A/N: Have I mentioned before that I own none of this? If not, Disclaimer: Once isn't mine! Obviously. I'm merely borrowing the characters, some scenes and stuff and having some fun. Anyway, now that that's out of the way, here's the next chapter. Thank you to everyone who has followed, favorited, and reviewed! You all are awesome!

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"What do you mean, he's gone?" Emma all but screeched at the orderly when they arrived at the hospital.

"I'm sorry…I went to give him his breakfast and the door was open, the cuffs were sitting on the bed…"

Regina pinched the bridge of her nose. "The cuffs." The orderly looked terrified as she replied, "Yes. I have them here." She reached behind her desk and pulled out the heavy restraints that Jekyll had made for his counterpart. Regina took them from her, and Emma surged forward and slammed her hands on the desk. "How the hell did he get out? Who took the cuffs off? Don't you guys have surveillance, guards, something?"

The orderly nodded, her face ashen, "The security guard wasn't here this morning. I don't know why, and he hasn't called in. And yeah, I can pull up the security cameras." She sent Regina another terrified look and then typed into her computer before turning the screen around and showing the surveillance footage.

Regina and Emma leaned in to see the footage, which showed the empty corridor outside Hyde's cell. As they watched, the door opened and he strode out, followed by an all-too-familiar figure: The Evil Queen. Slowly, they both turned to stare into the security camera, and the Queen blew a kiss to it before she and Hyde disappeared in the trademark purple cloud.

"Shit!" Emma yelled, turning away from the computer and punching the wall behind her before storming out the door.

Befuddled, Regina followed her. "Emma!" she cried hoarsely, her voice still damaged. "Emma, wait!" As they left the hospital and entered the cool mid-morning air outside, Regina caught up to Emma and grabbed her arm. Emma spun around, breathing heavily, and yelled, "She's out there, and now she's got Hyde with her, and she's going after my parents! Hyde's probably going back to whatever plans he had for the untold stories. Don't fucking tell me to wait, Regina."

Regina's temper flared. "You're the one who pulled me off of her, Emma! You stopped me from killing her!"

Emma stepped closer, eyes wild, before growling, "I was saving you! Your face was purple, Regina." Regina crowded closer. "I was going to win. She would have died before me."

"You don't know that!"

Suddenly a voice interrupted their argument: "Uh, Moms?"

They both turned to see Henry, David, Snow, Jekyll, and Hook, staring at them. It was only then that Regina noticed how close she'd been standing to Emma, and Emma seemed to notice at the same time and they both stepped back into a respectable distance. "Henry," Emma cried, gathering him to her. "You're not allowed to go anywhere alone right now," she ordered adamantly. "You're to stay with me or your mother at all times. Do you understand?"

As Henry was nodded, wide-eyed, Regina took offense. "You really think that any form of me would hurt my son?" she asked. Emma rolled her eyes. "In case you've already forgotten, the Evil Queen isn't our only worry anymore. I don't think she'd hurt Henry, but I know Hyde would."

Oh, DUH. "Right," Regina mumbled, contrite. "You're right."

"Wait!" Jekyll cried. "Hyde? He got free?"

Emma turned to him and said, "Regina's evil half freed him."

"So it's true?" Hook demanded. "There's two of her wandering around now?"

"Shove it, pirate." Regina spat.

Emma turned to Jekyll. "We need to talk to you, right now."

"Somewhere without mirrors," Regina added, turning away from Hook and back to the people that mattered.

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They all went back to Regina's house, where Regina closed the door and threw up about 10 protection charms before they all settled around the large dining room table. Immediately, Emma said to Jekyll, "How do we stop them? Regina crushed the Evil Queen's heart when they split. We thought she was gone. Why didn't killing her work?"

Jekyll was trembling, and he stuttered, "I-I don't know. M-my formula, it…it's unpredictable at b-best, and strong. I still haven't worked out w-why it works the way it does. If I knew how to stop Hyde, don't you think I'd have done it by now? The device I made, that's the-the only way I know of subduing them. Our dark halves are strong. T-too strong."

Hook scoffed. "Hyde won't fall for those tricks again, and likely by now he's started informing the Evil Queen about the device."

"Right," Snow agreed. "And the Queen could just…poof it away when we try to use it again."

David turned to Emma. "What about the magic-blocking cuff, like we used on Zelena?"

Regina shook her head and answered before Emma could. "Zelena cut her own hand off to be rid of the cuff. The Queen is stronger without her conscience, without me. She wouldn't hesitate to do the same."

"We need more manpower," Emma said. "We need Zelena, and we need Maleficent and Lily, if they'll help. Do you know where they're staying?"

Regina nodded. "Yes…I've provided them with a large house in the woods…so they can get to know each other. Only problem is, I don't know if they'll help us. Last I knew, Lily still had a large amount of hatred for Snow and David…she might be more inclined to help out the Queen."

Emma sighed, dropping her face into her hands. "We can at least try to go talk to them" she suggested. They agreed, and then the discussion turned to Jekyll, Snow and David moving into the manor for the time being, under Regina's protection. David and Snow had argued, insisting they'd beat the Queen every time she'd made an attempt on their lives, but after Regina pointing out that she was somehow invincible and had Hyde on her side, they agreed, and Snow sent a message by bird to the Blue Fairy, telling her to bring their son (who she was looking after again) to the manor. Emma told them she'd bring clothes and other necessities for each of them from the apartment, and then Henry brought up one last problem:

"What about the people from the Land of Untold Stories?"

