Hey hey hey! Okay, lemme apologize for the long/short time between the update. It was long for me xD I've had y'all spoiled too lol. Soooo yeah! This is a CLIFFHANGER! Daaaang. Biggest one I've written YET! :D

I would do the to my reviewers thing but I'm so so so tired. I had to do this chapter tonight because I'll be BUSY all week. Like, really busy!

Haha.

Enjoy!

G.

(apologies for typos, I'm on a different computer without autocorrect :( ) (plus, just found out when I copy and paste from this DUMB app that I use, it doesn't bring the italics NOR does it bring the spaces between pargraps. Mad...)

"What exactly happened to her?!" Dr. Whale asked as he was preparing to run tests on Regina.

Robin was too nervous. He couldn't hardly speak, let alone explain what happened to his wife that was currently still unconcious. Emma noticed this and helped him out, "She passed out, I think."

Robin nodded his head.

"What was going on?" Dr. Whale asked.

Emma explained the whole situation to Whale, including Regina being thrown to the ground numerous times by the evil sea witch.

Dr. Whale and his team of nurses were frantically running tests, hoping to find out soon what was wrong with her, and hoping that their daughter was okay. They had her hooked to almost every machine Robin could possibly think of, he could hear her heart beats through a beeping monitor. They were about to do an ultrasound on the baby, checking to see if it was alright.

Robin leaned over the other side of Regina's bed, holding her limp hand in his tightly. Tears formed in his eyes and rolled down his cheeks when he looked at her once more, he couldn't protect her.

Whale turned the monitor on and placed the tool on Regina's bare stomach. He started moving it around, intently watching the screen. Robin watched the screen as well, squeezing her hand.

"Robin..." Whale said quietly.

"What? What is it?" Robin asked, panicking.

Whale slowly turned to him, he wore a sad expression. Robin knew what was going on, but he wouldn't let himself believe that. "What is it?!" He shouted, now in tears.

"I'm so sorry, she lost the baby, Robin." Whale said sympathetically.

Robin just stared at him, speechless. He couldn't believe this. No, it wasn't possible. This was his child, here. She had to be alive. But it was possible, he remembered. He played back the times she was thrown to the ground, the times Ursula threw her into the air. His body trembled from anger and sadness, just wishing it would've been him thrown into the air instead.

"When she wakes, we'll go through the process of removing the body." Whale said, trying to be empathetic.

All Robin did was nod, he still couldn't speak at all. He squeezed his wife's hand, looking down at her peaceful face. She looked tired, but content. If only she realized what he knew, now, she wouldn't be so content.

"Regina will probably wake up in a few minutes or so, I'm guessing. All that we can find that was wrong with her was the fact that she had just used too much energy, she had no strength to stay awake as before.

Robin set his forehead onto Regina's arm, trying to hide the tears now flowing from his eyes. How was he going to tell her this? What could he possibly say to her? He was scared and vulnerable, he wanted to hide her away and protect her from all that he could, but he failed. He failed, and now he lost their baby.

My eyes began to slowly unglue from each other, I felt so tired. My head felt as though cotton had been stuffed into it. I immediately felt something wrong, I just now realized Robin slumped over onto me.

"Robin...?" I moaned, sounding sleepy and exhausted.

He looked up with a tear-stained face at me, he squeezed my hand tightly and more tears came from his face. He stayed silent, it worried me even more.
"Robin..." I moaned again. My eyes wandered around the room confusedly, I didn't know why I was here, but I could feel something was wrong.
His mouth opened, but no words came from it. He simply shook his head and looked back down at me.

I sniffled, wishing my head would stop hurting. I was starting to come to my senses a little more, everything was feeling a little clearer. Too clear. I reached for my stomach, it felt like something was pressing on it from the inside. It didn't move, it felt...

I gasped.

"Robin?" I began to panic, "Robin, what's wrong?" I asked, becoming even clearer.

