"Somebody help me," Emma yelled as she entered the hospital carrying Regina's limp form.

A man grabbed her from her arms and placed her on a gurney wheeling her into a room. She followed but a nurse stopped her. "You can't go in there," she said.

Emma backed off a step.

"Was that the mayor?"

Emma turned to see a woman standing nearby. She nodded, still a little winded from carrying Regina.

"Is she going to be ok?" the woman asked trying to sneak a peek into the ER room where they had taken Regina.

"I don't know," Emma said. She noticed there seemed to be a flurry activity going on in the hospital. There were a lot of people in the halls talking, including children, children who seemed familiar. "What's going on here?"

"The mayor, Regina, she healed all the children. Then she just walked out and left the kids said. She put all the adults asleep and went from room to room and laid her hand on the children and healed them. The children all said she was sick though."

"Yeah, she … I think some of her bones broke."

"She has to be ok. I need to tell the others she is here."

Dr. Whale passed her going into the ER room and a moment later they were taking Regina out of the room and into the elevator.

"Where is he taking her?" she asked a nurse whom she stopped.

"Up to surgery."

Emma turned and walked from the hospital. She got into her car and drove home – she needed to get Henry and bring him to see his mother. It would be safe now for him to see her. She didn't know how she knew that, she just did. She pulled into her home and stopped the car. She brought her hand up and touched her lips. Why had Regina kissed her and why did it release magic like that?

Regina opened her eyes.
"Mom!"
She turned her head and saw Henry sitting in a chair next to the hospital bed she was lying in.
"What happened? Why am I in a hospital?" She asked taking note of the cast on her arm and the other bandages she could feel on her body.
"You don't remember?"
"No. Did something happen? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine," he said taking her hand. "You got sick though. You've been here for the better part of the week."
"A week? Did I fall or something? How did I break my arm and ..." she tried sitting up more fully but felt pain in her midsection. She used felt around her abdomen where she had been bandaged up as well.
"You and a bunch of kids got sick. It was something called Skiver Fever. You were really sick and I guess some of your bones broke."
"Skiver Fever. That's not possible only children get it and it isn't in this world ..." she sighed. "One of them brought with them through the portal, didn't they?"
"Marian."
"Is she ok? Did she get sick too?"
"No she's fine. Dr Whale said she was just a carrier whatever that means. You were the only adult to get it."
"That's good. Roland and Robin shouldn't have to worry about losing her again. Wait did you or Roland?"
"No. We are fine. All the kids are fine."
"I take it Dr Whale was able to find a cure."
"Um no ... you um healed all the children with your magic."
Her eyes narrowed, "there is no way to heal it with magic and even if there was I wouldn't even begin to know how to do it. And how did I get it?"
Henry shrugged. "I'm just glad you are better. I was worried. They wouldn't let me be here because they didn't want to risk me getting it. But I wanted to be here with you."
"They were right not to let you but it means the world to me that you'd want to be here."
"Of course I did," he squeezed her hand. "I sent Tink in to check on you though and Emma checked on you too."
"That was nice of them," she said. "Um Henry why are there a bunch of flowers in here?"
She had noticed several vases of flowers near the window.
His face lit up, "like I said you cured like 30 children. Those are thank yous from their parents."
She looked again at the flowers too shocked to say anything.
"Regina."
She turned to the door as Dr. Whale entered.
"Dr. Whale. I understand from Henry you and your staff had their hands full."

"She doesn't remember anything," Henry added.
"You don't remember any of it?"

"No. The last thing I remember was being at home and then waking up here. Henry has been filling me in about everyone getting sick. This was really Skiver Fever?"

"Yes, no thanks to our sheriff. She introduced a rather deadly disease into this world."
"She didn't do it on purpose," she said.
"Be that as it may she did. And I am still left with questions. I was hoping you would consent to some testing."

"I thought everyone is ok now?"

"Yes, they are, but in order to make sure there isn't another outbreak I would like to run more tests – nothing too invasive. Given your memory loss it would be a good idea to take some brain scans too."

"Ok."

Dr. Whale looked at her like he was expecting more. "Ok then. I will get them scheduled."

"How many bones did I break?"

"Your arm, your collarbone, and three ribs. You will need to be in the cast and sling for now. It can take anywhere from six to 10 weeks for injuries such as yours to heal completely. Other than the broken bones you are healthy. After we run these tests we can talk about discharging you."

"Thank you."

"Um right," Whale said leaving.

Henry was watching his mother the entire time. Something was different about her, but he couldn't place what it was exactly beyond the tone she was using. It was softer, less forceful than he was used to seeing her talk to people.

There was a knock on the door frame and Regina turned to see Emma there.

"Hey kid, can I have a moment?"

"I'll be right back," Henry said heading out the door to speak to his other mother.

Emma led him around the corner where Hook was standing. "How is she?"

