Later that night, once the cops have arrived
Both the woman wrapped in blankets, sit side by side in the back of a black SUV, while the detective informs them more about what happened.
"The victim, Mr. Killian Jones is an international arms dealer and the FBI was moving to convict him, so in the meantime in exchange for less time he was helping us capture Mr. Gold, so we think that's why Gold had him killed, if we find the murderer then maybe he will lead straight to Gold. And the two of you, are going to be our star witnesses, but in the mean time I want to concentrate on keeping both of you safe." The detective stated.
"What…What do you mean safe?" Regina asked nervously.
"This guy is still out there ma'am." He said.
"But, he doesn't know who we are…" Emma pointed out.
"I'm going to put you under 24 hour protection at your apartment on Manhattan." He said firmly.
"Um…well, we don't live together; he is at hotel because we are separated." Regina said casually. Hearing her wife tell a total stranger this hurt, and made Emma a little uncomfortable, so she started to rub the back of her neck nervously.
They proceeded to discuss minor details, until there meeting was over; All three exited the car.
"So, I know tonight was a really long night for the both of you, so get some rest and I will see you two in the morning." The man said. "Mrs. Swan-Mills," he said turning to Regina "this is Marshall Anton" gesturing to a large man with very broad shoulders, he was at least two to three feet taller than Regina.
"Well, hello" Regina said while flashing him a small tight smile.
"Ma'am" responded the giant.
"Um…Do you want me to stay tonight?" Emma offered, hoping her wife would say yes.
"No Miss Swan, I think Marshall Anton can handle it on his own, good night." she said coolly.
"Good night…" the blond responded a little disappointed.
Regina and her assigned Marshall then proceeded to head to the car that was going to take her to her apartment.
At that same moment, a man who was maybe 3 to 4 feet tall approached her and the detective. "Mrs. Swan-Mills, this is Marshall Dopey and he will be protecting you." Are you kidding me? Emma wondered.
"Um…hi" the blonde didn't really know what to say to the small man.
"It's very nice to meet you Miss." He said ushering Emma towards the vehicle that would take them to the hotel that Emma was staying at.
Across town
"Hey, it's me…Yeah it's done" the man dressed head to toe in black responded, while walking down the crowded streets of NYC
"Very good, dearie" the person on the other side of the phone said. "I'll meet you tomorrow on the island."
"No problem." Just as the call was over, the man in black passed a store window with a familiar face in it. He recognized immediately, it was the brunette from before, he smiled sickly.
The next morning at Regina's Apartment
Regina had just finished in the washroom when the phone started to ring. "Hello…Oh hello detective, oh okay you are going to send someone to relieve Marshall Anton. Okay that's perfect," her intercom had started to ring "Yeah he has been out there a while, sorry can you give me a minute, my intercom is ringing. Okay thx"
Regina then proceeded to run over to the intercom, to see who was there. Marco her doorman said that there was Marshall here to relieve the other one from his duty. Regina told him to send the Marshall up.
Regina then ran back to the phone "Yeah, hi sorry, it seems you guy is already here, he is coming up as we speak….what…okay"
She then ran to the door, she heard gunshots and opened it to find Anton against the door with two bullets in him and the man from the balcony dressed up as a police officer at the other end of the hall, with a gun in his hand.
"GET BACK INSIDE!" Anton shouted at her and she gasped at the sight of him and began to follow orders when the gun was fired again, only this time it hit the door just as she closed it.
She then rushed once the door was closed to lock it; maybe it will keep him out Regina thought.
She ran as quickly as she could to her balcony and uselessly screamed for help, like anyone could hear her, she was 30 floors up. She heard the lock break and the killer start to break through the door. At that same moment, she decided to start to climb to the next apartment. She kept thinking just don't look down, don't do it Regina. You can do this. You can't die like this, you won't die like this.
The killer started to panic when he heard children coming off the elevator so he decided to flee by taking the stairwell.
Regina had already started to climb the tiny ledge, one misplaced step and she would become a pancake. She managed to make to the next balcony without falling.
Across town at the hotel Emma was staying at
Emma had just finished her shower and just put on her towel, when Marshall Dopey rushed right into the room without care
"There is an emergency."
