Short I know, but this is more of a filler chapter.

Chapter 3 She Is Everything

It was agreed that Regina would stay at the loft until she healed. It was smaller and much more easier to take care of her. Regina didn't even protest against the idea. In fact she didn't even say a word. It was so unlike the fiery tempered brunette that it scared the hell out of Emma. Regina wasn't herself, but then who would be after the trauma she had just been through.

"Emma," David's voice sounded through the dim hospital room. It was the early evening and once Regina had fallen asleep, Snow managed to convince Henry to go home with her in the hopes of getting him to eat and even rest. Of course he had protested, wanting to stay with his adoptive mother but Emma wouldn't have it. She didn't want him exhausting himself and she knew Regina wouldn't appreciate it if she let Henry stay here another night worrying without food or sleep. So Snow took him home and Emma stayed by Regina's side.

Emma lied in the bed beside her, holding her. It took too long to calm her enough to fall asleep after receiving the news that morning that she'll never be able to see again. Regina had said it was all the same too her anyway. Darkness followed her wherever she went whether she was awake or not. Those words broke Emma's heart in ways she didn't even think possible.

She looked up at David, blinking away the exhaustion that crept into her as she lied there with Regina. She had been falling into a light doze before he came in.

"Yeah?" she answered, her voice hoarse from spending the last few hours talking softly to Regina before she'd fallen asleep.

"All the paperwork is done. I just need you to sign a release form for her car. It's unsalvageable and since you're the sheriff and I'm just the deputy, Tillman needs your signature to release it to the junkyard," David explained. Emma was in no shape emotionally to handle the paperwork for the crash and the arrest so David had offered to take care of everything.

"He needs a signature for that?"

"Apparently," he said as he watched his daughter get up and pull the blanket higher up Regina's shoulders. She reached out, brushing the hair from Regina eyes and caressing her cheek.

"I'll be back," she whispered.

They made it to the auto shop and after signing the release forms, Tillman showed David and Emma to the wreckage that was Regina's car. Seeing the black Benz was more than just shocking to both the sheriff and the deputy. It was horrifying. The car was totaled and it was a wonder that Regina even survived at all.

"Oh my god," Emma shakily whispered as she approached the car and placed her hand on damaged metal that was once the hood.

"It's a miracle she survived," David said softly and she looked at him with watering eyes.

"This bastard isn't getting away with this," she growled, her red rimmed eyes flashing dangerously.

She stalked out of there with David following closely behind her. She drove to the station and barged into the main room where the holding cells were.

"You did this to her!" she yelled at the man responsible for nearly taking Regina's life. He stood up from his cot. "You son of a bitch!"

The guy who was the village drunk in the Enchanted Forest gave her the most shit eating grin that had ever graced upon his face. She wanted to kill him. To strangle him until he was blue and his vision went dark… Just like Regina's. He took her vision and she was never getting it back.

"Please tell me the evil bitch is dead," he laughed and she lunged at the bars but David pulled her back before she could grab his chubby neck through the bars. He was a big guy, the kind you avoided in a bar fight. His dark hair was greasy and the clothes he wore since he drove recklessly under the influence stunk like booze and vomit. He had three days' worth of stubble on his face and his dark eyes were cruel.

"Compared to her you are nothing!" Emma yelled, the anger and fear that had been pent up inside of her since she saw Regina trapped and bloody in that car finally coming out as she yelled at the grinning drunk. "She is a mother! She is our family and you nearly took her from us! She is beautiful and she is everything and you are nothing but the disgusting booze you choose to drown yourself with everyday!"

"If she's alive then what is the big deal?" he shrugged, those words seeming to have no effect on him and Emma's green eyes grew colder.

David could only look at his daughter in confusion for her word choice. He knew both she and Regina weren't exactly on the best of terms since Robin Hood left. In fact they avoided each other. Emma calling Regina "beautiful" and describing her as "everything" left him suspicious.

"She's blind because of you!" she yelled back, bringing David's thoughts back to the argument at hand. The idiot had the nerve to laugh and Emma lunged at him for a second time and David pulled her back again. She struggled in his hold, wanting to shut him up for good.

