A/N I was thinking about these insane promos that are out and what they meant. I have always been interested in stories where someone loses their memory and the challanges that they have. So I thought about what it would be like if Regina was the only one that didn't remember all the evil things she had done to the towns people. If her feeling for Emma would change. That, with the promos, inspired this Fic. I really hope that you enjoy it. Let me warn you. This first chapter is pretty brutal. I PROMISE that this story will not be after this chapter. It had to be done for the story. Reviews are not a must but they do help me know if you are liking the story or not.

Chapter 1

Regina tapped the pen quickly against her desk as she mindlessly looked at the paperwork she was supposed to be finishing. She was doing no good here. She sat the pen down and gathered her things. 'It can wait' she thought. Tonight, tonight she just needed to go home. To rid her mind of all the noise that was starting to take over. The doubt that Regina hadn't felt in so many years was starting to creep up inside her again. Like a virus that was spreading all over her body.

As she drove home that night, her thoughts won out again. She remembered the moment that she knew it was all changing. The moment that she opened the door to run into her son's arms outside their home. The moment that he voiced the words 'I found my real mom'. The moment that she straightened up to look the blonde woman in the eyes. It was a moment that everything Regina held dear was lost.

Her son, the boy she wanted and tried her best to love, was starting the process of alienating himself from her. It was her, it was Emma that took everything, that Snow White hadn't already destroyed, away from her. She did this. She broke the curse and turned Regina's quiet, fearful town against her. She took her lover and now she was taking her son. Regina had no one. Her mother was also gone leaving the final piece of Regina Mills' to crumble. She was truly the one thing she always saw herself as- alone.

She had been alone in her past, but there had never in her life been such a feeling of loneliness. It was Emma. It was all her fault that this was happening to her. She had made promises to Henry about her magic, but what the hell did that matter? Where was Henry? He was one of them now. He, just like everyone else in her life, had abandoned her.

It was these thoughts that made Regina vulnerable. Not just in the town, but tonight. As she thought of how many ways that her life had gone wrong at the hands of Emma Swan and her Mother, Regina failed to hear the quiet footsteps behind her. This too was Emma's fault. The last thing that Regina remembered was a sudden, unbelievable pain in her head. Then darkness.

She woke up to find herself laying on a table. Her arms and legs strapped down and something oddly cold on her both sides of her temple. She was in a dim lit room alone, although she heard footsteps coming her way. She heard them talking just outside the door. She could make out that one of the men was saying something about not bargaining for this. Kidnapping the mayor was not in the plans. He hadn't agreed to kidnapping Henry's mother.

It was then the Regina recognized that voice. It was Neal, but who was he talking to. As the voice got louder Regina knew who the other person was. As she chuckled to herself and swore to kill the man, the door slung open.

Through gritted teeth, she spoke. "I swear to you, Hook. If you don't release me this instant, I will take you to parts of hell you never dreamed existed."

Hook chuckled. "This coming from a woman who is tied securely to a table. Pardon me for not shaking as I approach you."

"What do you want?"

He leaned in and ran his hook along the buttons of her blouse. He then whispered something that even made the evil queen shutter. "I want everything you are. I want the magic, dear Queen."

As Neal, and a woman Regina had never seen before entered the room, she looked over that them. "MOM!?" Henry screamed as Neal held him back.

"You didn't say anything about this. This wasn't part of the deal."

As Henry continued to scream for his mother and squirm, Regina looked Neal. "Get him out of here! I swear I will kill you if you hurt him."

"No Mom. I'm not leaving you. What are you doing to her?" He yelled at Neal. "Please. Let her go. PLEASE!" The young boy cried.

The woman then grabbed Henry. "If you don't want him hurt then you will do as we say."

"You aren't hurting him!" Neal said.

"I told you we shoulda cut him out of our deal." Hook said angry.

"What do you want. Don't hurt him and I'll give you whatever it is."

