Chapter 7: The storm
Snow found Robin in the dark hallway. She and David didn't want to interfere, but as soon as the yelling stopped, she decided to check on them. Robin was sitting on the floor, leaning his back on the wall. He looked... tired. He was crying. There was a storm outside and it was quite dark already. With another lightning filling the hall with light, Robin finally noticed Snow and made a faint attempt to wipe his tears. She just sat next to him in silence.
"I'm sorry."
"What for?"
"It's my fault."
Robin frowned and looked at her surprised.
"This whole thing was my idea in the first place." She explained. "Regina was willing to go to extreme lengths to save that baby and I didn't think about the consequences of giving her ideas. She caught up on that one and asked Gold for the spell, but this was my idea to begin with."
"You were only trying to help. You couldn't have known..."
"Robin, I did know. That's what I'm trying to say. I knew the price of the spell all this time. I knew it would link Regina's life to Zelena's, but Regina made me promise to keep this a secret, so I didn't tell you or anyone else. I couldn't betray her like this. Not again."
"I understand, Snow. and I'm not mad at you. I just… Well, I can't help but feel betrayed now myself. I know she did this for the baby, for god's sake, I would do the same! But we should've made that decision together! She lied to me and left out the part which said she's gonna die in the process and I... How can I be okay with that? I'm…" Robin started crying again, not even trying to hide it anymore. Snow put a hand on his shoulder, her heart was breaking as well.
"I cannot live without her."
"You love her so much." Snow smiled to him with eyes full of tears. It wasn't a question, more like an observation. This - someone who loved Regina so much - was everything she could ever wish for her stepmother.
"This is why you can't give up. If there's one thing I've learned for all those years is that it's never too late. You can't lose faith. We can find a way to save her."
„Sounds so easy when you say it."
„But it's true! You have to fight! For her and for this baby."
"And right now... I'm wasting time for some stupid fights."
"That's the spirit. Now is not the time to be apart. You should go to her, you two should make up and then you both fight to save your family."
"That's one way of looking at it." Robin said and got up. "I admire your optimism, Snow, but I just realised that no matter what happens, I don't want to spend another minute without her, because if she... Well, I will regret wasting the time we still have."
Snow nodded with understanding.
"Where's she anyway?"
"She said she needed some air."
"It's storming outside."
Robin's and Snow's eyes met and they both instantly ran to the door. Robin pushed it and rushed outside, the rain soaked him in a span of a few seconds.
"Regina?" He said to the void. She wasn't in sight.
"Maybe she just went back home?" Snow asked from under the roof, embracing herself. Robin walked around the corner to see if she took their car, but he knew it was a stupid idea. She wouldn't leave just like that, no matter how quarreling they were. Snow walked outside on the rain as well.
"Regina!" Robin started screaming and looking around.
"Hey! I'm sure she's fine she's just... mad at you."
"Snow, she doesn't have her magic! Where the hell would she go?!"
He was right. Snow's eyes just widened.
"Regina!"
"REGINA!"
They both kept walking forward in the rain until Robin stopped and grabbed his chest. He looked like he was in pain. He got down to one knee and groaned.
"Robin?!"
"Something's... wrong."
"Oh, no. No, no, no..." The brunette tried to calm the man down, reaching for her phone at the same time. She found Regina in her contacts and pressed the button. A quiet ringtone reverberated on their right. Snow slowly walked to the bush, where the sound was coming from, to fold back the branches. She reached for something and when she turned back to Robin the situation became very clear. It was Regina's phone. Someone tossed it to the bushes. Regina was missing.
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Regina was woken up by pounding pain in her head. Her shirt was soaked and it was hard to tell if it was rainwater or her own blood. She could feel she lost a lot of it, but at least she was still alive. Whoever did this to her, they didn't want to kill her. At least for now.
"Ugh." Regina lifted her head and felt a cramp in her neck. She must have been unconscious for longer than she thought. She tried to move and touch her head, but her hands were tied behind her back. Same with legs - she was tied to a wooden chair with an itchy rope and there was a piece of cloth inside her mouth. Even if she tried to scream or say something, no one would probably hear her. There was nothing but darkness around her. The only thing that was any clue to how much time had passed was the sound of rain and thunder somewhere above.
The room was suddenly filled with light, once the lightbulb above her head was lit. It wasn't much, but it did lit the spot where she was placed in, so she was finally able to examine her situation. She started breathing faster once she realised she's actually in someone's basement, filled with knives and electric mowers.
