Chapter Nine
Camelot: Granny's diner/Black Kingdom settlement:
"Emma?" Regina called tentatively as she entered their room. Regina had been sending Merlin and her four special soldiers on the rescue mission when Emma had basically screamed as if she were being murdered, grabbed Henry and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Regina had thankfully sensed her magic still nearby and the door had been locked with some powerful magic, but nothing Regina couldn't bypass at the moment.
"Is it over?" A muffled voice called. Regina raised an eyebrow at the bed, under which she thought her love and son were currently hidden under.
"Is what Emma, I don't understand what gave you such a fright," Regina replied.
"Bitch are you fucking serious right now?" Emma asked popping up on the opposite side of the bed. Henry still clutched tightly in her arms. "And close the fucking door, so the protection spell can go back up!" Regina raised an eyebrow at Emma as she crossed her arms but shut the door none the less and felt Emma replace the spell on the door.
"Okay so I'm gonna ignore the bitch part because clearly you are worked up."
"Worked up…worked up?" Emma asked. "I am absolutely fucking terrified."
"Language in front of Henry."
"Language is the least of my worries for him right now!" Emma yelled. Regina walked over and gently lowered herself to the floor in front of Emma. Henry looked scared mostly because Emma was worked up. Whatever it was, he wasn't fully privy to it either. Regina put a comforting hand on Emma and noticed she was shaking.
"Emma babe please just talk to me, tell me what's got you like this?" Emma took several deep breaths as she shook her head, but not to tell Regina no, she noted.
"Regi…baby…woman you created zombies, you just sent fucking zombies into Camelot. ZOMBIES! Emma yelled getting worked up again. "How can you see nothing wrong?!" Emma was breathing hard now, and one hand was clutching her chest. Regina made her release Henry further and conjured up a brown bag. Emma breathed into it.
"Emma you watch zombie movies all the time and you never get like this." Emma looked at Regina in disbelief.
"THEY AREN'T REAL!" Emma yelled. "That shit out there, that was REAL!"
"Emma, I'm right here you don't have to yell, we're safe in here," Regina soothed.
"Safe yeah, yeah safe, woman a little warning would have been nice, I mean what the fuck, if you had said to me earlier, would you like to see what my Zombie juice does, do you know what my answer would have been?"
"I assume it would have been a very strong no," Regina deadpanned.
"No, it would have been an ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT," Emma yelled. "You don't make Zombies, Regi, you just don't, I've seen the movie, this is how it starts. Fuck it I'm the dark One, get the fucking apprentice's wand before they come back and let's get the fuck out of here."
"Emma, what about your parents?" Regina asked her seriously.
"Fuck 'em it's a lost cause, they've probably been bitten, we can't risk them coming back with us. The Enchanted Forest is now Zombie land, we have to go now and save everyone here that's not infected. We'll make it work the Dark One and the Savior, if Belle can love Rumple, you can love me it's that simple, and I'll give birth, and she'll be fine, because the Darkness will be forced to attach to me completely and….and…fuck why are you sitting here not as concerned as me, are you already one of them…you did say you didn't want to take it this time cause you were pregnant." Emma snatched Henry back from Regina and stood up.
"Emma relax, I'm not a Zombie, I swear," Regina told her. "And you can relax, the effects of the potion are temporary, they aren't the zombies you are used too."
"Do they eat human flesh; can you only kill them with a head shot?" Emma asked.
"Well yeah, but…."
"Zombie is a Zombie is a Zombie, Regi, fast moving or slow moving the end result is the same."
"Fair point, but they'll return to normal and their bite doesn't spread a virus, it's all magically simulated and the soldiers yes they aren't in control because they aren't magic users. That's why I needed Merlin. Merlin's spirit just follows, and he can direct them and free your parents. Trust me they'll be back in no time, will you please come back outside I may need to help Merlin get control again. I promise you we are perfectly safe, and they can't come back into this area until the magic wears off." Emma screwed up her face.