He looked up at me once more and squeezed my hand tightly, "Regina, please. I-I...I don't know how to say this..." He wiped a tear from his face, he looked torn apart.

I reached down and went to wipe his face, "Dear-" I stopped. I got a sharp pain in my stomach. "What's going on?" I asked nervously.
He grabbed my arm briskly and held it tight in his shaky hand, "Regina...our baby..." He couldn't finish his sentence, but I knew what was wrong now.
"No...no. This...this can't be..."

He narrowed his eyes softly at me, sympathetically, "I'm so sorry..."

"No! It...this can't happen!" I was now sobbing. "How...how...no. This can't be!" I shouted.

He shook my arm gently in his hand and let out a whimper, "Ursula...it was her. She...she slammed you too many times, Regina. She hurt you too bad."

I was hurt. I looked at the end of the room blankly, just staring at it. I was still crying, but not as much. My heart felt hardened, this woman was going to pay. But right now...now I didn't know what to do. I was vulnerable, weak, tired, and frankly exhausted. I wanted to cry the rest of the day, I didn't want to hear anyone. Which is why Dr. Whale's voice made me cringe as he walked into the room.

"Regina?" He said softly.

I looked over at him with tears still flowing down my face. I stared blankly at him and swallowed hard, "What do you want?" I asked coldly.

He took a deep breath, he was clearly nervous. "Regina, I...I hate to bring you this news-"

"She's dead." I said coldly, snapping my head back to the other wall. I swallowed hard and batted my eyes, trying to hold more tears back from sliding out.

"I-Uh, yes. She...she is. I'm so sorry, Regina, really. We did everything we possibly could, but she was already gone." Whale said sympathetically, actually holding back tears of his own.

I shook my head and looked down at my stomach, I felt like I had failed. I shouldn't have been there, I shouldn't have gotten so involved and let someone else fight her. She was going to pay, she was going to suffer as I am now going to. She's taken too much away from me, but at least now she can't cast a curse.
"I know you don't want to talk about this right now, but it needs to be decided. We need to talk about how you will...get rid of...the body." He said reluctantly.

Get rid of. Those words echoed through my head and made it pound even more. I shook my head, not wanting to listen to him.

"Regina?" Robin said after a moment of silence. He squeezed my hand gently.

"What?" I asked, as if coming out of a trance.

"Regina, dear, Dr. Whale needs-"

"I know!" I snapped, regretting it afterwards. I closed my eyes as tears began to come to the surface, "I know..." I repeated, softer this time.
Robin reached up and rubbed my back softly, his large, rough hands were reassuring almost. He made me feel like everything would be okay, when clearly it wasn't. I sobbed again.

I swallowed hard and looked softly at Robin, "What do you think?" I asked.

He shook his head, "Whatever you feel like you should do, Regina. It's up to you."

I shook my head and looked back at my stomach.

Get rid of.

"You can wait for the body to pass naturally or you can have it surgically removed." Dr. Whale explained.

Get rid of.

I batted my eyes slowly, tears began to stream from my eyes again. "I...I don't know." I whimpered. Robin's hand continued to caress my back, I was becoming irritated with it. I shook it off gently, "Please don't." I said, sounding very hurt and sad. I know he was trying to comfort me, but I didn't feel comforted. It made me feel worse, it made me feel too vulnerable.

He looked at me hurtfully, the corners of his mouth dropped into a larger frown. "I'm sorry..." He said.

I bit at the inside of my mouth, sniffling and wiping tears once more. I looked sharply at Whale, "How long will a D&C take?" I asked, still sounding cold and empty.

"A day, I can't do it immediately because I don't have the proper staff today, I'm sorry. But tomorrow the procedure can be done." Whale said.

I pursed my lips and nodded reluctantly, "Okay." I said quietly.

"Again, I'm so sorry, Regina." Whale said as he was exiting the room.

I looked up at him, sniffled, then nodded.

He left the room.

