Emma walked around the woods of Storybrooke in a daze. What was she doing here? Hadn't she said that she was going to meet Regina for lunch? She wasn't hungry though, that much was for sure.

Emma tried to swallow but found that her mouth was too dry. Her tongue felt swollen. The day was extremely hot, but Emma kept walking. She had to find a secluded spot where people couldn't find her.

Some Savior she was. She couldn't even find Anna. How hard was it to find a person in this town? Not to mention that the Snow Queen was messing with her head. And her magic.

Emma swooned as an overwhelming sense of dizziness went through her. She was sweating so much, probably due to the heat of the day. Emma shrugged off her jacket, throwing it down onto the ground. Why was it so hot?

Black spots started dancing across her vision, but Emma refused to stop walking. She had to get away. She had to-

Eyes rolling back in her head, Emma collapsed to the ground.

Emma slowly opened her eyes. Where was she? Looking around, she realized that she was in a hospital room at Storybrooke's hospital. Shifting her gaze down to her hand, she panicked at the needle sticking into the top of it.

Blinking to wake up completely, Emma reached over and started to pick at the tape. How was it sticking to her skin so well?

"Stop that," Regina said, grabbing Emma's hand. "It needs to stay in."

Emma shook her head and pulled her hand away, starting to pick more furiously at the tape. "It needs to come out."

"Why does it need to come out?" Regina asked.

"I don't like needles," Emma said, panic growing. The IV was going to take blood from her. It could kill her!

"You're trypanophobic?" Regina asked.

"I don't know what that means," Emma said. "Why won't this tape come off?"

"Because it's not supposed to," Regina scolded, grabbing Emma's hand again. "You need the fluids that it's giving you. You're severely dehydrated."

"I'll just drink a lot of water," Emma argued. "I'm fine."

"You're not fine," Regina said. "You were walking outside on a very hot day without drinking water."

Emma shrugged. "Not that big of a deal." She pulled out of Regina's grasp and started to pick at the tape again. "Will you just take it out for me?"

"No," Regina said. "You're improving with it in."

"It's going to suck out my blood," Emma whimpered.

Regina suddenly understood. "It's not going to take blood from you," she said gently. "It's just to give you fluids quickly. It's to help you."

"It's a needle in my hand," Emma argued. "How is that helpful? Maybe I can just magic it off." She tried to use her magic to take the tape off, but found that her magic didn't work.

Regina pointed to her wrist. "Magic cuff. No magic for you while you're here."

Emma glared at her. "Take it off."

"No," Regina said. "It's helping you."

"I don't think you understand," Emma said. "I don't want this in my hand. It needs to come out. Now."

Regina reached forward and covered Emma's hand with the IV in it. "Look at me, not the IV."

"It doesn't matter," Emma said. "I can still feel it."

"I know," Regina said soothingly. "Let's just talk. The needles not there. If you can't see it, it's not there."

Emma bit her lip and looked down at Regina's hand covering her own. "Look at me," Regina commanded gently.

Emma looked at her. Regina smiled. "So what were you doing out in the forest anyway?"

"I just needed to get away. Everything was getting to be too much, so I thought that I would go for a walk," Emma said. "Guess I didn't notice how hot it was."

"You think?" Regina teased.

"How did you even find me?" Emma asked. "I was really deep in the forest."

"Locator spell," Regina said. "You don't ever miss lunch. No matter how bad things get."

Emma winced. "Sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. Guess I shouldn't get dehydrated huh?"

Regina rolled her eyes affectionately. "Yes, that would be advised. If you could at least warn me the next time that you want to go for a walk in extreme heat, that would be appreciated."

Emma smiled. "Yes ma'am."

Regina shifted her hand ever so slightly and Emma paled as she felt the needle again. "It's still there," she whimpered.

"You can't take it out until the doctor clears you to," Regina said.

"Which is right now," Whale said, walking into the room. "Your vitals are back to normal. No more IV needed."

"Thank goodness," Emma said. "Now will someone please take this tape off?"

"Drama queen," Regina mumbled before gently peeling the tape off. "This is going to feel weird." Emma nodded and Regina gently pulled the needle out. Emma winced as it left her skin, but breathed a sigh of relief at it being gone.

"This too," Emma said, holding up her arm that had the cuff on it.

Regina shook her head. "No magic for now. You may have your vitals up, but you need to rest. Using magic will only be a step backwards."

"She's right," Whale said, as Emma looked ready to protest. "Just rest for now. You can have your magic back tomorrow."

Emma sighed. "Fine. But can I at least go home?"

Whale nodded. "You're free to go."

"Thank goodness," Emma said. "No offense, but I want to get the hell out of here."