Title: Sergeant Major Emma Swan Part 2
Summary: Im not going to write a summary 'cause that would ruin the story.
So here is part Two. This one is a lot smaller but I think is good. Hope you guys and girls enjoy.
I don't own Once Upon A Time. All mistakes are mine.
She was supposed to come back a week ago, a week from Henry's birthday. Tomorrow is Henry's birthday and she is clearly not here. Regina is getting desperate and doesn't know what to think. She hasn't heard from Emma in more than six weeks and she's getting very nervous. What if something happened? I wont even be notified, I'm not legally her family she thinks while pacing her kitchen.
The doorbell gets Regina out of her thoughts and she frowns not remembering inviting anyone today. She pulls her robe tighter around her body and walks to the door. With a deep breath and hoping its her, she opens the door. What she finds is not exactly what she expected. There is a guy with Emma's exact uniform from when she left; the only difference is that his cap is under his left arm.
"Morning Ma'am." He says courtly with a nod of his head. "Are you Regina Mills?"
"Yes…" she trails off not knowing how to continue.
"Ms. Mills, I'm Colonel August Booth." Regina frowns at the title. "I come from the Marine Corps, I'm here to talk to you about Sergeant Major Emma Swan?"
"Yes?" she shrieks and afterwards clears her throat, panic filling her.
"May I come in?" August asks.
"Yes of course." Regina says and lets the man in. She closes the door after him and leads him to her study. Once inside August sits stiffly on the couch while Regina sits on the armchair trying not to fidget. No weakness she tells herself.
"Did Sergeant Major Swan inform you about your placement as her emergency contact?" August asked and when Regina shook her head no, he sighed. "That is why I'm here. Right after she arrived at base she told me to write her an emergency contact. She never had one so I was surprised, I actually thought you didn't exist or was someone who didn't even remember her; but by the way your leg is bouncing I can see you are worried about her."
Regina's leg immediately stilled, "Your point, Mr. Booth?"
"Sergeant Major Swan is right now in Boston Medical Center in a induced coma." August said and the brunette gasped before looking at him in utter shock, her eyes filled with tears. "She had a severe… head trauma and we had to move her back to the U.S. to receive treatment. She's been there for almost three weeks now, but I was informed that she's was supposed to come back almost a week ago. I supposed you must have been worried so I took it upon myself to debrief you about the situation."
Regina just looked at him, trying to figure out if he was lying or if this was just a trick. Tears run down her cheeks when she finds only the truth in the guys light blue orbs. She can't believe it; Emma, her Emma is in the hospital, in a coma. "Can I see her?" she asks, her voice wavering.
August eyes soften a bit and he nods softly. "Of course Ms. Mills. Here's the address, I'll let you get ready. See you at the hospital." He hands her a piece of paper before getting up and leaving the house. Regina stays there looking at the paper but not really seeing it. She promised me, us that she would come back. Please, to whomever is listening, let her come back home after this she thinks sobbing into her palm, trying not to wake Henry wake up. Henry, oh Henry what am I going to tell him?
It's eleven when she finally calms down enough to wake up Henry. She makes her way to his room and after opening the door she just stares at him. She could just call Kathryn and ask her to babysit him so she can go see Emma without worrying him; but that wouldn't be fair she thinks he needs to know. She finally decides and slowly walks towards the bed, kneeling on one side. She moves his hair out his face before whispering,
"Henry, come on its time to wake up."
He stirs a bit but doesn't wake up. She chuckles, "Come Henry, I made pancakes for breakfast." She says a little bit louder and one of his eyes slowly opens. Sometimes I wonder if he's Emma's son more than he is mine she thinks with a sad smile.
"Apple pancakes?" he asks voice thick with sleep. She chuckles and nods. He sits up and stretches before following her down the stairs and into the kitchen.
They stay in silence, Regina sipping her coffee and Henry eating his pancakes. Regina stares at her half full cup and sighs before checking her watch. 11:55. If we want to make it before five we need to hurry up. She looks back up and sees Henry staring at her; she knows he knows something is wrong.
