The excitement of the cast was palpable. A new season of Final Hour was beginning and their queen was returning. Regina could feel it even before she exited the car. She was practically attacked with hugs from all of her friends. Angelus was taken out of the car by Angel and almost immediately swept up by Zelena. Ronan gave her a bear hug, lifting her off her feet like Superman. The air was much colder than what she was now used to. They were no longer in lovely, sunny Cali, they were in Vancouver, Canada, on Vancouver Island to be exact. It was chilly this time of year, but not unbearable.
Regina smiled as she walked to her trailer with her boys and found a familiar blonde waiting for her. Emma grinned and ran over to give her a hug.
"Welcome back, your Majesty."
"It's good to be back. Not that vacation with my little one wasn't fun."
Emma turned to take Angelus from Ronan and he laughed as he was bounced up and down. Her youngest son was taking after his father in terms of handsomeness. He already had a full head of dark hair that forced its way back after about a week after every haircut, and big chubby cheeks that Regina loved to kiss. She looked around, noticing that Roland and Henry were among a group of kids who would play background characters on the show.
"Henry decided to make the trip?" She asked.
Emma glanced up at her side. "Yeah. I think he really misses you."
"Where's Robin?"
Emma shrugged. "John needed more kids on the show for the cell scene so I volunteered Henry and Roland volunteered on his own. They're both pretty good. Robin's keeping a low profile."
Regina put her fingers to her lips and let out a low whistle, attracting the attention of some of the children, and one in particular. Roland shot away from the others and almost rugby tackled her to the ground.
"You're back, Gina!"
"Of course I am. I told you I wouldn't be gone long." She laughed as Roland hugged her again and she kissed the top of his head. The boys came over to greet him and she sent them all off to play. Ronan and Angel brought the bags to the now double sized trailer. Regina thought at some point they should just build a hotel nearby. That would make things a little easier. Regina quickly showered and got changed into her new costume, black tights, a black tanktop and black boots, for her latest photoshoot of Lana Ranee. John wanted the promotional photos out as soon as possible so she didn't have any time to rest. She kissed Angel and tickled Angelus for a minute before leaving the trailer to get to work. She waved to friendly faces as she made her way through the group of buildings and found one marked building C. Walking inside, she smiled at seeing her sister already in the middle of her own photoshoot. Regina noticed a man watching her and walked over to find out if he was indeed the infamous love interest of the beloved Bex.
"Um, excuse me. I'm Lana Ranee. You must be Justin Ral." She smiled.
He smiled in return. He was a very handsome man with a chiseled jaw, a dark tan and dark green eyes. His hair was neatly styled and he wore a black tailored suit that was torn and dirt stained in some places, as well as a rifle on his back. In simpler terms, he was wearing his costume as well. "Actually, it's Chris."
"Chris. I'm Regina. It's nice to finally meet you." They shook hands. "My sister has told me so much about you."
"Good things, I hope."
Regina made a so so motion with her hand. "Define good."
He chuckled. "Okay, what'd she say?"
"A sister never tells secrets." Regina smirked. "But you seem like a good guy. I don't think I need to threaten you. Just know anything is on the table."
He nodded with a smirk. "Yes ma'am."
Regina winked at her sister as she continued on her way. She was lead up to a mirror by Anjie and closed her eyes for makeup to do their job. Meanwhile, two costume designers tied chains around her calves and wrists, letting some trail down to the ground as well. Her hair was brushed and her treasured necklace was placed around her neck.
"Welcome back, Regina." John said, following her to the backdrop.
"It's good to be back." She replied.
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"Lana?! You're alive?" Stephaun whispered.
"Mom?!" Taj and Jason gasped. They moved forward to hug her, but she quickly shook her head.
"I love you, darlings, you know I do, but Mommy's covered in blood and dirt right now." She gave the chains around the president's neck another tug and he made a gagging noise. "And she's also busy trying to break this asshole's neck."
"How did you survive being pulled off the boat?"
"My blood was defective." Lana answered. She looked at Stephaun. "I was pregnant."
"I'm sorry...was?"
"Long story short this son of a bitch has my baby and if he doesn't tell me where, I will drag his mangled body by these chains as i search through every room. He has a choice. What do you say, ?" she looked up at Stephaun with a grin. "His name is Angelus."
"In the White Room." the president choked out. Lana gave the chains a twist, snapping his neck.
"Let's go, dears."
"We can't go back." said Emma. "They're right behind us."
"Get down." Lana commanded, swinging the chains just as their pursuers came around the corner. The chains flew, one hitting a man in the face and the other wrapping around the next guy's neck. Lana snapped his neck too and picked up their guns. She threw them to the others. "Let's keep moving, shall we?"
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Regina watched silently as Angel lay Angelus in his crib, looking fondly at his child with a smile. He glanced up at her.
"What are you staring at?"
"You." She smirked.
He sighed contently, still looking at the sleeping babe. "I love my kids, Regina. I don't know what I'd do without them."
Regina came to his side and looked at her little one. Her baby boy. Her first child to bear her blood. "Me neither." She put her hand on his arm, kissing the back of his bare shoulder. "You okay?" She knew it had taken Angel the hardest to adjust to finding out who she really was. AJ didn't really think much of it, but she supposed it was simply because he was so young.
"Yeah. I'm fine." He turned to look at her, putting his arms around her and pulling her close. "But I am glad my queen is back. It's been so boring on the set without you." He kissed her forehead and paused. "Never mind. Your sister was here. It's never boring with Zelena around."
