Seeing Red
AN: thanks for the reviews,faves, and follows you guys. Makes me want to keep writing. AS you can see I already made reference to the deleted scene when they got back from NY. What I hated about that scene is Robin bowing down to Zelena a bit. I think it's about time he got a little pissed.
Robin sighed, barely able to keep his eyes opened, as he turned over the last page of the book. He had heard stories of the great and terrible evil queen, but now he knew the complete truth. No she was not evil, just simply heartbroken and misunderstood.
Bold and audacious,perhaps, but not evil
As he finished the book, he deeply wished they have would have met that night at the tavern. Perhaps he could have saved her some of that heartache. There was nothing he could have done about the loss of her first love, Daniel, by the hands of her wretched, abusive mother. Maybe he could have save her from the dark, lost days as the queen.
Thinking about the events of the book only began to make him angrier. He had to get control of it, for he had two boys to get to school today. The clock on the wall read 6 AM. It's not like he would have slept anyway, not with everything on his mind. Maybe an hour nap would do him some good and help him to get through this day,
As he was preparing breakfast for Henry and Roland, he received a phone call from Charming letting him know about the meeting later today. Apparently the apprentice was awake and was more than willing to help answer their questions. Robin let charming know he would be at Grannies at 10 AM sharp. A little smirk appeared on his lips. He would get to see Regina today, at least from afar. She was too concerned about Emma to not show up.
The archer got dressed and brought the boys to the bus stop in front of Grannies. As they waited for the big yellow metal carriage to arrive, he thought about what he had to do before going to the meeting. He had to go talk to Zelena and put her in her rightful place. Before leaving to do just that, he made sure the boys were safely on the bus. Turning around, he made his way to the ward prison that lay below the hospital ground.
The closer he got to Zelena, the angrier he became as he thought of the things the witch had goaded Regina with. Once he reached the door that lead down to her cell, he punched in the code as Regina had taught him. As he descended the stairs and passed the nurse, who nodded at him, he felt his pulse begin to race and his pupils dilate with a low sizzle of rage. He felt his skin start to redden and become hot to the touch. His hands were fisted so tight, his knuckles white, as he reached for door knob. The magic fell from the door as it opened and there sat Zelena with a stupid smirk across her face.
"OH look, my dear husband has come to visit me! What do I owe the pleasure? Or will we be sharing the pleasure together?" Zelena said with a wicked grin.
"Shut your trap Zelena!"
"Should I put the kettle on before or after our quick romp?"
"I said SHUT IT. That is clearly NOT why I am here. I would not sleep with the likes of you!" Robin said with more force, his face turning even redder than it already was.
"Oh my dear, but you already have!" Zelena taunted with a cackle
Bile rose in the back of Robin's throat as he thought back to what he had done. He ignored her comment, trying not to let Zelena distract him. There was purpose for his visit and it was not this."I know what you told Regina. I know what you divulged to her yesterday."
"Is my dear little sister upset. Oh poor dear, perhaps I should apologize. I do feel a litte bit of remorse…NOT!" Zelena said without an ounce of regret in her voice.
"How can you be SO evil? What do you get out of this game?"
"Oh I'm not evil Robin, I'm WICKED!" she said with the most sinister sneer on her face. It would make anyones skin crawl. "What I got out of it is the satisfaction of ruining her happy ending. Finally, taking EVERYTHING away from her. Getting you to delete her number from your phone brought poor joy to my heart. Then you kissed me and that was just a bonus. Once I played the right card, you and your honor fell right into the palm of my hand."
"STOP TALKING!" Robin shouted as he was losing it.
"I am no where near done peaches. Getting you to sleep with me so soon was the real surprise. Every touch was a step towards victory, more pleasurable than anything you gave me!" she snided at him. "I didn't expect to get pregnant, who knew you were so fertile dear husband."
Robin was losing it. He couldn't take her words anymore. Is this how Regina felt?
" I didn't even consider it but that was the icing on the cake. If you did find out my little game, you could never hurt me. For I was pregnant—with my sister's soulmate child" Zelena continued with pure elation in her voice. "Do you want to know what the cherry on top was Robin?" She leaned in towards him, not looking away from him as as Robin's fists became whiter from force of his grip."The times during our late night romps where you had to bite your lips from screaming your precious dead wife's, Marian, name. The one I so easily killed!"
Robin's eye shot up at her words. He saw red and charged towards her. His right hand found her throat, pushed her back towards the wall behind her. He glared with rage into her eyes as he looks into the depth of her wicked,dark soul and applied enough pressure with his hand to just begin to cut off her oxygen supply.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT SAYING HER NAME. YOU WANT TO PLAY THIS GAME ZELENA? FINE,I'll play!" his voice dropped to a low whisper. "Do you want to know the name I didn't want to let slip Zelena? It was Regina's. It was the only way I could make it happen. She was where my heart lied and I should have listened to it. Do you think anyone would want to actually sleep WITH YOU!" Without magic, she wanted to use words to hurt, well he could play that game too. His grip did not relent on her throat.
Zelena scoffed at that. "Well isn't that a nice way to pay respect to your wife. To think of another while you make love to her."
His grip tightened, not enough to totally cut off her blood supple yet. "I felt guilty everyday that I couldn't love my wife, who I had mourned for years, properly because my heart now belonged to another. With your wicked ways, you used that against me to manipulate me into things. It was never my Marian. It was YOU!" Red was all he saw, he was dangerously close to killing her. "No more Zelena. I know where my heart stands. If I ever hear of you taunting Regina again, I will kill you with my bare hands and enjoy watching the light drain from your eyes as you are robbed of the oxygen your body desires!"
