Hi, guys. Sorry for the delay, I was planning in posting it yesterday, but the internet didn't help me.
Well, I want to explain some things before you read this chapter. I like to use some scenes from the show, but my story is not following the chronology of Once Upon a Time. You are going to see that this chapter contains a lot of "Manhattan" and "The Queen is Dead." I would like to use Emma, Henry and Gold exactly as happened in the episode 2x14, but without all that crap of Henry calling Regina as "Regina" and not as "mom". And Hook is not going after Rumple in Manhattan.
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CHAPTER 28 – I WANT YOUR MAGIC
Regina began to wake up. Once she was able to focus her vision, she began to look at where she was. She did not know where she was, in fact, her mind was a blur of images. She only remembered seeing the road through the window of a car and a generous man who helped her. Helped? What happened? Then, a few small pictures began to form in her mind. No memory. Pregnant. Road. Help. Greg. Fiancée. Hospital. Water. Smile. White. Darkness.
Regina's eyes widened in horror when she realized what was happening. She tried to get up, and only then she realized that she had one of her hands cuffed to the head of the bed where she was. The room had a large window, but the curtain was limiting the room lighting.
She began to breathe heavily. She did not know why, but she was terrified of being tied, being arrested. It was as if something inside her was screaming to be freed, because the danger was near. She had to leave that place. She did not know what was happening or why she was handcuffed, but it was not a good sign. She was terrified. She pulled the handcuffs again and again. She tried as hard as she could, but the cuff was not moving. The only thing she was getting was a sore wrist.
"HELP! SOMEONE HELP ME, SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF HERE!" She started screaming.
After some yelling and many failed attempts to get rid of the handcuffs, Regina could hear footsteps walking towards the door and then immediately, the door opened.
She watched as the man who had helped her, Greg, and his girlfriend entered the room.
"I see you're awake" the woman said coldly.
"What's happening? Why am I stuck here?" Regina began asking questions, the fear was taking over her "Greg, what happened? You said... you said you would take me to the hospital, I believed you." Tears now flowed freely down her face.
Ignoring what the woman had just said, Greg just smirked at Tamara.
"So, show me your magic." Tamara said.
"What?" Regina asked confused, she was sure she had heard wrong.
"You know what I mean, your Majesty" Tamara growled and started walking toward Regina, who instinctively put her hands protectively on her belly.
"Tamara" Greg whispered to the woman "I already told you, she doesn't remember anything."
"She has to remember, she can't simply forget. She is lying." The woman whispered to him and turned her attention back to Regina.
"What do you want?" Regina asked again when she saw the woman approaching her.
Tamara approached Regina dangerously and held her chin with one of her hands, making Regina look at her.
"I know that you know very well what I'm talking about. You can show your magic and I'll not hurt you, not now, and I'll not touch your baby. But if you refuse, I promise, you will regret it" Tamara spat those words and let go of Regina's face, who was looking at her terrified and confused.
"I don't understand. I don't have magic, what are you talking about?"
"Don't play with me."
"I swear, I don't know what you're talking about." Regina cried.
"I'll give you time to think, Regina." Tamara said and soon after, the two left the room.
Soon as they left the room, Regina leaned over the bed and threw up on the floor. The smell of her own vomit came back to her making it even worse. She was not feeling fine.
It was dusk when Greg entered the room again. He was carrying a plate of food for the woman. She was looking at him and her eyes showed the disappointment she was feeling. He felt guilty for a moment, but as soon as he remembered his father, guilt was gone and anger turned to control him.
"You need to eat." he said coldly and put the plate on the table beside the bed, on the side where her arm was handcuffed.
She looked at the plate a bit suspicious. She was hungry, but there was no way for them to make her eat it. Then she laid down on the bed and turned to the other side.
Greg decided to leave the plate of food and get out of the room.
A few hours later, Tamara and Greg appeared again. Regina was asleep, but was awakened by a glass of water being thrown in her face.
Startled, she sat up quickly and focused her vision on the two people in front of her.
"I think you had enough time to think. What will it be?" Tamara asked.
"I already told you. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't have magic, it doesn't exist." Regina said.
"It's no use pretending. We know exactly who you are, we saw you using magic, Evil Queen." Tamara screamed.
"Tamara, she doesn't remember, believe me." Greg said in an attempt to calm his lover, but all he got was an angry look.
"Evil Queen?" Regina looked at them incredulously. The Evil Queen is a character and nothing more than that. Children's Stories. "You're crazy!"
"DON'T CALL ME CRAZY!" Tamara screamed. "Show us. We will take your magic from you and kill your child if you don't cooperate." she threatened and Regina's eyes widened in horror.