"Wakey, wakey." A voice in the room spoke.
Regina started to look around the room, trying to calm her breathing. Then the voice spoke again.
"I was waiting for this moment for quite some time."
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"What did you do?!" Robin cried, when he burst into the sheriff's office.
"Hey!" Emma tried to stop him, but he ignored her completely.
"Where is she?!" He screamed again to the woman behind bars.
"What do you mean?" Cora raised her eyebrows.
"If you did something, I swear I'll -"
"What is going on?! What happened?" Emma didn't give up, she needed answers.
"Regina's gone. She just... disappeared." Snow was the one who explained the situation.
"What do you mean gone?" David stood up, alarmed.
"We - we had a fight. After that she went outside and now we can't find her. It's was her, I know it!" Robin pointed at Cora again. "Is this some trick of yours? Tell me where she is!"
"I had nothing to do with whatever you're talking about."
"It's true, we never left this room." Emma added. "I've learnt enough magic to know about those tricks and Cora was in there all this time."
"Then where is she?"
"Did you check her house? The office?"
"David." Snow stopped her husband from talking by showing him an object she was holding in her hand. It was Regina's phone. "We just found it on the road. The car is here. She doesn't have magic, so she didn't teleport herself, either."
"You think someone kidnapped Regina? Why would anyone do that?"
"If this wasn't Cora then..."
"Gold?" Snow shook her head. "Regina put trust in that man, I don't think so."
"Wait." Emma said suddenly. "Gold. Exactly. He can help us find her."
"Emma, you're right. He did that before." David nodded.
"What?" Robin looked at the Charmings.
"When Regina was kidnapped by Greg and Tamara, Gold gave us some of her tears so we could find her. This might work again."
"Okay." He nodded. "There's no time to waste."
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After many struggles Regina finally managed to spit the cloth out of her mouth. She moved in the chair uneasily, but freeing her hands or ankles wouldn't be that easy. The figure in the shadow was gone for now, but she knew they'd be back. Judging by the voice, she was being held captive by a woman, but it wasn't someone who's voice would ring a bell. Once again she had a quick look around the room. It was definitely a basement but she had no clue where they were on the town map.
"What did I say about being a good girl?"
Regina quickly looked back. "Who are you?" She grumbled to the woman in the shadows. "What do you want from me?"
"Funny questions you ask. 'Who are you?' That seems to be your problem, doesn't it?"
"I don't understand."
"Oh, you will. You see, I intend to make you remember. All of it."
"Remember what?!"
"Every life you took, and then some. All of the pain you've ever caused will be yours."
"So this is about revange." Regina smirked and rose one of her eyebrows. "Do you plan to kill me as well? I'm sorry to tell you, I'm already dying."
"I don't care, your majesty." The woman seemed to get annoyed by that comment. „What I plan for you is far worse."
Something in her voice finally seemed familiar. Regina frowned.
"Come into the light."
"Why would I do that?"
"Because something tells me that no matter how long you say you waited for this moment, you're an amatour." Regina growled, feeling the darkness. "First thing you learn as a villain - you look into your enemy's eyes when you threaten them."
"Fine!" The woman jumped out of the chair and walked closer.
"Huh." Regina smiled when she finally saw her face. "I knew it. You work in the hospital, don't you? The blunt nurse."
She remembered it clearly now. It was the only person who called her "your majesty" in a long time. She didn't pay much attention to her when she was at the hospital, but it did seem odd to her, even back then. To her much surprise, the young woman laughed out loud hysterically.
"A nurse! That's who I am. Of course."
"I remember you. You-" Regina stopped half sentence. "It was you, of course. You stopped giving Zelena medication so she would wake up and escape."
"Ugh, this useless witch... Yes, I let her go and deleted all the footage. No one would blame an employee after all, right? The Wicked Witch and I made a deal - I would help her escape from the hospital, and hide her from all of you, and she would find a way to make you suffer. Not only did she betray me the minute she got a chance, she also got herself killed in the process. I really thought she'd be smarter than that."
"So you hate me. You must have known what freeing Zelena would mean for me. The only question is - what did I ever do to you?"
"Despite of what you may think, I'm not just a nurse. I was someone back in our land. My life mattered! You took it from me and you have the audacity to not even remember that!"
"Yes, I was the Evil Queen. I own my mistakes, I try to make up for them every single day of my life."
