Here's the next chapter. Short but hopefully more then adequate. Thanks to my reviewers, favoriters and followers.

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"What part of your job don't you understand?!"

Emma caught the grimace from Mary-Margaret next to her. If there was ever one person who despised yelling and hated being yelled at it was M&M. Looking back at her boss standing there looking all high and mighty as if he were a king and every other agent was his minions...or was it peasants?

"Miss Swan?!"

The sharp voice pierced through her thoughts and brought her slamming back down to reality. She snapped out of it with a quick look around she noticed Mary-Margaret was gone when did she leave? "Yes sir?"

"Yes sir? That's all you have to say?"

"I'm sorry sir?" Emma squinted in curiosity, "Did I do something wrong?"

Her boss scoffed. "Did you? Why don't you tell me Agent Swan? No..no actually let me. Let me start the list; one, you failed to see a threat. Two, when the threat occured you didn't react as you should have-"

Emma interrupted with her own scoff, "Excuse me? I reacted within protocols."

"No!" He yelled, "You reacted within a Field Agents protocols! You are the head of a security detail Agent Swan! Your first and primary focus is the President!"

"So it's best to let the shooter get away?!"

"Agent Swan that is not your concern. Leave that to the experts, something you fail to understand in both occupations." He heaved a sigh, "We put you at head of the security detail to keep you out of trouble," his voice rose again. "But it seems you can't even do something as simple as protecting POTUS!"

"Mary-Margaret and the others were watching her!"

"It doesn't matter, the shooter is not your concern the President's safety is. Something you fail to understand." Getting into her face he pointed a finger toward her until it was barely touching her nose, "How about we strip you off your credentials? How about removing you from your post as Head Of POTUS Security Detail?"

"Now let's not be so dramatic George." Regina stepped into the small office flanked by two agents that weren't apart of Emma's detail.

Emma noticed the cast on Regina's left arm and the firmly wrapped bandage under a shirt that hung loosely from her body. Emma grimaced. Her boss was right and it hurt - not to admit it but to realize that the reason this beautiful woman was injured was because she hadn't caught onto the danger, she hadn't recognized or reacted quick enough.

"Madam President," George nodded. "I was just informin-"

"I know what you were doing George and I would have to disagree with you."

"With all due respect Madam President you have no say in how I run shop with my agents." George spoke in that high-almighty voice.

"Well with all due respect Special Agent In Charge, I'd beg to differ. Agent Swan is more then capable of her job. Sure she didn't follow all the protocols..." Regina made not to give Emma a pointed look.

Emma shrunk into the background and could just imagine the look of herself shrinking into the shadows of the night, to disappear because right now thats all she wanted to do. Looking across at her boss she noted she wasn't the only one. Apparently in a matter of seconds the President had managed to make the man feel small and he looked to be almost cowering.

"...but she did what I would expect from any good Agent."

"A good agent would have remained at her post. Which is by your side." He pointed out the high-almighty voice gone.

"She gave me adequate cover before going after the shooter which I would expect from her." Regina looked towards Emma, "Agent Swan I congratulate you" she skipped a beat before continuing, "even though you didn't catch him." She smirked. Turning back to George, "I would also expect that you would be congratulating the job well done on Agent Swan's security detail for protecting me and also on the fact that your - Agent David Nolan?" She awaited the nod for confirmation that came quickly, "Your son mind you, is in fact in intensive care right now for taking the bullet."

"He didn't really do a good job Madam President you were still hit by it."

"Grazed," Regina corrected "I owe your son more then I can ever repay him. So skip the melodramatics George. I want Agent Swan on my detail."

Emma smirked god she looks sexy.

George turned to face Emma and glared.

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Emma and Regina left the office and an unhappy undermind man behind. Emma followed along keeping pace with the surprisingly fast woman god how does she move so fast in those heels? - heels that are joined to perfectly sculpted creamy white legs that seem to go on forever...on no wait they do stop at her perfect a-

"Agent Swan once your done checking me out could we get down to business."

Emma froze and trailed her eyes up along the woman before her's body until she came face to face with brown eyes that looked at her with a perfect smirk layered on the womans lips shit caught. Emma swallowed and looked around the room to find the two agents from before had vanished and they were standing in a large conference room that was surprisingly empty. Didn't they have meetings like all the time in these things? Emma wouldn't know she wasn't prone to attending any of them. "I'm ready Madam President." She wasn't even going to deny it, she had been caught read handed checking out the President - what could she say? 'Oh sorry Madam President I just though I saw some lint on your skirt' oh yeah that would work.

"Good because it's time to get down to business," With that Regina looked around the room happy for the camera's being off.

"Just one question." Emma said seriously, "Why keep me on your detail? I'm obviously not cut out for protecting you."

Regina stepped up to Emma and it almost made the blonde flinch at the sudden powerful stride, "Because this is personal for you as much as it is for me." Looking away from Emma she took a few steps away in a somewhat pace, "I need people I can trust and you seem like someone who doesn't like when people tend to get the better of you. That's exactly what this mystery shooter did. Not to mention one of your Agent's is in a critical condition. This man has made it personal for the both of us."

Emma couldn't disagree with her. "So what do we do? There's only so much I can do. I'm not a field agent anymore."

Regina turned to face the woman. She wanted to ask what happened that made her end up in security instead. Not many got demoted back down to security but when they did something serious had to have happened. Instead Regina steeled her gaze and filled it with hatred, "I have resources Agent Swan. Your going to track down this man and find out why he did it and who he's working." Taking a step closer to Emma, "There about to find out what happens when you mess with the wrong person."

