A/N: My gift to you! Another long update, as an apology for my tardiness. Happy reading! ;) this chapter was super fun.
Gold walked down the stairs as he exited the N.Y.P.D. building early next morning. He glanced over at Brennan Jones as he walked up to him.
"Hey, Gold, people usually cross the street when they see me." the man joked.
Gold smirked, "Oh, I didn't have enough time."
"I'm not your enemy, Captain. I'm just trying to do my job."
Gold nodded, "Have you eaten?"
"Yes. I have to go downtown." Brennan walked ahead of Gold.
"Tomorrow you have lunch with me, but I'm not paying." Gold joked as he walked his way towards his car, stopping at the sight of a man leaning against a police cruiser with his head down. He lightly tapped on the man's shoulder, "Are you alright?"
Arthur turned to face him as he aimed his weapon right at him, pressing it against Gold's stomach, "Two fingers, Gold." he took Gold's gun away from him as he handed it over, holding it with two of his fingers.
"Arthur, what's the meaning of this?" he asked.
"Get in the car. I'll tell you after the ride." Arthur climbed into the passenger side to keep his gun on aim as one of his goon's boarded the back seat.
"After watching you two handle yourselves so well, I'm thinking maybe I ought to try and learn some of that fighting you know so much about." Killian said to Emma as they both walked along with Regina into their cubicles at the station.
"You want to try something? I'll show you." Emma replied, as Regina just sat by her desk to watch.
Killian shook his head, "No."
"Come on. Watch this, okay? This is called a backspin kick." she placed herself in position as she instructed the man, "You pivot on your right, kick with your left and you whip your head around to catch the target over behind you. Like so."
Regina watched over her glasses as the blonde performed the kick flawlessly, smirking and shaking her head as she looked over some papers that were on her desk.
Killian looked surprised to see someone do it so flawlessly.
Emma placed her hand up, "Now you try. Here's your target." she pointed towards her palm, "Remember, pivot on the right, kick with the left, get that head round and spot that target." her eyes quickly scanned over him, "Hold up, back up a little. I don't want you pumping into anything."
Killian did as he was told, backing up a few steps.
Emma got back into her position, "Good, now mind and body strong, grasshopper. Go."
As Killian made his attempt to do the same kick that was shown to him, his leg didn't even make it halfway through as it bumped right into the gallon of water that was positioned behind him. Laughter was heard as Emma patted him on the back, her eyes in tears from laughing.
"He can't hold is water." Emma joked, her eyes looking at every cop there, "Alright, back to work, everybody." she kneeled down before him as he picked up the gallon of water, "Oh, Jones, I'm sorry."
"Sgt. Mills." Ingrid called before the brunette, as Regina looked up from her desk. Removing her glasses in the process. "You could be experiencing some transitional anger caused by the shooting. You want to talk about it?"
Emma walked up to Ingrid, wrapping an arm around her, "I think she's okay for a change, doc."
"Are you sure?" Ingrid asked as Regina silently shook her head.
Emma looked over at Killian, who soon stood up as he began taking Ingrid away, "She's sure, doc. You know, you really look good in blue. That's your color, I think."
"I have a little extra time, if you change your mind." shouted Ingrid even as she left with Killian.
"I'm fine, doctor!" Regina shouted, sighing in frustration as Emma sat by her desk.
"So, tell me, where did you really learn to fight like that?" the blonde asked.
Regina looked up at her from behind her glasses as she placed them back on, "I had a lot of free time when you and I were a part."
Emma's eyebrow raised as a small smirk formed on her lips, "You said when. Does that mean we aren't anymore?"
Regina's eyes fell on the stack of papers in front of her, "Oh, did I say when?" she teased.
"Well, technically you don't have to say it, you know. What happened on your boat that night after we had to get undressed from falling into the water, pretty much speaks for itself." Emma smirked as Regina's cheeks turned pink.
"Alright, Swan. Just don't talk to me about moving in together. Right now we don't exactly have where to do that." Regina looked up at a smiling Emma as she gave her a smile of her own. "We should get to work."
Emma nodded, "Roger." she hopped off the brunette's desk as Regina stood up, both making their way out of the building.
Gold stopped his car before a security guard as the man wished him a good afternoon, granting him permission to drive on inside the garage.