The nurse got close to Regina's face to look her in the eyes this time.
"You don't try hard enough."
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Snow, David, Emma, Hook and Robin burst inside Rumple's shop.
"Gold!"
"Belle, take this and put it in the car please." He said, as if he didn't hear five people screaming his name. He passed the suitcase to his wife, who eventually took it with an eye roll.
"Wait, what is going on here?" Snow asked, looking around the shop. Almost every item inside of it was covered with coth. There were three small suitcases on the counter and two big ones by the wall. "Are you packing? Are you going somewhere?"
"I don't think that's any concern of yours."
"Watch it, crocodile." Killian snarled.
"Why are you here?" Dark One asked, annoyed.
"We need more of Regina's tears." Snow said.
"What?"
"She's missing, we need to find her."
"Missing? Again?"
"Do you have it or not? I'm begging you." Robin asked, looking him in the eyes.
"Sadly, no." Rumple shook his head. "You used all of it the first time. Besides, the queen doesn't have many reasons to cry these days, does she? She's happy, in love and with child, as far as I'm concerned."
"But she's missing! Someone took her!" Robin slammed his fists on the counter.
"Gold, please, you must have something. Maybe a locator potion?" Emma spoke with hope.
"Whoever's behind this would be smarter than that. But... there might be something we could use."
"What? Tell us."
Rumple looked at them and opened his hand. A small bottle appeared on his palm.
"Blood magic."
"Do you mean -?"
"Pour some blood into this bottle and it will lead you to the blood relative you wish to find. Quite simple, but effective."
"But the only relative Regina has in town now... is Cora." Snow closed her eyes, resigned.
Emma narrowed her eyes when she saw no expression change in Gold's face.
"But you already knew that, didn't you?"
"Well, why do you think I'm planning on leaving town, miss Swan? Of course I know. I knew the moment she set her foot into this world."
"And you... are afraid of her?" Snow frowned. "That she's going to seek revange for killing her?"
"I didn't exactly kill her, dearie." Gold smiled. "I simply used you to use her to save myself, you did the killing. So no, I'm not afriad. Dark One is never afraid. I just... don't want to take that chance. Besides, Cora being in town only sped up the decision I was about to make for a long time. The truth is, I still have a waekened heart. I've survived when the darkness was sucked out and back into my body, but it didn't cure me. When Belle gave me a second chance, I finally came to my senses. We both decided to leave town, where the darkness won't kill me, and live a life we always wanted."
"You're leaving everything behind? Just like that? What about your grandson?" Emma was infuriated by that. He was a bastard, but until now she could as least count on the fact he would protect Henry.
"There's nothing left for me here anymore. I lost my son. I almost lost my wife. I don't owe anything to any of you. As for Henry, I will leave him some note and a phone number, I'm not disappearing, I'm just moving out of town."
"Speaking of disappearing." Robin stopped their conversation, irritated that they were wasting their precious time. "Tell me how the potion works and what do you want in return."
"As I said, the liquid inside has a property of finding blood relatives. If you want to use Cora, then be my quest."
"Do we have any other options?"
"Of course you do. Do I really have to explain everything?" Gold rolled his eyes and closed another suitcase. "If you can't find Regina, you can use your blood to locate your baby, which just so happens to be inside of her."
"Of course." Robin almost smiled. He took the bottle from him and looked him in the eyes again. "And the price?"
"I don't want anything from you. Think of it as a parting gift for Regina. I really wish her the best, I always have, but never at my expense. She knows that, because that's one of the few thing's I've always been honest about."
"Okay. That's fair." Robin nodded. "Thank you."
Just when Robin started to turn back to walk out of the shop, Gold stopped him again.
"Oh, and..."
"What?"
"I little bird told me Cora spoke about a prophecy. About your child."
"That nonsense again? What about it?"
"Don't believe anything Cora says."
"I know. I don't."
"Make sure you really understand what I'm saying. Don't believe Cora. Not because she's lying, but because she doesn't know all of it. The prophecy is quite real."
"Do you know something?" Robin narrowed his eyes and walked closer with fist clanched on the bottle.
"I would never think it would be Regina's child... But if it's true, you should probably speak to the fairies. Blue Fairy knows the real prophecy. Tell her... Tell her your baby is the child from the prophecy. She'll know."
"This doesn't make any sense. And... I'm sorry, but I don't care. I need to find Regina."