I could feel Robin's tears land on my arm, it made me cry even more. Now that it was just me and him, I felt okay to cry. I looked at him with a gentle, hurt eye, "Robin..." I whimpered. I fell onto him, leaning over my stomach. I rested my chin on his shoulder and began to bawl.

He wrapped his arm around me, "I know, dear...I know."

I sniffled once more as a tear landed onto his shirt. I leaned back and looked into his eyes, "You can rub me now." I said softly, almost as a request. I wanted his touch, I wanted to let it all go. I didn't want to bottle this inside, I couldn't.

He tried to smile as his hand touched my back, it rubbed up and down it just as gentle as always. I still sobbed, looking down at my stomach.

Get rid of it.

Tears were falling left and right onto the top of my belly, I wish it wasn't constantly a reminder of what happened.

Robin patted my back gently, "I love you, Regina. We'll get through this, as we always do. I always will love you." He said in a soft voice.

I tried smiling when I looked at him, "I love you too." I whispered.

I wrapped myself into him, wanting to sob on him again. He was my rock, he was what made me feel okay. Okay.

He reached over and kissed my lips quick and gently, brushing my sweaty hair away from my face.

I stayed there, embracing the warmth of his body, for a few moments. I never wanted to leave those arms, I wanted to stay there and hide from the world.

Five minutes had passed, ten minutes, maybe fifteen. I pulled away softly, "I'm sorry." I whispered.

He looked at me confusedly, "For what?"

"For...for this." I sniffled, "I should've let someone else fight."

His hand slid from my back down to my wrist, "My love, you were doing what any of us would do. Protecting your family."

"I obviously didn't protect it all too well, now did I?" I asked, crying out.

He squeezed my wrist and shook his head, "Sometimes...as hard as this sounds, things have to be given in order to protect others."

"But a child, Robin? An unborn baby?" I cried.

He sniffled and wiped my tears with his thumb, "It shouldn't be like that, I know. I know."

I rubbed my lips together and brushed my tongue over them. I looked back at my stomach again, laying my right hand on it while Robin held my other one in his. A tear dropped onto my stomach again, I swiped my hand over it to dry it up with my skin. Another one. I didn't wipe this one away, I watched as it soaked into my hospital gown, taking up as much fabric as it possibly could before it eventually soaked a little dot into it.

Ursula put one drop in my life, taking up as much of my heart and mind as she possibly could before it eventually soaked a dot into it. A hole. A deep, dark, black hole that would be hard to fill, because it was the size of a small human.

She wouldn't get away with it. I wasn't going to let her.

Another day went by in that wretched hospital, it was time for her to leave my womb.

I was a complete mess. I had zero sleep the night before, I was too busy crying all night. My eyes were red and swollen from the constant flow of tears, my hair was in a sweated, knotted mess. My body was trembling, not from fear, but from anger and hatred against Ursula. Against myself.

I heard a knock on the door, I looked over at the clock hanging high on the wall. It was already 10:30 AM.

"Come in." I groaned, sounding husky and exhausted.

Whale slinked in reluctantly, clipboard in hand. "Goodmorning Regi-"

"Nothing good about this morning." I snapped, cutting him off.

He looked at me, somwhat hurt. I didn't care. I looked over at Robin who was still asleep in the chair, his mouth was wide open.

"Your surgery is in an hour." He said quickly, hoping he wouldn't get snapped at again.

I was staring at the wall blankly. I simply nodded.

Dr. Whale stood there, dropping his clipboard to his side. He gave me a sympathetic look, I could see it from the corner of my eye. "Mrs. Locksl-"

"What?" I asked, cold and dry.

He paused. "I know you've been through a lot, Regina, but please...don't do this."

I ignored him, never letting my eyes leave from the wall.

"You can't just shut the world out." He said.

"Watch me." I said, once again dry and coldheartedly.

Another moment of silence. "What about your sons? Are you just going to let them down?"

I quickly turned my neck to him, giving him a sharp look, "That is my business, Whale, and frankly you have no reason to be in it." I sneered, I could feel my lip curl.

