A/N: Last update of the night! Thank you all who have been enjoying this 4th installment. Happy reading! :)
"Captain Mills…" Ivy removed her sunglasses as she drove along, glancing over at the brunette through her rear view mirror on occasions, "I know this may be a bad time… but I think there's something you need to know about me."
Emma looked over at Ivy as Regina's brows simply furrowed. Ivy needed to come out and tell Regina the truth about her and Henry's marriage.
"This is a little hard for me to say-"
Regina held out her hand, her eyes closing as she didn't want to hear about the girl's crush she thought she had on her, "I think I know what it is."
Ivy's brows raised to her hairline as she glanced over at the brunette in the rear view mirror, "You do?" she asked, thinking the brunette knew all about her and Henry.
"Yes, dear. And it's okay." replied Regina, as Emma smirked in the passenger seat.
"It is?" Ivy felt relieved, a smile appearing slowly on her lips as she drove.
Regina nodded, "People have a right to do whatever makes them happy. I just hope you realize how uncomfortable this makes me."
Ivy nodded, "I know this must be real hard for you, ma'am."
"It's impossible for me." Regina spoke more aggravated this time.
Ivy's brows furrowed, not fully understanding the brunette's change of mood, "I'm sorry. I realize that, but I was just hoping that maybe we could get together around the holiday's, say Christmas-"
Emma turned to look out the window as her shoulders shook with held in laughter at all this misunderstanding between the two women.
"Why would we get together around the holidays? Are you seriously asking me this in front of Emma? She's my partner and not just from work!" she sighed, "Belfrey, you do what makes you happy. Just leave me out of it."
Ivy nodded, feeling a little sad that she couldn't gain the brunette's approval as she placed back her sunglasses, "I got it."
"What are you laughing about, Swan?" Regina asked a chuckling blonde, "You should start thinking about how we can get into that office and talk to Benny."
"Don't worry, I have it all worked out." Emma said through laughter.
In effect, Emma had talked to Leroy and with his help, they would be able to get into the room where Benny was sure to be in. In that moment, Leroy played along as he pretended to be in pain, grabbing a hold of his left cheek.
"What's the matter with you, sir?" the receptionist asked him.
"Wha- my ass hurts." Leroy answered sarcastically, "My tooth! Is this a dentist or a proctologist?"
The receptionist stood up as she could feel the man growing upset, "Please, calm down, sir."
"I'm trying!" Leroy shouted, "I'm in pain" he groaned, playing the part quite well.
"Why don't you go see your own dentist?" asked the receptionist.
Leroy groaned even louder, "Well, that would be a great idea, sister if my dentist wasn't all the way in Detroit!"
"Oh, brother." the receptionist soon walked away to speak to the only dentist available.
"Oh, brother? Get the dentist!" shouted Leroy, his plan working to a key as the receptionist was quick to walk into the room Benny was in as she spoke to the doctor.
"Doctor, I'm sorry to bother you. It's an emergency. A man has just walked in off the street. He's in a lot of pain. You better come with me."
The doctor lightly tapped on Benny's shoulder who was already under anesthesia as she spoke Chinese to him, leaving the room soon after.
Emma quietly walked across a hallway that led into the rooms. She whistled over to Regina and Ivy as shouts were heard coming from Leroy as the dentist was now busy attending to his supposed toothache. All three women stopped in front of a closed door where Benny would be.
"Are you sure Leroy can pull this off?" asked Ivy.
"Leroy's got a B.S. in B.S." Emma nodded, slowly opening the door to Benny's room, "It's clear." she made her way inside with Regina and Ivy in tow.
Leroy shouted in pain as he pushed the doctor's hands away from his mouth.
"Sir, please! Let me do my job." the dentist demanded.
"You hurt me, I'm gonna stick and egg roll up right up your ass!" replied Leroy, shouting once again in pain as the doctor went back to work.
All three women made their way into Benny's room very quietly, as Regina closed the door in place as she was the last one to step inside. Benny grew alarmed as he turned to spot Emma sitting before him.
"What is this?" he asked, his eyes growing in surprise.
Emma held out her hand towards the man, "Don't be alarmed, Uncle Benny. It's only a drill." she smiled as she placed the dentist's drill before him as it sounded off.