"Absolutely fucking not, Henry and I will remain here under an extra level of protection. And I just want you to know I don't appreciate you endangering your pregnant body like this." Regina nodded.
"Noted, but I also can't leave this magic unattended and unchecked so, I have to take this risk for you three."
"Yes, well Henry and I will be under the bed, don't call me for help, I want absolutely nothing to do with this if you don't mind, I was not fully informed before agreeing to any of this." With those words, Emma returned to under the bed with Henry.
"I love you," Regina said not knowing what else to say.
"We love you too, don't get bitten," Emma called back. Regina huffed and raised a hand and disappeared from the room, returning to Merlin who was sitting with his eyes closed.
"Zombies?" He asked.
"Zombies," Regina confirmed. "I blame myself, Train to Busan was so good though."
"It was a good movie though right."
"Yes, extremely," Regina replied. "Where are you now?"
"Dungeons, we just freed the Charmings, there's another girl and Lancelot."
"Bring them as well, do you see my guards."
"Yes, but the magic is different, hmm…I am unfamiliar, there's a Belle here she's got something for me."
"Shit, I forgot Belle, she must have been hiding in the tower," Regina muttered as she placed a hand on her face.
"We're on our way out," Merlin informed her. "Everyone is accounted for except for Hook and Zelena."
"As I said we'll deal with them later." It was two hours before Merlin fully returned to his body and King appeared with the Charmings, Belle, Lancelot, and Merida. Regina had wandered where she had gotten off too. She froze the three soldiers she had sent and they growled before soldiers came and forced another potion down their throats. They passed out. Just in case they were locked up but would easily be able to exit when they had retuned to normal thanks to the magic on cage.
"Regina what in the Fairy's name was that?" Snow asked looking towards the soldiers.
"That, that was just a warning to Arthur not to fuck with me don't worry, the best thing is that you're back and Neal and Emma don't have to lose their parents. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go inform a certain dark one that it's safe to come out from under the bed. She disappeared in a puff of smoke back to Emma.
Storybroke, Maine: Emma and Regina's dream house:
"You know what you're a fucking useless ass old man now Rumple," Emma told him annoyed as she kicked him back into his cage. He just cowered in the corner. Emma rolled her eyes. She huffed as she paced back and forth. Currently Merida was looking after her brother. She had decided Levi wasn't working for her and had once again changed his name, but to Rowan. She decided to cycle through names until she found the right fit even if it took his entire life.
"If you think you can free yourself from the dagger you are mistaken," Rumple told her. Emma smirked at him. "I've tried for longer than you've been planned into the grand design."
"That may be, but you've never been as close as me," Emma told him. "You don't know what I know, but I know all that you know, funny how that works." She paced back and forth in thought as she considered the Dark One's proposition. If she couldn't turn Rumple into a stupid hero, than she'd have to get someone else. No way her parents were true enough of heart, and frankly she wasn't sure that Arthur would be able to pull it from the stone again these days, although she was tempted to give him the opportunity to simply free it, but she couldn't risk it falling into his control again.
"Again I think you know who you need," Rumple Dark One giggled next to her. She looked at him as her eyes narrowed.
"If I do that she might find out."
"Well either way you're running out of a whole lot of time deary," He giggled. Emma growled. She was running out of town, she couldn't keep this up forever, they would continue to do research and force potions on her. The way things are now it could disconnect her from her full potential, and she needed every ounce of magic she had right now.
"What do you recommend?" Emma asked. "Maleficent will be right behind her to help."
"Well it's a good thing Maleficent is currently indisposed with her brat, and Regina's guards distracted with Hook." Emma looked to see that Regina's guards were distracted and Henry was currently sleeping alone on her office couch. She disappeared in a puff of white smoke locking the door quietly with magic. She broke through the spell and gently lifted up her son off the couch before disappearing with him. She reappeared in his bedroom, and a mattress appeared on the floor. Like most of the upstairs it wasn't completely directed. Emma guessed because Regina wanted him to have a say in his room. She stroked his forehead as he snuggled down in the blankets, Regina would notice them missing for sure if she ever paused for a moment at home in her search for him, but likely not.
