A/N: One more chapter after this

Emma and her father came through the door of the hospital, Emma going straight to the nurses' desk. "Get Dr. Whale down here now."

She was sure what she saw through Regina's eyes was the hospital. In those two seconds of vision she was sure Regina was looking at a hospital room. She knew it even though she could no longer feel the connection with her true love.

They waited by the desk, Emma pacing. Her father had tried unsuccessfully to get her to calm down. Dr. Whale came through the elevator doors and Emma ran up to him, grabbing him and slamming him into the wall. "Where is she?'

Whale looked over at Charming, "What is this about?"

After pulling Emma away from him, Charming faced Whale. "We have reason to believe Regina is here and that she is sick."

"I assure you, she is not," he said straightening his clothes from where Emma manhandled him. "Unless someone found her and brought her in without my knowledge. We can check with the nurses, but I hardly see where that gives you the right to assault me sheriff."

"I am going to do more than assault you," she said but her father kept her from getting any closer to him.

Whale walked up to the nurses' desk and asked them to do a search to make sure no one had brought Regina in. No one had.

"See," Whale said.

"Not good enough," Emma said. "I want this place searched."

"Do you have a warrant?"

"No, but I can get one."

"You know what, never mind the warrant, look around all you want, but if I find you are disturbing any of my patients I will have security throw you out."

He walked away and Emma wanted to go after him but Charming stopped her.

"What's gotten into you?" he asked.

"He's lying. She is here."

"Do you know he is lying because of your gift?"

"No. I didn't pick up that he was lying like that, but I know he is. I know what I saw."

"I believe you. But it's possible you didn't see what you think you saw, or that if she is here, Dr. Whale has nothing to do with it. Now where do you want to start?"

"Let's start upstairs. He took the elevator down and when she was a patient here, he had her in some room up there."

They went from room to room – taking forever. Emma stayed in only one room for more than the time it took to search it and that was the MRI machine room. She pulled a gurney over to it and laid down.

"What are you doing?"

She had her eyes closed and then opened them quickly and sat up a moment. "This what I saw through her eyes," she said. "Right here. She was right here. It all matches up."

"Ok, but she isn't here now and we haven't found her yet."

Emma was worried they would be too late when they did find her. She couldn't keep the thought out of her head of why Regina didn't heal herself if she was sick. She had light magic – she had used it on the kids, why didn't she use it on herself?

They continued their search but found no trace of Regina inside the hospital. No one they had asked had said they had seen her. She went to Dr. Whale's office and put her fists down on his desk leaning over it, "When I find her, and if I find out you had anything to do with this I will destroy you."

"I think it is well past time for you to leave the premises," he said.

Charming pulled her back from the desk and escorted her out. "Come on, she isn't here."

Emma punched the wall before exiting the building. She got to the car, where her mother and Henry were waiting. "Anything?" she asked them as she and Charming got in.

"Nothing out of the ordinary out here," Snow said. "An ambulance left without its lights on and Ruby and Tink followed it, but Ruby called in to say that it was merely going to the funeral home."

"Damn it," Emma said slamming her palms down on the steering wheel. "Why can't I feel her anymore?"

"Honey," Snow said. "Maybe you should tell us what this is all about."

"It's about finding Regina."

"We understand that," Charming said. "But forgive us if we feel like there is something you aren't telling us."

Emma sighed and leaned back against the head rest, closing her eyes. She concentrated again – trying to feel Regina. Nothing.

She opened her eyes back up. "Regina is my true love."

"What?" her parents said in unison. Emma looked back at Henry who had a smile on his face and she couldn't help but smile back. This time she told them the entire story.

…

Regina woke to darkness. She moved – or rather tried to but found her arms were hitting something padded only an inch or so from her. She felt it – padding, covered in something – silk maybe. She felt it several inches above her as well. There was as sound like a hiss – and she recognized it as one of those time lapse medication pumps like she had in the hospital. As sleep claimed her again, she knew it was a sedative that had been released.