Ivy stood behind the man as she aimed her weapon right near his face, "Don't say a word. Shut up." since she found out Henry was now involved in the incident both women had suffered, this had now become a personal matter for her.
Regina sat on the other side of the man as she held his arm in place as Emma spoke.
"Now, where are the Hongs? Open wide and tell us."
"Hongs?" asked Benny, chuckling, "I don't know any Hongs."
"You know them. Their uncle paid you big to get them out of China." said Regina, glaring deadly at the man.
"More about smuggling?" he chuckled, "We went through that before."
"Well, we're going through it again." Ivy spoke next, pulling back on the hammer of her weapon.
"I have nothing to say." Benny replied.
Regina reached over behind her as she placed a pair of pliers in front of the man's face, an almost evil smirk on her face, "Now, these look very interesting, don't they?"
Benny's eyes glanced down at the pliers, feeling terrified as he looked up at the brunette, "You're not going to use it." he looked up at Ivy, "You won't shoot me." he turned in Emma's direction, "You are lousy cops."
Emma grabbed the man's face, placing one hand under his jaw, "We're good cops." she reached over for the gas mask as the man grunted. "This will settle him down. Breathe, Uncle Benny." she smirked as his grunting muffled as she placed the mask over his mouth. "Crank up that nitrous." she smirked over at Ivy as the young detective turned the knob on the machine as the needle on the meter raised all the way up to the very top.
"He's feeling it now." Regina smirked as did Emma.
"Right down to his toes." she drew in a sharp breath as she exhaled soon after, removing the mask from the now drugged up man's face.
"Benny?" Regina called over to the man as he had a smirk on his face and his eyes were closed.
Benny turned his head towards the blonde, smiling as he sang a Chinese verse in a high pitched voice. Emma couldn't help but laugh as did Benny. While Ivy rolled her eyes.
"Now he's wasted." said Ivy.
Emma smiled, "Have some more." she placed the mask over Benny's mouth as she looked up at Ivy, "He'll talk."
The man's laughter sounding muffled as he was high as a kite.
"Uncle Benny." Emma called out to him, removing the mask from his face. "Uncle Benny."
The man sang the same Chinese verse as he looked over at the blonde at the sound of his name, "That's me."
"That's you." Emma nodded, laughing along with the man as Regina soon joined in. "Now, where are the Hongs?" she asked.
Uncle Benny looked over at Emma as he spoke, saying a word in his language, "Yangbenbi."
Emma chuckled along with Benny, playing along, "You're a funny guy."
"What does that mean?" asked Regina as Benny replied.
"Yangbenbi means… Yangbenbi." he laughed.
Ivy rolled her eyes as the two women laughed along, "This guy's wasting our time."
"Time!" shouted Benny, too drugged up to even realize he was giving away information, "Time for Four Father's."
"Four Fathers? Which? Washington, Jefferson? Those guys?" asked Emma.
"Roosevelt?" Regina laughed along as Emma and Benny did.
Benny clapped, feeling pretty good as he was enjoying his time with the detectives, "I'm sleeping with my wife's two sisters!"
This time even Ivy joined in on the laughter as the guy was finally talking.
"You're one lucky guy!" Regina laughed.
"That's a good one, Uncle Benny!" Emma said through laughter.
"Not so good… when my wife finds out." Benny laughed as all three women bursted into laughter around him.
"Let's shoot as his legs with Novocain and watch him try to get out of here." Ivy wobbled her legs, impersonating Uncle Benny as everyone laughed along with her.
Meanwhile, while all three women were enjoying themselves as they got information out of Benny, Leroy was in the next room screaming in pain as the dentist was now drilling into his mouth.
"That's one funny daughter-in-law you got there, Gina." Emma said through laughter as she pointed over to Ivy, as the younger brunette laughed even harder, leaning against Benny's chair.
"After tonight it be too late." said Benny through light laughter.
"Too late for what?" asked Emma through light chuckles.
Regina spoke through light laughter, "Hey, Emma. Why did you call her my daughter-in-law?"
"For Uncle Benny? He's far too old." Emma laughed as she joked.
Benny spoke through laughter as he looked over at the blonde, "Buy Four Father's back at Four Father's store."
"Is he talking about his ancestors now?" Ivy asked, laughter taking over her.