That brought them all up short. They'd have to be alerted of the renewed danger, that was for sure, Regina knew, and voiced it aloud. Henry began to argue that he should be allowed to still help them, so Regina agreed. All together, they made a plan: Emma and Hook would make their way to Granny's (who the women had unfrozen before leaving the diner, and who had shot glares-and thankfully not arrows-at Regina while Emma explained why there were two Reginas, before returning to her business, crossbow ready and loaded behind the counter) and inform the newcomers to make their way to the safety of the manor one or two at a time, so that Henry could help them with their stories and encourage them to let them play out. The protection spells that Regina had put up wouldn't allow glamours past it, so the Queen couldn't disguise herself and sneak her way in. Snow and David would moderate, swords at the ready, in case the Queen had encouraged anyone to fulfill her wishes for her. Jekyll would remain behind as well, device at the ready in case Hyde managed to get inside. Regina would visit Zelena to implore her to aid them, and then Regina and Emma would go talk to Lily, and Maleficent. They all admitted that the plan was bad, that it had so many "what ifs" and holes, but it was the best they could come up with.

Finally, terrible plan in place, Emma, Hook, and Regina left the manor.

Emma walked beside Regina and said in a low voice, "I want to talk to you, too." Regina cast a glance back at Hook, who was glowering at her. "I don't think now is a good time," she said. "No, it isn't," Emma agreed, "but…later. I want to apologize for this morning…"

"What about this morning?" Hook interrupted.

"This is why now isn't a good time," Regina snapped, before transporting herself to Zelena's cabin and as far away from that awkward situation as she could.

Once Zelena let her inside, Regina was bombarded with a barrage of questions. "How is she back? I thought you killed her. Is she going to come after me? What are you going to do?" Holding up her hand to silence her sister, Regina began to answer her questions. "I have no idea, on any of it. I know she's strong, stronger than she ever was before."

"Because you're not part of her. She's purely evil now, isn't she?"

"In essence, yes," Regina sighed, sitting down at Zelena's table. "I don't know. I don't understand it."

Zelena's brows knit in concern as she sat across from her. "What do you mean?"

"It's just…I haven't told anyone this, so I'd advise you to keep this to yourself." At Zelena's nod of acquiescence, Regina continued, "Ever since I split with her, I've felt…incomplete. It was like a piece of myself was missing. And then last night, she showed up at the manor to taunt me, and you saw what happened at the diner. I wanted to kill her. I felt all the parts of me I thought were gone sort of…wake up. I was so angry. If that part of me is still inside of me, then maybe some of my other attributes are still part of her. I don't know. I'm so stupid, Zelena. I didn't think it through before splitting myself, and now I don't know how to fix the problem."

There was silence before Zelena said quietly, "I've been so angry with you, Regina." Regina's brows lifted in surprise. "Why?" she exclaimed. Zelena hung her head. "You split with your evil side. You got rid of a very big part of you, like it didn't matter. Like your past could just be left behind and forgotten. You've talked so much to me about making up for past mistakes, for accepting what I've done wrong and moving forward, being…good. And then you just leave that part behind. Do you know what that meant to me? That I couldn't move forward while still being myself, dealing with who I've been and what I've done. You're the biggest hypocrite, sis. And I'm angry."

Regina hung her head in shame. "Zelena," She whispered. Damn it, her sister was right. She'd never even thought…

"No, Regina, hear me out," Zelena continued. "You're a hypocrite, but it brings me great comfort to hear how you really feel about what you've done. In a way, I'm kind of glad she didn't die. It taught you a lesson, that you really can't leave behind the parts of you that you regret being. You still have to deal with her. And with your careless decision to part with her, you now have to deal with her on more than just the inside. But you're my sister. Mother would want me to help you. That's why you're here, right?" Zelena guessed. At Regina's nod, Zelena sighed, resigned.

"I'm angry with you too," Regina blurted. At Zelena's confused, hurt look, she explained, "You stole Robin from me. You tricked him, deceived him, all to get a baby. You tried to ruin my life, and then you did. Your flaming boyfriend snuffed out Robin's life in the blink of an eye. I…I blame you, Zelena."

"How can you blame me, solely, when Emma dragged you down to Hell to begin with?!" Zelena screeched. "She had as much part in his demise as I did, and yet you're still all buddy-buddy with her!"

"I chose to go to Hell. Emma needed my help. She didn't shack up with Hades, you did! You allowed him to leave the underworld and you followed him like a whipped puppy!"

"And in the end, I chose to help you bring him down! I didn't kill Robin, he did! "

They glared at each other over the table for a long moment before Regina sighed, "You're trying to change. So am I. What you did is in the past, and eventually I'll forgive you. Right now, it's just…"

"New." Zelena said quietly. "Fresh. Raw."

"Yes."

"As is your most recent decision."

Another moment of silence passed before Zelena said, "I'll take little Robin to the Blue Fairy. She'll be safe with the fairies. And then, sis, I'll help you. Moving forward, right?"

"Moving forward," Regina agreed.