Emma paused at the doorway to her house. Something was wrong. She called out, "Henry, bud?" There was no answer, "HENRY?"

Emma came to a sudden stop in the living room. It looked as though a bomb had gone off in it. She followed the destruction, lamps, tables, chairs, the pictures on the wall, there was even a hole in the plaster. The trail ended, or maybe it had begun in Henry's room.

She was already sprinting from the house as she dialed the phone.


Graham had said nothing when he'd returned. But he hadn't needed to use any words, the waves of dislike radiated from him. "I did care for you Graham. Maybe it wasn't love but we-"

Graham cut Regina off, "Like a master cares for his dog. Yes. You had my heart Madam Mayor... Regina, but you never had my love, or even like. Now, be silent."

Regina took a bite of her apple as the phone rang. Graham answered and as his face got whiter and whiter Regina stood and moved to the bars.

"Yes, I can do that. I'm on my way Emma, don't move."

Graham hung up and Regina spoke, "Graham, what's-"

"Nothing to concern you-"

Regina's eyes flashed and she practically growled her next words, "Tell me NOW Humbert."

Graham searched the desk until he found what had been his gun belt. "Henry's missing and Em's house is a mess. But, we'll find don't you wor-" He turned probably aiming to finish the rest of his sentence, but instead the last thing he saw before it all went black was Regina's fist.

"Nothing to concern me, my own son isn't of concern to me?" She shook out her fist a bit, "And no one gets but me gets to call her Em," then high tailed it out of the Sheriff's office.


Xena and Gabrielle strolled towards the commotion in the middle of the town. Gabrielle shook her head, "They make us seem boring you know."

"We lived in a different time, not as many overarching storylines, although just as much subtext crap."

"What?"

"What, what?"

Gabrielle shook her head, "I just thought you sa-, never mind... what do you think the matter is?"

"A kid? That short thing that was sorta Emma's and sorta Regina's." Xena sighed.


"You punched out the one person who could actually FIND Henry. You get that, right?"

Regina and Emma were nose to nose, and neither was backing down, "Yes, save the day, get the girl and the boy, and the town and..."

"Gahhhh... Two kisses, two kisses, and you've Married us off. You had Sex with him Reg, Sex..." Emma tried to take a step back as she put a hand to her head. "I just... we can't... Henry. Graham was our only damn way to find Henry. Remember..." Emma stared at Regina, "Your Son?"

Regina stood perfectly still for a long moment, and then it was she who took a small step backwards, "I... I wasn't thinking."

A bitter laugh came from behind Emma, "Right, are you sure this isn't a campaign stunt Madam Mayor, or a sympathy stunt?"

Regina opened her mouth, but it was Emma who spoke first, "Shut up Blanchard."

Xena cleared her throat, "As much as I really, really, really shouldn't get involved. I could find him."

Regina turned and looked Xena up and down, "You're a tracker."

Gabrielle spoke up, "Best in all of Greece."

Xena rolled her eyes, "My marketing director," and got a push in the ribs for her troubles.

Regina crossed her arms over her chest, "We're not in Greece."

"Show me where it all started."

Emma nodded, "Okay, alright... if you're..."

Gabrielle cut Emma off, "We have no dog in this fight. So trust us, don't trust us, but Xena can find your son."

Emma pointed, "That house, the bedroom I think."

Xena nodded, "Good," Xena and Gabrielle started towards the house, followed by Mary Margaret, Emma and Regina, but Xena stopped all of them. "Stay here," Regina started to say something, so Xena amended her statement, "For now. Stay here for now, I'll be back out."

Uncomfortable silence fell over the Storybrooke street. Regina spoke softly to Emma, "Em, I'm... I'm sorry."

Emma shook her head, "Later."

Silence descended again until Xena and Gabrielle appeared at the door. "They went out the back." No one moved, "Are you people coming, or what?"


"Najara, maybe with a side of Amarice."

Gabrielle crouched down next to Xena, "What are you talking about?"

"Mary Margaret, I finally figured out who she reminds me of."

"Xena..." That was Gabrielle's 'you're going to be in trouble after we get out of this pickle voice'

"What, am I wrong. Who seems to be dead set against Emma finding happiness with medium heighted, dark and brooding?"

"Could we just find the child X-?"

Xena pointed towards a copse of trees. "That way, just past the trees. There's a meadow, and it's Henry and... a man."

Xena and Gabrielle led Mary Margaret, Regina, and Emma through the trees. Everyone came to a halt. Jefferson knew that they were there. "If anyone comes any closer I will slit the boy's throat. Where is my Grace?"

No one spoke, and Jefferson pointed the knife at Regina for a moment, "WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER!"

Regina shook her head, "I don't know Jefferson."

"Liar."

Mary Margaret started to speak, "Did you."

Emma cut her mother off, "Shut up."

Regina held out her hands and slowly approached Jefferson, "I have done a lot of bad things, in the fairy tale world and here. I will admit to any of them that you want me to. But, I have no idea what you're talking about. I wouldn't take Grace. I couldn't have, I was in jail."

"SO, so... no... Mr. Gold, Rumpel, he told me..."

Regina cut him off, "See, there's your problem, he lied. I don't know where your daughter is, but, I could help you."

"NO... no... stay there. Don't come any closer."

Regina nodded and stopped. She was a couple of yards away from Jefferson and Henry, but with the knife Jefferson was holding against Henry's neck it seemed like a million miles. "Let him go, take me instead, and we'll find her. After all, where can she go?"

Jefferson was still, thinking it over. Regina tried to meet Henry's eyes, reassure him a bit, but, he wouldn't look at her. She pushed down the hurt. Told herself that it didn't matter if he appreciated what she was doing or not, that he lived through this was the only thing that mattered. Finally Jefferson spoke, "Come closer..."

Regina did, and in one surprisingly smooth motion Jefferson pushed Henry away and pulled Regina to him. Regina heard a 'No...' from Emma, and watched as Henry dashed to Emma. Jefferson whispered in Regina's ear. "We'll find my daughter, and then I will kill you."

"I know."

That surprised Jefferson, "What?"

Regina's voice dripped with haughtiness, "You're an amateur Jefferson. I could tell you what you will do next."

"You- you knew?"

Regina glanced out of the side of her eye at Jefferson, "I am Queen Regina, you could never surprise me."

Jefferson sputtered, his knife dipping just a bit away from Regina's jugular, "Bu-bu... look, just take me to Grace. Paige."

Something hit Jefferson in the back of the head and the knife cut into Regina as they both tumbled to the ground. Emma was over to Regina in a moment, "Reg, are you okay?"

Regina crawled out from under Jefferson and stood, putting a hand to her collarbone for a moment and coming away with blood. "I think I'll live. If anyone cares, my guess is that Rumpel has Paige stashed somewhere." Her gaze went to Mary Margaret, "I'd try her... friend... David's place first."

Emma tried to look at Regina's injury, but Regina gently pushed aside the blonde's hand. "I'm fine. You can check on... your son." Graham came sprinting into the clearing and Regina shook her head, "Maybe Graham can help you with that."