New Beginnings 2

Chapter 20 My Baby Girl

Regina woke up from a quick nap with a jolt. She felt her connection with Katherine become very weak very fast. Something was wrong…very wrong and she knew it.

Her office phone rang."Madam Mayor, Emma is on line one and she says it's an emergency. She wants you to make your way to the hospital now."

Regina's heart sank, "Is she still on the line?"

"Yes, she's waiting for you."

Regina got up, sat in her rolling chair, and rolled to her desk. She picked up the phone and pressed the line one button.

"Emma, what's going on?"

Regina heard Emma crying on the other end, "Emma, babe, what's going on?"

"Claire and I were about to have a magical altercation when who shows up to her Ma's rescue, but Katherine. She fought back instead of me because when I tried to stop her, her magic sent me flying backward away from her. Claire had already sent her magic my way, and both Claire and Katherine went down. Babe…Katherine is not responding to anything I do."

Regina felt as if someone reached into her chest and crushed her heart. The tear flood gate was released, and Regina broke down.

Emma replied, "I know. Trust me; I know how you are feeling. I need you right now. I'm so scared."

Regina semi-composed herself and said, "I'm coming, but I will need you, too."

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-Storybrooke General Hospital-

Regina walked in, and Emma ran up to her catching her into an embrace then broke down.

"Thank God, you're here!" she sobbed, and Regina wrapped her arms around her wife.

Emma continued while crying, "I tried everything, but she wouldn't respond to me…"

Regina took a deep breath then looked into her wife's eyes, "I know you did everything you could. I hate to tell you this, but you are going to have to compose yourself fast because you are going to have to comfort me in a little while when I see her."

Emma giggled while she was still crying and Regina chuckled while a tear glistens her cheek without permission.

Katherine's pediatrician, Doc, walked out, "Emma, Regina…"

They walked up to Doc, and he delivered the results, "Katherine's vitals are normal. Due to this being the first time she was hit with magic, powerful magic at that, the force of the hit put her into a magical coma."

Regina's legs felt weak, "I need to sit."

Emma brought her to a chair, and they both sat down.

Emma looked up at Doc and questioned, "Will she ever wake up?"

"Yes, she will when the one that put her in the coma is defeated. Right now, the one that put her there is here in the hospital as well."

Regina looked at Doc with tear-filled eyes, "Can I see my baby?"

Doc nodded, and Emma helped Regina to stand. Doc led them down the hall and into a room where their little girl was lying in a hospital bed with an IV, heart monitor, and an oxygen nose piece in her nose. Regina briskly walked to the bed and took her daughter's hand in hers.

The flood gate was opened, and Regina stroked her daughter's head, "My baby girl! My darling! You were so strong like your Ma, but it was your temper like Mommy's that got you here. I am so proud of you that you stood up to protect Ma. You are one brave little girl. I love you so much, Katherine Grace. Oh, Emma!"

Emma pulled Regina into an embrace, and they both cried together. Suddenly, Regina opened her eyes, and she saw red.

She looked at Doc, "What room is Claire in?"

"Regina…don't!"

Doc answered, "Room 123."

"Regina…"

Her anger was boiling as she walked out her daughter's room, down the hall, and found Room 123. Regina looked inside and noticed Claire wasn't as bad off as her baby girl seven rooms down. She walked into the room.

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Claire opened her eyes to see she was in a hospital bed hooked up to wires and a needle with a tube taped to her. She rolled her eyes and sighed in frustration then an annoying voice that she despised filled the room.

"I hope you are happy."

Claire turned to face the voice that she knew belonged to Regina, "I already have a headache; why do you have to come and make it worse."

Regina regally walked in, "Because my daughter is now in a magical coma thanks to you and your pitiful vendetta against me!"

Claire smiled, "My plan worked! Yes! Now your little brat is out of the equation, Emma is an easy target."

Regina held out her hand and magically choked Claire, "Let this be a final warning to you. You will not do anything to my family," Claire was turning purple, and the monitor began to beep furiously, and Regina continued, "You will be the one to fail, and my daughter will be her smiling lovable self again. I will make sure of it."

She let go of Claire, and the flaxen-haired woman gasped for air. Regina turned around and walked out of the room.