"What did you find out Swan?" A deeper voice startled the blonde out of her revere. She looked up from the surveillance photo of Regina and she blinked a few times. "What?" she asked him making him shake his head." I'm thinking that someone had a little bit too much to drink last night." He teased taking the empty seat next to her and propping his feet up on the small garbage can beside her desk. Emma put her head in her hands, rubbing her temples and tiring to alleviate the tension that had formed and had been present since the early hours of the morning. "Something like that." She answered going along with his conclusion, not wanting to go into the fact that she'd only had about two drinks the previous night and she was anything other than hung over.

The real reason the blonde was so out of sorts was because her night was spent being plagued by hauntingly beautiful brown eyes and a perfect body. Neal pat her back before pushing her coffee cup toward her, "Drink up, you'll feel loads better." A small chuckled left the blonde and she took the cup sipping it slowly, her eyes moving back to the picture on her desk top. "So... I'll ask again... What happened last night?" He asked, using his foot to rock his chair back and forth just slightly while waiting. Emma crossed her legs both on her chair and she held the coffee cup in her lap. With a slight purse of her lips and she began speaking

"Well, I almost didn't get in, Actually the bouncer told me to 'Hit the bricks'." she told him, putting air quotes around the words the bouncer had told her the previous night, which earned a laugh from her partner. "How'd ya get in? find a side window or something?" The blonde shot him a playful glare before continuing, "No, you jerk, bit if I would have had to have resorted to such an entrance it would have been entirely your fault, it was your job to find out the details of the club, which you did for the most part, but what you didn't find out is that they had a list of people they would let in and the rest would get turned away." She said leaning over to slap his arm.

"Ruby, Regina's closet guard happened to open the door right as I was going to walk away and she stopped me and allowed me in, I guess she thought I was attractive enough because she let me in." She winked at him smugly and he rolled his eyes. "Don't let it go to your head Blondie, it's already big enough." He teased and again he earned a mock glare from the blonde.

"Ha-Ha very funny, and maybe I wouldn't let it go to my head if it was just her, but it wasn't, Killian Jones, from the pirating ships, came up to me and was trying to buy me a drink and that's when Regina showed up." That caught Neal's attention.

"She actually talked to you?" He asked with real shock this time and she nodded, "Yea... she did, and I was worried that I was going to have a hard time finding her, she found me. Actually she saved me from getting into a nice bar fight with Killian because he has quite the way with words." She told him remembering his words " a pretty girl like you shouldn't be at a bar alone.' he'd told her and she shook her head trying to rid herself of the memory of the creepy feeling she'd gotten from him. "Well... what did she say?" He asked the blonde, basically sitting on the edge of his seat. a pale hand ran through blonde curls and she shook her head, "She told him I wasn't at the bar alone and that I had just been waiting for her to come find me. She took me upstairs to where all the VIP rooms were and we went into the red room and we talked. She wanted to know all about me, where I'm from, where I grew up, and in turn she'd told me just a little bit, that her family is from Puerto Rico, and that she moved around a lot growing up... but before we got too far into talking Ruby came back and she had to leave because apparently someone they'd been waiting for had shown up. So, she had one of her body guards drive me 'home' aaand." she paused pulling out a card from her phone case. "She gave me this." She said with a smirk and held up the card containing what was more than likely Regina's personal number.

Neal shook his head studying the card in her hand. I can't believe this is actually working." He said leaning back in his chair and shaking his head. Emma raised a brow at him and she squinted her eyes. "Why? YOU'RE the one who said I'm her type." She told him only to receive a chuckle in response "Well yea, but still, in a crowd full of hundreds of women, she chose you." He chuckled and a small groan left her mouth and she shook her head standing from her chair and downing the rest of coffee. "I've said it before and I'll say it again, you're a jerk." she told him before walking across the room to get another cup of coffee.

Turning on the Keurig she placed her cup beneath the spout of the machine, she popped a new Keurig cup into the machine, deciding to go with her normal hot chocolate this time and she leant against the counter. Behind her she could hear her partner flipping through the case files on her desk which she ignored, they were working this case together after all so he needed to know everything that she did about the case.

On the other side of the room the main door to the conference room opened and the chief walked in with a file in her hand. "There's been another murder." she said dropping the case file onto the desk. Emma's stomach turned and she turned around looking from the blonde haired woman to the case file.

"Are you sure it was their people who did it?" she asked. The blonde officer moved across the room back to the desk and she picked up the case file and the images inside made her cringe. "Jesus Christ." she whispered as she flipped through the photos of the body found on the outskirts of New York on what appeared to be a jogging trail. "Who found the body?" she asked setting the folder back on the desk which Neal quickly snatched up and went through.

"The body was found by a jogger at 5 a.m this morning." Katherine said as she leaned against the wall with her hands behind her back. "Was it Regina?" she asked looking back at the folder that Neal was holding, she nodded "Yes, it had her calling card attached to the body as all the other have had. Emma let out a groan as her body sunk back into her chair. Regina's calling card wasn't hard to miss, it was a blood red kiss on the cheek. Emma took a moment to gather her thoughts before talking again. "What was the cause of death?" she asked settling her eyes on a photo of the man while Neal laid them out on the desk. "Poison, after a very brutal beating." she explained. Emma reached over for the file and pulled out the M.E's report and began scanning through it.

Time of death: between 2 and 3 a.m.