"Is Emma okay?" he asks and her eyes widen, damn.
She sighs, "You are too smart for your own good."
"Don't deflect the question mom." He says, panic rising in him.
"No Henry, Emma is not okay. And that is what I was going to tell you after you finished your breakfast, we need to drive to Boston. Today." Regina said tears filling her eyes. Henry's eyes matched her own, he quickly got up from the stool and walked towards the other brunette before hugging her tightly while letting his tears fall. Regina kissed the top of his head, her tears barely contained.
3 hours later
Regina and Henry walk to the front office both of them with dread on their stomach and wishing that she is okay. They follow the directions toward the intense care unit August gave Regina and both sigh when they finally see it. They walk towards the front desk.
"Good afternoon, I'm looking for Emma Swan's room?" Regina asked softly at the redhead sitting behind the desk.
"Are you Regina Mills?" she asked and Regina nodded with a frown. "Yes, Colonel August told me that you would come by. She's in room 108." She said with a sympathetic smile.
"Thank you." Regina said before grabbing Henry's hand and walking towards the room. 100, 102, 104, 106, and 108 she stops in front of the white door, taking a deep breath she turns to Henry. "Henry, I need you to stay here for a second."
"Why?" he says, well, whines.
She sighs and looks at him with pleading eyes, "Just please stay here."
He looks at her and sees the pleading and the unshed tears, so he sighs and goes to sit down on a chair nearby. Regina sighs and turns back to the white door, looking at it for a moment. Her hand shakes when she grabs the handle and turns it down; she quickly enters the room and closes the door. She sniffles a bit and turns slowly towards the hospital bed; a sob ripples through her when she sees Emma. There in the hospital bed lays Emma, her Emma, a bandage around her head and a half her face bruised up. Regina slowly, cautious, towards the slumbering blonde; this all seems like a dream no, a nightmare Regina thinks while tears run down her cheeks and she goes to grab Emma's hand. She doesn't hear the quickening of Emma's heart monitor.
"Oh Emma." She whispers afraid of speaking any louder. "You promised me, you promised Henry that you would make it home. This is not home is it?" she chuckles dryly through her tears. "I love you okay? Please," she sobs, "please just come back to us." She sits next to Emma's bed and rests her forehead on Emma's forearm, silently crying.
She doesn't know how long it's been when a hand touches her shoulder. She quickly looks up wiping her almost dried tears with the back of her hand. There's a guy next to her in a white robe and a green medical uniform underneath. He looks at her with a sympathetic look and extends his right hand towards her.
"Good afternoon, I'm doctor Stapleton." He says softly.
"Afternoon." She says curtly and shakes his hand.
"I don't know if you have been informed about Emma's case?" he asks and she shakes her head. He sighs, "Well Ms. Swan received a bullet to the head which caused damage on her frontal lobe, there was a lot of edema damage and to stop the brain to swell even more we had to put her in a pentobarbital induced coma." He said.
Regina looked at Emma and her tears gathered. She looked back to him, "is she going to be okay?" she whispered, wrapping her arms around her midsection.
He also looked at Emma, "She's a fighter. All of the damage has been healed and we are planning to take her out of the coma tomorrow. There is always the small chance that she wont wake," he smiles softly, "But I strongly believe she'll make it out of this. After we stop administration the drug she is supposed to regain her motor abilities one by one and after a couple of days she is supposed to wake up."
"Okay." She stays quiet for a second, "Are there going to be any problems when she wakes up?"
He scrunches his nose a bit; "the frontal lobe is very unpredictable so its uncertain if they are going to be any problems. However by the way her brain is healing it is unlikely that there's a problem. And she will have a couple of sessions after she wakes up; it is very normal that coma patients may be confused when they wake up." He explains and Regina nods.
"Thank you Doctor Stapleton." She says with a grateful smile.
