***************Chapter 3 *********************
Regina had awaken on the couch quite early. She didn't remember falling asleep after her talk with the princess but apparently she had, as evident by the soft throw cover that had been placed over her while she slept on the couch. Just a few feet away from her she spotted Emma resting on an old rocking chair. She looked so uncomfortable. Poor Emma had stayed up half the night listening to her complain about her love life. As Regina began to study her face under the red light of Underbrooke, she noticed how pale Emma had gotten. She appeared to have lost some weight and she was even beginning to have dark circles around her eyes. The blonde was slowly turning into dying star that might collapse into itself at any moment. Although Emma didn't have much to say that evening, Regina admired how she had simply offered her ear and listened to her blabbering. With everything Emma had been going through recently she wish she hadn't dropped more weight on her. Emma was emotionally drained.
Before Emma and the rest of the gang would wake, Regina decided to go find her sister. Surely she was the key to getting out of this hell hole. She went to the first place she knew she'd find her. The monstrosity she called home down here. An ugly house with dark green shutters surrounded by dead weeds and brown grass. The sooner she could get Emma and her pirate friend out of here the better. Maybe Emma's natural glow would return and she would smile again too, Regina thought as she made her way up to the Zelena's manor.
Before she could muster up the courage to knock on the door, she spotted Zelena though the blinds on a couch smiling. "Who is she smiling at?" Regina wondered as she crept closer to the window. Peeking through the window through squinted eyes, she spotted Zelena and Robin sitting side by side on the couch. She had one of her arms around him and the other hand was playing with the baby who appeared to be smiling as well. Regina hadn't seen Robin smiling this much in a long time. She had been worried sick about both Robin and his baby for 4 days, and the first place he decided to visit was Zelenas? Was he visiting or sleeping there? Regina couldn't even fathom the thought, she just wanted to get out of there. She felt like a complete fool fighting for Robin, while he fought for everyone but her time and time again. When would he choose her? She had no doubt that if he was to find the real Marian, he would leave her for Marian in a split second. Regina had made up in her mind that once they made it back to their realm she would have to let Robin go. As much as it pained her inside, she would have to let go of the man that was destined to be the love of her life.
Regina was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't realize that someone was walking behind her as she walked a few houses down from her sister's home. "Such an ugly site, isn't it?" The evil yet familiar voice caught her attention right away. Hade's "Mr. Evil" himself had been following her. "What are you doing here, shouldn't you be underground where you belong?" Regina spatted, trying to maintain her cool, even though her instincts were telling her to poof out of there as fast as she could. "I made a special trip to visit you. Did you and the rest of your family like your tombstone? I made sure they were nice since they will be here for eternity. They are also side by side so you can at least remain here with your family, well Emma and Snow White anyway." Hades grinned, as he continued to remind the queen that she wouldn't be leaving the underworld anytime soon.
"Enjoy your temporary victory while you can little man, me and my entire family will be out of this place before you know it." Regina was starting to feel uncomfortable so she dismissed herself by turning around and heading toward the direction of Granny's. She had been around evil all her life, but this sort of evil made her skin crawl. "Oh that's not going to happen," Hades said as he grabbed both of Regina's wrist. She had been caught off guard and immediately started to panic. She blinked her eyes so she could get out of there but when she opened them her purple smoke had completely dissipated. She was still in the same spot, caught in Hades' grip. The evil bastard wouldn't let her go. "Are you here to kill me?" She asked while staring into his eyes. By then his true colors were showing. That fire blue hair doo made him even more unattractive. "No, I've already done that dear. I am here for one thing only. YOU! Hades said, and within an instinct both of them disappeared from the sidewalk.