"Oh Dear naive, Queen." Hook chuckled. "We will take what we want from you. We need him to insure that they rest of his family cooperates."

"They will come for me!" Henry yelled. "They will find us."

"Oh we're counting on that." Hook turned to look Henry right in the eyes. "They better come. Your mommy and your grandfather too."

"What do you want?" Regina asked again.

"Simple." Hook turned again to her. "I want a crocodile head. It's really just that simple. In order to get it, I need the only thing you have in your wretched life - magic." Hook smiled.

xxxxxx

Emma was throwing darts to pass the time until she was off work. She heard someone behind her and turned to see David. "Hey. Up for a quick game?"

"No. Hey, have you seen Henry?" David questioned.

"No. He was supposed to met Mary Margaret after school."

"That's the thing. He never showed up. She was hoping that maybe he was with you."

"Nope. Maybe Regina has seen him." Emma dials the number that goes straight to voicemail. "Crap. Voicemail." She says as she picks up her jacket. "She's had a rough couple weeks since Cora died. Maybe she just need some alone time. I'll run by her place and see if Henry is there."

"I'm coming too."

"I don't need a babysitter." Emma turned to look at her dad.

"Let me think. The last couple times you saw Regina, she threw you across the yard and tried to choke you. I'm good with being called a babysitter."

Emma huffed knowing it was a fight that she would lose. "Ok. Come on." She said as she walked from the room.

They pulled into Regina's driveway to find her car. Emma parked at the curb and made her way up the walkway. She knocked on the door twice calling out Regina's name the second knock. She looked up at the house that was quiet. "Damn it." She pulled out her phone to call Regina again. It was then that she heard the phone. She listened and followed the ring. She found the phone in the bushes to the side of the walkway leading to Regina's car. Her heart stopped as she saw a blood on the sidewalk. "DAVID!"

xxxxxxx

It had been about 10 minutes since they had taken Henry from the room where Regina was being held. She listened to the woman talk about how she had retrieved magic from others before. None of which sounded pleasant to Regina. She wondered about Emma. Did they already have her and Mr. Gold? She could hear Henry screaming her name as Neal pulled him from the room and down the hall. She listened closely to the sounds of his screams until they were quiet from the distance that now separated them, and then they were gone. She took comfort in knowing, or hoping, that Neal wouldn't hurt Henry. She wasn't completely sure since he had just met the boy, but she had to tell herself this. Maybe her mother was right all along. Maybe love was weakness.

Regina heard something that made everything in her stand on edge. It was a high pitch sound coming from a machine that she was hooked into. Wait! Were they really gonna... that can't... That was the last thought Regina had before the pain. She clinched her teeth as not to scream. She didn't want to give them the pleasure or run the risk of Henry hearing. Suddenly the shock was over. Her body still crippled in pain. She tried not to cry, but the lump in her throat wouldn't allow her to breathe without the whimpers coming from her. Her body was betraying her and she was angry.

"It didn't work." The woman said. "Try again."

Three times they tried. Three times that sent Regina to places of torture that not even she knew existed. Her body was drained. Soaked with sweat and her head was hurting to the point Regina thought she would die. Her chest would raise completely off the table with every jolt, but because her arms were tied, she felt the strain of her chest rising would dislocate her shoulders. This was it. This was how she was going to see the end. As she whimpered one last time, she wondered about Henry. Was he alright? Was Emma here and was she with him? Was she the only one being tortured? She hoped Henry was safe.

As she heard them discuss upping the voltage, she knew that Hook walked toward the machine. She focused on the good. In her mind she went to a better time. A time when Henry was 3. He and Regina had been at the park all day and he was just about to fall asleep. He put his little arms around her head and said "I love you, Mommy." just before falling asleep. It was one of only maybe 3 times in Regina's life that she truly felt loved. "I love you Mommy." Regina remembered again a pain that she couldn't withstand coursed through every inch of her body. She could no longer hold it in. She had no control. Again, her body betrayed her and let out a sound that even freighted the woman in the room.