This is the section that Emma's eyes had been drawn to as soon as she grabbed the paper, her body slumped back into the chair and she sighed running a hand down her face. "I should have stayed later last night maybe I could have stopped this." She spoke, not really to the other people in the room but more to herself. Maybe that was the reason Regina made her driver take her home, because that's what she went to do. "Emma, the body wasn't moved, he was killed in the spot her was found." The chief explained walking over to them.

"We need to get you prepped again for tonight, I want you to call her, tell her you'd like to see her tonight... We will create a diversion outside that will draw her out to see what is going on and while she's gone I want you to go look around..." the older blonde said.

"Do you have any idea where she went last night after she left you?" Neal asked and Emma shook her head leaning forward to rest her elbows on the desk when a thought dawned on her, "Wait maybe..." she said squinting her eyes trying to remember what Ruby had said the previous night when she was talking to the bouncer. "When Ruby came out she was talking about the green room being ready for Mal and Cru... maybe there." She said looking up to her boss who nodded "Okay, I am going to get some things in order for you to take with you tonight. I want you to call her, and that's an order Swan."

Emma pulled her personal phone from her pocket, not wanting Regina to have her work number and she typed the number into her phone saving it under the woman's name before sending her a quick text.

Emma- Hey, this is Emma from last night :) is this Regina?

She sighed looking up to Neal who gave her a small smile, "Come on Swan, it's lunch time." he said, standing up and slapping her on the back before walking toward the door.

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"WHY DO I EMPLOY SUCH IMBECILES?!" Regina's voice rang through her office which was in the basement of the club. She was sitting at the head of a long conference table with Ruby to her right, and Carlos to her left. The rest of the seats were taken by the people that were in charge of body disposal, clean up, and so on. They were all looking at her with wide eyes, all knowing what her temper could do. "Please explain to me WHY you thought it was a good idea to kill him IN A PUBLIC PLACE AND LEAVE THE DANG BODY?!" She yelled standing up and slamming her fists down on the table.

Everyone sitting at the table jumped slightly at the anger that was radiating from the woman who was currently trying desperately to contain her temper by taking deep breaths. "If ANYONE saw you, I will not hesitate to throw you under the bus if the police come snooping around, and you know they will." She snapped pushing her chair back and pushing her hair out of her face. "Never again, am I understood?!" she snapped meeting each pair of eyes in the room. They all nodded and she sighed rubbing her forehead. "Answer me." She said giving them all a look that could kill. "Yes Miss. Mills." They all answered in unison.

About that same time her phone went off on the desk in front of her and sighing she picked it up and read the message, a small smile fell to deep red lips as she read the message.

Emma- Hey, this is Emma from last night :) is this Regina?

Before responding she put the phone back on the table and she raised a slender arm with her pointer finger extended toward the door. "Everyone out... you stay." she said placing her hand on Ruby's shoulder to let her know she was needed and everyone nearly bolted from the room. Carlos was the last one to leave and he closed the door, standing guard outside the room.

Regina grabbed the phone before moving over to her actual desk and she sat in her seat and pulled the message up once again.

Regina- Well hello there beautiful, I was beginning to think I wouldn't hear from you. How is your day darling?

Regina sent back before pointing to the seat in front of her desk so Ruby was still and stop loitering. "I have a job for you." she said setting her phone down and leaning forward on the desk, resting her chin on her hands while her arms held her head up. "I want you to find out everything you can about Emma, the girl from last night." She explained tapping a finger against her chin.

Ruby furrowed her brows just slightly, "Do you have any idea what her last name is?" she asked Regina reaching into her pocket to pull out her phone. "No, but I have her phone number, I know her first name, and I know that she was a foster child so it won't be to hard to find out information about her. I'll forward you her phone number, and a picture of her when I get one so you can do the face analysis. Have Bret hack into the police records and search for her that way, it'll be the easiest way.

The phone on the desk vibrated once again and Regina removed one hand from beneath her chin to grab the phone.

Emma- Sorry, I didn't know when a good time to message you would be, I know you were probably up late and I thought maybe you'd be asleep so I waited.

A small chuckle left Regina's lips and Ruby glanced up giving a small smile as she saw the happy look on her friends face. She honestly hadn't seen Regina too happy since her father had gotten sick. "You like her huh?" Ruby said, she'd always been the only one who knew anything about Regina, they'd grown up together after all. Regina glanced up and her with a small smirk on her lips and she shook her head at Ruby, "Don't you have somewhere to be Miss Lucas?" she teased and Ruby chuckled, with a shake of her head she stood from the chair walking toward the door.

Regina watched until Ruby left the room and heard the door click before going back to her phone, and more importantly, back to Emma.

Regina- Well, that was very thoughtful of you dear, I have been up for quite some time, you know business never rests, though most the time I wish it did. ;)

What are you up to the rest of today?

Regina sent back, setting her phone off to the side and she quickly opened up her computer and checked her emails, nothing really knew from anyone apart from her payments being due for her properties, cars, and so on which she quickly took care of.

Emma- Well... I was thinking if you would be at your club again maybe I could stop by...

Regina paused grabbing her phone and she smiled a bit wider as she read the message and she typed back a quick response.

Regina- Hmm... well, I could be there, but it'll cost you.

She sent back trying to tease her a bit, curious of how the blonde would respond. She didn't have to wait to terribly long before she received a response from the blonde.

Emma- To see you, I'd probably pay any price ;)

Regina's face lit up at the cheeky response and she actually let out a laugh.

Regina- I'm very glad to hear it, your price is small really, what I will require is a picture of you.

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