Emma's POV:
I watch as Regina's body falls limb onto the floor, how she remains motionless and before I could process anything else I was right beside her. Not remembering the transition from be being on the other side of the room to then me being beside her body again, I pick her up and cradle her against my chest. Trying to ignore the strong thick potent smell of her blood which lingered in the air.
"Emma, I think… Maybe you should put Regina back down" Snow begins to move closer to the two.
"No!" I growl turning around pulling Regina's body closer to my own, keeping her safe from others. "Regina's mine. She is staying with me"
"Emma, Regina needs help" Charming tires to reason.
I look down at Regina's face and I can see she looks pale, that her heartbeat is faint. The fact that I can even hear her heartbeat should freak me out but it doesn't. The fact that I can hear everyone's heartbeat in the room but I solely focus on hers should worry me but it doesn't.
"Get a doctor" I order them making my way to the hospital bed I was previously on and place her on the bed.
"What are you waiting for?!" Why are they still just standing there?!
Bringing my sole focus back to Regina I can't help but notice how she looks so at peace, so angelic and beautiful. As if she couldn't even hurt a fly and because of this I couldn't resist the urge to run my fingers against the side of her face, slowly running my fingers down her neck. Continuously rubbing at her neck in a trance like manner... She was so light when I was carrying her, as if I wasn't carrying her at all. It was like she was the same weight of a feather. Now I know that's not humanly possible so I know it has to be down to me being a 'Hybrid'. Just the thought of the word 'Hybrid' angers me how can I be so stupid and take that potion from Gold!
"What happened?" it's only when I heard another voice behind me did I realise I was still stroking at her neck. Stopping my motions I look up to find a nurse directly behind me.
"It doesn't matter just help her"
"Her wrist, she is bleeding out. I think. She has lost a lot of blood"
The nurse began to inspect Regina's wrist due to Snow's words.
"Why does she have to holes in her wrist?" The female asked me. Gosh what is it with people in this town wanting to no every single detail?
Grabbing hold of the women so that she was facing me and I look directly into her eyes.
"Forget about the holes in her arms just help her!" I order her and she nods in response.
"Were going to need to give her blood and were going to have to stop her wrist from bleeding. Once we do that she should be fine and awake in the next hour or so"
I look at the woman in confusion how her mannerism automatically changed as if she was doing her job in robotic like form. After this everything just seemed like a blur from the point a doctor came in to stitch the slit Gold made on Regina's wrist to the nurse giving her a blood bag to restore the blood that had been lost. Making sure I didn't move from my spot while all of this took place.
"Miss swan?"
"Hmm?"
"You also need to be monitored as well as be given blood"
"Not now"
"But-"
"I said not now" I say with more aggression.
"Just focus on her"
She nods and continues to stabilise Regina.
"Is she going to be OK?"
"She is going to be fine she just needs rest right now"
I just nod watching Regina's chest rise and fall.
"Unfortunately you have to leave as visiting hours have ended also The Mayor is going to need her rest now" The nurse addresses them all.
"And of course we need to make sure that you're OK Miss Swan"
"I'm not leaving Regina" I growl out, beginning to situate myself on the hospital bed beside Regina, placing my head on her chest to ensure I could hear her heart beat clearly, not that I couldn't hear it before. Making sure I didn't accidentally remove any tubes that was replacing the loss blood I wrap my arms around her waist, inhaling her sweet smell.
"Miss Swan you won't be able to stay in the same bed as The Mayor, we could get you your own bed so you could also be monitored"
This women is starting to piss me off, how many times am I going to have to tell her that I am not leaving Regina until she actually registers this.
Snow begins to make her way towards the hospital bed.
"Emma, you will be able to see Regina tomorrow. Visiting hours are over and you still need to be treated. Emma there is something wrong with you-"
"Snow" Charming gives Snow a look that tells her to stop talking.
"What Charming, you saw what I saw, you saw what she did! Our daughter is a monster!" Snow whispers harshly.
She right. I am a monster... Only a monster would have done what I did only have the thoughts I had. I have never wanted to kill Gold the way I did just then. I still do what to kill him, mercilessly. And that fact scares me. Terrifies me that I want revenge so much, so much that I would do anything in order to revenge what he did to Regina. How he hurt my Regina, how he touched what is solely mine and mine alone. How I would have killed anyone without a second though if they took her from me, I was even considering to hurt my parents if they took her from me. My parents!
What the hell is wrong with me, I am talking about her as if she is an object!
"You guys should leave" tightening my hold on Regina.
"Emma where only trying to help you"
"Well you're not Snow so just get out!"
"Emma we didn't mean to hurt you"
"Well you did David so please just go, the only thing you can do right right now is to look after Henry"
"Emma I don't think you staying with Regina-"
"I won't hurt her Snow!" I growl out, why would they even assume I would intentionally hurt her?!
"I know you won't but-"
"Come on snow lets go"
Charming grabs hold of Snows wrist and begins to guide her out of the room.
"Miss swan-"
"Come back and treat me later, I feel fine. Just go, leave!" I hear my voice break.
Listening as the nurse leaves the room, I begin to break down as the realisation hits me that I'm a Hybrid. A werewolf/ Vampire, someone who drinks blood, a monster. And at this I cry harder, my parents think I'm a monster, first my magic now this. Just another part of me they will fear...
I feel Regina run her fingers through my hair and I grab hold of the material of her grey dress.