"Sorry he's with me for at least the next twenty-four hours Regi," Emma muttered.
"SWAN!" Emma heard in her head with a frown. It wasn't Regina yelling for her like she thought it would be. No it was Hook. This wasn't the first time and she hated that this stupid idiot invaded her thoughts. He was so lucky she needed him to lead some sort of distraction for the guards. Annoyed she realized he intended to jump off a building as if he were sacrificing himself for his great love for her. Rolling her eyes, she disappeared to prevent him from hitting the pavement.
"What is it you want Killian?" Emma asked him.
"Finally Swan, I've come to see if that spell Regina put on you is off," Killian told her. He moved closer in an attempt to kill her. Emma made a face and pushed him away.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Emma asked him. "You are disgusting I do not like you!"
"No, love the spell must still be in tact somehow," He groaned. "I'll make that bloody bitch tell me now what she's done to you. I will save you Swan I promise you that. I'll…." Suddenly Emma felt dizzy and she closed her eyes for only a moment to settle herself. When she opened them again Regina's office lock was slipping into place, and she was bending over Henry again about to lift him from the couch.
"What the hell?" Emma asked. She heard an all too familiar growl that made the Dark One visibly gulp right before she heard a man's scream and the door buckle hard against the force of a body landing into it. "Absolutely fucking not!" Emma grabbed Henry again quickly and disappeared once more.
Storybrooke Townhall:
"You really fucked the wrong bitch a voice told him.
Arthur frowned as he began to involuntarily shiver from the coldness that was now seeping into his bones. Despite being cold he began to sweat under his armour. He looked again Regina's limp body, or rather he would have if it was where he had left it.
"This isn't funny Regina, listen to your King now and come out. You'll lead me to the dagger and we can start our new life together in love!" He called out. He shot his head around back towards the waiting area when he heard a giggle. He gasped when he saw a beautiful woman leaning back on the couch playing with her long braid of dark red hair which was secured under a pork pie hat. Her well fitted red embroidered jacket was buttoned elegantly in the middle and her tan jodhpur pants were tucked inside of brown heeled boots. One boot was currently resting on the couch and the other over knee as she rocked it seductively in his opinion.
"Oh now you wanna talk about love and a beautiful life together," She giggled. "Did you hear that sissy, he wants a life together."
"A life?" Another voice answered letting off a similar giggle. Arthur gulped as his head snapped around to the copier where he had smashed Regina's head in. Currently the girl in question was photocopying her ass, she was taller than the other woman that was clear, but clad elegantly in a bright yellow dress with a white corset over the top that pushed up her breasts or they would have if it weren't bound down on purpose, and she wore watching open toed white heels. Her nails were perfectly manicured. He gasped when her eyes looked yellow even in the darkness of the room now. It was like they were glowing. She ran her hand through her short brown hair.
"Who are you?" Arthur breathed.
"Vivi dear, well bred nobility don't copy their asses on the photocopier," Regina gently scolded from the desk as she sat on wearing her tight velvet red dress from her evil Queen days with her hair elegantly curling down her back. Vivi grinned at her and then they turned to look at Arthur.
"This isn't funny, just give me the fucking dagger and let's get on with this, I won, you are mind now," Arthur demanded. They all laughed and a chill went down his spine.
"Did you hear that dears, that is the sound of a sad little man trying to claim what isn't his," Regina told them as she stood up lethally.
"It's mine!" He said with force.