Regina kept up her laughing, but still wondered about what the blonde had said, "Why did you call her my daughter-in-law?"
"Because I am." Ivy laughed, as Regina patted her gently on the shoulder.
"And all this time, I thought you were interested in me." Regina laughed.
Ivy laughed even harder, resting her hand on the brunette's shoulder, "Flattering, but I'm married to your son. In fact, I love you so much already, I'm may be making you a grandmother."
They all shared laughter as the dentist bursted into the office, his eyes growing wide at the scene before him.
"What is going on here? What are you doing?" he asked.
Leroy came in running, with a mouth full of cotton, "I couldn't stall him anymore." he smiled at the sight of everyone laughing, "What happened?"
Emma stood up, standing next to Leroy as she laughed, "Gina, look at this." she pointed towards him, "Does that hurt?" she squeezed Leroy's jaw as he screamed in pain, walking out of the room with the doctor in tow as all three women kept on laughing.
The blonde turned to look over at Benny as she stood before the door, "Hey, Uncle Benny, if anything happens to the Hongs… we're going to come back here and rip you a new one." she walked out with light laughter as Benny simply laughed.
"That's bloody marvelous!" shouted Benny.
Emma grunted in pain her body flew out of the elevator, landing hard on the marbled floor to the dentist as Regina had punched her right in the face.
"Are you crazy?" Leroy stepped out, helping the blonde up to her feet.
"What the hell did you do that for?" asked Emma, taking Leroy's hand as she stood up.
Regina glared down at the blonde in murder. It was safe to say that now that they were done and over with their laughing fits, the brunette was furious to have found out the truth about Ivy and Henry the way she did. It didn't help matters much either knowing that Emma knew and didn't tell her.
"For keeping it from me and letting me think she was into me!"
Emma motioned towards Ivy, "Well, hit her, not me."
Regina pointed her finger right to Ivy's chest, "As soon we close this case, you, Henry and I are going to have a long talk about this matter." she walked away ahead of them, not wanting to talk to them any longer.
Hong spoke to his family in Chinese as they were kept in a factory where Chinese money was now being printed. A goon called him over, instructing him that he could pass into the other room to see his uncle. The Asian girl stood near the window, looking out at the workers as they printed the money. She didn't even bother to turn to look at Hong as he embraced his uncle happily.
Hong soon looked over at the girl, not liking at all what was going on. He turned to his uncle as he spoke to him in Chinese, wanting to know what was going on.
That's when the girl turned as she walked up to Hong, speaking calmly. She informed him that as payment for bringing him and his family over to America, his uncle was now working for them as he made money. A small smirk formed on her lips as she looked over at the older man, asking him to finish his job.
Hong looked over his uncle as he demanded to know what job. The girl spoke more firmly as she told him there was no time to talk now. Her smirk completely gone as the older man demanded for their safety first and that his family be taken to their new homes as he was promised. After he knew they were safe, he would finish his job that was asked of him, turning his back on her as Hong stood clueless.
She smirked, silently chuckling a grunt was heard coming from Hong. The girl's hand had come right up to his throat, bringing him down to his knees as she cracked the man's throat, snapping his thyroid cartilage, located right on the adams apple as his body fell to the floor right by her feet.
The elder man gasped as he wanted to rush over to his now dead nephew, only to be stopped by the same girl that had killed Hong as her hand came up to the man's chest, warning him to finish the job that was expected of him or he could watch the rest of his family die. She sat the man down as she turned him in his seat, patting him gently on his shoulder as she calmly walked away, leaving the man to work. What he was truly doing was carving out the faces on their dollar bills on a steel plate, expertedly carving every spot as their goal was to make fake bills.
"Jiminy? Young bimbo? Uh… jumping jiminy? I don't know." Emma shook her head as she spoke into Belfrey's walkie as all three women stood by the younger detective's car, reporting over their new found information, hoping the two new cops at the station could translate what Benny had said to them.
"No, Swan. Yangbenbi." spoke the officer.
"Say that again." Emma smiled over at the two brunette's as the cop repeated the exact word Benny had used, "That's it. You got it."
"That means, people's money." he informed them, "Currency in mainland China."
"People's money?" Emma's brows raised to her hairline.
"What else did Benny say?" the cop asked over the walkie.