His pager goes off and he sighs looking down, "I have to go but if you need anything you can find me or one of the nurses." He says before walking away.
She looks at Emma and smiles hopefully, "You are going to be okay. Just fight, for me and for Henry. For your family." She whispers.
She walks slowly towards the corridor and goes to find Henry. She finds him seating on a blue chair playing with his PS Vita. As soon as he hears the click of her heels Henry looks up from his game and gets up. Regina walks towards him and suddenly brings him for a hug, which he reciprocates immediately knowing his mother needs it. The older brunette kisses his head before taking a step backwards.
"Is she okay?" he whispers.
"She will be." Regina says with all the confidence she can muster at this moment.
"Can I see her?" Henry asks and she nods.
They go back to Emma's room and when Henry sees Emma he gasps before running to the side of her bed. Regina calls out before he can launch himself on her. He turns his head slowly towards the side and Regina can see the tears on his cheek, her heart breaking a little at the sight. He rests his forehead on Emma's stomach gently and Regina can hear some mumbling. When she gets closer she can clearly hear Henry saying 'You promised' over and over again, and she hides a sob behind her hand.
Next day – 9 pm
They are seating next to Emma when the doctor comes back and removes the anesthetic from Emma's IV bag and tells them to be alert for any sign that she's waking up. When he walks out Henry pulls out a storybook from his backpack before seating next to Emma and starting to read to her. Regina watches and smiles while squeezing Emma's hand a little. She hears Henry talking about an Evil Queen that is misunderstood and her Savior 'The Swan'. She falls asleep and dreams about Emma, Henry and her having a family day. She smiles in her sleep and doesn't notice Emma squeezing her hand softly.
Two days after – 3 pm
She's getting some clothes for herself and Henry when the young boy calls her from the hospital. She almost drops the phone when she hears 'she's awake' coming from Henry's mouth. Regina ran to her car and drives to the hospital almost getting a speed ticket. She parks recklessly and sprints towards Emma's room bumping onto people and barely saying hi to the secretary that just laughs a little. When she finally reaches the room she almost laughs happily when she sees Emma sitting up and talking to Henry. She walks slowly, afraid that all of this is just a dream; towards the two people she adores the most in this world.
"Hi Emma." She says softly with a smile.
Emma looks confused and Regina frowns. "I-I'm sorry, who are you?" Emma says.
Regina literally feels her heart being ripped out of her chest when Emma says that. "Y-you don't know who I am?"
"Hum…no?" Emma says uncertain.
Regina feels her tears gather but fights them back, "What's the last thing you remember?"
Emma scrunches up her face a little before answering, "Well, Regina, babe, I remember saying goodbye to you and to Henry almost eight months ago. I remember getting to the base and telling August to put you as my emergency contact. I remember training in Afghanistan and I remember an ambush but that is a little bit blurry."
"Okay you remember your deployment so that's a good thing, I guess it will be easier to make you re…member… my… name." she says softly recalling everything Emma just told her. "Wait, did you just call me Regina? I never told you my name." she looks at Henry and sees him trying to contain his laughter, she sighs relieved and run towards Emma. She leans down to kiss her but stops an inch away from Emma's lips. "Did you just call me babe?"
"Maybe I did." Emma says with a smirk before closing the gap and kissing Regina deeply. Regina reciprocates and smiles through the kiss.
They part when the need for air is too much and Regina gently cups Emma's cheek. "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too." Emma says with a smile, leaning into her touch. "I love you Regina."
"I love you too Emma." She says smiling and kissing her again. "But don't think you will get away with your amnesia trick."
Emma laughs deeply and Regina smiles. Sitting on the side of the bed she watches as Emma and Henry talk and she just knows that everything will be okay and that everything that comes their way they will beat it. As a family
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I want to clarify that Im not a doctor and anything that is mentioned in this comes from research and my mom (she is a doctor) so if anything is wrong and/or Im disrespecting someone please tell me so I can change it, okay?