…

Emma came into Granny's diner two mornings later and put a newspaper down on the counter in front of Ruby. "Tell me again about that ambulance the other night."

"Um, it was an ambulance that left the hospital. It sent to Loughman & Sons Funeral Parlor and unloaded a body there."

"Exactly, so why aren't there any obituaries in the paper?" she said opening it to inside page where obits were normally listed. "Who died? Have you heard of anyone dying?"

"No, now that you mention it I haven't."

"You don't think that was Regina's body do you?"

"No. She isn't dead. She can't be. I would know if she was dead."

"Then what are you thinking?"

"I am thinking a funeral home is the last place I would look for a missing person."

"Hold on, you can't just burst into a funeral home. Old man Loughman is a good guy. You can't go in there and accuse him of hiding Regina away."

"Watch me."

"Alright, but I am going with you."

She tore off her apron and handed it to Granny who gave her blessing for going, telling Ruby to keep an eye on Emma and not let her do anything stupid. Ruby was beginning to think that was easier said than done.

They arrived at the funeral parlor and Emma went in and immediately began opening up display coffins. Yes, Ruby thought, much easier said than done.

Loughman Sr. came out. "Can I help you ladies with something?"

"Um we were just looking at your um caskets," Ruby said as Emma finished off one row and moved to the next.

"I can show many models," he said looking at Emma strangely.

There were only two unopened ones left and she quickly opened those before joining Ruby in front of the owner. "Where are the rest of the coffins?"

"We have another showroom through that door and of course a catalog for special orders. Perhaps if you can tell what kind you are looking for I can assist."

"I am looking for one with a person inside."

"Excuse me," he said. "I am not sure what kind of place you think this is, but I assure none of our display coffins has a person in it."

"Please excuse our sheriff," Ruby said as Emma disappeared into the other showroom. Ruby blocked Loughman from following. "I saw an ambulance stop here the other night and they unloaded someone but there have been no reported deaths in the newspaper and we haven't heard of anyone dying."

"An ambulance? We don't take deliveries. My boys handle all the pick ups," he said.

"It looked like they were unloading in the back, what's back there?"

"That is where we handle the embalming and other preservation techniques."

"Do you mind if we take a look?"

"Only if you tell me what this is about."

Emma came back into the room, "Mayor Mills is missing."

"I am aware."

"We have reason to believe she might be here," Ruby said even though she felt more than a little stupid saying it.

"If she were here I am fairly certain I would know it. Believe me she isn't here."

"Would you let us look, please," Ruby said.

"This way."

He led them into the back and Ruby's senses were assaulted by the smell of the embalming solution. Loughman's two sons were back there playing cards – one sitting on top of a casket.

"Ryan how many times do I have to tell you not to sit there," Loughman said. "I don't care if it is broken or not, you don't sit on them."

"Sorry father," he said standing. "What's going on?"

"These ladies are going to take a look around."

"Why?" Ryan asked, and his brother, Tommy, whom Ruby had actually gone on a few dates with, joined him.

"I will explain later. Just let them look."

Emma started on the right side where there were metal drawers for storing bodies. Being a small town there were only five of them. They were all empty. She made her way over to the casket that Ryan was sitting on and Tommy stopped her. "Maybe we could help if you let us know what you are looking for."

Ruby immediately went on high alert and came around the other side, but Ryan stepped in front of her.

"Out of the way," Emma said staring down Tommy.

"Boys, get out of the way," Loughman said, but neither of them moved. "Ryan, Tommy, let them pass." This time he came up to them, but again neither moved. Loughman went up to the casket.

"I don't know why my sons are acting disrespectful but again I assure you that there is no way there is a body here without my knowledge. See."

He opened the casket and Emma pushed Tommy aside. "Regina!" she said coming up to the coffin where Regina lay inside.

Loughman backed away from it in shock. He looked at his sons, "What have you done?"

"Nothing," Ryan said. "She's alive."

Emma was shaking Regina trying to get her to wake up. She saw the IV in her arm and pulled it out along with the electrodes that were on her temples. Ruby unlatched the bottom of the casket and Emma picked Regina up and out of it, placing her on the embalming table.

