CHAPTER 14

Broken

The Sheriff arrived home after the second day of searching for Adley and finding nothing. She was starting to think that maybe he had taken Regina's warning seriously and had already left town but the not knowing for sure had quickly become tiresome.

She couldn't relax knowing that there was a fully grown flesh and blood human being hidden someone in Storybrooke waiting for a chance to act out his revenge against her pregnant wife.

About to make her way to the kitchen Swan glanced up hearing the sound of a creaking floorboard above her and frowned. Regina wouldn't be home for at least another thirty minutes and Henry was having dinner with Violet.

Drawing her gun she quietly and quickly made her way up the stairs and stopped to listen for anymore sounds and was about to continue when a smell like burning sulphur assaulted her nostrils, it was so pungent that she could taste it in the back of her throat.

Covering her nose and mouth with her free hand she pushed forward towards the bedroom feeling the atmosphere grow denser and more foreboding the nearer she got and by the time she pushed open the door the rancid smell was almost unbearable but what she saw when she stepped inside made her blood run cold.

Her wife was stark naked and on all fours in the middle of their bed whilst the decayed form of Robin Hood had her dark hair wrapped tightly in one rotting fist pulling her head black to what looked like a painfully awkward position whilst he hammered into her from behind until dark clotted blood started to slide down her thighs and quickly congeal on the bed.

"This isn't real! THIS ISN'T FUCKING REAL!"

The Sheriff shouted but still with a shaking hand raised her gun at the thing that resembled the dead outlaw unaware the her face was streaked with tears.

"Your whore Queen is MINE Saviour!"

It hissed as it fucked what so badly looked like Regina even harder then craned its neck around to grin manically at her. The harder it thrust the more blood dripped down the inside of her olive thighs and the louder she moaned.

"Tell her Whore! Tell her who you belong to"

For the first time Regina's doppelgänger slowly turned her head grunting loudly as Robin Hood continued to have his way with her. Swan felt her scream stick in her throat as dead black eyes stared at her and the smirk she loved so much formed on her blood red lips.

"I have always been his! Your just a poor substitute Sheriff Swan"

Regina's distinctive voice was what broke the Saviour. That's when she fired and didn't stop until the gun was empty.

The Mayor had just let herself in the front door all the time listening to her sister babble on through the phone that was balanced between her shoulder and her ear when she heard her wife scream before being joined by the terrifying sounds of gunfire.

Dropping everything she flew up the stairs as fast as her pregnant body would allow and headed for their open bedroom door. There was a foul smell in the air that wrinkled her nose but that was soon forgotten when she found Emma on her knees in the middle of the room sobbing uncontrollably.

Their bed and the back wall was littered in black smeared holes that were still smoking from the impact of the bullets and the devastation they had left behind.

"Emma?"

Before the Mayor had reached her wife Zelena appeared in a plume of green smoke holding a sleeping Robin who was none the wiser.

"Darling what the hell happened?"

She dropped to her knees beside Swan and reached out a hand but the distraught blonde flinched and scrambled away from her.

"Emma?"

Zelena frowned and didn't hide the tears that welled up in her eyes as she watched her sister try to comfort her wife. The situation was beyond serious and if they didn't do something soon she wasn't sure Swan would survive, she shuddered to think what she had witnessed to leave her in such a state.

Emma was still trapped in her own nightmare when Regina had tried to comfort her but all she could see was those dead dark eyes and that blood red smirk.

She had fired the gun at both of them. Hood had dropped first in a puddle of blackish blood as he howled in rage then appeared to die.

A single bullet had hit Regina square between the eyes and her face had caved in spraying the walls with crimson and flesh and bone before she had slumped forward on the bed writhing before eventually growing still.

Swan had thrown up violently before dropping to her knees trying to convince herself that it wasn't her soulmate that she had just murdered but her mind couldn't separate the reality from the demonic tricks that were being played and for the first time the Saviour had broke.

Despite the initial rejection Regina refused to leave her wife to her despair and managed to wrap her arms around her shaking body desperate to bring her some

comfort. She had never seen her Saviour like this and it terrified her.

"Look at me darling, please look at me"

Swan shook her head refusing to raise her eyes so scared that she would see nothing but dead eyes staring back at her, she couldn't take that again!

Tears streamed down the Mayors face but she refused to give up, it was time for some tough love despite how much her heart ached.

"Emma Swan Mills you need to pull yourself together. I need you. Your daughter needs you"

She found her soulmates hand and placed it against her swollen stomach and covered it with her own.