"She's ok," Henry said. "You could have said hi."

"I am the reason she's in there so let's just give a few days ok?"

He nodded. "She doesn't remember being sick. She said the last thing she remembers was being at home."

"She doesn't remember anything, not being sick or um … leaving the hospital?" She hadn't told any one really happened when she found Regina. In fact she had told them she found her trying to walk to her home.

What happened at the stables was some kind of weird fluke she told herself.

"No, nothing. Dr. Whale is going to run more tests on her."

"Why? She's supposed to be ok now."

"He said he wants to make sure nothing like this happens again."

"You are sure she's ok?"

"Yes," he said. "I mean she seems little different."

"Different how?" she asked concerned.

"I don't know, just different."

Emma bit her bottom lip then turned to Hook. "Maybe we shouldn't do this today."

"Everyone is fine. You heard the lad, Regina is fine. A day out on the boat will do you wonders," Hook said. "Come on Swan."

She turned back to Henry. "Snow is going to pick you up. I will be home late and call me if anything happens."

"Ok," he said.

"Alright. Just call if you need something."

"I will. I'm going to head back in there."

"Yeah. Tell Regina … tell her I am glad she is ok."

"I will," he said leaving.

"Shall we," Hook smiled offering Emma his arm. She took it and they walked out of the hospital.

Henry returned to Regina's room.

"Emma says she is glad you are ok."

"Is she ok? She looked like she hadn't been sleeping."

"Some people gave her a rough time over the Skiver Fever. I got mad at her too when you got sick. I wasn't very nice to her."

"You understand she had no way of knowing this would happen?"

"I know, but when you first got sick she didn't even ask the doctor how you were doing and then she wanted to go out on the boat with Hook with me. She said it would help take my mind off of things, like I could forget you were here," he said. "That's where she is going now, out on Hook's boat with him."

"Things have gotten serious between them?"

"I guess."

"I thought you and the pirate got along."

"We do. I don't know; he didn't seem to care any of this was going on. There were all these kids sick and you and it didn't seem to affect him in anyway. Everyone else for the most part they were concerned. Even Ruby, she asked how I was doing and if I had any news on you and the kids. I guess this whole thing opened my eyes a bit. Like if you had died, I … I told Emma I didn't want a public funeral because I didn't want any one showing up and saying bad things about you."

"Oh Henry, I am so sorry you even had to think about such thing. I've done bad things, you know this; all of those people out there know this. As long as no one treats you badly because of my actions, I don't care if they say bad things about me. I deserve it."

"No you don't," he said. "You're my mom, and I love you."

"Come here," she said and gave him the best one-armed hug she could manage. "I love you too. I love you so much."

Emma looked out at the water as Storybrooke became more distant.

"See a little wind in the sails, the sound of the water against the hull and you will forget all about you worries," Hook said coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her.

If only it was that easy, she thought. She needed to get her mind off of what happened with Regina, but so far the sail wasn't working. She turned in Hook's arms and gave him a forced smile. "Thanks for taking me out."

"My pleasure," he said bending down and kissing her.

She closed her eyes as he closed the distance between them. Their lips touched softly and then he picked up the tempo immediately. A vision of Regina kissing her popped into her head and she broke it off.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing," she said. She pulled him in this time determined to wipe Regina from her mind. As she kissed him though she couldn't get past the overwhelming sense of wrongness and she broke it off again.

"Sorry," she said. "I guess the boat movement is making me a little queasy."

"You know a lot of sailors get queasy their first few times on a boat. It's nothing to be ashamed of," he said.

"Maybe we could just sit down for a bit."

They walked over to where the seats were, and she sat down while he messed with some of the rigging.

"I'm going to slow it down a bit for you," he said. "That should do it."

He returned and sat down, putting his arm around her.

"I can't imagine a life where I can't set sail," he said. "It's completely liberating to be able to cast off and go where the wind will take you. Just think of the adventures to be had in this world."

She looked at him "You know we can't go off sailing whenever we like. I am sheriff. I have responsibilities here. I have Henry."

"I know, but that isn't to say you can't take time off on occasion. We can sail up and down the coast. You can show me this world and I will show you the world of the oceans. Now that Regina is well, she can watch Henry when we want to leave."

"You seem to have given this a lot of thought."

"I am not saying we do it now," he said. "But I want to share these adventures with you and only you."

He leaned and kissed her again. The kiss lasted only a minute before she was leaning over the side losing her lunch.

"Are you sure you ok?" Henry asked worried as the nurse left the room.

"Yes," Regina said. "I just got nauseous for a moment."

"You just puked."

"Yes well, I guess something from eating didn't sit right in my stomach. They should be coming soon to take up for the MRI anyway and Snow should be here soon to get you."

"Are you sure you will be ok here by yourself?"

She smiled at his attentiveness. "I will be fine."