"Please, I don't know what you're talking about. I swear!"
"Enough of this talk. If you won't obey us, then you will deal with the consequences." the woman said and pulled from her pocket, a weird device.
"What is it?" Regina asked scared.
"If you don't want to get hurt and hurt your baby, you will give us what we're asking for, but if you don't, you will suffer. Magic is unholy."
"BUT I DON'T HAVE MAGIC! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!" Regina shouted desperately.
Before Regina had time to react, the woman approached her and leaned the small equipment against Regina's neck. She screamed when an electric current crossed her body.
Regina fell against the bed. Exasperated breath and fear really taking over her. That woman was going to hurt her, hurt her baby and even kill him because of what? Magic? She was crazy.
"So, your Majesty? What will it be? I gave you a small demonstration of what this little thing can do." Tamara said pointing to the equipment.
"I... I already told you... I don't... I don't know what you... are talking about... I swear." Regina said with difficulty. Greg was just watching everything.
Without warning, the woman approached with the taser again and another scream was heard.
"Please... Please!" Regina cried "Please, stop it. Why are you doing this? What have I done? I told you, I don't know anything. I don't have magic, please, please, you'll hurt my baby." Regina cried.
The shock session lasted the rest of the night. Regina was exhausted and terrified. She did not know if her baby was fine, she could feel him from time to time and she was so worried. The woman said things about "Evil Queen" and "magic", but Regina did not know what to do, she did not have it, she was not that. It does not exist.
The exhaustion, fear and weariness took over her when she fell asleep.
It was morning. Regina woke up with the whispers coming from the other side of the door. It didn't take too long until she recognized the voices of her captors. Despite the headache and dizziness, she was able to focus on what they were saying.
"You said she had magic, you tricked me!"
"Tamara, I told you, something happened to her, she is powerful. Everyone in the damn city is afraid of her. You've seen the videos, I sent videos of her doing magic, I didn't lie to you."
"And why is it not working?"
"I don't know, maybe it's the baby?" Greg asked confused. "I followed her for months, she was teaching a woman to do magic, but her magic began to disappear."
"But it didn't disappear, that's the problem."
"How do you know?"
"A machine that tracks magic. It beeps like crazy when it's around her. She's lying, she has magic!"
"We'll figure it out."
Soon as the man stopped speaking, Regina heard them approaching the door and soon they were in front of the bed.
"So? Have you decided to show us your magic?" Tamara asked.
Regina began to cry. She was tired of it. She had no magic, for God's sake.
"I told you, I don't have magic, please believe me." Regina said openly crying.
"You're lying!" Tamara screamed.
"I swear I'm not lying. I don't have magic, I swear!"
"You know what? Look at that!" Tamara said when she approached a device that looked like a cell. Scared, Regina looked away. "Are you listening?" The woman asked as the beeps emitted by the equipment have become a constant sound. Regina looked at the machine with her eyes wide and terrified. "It shows when I'm close to something magical and it gets crazy when I'm near you."
"I- I swear, I don't know what you're talking about." Regina said.
When Tamara was preparing to give a shock to Regina, the detector slid around Regina's hand and started beeping even stronger, gaining Tamara's attention.
"Why is it stronger?" Greg said.
"I don't know..." Tamara replied grabbing the detector and passing it near Regina's hand. Her eyes widened as she realized that it grew stronger as she approached her ring. "The ring." she pointed out "Give it to me!"
Tamara took Regina's ring and left the room. Greg was right behind her, but stopped half way and looked at the plate of food that was still there, intact.
"You have not eaten anything."
"I want nothing." she replied annoyed.
"You need to eat, Regina. Your baby needs you to eat. You don't want anything bad to happen to him, do you?" The man said, took the plate in his hand and offered it to Regina.
In a moment of rage, she threw the plate on the floor, breaking it and spreading the food all over the place.
"I ALREADY SAID I DON'T WANT ANYTHING!" She screamed.
"You know best. Starve then." He said and left the room.
Regina was left alone and crying. She sighed in relief when she felt the movements of the baby in her belly.
"It's okay, baby, it's okay." she whispered as she wept and stroked her belly.
"The ring has power? How is that possible?"
"I don't know, but it is not as powerful as she..." Tamara said as she placed the ring on her finger.
"How do you know?"
"Detector."
"What if she's telling the truth? What if she doesn't have magic?"
"So I think that the power is coming from her baby."
"You are not going to hurt the baby, Tamara." Greg said quickly.
"No." She was quick to answer "We will raise him." she whispered.
"What?" Greg asked with wide eyes. No matter what he had against Regina, he would never hurt a baby, NEVER!