"Okay thank you..." seeing that he wasn't moving, she gestured to herself and the fact she was almost naked "Um…Do you mind?!"
The man only smiled a goofy grin "Not at all"
"Okay…I'll be out in a minute"
Finally taking the hint the man left her to get dressed in peace.
Back at Regina's apartment
Emma and Regina sat together surrounded by police officer and the detective from the other night.
"The perp was pretty careful at keeping his head down, when passing the cameras," the detective sayed.
"How's Marshal Anton?" Regina asked, genuinely worried for the man who got shot because of her.
He's going to be fine, he was wearing a bullet proof vest but this guy is still out there and now he knows where you live. I suggest that both of you both enter witness relocation program" the detective stated.
"What?" They both said in unison
"Wait hang on," Emma started to say when Regina stopped her.
"You mean where they pack you up and ship you off to the middle of nowhere? Oh no way, forget that"
"Wait hang on a sec" Emma started again "how about we just look at our options because I'm sure there has to be some options here" she stated, happy that Regina didn't interrupt her again.
"Well where would we go?" Regina asked cautiously
"I can't reveal that until we are on the jet…" the detective said.
"Wait a minute there is a jet?! So it's out of the city…" Regina questioned
Emma butted in "so Gina I think we should try and stay logical and examine all the angles before we jump to a conclusion" she stated trying to help calm her wife.
"No, I can't I have a conference, I can't miss that…" she rambled on about the consequences, Emma tried to speak a few times but it was no use. "And what about all our friends and our family? We what just up and leave them, that's just too crazy. That's ridiculous, is that really what you are suggesting?"
Emma was starting to get frustrated with the woman, "Well we don't actually know what he is suggesting because you haven't let him speak" she stated, happy that her wife had finally stopped talking long enough for anyone else to speak.
"Excuse me, this isn't the first time we have done this, we have got a list of people to contact but first we need to get you two to a safe location." The detective said, clearly frustrated with both of the woman.
"What happens if you never find the perp?" Emma asked curiously.
"Don't worry, we'll find him." The detective said confidently "Right now, we are going to place you at temporary place until we can find you a more permeant one."
"What do you mean by permeant?" Regina asked forcefully with a look of disgust of her face.
Noticing that he had slipped up, the detective corrected himself. "I don't mean permeant, I mean official."
Regina deciding not to let up kept badgering the man. "But you said permeant. So…so if you don't catch this guy, the official site becomes the permeant site." She was getting more and more agitated as Emma just remained calm.
"Okay, why don't you let him just try and explain that bit," Emma tried to reason with the brunette but once again she was ignored.
"I'm sorry…I…I can't do this" Regina sayed as she stood up. "I'm a new Yorker, I was born here this is my home."
"This man is a professional killer, he found you in one night and he will keep coming back until both of you are dead." The detective said, trying to help the woman see that this was not a choice. "Wouldn't you rather live somewhere else, instead of dying in New York?"
The woman finally remained silent, so Emma tried to see what she was thinking about. "Gina?"
"I'm thinking"
Hearing this, the detective decided to pipe up. "There is nothing to think about, if you want to live, you're out of options."
"I'm sorry, but I don't mean to drag our personal problems into this but me and her are separated, and at this exact moment in my life right now, I can't commit to spending the rest of my life with my wife." Regina said looking at the detective and not once looking at Emma; if she had, she would have seen how hurt Emma was, and how her words had devastated Emma
"This is just a temporary location, you will be there a week tops, we'll arrange separate sites after but first we need to get both of you as far as we can from here."
It was decided Regina and Emma were going to be stuck together for the foreseeable future.
They both had to give up all of their devices and credit cards, the both packed clothes that there Marshalls had deemed appropriate for where they were going.
A couple hours later, they were on the jet heading to god's nowhere. Once the plane took off, Regina and Emma both went to sleep considering the couple days they just had.
When they both finally decided to wake up, the plane had landed in probably one of the world's smallest airports. They both gathered up their belongings and started to get off the plane.
They finally got off the plane they both thought to them selves
And so it begins…