"Please darling don't give up on us now. We love you so much"

A spark of white magic shot up Emma's arm and made her gasp before she was suddenly overcome with a feeling of such peace and love, she knew immediately that it had come from their unborn child and that gave her the strength that she so desperately needed.

Regina had felt a fluttering akin to the feeling of butterfly wings within her stomach before she felt the magic wash through her and enter her wife. Was their baby trying to help them? give them hope?

"Regina?"

Swan raised her head her face was pale and her eyes were bloodshot but a small smile was on her lips.

"D..did you feel her? Was that our little girl?"

The Mayor swallowed back her sob, stunned by what had just taken place. Like Emma she had been overwhelmed with a powerful love that only a mother had for a child.

"Yes darling that was our daughter"

Zelena smiled with relief and left the bedroom quietly as the soulmates fell into each other's arms and cried. She would make them some tea. Everything felt better after a nice cup of tea.

"What happened?"

Regina had used her magic to return their bedroom back to how it was and was now sat on the bed next to her wife holding her hand.

Emma shuddered she didn't want to think about it or relive the god awful episode but she had made a promise to not keep anything from the Mayor and she really didn't want to break that promise.

"I know you don't want to talk about it darling but if we are to defeat this evil I have to know what happened"

Sucking in a deep breath and turning to look at her concerned soulmate Emma nodded in agreement before she started to speak.

"I was in the kitchen and I heard noises from up here. I knew it wasn't you or Henry so I immediately went into Sheriff mode."

She paused to run a shaky hand through her hair and closed her eyes briefly before continuing.

"There was this awful smell, it damn near choked me! It seemed to get worse the nearer I got to our bedroom"

Regina raised an eyebrow she knew exactly what her wife was referring to.

"I smelt it too! It was like burning rubber"

She admitted with a frown forming on her face.

"What happened in here darling? What did you see?"

Emma swallowed back the bile that quickly rose in the back of her throat and felt a chill ice her blood.

"This thing that looked like a dead fucking Robin Hood was…"

She couldn't bring herself to say it but the Mayor was determined to know.

Regina swallowed hard she didn't like where this was going.

"S..something that looked like you was on our bed and he was…."

Emma couldn't stop the fresh tears that swelled up in her eyes and spilled down her cheeks and before she knew it she was on her feet pacing.

"It said that you belonged to him. I had to stand there and watch that inhuman thing fuck my wife and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. I couldn't move I just froze until…"

The former Queen cried as she listened, it was no wonder her soulmate had broken down, she would have too.

"It made you look at me! I knew it wasn't you Regina but to see that… he made you tell me you was his with your fucking voice and when I saw your face..."

Regina was on her feet and pulling her Saviour into her arms before she could finish.

"I fucking lost it babe… I just fired and kept firing I couldn't take it anymore. I'm sorry I destroyed our bedroom"

The Mayor sobbed tightening her hold on the fragile Sheriff she didn't give a fuck about the bedroom and she completely understood why Emma had fired. What a god awful thing to have to endure and it was getting worse!

Zelena stood watching both Emma and Regina sipping their tea in silence. She had no regrets about the call she had made whilst her sister had been comforting her wife she just hoped she had done the right thing.

"Whilst you were upstairs I called Helena she's agreed to come here tomorrow!"

Regina looked at Emma to see her reaction it was clear they felt the same.

"Zelena what the fuck? You don't just invite people to Storybrooke you know that!"

The redhead rolled her eyes and continued to sip her tea.

"We can't wait until Regina gives birth Emma. It's clear that this thing is feeding on your insecurities and it gains power through your fear! This woman may be able to help us and if she can't I will personally wipe her memory and send her back to where she came from."

Regina could see where her sister was coming from but it still didn't sit well with her.

"I know it's risky but what choice do we have? This is something none of us have come across before. We are not talking dark fucking fairy's or deranged dwarves!

This is something that is beyond us. We need help like it or not"

As much as she hated it the Mayor had to

agree. This thing was feeding off their fear especially Emma's and there was only so much that they could take.

"She will never believe us Zelena. She will just think we are a bunch of crazy ass kooks that have watched one too many Ghost Hunters episodes."

"I don't care!"

The redhead snapped back putting down her tea and walking over to stand in front of the Sheriff who was still sat at the breakfast bar.

"This thing is slowly destroying my family and I for one have had enough! Your about to lose the plot Swan what's to say that it's not my sister that you next fire your gun at!"