Robin left the shop as fast as he could, leaving everyone stunned. Emma thanked Gold again and followed him outside, soon they were joined by the rest.
"We'll find her." Emma put a hand on Robin's shoulder, but he didn't say anything.
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It's been a few hours since she's been kidnapped and most of this time she's spent alone. The nurse, who's name was still unknown to her, came down to the basement from time to time to check on her, but always left as if she was impatient of something. It already stopped raining when she came back with a box in her hands.
"What is this?" Regina asked.
She didn't get an answer, obviously, but every time she spoke to her she was more sure the girl wasn't any villain. The way she behaved, the way she couldn't control her reactions... Something told Regina that she was doing something like this for the first time and she's not feeling comfortable with it at all. This was partly why she was so daring with her, because she thought nothing's really going to happen. Now it started changing. The girl might have been an amatour, but she must have planned this really well, considering no one has come to rescue her yet. Robin surely noticed her absence by now.
"Talk to me." Regina spoke again to buy herself some time. "What are you actually going to do with me? Whatever pain I've caused you, I'm sorry. I truly am."
"Oh, stop! Do you think I'm that naive?" The woman turned around to face her. "You're just saying that now so I let you go, but this isn't going to happen."
"I'm not! I've changed. I will make up for my mistakes, just stop this charade."
"I've lived in Storybrooke for years, I've seen you're pretending to be this new hero. I truly don't get how Snow White doesn't see through your lies."
"It's not a lie."
"Just stop! I'm done listening to you! For once you, the mighty queen, have to listen to me. Whatever 'good' you think you do, it will never be enough to make up for all the things you did. You just simply don't deserve redemption. I felt sick seeing how people put trust in you, how they treat you as equal. You cursed all of them and you think a few good deeds will make it all okay? They don't stand up to you, because they're afraid of you, but that just changed today."
"Because I don't have my magic, right? You've been at Granny's that day, you've heard everything."
"I always knew I am no match for you, I'm not stupid. When you said you're powerless, I knew this was my only chance."
"So you also know that I'm pregnant. And you're still going to go through with whatever your plan is?"
The nurse hesitated. It was just for a moment, but Regina noticed. She had a conscience after all.
"It doesn't matter."
"I think it does." Regina frowned, but tears started coming to her eyes unexpectedly. She didn't want to appear weak. Not now. "I know you were prepared for this, you probably put some glamour spell on this house, maybe you even got it from Zelena... But it's been hours and my family's probably looking for me all around town. It's not just about me, but about my baby, too. You're not such person. You don't have to do anything, I will let you go free, I promise."
Regina managed to place even more doubt into the woman, but she just frowned and looked down at the box she brought in. When she finally spoke, she was very calm.
"I've come too far to give up. And as I said, I don't trust you or believe you. You will suffer, your majesty, but your baby will be fine. Although... I do pity any child that has you as a mother."
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"Here!" Robin screamed to the rest of them when the vial led him at the doorstep of a house. "They're here. Regina and the baby. They're here, I'm -"
A huge blast of magic bounced Robin off of the house. He flew across the street and found himself on the other side of the road. Emma ran up to him and helped him get up.
"We should've known. The house is surrounded by a protection spell."
"At least we know we're in the right place." Hook added.
"So it's Zelena then?" Snow asked her daughter.
"It is her magic." Emma frowned. "But no. I don't think so."
"Who would do that? What do they want from Regina?"
"I don't know, Robin, but we're going to get to her."
"How? You just said it's Zelena's magic. Blood magic, I'm guessing. Which means, again, that the only person who can tear it down is -"
He stopped, because he immediately knew what it meant. They had no other choice.
"No..." Snow said before anyone finished Robin's sentence. "We can't. Robin, she's too dangerous. We can't let her out."
"We have to. Snow, maybe Cora's here for a reason. Maybe this is the reason. She's here to save Regina."
"Would you really trust her to do that?"
"I will never trust her, but right now the mother of my child is in danger and whoever's behind it I don't trust even more. We don't even know who we're dealing with. We have to trust Cora to care enough for Regina to help us."
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The first vision came out of nowhere. It just hit her strongly and painfully. It was a beautiful day in the Enchanted Forest. Some people were gathered on the meadow in front of her castle. At first she didn't recognize that scene, but soon she started remembering it. Those were her memories afrer all.