"That's good, Gold. See how easy that was?" said Arthur. "I love it down here, don't you? This place is better than the swamp meet."
"Give me the lock up keys." Gold told another officer that was guarding the room where they kept all the weapons at the station.
Emma and Regina were looking over the files of the guys they had arrested from Tyrone's garage, all with Killian's help.
"Those guys from the garage, they're all ex-cons. And all busted from the same police officer Lieutenant Arhturian Legend."
"Early paroles on the work furlough program." said Emma.
Killian nodded, "Employed by a company called Enchanted Forest Construction."
"Just a minute. You can't go in there, sir. You don't have a pass." a female officer tried stopping Leroy from entering the building any further.
"You want to see my pass? Here's my pass!" he showed off his arm in a sling, "I got shot in the line of duty, okay?"
"It's alright. He's with us." said Regina.
"He is?" Emma asked, looking over at Regina.
Regina's brows furrowed, "Did I really say that?"
"Leroy, what are you doing out of the hospital?" Emma asked the man as he walked up to them.
"Don't mention the hospital. I told you not to leave me there. They tried to take my appendix. They gave me a lapotomy."
Emma's brows furrowed, "Brain surgery?"
"No, a lapotomy. Not a lobotomy." Leroy explained.
"What's the difference?" Emma asked.
"The difference is, when you get a lapotomy, they shave your…" he mumbled, "nether regions."
"What was that?" Regina asked, as they leaned in closer, including Killian who was holding in his laughter.
Leroy looked over at Killian, "Your nether- I can't say it in front of him, alright."
"He's with us, it's alright." Regina assured him.
"Point to it." Emma suggested.
Leroy rolled his eyes as he pointed down south, "Here. Alright?"
Killian tried holding it his laughter, as Regina looked towards where Leroy was pointing, while Emma let out a chuckle.
"It must be itchy." said the blonde, a laugh actually escaping her.
"Yes, it is itchy. Those doctors are savages. I mean where does it say that a gunshot wound requires a rectal exam, huh?"
Both women exchanged glances as Killian looked up at them and back at Leroy, all while trying to hold in his laughter.
Leroy scoffed, "Yeah. With a telescope big enough to see Venus."
"I guess all they saw was Uranus, huh?" Emma joked, as Regina and Killian couldn't hold back their laughter any longer.
"Oh, that's great. Laugh it up. Thank you." said Leroy, "You know what I say. They fuck you in the hospital! First they drug you, then they fuck you. And when they're done fucking you along comes the insurance company, and fucks you some more." he walked his way around the two women, standing by Killian, "Ten dollars for a damn asprin, that's not even covered."
"Leroy!" Emma shouted, "We're trying to work here."
"That's enough, Leroy." said Regina.
"Okay." he held up his hands in defense, "So, what's new on our case? Anything new? Did you get Arthur yet?"
Killian looked over at the two women, a single eyebrow raised, "Did you take an ad out in the paper, or what?"
Emma waved Leroy off, "He's family." both her and Regina began walking out as they were followed by Killian and Leroy, "We have to go somewhere else."
"Who's he?" asked Leroy, looking over at Killian.
"Sgt. Jones." he held out his hand which Leroy shook immediately.
"How are you? Leroy Getz. Anything you need, Leroy Getz. Get it?"
Killian chuckled, "I get it."
Leroy caught up with his two favorite women, "Hey, listen. Come on, give me a break. If your going after Arthur, give me something to do. I owe this guy one."
"Oh, you can get us a cup of coffee." Emma patted the man's shoulder.
"I like mine black." said Regina.
"Oh, that's great. I take a bullet for you, and that's what you tell me?"
Emma rolled her eyes, covering the man's mouth up as Regina held out a paper before him regarding the case.
"Look, Leroy. We got something for you to do." the brunette continued as Leroy nodded, "Check out the Enchanted Forest Construction. Find out all the information you can."
Leroy smiled as he took the paper in his possession, "Sure, I can do this."
"Can you remember that name?" Emma asked him as she took the paper back from him.
"Enchanted Forest, I got it." Leroy took off running, excited for his first real assignment as Killian caught up to both women.
"What are you doing giving him the Enchanted Forest?" he asked.
"If there's anything there, he'll be sure to dig it up." said Regina as they walked along.
"Who the bloody hell is he?" asked Killian, still confused by Leroy's sudden appearance.