Zelena's eyes flickered towards his. "You would never kill me. I'm pregnant with your child."
A smirk so deadly came over Robin's face that it made even Zelena's skin crawl. "What makes you feel so safe after my baby is born Zelena?"
"You wouldn't leave a child motherless." Zelena choked on her words, a tremble in her voice.
"My son or daughter will have a mother and it will not be you. Your womb is nothing but an incubator and you will have no rights to this child—nothing more than occasional monitored visits." Robin swallowed as he thought of Regina and him somehow coming together and raising the child together. He thought of the family he so desperately wanted and the feeling of needing to protect overwhelmed him. "Try me Zelena!" He tightened his hold again and waited for a response. There was none. "I've killed before Zelena. My heart is not untouched and I will kill to protect my family. Test me Zelena. Say one more wicked word to Regina and see what will happen." Red was still all he could see but as Zelena had no retort, it began to fade.
He let go of Zelena's neck and began to walk backwards towards the door. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have somewhere to be! Heed my warning Zelena."As he left, Robin didn't even bother to spare her a look. Still seeing spots of red and feeling anger crush him, he knew he needed to take a walk in the woods to cool off before the meeting.
Grannies 1 hour later
Regina sat in a booth at Grannies waiting for everyone to arrive. Unable to silence her mind from the wicked words of her sister, dark circles surrounded her eyes from lack of sleep the previous night. She felt betrayed and so heart broken. Lost in her thoughts, she barely noticed when a single red rose was laid in front of her.
"Good morning, Regina. For you." It was Robin who had presented her with the rose.
"I thought I told you I needed some space."
He sat down across from her. "I know. I just wanted to check on you. You look quite knackered."
"Gee thanks." She responded, offense in her voice
"Well sleeping, or not sleeping, in a dank secret room in your vault will do that to you."
With wide eyes and raised eyebrows she questioned, "How do you know about my secret room?!"
"I'm a thief. It's my job to know how to find hidden rooms. A two way mirror with a latch is not very creative your majesty." He chuckled as she glared at him in his dis belief. " That brings me to why I am here. I have a proposition for you?"
"Oh god, you're not asking me to take over the Merry Men again, are you?" A slight smirk spread across her lips.
" No not this time," He chuckled. "I will give you the space you desire and I will stay at the camp with my men. You need a place of comfort and to be able to rest properly: however, I can not seem to get Roland to leave your house. I think he's too enamored with his plush bed and forest themed room you created him. I also think he's too in love with his Gina to leave"
A smile krept upon her face. "He can stay and I will keep him safe. You can come and see him of course. Or take him to the camp during the day, which ever you prefer."
" I would prefer not having to leave at all."
She looked at him, her smile dropping. " Robin…I"
"I know." He looked into her eyes at the sentiment, never wanting to extract his gaze from hers. They were brought out of their reverie by the arrival of everyone else.
The apprentice was awake but still feeling too unwell to attend the meeting. Blue had relayed the news to everyone that the apprentice agreed Emma was in the dark ones vault in the Enchanted Forest. This worked well as he confirmed Merlin was indeed in Camelot, which was a neighboring kingdom to the Enchanted Forest. Finally, he said there was a door at the Sorcerer's house that leads back to Misthaven but it had been damaged upon the home's arrival during Snow White's dark curse. There was a spell to fix it but it will take a week to do so. His final message was for them to prepare, as in a week times the first steps to save Emma will begin.
After blue left everyone had stayed to have lunch and to discuss how they would prepare for their upcoming journey. Robin kept looking towards Regina with concern. She looked so defeated.
Unable to stay anymore, she got up with some excuse, said her goodbyes, and went to leave Grannies. Robin followed, not far behind.
"Regina…" He said as he touched her shoulder from behind.
"Please Robin, I can't do this right now."
"I know, you need your space and I will listen out of respect. I don't want to be another person in your life forcing you into something you don't want. I won't be your mother forcing you to be someone you're not, King Leopold making you his child bride, or Rumplstilskin manipulating you into casting a curse for him to find his son." His hand fell from her shoulder and found hers as she turned around to look at him.
"you read my story?" She said with shock written all over her face.
He squeezed her hand. "Yes. I read the book in its entirety last night."
She looked down ,unable to look him in the eyes. "Yet you still want to be with me?"
" Yes. I knew of the Evil Queen's past but I want to know everything about Regina. I will give you the space you desire, Regina. If you will agree to meet me in a few days to talk and hear what I have to say. I am planning something for you Regina and I hope you'll agree to meeting me." She had looked at him while he spoke, their eyes finally meeting. Taking the hand he was holding, he kissed the back of it.
"OK. How should I know where to meet you?"
"Oh don't worry, you'll get directions." He grinned as he kissed her hand one more time, let her go, and turned to walk back towards camp.
The fact that she agreed to meet him had given him hope. He would spend the next 2 days getting his plan together to win her back, to ensure her of his love for her. Hopefully, Snow and Ruby would be willing to help. A weight had been lifted off his shoulders and he hasn't felt this light in days. He was no longer seeing red—just Regina.
Ohhhhhhh what does Robin have planned? I'm afraid you'll have to wait until next weekend to see. Reviews wanted and appreciated!