"Turn it off!" The woman yelled. "You're gonna kill her."

Regina still screaming, heard it again. "I love you mommy." Then there was darkness and no more pain.

xxxxxxx

Emma, David and Mary Margaret paced the Sheriff's station hoping to hear something from Regina or Henry. They had looked the streets for more than an hour.

Finally the phone rang and Emma jumped and ran to answer it. "Sheriff Swan."

"They have her."

"Who is this?" David rose at the sound in Emma's voice.

"It doesn't matter who this is. These are your instructions if you ever want to see your son alive again. You and Mr. Gold are to come to the peer. Once you get there someone will be waiting."

"Who...Hello?" Emma said to the dead line.

"She coming?" Neal asked.

"Of course she is. She is the savior remember." Owen smiled.

xxxxxxx

"I have to do no such thing, Ms. Swan."

Emma and David looked at Gold. "They will kill him." Emma took a deep breath. "They will kill her."

"Pity." Gold smiled as he muddled around his shop.

"He is your grandson!" David yelled.

"He is YOUR grandson. That boy will not be my undoing. They want something. Don't you find it peculiar that they have Regina and they want Emma and I?" David stared at him blankly. "They want our power. If they get us all 3 in one spot, who knows what they will do. The answer is no, but good luck to you both."

Emma huffed and walked from the store. "Where are you going?" David said running behind her to catch up.

"I have to find them."

"Without Gold?" He reached out to grabbing her arm, stopping her and turning her toward him.

"He isn't coming. I can't just let them hurt Henry or Regina. I have to try."

"I am coming..."

"No. They wanted us alone. I can't take that risk."

"That wasn't a question, Emma. You aren't doing this alone."

Emma knew that it was pointless to argue. She nodded and got into the car and headed to the peer.

Once there, they were met by a man. He looked to be in his mid 30's with thinning light hair. "Where's Mr. Gold?"

"Look, I'm here."

"Nope. The deal was both."

"I'm all that you got. He isn't coming. If you want him you can go take him, but he isn't coming voluntarily."

"Well that's too bad then. No deal." Owen started to walk away when he heard the gun ready to fire.

"You aren't just walking away from me. You have my son and you have her. Where are they?"

"Somewhere you'll never find them."

It was then the David ran after him and tackled him. They had to be close Emma thought. It had to be somewhere close enough that one person could take them both, but where? There was nothing around the docks. Emma looked franticly around her. That's when it happened. That's when she heard it. A creak. The sound of wood moving on the docks. There was nothing there. How was she hearing a creak with every role of the water. This was it. This was Hook's boat where he had kept Archie. Emma walked closer to the edge and the sound got stronger. This had to be it. Emma took a deep breath and went for it. She took a large running leap and as she landed she felt the deck break her fall.

"Emma?" David looked around not having seen where is daughter had gone. "EMMA!?"

xxxxxxx

Emma stood and dusted herself off before quietly walking toward the lower level of the boat. Boat hell. This was a pirate ship. Like she had only ever seen in movies. That's when she heard it. A scream unlike anything that she had ever heard before. It was a scream that sent a shiver down her spine.

She ran straight toward the screaming until it stopped. She quietly peeked into a room where she saw Henry and Neal. Henry had his head between his knees and his fingers crammed into his ears as he rocked wishing for the torture of his Mother to stop.

Emma quietly walked into the room. "Hey." She whispered.

Neal looked at her. "You're here."

She wasn't sure if it was relief or fear that was tattooed all over Neal's face. Henry seeing her out of the corner of his eye jumped up and ran to her. "You gotta help her."

"Where is she? Are you two alright?"

In a look, Henry conveyed something that Emma hadn't even thought of. She looked at Neal and slowly pulled Henry behind her. "You did this?"

"No."

"You are in on this?"

"You don't understand."