"Good day, citizens. Enjoying the meadow?" She heard a voice. It was her voice, but very different at the same time. It was a voice of the Evil Queen.
"Indeed." A pastor said. "It seemed perfect for our wedding ceremony."
"It is lovely. But see, the thing is, these are part of the royal lands, and I don't recall giving you permission to marry here."
"We didn't know. We had just..."
Regina felt a sharp pain in her chest, but the feeling didn't match the scene. Her hands were ripping the heart of the groom, but... No, she wasn't the queen anymore. She was looking at her. She was the groom.
She saw her father through the man's lens. He was saying something to the queen, but the pain was too strong to even focus.
"I'm not weak!" She heard herself scream and then become unnaturally calm. "I was going to spare you, but someone just made me angry."
As the Evil Queen crushed the heart of the groom, the pain in her chest now shifted to emotional pain and agony. With one blink she wasn't the man anymore, she was his fiancee. She was crying and screaming.
"Next time there's a wedding..." She, as the bride, looked up to see the queen with an evil smirk. "...book the church. Make your way home. I have someplace to-"
"STOP!" Regina screamed and snapped out of the trans. She was breathing havily. All of those emotions were just too much for her body to handle. "What... What was that?"
She was in the nurse's basement again. The woman was looking at her with a faint smile on her lips.
"This was a memory. My memory. Your memory. And most importantly - my pain."
"Y-you..." Regina was panting. "You were the bride."
"Bravo. You win the next trip down the memory lane."
"No, wait!"
Another memory hit her. She was a villager who was hiding Snow White in their house. The princess escaped and the Evil Queen marched into the village a day after. The villager was loyal to the princess. The queen didn't like it, so she killed villager's entire family. The spell she was under made her feel every ounce of pain the person she once hurt has felt. Both emotional and phisical.
She screamed again and she was out of the illusion. This one hurt even more.
"Who was that?" Regina asked with a weak voice.
"Oh, I don't know. I only know my memory. But you... You'd remember that if you cared."
"I do care. If I could take it back I would."
"Life doesn't work like that!"
"Look." Regina lifted her head with difficulty. "I killed your fiance. I get it. You didn't have to show me your pain, because that's exactly what happened to me."
"What are you talking about?"
"M- My mother. This is how it all started. I never wanted to become queen. I never wanted… I never wanted any of it. But my mother killed the man I loved in front of me and I no longer had a choice. And guess what?" Regina smiled palely. "She's here now. She was dead and now somehow she's back and I don't know what the hell I should do about it. All I know is that it made me evil. You don't want to go down that path, trust me."
"You don't get to tell me what I want!" The nurse got very angry and frustration overwhelmed her. "All I care about is to make you pay."
It probably wasn't very smart move but Regina laughed.
"What's so funny?!"
"I told you. I'm already paying the price, don't waste your effort."
"I don't care." The nurse just shook her head. "I honestly don't. Perhaps it's for the better. After all... I do plan on letting you go."
"What?"
"Oh, didn't I mention? I won't hold you here forever. You'll go free but only after I've made you live through all the suffering you've caused. How long is it going to take? Well, that's the question only you can answer."
The nurse touched her head with something and Regina started screaming again.
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"Will you help us or not?" Robin asked harshly, looking at the witch behind bars.
"I told you, I'd do anything to save my daughter, but you know what has to happen first." Cora said with a smirk, holding up her wrist. They all knew what it meant.
"Why should we trust you?" Snow crossed her arms. "How do I know you won't kill me the minute you get out?"
"If I wanted to, I'd do it before. My daughter doesn't seem to want your death anymore anyway. I only want Regina to be happy and safe and if I'm the only one who can assure that... Well..."
"Whatever."
"Robin!"
"What?!" He turned around to Snow. "Do we really need to waste more time? We don't have a choice but to trust her, Snow."
Robin opened the cell and took off the cuff of Cora's wrist.
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The minutes turned into hours. Everything was a blur. A mixture of pain and darkness. Regina's head swung down once again as another vision stopped. Only one thing was going through her mind, even more terrifying than any scenario she had to relive. The baby didn't move even once since she's been there. She hadn't noticed that before, but as the hours had passed she came to realisation her unborn daughter never allowed her to find herself in a dangerous situation. If it weren't for her, they'd both be dead by now by Zelena. So why didn't she feel her now? Something wasn't right.
"P - please..."
The nurse slapped her in the face, before she could even finish.
"We're not done!"
