Another Season 6 chapter! Honestly super sad that nothing is going to be back until March. Ugh.

"Ma!" Henry called, running into the apartment. "You need to come here right now!"

"What's going on?" Emma asked, putting Neal in his crib. "Are you okay? The Evil Queen didn't hurt you did she?"

"No," Henry said. "But she hurt Mom."

"What did she do?" Emma asked. "Do we need to meet at the hospital?"

"No, it wasn't physical," Henry said. "It was emotional. The Queen was trying to make a point that darkness was still in Mom."

"Oh no," Emma said. "Where is she?"

"Her vault," Henry said. "You know that she hides there when she's upset about something and wants to be alone."

"Yeah she's not staying alone for long," Emma said. "Thanks kid."

"You're welcome," Henry said. "Now get her home. I'm worried about her."

"So am I," Emma said. "I'll be back with her as soon as I can."

Emma shivered as she walked towards Regina's vault. The weather was starting to get colder, but there was also an eerie feel to the forest at night that sent shivers down Emma's spine. Especially by Regina's vault.

Emma went to enter, but found that there was a barrier in the way. "Dang it Regina." She used her magic to push against the barrier, alerting Regina to her presence.

She waited several moments for Regina to let her in, but nothing happened. Emma started to get worried. Regina never shut herself in this much.

"Come on Gina," Emma pleaded. "It's just me. Let me in."

She reached out her magic towards the barrier again, and smiled in relief when she found that she could get through.

The doors to the vault opened as Emma got closer, and she quickly ran down to where Regina usually was. This time was no exception.

"Thank you for letting me in," Emma said.

"You're welcome," Regina mumbled. "I would hate to think of what you would do if I hadn't let you in."

Emma chuckled before stepping forward and wrapping her arms around Regina and pulling her close. "I'm worried about you. Henry said that the Evil Queen got the best of you today. What happened?"

Regina tensed. "There was just an accident, that's all. I'm not hurt."

"What exactly happened?" Emma asked.

"I don't want to talk about it," Regina said, pulling away from Emma. "It was just an accident, and it won't happen again."

Emma grabbed her arm. "What did she do?"

Regina sighed. "She set me up."

"To do what?" Emma asked.

"Kill someone," Regina whispered. "But I didn't want to. I haven't killed anyone in a long time and it felt so wrong."

"I know," Emma said.

"He was going to kill your parents," Regina said. "I had no choice. Otherwise I wouldn't have. Another person's blood on my hands was not something that I needed."

"You don't need to explain anything to me," Emma said soothingly. "And if she set you up, then it's hardly your fault."

"But I'm the one that killed him," Regina said.

"You were protecting your family," Emma countered. "Sometimes protecting our own means doing something that we don't really want to do."

Regina bit her lip. "I guess."

"Hey," Emma said. "You were a hero today. Without your help, my parents wouldn't even be alive right now."

"Very true," Regina said. "But I still had to kill someone."

"Regina, listen to me," Emma commanded. "You did what you had to do. No one is going to blame you for it."

"I killed someone right in front of our son," Regina said.

"To protect his grandparents," Emma said. "Besides, he said that you looked awesome sword-fighting."

Regina laughed. "I suppose so."

"You suppose so?" Emma asked. "That is the most kick-ass thing ever. You have to teach me sometime."

Regina raised an eyebrow. "Me? Teach you how to sword-fight?"

Emma nodded. "There is no way that I would pass up a chance to duel my own wife. This could be awesome."

"You're a dork," Regina said, chuckling.

"I know," Emma said. "So, when can we start?"