"Regina, wake up," Emma said. "I need you to wake and open your eyes."

She shook Regina again, rougher this time but still no reaction.

Loughman grabbed Ryan, "What did you do?"

"Nothing," he said.

"Then why is the mayor in one of our coffins?" he yelled.

Tommy pulled them apart. "Lila, it was Lila. She asked Ryan to let her hide the mayor here a couple of days."

"Why would you agree to something like that?"

"She killed Lila's brother," Ryan yelled. "She killed a lot of people. Why should she get to be mayor and keep on breathing?"

Loughman looked at Emma and Ruby. "Get her to the hospital," he said to them. "I will deal with this."

Emma lifted Regina up and Ruby held the door to the outside open for her. They got to Emma's car and Ruby got in the driver's seat while Emma held Regina in the back seat.

Emma felt like déjà vu as she carried Regina into the hospital. This time she refused to leave her side however, flashing her badge at one of the nurses and letting her know she wasn't leaving. A moment later a doctor – not Whale came in – and started examining Regina.

"She has the Skiver Fever again," Emma said. "She needs that antidote that Whale was working on."

The doctor looked at her a moment and went back to examining her, but only after telling a nurse to get Whale. Emma waited against the wall. She wasn't going to let Whale touch Regina of that she was certain. They put an IV line into Regina and Emma was worried they were trying to keep her sedated, but the doctor said it was only for the pain as he explained that Regina's wrist was broken.

Whale entered and Emma went right at him, pushing him against the wall. "Your nurse Lila, where is she?"

"I don't know. She isn't due on shift until tonight," he said. "Let go of me so I can attend to Regina."

"No. That is as close you get," she said.

"Sheriff Swan, let him go," the other doctor said.

"No. He was involved in this," she said.

"Even if he was, if she has this fever again, he is the only one who knows how to deal with it."

Emma let go, but then punched him in the nose. She felt the crack of the bone as Whale cried out in pain. She grabbed a hold of him and dragged him over to the bed. "You tell this other doctor how to cure her," she said. "But you even think about touching her and I will tear your arm off."

She brought his arm behind his back and applied pressure.

"Sheriff!" the doctor said and then told the nurse to get security.

"Tell him what he needs to do know," Emma said applying pressure again. "Where is the antidote?"

Whale didn't say anything and Emma yanked his arm again, this time hard enough that she didn't stop until she heard it pop. Whale dropped to his knees from the pain and security came in. Emma pulled out her badge. "He is under arrest," she said, pulling him to his feet and cuffing him. "Now tell him where the antidote is."

"I would rather she died," he said.

Emma pushed back to the wall, slamming him against it face first. "Tell me where the antidote is."

"Never."

Emma brought her leg up and jammed her foot into the back of his knee forcing him to the ground. The two security guards grabbed her before she could do anything else. Whale tried to slip out the door, but her father was there with Ruby and grabbed him.

They all heard the sound of bone breaking and looked at Regina. She had woken up even though something had clearly snapped. Emma broke free from the guards and rushed to the table taking Regina's hand in hers.

She didn't know what to do so she leaned over and kissed her. Nothing happened. She wasn't under a curse any longer, she was just sick. She looked at Whale, "Please, tell me where the antidote is."

He stared back at her and she knew he wasn't going to say.

"Regina, come on baby wake up. Come on wake up. Wake up and tell me what I am supposed to do. Tell me how to cure you with magic. Please Regina, just open your eyes."

She started to cry. She couldn't have come this far for Regina to die now. She couldn't let it happen. She loved her too much.

Emma thought about that love and she felt her magic flow through her body and she directed it outward into Regina. She felt the magic enter Regina and move along into her blood, into her very cells and connect up with Regina's own magic. That was the moment Regina opened her eyes.

Emma started to laugh even as she was crying. She bent down and kissed Regina before the other woman could even react.

Regina tried to move but felt a sharp pain. "I think I broke a rib," she said.

Emma just smiled.