I decided that this would be the last chapter...
Regina knew that Jefferson was crazy. They didn't call him the Mad Hatter for nothing. What scared her more, was that she knew that since Emma's car was in the driveway, not only was Emma in the house, but Mary-Margaret was too. Regina sat in her car in front of Jefferson's house contemplating what she should do. Her fist thought was to call the police, but that idea was preposterous as Emma was the only officer in town.
Regina got out of the car and rang Jefferson's door bell.
She waited for a few moments until she heard Jefferson's footsteps before he unlocked and opened the door.
"Regina. What are you doing here?" Jefferson asked coldly.
"Well. I was driving around and I saw Emma's car in your driveway. I figured you were having dinner or something. The weird thing is - is that she's my girlfriend - not yours."
Regina was quite proud of the lie she had concocted so naturally.
"Look we both know that that's not why you're here," he started in an intense whisper, "I'm not really sure why you felt the need to knock on my door, but what I do know is that you need to leave. NOW!" Jefferson's voice had been rising in volume until he screamed his last sentence at Regina and slammed the door in her face.
Regina went back to her car to think. She had no idea as to where he would be keeping Emma and Mary-Margaret. She wasn't sure if they were hurt or just sitting somewhere drugged in his house.
Finally, Regina got back out of the car and walked around the back of the enormous house. She saw that two rooms had lights on. There was one on the second floor and another in the basement. The rest of the house was in complete darkness. Regina walked up to the house and looked into the window of the basement. She saw Emma and Jefferson in a small workshop. Emma was making what looked to be a hat while Jefferson had his gun almost constantly pointed at her.
At that moment Regina remembered the skeleton keys. She went through her bag and found the key ring and ran back to the front of the house.
Regina opened the door as quietly as possible and re-locked it. She sneaked upstairs and found the bedroom that had the light on. Regina opened and closed the door to find Mary-Margaret tied to a chair and crying quietly. When Mary-Margaret saw Regina her eyes lit up with hope. Regina quickly untied all of the ropes that had held Mary-Margaret to the chair. The women hugged in happiness as well as relief that Mary-Margaret was okay.
"How did you get in here?" Mary-Margaret whispered.
"My skeleton keys are one of the perks of being the mayor," Regina whispered. "We're need to find a way to get Emma. They're in the basement."
"But he has a gun," Mary-Margaret said as she began shaking uncontrollably.
Regina tried calming Mary-Margaret down. She knew that they didn't have much time before Jefferson decided to do something crazy and Regina didn't want to stick around long enough to find out.
Before they could leave the room they heard footsteps; Two very distinct pairs. One set belonged to Jefferson, the other, Emma. Mary-Margaret was now crying hysterically and all Regina could do was hug her and hope that everything was going to be okay.
The footsteps got louder almost to an unbearable volume until they stopped and both women heard the door across the hall open. Regina quickly bent down and looked through the key hole to find both Jefferson and Emma's backs to her.
Regina looked around the room and found a bat to arm herself with before opening the door. She opened the door quietly before running and hitting Jefferson in the right shoulder with the bat. He instantaneously dropped the gun and brought his left arm up to where Regina assumed his shoulder was now broken and bleeding. Emma reacted quickly and picked up the gun Jefferson dropped and pointed it back at him.
"This is my gun!" She yelled, "And you're under arrest."
Jefferson knew that he was overpowered and submitted to being handcuffed.
Emma, Mary-Margaret, Regina, and Jefferson all left the big mansion and made their way outside. Emma put Jefferson in the back of her car and Mary-Margaret drove back to the station with Regina.
They all met back at the station and Jefferson was put in a cell.
"I'm not sure what to do about you since I don't think you and Jefferson should be in the same room," Emma said to Mary-Margaret while staring at Jefferson in the left cell and the empty cell on the right.
Jefferson sat with his hands still handcuffed behind his back smirking at the three women.
Emma called a Maine state trooper who decided it would be fine if Mary-Margaret stayed with Regina and Emma until Jefferson was incarcerated in a prison or released, which would likely happen within the week.
"I guess you're going home with us," Emma finally said.
"Oh thank you so much," Mary-Margaret cried out unable to contain her emotions. She hugged Emma and then Regina.
"We need to go pick up Henry and then we'll all go home," Regina informed the others.
They picked up Henry and went home, thanking Regina's need for control, more importantly her skeleton keys, for saving the day.
...but I'm going to make a sequel. :)