Regina panicked the moment they disappeared. This was not good. She started pacing the diner, fingers lacing through her hair. "Oh, no. She's going to kill him." Regina knew that Emma would never forgive herself if she killed Hook.

Snows eyes widened. "What? No, she would never kill him. Why would she want to kill him? What did she mean that you wanted him out of the way?" Snow asked.

Regina shook her finger at Snow angrily. "I said NO such thing! The dark one is twisting my words. I told her not to touch him. I was trying to-" Regina sighed in exasperation.

Charming stepped forward. "Regina, you need to tell us everything. Why has she taken Hook?"

Regina shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. "She's the dark one, she doesn't need an excuse to do anything."

"Regina, we can't help unless you tell us everything," Snow begged.

Regina shook her head. She didn't want to betray Emma by telling them the truth. Snow looked at David who just nodded at her. "Regina," Snow said more quietly. "We already know."

Regina's eyes shot to the shorter brunette in surprise. "You already know what?"

Snow shrugged her shoulders. "That Emma has feelings for you."

Regina shot her head back in shock, and looked back and forth between Snow and David who was nodding. "You-what?"

Snow tilted her head and smiled softly. "It's been pretty obvious. How protective of you she is, how she talks about you, the way she looks at you when you don't know she's watching. "

Regina's mouth hung open. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "D-Does Emma know?"

Snow shook her head. "No. We thought it would be better if she took things at her own pace; came to us when she was ready."

Regina just shook her head, realizing that Emma was fretting about something that was not even an issue. Not that she could blame her. Regina was completely and utterly shocked at their reaction to this knowledge. Regina cocked her head and regarded Snow curiously. "You-aren't angry?"

Charming scoffed as Snow smiled. "I can't say that I'm FULLY comfortable with the idea just yet..." She got more serious. "But we just want Emma to be happy. Whatever that means for her. And you-you've come a long way, Regina. And I don't think you'd ever hurt Emma on purpose." She put her hand on Regina's shoulder, who was clearly still in shock. "We're a lot more open minded than you seem to think. Now. Tell us everything."

Regina shook the cobwebs from her mind and cleared her throat. "The dark one was...coming on to me," she shifted her weight uncomfortably. She noticed Snow and David working extra hard not to react. "And when I turned her down, she wanted to know why. She had already looked into my mind so she knew that I-how I felt...about her." She ignored Snow's slight smile. "I told her I would never take advantage of Emma that way and that I was through being the other woman."

David nodded in understanding. "So her way of clearing the field for you is taking out Hook."

Regina put her hands up. "I told her not to touch him. I didn't want this."

Snow laid a comforting hand on Regina's forearm. "Of course not. We know that. But right now we need to do something before Emma does something she can't take back. We need to use the dagger.

The three nodded in agreement and Regina took a deep breath. She waved her hands and in a purple smoke, and a box appeared on the counter. Regina closed her eyes and removed the protection spell she had placed on the box. She slowly opened it and peered inside. She took a deep breath before pulling the shiny dagger out slowly. She felt her breath hitch in anxiety as she looked at Emma's name engraved across the blade. She looked at the Charmings who nodded in encouragement.

With one last swallow Regina held up the dagger. "Dark one, I summon thee."

A swirl of black smoke exploded out of the floor in front of them, and when it receded, there stood Emma, posed as if in a fight, blood spattering her clothes. She looked around at her new surroundings, until her eyes settled on the dagger in Regina's hand. Her body slumped in disappointment.

"Damn it!" She cried playfully. "I almost forgot about that thing. I've been having so much fun it slipped my mind!"

Snow put her hand over her mouth, taking in Emma's appearance. "Emma!" she gasped. "What have you done?"

Emma looked down at herself and saw the blood. "Oh!" she smiled and tried brushing the blood off her hands and arms. She giggled. "Don't worry, Mom. It's not my blood."

Regina gritted her teeth. "What have you done with Hook?"

Emma looked at Regina and scoffed. "Well I WAS in the middle of getting him out of the way until I was so RUDELY interrupted!" Emma's face suddenly turned seductive and put a hand on her hip as she turned toward Regina. "Come on, your majesty, you know you don't need that thing to get what you want from me."

Regina flexed her jaw. "I'm afraid I do." She watched as Emma's face turned angry. "Bring Hook back here. Now." It's not that Regina actually cared about Hook, but he was concerned that Emma had crossed a line there was no coming back from.

Emma grunted. "You are NO FUN!" With a flick of her wrist, Hook appeared in a heap next to Regina. Snow and Charming gasped as Regina looked down at the bloody pirate. He was conscious but clearly in pain. His nose was bloody and broken, cuts littered his face, and he was cradling his left arm that appeared to be broken.

Emma watched as the group took their focus off her and onto the damaged pirate. Just as she planned. She took one last look at Regina to make sure he attention was diverted. Emma smirked and waved her hand quickly. Snow's body was lifted up and crashed into Regina, sending both of them to the floor in a tangle.

Regina looked up to see the dagger laying on the floor a few feet in front of her. Before she could regain control, she watched as Emma picked the dagger up and grinned.

Emma looked at the dagger with glee. She looked down at the tangle of heroes and cackled. "Thank you, Regina. Thank you."