"He helped them. He took me and they took Mom. You gotta help her, Emma." Henry pled.

"I'm going to ask this once more. Where is Regina?"

"I can't tell you that, Emma." Neal looked truly regretful.

Emma stepped forward and punched Neal. As he fell to the ground she jumped on top of him, continuing to hit him. He got up from the floor and pushed Emma back against the wall. They struggled for a while before Neal just fell. Emma looked at Henry with large piece of wood. "What did you do?"

"Hit him." Henry shrugged.

"Yeah I see that, kid." Emma smiled. "Good swing."

"Thanks." Henry dropped the board and Emma grabbed him by the hand.

"I think I remember how to get back there."

"Lead the way." Emma followed.

Emma stopped as she heard voices. "Did you get it?"

"Some, but not enough to kill the crocodile."

She saw that it was Hook and Neal's fiancé. "She is unconscious. What now?"

Emma looked at Henry. "Come on." She quickly lead him to the top of the ship and stood where she had entered. "I need for you to take a big jump right there."

"But.."

"Listen to me, Henry. I know that it's scary, but I need operation Cobra. I need for you to be a big boy and help me." She leaned down to get eye level with her son. "Can you do that?" He nodded. "Ok. I need for you to jump right here. When you land you will be back on the dock. Remember exactly where you are. Then run. Don't stop until you find David or Mary Margaret. Send David back and have him jump back just like you did. Ok?" He only nodded again. "Good." She kissed his head.

He finally spoke. "Is she...is my mom..."

"I don't know, kid." She rubbed his shoulder. "Go get me David."

With that, the young boy did as he was told. He ran. He didn't stop until he ran into a terrified David.

xxxxxxx

Emma went back to the room where Regina lay lifeless. She watched as Hook and Tamara paced the floor. "Did you kill her? If you killed her this was all for nothing, you idiot." Tamara said.

"Hey! I did what I was told to do. If the Queen dies, that is on you."

Emma knew that she had to get to Regina. She kicked on the side of the wall to make a loud noise.

"What's that?" Hook asked.

"Neal?" Tamara called out. "Is that you?"

When there wasn't a answer, Hook looked at her. "I'll be right back. Don't leave her."

As he walked out of the room, Emma readied herself. She threw one punch and when Hook was caught off guard she reached down, picked him up and body slammed him to the floor. With a thud that knocked Hook out, Emma walked into the room.

As she did so her elbow found Tamara's nose causing the woman to fall backward. Emma ran over to Regina. Checking to see if she had a pulse and she saw Tamara run from the room. "Regina?" Emma asked as she found a weak pulse. "Can you hear me? Hang in there ok. We are gonna get you out of here. Henry is so worried about you. Don't do this to him." Emma continued to talk as she untied the woman. "He has gone to find help. He is ok. I got him off the ship. You hang on ok?"

Within minutes David was on the ship with Leroy, Archie and Dr. Whale. They helped Emma get Regina off the boat and took Neal, Tamara and Hook to a holding cell at the jail. The nightmare was over. Or so they thought.

That horrible day was 3 months ago. Regina still lay in a coma without any sign of recovering. Emma and Henry would go see her every day. They were all she had. Her and Emma had never seen eye to eye, but she was right about Henry. She did sooth every fever and endure every tantrum. She was his mother and she needed him. She needed someone to be there. Someone in her corner when the rest of the town was content to see her wither away in that bed. She needed someone. Emma knew better than anyone how that felt.

Emma remembered the call that would change everything. It was the hospital. Since she was the Sherriff, and acting Mayor, she was called when Regina woke up from the coma. She wasn't given any specifics, just that she was awake.

Emma walked into the room to see Regina sitting up in the bed. "Hi." Emma smiled. "It's good to see you awake. Henry will be so glad that you alright."

"Henry?" Regina questioned.

Just then the doctor walked into the room. "Sherriff Swan. We need to talk."