Swan saw red and before she knew it she had pushed back sending the stall slamming to the floor and was on her feet, her hand flew out in front of her releasing her magic which quickly wrapped itself around Zelena's throat.

"How fucking dare you! I would never hurt Regina. I can't believe you just said that you fucking bitch!"

As much it as it pained her to admit it Regina had never seen her wife react so

aggressively and it unnerved her immensely.

"Emma let her go. NOW!"

Just the sound of her wife's voice made the Sheriff release her sister in law and she couldn't quite remember why she had used her magic against her in the first place. Her mind was like a thick fog and the urge to annihilate was so strong that it took her by surprise.

Zelena coughed harshly her eyes filled with tears but all the time glaring at the blonde.

"Fuck! Zelena I'm so sorry"

Emma stepped towards the livid redhead but she threw her hands up in warning.

"This proves my point perfectly. This thing is fucking with you Swan it wants to tear this family apart! You have to at least admit that right?"

She was right and Emma knew it, her irrational fear was turning to blind rage and if it continued she was going to end up hurting someone and that was exactly what this thing wanted.

"I would never hurt Regina she's my life"

Her words were almost a whisper but nevertheless were heard.

Zelena sighed deeply and closed the gap between them and pulled the blonde in for a hug.

"I know that Emma we just can't take any chances. We are fast running out of time"

"Are you suggesting that we tell this phoney everything? She won't believe us sis"

The redhead stepped back from Swan and turned to the Mayor and nodded.

"The way I see it we have nothing to lose Regina and like I said we will send her back with no memory of Storybrooke if she flips out once she finds out who we really are"

Regina rubbed her aching head and sighed deeply, she had a really bad feeling about this but there was no other option.

"If she flips out? I think you mean when!"

Do you really think getting bladdered is going to help Swan Meat?"

Zelena frowned to find her sister in law sat at the breakfast bar with a bottle of jack and a glass filled with ice.

"I appreciate that what you experienced earlier was….."

She paused wondering exacting what it would feel like to witness a decaying Robin Hood banging the love of your life.

Immediately she screwed her nose up in disgust. That was somewhere she refused to let her mind go.

"Difficult!"

Emma closed her eyes and sucked In a deep breath before unscrewing the lid from the bottle of jack and pouring a good measure of the dark liquid into the glass.

As much as she knew that what she had witness was designed to fuck with her emotions it had still hurt. Actually it had fucking hurt! Watching Regina, her Queen, her soulmate having sex with fucking Robin Hood was something she would never unsee. She felt sick and the whiskey wasn't helping but it would numb the pain if she drank enough.

"That's one way of putting it Zee"

She shot back before downing half the contents of the glass. She had never felt so helpless and with that brought rage. A fast all consuming fire that melted away her confidence as the so called Saviour.

"I fired my gun at something that was the image of my pregnant wife! What the fuck does that say about me?"

Zelena swallowed as she approached the woman that had fast become her friend, her family.

"Your playing into its hands Swan. Don't you see it's fucking with your head it's trying to turn you against Regina!"

Emma frowned as that realisation sank in then finished her drink before turning to face the annoyed sister in law whose glare quickly turned to genuine concern. She groaned knowing her devastation had shown.

"My sister would die for you and Henry are her everything so don't you bloody forget it ok?"

Swan couldn't stop the tears that welled up in her tired eyes and shook her head in anger with herself when those very same tears slid down her cheeks.

"Promise me that if things go south that you will take care of Henry. He loves you"

Zelena shocked by what she was hearing opened her mouth to reply but found she was too choked to get the words out. Taking a deep breath and batting away her unshed tears she managed a smile.

"You have my word Emma"

With a uncharacteristic display of affection she reached out and squeezed Swans hand.

"Now I'm going home and you…"

She grabbed the bottle and chuckled at the annoyed protest she received

"You are going to go upstairs where your very pregnant wife is waiting for you to give her a foot rub at least I think she said foot! Eww"

Grinning Swan drained her glass then rose to her feet and kissed the redhead on her cheek.

"Then I had better not keep her waiting. Thank you Zee for everything"

As Zelena watched her sister in law leave the kitchen her smile faded and was replaced by sadness.

She couldn't begin to imagine what Emna was feeling, not only was she faced with the fact that she may lose her true love and the baby that they had made but she had this cruel entity toying with her whenever it felt like it.

She sat down in the vacated seat and poured herself a drink. If this psychic turned out to be a waste of time she would just have to take matters into her own hands.