know if your family knew the truth of what happened, they wouldn't want you anywhere close to those sisters. Either she dies or You lose your reputation." He had a knowing glint in his eyes as he saw her eyes turned from black to neon green as he tried again, but Emma was so strong. Much stronger than he expected. It shouldn't have surprised him, but it did as he fumbled with his dagger. Somehow it wound up in Emma's hand instead of his.
"You'll never threaten anyone ever again! Not Zelena, not our baby!" She slammed the dagger into his chest without another thought.
"Emma!" Zelena gasped in surprise, having never expected Emma to do what she did. She watched in helplessness as she saw black inky darkness swirl around the blonde, moving into her body, merging with her until it was a part of Emma. Emma locked eyes with Zelena before she vanished. The dagger clattered on the floor out of the redhead's reach. Zelena could see the name of the new dark one. "Oh why did you do that Emma?!" Zelena never had anyone step up for her before. Nobody had ever saved her until now. She knew things had changed in a big way and her life would never be the same again. While she wished she had not hurt Emma like that… She had so much remorse over it… She didn't regret having a part of Emma growing inside her. However, she did wish they'd handled things differently and wanted to have Emma in her life more than anything. She wanted Emma to be her friend. Sure, she wished they could be more than friends. But maybe… Just maybe they could be more… If only she'd had the chance to prove it to Emma, that she could be better, do better and maybe Emma could learn to love her. The last thing she wanted, was for Emma to hate her. But now Emma was the dark one, she didn't know how to deal with that. She rubbed her belly, promising her baby she would do better. She loved the baby already and hoped he or she wouldn't be disappointed in her. She thought about what Emma did and recalled how the Savior's eyes had changed when she fought Rumple. She knew from the night she spent with Emma, that there were things she'd seen Emma do even while she was drugged. She remembered how Emma had shapeshifting abilities and it had impressed her. But then again, she also realized Emma wasn't aware of this, not entirely. Emma Swan was definitely something else. She had a feeling now that she was the dark one, she would realize more things about herself soon. She began humming a lullaby as she sat back. She couldn't help herself as she started smiling at the knowledge she knew certain things about Emma Swan that her sister didn't.
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An hour later, David entered the station in time for his shift. He'd expected to see his daughter there, keeping an eye on their prisoner. Seeing she was nowhere to be found, he looked at Zelena. "Where's Emma?"
Zelena looked at David. "She's gone. She got into a spat with good old Rumplestiltskin. Now all that's left is the dagger over there." She replied flippantly. This was her defense mechanism. Being sassy, cheeky, brazen. She didn't want anyone to know how she really felt deep down inside. She put on a face to show people they couldn't bring her down. But when it came to jealousy, her body betrayed her. Once the green eyed monster came out, it did literally.
David turned to see the dark one's dagger on the floor. He walked up to it, feeling dread spreading at the sight of his daughter's name staring back at him. "What the hell happened here?"
"I'd tell you to ask Rumple. But… The bloody bugger is dead now. He came here to kill me. Emma stopped him. And now she's the dark one. How does it feel knowing your baby girl's the newest baddie in town now?" She smiled smugly at him, knowing how much of a goody two shoes he was.
David gasped, feeling as if he'd been stabbed in the guts. "She should have let him kill you! Then we wouldn't be in this mess right now!"
Zelena chuckled. "Well, that would never happen dear. You wouldn't want my innocent baby to die now would you?"
"You're pregnant? Who in their right mind would want to hook up with someone like you?" David deadpanned. "They'd have to be either stupid or drunk to have their way with you."
Zelena's eyebrows rose. If only he knew. She tilted her head and smiled. "I guess if that's the way you see your daughter, I suppose it's true… Gramps."
David blinked in shock. Had Zelena just called him Gramps? Did that mean his daughter… Wait what? No impossible! She was a woman for goodness sake! "You're lying! Why the hell would you say… That's impossible! I'm not an idiot! She's a woman!"
Zelena laughed. "Well it seems I know your daughter better than you do. We made love. Now I have her baby growing inside me. What are you going to do about it Pops?"
David ran his hand through his hair as he paced back and forth in front of the cell. He refused to believe his daughter would have sex with the witch. After everything that bitch put their family through. He refused to believe Emma knocked that woman up. Not knowing what to do about this messed up situation, he did the first thing that came to mind. He called his wife.
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Mary Margaret was staring hard at the witch in the cell. "You can't be pregnant! You're making this up! None of this is true! And now because of you… Our daughter is the dark one." She replied indignantly.