"It's a long story." replied Emma.
Gold stepped out of his car as he placed it in park near the weapon section in the garage, while a fellow officer ran up to him, handing him over the keys.
"Here are your keys, Captain."
Arthur's goon quickly stood behind the guard as he shot him in the back with a silenced weapon, killing him as his body fell to the floor. Between him and Arthur, they aimed their weapons over at Gold who was furious.
"Don't try anything stupid." Arthur warned him.
"Why did you have to shoot him?" Gold shouted.
"Take the elevator, bring the other guys." Arthur instructed the guy as he walked off. He took the keys from Gold as well as his handcuffs, "Turn around and give me your hands." as soon as Gold did what he was told to do, he handcuffed him, walking him over to a fence as he held him up against it, "Stay there." he placed the key into the lock, keeping a close eye on Gold.
Emma and Regina studied over more papers to know more about Arthur and his goons, as Killian typed away on the computer, looking for information. He smirked as he glanced at the screen, "I can get faster results than that real estate broker."
"Leroy's not just a real estate broker." said Emma as Regina chuckled.
"Yeah, he's a royal pain in the ass with a lot of connections."
Meanwhile, down in the garage, Arthur and his goons were already taking possession of weapons, as Arthur loaded up a gun with enough ammo, "This is what we came for. Load everything on the elevator, guys."
Gold looked over at Arthur, "How'd you know where to find them?"
Arthur chuckled, "World of computers, Gold. World of computers."
"You used to be one of us, for christ sake, Arthur." said Gold.
Arthur placed his new gun inside the holster he was wearing as he looked over at Gold, "You know what future a cop has, Gold? None." he walked out the room as he dragged Gold along, placing a construction hat on his head as he placed one on his own, "You punch a clock for 30 years. Retirement. Pension. Drunk by noon, bullet in the brain by evening. Well, not for me. The police department's got it all: guns, ammo, drugs, cash. It's a one stop shopping center." he stopped as they stepped inside the elevator, "If you have the brains, there's not a thing in the world anybody can do about it."
"You're already history and you know it, Arthur." said Gold.
Arthur smiled, "Sorry, Gold, but I'm just getting started."
Killian's brows furrowed as he tapped away at the keyboard, "Something's wrong here. This program has been accessed by somebody from the outside."
Both Emma and Regina leaned on his desk as they looked over his computer records.
"What's been accessed?" asked Emma.
"After the guns were stolen, Internal Affairs moved all the confiscated ammunition." he assured them.
"Armor piercing bullets too?" asked Emma.
Killian nodded, "Yeah. Thousands of rounds to a more secured location." he typed in a password into his computer to look further into the records on the bullets, "Shit. This information has been accessed too."
"Somebody knows." Regina said, "Where is everything stored?"
Killian stood up as he began walking out the door, followed by the two women, "Let's go. I guess I'm not cut out for Internal Affairs."
"Where is it?" Emma asked as she placed on her leather jacket.
"In the building." answered Killian.
"Where?" asked Regina.
"I'm showing you." replied Killian as he kept up his walking.
"Guys, is something going down?" the rookie cop caught up to them, excitedly.
"No, nothing's going down," said Emma, pushing her way past him.
"I knew it!" the cop stepped in front of the blonde, "I'm going with you."
"Kid, how old are you?" asked Emma.
"22 today." he replied with a smile to him.
Emma's brows raised, "22? Come on, kid." she rolled her eyes, knowing well that she wasn't going to be able to get him off her back, "You have protection?"
"Right here, in my wallet." he motioned towards his back pocket.
Emma smacked the boy's head, "I'm talking about a vest, you dummy."
"Oh, yeah, of course." the boy said excitedly.
"Alright, but keep your head down." Emma warned him.
"You stay behind him." Regina was the next to warn the boy as they all followed Killian.
Arthur walked along as he held on to Gold, a successful smile on his lips as his men followed right behind him with cases and cases of weapons.
"See, you were my ticket in, Gold. It's too bad you won't be coming with me."
Gold's heart sank for the first time in his life since he had been sitting behind that desk.
Emma, along with Regina and Killian and the rookie cop came in aiming their weapons to a now empty file room.
"They got it all." said Killian.
"Shit." Emma bent down to check on the cop that was sitting on the floor, "He's dead."
