When Ruby came back both woman hat slept away, Regina's head leaning on Emma's shoulder, Emma's head on the wall behind her. Carefully Ruby woke them up.

"I have some burgers and fries and sandwiches for you. And strong coffee. I hope that will get you on your feet again."

"Thank you" Emma yawned and Regina who had woken up only now immediately brought some distance between them.

"Of course I brought you some new clothes too and enough water from the store to clean you up a little."

"Thank you," Regina looked at her dirty hands with disgust. "I think I'm gonna wash myself first."

That didn't surprised the other women. This time the brunette got on her feet more easily. The tiny bit of sleep seemed to help. Her steps however were still insecure and Emma got up to help her. However Regina stopped before she could reach her and leaned against the counter.

"I need to get that bullet out. I need my magic."

"Which bullet?" Ruby asked.

Regina looked at her and suddenly smiled. "That could work" she thought out loud.

"What?" the other women asked confused.

Regina pulled her shirt down her shoulder, "Do you think you can get that out, wolfie?"

Ruby stared at her in disbelief, "You want me to remove that? With my claws?"

"This bullet is constructed to block magic and it does. My magic, Emma's magic. But yours is different."

"Are you insane? It's not like Ruby has much sensitivity in her claws" the blonde replied. "She could kill you just by accident."

Now Ruby looked at Emma sulky, "Actually my paws are very sensitive and I think I could do it without bigger problems. But Regina, a wolfs scratch can turn you into one as well. And I think poking in a wound with my claw can be counted as that."

"I know how to prevent that from happening. So are we just going to stand around or...?"

"Remove the shirt and lay down there" Ruby instructed her and Regina did as said.

"What am I going to tell Henry if you don't make it?" Emma joked to distract herself from the sight of Regina in her bra.

"Shut up, Swan" the brunette countered before Ruby gave her something to bite on for when the pain got worse. Without asking Emma sat on Regina's other side, taking her hand.

Ruby closed her eyes and when she opened them again they shone golden. She wrinkled her forehead in concentration and now the other women could see how her nails turned to claws and … nothing more. Ruby smiled victorious but went serious again, bending over Regina. Her eyes still shone when she inspected the wound before she looked at Emma, "Pull it apart for me."

The blonde let go of Regina's hand and did as said, which made Regina wince.

"I need you to hold still" Ruby instructed her patient. Regina nodded. Her whole body cramped when Ruby started and her eyes filled with tears but she didn't make a move through that torture. She didn't even make a sound.

"I'm gonna pull it out now" Ruby informed her but when she began Regina cried out in pain and the other woman stopped.

"It feels like it's fighting against me" she observed. "Should I go one?"

Regina nodded, spitted out the piece of wood and said with a husky voice, "Don't stop regardless what I do."

Ruby just shot her a worried glance and went on and Regina started to scream and Emma wanted to cry, but then finally it was done and the brunette held up a bloody bullet. She stood up and put it on the counter.

"Stay there we're gonna irrigate that wound, than you can heal it" she told Regina. The other woman nodded, breathing heavily but then she looked at Emma and smiled slightly and suddenly Emma felt better.

"Today is not your day, isn't it?" she joked and Regina rolled her eyes at her.

"Having no magic, being tortured and almost executed? Experienced that before. What's new is you at my side" she replied. Ruby came back and irrigated the wound and Regina winced again but finally she could heal it and sat up.

"Alright then, let's find out if that imp has a shower here."

Ruby handed her two 10 liter water bottles and Emma took them without asking, while Regina had to carry shampoo, shower gel, towels and washcloths.

As it turned out Gold not only had a shower but a bathtub too.

"Does he live in here or what?" Emma asked surprised.

Regina already started to undress herself, "He stays overnight sometimes, I suppose."

The blonde put down the bottles, almost choking on the imagination of the brunette putting those clothes off for her. She asked, "You need any more help?"

The other woman looked over her naked shoulder, arching an eyebrow on her, "With washing myself? Do I look like a two-year-old?"

"Of course not" Emma unnecessarily replied and left the bathroom. Why had she even asked? Regina's answer had been obvious and made the blonde feel dumb when she just wanted to help. She knew how hard washing one's hair could be without somebody pouring the water over the head for oneself.

Ten minutes later when Emma already finished a burger and some fries she heard a thud and Regina cursing. She looked over to Ruby who was eating a burger too and headed to the bathroom, knocking on the door, "Want my help now?"

She heard Regina sigh, "Come in."

Emma didn't even got the idea to use magic to let the water flow over the body but that seemed to be exactly what Regina had done. No however she was wrapped in a towel and used magic to put the water back into the bottle she just knocked over. Her hair however was still full of shampoo. Hah, Emma knew it!

"Could you hold the bottle for me so I can rinse my hair?"

"Can't use magic for that?" Emma asked but took the water.

Regina kneeled in front of the bathtub bending over, "I have to use my hands to direct the water which I need to wash my hair. And I need to look at it to control where it's going. Something you would know if you'd take more magic lessons instead of wasting your potential."

"So you're not gonna even praise me for my outstanding performance today, teacher?" Emma bantered and Regina finished washing her hair before wringing it in another towel and sitting up. She looked at Emma, her eyelashes seemed even longer, little water pearls glistened on them but it were her eyes and their expression that always made Emma's heart flutter in her chest. Now the brown orbs shone with appreciation, "You outshone everyone today. Teleportation without learning it during a free fall, breaking a magic barrier, Rumpelstiltskin's barrier, mind you, just by will … That's one of the most impressive thing's I've seen in my life."

Emma wanted to say something back like, "You are the most impressive thing I've ever seen" but she just grinned at the other woman and said, "Well, having to save your life can be quiet motivating."

Regina got up, "Don't get used to it. That was an exception."

"Yeah, like when I saved you from that fire in your house, or from the people that wanted to lynch you after the curse broke, or from the soul eater that was after you, or ..."

"Fine" Regina rolled her eyes at her, "Thank you, my savior."

She left Emma to herself with her mind spinning around what the older woman just said. Usually being called the savior bothered Emma. That title brought responsibility with it, responsibility she never asked for and definitely never wanted. She felt cornered whenever that name fell, like everyone gathered around to put their hopes and dreams on her shoulders till she collapsed under the weight. However when Regina just called her her savior Emma felt opposite -lighthearted actually. Helping Regina, seeing her happy, making her happy and if just by giving her an opportunity to be sassy, that's all the blonde wanted.