**********Chapter 4**********Chapter 4*********Chapter4**********

Emma head shifted back and forth while resting in wooden rocking chair she had settled into the night before. Mary Margaret could tell that the blonde was having a bad dream based off of her appearance. She was covered in sweat while whispering underneath her breath. Unsure if she should wake her or not, Snow gently placed her hand over her daughters' forehead. This caused the blonde to jump up out her sleep.

"Emma are you okay, were you having another nightmare? " Mary asked as she continued rubbing her daughter. "Mom, no I was just…..I'm fine." Emma uttered as her eyes immediately looked across the room at the couch Regina had been sleeping on. The antique piece of furniture had obviously been abandoned by Regina. The soft yellow blanket that Emma had placed on Regina hours before, was now neatly folded on the edge of the sofa. Both of their cups had been put away, and the coasters they had been using were neatly stacked at the corner of the coffee table.

"But you were talking in your sleep, and Emma honey, you're sweating." Mary Margaret said. Emma could tell that she was really concerned so she immediately switched the subject. "Where is everyone, did I over sleep?" Emma asked while trying to pull herself together. Her neck was stiff, clearly sleeping in the chair was not the best decision she had ever made, but she could not leave her friend sad and alone on the sofa. She had watched Regina fall asleep that night. She'd replenished her tissues and tried her best to not confess how she really felt that night as well. Regina was having a moment, and Emma did not want to add any more confusion into neither of their lives.

"I came down here to get breakfast started, while everyone else is still upstairs getting ready." Snow answered, as she watched her daughter breathe a sigh of relief. "Hook was just asking for you, I assumed you and Regina were around here somewhere. Where is Regina by the way?" Snow asked while walking back towards the kitchen. "What do you mean, she's not upstairs?" Emma asked, her worry and panic going from 0 to 100 in less than a second. "Calm down, Emma, she probably poofed her way to the market, we are out of pretty much everything." Mary said as she tossed out an empty milk carton. "I'm sure she'll be back soon."

Emma couldn't relax, not after what she had just witnessed, well in her dream anyway. The dream was so awful that she was doing her best to remember yet forget it at the same time. The dream could be a clue to where Regina was, or maybe she was over exaggerating. Her dreams and visions have been getting deeper and deeper lately. They went from being vivid to just plain real. She saw Regina crawling on the floor and by the looks of it she was in pure agony. She could hear Regina begging and pleading with someone. Emma did her best to look at her surroundings in her dream but her vision was blurring in and out until she was once again sitting in the chair in the living room. She didn't like where the dream was headed, and was honestly relieved to have Margaret interrupted her sleep. It was hopefully just a dream. She knew that Regina was more than capable of protecting herself. She had been missing for all of five minutes so perhaps she was over reacting.

"My love, what are you doing down here. I panicked when I awoke and didn't see you beside me." Killian said as he made his way down stairs to hug Emma tightly. "I um….."Emma really couldn't offer up an explanation as to why she was down stairs all night. She felt like she was cheating on the pirate even though she never came close. In all honesty she was physically in a relationship with Killian, but she was starting to realize that she was emotionally connected to someone else. Her mind body and spirit longed for someone else. Withdrawing from Killian's hug, Emma side stepped the pirate and headed up the stairs only mentioning that she was going to take a quick shower before breakfast.

Regina couldn't believe the predicament she was in. Trapped in a dark room with no windows, furniture, or a door. All she could smell was the burnt flesh that was hers. She clutched her rib cage which she could feel through her black ripped turtle neck. She couldn't bring herself to stand because the pain was just too unbearable. She remembered being thrown in here like a bag of unwanted trash by a few of Hades' goons. Apparently Hades had grown tired of her questioning his intentions. He told her that she was bait, and that was all she had gathered from their little talk. Well that and a large fireball to her torso. She knew that he was only keeping her alive for another reason, otherwise he would've killed her right then and there.

"There has got to be a way out of here." Regina thought as she began to feel her way around the small room once again. Feeling the grainy texture of the ground below her finger tips, Regina began to use the wall for support as she slowly walked a few feet before dropping to her knees once again. She began to cry out in pain. Regina couldn't ever remember feeling this helpless and weak. One of her hands landing on something hard and cold. A shoe perhaps.

"I was wondering when you were going to wake up." A voice spoke out of the shadows. As she looked up she saw Hades towering over her. His blue hair illuminated the dark room which was filled with old skeleton parts. The material that she thought was dirt, was actually cremated bones. "I'm so sorry for hurting you earlier today Regina. I would've killed you in a much faster manner but you don't deserve to die at my hands. Your sister deserves the honor of killing you. She should be here soon enough." Hades seemed so sure of his self. He always had that evil grin plastered on his face. "I wonder will your girlfriend save you in time." Hades questioned as he dusted his suit off.

"What are you talking about you idiot." Regina replied with her normal sarcastic tone. She was surprised she could manage to come up with any smart remarks given her current situation.

"The blonde one, Em-ma, I believe. That's why I carved her name on the tombstone as well. I figured you both could be miserable down here for eternity with each other. It doesn't take a mind reading spell to know how she feels about you Regina. None of this matters, soon you both will be dead permanently." With that declaration, Hade's disappeared once again, leaving Regina in the dark.