It was around midnight when the call came in. Emma was working the night shift, and had expected a pretty uneventful evening. After all, who would want to cause trouble this late?

Turns out she was wrong. A panicked janitor called and said that the City Hall building was on fire, and Emma panicked. Since Emma was working late, so was Regina. Regina worked in City Hall.

Emma poofed herself to the outside of City Hall and gasped. Huge flames were eating away at the building, causing large clouds of black smoke to float up into the sky.

Emma frantically looked around, but couldn't see any sign of Regina. "Emma!" Archie called, jogging over to her. "No one knows how the fire got started, but it's eating away at the building too fast for the fire department."

"Is there anyone left inside?" Emma asked.

Archie shrugged. "No one knows. Not a lot of people work this late."

Emma groaned and looked around helplessly. Where was Regina? Suddenly, the smell of apples hit her nose and she turned quickly to where the scent was coming from. There stood Regina, supporting the form of one of the secretaries.

"Regina!" Emma called, running over to her.

Regina glanced at her and slightly smiled. "Before you ask, I'm fine." She guided the secretary over to the waiting ambulance and handed her off before walking back towards the building.

Emma followed after her and grabbed her hand. "Where are you going?"

"Back inside," Regina said, turning to face her. "There are more people in there, Emma. I can only poof one at a time back out with me."

"Then I'll go with you," Emma said.

Regina shook her head. "You would be better help out here. I poof out with them, you take them from me to the ambulance so I can go back inside. Things will go faster and more people will get out."

Emma was about to argue when the top floor of the building caved in, getting screams from those outside. "There wasn't anyone on the top floor," Regina said. "But I have to go before the whole building goes."

Emma turned to protest, but she was already gone.

Throughout the next 10 minutes, Emma and Regina worked together to get everyone out of the building. They thought that they were done, until they were informed that there was someone in the basement.

"Who goes in the basement?" Emma asked.

Regina shrugged. "There are records down there. If someone was doing research, that would be why they were down there. Regardless, I have to go."

"No," Emma said, grabbing her arm. "You've saved enough people tonight, and I know that using this much magic has exhausted you. Please."

"Emma," Regina said gently. "I have to do this. It's one more person who get's saved. That person has a family that would miss them. I need to go."

"The building isn't stable," Emma said. "This fire is too big, and has been going on for too long. The whole thing could collapse."

"Do you trust me?" Regina asked.

Emma bit her lip. "Well yes, but-"

"But nothing," Regina said. "Trust me. I can do this." She kissed Emma quickly before poofing back into the burning building.

Emma looked up at the sky and groaned. Why had she been cursed with loving the most stubborn woman on the planet? She sighed and began to walk towards the ambulance to check on everyone when the building exploded.

As the sky filled with black smoke ad orange fire, Emma screamed Regina's name.

The first thing Regina heard as she woke up was the sound of a heartbeat monitor. The second thing she heard was the sound of steady breathing to her right. She glanced over and saw Emma fast asleep in the chair next to her bed.

Regina frowned as she tried to remember what had happened. She remembered poofing into the basement and grabbing the hand of the worker down there, and then everything had gone black.

Emma stirred in her sleep, slowly opening her eyes and looking in confusion at the room she was in. When her eyes caught Regina's, she bolted upright.

"I'm fine," Regina tried to say, but found that her voice wasn't working. Her throat was too dry.

Emma anxiously reached over and grabbed the water on Regina's bedside table, putting the straw into Regina's mouth. Regina drank slowly, not wanting to upset her stomach.

"Better?" Emma asked.

Regina nodded. "Much, thank you."

Emma sat back down in her chair, sighing as she looked at Regina. She hadn't suffered very many injuries thank goodness, just a few burns and lots of smoke in her lungs. When the building had fallen, nothing had landed on Regina or the woman she had been saving. But they had been trapped, and passed out from smoke inhalation.

"What am I going to do with you?" Emma asked. "You could have died!"

"But I didn't," Regina said. "I'm perfectly fine. Just a little beaten up, that's all. It was worth it. Did you see how many people got out?"

"That's not the point," Emma said, leaning forward anxiously. "If you had been on a different floor, that building would have crushed you and burned you alive. You. Could. Have. Died."

Regina glanced at Emma's hands and saw the white sparks starting to gather on the tips of her fingers. "Emma. Calm down."

"You could have died," Emma whispered, dropping her head into her hands. "I could have lost you. To something as basic as a fire."

Regina sat up, pleased when she found that it didn't cause any pain. She reached over and grabbed Emma's hands, causing Emma to look up at her. "I had to save people because the fire was my fault."

"What?" Emma asked.

Regina sighed. "I was working, and then I heard shouting. I went to the window and there was a small group outside. Once they saw me they started cheering and then threw their flaming sticks towards me. They crashed through the window and then everything started on fire. They were trying to kill me, Emma. I had to get everyone out of there."

"The fire was started on purpose?" Emma asked.

"Yes," Regina said softly. "The fire was intended to kill me."

"I need to go talk to David," Emma said, standing up.

"Emma, don't do anything rash," Regina said.

"Someone tried to kill you," Emma said. "And they're going to pay."

See you tomorrow!