"No, see what you stole was mine to give or not!" Regina snapped. "And that cannot go without retribution Arthur. You really, really should have thought twice before fucking with me. Did no one tell you how dangerous I was, did not sixth sense tell you I was dangerous. Something tells me you didn't become an asshole traveling through one curse and losing your memories. No, I do believe that I must have given you one warning in Camelot."
"Fuck you you're going to do what I want." He made to hit her but his hand passed right through her and before he knew it he was being thrown back. As he flew through the air the began to spin around him as he landed with a thud on the floor. He found himself suddenly facing the desk with Regina bent over it. Everything was ripped opened but he realized now he had barely gotten his dick out of his pants. She slowly turned, and what he saw was Regina's blank eyes looking at him as she growled. He tried to run, but her body moved quickly, and he went flying back into the door with a thud.
"You know mommy I think I want him to remember your warning, I want to watch the real horror in his eyes." Regina nodded to her little Queen, she had been surprised to meet her, but she'd think of the logistics of twins later. She was absolutely radiating power, enough power to break the memory spell Emma had on her. The entire town really and finally she would know what Emma was up too exactly.
"Zombies," He whispered as the horror of Regina's soldiers returned to him.
"Yes that's right little man Zombies, but oh so much more," Vivi told him as they pranced forward. "LQ takes after mommy, but I tend to take after Mama, that could be good and oh so very bad for you. Mama's a pretty dark, dark one. It takes a lot of balls to kill someone close to your mother." Little Queen scoffed.
"If you ask me she was slow about it, and I would've taken the whole lot out."
"Now children, let's not fight," Regina told them. "We have a task at hand and it involves making Arthur see just how small he really is." Arthur shook. "Now how do you propose we make the small man smaller first?"
"Rip his penis off!" Vivi cried as she collected photos of her butt and giggled.
"Ugh idiot," Little Queen sighed. "Are you sure you wanna have her, I can get rid of her easily." Viveka pouted.
"Mommy!" Viveka cried out.
"I want you both, you will not fight inside of me," Regina told them. She turned to see Arthur trying to crawl away. "Uh uh where do you think you're going." Regina's body grabbed his leg and sank a set of nails into his leg making him crying out. "You know I think I know what I'm going to do with you. I am going to flay you alive starting with your fingernails. Arthur suddenly found himself pushed up against the wall by magic. He struggled against it as his boots were removed.
"Eww mommy no he stinks!" Little Queen admonished. Regina held her own nose.
"Of course you would try to make this unpleasant you bastard," Regina grumbled. A wave of her hand they were watching his toenails flayed off as they were wrapped in plastic bags that were very tightly duck taped on. He screamed.
"I hope you make this my lullaby when I'm born," Little Queen sighed as she pushed record on a recording device.
"Yes, I would love to sleep to our first torture session," Viveka sighed.
"No, when you're born you're both going to be more like Emma, before she was the dark one," Regina told them. They both looked at each other and pouted.
"But…" They started. Regina fixed them both with a look and they backed down. They turned back to Arthur as a long strip of skin from his middle tow all the way up to his inner thigh began to rip from his body. His eyelids ripped off at an indication from her little Queen while Viveka decided to flay his nipples off. Regina was just flaying the tip of his dick off when her guards burst in. Some were injured, but others were not which means the injured parties had been able to radio out for their comrades eventually.
"You're a little late to the party guys, but he's been taken care of."
"Potions," King ordered taking out rope. They didn't bother with Arthur she noted but were after her.
"Hey, leave us alone, get that asshole," Viveka huffed.
"Language dear and it's all right, they can't see you. Come along I believe the potion is lessening now," Regina told them feeling a sudden loss of energy. It had taken a lot out of her to turn back the last few minutes. There was a reason Zelena had done her time spell the way she had. As they were forcing a potion down her body's throat she remembered to break the memory spell on everyone. It was time they got back to normal and then it all went black. Before it was all gone though she heard Viveka complaining.
"This is so unfair this is the first time I've had enough power to come out and play," She heard before she heard no more.
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