Emma's therapy had gone really well but she still was a ways off from walking on her own darkness fell and Henry, Emma and Regina went to sleep,

Regina woke up to a miserable looking sky the next morning but the prospect of getting wet was not what was bothering Regina, she had a bad feeling but she wasn't sure if something bad was going to happen or if she was just worried about leaving Emma alone in the house all day just in case something happened and Emma needed her.

"Emma are you sure you'll be okay by yourself?"

"Regina will you stop worrying I'll be fine."

Seeing the look on Regina face gave her another thought.

"How about you call my cell every hour or so that way you'll know that I'm okay."

With a light kiss on Emma's forehead Regina went to work leaving Emma alone in the big mansion.

Emma was watching a movie when the sound of breaking glass alerted her to an intruder not knowing what else she could do Emma grabbed her gun as the intruder entered the lounge room.

"Stay right there or your brains will be spattered on the wall behind you."

"You think that I'm scared of a wheelchair bound sheriff?" The intruder chuckled.

"I know for a fact that your gun has no bullets, you forgot to load it earlier."

'Damn it he's right.' Emma thought realising how stupid she was for not loading her gun first thing that morning, she tried to get passed him but he grabbed the arms of the chair stopping her in her tracks he applied the breaks and picked her up and placed her on the couch then moved her chair out of her reach so she couldn't try to get away from him.

"Now that pesky chair is out of the way let's talk."

"Who are you?"

"My name is not important."

"What do you want?"

"I'm here to make sure Regina gets a message."

"Tell me the message and I can give it to her."

The intruder chuckled.

"You don't get it. You are the message."

With that he started to punch Emma in the face and then fractured her arm, then he left.

After she was sure he was gone Emma dragged herself from the couch to her chair then waited for Regina to get home.

When noon rolled around Emma heard the sound of Regina's heels clicking on the floor.

As soon as Regina saw the broken glass she ran into the lounge room and saw Emma sitting in her chair at first she thought Emma had broken the glass by accident with her magic but when she got closer she saw Emma was holding her arm as if it was hurt, when she came around the front of Emma's chair she noticed that Emma wouldn't look at her directly.

"Emma what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong Regina."

Regina not buying Emma's denial gently grasped Emma's chin and brought the blondes face around to look at her when she did she saw the state that Emma's face was in and gasped.

"Alright now I don't want any excuses. What happened?"

"Some guy broke in while you were out said he had a message for you I asked what it was and he said I was the message then he punched me in the face multiple times and fractured my arm then left."

"Ok here's what we're going to do first we're going to get you looked at by Whale then we'll try and figure out who this guy is."

So it was off to the hospital with a lot of grumbling from Emma about how much she was sick and tired of making trips to the hospital Regina was just smirking at the blonde's constant complaining the whole drive finally they arrived and Regina wheeled Emma in whale saw them and after Regina had told him what happened he had Emma rushed straight up to x-ray and a full body scan about 20 minutes later Emma and Regina were waiting in Whale's office when he walked in holding Emma's results.

"Good news this little adventure of yours didn't do any damage to your spine so apart from some bruising on your skin you're fine."

Regina took Emma home and picked her up from the chair and placed her of the couch then sat next to her and held her in her arms as Emma started crying.

"Emma sweetling what's wrong?"

"I thought he was going to kill me and while he was beating me I wished he would kill me. I'm sorry I should have fought him."

"Emma if you had fought back he could have done a lot worse then some bruising. As far as I'm concerned you did nothing wrong."

"But I'm damaged goods now."

"Emma you listen to me and listen well you are not damaged and anyone who sees you as such needs to have their eyes tested."

"You really don't see me as damaged?"

"I really don't."

A small smile graced Emma's face as Regina wiped away the tears from her cheeks.

"Thanks Regina for everything I know I'm not the easiest person to put up with... Oh who am I kidding I'm impossible to put up with that's why every relationship I ever had failed I had too many issues. But I think with time I can work through them and with the right person by my side."

"I'm always going to be there beside you Emma."

Emma leaned into Regina's embraced feeling safe and truly wanted by someone other than her parents, she knew that as long as Regina was there she'd never get hurt again unless it was due to her job or when Regina couldn't get to her in time but other than that she would be safe.

Regina sat with Emma wrapped in her arms for about 30 minutes before she realised that Emma had fallen asleep with a gentle smile Regina magicked Emma upstairs because the sofa was not as forgiving on ones back as a mattress.

One day while Regina was out at the office Emma decided to surprise her when she got home, around 3 Regina came home and saw Emma's chair empty fearing the worst she ran into the rooms that Emma could reach without her chair the last being the kitchen and there at the stove was Emma standing up on her own cooking dinner.

"Emma?"

Emma turned slightly.

"Hi I just thought I'd get dinner ready."

"But how did you get in here without your chair let alone standing on your own?"

"I walked."

"You walked?"

"Yeah I wanted to surprise you."

"Well you certainly did that. I am so proud of you."

Regina walked over to Emma and wrapped her arms around the blondes waist and kissed her neck gently causing Emma to giggle.

"What is it dear."

"Kissing my neck that gently tickles my neck is very sensitive to light touches."

"Sorry dear."

Just then Henry arrived home and drawn by the smell of food entered the kitchen and saw Emma standing.

"Ma you can stand on your own now?"

"And she can walk to dear, she just had to put her mind to it."

Henry hugged both his moms.

"I'm glad you can walk again Ma."

"So am I kid, so am I."