"That's right. We'll hold her here until the baby is born and then we'll raise him. I don't think it will take too long, she's huge."
"And what happens to her after that?"
"We kill her."
Greg did not believe what the woman said. He was talking about a baby and his mother. My God, how far was he? He was indeed angry with the woman, and he wanted to kill her, but now his girlfriend was right in front of him talking about killing one person and she did not think twice about it.
It had been two days since Regina was locked in the room. She had not eaten anything and she only drank water because they had forced her. The night was coming. One more night. Tamara and Greg entered the room two more times since morning, but they were no longer hurting her and it was scaring her. They were offering food and water and even asked how she was feeling.
"You have not eaten anything, I said to eat." Tamara said when she brought a new plate of food.
"I'm not hungry." Regina said with low voice.
"But you will eat anyway."
"Why are you caring now? Why are you not hurting me anymore?"
A creepy smile crossed Tamara's mouth and Regina realized that her plans could not be something good. She was planning something bad.
"We don't want anything bad to happen to your baby, do we?" Tamara answered and Regina could feel the malicious tone when she spoke. A shudder crossed her spine. "Now eat." she said and held the plate to the woman sitting uncomfortably in bed.
"I DON'T WANT ANYTHING AND I WILL NOT EAT ANYTHING YOU GIVE ME!" She screamed and threw the plate against the woman, dirtying Tamara's clothes and leaving her extremely angry.
"You bitch. Is that what you want? You will starve, then. I will not bring food to you and if you want to drink water, you'll have to find a way to get it." She said as she grabbed the water bottle and put it on the corner of the table, as far away from Regina as possible. Then, she stormed out leaving Regina alone again.
"Who is this?" Neal asked confused.
"My son." Emma replied quickly turning her attention to Henry.
"What?" Neal asked incredulously.
"Is that Baelfire?" Henry asked as he stared at the stranger in front of him.
"This is my son?"
"No, my dad was a fireman. He died." Henry replied and Emma approached him. "That was what you told me. You said..."
"This is..." Neal began, still not believing in the possibility in front of him "...my son?"
Emma did not know what to do. She had lied to Henry. She approached the boy and ran her hands gently on his face.
"Yes." Emma whispered as she had the face of her son in her hands.
Henry was disappointed, he turned away from her and ran out of the apartment. Neal could hardly believe what he was hearing.
"So... you're my dad." Henry said looking at the landscape ahead.
"Yes."
"I'm Henry."
"Nice to meet you, Henry. Sorry it took so long."
"It's okay, you didn't know."
Three days passed. Emma, Henry and Mr. Gold were in Neal's apartment. They had told him why they were here and that they were also looking for Regina, the Evil Queen.
They met Tamara, Neal's fiancé. Henry and Emma were almost going crazy, they did not have any signs of Regina until now. Henry was still upset with Emma and the only time the boy was talking to her was when Regina was the subject.
"Gold, you said Neal would take us to Regina, it's been five days and nothing." Emma said irritably.
"Patience, Miss Swan. Patience."
They were eating lunch when a knock was heard. Neal opened the door and his fiancé appeared. Tamara had come to eat lunch with them and perhaps learns more about her fiancé's son.
Emma and Mr. Gold decided to leave, but when they were coming in the door, Tamara stopped them, insisting that everyone should have lunch together. Emma did not know what it was, but the woman did not seem reliable.
After eating lunch, Henry was sitting with Neal and Tamara, both were chatting when Henry's eyes noticed the ring that Tamara was wearing. He widened his eyes not believing what he was seeing.
"Henry, where are you..." Neal called when the boy got up and ran.
"It's all right, Neal. I think it is not easy for him." Tamara tried to reassure him.
Henry ran into the bedroom where Emma was, opened the door and closed it right then, desperately. After the momentary shock, Emma saw the horror in her son's eyes.
"Henry?"
"She's wearing mom's ring!" The boy whispered exalted.
"What? Who?" Emma asked in confusion.
"My dad's girlfriend, she is wearing mom's ring!" He whispered again.
"Henry." Emma began "There may be millions of rings like hers..."
"NO!" The boy yelled, scaring Emma "That ring is my mom's ring, I'm sure! She's my mom, Emma."
"Henry, we're looking for her, but you do see that we don't have even one trac-"
"THAT IS NOT ENOUGH OF A TRACE FOR YOU?" The boy screamed again. "It's okay if you don't want to believe, I'll find my mom alone!" Henry said and walked towards the door. He was determined and Emma realized that.
"Calm down." Emma grabbed the boy's arm "If we do it, we'll have to do it right."