"David, let me go!" she cried and he pulled her into the integration room and slammed the door closed. He let her go and Emma violently kicked one of the chairs to the floor. She grabbed another and threw it against the wall where it loudly fell apart. She almost grabbed another but then warm strong arms wrapped around her shaking frame and she struggled for a moment before finally giving in. She sobbed as her father held her, trying to comfort her as much as he could.

"Shh it's ok. She's going to be ok now," he whispered.

"No she isn't. You saw her in there," Emma said, pulling away and wiping at her eyes. "She isn't herself. She didn't even argue when we decided she would stay at the loft."

"We'll help her," he said. "And if I know Regina she's going to bounce back. She's resilient."

"She's blind," Emma shook her head. "How could she come back from that?"

"She will," he said firmly and it amazed Emma how he could remain so hopeful over this. She sighed, her gaze on the door, no doubt thinking about the man who caused all this.

"What do we do with him?" she asked.

"Have him go to trial like any other drunk driver," David said. "The judge can decide Carter's fate."

"Carter?"

"His name. Ryan Carter. I did a background check for both Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest. He's a drunk Emma and has a history of DUI's and assaulting people."

"He's not getting away with this," she whispered her earlier statement and David followed her out of the room. She kept walking, not letting herself go back into the main room. She didn't think she'd be able to see the smug idiot again without ripping him to shreds. So instead she went back to the hospital and took up David's offer to handle Carter.

She knew something was wrong the moment she stepped off of the elevator on Regina's floor. Nurses were in and out of Regina's room and Emma instantly rushed over. She could hear Regina's fearful cries the closer she got and her heart tightened in her chest the moment she was inside. Regina was being restrained, tears streaming down her cheeks as she cried and pulled against the straps and nurses that were holding her down. Fear swirled in those dark eyes and god she was shaking. Whale was trying to sedate her and Emma saw red.

"Get away from her!" she yelled, grabbing Whale's arm and pulling him away before he could inject her with the needle.

"She's having a panic attack and I'm only trying to help her!" he yelled at the blonde who was standing between him and the woman on the hospital bed.

"She can't see and you're scaring her!" Emma shouted back and Whale took a breath, trying to control his anger and frustration.

"She's going to pull her stiches," he said more calmly this time.

"And restraining her won't?" she asked in disgust and turned towards the bed. "Get out!" she shouted at the two nurse that were holding Regina down and they quickly rushed out. "You too, leave," Emma directed at Whale, her voice dangerously low and he slowly shook his head in disbelief.

"I don't need this," he grumbled and left the room.

Now that they were alone, Emma was by Regina's side in an instant. She reached out, caressing Regina's cheek making her wince and shrink into herself. She let out a small whimper, her lips trembling.

"Shh, its ok. It's me… Emma," she said, trying to sooth her and Regina blindly searched the room.

"Emma?" she asked, shakily as she felt the restraint on her wrist being removed. Her hand was being lifted and placed on warm skin. Emma had placed her hand on her cheek so that Regina could feel it was actually her.

"You see, it's me," Emma reassured her, tracing Regina's fingers over her face. Regina sucked in a shaky breath, the tears still flowing down her cheeks as she was proven it was in fact Emma standing beside her. Emma gently set her hand down and started removing the rest of the restraints. She sighed in relief when she felt the pressure around her other wrist, her midsection, and her ankles disappear.

The bed dipped and then she could feel herself being pulled into a sitting position until strong warm arms tightly held her. Emma was sitting on the bed holding her and Regina melted into the embrace.

"What happened?" she whispered.

"I… I had a nightmare," Regina struggled to explain when her body wouldn't stop shaking. Emma only held her closer, trying to calm her. "I was in the… the car and there was blood… and then I woke up. Everything was dark and I forgot. I had forgotten for a moment that I was… and I panicked because I couldn't see and then there were hands on me. They were holding me down and Whale kept shouting at me to shut up."

"What an asshole," Emma grumbled, knowing Whale's resentment towards Regina is what caused him to snap at her. Still, it was no excuse to treat her the way he did. "We're getting you out of here first thing in the morning."

"Don't leave me ok," Regina whimpered, tightening her grip on Emma's jacket and she wondered if Regina was aware of how open her emotions were right now. She wasn't the hard cold woman who put up a mask around everyone but their son.

"I won't," Emma promised.