"How'd they get it out of here?" Killian wondered out loud.
"Elevator." Regina ran right out towards the elevator as they all ran right behind her. "It's down, it's not working."
Emma motioned towards a door that was next to them, "Hey, the subway's are down here." she opened it up as they all ran their way inside.
They all made their way through, as they hid behind a wall quietly. Killian peeked out quickly as he glanced at a couple of subway workers.
"N.Y.P.D. guys, come here." Emma whispered as four men made their way up to them. "Have you seen anything down here? Anything strange?"
"A bunch of cops and a bunch of boxes." one of the workers replied to the blonde's question.
"Everyone get out of here." Emma instructed them as they made a run for it. She looked over her shoulder at Regina and Killian, "I'm going across, cover me." shots were soon fired as they spotted Emma running her way across, hiding behind another wall. Killian and Regina, including the rookie cop were quick to fire shots back.
Arthur ducked down, same as Gold, "Get rid of Gold, now!" he shouted as he ran up a set of stairs.
Emma made her way up as she hid behind another wall, firing shots in the process.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?" asked a goon as he pulled Gold back from escaping, dragging him away from there. Both grunted as Gold was quick to push the man with his whole body as they both collapsed onto the subway tracks.
Regina made her way up as she fired shots of her, just as Emma was at that very moment.
"Cover me!" yelled the rookie cop as he ran his way further up, firing bullets of his own.
Gold kicked the goon away with all his strength, pushing him further back on the subway tracks as the guy was electrocuted to death.
Killian fired three direct shots as he killed one of the goons. While the rookie cop ran as he hid behind a can container. Arthur was quicker to spot the boy as he took the shot, as the bullet went through the container, killing him in the blink of an eye.
"Let's go, now." ordered Arthur as he hopped into a truck, as the goons drove away.
Emma ran up to the now injured boy as she held on to his hand, "Stay still, kid." last grunts were heard coming from the boy as his grip loosened on her hand. Emma grunted as she knew he had passed, "Happy birthday, kid." she ran her way down the stairs, taking the cop's weapon as she fired shots at the truck that was driving by with Arthur inside.
Regina and Killian came up shooting at the truck, as Emma ran right after it on the train tracks.
"Swan, don't be stupid!" Regina grunted as the blonde kept up her running.
"Excuse me. Can someone get me the hell out of here, huh?" shouted Gold as more cops came running.
Emma ran her way up to more subway workers, "N.Y.P.D. Where does this tunnel come out?"
"Pico station. Take the stairs, its faster." the man pointed towards the direction as Emma soon took off running.
"Captain, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to borrow your car." Regina ran towards Gold's car without waiting for a word of protest from her boss as she drove away.
Emma came up to the subway station as she ran beside the moving subway, pushing her way past people. She jumped on the front of the subway as the driver looked at her with wide eyes. She flashed her badge at him as she pressed it against the window, holding on to the moving train.
"Step on it! There he is!" Emma shouted at the subway driver, as she fired shots at the truck.
The subway driver tried his best to keep up, but had to switch on the breaks as he couldn't move any further. Emma was quick to jump off as she kept on running behind the moving truck.
"Hey, police!" she held out her badge at a police officer, "I need your bike."
"This is bullshit." said the cop as he looked over at the crazy blonde as she hopped on his bike.
"Sgt. Swan, call it in. I need a couple of clips too." she took the clips of ammo the cop handed over to her as she drove off on his motorcycle.
Arhur smiled as he looked out the passenger side window, not seeing Emma anywhere, "I think we lost her."
Regina drove her way around cars, her siren on as she spoke into the Captain's walkie, "Central, where's Swan?" she spoke after the dispatcher informed her on Emma's whereabouts, "Keep me in touch with motorcycle pursuit."
Arhur kept instructing his driver as Emma was right on their tail. He indicated for the man to drive past some cars, as well as to take a right then a left as they were now driving on the opposite side of the road. A semi-truck slammed on his breaks as they were almost impacted with each other.
"Shit." Emma's eyes grew wide as she was driving so fast on the bike that she duck her head as the motorcycle drove underneath the truck's container.
"This is 6-William-6, 6-William-6. I'm at the freeway construction site. Where's Swan?" Regina stopped Gold's car as she kept on talking into the walkie, "I'm here. Where's Swan? Come back to me, Central."