"How so? Do you believe me?"
"I don't know Henry, but we'll figure it out, ok?" She asked and the boy nodded "We can't go in there and just confront Neal and Tamara. We will follow her, but you can't get too hopeful, Henry. It may be just a ring that looks like your mom's."
Emma did not believe in the possibility of Regina being with Tamara, but she was so desperate for answers, for news, for anything that would take her to Regina that she decided to take a chance.
After she met Henry and all of Storybrooke, she learned to never doubt anything. Fate surprised her numerous times last year. Fate surprised her with Neal and who knows if Fate will surprise her once more.
Emma and Henry left Neal and Tamara inside the apartment and stood outside waiting for the woman. Emma found herself thinking how crazy she was getting and how it would look if Tamara or Neal discover that they were following the woman. She was pulled from her thoughts by Henry warning her that the brunette was leaving the apartment.
They followed her for almost an hour. She passed on a few places that did not raise suspicions for Emma, and then, they saw her talking on the phone and after that, she completely changed her direction. After a few minutes, the woman got into a car. They tried to recognize the person who was driving the car, but only saw it was a man. They ran to the other street corner and hid behind some tables. Both eyes widened when they saw that the man driving the car was no more, no less than Greg Mendel.
"I told you!" The boy shouted to Emma as he got out of his hiding place.
"Get down here, Henry!" Emma grabbed the boy.
"She is with my mom, we need to follow her!"
"Come with me!" She screamed and grabbed the boy's hand. She pulled him into a taxi and ordered to follow the car.
A few minutes later, there they were. Greg and Tamara were talking in front of a complex of apartments while Henry and Emma watched carefully. Emma's mind was being flooded with questions. Where they met? How did they meet? Does Tamara already know about Storybrooke? Then an idea came into her mind. Is Tamara the "she" in Greg's phone? As soon as Greg took a step closer and kissed Tamara, the doubt left Emma's mind.
They made their way into the building and did not realize they were being followed. After a few flights of stairs, Emma and Henry were in front of a door that had just been closed. What if Regina is really there?
"Do you think mom's in there?"
"I don't know, Henry, but we'll find out."
"How?" The boy asked worried and hopeful at the same time.
"I still don't know."
"Neal can help!" Henry said excitedly.
"No!" Emma almost cried. "He can't know that, he will not believe us."
They returned to the apartment, the two of them were frustrated. They needed a plan as soon as possible. They worked on it and had various ideas that would be put into place the next day.
"Can you ask her to have lunch here? I think I was rude to her and I would love to know her better, after all she is my dad's girlfriend." Henry asked Neal.
"Thank you, Henry. This is very important for me." Neal thanked him and ran to call Tamara to come have lunch with them. It was not long until the woman agreed.
Plan in Action.
Emma took advantage that Henry was talking to Neal and left. As agreed, when Tamara came to lunch with them, Emma received a message saying that the "coast was clear".
Arriving in front of the building, Emma needed to know if Greg was in the apartment and if he was, she needed to find a way to get the man out. She needed to enter the apartment and look for Regina or anything that would lead her to the woman.
After thinking for a while, she could not think of anything. She had only one thought in her mind and it was her only chance, it had to work.
She took a large stone in one hand and an iron bar in another and looked at the car parked on the street. Sorry about this. And then, she threw the stone at the car, breaking the glass and began to beat it with the iron bar. She had to admit it. She did a great damage in so little time. Soon, the car alarm started ringing. She ran and called the interphone of the apartment that she knew the man was in. She waited for him to answer and pretended a voice.
"Your car... someone is breaking into your car."
She just had to wait some time and the man came flying through the door. She did not wait to see his reaction, she just ran up the stairs as fast as her legs and her breathing allowed.
Luckily for her, the door was unlocked. He should have gone so desperate that he did not bother to lock it. She came in and started looking for any sign of Regina. She even called the woman a few times, but no answer came.
Emma began searching through the rooms of the apartment. She found all the doors unlocked, but nothing led to Regina. Then there was the last door, the last chance. Emma closed her eyes as she placed her hand on the doorknob, but was surprised when she found the door locked. Her heart jumped. She ran through the house to find anything that could help her to open the door. A key, a staple, a knife, anything. She found a clip. The old habits never die. She did it, she opened the door.
She did not know if she was prepared for what she saw. She did not know if she was happy or sad. She did not know if she was relieved or had more reason to worry.
So? What you think Emma just found out? Is Regina okay? And the babies? I would love to read your opinions...
See ya, Thank all of you who are reading this.
In the next, we'll see... ah, I can't tell you ;)
Bárbara