"What do you want?" Emma asked. "And where did you send Regina?"
Zelena shrugged. "I'll bring her back after you agree to my terms. After all, isn't that what you usually do when you're holding someone for ransom?"
Emma glared daggers at Zelena. "If you're holding Regina for ransom, then you have to have a price for me to pay in order to get her back. So, what do you want?"
"Easy," Zelena said. "I want you to stop meddling in things that you have no business meddling in. Specifically, me. You and your other little hero family and friends leave me and my daughter completely alone."
"That's all you want?" Emma asked.
"You may think that's easy, but just imagine all the trouble I could cause," Zelena taunted.
"You want to play that game?" Emma asked. "Fine. Game on." She had no idea how she did it, but she was angry. All she wanted was Regina back, and Zelena had sent her to an unknown location. But Emma knew where Robin was.
Before Zelena even knew what was happening, Emma had poofed to her house and back, holding Robin in her arms.
"What are you doing?" Zelena asked. "How did you get my daughter?"
"It's called magic," Emma said, tightening her grip on Robin and Zelena stepped towards her. "Take one more step and I'll poof her away to a place where you'll never find her."
"Fine," Zelena said. "I suppose that you want Regina in exchange for my baby."
Emma shook her head. "I want Regina, but I also want you to promise on your daughters life that you will be on our side no matter what."
"Fine, fine, deal," Zelena said, holding out her arms. "Now give me my baby girl."
"Not until you give me Regina," Emma said. Zelena sighed before poofing Regina into the room, no longer with a gag in her mouth and her arms free. Emma quickly passed Robin to Zelena before wrapping her arms tightly around Regina, who hugged her back just as tightly.
"True Love is sickening," Zelena scoffed before poofing herself away.
"Emma," Regina said softly after several seconds. "You're squeezing me quite tightly."
"Consider it punishment for scaring me so badly," Emma said. "How did she even get you?"
"She snuck into my office and dropped some sleeping potion into my morning coffee," Regina said. "Once I was out, she brought me here and tied me up."
"Why didn't you use magic to get away?" Emma asked.
"I built that room with the intent of having to store Gold there if he ever got out of hand," Regina said. "The walls are lined with the kind of fabric that is used for the magic cuff. Strong stuff."
"I'm so glad that you're okay," Emma said. She buried her face into Regina's neck, breathing in the scent of apples and Regina's shampoo.
"Me too," Regina said. "Although here's a good question. How did you even get in here?"
Emma's eyes widened. "I forgot about my parents."
Snow and David were as happy to see Regina as Emma had been, and Snow fussed over Regina as if the woman was older than she was and her stepmother.
"Snow, I am fine," Regina said. "I promise. She didn't do anything to me; she just wanted to get Emma's attention. Quite successfully I might add."
Emma shrugged. "I knew that something was wrong when you didn't show up for lunch. No matter what happened, you always showed up for lunch."
Regina's stomach chose that moment to loudly growl, letting everyone know that Regina had definitely skipped lunch.
Emma laughed. "You still up for that lunch?"
Regina smiled and intertwined her fingers with Emma's. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."