Six-William-Six, location on Swan is West.
"Take a left here, get off the freeway." Arthur pointed towards the only exit. Or so they thought as they came across a dead end on another part of the freeway that was still under construction. The driver turned back around, as Emma was now driving right towards them.
A gasp was heard coming from her, as her eyes grew wide in surprise to the truck driving right for her. Arthur looked right out the window as he fired shots at the blonde. Emma swerved the bike off to the side to avoid being hit or shot at as she slipped right off of it, her body sliding across the unfinished freeway as she was quick to grab onto a rope that was lying on the pavement.
Regina glanced up as she saw the motorcycle falling off the freeway, which landed only a few feet away from her as Emma's screams were heard next, as her body was falling down off the unfinished freeway. Lucky for her, the rope got stuck between a tire that belonged to one of the trucks, which was powerful enough to stop her from falling.
Regina looked up as she ran right up to a hanging blonde, "Emma! Just relax, don't move."
"Relax?" Emma asked sarcastically as she felt how the rope soon slipped from underneath the tire as she started to fall in what felt like slow motion.
Regina's eyes grew wide at the sight, "Emma!"
"Oh, shit!" Emma shouted as her body fell all the way down, her back impacting against a board that was sure to break in half as her body slammed right to the floor.
Regina ran right up to the blonde, her heart sinking, her eyes tearing up as she saw sights of the blonde's now dusty leather jacket as her body remained still underneath broken piles of wood. "Emma." she called out, holding out her arms to stop anyone else from going near her, "Get back, everyone back off." she looked down at Emma, "Emma, talk to me."
Emma groaned as her body began to slowly move, pushing away all the wood that had fallen on her. Her green eyes looking lost as they blinked to life.
"Oh, my God, you're alive. Are you alright?" Regina asked being careful to not let her get up, which is exactly what Emma started doing. "Hey, don't get up-"
Emma sat up despite the brunette's protest, moving her hands away, "Don't touch me, just give me a minute." she walked up as Regina stared at her in shock at how she could possibly be moving just fine with only a few scratches on her face due to the fall. The blonde walked up to a cement wall as she mentally counted to three. She slammed her dislocated shoulder against it as hard as she could, this time crying in pain as her body fell to the floor.
Regina was quick to hold on to the blonde's hand, "Are you alright? How the hell are you alive after that?" asked a still shocked Regina.
"I'm pissed, Gina. Now I'm pissed." Emma stood up with the brunette's help.
"I know, darling, I know."
"Twice this son of a bitch gets away. Twice! Ow." Emma grunted in pain as she held on to her shoulder, keeping up with her own walking, "Are you okay?"
Regina nodded, "I'm fine. How are you?"
"I'm fine. I'll be alright." Emma nodded as she leaned up against the hood of Gold's car.
Sirens were heard off in the distance as patrol cars pulled up, followed by Leroy who made his way into the construction site in his red convertible.
Emma groaned as she laid back on the hood of Gold's car, as Regina rolled her eyes in annoyance to Leroy as he ran up to his two favorite women.
"What'd I miss?" asked Leroy.
"What are you doing here, Leroy?" Regina asked him.
"Great car chase!"
"Leroy, how did you find us?" asked Emma.
"My police scanner." Leroy showed the two women a small scanner he held in his hand.
"What the hell are you doing with a police scanner, Leroy?" Regina asked.
"Hey, I cracked this case for you guys." Leroy replied, avoiding the brunette's question, "Listen, The enchanted forest is legit. They have a housing project called Rancho Arroyo."
"Yeah, I know where that is." said Emma as Leroy nodded.
"Why don't we check it out?"
"That's a good idea, Gina." Emma stood up same as Regina, ignoring Leroy.
"Great! I'll come with you, I'll leave my car here." said Leroy.
"No, you're not coming!" shouted Emma.
"Yes, I am. I'll take my car." Leroy shouted as he rushed to his car, only to look at his now flat tire as Emma shot at one of the front tires. "I can't believe you did that! I have a spare in the trunk."
Regina aimed for the back tire as she fired a shot right at it as the air hissed out.
"How could you do that to me? Hey!" Leroy shouted as he walked up to Gold's car as both women shut the doors on him, and Regina drove off. "We're partners and this is how you repay me? How could you do this?"
