Warning: Will eventually contain mature material. Language. Lemons. Some spicy limes. Maybe full-blown things. ~_^

A.N. #1 - I want to sincerely apologize for making you guyz wait T^T It wasn't my intention but I had finals that were a bitch and then I had to move out of the dorms so I had no time to post. But I'm on summer break so I'll be able to write and post and finish with a big bang and then I'll be hopefully posting another one of my stories for you guyz to read *^_^* I promised one of my besties a fic about the Mad Hatter 3 LOL! So, keep an eye out and I'll try to post the next chappie as soon as it's written, which is is being right now, and hopefully my internet won't be a bitch like it has been.

A Salvation Called Love

-Chapter 30-

-Merciless-

[Regina]

I heard a car door slam outside and I became excited. I'd sent Henry to his friend's house so that he didn't know what I was going to be doing tonight and possibly for the next couple of days. I stood up quickly and walked to the back door where Ellidor was waiting for me with the unconscious girl cradled in his arms. Ellidor looked pretty bad if I was going to say anything. He had blood around his nose and at the corner of his mouth and his curls were sticking up in all kinds of directions. I couldn't help but smirk. "She give you a rough time, my precious Ellidor?"

He glared at me before shoving past, obviously not in a good mood. He didn't bother waiting for me as he head towards the basement stairs that lead down into the prison I kept downstairs. He stood to the side while I unlocked the door and then slid in through it before it was all the way open. He was beginning to get on my nerves but I just followed in behind him for now. There could always be punishment later, right now it was Annabelle's time. When Ellidor had laid her down on her cell bed and clasped the shackles over her wrists he stepped out and closed the door behind him. He turned and placed himself in between me and Annabelle, his dark brown eyes burning with angry fire. "I'm done with her now, Regina. I've done what you asked and I won't have anything else to do with her torture."

I didn't really like his attitude but I decided I was in too much of a good mood right now. I slowly walked up to him and placed a hand gently on his chest and smiled up at him. "Ellidor, I really hate when you tell me what you're not going to do and it angers me but just this once, for now, I'm going to let it slide. You did a good job bringing that girl here so as a reward I won't lock you back up for a little while. You can stay down here and watch over her until she wakes up, then you can come get me. I'll let you… sit back and watch instead of having you torture her. How's that for a deal?"

He jerked away and just glared down at me. He finally just turned and walked up the stairs, leaving me alone with the girl. I was going to have to do something about that little spark of independence he'd gained lately. I shrugged and turned to get one last look at Annabelle, Mr. Gold's little lover, before following up the stairs after Ellidor. I had a meeting to go to for now. I could wait for Annabelle to wake up, she wasn't going to be going anywhere.

[Annabelle – A Few Hours Later]

Waking up seemed to take forever. When I was finally able to open my eyes all I could see was darkness. I didn't know where I was. I tried to jerk upright but the quick motion made my stomach roll and I felt whatever was left in me start to come up. I quickly turned and knelt over the edge of the bed as it all came up and I struggled to breathe around the foul mixture of bile and other things. When my body stopped throwing up I flopped back onto the hard bed that I was presumably on and curled up. I couldn't move my hands much because when I'd gone to throw up I'd found that I had shackles around my wrists. I gave a pathetic tug at them but knew I wouldn't be going anywhere anytime soon. "Fuck!"

A soft rustling of fabric just in front of where I was made me stop pulling against the shackles and Ellidor's voice broke the silence. "I wouldn't tug too hard, Annabelle. They'll slice through your skin quickly if you do."

I slowly sat up and tried to see where Ellidor was but all I saw was darkness. "Where am I?"

I heard Ellidor sigh before I saw a faint outline of someone shift a few inches to the right. "You're locked up."

I gave a small growl and glared in the general direction I figured Ellidor was standing. "Don't fuck with me, Ellidor. Where the fuck am I and why am I here? I remember…" I paused and reached up to run my hand through my tangled hair. "I remember before I blacked out you said something about a woman. A woman who was bound and determined to destroy someone and… and I'm a part of the plan." I slowly stood up and sucked in a deep breath while my vision swam and my stomach threatened to spill itself again. When I was sure it wouldn't I straightened and took a step towards where Ellidor's voice had come from. "Tell me what's going on, Ellidor. Please. I remember you saying you didn't have a choice. You do. Make the right one and help me. Tell me what the fuck is going on?"

Ellidor sighed and I heard steps walk away from me and I feared he was going to leave me but seconds later a bright light flickered on and blinded me. I sucked in a hissing breath and covered my eyes. I heard Ellidor walk back towards me and I tried to peek out from between my fingers at him. He didn't have blood on his face anymore from where I'd hit him and his hair looked like it was still wet from being washed. "I don't have a choice, Annabelle. I'm as much a prisoner as you are." He waved his hands at the bars and gave a tiny shrug. "Except I'm a little better off at the moment."

I sighed and lowered my hands so that I could stare directly at him. "Then at least tell me what's going on. Why am I here?"

Ellidor stepped closer to the bars and reached out to grip them tightly. His brown eyes stared down at me and I could see the loneliness and anger and hurt in them. "She wants to destroy a man she's hated for a very long time. I don't know who this man is or why she hates him so much but you're the key to his destruction. So…" He reached in through the bars and gently touched his fingertips to my cheek. "it seems that you're the only one between us that knows who he is."