"Well, it might lead somewhere. He was talking about his ancestors, buying them back." replied Emma, as Ivy took the walkie from her and spoke next.
"Something about how tonight might be too late. Does that mean anything to you?"
"No, nothing at all." replied the cop, looking over information on his desk.
Regina took the walkie from Ivy as she spoke into it next, "What about the girl who torched our house? In the restaurant, it looked like Benny was afraid of her."
The cop chuckled, "Mulan Fa, she's a real force to be reckoned with. If Benny's scared of this girl, she's gotta be a Chinese Triad. They will kill anyone who gets in their way. That includes cops and their families. So watch your asses, alright?"
All three women exchanged quick looks as Regina spoke again.
"Thank you, Ing."
"Keep me posted." the cop replied.
"Will do." the brunette looked over at Ivy, "You pick up Henry, my son. Make sure he's safe."
Ivy nodded without a second thought, "Yes, ma'am."
Regina looked over at Emma, "You and I will get Ping."
Emma nodded as all three women made their way inside Ivy's car as they soon drove off. Things were going to get bad real fast, and they needed to move quickly.
Mulan had a smirk to her as the money that was now printed came out looking exactly legit to the real thing. Workers washed the money as they all packed it up in thousands of boxes, loading them onto a van. Uncle Benny was all smiles as he held one of the bills in his hands as he looked up at it near a bright light. He gasped as Mulan stood behind him, quickly pulling her beads apart, exposing the wire underneath them as she strangled him to death where he stood.
Emma pulled over before the train tracks as the signal lights flashed before her, while the whistle of a train was heard in the distance. Ping sat in between them as he soundly slept. Emma couldn't help to look over at her girlfriend, with love in her eyes.
Regina turned to look over at the blonde who was still staring, "What?"
"You want to get married, don't you?" asked Emma, her voice serious.
Regina's eyes shined at the mention of marriage, but she shook her head, not wanting to scare off the blonde, "No." she smirked over as she knew Emma knew, "Yes. Yes, I do want to marry you. But, if you don't want to, it's fine."
"Why didn't you tell me?" asked Emma. She knew Regina wanted to marry, but it still surprised her to finally hear her admit it.
"Because I didn't want to put any pressure on you, Emma. I didn't want you running away again like you did when I suggested we move in together." her eyes locked on the blonde's green ones as she spoke with her heart, "If you want to someday, that'd be great." she gave her girlfriend her most welcoming smile, "If you don't… I still love you."
Emma's eyes were locked on Regina's as a small smile began forming on her lips, her heart fluttering inside her chest as butterflies flapped around in her stomach. Regina wanted to get married, it was confirmed, now Emma could tell her that's what she really wanted too.
"Regina-" she didn't even get through half of her confession as a loud crashing sound was heard behind them, as they felt the blonde's car being pushed onto the train rails, same way they had done with that corrupt lawyer.
Tires screeched, as Emma stepped on the brake pedal as hard as she could in that moment. Regina held on to Ping as the boy cried in fear. The blonde turned to look over at two goons as they kept speeding up their truck, pushing the blonde's car towards the rails. That's when Regina drew her weapon, firing five shots as two bullets hit the man sitting on the passenger side, killing him instantly.
"Hang on!" Emma shouted, seeing the bright light of the train coming their way as she quickly stepped on the gas as she sped forward. The goon's car moved forward as he was still pushing on the gas as his car moved in front of the incoming train, being impacted by it rather quickly.
"We're okay." Regina whispered over to Ping as she held him her arms, placing a kiss on top of the boy's head.
Emma exited the driver's side, standing near her car as she looked over at the man's truck as it was impacted by another incoming train as the car instantly exploded. Her eyes growing a shade of darker green as her anger grew.
Swan, pick up. Swan.
Regina reached for the walkie in her girlfriend's car as she handed it over to her, "Emma, it's Belfrey."
Emma grabbed the walkie out of the brunette's hands, "I'm pretty sick of these fuckers, Belfrey. I say we just find them and shoot them. What do you think?"
"Meet me in South Spring then. Bring Mills with you." replied Ivy, her tone serious.
"What's going on?"
Ivy held the same gold watch Regina had gifted to Hong. She recognized it as she had taken it off the man's wrist, recognizing it as a cop's retirement gift as she read the name H. Mills written on the back of it. "Hong's dead."