Here's a little update for you. I hope you enjoy!
Regina found herself clutching onto her stomach as she tried to breathe through another contraction. She closed her eyes and tried to remember what her sister had taught her. She tried not to panic about the situation she was in and how she could get out of it. "Please babies just stay in there a little longer. Let mommy get us out of here before you arrive." Regina gritted out as the contraction roamed through her.
"Little late for that dear." Cora said as she walked into the bedroom. "Those babies are making an appearance soon whether you want them to or not."
"I don't want you around them." Regina snapped. "I won't let you hurt my babies."
"Oh Regina it is nice to see you so confident for a change. However your confidence is wasted on you. You know as well as I do that you can't stop me. You never could. You are weak Regina. Weak and useless. Those babies would be better off with me. I can look after them. Give them everything you can never give them." Cora said pushing Regina's buttons.
Regina could feel the tears welling up in her eyes. Her mother's words stung her and she wasn't going to hide that from her. "I am not weak mother and I am not useless. I am going to love and care for these babies. I can give them something you could never give them. I can give them love."
"Love?" Cora scoffed. "Oh Regina how many times do I have to tell you? Love is weakness. Your precious thief should tell you that. He couldn't even save you from me."
"You had an upper hand. You had…magic." She couldn't quite believe she was saying that her mother had magic. She didn't think magic existed. Yes Henry had done nothing but go on and on about magic and a curse for months but she had just played along. Encouraged his innocence. She didn't actually really believe it. However now she was beginning to wonder if Henry was on to something. If magic was real what was to say this curse wasn't real. She then cried out as another contraction hit her.
Cora waved her hand over Regina and smirked. "It really won't be long now Regina. I think it is nearly time you started pushing."
"No. I won't!" Regina shouted.
"I don't think you will have much choice Regina. Those babies want out now." Cora said.
"What do you want with them? You wanted nothing to do with them before. You didn't even want me to have them. Why do you want them now?" Regina asked desperately.
"They are the key to me getting everything I want Regina. I will become the most powerful being in the land. I will become immortal and you my dear…" Cora said holding Regina's chin in her hand tightly and making her look up at her. "Will be back with me where you belong."
Regina couldn't hold the tears any longer and she let them fall from her eyes. She felt powerless. She couldn't stop her mother. She couldn't move off of the bed. She knew she couldn't stop the babies for coming. She looked up at her mother and wondered if she just gave into her mother's will if it would make it easier. If she made her mother think she had won. "I'll do whatever you want mother…" Regina whispered. "I will stay with you…"
Cora smirked and she moved her hand from Regina's chin to her cheek cupping it and rubbing her thumb over her cheek. "Good girl Regina. I knew you would see sense in the end. I know it was your sister messing with your head. Telling you all those things, making you think you would be okay out there. I don't blame you my dear."
Regina just nodded her head and let her mother believe what she wanted. If it meant she could stay with her babies and protect them she would do just about anything.
Zelena and Robin ran into town hall heading straight towards the mayor's office. She had no idea if her father could help them but she had to try something. She had a feeling she wouldn't be able to get anywhere near the mansion. "Father!" Zelena called as she and Robin burst into the office.
Leopold glanced up from his desk with a frown on his face. "Zelena? What on earth is the matter?" He asked pushing himself up from his desk and walking round it towards Zelena.
"It's mother. She has taken Regina. This is going to sound mad and unbelievable but mother has magic and she used it against Robin and I so we couldn't protect Regina and then she kidnapped her. Regina is in labour I think mother wants the babies. I have no idea what she is going to do but we need to save Regina before mother gets her hands on those babies." Zelena rambled out an explanation fast. She was desperate to help her little sister. She needed to save her sister.
"Zelena slow down." Leopold said placing his hands on his daughters upper arms. "What are you talking about? What do you mean your mother has magic?"
"We seen it with our own eyes father. Mother has magic. She used it to throw Robin across the room and then freeze me to a chair so I couldn't move and then she used it to transport herself and Regina out of the hospital. They disappeared in a cloud of red smoke. I have no idea how she got it but she has." Zelena said. "Father we don't have time for all this. You need to go home and get to Regina. Mother won't let Robin or I anywhere near the mansion but she will let you. You need to try and help Regina."
Leopold looked at his daughter and then glanced over to the worried looking man behind her. He could see how desperate they both looked and he didn't know why but he believed the unbelievable story of his wife having magic. "Alright. I will go home but I cannot promise your mother will let me anywhere near Regina. She will know I would want to stop whatever she is doing to Regina."
"Just try father please." Zelena replied.
Leopold entered the mansion and he heard Regina crying out in pain upstairs. He knew it was his youngest daughter. He ran across the foyer and then up the stairs towards Regina's bedroom to see Regina lying on the bed and Cora between her legs he presumed delivering the babies.
Regina looked over and relief washed over her as she saw her father stood in the doorway. "Daddy…" She gasped and held her hand out to him.
This caught Cora's attention and she watched closely as Leopold crossed the room over to Regina. He sat on the edge of the bed and took her hand in his and she squeezed tightly. "It's alright Regina. I'm here." He said softly and kissed the top of her head.
"She doesn't need you here." Cora said firmly as she stood up. "We can do this without you here." She then turned to Regina. "It's about time to push Regina."
Regina shook her head. She was done keeping up the pretence of staying with her mother and bending to her every will. She hoped her father could help her. "Daddy please help me. Don't make me stay here." Regina said with tears in her eyes as she looked up at Leopold.
Cora laughed cruelly making Regina and Leopold look over at her. "Oh Regina do you really think that he can save you? That pathetic excuse for a man can't save you Regina. Did you think I was stupid? Did you really expect me to fall for you just walking back into my arms and doing what I wanted? I knew you were lying to me and you will pay for that once this is over."
"Daddy please help me." Regina pleaded. "Please. Don't let her take my babies from me."
Leopold wrapped his arms around Regina and cradled her in his arms as she sobbed. "Cora you need to stop this! You cannot do this to her! She is our daughter Cora. Why are you being so horrible to her?"
"She is my daughter. She is not your daughter. I can do what I wish with her and you have no right to stop me. You cannot stop me." Cora snapped.
"Cora please. Look at her. Why can't you see what you are doing to her? No matter what you say to me Regina is my daughter. I have raised her. She is my daughter and I will protect her no matter what the costs." Leopold argued back.
"Wow look at you growing a back bone and finally sticking up for yourself and her." Cora spat back.
Leopold slowly pulled away from Regina and cupped her tear stained face in his hands. "It's okay Regina." He whispered softly before he stood up from the bed. Regina whimpered a little at being left alone on the bed. "I will not let you harm Regina or her babies."
Cora raised an eyebrow at him and smirked. "You know I kind of like this side of you. You should have shown it more often. Shame that it will do you know good right now." Cora said and with a flick of her wrist she sent Leopold flying across the room, hitting a wall and effectively knocking him out.
"Daddy!" Regina gasped out more tears falling down her cheeks.
"Right now he is out the way we can get back to what we were doing." Cora said as she walked back to the end of the bed. Regina cried out again and Cora smiled. "Well Regina it seems to be time to start pushing."