I felt my heart tighten in fear as his words brought light to the meaning behind this kidnapping. "Dominic." I stumbled back away from Ellidor and slowly sat down on the hard bed. She was after Dominic Gold who was formerly known as Rumplestiltskin. I stared up at Ellidor in horror as I wrapped my hands around my stomach where Dominic's baby was growing inside of me. "She's after his magic."

There was a sharp clack of heels behind Ellidor and a woman's strong voice echoed around the room. "You're only partly right, Miss Amatheon. What I truly want is that man to have everything stripped from him until he's nothing more than the cowardly, foolish, weak man he was before he became the Dark One. I want to destroy everything he's built, everything he's loved."

Ellidor quickly moved out of the woman's way and backed into a far corner. The woman stepped up to the bars and gripped them tightly until her finger's turned white. I could feel the hate radiating from her. I slowly stood and backed up against the farthest wall, wrapping my hands tightly around my stomach. "What has he ever done to deserve such hate?"

The woman grinned and waved her hand, the cell door swinging open with the motion. "He exists. He remains more powerful than me." She walked into the cell and her heels clicked louder as she slowly walked towards me. When she was standing in front of me she reached up and brushed her hands through my tangled hair until they caught in the tangles. She grabbed a handful and pulled me forward so that I stumbled and had to grab at her jacket to stay upright. "And he dared to love someone when I could not."

I stared up into her eyes and the rage burned through me. I shivered in fear. "He loved Belle."

She jerked my hair harder and brought our faces together until I could feel her lips brushing against my skin. "No. No he loves both of you." She released me quickly and backhanded me roughly. I stumbled backwards and tripped, landing in a heap on the floor. I stared up at the woman in surprise and reached up to touch the blood that I felt start to trickle down the corner of my mouth. She smiled gleefully and took a step back, raising both of her hands as a dark, almost black shimmer formed around them. "I'm going to show him what it truly means to lose someone, Miss. Amatheon. And this time he won't be able to find you or her again."

I only had a second to let her words sink in before she threw the magic she had formed into her hands at me. I curled in against myself and tried to keep my hands wrapped around my stomach as it rolled over me. Pain blossomed throughout my body where it touched me and I screamed out as it consumed me. In between my screams of pain I could hear her laughter. I tried to stay curled around the baby inside of me but I couldn't, the pain was too much. I found myself pressed to the floor on my back, writhing in pain. Pain I'd never felt before. Pain I never wanted to feel again. I screamed and screamed and tears rolled down my cheeks. I didn't know how long it lasted but after a while the world began to darken around the edges and I could feel unconsciousness beaconing me. Just as my eyes fluttered closed and I stopped screaming from the pain I faintly heard someone screaming for the woman to stop. I tried to breathe to call out to Ellidor but it was hard. When I got enough air I tried to speak loudly but it was barely a whisper. "Don't, Ellidor. Please." Then I felt nothing and saw nothing as I floated into a cloud of dark nothingness.

[Regina]

I cut off my magic as soon as I saw the girl's eyes flutter closed. I'd tortured her enough for now but I wasn't finished. Her last words before passing out made my anger burn hotter. I slowly turned towards Ellidor where he was sitting with his knees drawn in against his chest. He looked at me with pain in his eyes. He wasn't one for watching torture… nor was he one for wanting to suffer being tortured. I slowly smiled and took a step towards him and watched as he tensed. "Sweet, sweet little Ellidor. It looks like Miss Amatheon over there was more worried about you than herself. I wonder why?"

He just stared up at me with his surprisingly beautiful brown eyes, eyes that matched his father's. "I don't know why."

I walked forward until I was standing directly in front of him and tsked at him. "Do you fancy her, Ellidor? Is that why you didn't want to hurt her?"

He shook his head quickly, his almost dry waves bouncing with the movement. "I don't like her."

I arched a brow but gave a small shrug. "Good because that would be disgusting."

Ellidor slowly unfolded himself and stood to his full height, towering over me. But his body language wasn't aggressive, it was submissive. "I'm sorry, Regina."

My smile grew and I reached up to grip his chin tightly. He'd apologized like a good little puppy and my anger slowly dissipated. "At least you know how to give a proper apology, little Ellidor. But you still need to be punished for what you did." I released his chin and turned away from him, walking over to the cell next to the girl's. I waved my hand and the barred door flew open. I turned to stare at Ellidor. "In."

He lowered his head and walked towards me until he could brush past and step into the cell. I closed the door behind him and locked it. He turned his head around and stared at me for a few seconds before moving towards the bed. He sat down and just stared at the floor. I gave a small chuckle before turning away from him and heading back upstairs. I turned the light off before I closed and locked the door leading downstairs. I quickly pulled out my phone and scrolled through the numbers until I got to Mr. Gold's number. I needed to give him a call and tell him that I wanted to meet and that I had a couple precious things that belonged to him.

A.N. #2 - THE SEASON FINALE! O_O OH MY GOOOSSHHH! I WAS BAWLING SO HARD IT WASN'T EVEN FUNNY! IT WAS SOOOO FREAKIN' GOOD! THEY DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB! EVERYONE DID! AND OMG! HENRY GAVE ME A HEART-ATTACK AND I WANT TO STRANGLE MR. GOLD (even though I don't really, lol). I CAN'T STINKIN' WAIT FOR SEASON 2 TO BEGIN! IT'S GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME!

A.N. #3 - Again I want to sincerely apologize and also thank you guyz for sticking with me! You will always have my love! 3