"Regina?" I hiccup out.
"Emma" I raise my head to look into her hazel eyes.
"Hey" I give her a weak smile.
"Hey" She genitally brings her hand to my face whipping away my fallen tears.
Regina's POV:
The tight grip around my waist and the constant sound of someone crying caused me to regain consciousness. Slowly opening my eyes to readjust my vision, and once my vision was cleared I try to see where these cries are coming from, to find out who was holding me so tightly. Only to find Emma clinging to my waist like a secure blanket, hugging her face into my chest as if to hide from the rest of the world and I can't help but sympathies her. How she has been change into this miraculous amazing creature, she can barely control her magic how will she be able to deal with this. I mean look how she reacted to Gold, I have never seen her have such a murderous look in her eyes before. To be fair Gold did just change her into a Hybrid, but to her parents?! How she flashed her fangs to them before sinking her fangs back into my wrist.
Even thinking about her fangs sinking into my wrist comes to me as a shock, and not because of the action itself but how the sensation I felt. The action should have just solely hurt but it didn't, it felt good, beyond good, pleasurable almost. Yes it did hurt but almost like a sting, the pleasure of being bitten over rid the pain. Gosh how I can even get pleasure from such an action? The fact that I even found her fangs beyond arousing slightly worries me. Does that make me a masochist?
The sounds of her crying getting harder and her grip tightening on my waist and my dress causes me to snap out of my own thoughts. I begin to run my fingers through her hair in hopes that this will provide her some kind of comfort. ''Regina" She says my name and I can't help but say her name back to reassure her, then she looks at me with such hope and relief.
"Hey" She says smiles at me and I smile back, just happy to be able to see her again after everything that has happened.
"Hey"
She rests her head back on my chest again as if it's the most normal thing to do and I let her continuing to run my fingers through her hair. Something that would have been abnormal for both of us until today, after the day we've had I am just happy to have her as close as possible. I don't want to ever feel what I did today, that sorrow. I still don't understand why I reacted that way… Well I do, but I rather not dwell on those feelings. After all she is with the pirate and I still love Robin, right? I mean of course I do.
"Regina?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm I a monster"
She says in such a childlike manner and I just wanted to hug her and protect her from the rest of the world but I don't resisting the urge.
"No, of course not" I whisper with conviction.
"But my parents. They think I'm a monster"
"Your parents are self-righteous idiots"
"Yeah" She whispers and I can't help but smile at the fact she agrees but then my smile slowly fades as I realise that this is not my Emma, my Emma would defend her parents no matter what.
"Emma you're not a monster"
"I am"
"Em-"
"Regina I attacked you, I could have killed you, you could have died Regina. I'm so sorry, I'm such an idiot I should have never went to Gold if I didn't you would be in this position!"
"Emma listen to me-"
"I should go" She begins to release her hold on me and I begin to panic, the thought of her leaving scares me. I need her to stay. She has to stay. What if this is all a dream? What if she is really dead and I am just imagining this?! I need her to stay, I need her to be here, to be here when I wake up.
"Don't leave. Just. Just stay. I want you to stay" I lock my hand around her arm pulling her back to my body.
"OK"
I breathe out a sigh of relief.
"You're not a monster Emma-"
"But I'm a Hybrid Regina"
"Yes, the most beautiful and amazing creature I've ever hear of"
Before she can say anything else a women enters the room and walks to words the bed.
"Miss Swan is it OK if we treat you now" She said getting ready to connect the blood bag to Emma.
"Why do I even need to be given blood? I am fine"
"You did flat line Miss Swan I need to make sure that you're definitely stable"
I shattered at the nurses words, not wanting to remember the previous events.
"I don't think it's necessary"
"Emma can you just let the nurse do what she needs to do" Gosh she is so stubborn!
"Fine"
I watch as the women inserts the needle into Emma and I watch as the blood begins to make its way down the tube and into Emma and as soon as that happens Emma winces in pain. Quickly sitting up pulling the tube out with inhuman speed. She looks at the nurse showing her fangs as if to warn her to away and I immediately sit up to try calm her down.
"Emma. Emma look at me"
She solely focuses on the nurse who is slowly trying to leave the room in fear. So I re-direct her face so that she was looking at me and it is only then that I realise the small veins under her eyes that appear when her fangs extract. Slowly raising my hand I trail my fingers along the distinctive small veins and immediately after I do so her gaze is pulled away from the nurse and is directed at me.
"Not a word of this to any one" I turn around and tell the nurse using my 'Evil Queen' voice as Emma likes to put it. The nurse nods frantically before finally leaving the room.
"Emma, come back to me" I stroke at her face and I watch as her fangs slowly retract and her golden eyes return back to their original color. Seeing the guilt on her face.
"Emma it's OK"
"No it's not. I could have hurt her"
"But you didn't"
"But I could have!"
"Emma-"
"I need to know how to get rid of this Hybrid thing Regina. I could hurt people, you!"
"You won't, you could never hurt me Emma. We will go to my vault tomorrow and we will read up on this OK?"
"OK. I just. I don't want to be a monster"
"You're not. Even if you couldn't change back, I would never see you as a monster nor would Henry"
Emma guides Regina to lay back down on the bed and rests her head back on her chest.
"Thanks, that mean everything" Emma whispered into Regina's chest closing her eyes waiting for sleep to come.
Author's Note:
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