Zelena smiled smugly. "Believe what you like. I don't sleep around. The only person I've slept with is your precious Emma. She wasn't about to let Rumple kill the mother of her baby. So she killed him." She shrugged.
Mary Margaret stared at her for a moment before a light went on in her mind. She looked at David. "There's a camera here… Let's put this insanity to rest. We'll find proof…"
David nodded as he went to get the recording and got the tape, bringing it to the tv and vcr, put it in and turned the tv on. They rewound the tape to where Emma first arrived and began having a conversation with Zelena. They heard everything being said up to Emma storming out and then seeing Rumple arrive to taunt the redhead and threatening her, they saw how Emma stopped him in the nick of time, telling him he would never threaten Zelena or their baby again, she'd proceeded to kill him. They saw and heard everything before taking the tape out. David shared a look of dismay with his wife before glaring at Zelena.
"You're going to pay for what you did to Emma! We won't kill you, but after the baby is born, we will take it from you and send you across the townline. You will never come near Emma or our family ever again." David replied coldly to her.
"You can't do that! Emma won't let you do this to the mother of her child." Zelena replied. "You'd separate a mother from her baby?"
Mary Margaret nodded. "We can, and we will." They were about to leave when Regina arrived, looking for Emma. Mary Margaret hid the tape from her.
Regina saw that something had clearly happened. "Where is Emma? Is everything okay?" She looked from Zelena to the Charmings. She saw a glint of metal as David tried to hide the dagger from her. "What is that? Is that the dark one's dagger?"
Mary Margaret knew Regina needed to know about Emma. She nodded at her husband. "Show her what happened to our daughter." She held her purse closer, not wanting to let Regina know about what happened between Zelena and Emma just yet.
David nodded and showed the Mayor the dagger.
Regina's expression changed from concern to horror. "What the hell happened here?! Why did Emma kill Gold? What did you do?" She turned to look at her sister. "Tell me!"
Zelena rolled her eyes. "Well, do you want the long version or the short version?" She smiled at her. "I could tell you everything, or you can watch the security tape your former nemesis has hidden in her purse. They know everything that happened and they've threatened me just like good old Rumple did before Emma went and killed him. That was a nice surprise. Didn't think Emma cared enough about me to stop him from killing me and my baby." She rubbed her belly and laughed.
Regina's jaw dropped in surprise. "You're pregnant?" She had not expected to hear this bit of news. She turned to look at the Charmings. "Give me the tape."
Mary Margaret shook her head. She was afraid if she did, Regina would kill Zelena, not thinking about the baby. "You're not going to get this tape."
David stepped in front of his wife. "We're handling this. It's my job as acting sheriff in my daughter's absence. You find a way to bring our daughter back and then we will deal with your sister."
Regina turned to look at David, her eyes bore into him. "I am the mayor and your boss. You will give me that tape or consider yourself fired. I will find a way to save Emma. Because she's my friend and she trusts me. Give me that dagger too."
David hesitated not wanting to put the dagger in the hands of someone who used to be the Evil Queen.
Regina saw his hesitation. "If anyone understands the lure of darkness and what it can do to you, it would be me. I'm the only one who can help your daughter right now."
David sighed and nodded as he handed the dagger to her. "Please… When you find her, tell her we need to talk."
Mary Margaret was dismayed to see her husband hand over the dagger. "David!"
Regina looked at Mary Margaret and with a flick of her wrist, the tape appeared in her hand. She saw and heard the way Mary Margaret gasped, and smiled in victory as she left in a purple cloud of smoke.
The Charmings then turned to look at Zelena. "You know your sister is going to know everything you've done to Emma soon. She's going to come after your blood. And there's nothing we can do about it." Mary Margaret replied.
"That means we can't protect that baby. What makes you think Regina is going to think twice about coming after you?" David asked.
Zelena smiled, not the least bit worried about Regina's impending wrath. "Oh, she can come see me if she wants to. She can try, but she won't succeed in hurting my baby. My sister and I are going to have ourselves a nice little chat. I'm counting on it." She had a truly smug smile on her face as she rubbed her belly. She was so much looking forward to the conversation she would be having with her little sister. She was going to have so much fun taunting her. Maybe it wasn't the smartest move to make, but she had something her sister didn't and she knew it was going to piss her sister off and drive her insane knowing she had Emma first before she had the chance to test the waters with her beloved Savior. Oh yes, Zelena was proud of that very fact. She watched as the Charmings finally left. She sat there, alone in her cell, waiting for her sister's arrival. Zelena was more than ready. Knowing that Emma wouldn't let Rumple kill her, she knew The Savior wouldn't let Regina hurt her either. She was betting on her instincts right now... It was showtime.