"Tell me what you want, I'll do anything."
"Didn't you get it by now?! I'm already getting everything I wanted!"
"You're not, that's just what you're telling yourself. It won't make you feel better... It won't make you feel anyth- Ahhh!"
"Keep that speech about how revange wasn't enough for you." The nurse growled as she pressed a magical memory stone onto Regina's head. She stopped after a minute and lifted Regina's chin. "Not so powerful now, aren't we?"
"You- you have no idea... what you're doing."
"Do I hear anger? I was wondering when she would show up."
"That's what this is about? You want to see the Evil Queen? Sorry to disappoint, she cancelled the meeting."
The nurse looked at her and smiled with the most vile smile.
"You couldn't be more wrong."
Regina frowned, but she didn't have the streanght to keep her head up for long. She looked down at her pants and froze.
Blood. There was blood between her legs. It wasn't visible at first, because she was still wearing a pair of black pants, but now, as the general pain subsided, she definitely felt something was wrong. She didn't even hear the woman talk anymore.
"You see, I've had many years to do my research. I may never possess magic, but thanks to the curse, I became very well educated on different types of medication. Add some magic to that and voila... a perfect way to make justice."
"What- did-you do?" Regina's mind was raging. She didn't ask about the potion the woman was holding in her hand, though. The nurse kept talking anyway.
"I know all about your double personality issues, so I spiced it up a bit with magic. You didn't even know I'm putting this into your medication. With the right amount of trauma, we can unlock the queen you're hiding inside."
"What did you do to my baby?!"
This time the woman froze and frowned. She looked like someone just ruined her entire spectacle.
"What do you m-?" She asked and the she looked down. "Wait... I don't..."
"I'm going to kill you." Regina's hands were shaking, as was the entire room. The nurse's plan was working, but not quite as she thought it would.
"It wasn't supposed to affect the baby. I... I wasn't... I didn't mean to..."
"Ahh!"
Regina jerked on the chair. The surface of her skin was shining with red light. In that moment she felt pure madness and rage and it felt like she's being torn apart.
"It's working." The nurse whispered, but although this is what she wanted all along, this isn't how she planned it. Regina was literally splitting in half. Almost as if her soul was leaving the body. But it wasn't a soul... It was...
"The Evil Queen."
Now there weren't two women in the basement, but three. The Evil Queen, in her long shiny gown, was standing in front of her, free of the bondage. Regina, on the other hand, was passed out on the chair.
"You." The Evil Queen growled through her teeth. "I will make your death slow and painful. You'll regret I didn't rip out your heart all those years ago."
"How there's two of you?!"
"Maybe you should check how a potion actually works before using it." The queen said and before the woman said anything, the queen rose her hand and started choking her with her magic.
The life almost left the woman's body. Her eyes almost poped out of her head as she was catching breath that wasn't there. Suddenly something whooshed the queen back.
"No."
The Evil Queen got up from the ground quickly and finally realised who just entered the scene.
"Mother."
"You're not doing this to Regina."
"She deserves to die."
"Regina!" Robin came in running and looked around the room. He didn't understand any of it, but as soon as he saw Regina, he lost interest. The rest of the family followed him and to say they were shocked to see the queen standing before their eyes would be an understatement.
"Get her." Cora said, not even looking at them or the stunned nurse she was talking about. Emma quickly grabbed the nurse by the arms and David put shackles onto her wrists.
"I didn't mean the child to get hurt, you have to believe me!"
"You meant Regina to get hurt. That's enough." Snow said to her harshly. "We'll decide what to do with you later. Cora. what is the meaning of this?"
"Snow White." The queen looked at Snow and smirked.
"It seems like Regina have been split with a serum." Cora explained, still staring at the evil version of her daughter. The Evil Queen looked around the room and a shadow of fear has gone through her face. She quickly waved her hand and disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Cora looked at that place and frowned. And then she smiled.
"No, don't you dare -" Hook said, but it was too late. Cora left the scene, disappearing in smoke and following the queen.
"Where have they gone?" Emma asked with wide eyes.
"I don't know, but it can't be good to any of us." Snow said.
"Regina..."
They all heard Robin's voice and turned their heads around. In the meantime, he untied Regina from the chair. She was starting to wake up.
"Robin..."
"Shh, it's okay. You're safe now."
"The baby..."
Robin was confused at first. Snow put a hand to her mouth. She was the first person to realise what was happening.