Robin woke up abruptly upon hearing me, "What...what's going on?" He asked sleepily.

I looked at him, "Whale is just...he's telling me that the surgery is soon."

Robin's expression changed from being tired to sadness once more. I had seen this look all too much lately, I'm sure he was just as sad as I was.
Whale explained everything, the preparations, the acutal surgery, and then the recovery. I ignored a lot of it, completely engulfed in my own thoughts.

"Okay? So my nurses will be back to prep you in about thirty minutes." He finished.

I nodded.

He shook his head slightly, just enough for me to notice, and left the room.

Robin got up from his chair and walked to me, laying his gentle hand on my forearm. I looked down at it as if that was the first time he'd ever touched me, then looked back into his sad eyes.

"I'm sorry, dear." He said softly, trying to comfort me.

I immediately broke down into tears again. I was so emotional. I shook my head and scrunched my face up, about to let more tears out like a rain shower. "Robin...I just...wish I would've done things differently. She'd still be here if it weren't for me."

Robin shook his head no, "Regina, you can't blame this all on you. Ursula hurt you too badly, there wasn't anything you could do."

"I could've saved her!" I shouted, regretting it after I saw his hurt expression.

He simply patted my arm gently, "Please, my love...please. Don't blame this on yourself." He whimpered, he was close to tears.

"I can't just fully blame it on Ursula. If I wouldn't have made her my enemy..." My voice trailed off as I became lost in thought again.

He took my arm in both of his hands and squeezed it, not hurting me, but enough to alarm me, "Regina! Stop this. Please. We have to be strong, okay? She wouldn't have wanted to see us like this. Her parents completely a mess? No." Robin said, trying to be reassuring.

I bit my lip, more tears flowed from my ducts. I looked at his eyes again, I was going to say something, but nothing came out. I turned back to the wall, then slowly tilted my head down to look at my stomach. Tears flowed onto it as well.

Tears came to his eyes after he saw me like this again. He collapsed over with a loud cry, his head now resting onto my stomach. I felt his tears hit it through the gown, it made me cry harder.

Our tears landed simultaneously on my stomach. For a moment, it felt like all of the air had been sucked from the room. I held his hand, squeezing it tight into mine.

A knock on the door.

"Come in." I groaned.

The nurse came in, bringing a bag with her that looked like more hospital clothes. She began prepping me for the surgery, and I had to change my gown. Though she wanted to change it for me, being my nurse and I was "hurt"...I didn't let her.

She left the room. I leaned forward in my bed, exposing my whole backside. Robin helped me slide the gown over all of the tubes they had stuck into my arms, and I laid it in front of me. I had to lean forward further to get the other one on, I wanted to tie it in the back this time.

Until I felt something. I looked at Robin with a shocked expression.

"What's wrong?" He asked, thrusting himself forward and grabbing my hand protectively.

I shoved my hand onto the side of my stomach, "Robin, did you see the ultrasound?"

He nodded, "Yes? Dear, what's going on?!" He asked nervously.

I blinked confusedly, taking a shaky breath, "She's moving."

The nurse looked at me like I had two heads, "That's impossible." She said.

I looked at her, "I feel her." I said sternly.

"Well, maybe that's just-"

"No, it's her. Do an ultrasound, something, anything. It's her." I said, sounding determined.

She huffed and rolled her eyes, walking over the machine tucked into the corner. She rolled it over to the side of my bed and turned it on, then spread the gel out over my stomach. She put the stick onto my stomach and moved it around flippantly, still not believing me.

"I'm telling you, she was moving." I insisted.

Robin patted my arm, "Regina, dear, maybe it was your imaginiation-"

"No. I felt her. She was moving, she's there."

To be continued.

WHAAAAAAAAAT!? Okay, sorry this was so short...but this computer is so annoying. I wish the word installation wasn't so expensive D: Guess I have to use my old computer again :/

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