The cold hard tone in the womans voice cause Emma to flinch. Somehow she knew it wasn't a good idea to cross the woman in front of her. Somehow it just didn't seem like the wisest of ideas and if you were smart you'd just avoid her and if impossible just be as good as you could possibly be. "I'll need access to a lot of files that would otherwise be classified. Some you probably don't even have."

"I'll get you what you need Agent Swan just find this man and make sure he pays for what he did." Regina moved towards the door before suddenly and sharply turning back to Emma, "Make no mistake about it Agent Swan, President or not. I assure you I'm not somebody you want to mess with and this man is going to find that out the hard way."

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"Hey," Emma said weakly and she strode up to the side of Mary-Margaret, "How's he doing?"

Mary-Margaret cringed. "He's still in ICU apparently it's not looking good. He lost a lot of blood." She shook her head and wrapped her arms around herself, "What did our boss have to say?"

"Well he tried firing me-"

"What?!" Mary-Margaret dramatically interrupted and rather loudly at that which earned her a round of 'shush' from nurses and doctors. Lowering her voice a few decibels she looked around for a few seconds before focusing back on Emma, "Why?"

"Apparently I'm not good at protecting the President and I shouldn't have gone after the shooter. I agree with him. I should have seen this coming, I'm trained to see this coming."

Mary-Margaret shook her head, "This isn't your fault. You don't have a sixth sense. You did what came naturally and went after the shooter and even then you made sure that Ruby had her orders beforehand. "Don't beat yourself up over this."

"If I had been quicker and seen it I could have been the one to take the bullet instead."

"And that would make it better how?"

"David wouldn't be in there."

Mary-Margaret shook her head. "No you would be instead."

"It's my job to be."

"Just like it's his. It's all of ours. We might do some pretty super hero stuff but you couldn't of leaped and bounded over to the President before impact...and what do you mean tried? He couldn't fire you?" Mary-Margaret asked upon realizing what the blonde had said to her.

"No, Reg-the President wants me to still be in charge of the detail."

"Well least she isn't a total bitch." M&M huffed.

Emma looked down the hall that led to ICU. That led to her Agent. That led to her friend. That led to David Nolan and she remembered back to what the President had said yeah well this shooters about to find out what happens when he crosses me as well. "We'll find the bastard Mary-Margaret I assure you." And when I get my hands on him. I'll kill him.

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Emma stepped into the White House. Not able to sleep and with David still being stuck in ICU she couldn't think of anywhere better to go other then back to work. She had no where she would rather be other then at work.

"Emma!" Henry bounded from his place at the end of the hall.

"Henry?" She questioned with curiosity in her eyes. "What are you still doing up?" Emma swallowed it wasn't her place to question. He wasn't her son.

"I wanted to thank you." Henry shifted uncomfortably on his feet, "You saved my mom."

That made Emma cringe again. She did nothing of a sort. That was all David. I really am terrible at my job looking at the kid before her she realized just how bad the situation was. "That was David who saved your mom kid."

"I hear he's hurt. Mom won't say anymore other then he won't be around for a while. What happened?" Henry asked.

Emma stepped up to him and wrapped her arm around his shoulder and lead him down the hall away from the eyes of prying agents looking for a quick promotion. "Your mom's right David won't be around for a while."

"Is he going to die?"

I don't know kid. I honestly don't. "No. He won't."

"Promise me he won't."

Emma nodded as she lead him through the halls, "I promise." What would be one more broken promise if David doesn't live. Just another person hurt by your promises. "Now get some sleep if your mom catches us she'll kill me...then you...then me again." She cringed once again.

"Alright night Emma." Henry waved and took off down the hall.

Emma moved to turn around and nearly ran head on into the President. "Madam President I was just..."

"I know what you were doing. Your good with him," Regina looked around Emma to find Henry still running down the hall.

Shaking her head Emma opened her mouth to talk but was cut off.

"Do you think it's wise to promise something that you might not be able to keep?" Regina asked.

Emma swallowed, "I believe Madam President. That's something a kid needs."

"Why give a kid hope on such things if it might lead to disappointment and end up breaking all the hope he might have?" Regina inquired. "It's irrational."

"Most things are," Emma pointed out.

"Very true Agent Swan," Regina nodded. With a smile Regina asked, "How about a glass of the best Apple Cider you've ever tasted?"

Emma noted the fake smile but ignored it. It wasn't her place to question why this woman had so many different features, all fake and never showed the real her. "Got anything stronger?"

Regina smirked at that, "Your on duty Agent Swan."

"Actually I finished about an hour ago."

"So this is a personal visit?" Regina stepped up to Emma.

Emma could smell the apple shampoo that was coming off Regina and the musky smell of perfume as well. She smelled great and Emma realized that Regina had to know what she was doing to her. If Regina wanted to play, she'd play. "Would it make you happy if I said yes?"

Regina took a step back. She had never had anyone speak back to her. Actually they usually stepped back and cowered by running. Never had she had someone stand there ground. This was most definitely a first and she couldn't tell whether she loved it or not. "I suggest we get to work Agent Swan. We have a lot to do."

Emma smirked, "I'm sure we do."

Okay short I know but the story is picking up and this update wasn't to late. Or at least I believe it wasn't. Next chapter should be up shortly. Hopefully you enjoyed.