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"I don't think that this is a good idea," Emma said, staring at the syringe that Snow was holding. "Maybe we should talk about this first."
"It's going to be fine," Snow said. "This way, the Evil Queen will be gone for good."
"But at what cost?" Emma asked. "We don't know what the side effects of this are."
"Snow, would you leave us alone for a moment?" Regina asked. "Just set the syringe down. It seems that Emma and I need to have a little talk."
Snow nodded before setting the syringe on the table. "I'll just wait back by the car. Come get me when you're ready."
"Don't touch it," Regina warned as Snow walked away, glaring at Emma. "I know you, which means I also know that you'll take it at the earliest opportunity."
Emma sighed before taking a step away from the syringe. "Fine. But there's not much to discuss. There is no way that you can inject that into yourself."
"I'm not," Regina said. "Snow is the one injecting me."
Emma rolled her eyes. "That's not the point."
"You're right," Regina said. "The point is that this is a chance for me to get rid of the evil part of myself and become a better person. For you, for Henry, heck even for the town."
"The point," Emma argued. "Is that you are injecting yourself with an unpredictable serum that could kill you."
"It's not going to kill me," Regina said.
"And you know that?" Emma asked. "You know for sure that when that serum is injected into you that it's not just going to kill you?"
Regina pursed her lips. "I-"
"It's a yes or no question," Emma said. "Do you know for sure that when that serum is injected into you that it's not going to kill you?"
Regina sighed. "No."
Emma nodded and went to pick up the serum, but Regina grabbed her arm. "Listen to me," Regina pleaded. "I can be so much happier if the evil in me is just gone."
"The evil is a part of you," Emma said, pulling her arm out of Regina's grasp. "It's what makes you, you. Yes, you did some terrible things while being the Evil Queen. But you've changed."
"That evil impulse is still inside me," Regina said. "I can't get rid of it. No matter how hard I try, I always want to rip someone's heart out. I just want that to go away."
"And what if the opposite happens?" Emma asked. "What if the evil overtakes you? Then what?"
Regina paused. She hadn't thought of that. "That won't happen."
Emma crossed her arms. "You seem so sure. Almost like you know exactly what's going to happen. Only you don't."
Regina sighed. "Emma-"
"No, I can't let you do this," Emma said. She picked up the serum before Regina could say anything and went to throw it towards the ocean.
"Emma!" Regina exclaimed.
"What is going on?" Snow asked, walking towards them. "I know I said I was going back to the car, but all I could hear was arguing."
"Everything is fine," Emma said.
"No, it's not," Regina said. "You're about to throw that serum into the sea, and I need to use it."
"No you don't," Emma said.
"Emma, it's her choice," Snow said softly. "If she wants to use it, you have to let her."
"I can't lose you," Emma said. "If this serum kills you and I just stood by and watched, I could never forgive myself."
Regina walked forward and grabbed Emma's arm that had the serum, gently pulling it to her and taking the serum. "So don't stand by and watch. It it's killing me, force the evil back in."
"I can do that?" Emma asked.
"You're the Savior," Regina said, kissing her gently. "You can do anything."
Emma paused before nodding. "Okay. Let's get rid of an Evil Queen."
