Emma Swan

Emma raced upstairs and into Charming and Snow's room where she found her father beside the bed slipping his wrinkled white shirt over his head. "Emma! What's going on?" He asked looking up at her with tired but alert ice blue eyes and rustled short blonde hair.

Looking at her father Emma said with a firm tone, "Make sure Henry stays upstairs and in his room! You cannot let him downstairs!" She began to turn away from the door.

"Emma wait! What is going on!?" Charming demanded walking hurriedly around the edge of the bed in his plaid pajama pants and white t-shirt.

Emma looked at him and said in a low voice just in case Henry was listening through the wall, "Daniel's downstairs, he is hurt and Regina isn't with him." She looked at her father with worried green eyes.

"Where is she?" Charming asked quietly.

Emma shook her head looking distressed though she was trying to hide it. "We don't know… Daniel said…" She paused and took a breath. "Daniel said she was taken." She looked her father in the eyes and whispered firmly and a bit threateningly. "Now go and watch Henry, I have to get Gold." She then turned around and rushed down the stairs past Cora, Mary Margret and Daniel and through the door. Pounding down the stairwell of the apartment building Emma jumped a few steps trying to move as fast as humanly possible. She crashed through the doors and raced to the street curb where she had parked her old fashioned yellow bug, whipping out her key's she jumped in and started the car then sped out of the parking spot and down the street. She was glad it was early morning and still dark out because it meant the streets would be empty and she could turn corners fast and not worry about ramming into another car.

Soon she was hastily and not so perfectly parked outside of Gold's shop. Emma leapt out of her car and into the cool early morning air, the soles of her slippers slapped softly and silently on the pavement. Once she was at the door Emma tried to open it but found it locked, she jiggled the knob ruthlessly and pulled with all her might. "OH COME ON GOLD! WHAT THE HELL!" She yelled and began to knock on the door violently to the point that her knuckles were raw and bright red. She then screamed and kicked the wooden door hard causing it to crack and splinter slightly. She bit her lip hard as she felt pain shoot through her foot from the contact of the slippered foot on the hard wooden door. "GOLD! OPEN UP!" Emma yelled and looked at the building. "GOLD! OPEN THE DOOR!" She screamed. "PLEASE!"

Suddenly a light came on in the shop and Emma stood up straighter looking through the glass of the doors window. She watched as Gold came hobbling out leaning on his cane looking thoroughly displeased. He was wearing a silky black robe with a thin golden trim that matched his cane; he made his way over to the door and opened it. "What can I do for you this early in the morning Savior?" He said with a hint of a growl in his voice.

Emma already obvious frown seemed to grow as he called her by that formal name she hated so much, she may be the savior but she sure as hell didn't feel like one. Especially now as she stood in front of Gold in her pajamas and slippers leaning mostly on her left foot because her right one was still aching from kicking the solid door. "Gold, I need you to come with me, something's happened." She said looking him in the eyes and trying to ignore the fact that she probably looked like a crazy woman who had just escaped the asylum.

"Now what could be so important that you would bother me so early in the morning Dearie?" Gold asked still putting on his impish little act. His amber eyes seemed to bore into Emma's very soul making her want to shift nervously but she held her ground.

Emma leaned a bit more on her left foot and tried to not make it look all too noticeable even though her foot was beginning to hurt like hell. "Gold, come on please don't make me give you the whole story here. I can tell you what's going on when we are on our way back to Mary Margret's." Emma pleaded her green eyes reflected the importance of the dire situation.

Gold's small smirk suddenly disappeared when he saw the look in her eyes, "Is it Henry?" He asked with a sudden firm and business like tone.

Emma looked at him and shook her head, "What? No, Henry is fine. This… this is something else… someone else." She said trying to get her hectic thoughts together. "It's Daniel." Emma blurted out suddenly. "He is hurt badly and Cora says that he needs magic in order to heal his wounds or he will die." Emma's expression got (if even possible) sterner and more worried. "And Regina isn't with him and we have no idea where she is, only that Daniel said she was taken."

Before Emma had even time to react Gold was pushing past her and making his way to her car with great speed. "We need to get back there now!" He barked to her and Emma turned and began limping back to her old yellow bug. As Gold walked purple smoke surrounded him and he was suddenly no longer in his pajamas and robe, but instead in his formal business suit and tie. "Come on Ms. Swan!" He said rather impatiently.

"Do you think I'm trying to go this slow?" Emma snapped glaring at him as she limped to her car. "I'm going as fast as I can Gold! If you want me to go faster than snap your fingers and heal my foot, if not then please just zip it!" She growled knowing it was dangerous to talk to this man in such a way but right now she didn't care about that. She didn't care about anything other than fixing Daniel and finding Regina, she had to save Regina.

"Careful what you ask for Ms. Swan." Gold said and snapped his fingers. Suddenly Emma gasped in pain as the bones in her foot snapped back into place and healed instantly. "Now let's go!" He said as they got into the car.

Emma began to drive like a maniac back to the apartment, as she drove she suddenly asked, "Why the sudden urgency once I mentioned Regina?"

There was an awkward pause and Emma glanced at Gold, surprised to see the regret filled grim look on his face. "Because I wasn't able to save her last time or the time before that Dearie, I do not intend to make that mistake again."

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A pain filled scream filled the toxic air and was echoed by a booming, bone chilling roar of laughter. Atop a pile of black glass shard like rocks Regina lay pinned to the ground forced to look up at the blood colored sky. Her hands and feet were chained to the ground and no matter how hard she pulled the chains did not give way, but instead grew slightly tighter until they were cutting into her skin. Her body was already covered with cuts and scratches from the black glass shards the was laying on and from the chains, each cut burned as if salt had been put in the wound. But that was not the reason for her screams.

Regina's eyes grew wide with fear as another wave was coming, she could hear it roaring closer even though she couldn't see it. Already her body was covered with the sticky and smothering dark liquid that came pouring down on her continuously. It tasted of salt and iron and seemed to force its way into her nose and mouth in order to flood her lungs each time it came. This wave was demonic and made of blood, it burned each time it hit her skin and forced its way into her wounds. The best she could do was try to keep the fowl liquid out, but even that was impossible. After each time she coughed the appalling liquid out of her body she managed to scream as the salt burned her wounds.

"Now now your majesty, you can't be screaming already. Remember you have an eternity to spend with me down here." Lucifer chuckled and looked at her. Regina's once white clothing now stained dark red along with the rest of her being, her raven black hair stuck to her skin on her face and neck. "And I promise you, this is only the beginning." He roared with giddy laughter as the wave crashed back down on Regina and smothered her in burning hot blood.

I'm so sorry for such a long time between updates. I had some stuff I had to work out but I'm back now and I will update much sooner I promise, you all are so great! I really hope you are all enjoying this and I love the reviews, thank you so much! I'm starting to work on another Once Upon a Time fanfic as well and hope to have it up soon! Please read and review!