How Deep Is Your Love
Chapter Five
Meanwhile…
After she left the diner, Emma walked back to her car, seeing that Henry had gone off to the Town Hall where no doubt Regina was now, and when she walked around to the driver's side, she stepped into water as she discovered a large puddle beneath her feet. She found it strange that there wasn't water anywhere else around her, but Emma shrugged it off and then headed towards Regina's office herself in order to check up on her friend, despite the former Evil Queen's obvious disdain for her right now since she and Killian had mistakenly brought Robin's dead wife back with them from the past.
When Emma entered the building and knocked on the door to Regina's office, Henry opened it for his adopted mother, who remained seated behind her desk while she glared at the Savior as she walked in, then Henry quickly made an effort to cut the tension that immediately filled the room as he turned to Emma and eagerly asked, "So, did you ask him? Did he say yes?"
The blonde woman chuckled as she answered, "Slow down, kid. Yes, I asked him and of course he said yes. Why wouldn't he? Hook's been trying to get me to fall for him ever since we met."
"So, you finally asked the pirate out on a date?" Regina said callously as she stood up and walked around her desk before crossing her arms and leaning back on top of it, looking at Emma as she did so. "Perhaps it's good that you finally stopped denying the yearning looks the two of you keep giving each other whenever you think no one's watching."
"We've had this conversation," Emma replied curtly. "I believe you also said we become all doe-y eyed as well. It's like I said, I don't yearn."
The Mayor sneered, "Maybe you don't think so, but he definitely does. And it appears that his looks and charm worked on you just like he always wanted. Where are the two you going?"
The Savior stared at the other woman in confusion as she asked, "Do you actually care, or are you just asking these questions to set me up for disappointment?"
"I'm sorry, all right?" she responded curtly, finally letting out the real reason for her curiosity, as she was trying to avoid having to make an apology. "I realize that you and Hook bringing Marian back with you was not your fault. I blamed you because it was easier to think about than the real truth, that I just wasn't meant to have love in my life because of all the terrible things I've done."
"I don't believe that," Emma answered with sincerity. "I can't believe that. I'm the Savior and I promised everyone here that I will help them find their happy endings. That includes you too, Regina. Even if you can't be with Robin, perhaps there's someone else out there for you. Maybe Robin was only meant to open the door so that you'd be more open to the possibility of love."
She shook her head as she moved to clear the papers off of her desk and replied, "I seriously doubt that. But even if that were the case, I don't care about this other man. I want to be with Robin. Besides, Tinker Bell revealed to me that we are meant to be because of the lion tattoo on his left arm. What the hell does it mean now, now that we can't be together?"
Henry stepped up next to his birth mother as he responded, "Who knows what the future holds. It's not that I have any ill will toward Marian, or hope that she and Robin will break up for his and Roland's sakes, but it's possible the two of you can wind up together after all. Besides, I believe in Tinker Bell's magic like I believe in all other magic."
"Even in the darkest of moments, you never stop believing, do you?" the Mayor asked her son when she turned her head to look at him again.
"It's especially in the darkest moments that I believe," the thirteen year old answered with confidence. "It's when we need magic the most and not just the obvious kind. There's more to magic than the powers that shoot out of your fingers when you're fighting against evil."
Emma played with his hair as she looked at him and replied, "You're amazing, kid. You know that? I'm not sure I tell you that often enough. Come on, what do you say we get back home and see what your grandparents and Elsa are up to. I'm hoping we can try to find out more on this Snow Queen today. Are you coming, Regina?"
The dark haired woman looked at Emma sternly and then responded, "To help you find our newest threat, sure. I could use someone to take my frustrations out on. But Emma, just to give you a word of warning, I may have apologized to you and realized you're not really to blame, but I can't promise you I won't become angry at you all over again the next time I see Robin. Seeing him and not being able to be with him is going to continue to make me crazy."
"Don't I know it," the Savior answered as the three of them walked out of the office together and then started walking down the street towards Granny's. "There have been plenty of times I've resented and been angry with you too."
"It's a never ending cycle I'm afraid," Regina replied again.
All of a sudden, Grumpy came running towards them from within town, followed closely by Elsa, David, and Mary Margaret as he shouted like he always did, "Emma! Sister, thank God I found you. You've got to come right now. The Snow Queen just attacked again and she froze me to a wall!"
Because the dwarf had come running to the Charmings first in search for their daughter and told them what happened already, David cut in before Leroy could continue as he spoke up saying worryingly, "Emma, she's taken Hook."
"What?" the Savior stated with shock as she stared at her parents and Elsa in disbelief. "I don't… Why would she do that? What could she possibly want with Killian? The only reason why he was in harm's way yesterday was because he put himself in harm's way."
"It's probably so that she can get to you, Emma," Regina responded when no one else did. "She obviously saw how protective you were of him and since it appears she's been in this town for some time now, seeing as she knows a lot about us already, she must have seen the two of you together all this time."
The Savior shook her head in anger as she answered, "No, I won't let this ice witch or Snow Queen, whatever the hell she is, take Hook too. I've lost too many people. I can't go through it again!"
Mary Margaret pulled her daughter into her arms and replied worryingly, "You won't have to. We're going to find him. I promise."
"You shouldn't make promises you don't know you can keep," Emma whispered when she pulled away and then turned to look over at Leroy again. "What did she do to him? Did she say anything when she attacked you and Killian?"
"She knocked him unconscious with her magic, though I'm not really sure how," the dwarf responded nervously as he looked at his friend, leaving out the part about her kissing him to do so. "She did say he was going to be fine, for now anyways. She failed to tell me what she did to him, but she did say something else."
When Grumpy didn't continue right away because he was afraid to tell the Savior the rest, Elsa raised her eyebrows with curiosity and worry as she asked firmly, "What else did she tell you?"
He glanced at Emma and finally answered, "She said she was going to prove to you that Hook was unworthy of your love and that he will break your heart one day, that she won't let him hurt you. She somehow thinks we'll all be grateful for getting rid of him in time. I'm so sorry, sister."
"If that's what she thinks, she's got a hell of a fight coming to her," Emma replied coldly as she looked over at her parents and Regina again, then turned to Henry. "I need you to head back to the loft, or go back home with Regina so that you'll be safe. Regina, you can make sure he's protected. Meet us at Granny's when you're done. We need to come up with a way to find Killian and defeat this witch."
"I'll be there as soon as I can," the Mayor responded. "Don't worry, Henry will be fine."