Regina laughed softly. "I've noticed." It was indeed good to be back doing the job she loved and being with her friends and family. Regina wasn't really concerned with the others much. Not everyone was happy about her return. In her absence, the show had gone down a bit and Jill and Adam had made a huge fuss over a decline in income. Not to mention they hoped to be the new faces of the show. As if the queen would ever leave her throne empty for long. John continued to try and give them a push into the spotlight but all the clear focus was on the queen, her king, and her children. At this point, Emma was more liked than the both of them, which they all found hilarious.
"So now what? It's been awhile since we made love, my king."
"Then we need to rectify that, my queen." He picked her up with effortless ease and tossed her back on the bed. He pushed apart her legs and looked down. "Yes, I have missed you so much."
Regina laughed and pulled him down for a kiss. "I love you, Angel of my life."
He smiled. "And I love you, Queen of my heart."
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"Hey Emma." Regina said as she, the blonde and Angel were sitting in the trailer one day, watching Angelus fling blocks around the room. She gestured to her phone. "Have you ever heard of fanfiction?"
"I've heard of it. Never actually read anything." Emma said, sipping a drink and ducking a block.
"Oh, it's quite lovely. Well there's apparently one where you murder Angel, we save the world, adopt pretty much every child we see and have a ton of sex while doing it." Regina smirked, scrolling through the story, ignoring Angel looking over his shoulder at her. "The sex scenes are completely wrong though." she scoffed. "You were the screamer, not me." Emma started choking and Angel snickered.
"That's also a fair amount of people on this thing that have lost their minds. They think Jill and Lana should date. Can you believe that? Insanity."
"You two do seem to have some vague sexual tension going on there." Emma commented.
"Fuck you, Emma." Regina snapped, Enraged at the idea of being attracting to Jill in any way besides her being a prime murder candidate. "Why would you say that?" She went back to scrolling on her phone while Angel and Emma laughed. "Oooh, Emma. Here's one where we have a magic baby!"
"I think you need to get off that website."
"Hold the phone. They have one where Angel picks you over me." She looked up at Angel.
"Regina, that is just the product of someone's vivid imagination. I would never choose anyone over you."
"I know." She said. "It's crazy anyway, I pick Robin too. Come here." She leaned over the side of the chair she was sitting in and pulled a marker out of her purse and wrote Regina's in giant letters on his bicep. "Mine." She whispered with a pleased smirk.
"Mine." Angelus repeated slowly.
"Ours." Regina grinned.
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Comic con was a favorite place of his fiancée's. Angel enjoyed watching Regina interact with her fans, signing photos, doing panels. She absolutely adored it. He smiled watching her and Zelena answer questions from the crowd. Regina had told him how growing up as a queen had made her into this proper and rather stuck up woman. You couldn't tell that now by looking at her laugh with all of her being. She had always been witty and clever and she used every bit of it now to humor the people. She was truly something else.
A woman came up to the mic to ask a question. "How do you like being a mother?"
Regina grinned. "It is the best thing ever! I mean, I've always wanted to be a mother and I am, but to actually give birth and raise a child...it's absolutely wonderful. I just love it. Forgive me if I get super excited." She always became a bundle of excitement when she told anyone about Angelus and being a mom. Angel smirked when the next person came up to just tell her and Zelena that they were smoking hot. Regina switched from happy mom to arrogant and sexy queen in a heartbeat as she struck a pose. For the adoring crowd. When she walked off the stage, she was once again ecstatic mother as she picked up Angelus from Anjie. Regina didn't like for him to be in the spotlight a lot and hated for paparazzi to take a lot of pictures of him. He met up with his family in the parking lot and they drove to a nearby restaurant for dinner. He loved this family, his family. Spending the evening with the people he loved and the friends he had come to know from the show, it was perfection. For a while… When Regina and Jill were in each other's presence, there would be an inevitable conflict. It never escalated as far as it did during Season 1 though. Personally, he had no idea why they hated each other anyway, but they did, and on this night that hatred was taken to another level. It started with Jill, talking about how Regina should've stayed off the show, this and that. Nothing particularly concerning. But then she had the gall to kiss Angel, who was caught off guard because he hadn't been paying attention to the conversation. For a moment, Regina didn't react at all. She only did so when Jill patted Angelus on the head. That was strike three. It was utter chaos as Regina threw herself across the table and wrapped her arm around Jill's neck. Long story short, they got kicked out and had to stop at a drive thru for dinner.
"Sorry guys." Regina said softly as they drove back to the lot. "I am a mother, I should think about the example I set for my kids."
"Mom, I'm gonna be honest with you." Jason said. "Please forgive my language, but that was hella wicked."
"Hella wicked." Taj agreed.
Regina smiled and looked at Angelus, who threw up his arms and cheered. "Thank you dears, but wicked? Really? You have been spending too much time with your aunt." Zelena and Angel, sitting in the front seat, only laughed. Just another day in the life of the Mills-O'Connor family.
"So when are you guys getting married?" Zelena burst out. Angel nearly swerved the car off the road. "What?"
"What have we said about these random questions?" Regina asked.
"It was just a question, jeez." There was a long moment of silence before she looked at Angel. "Bought a ring yet?"
"How about we talk about you and Ral." Angel retorted.
"His name is Chris Matthews." Zelena corrected. "And there is nothing to talk about-" Regina burst out laughing, copying the one Zelena used when she was laughing at Chris's jokes.
"Oh Chris, you're so funny and so cute. Let's make babies-" Regina mocked. She screamed when Zelena threw herself into the backseat.
Angel rolled his eyes. "I am driving, you know. Hope we don't die in a horrible car accident because you two are crazy!" But he loved them anyway.
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