I am so sorry that I have taken so long to get this chapter up to you! I know excuses excuses but I have been incredibly busy recently. I have been on holiday, down to England to see family friends and then they came up to Scotland to celebrate my birthday and have been doing things practically every day so have had zero time to write anything. But I have managed to catch up slightly and so here we have a chapter. I am going to try and sort out a regular updating system so that I can get a chapter up every week so I will try figure that out! Anyway I will stop with the chat and let you read. Let me know what you think! :-)
Two days had passed and Regina had spent the whole time hiding in her vault. She had tried her hardest to process all the dark feelings that were beginning to cloud her mind but she was finding it harder and harder. The longer she spent down in her vault all by herself the more the darkness seemed to take over her.
Her thoughts were beginning to take over her. The more she thought about everything the more darker her thoughts turned. She thought about Robin and Roland and Henry and tried to hang onto her love for them but she was beginning to lose it all. The more time she spent alone the more time she had to think about Zelena and what she had done to herself and Robin. The fact her sister was pregnant with Robin's child, it killed her inside, especially since she knew she couldn't give Robin a child.
Her anger at her sister was rising every minute she spent alone in her mind. The darkness was taking advantage of her anger that was hiding deep down inside. She was now pacing up and down the room, running her fingers through her hair.
You know you want revenge Regina. Take revenge on your sister. You know you want to.
Regina shook her head as if trying to rid herself of the darkness in her head. "No no no!" She murmured to herself as she leaned against the wall. "I don't want revenge! I don't!"
You do want revenge Regina. Think about how good it would feel to have your revenge. To have the power and strength again.
Her hands were in her hair again and she grabbed on tight, closing her eyes and trying to force out the thoughts in her head. "NO!" She shouted, her hands flying from her hair and hitting the wall.
Give into it Regina. Your sister deserves your revenge. You know she does.
The idea of taking revenge out on Zelena, something years ago she wouldn't have had to think twice about, was beginning to work its way into mind. Revenge on her sister…maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing? Maybe people would understand her revenge.
No! No, she needed to stop letting this darkness take over her. She turned around, rested her fore head against the wall and fisted her hands. Her hands started punching the wall as if taking everything out on the wall would help to rid her of the dark thoughts in her mind. She hit and hit and hit and let out a scream, taking out all her frustration but the dark thoughts seemed to get louder and louder echoing in her mind, booming in her mind, taking her over and this time she wasn't sure if there was anything she could do to push the darkness away from her. No amount of love was going to help her dark thoughts at this moment in time.
TAKE REVENGE REGINA! DO IT! YOUR SISTETR DESERVES IT! SHE TOOK YOUR SECOND CHANCE AND MADE EVERYTHING HARDER! JUST LET THE POWER AND REVENGE TAKE OVER YOU REGINA. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. JUST DO IT!
It repeated over and over again. echoing in her mind and she stopped punching the wall and pushed herself away from the wall. She looked down at her hands, cuts, bruises and blood all over them from punching the wall but she didn't seem to care right now. No all she cared about was the revenge she needed to take out on her sister. The darkness was right. She needed to take revenge. Her sister deserved it. She took what was hers. She ruined everything.
A smirk made its way onto Regina's face and she waved her hand over her body, changing her appearance dramatically. She walked over to the mirror and an evil smile appeared. She was dressed in a long tight leather dress and held to her figure perfectly. Her shoes were black high heels with silver spikes all over them and her hair was up in an up do. "Well hello again my queen." Regina purred and her evil smile stayed firmly in place on her face.
Henry, Emma, Robin and the Charmings had been sat in the library for hours searching for ways to help Regina but had yet to find anything. Henry groaned in frustration and slammed the book shut and then threw it across the room. It hit the fall with a thud and then fell to the ground. Everyone looked up and looked at Henry in surprise. They had never seen him act this way but Emma noted it was something Regina would do if she was frustrated about something. In fact it is something Regina has done.
"Henry…" Emma started but Henry interrupted her.
"Why can't we find anything?! How hard can it be to just find something?!" He asked and thump his fist on the table.
"Henry we will find something soon. I promise you. We just need a little time that's all." Emma said softly and placed a hand on top of Henry's.
"We don't have time thought! I don't want mom to fall into the darkness. She can't! She has worked too hard for it all to fall apart again." Henry said worry showing in his tone and on his face.
"And if she does fall into the darkness Henry we will all be right there to help her out of it again." Robin added in. "We won't let her go dark again."
"What if we are too late? What if it consumes her and she can't come back?"
"We will find a way. We always do." Emma replies.
It was then that the doors to the library flew open and Hook ran in, looking worried and more than a little scared. "I hate to say this love but the Evil Queen is back." Hook huffed out trying to catch his breath.
"What?!" They all said at once as they stood up from their seats. "Where is she?" Emma asked as she stepped towards Hook.
"Heading towards the hospital. I have a feeling she might be out to get the witch." Hook said.
"Shit! Okay…" Emma said running her fingers through her hair.
"We need to go to her Emma. We can't let her take revenge on Zelena. We can't let her. If she does we will truly loose her." Henry said.
"We won't Henry." Robin said placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Okay so what is our plan?" David asked. "I don't think we can just barge in. If she has gone back to the Evil Queen barging in will just get us hurt…or worse…"
"We need to make her remember the people who love her. Love hurts the darkness. It stops it." Henry said. "I got her this." He said as he went over to his back pack. He opened it and pulled out a box. He opened it and brought out a gold locket on a gold chain. He opened the locket it and showed it to them. The locket was in the shape of a heart and held pictures of Regina and Henry and Regina, Robin and Roland. "If we show her this it will make her remember the true love she feels and will hopefully stop the darkness taking over her."
"You really think it will work?" Mary-Margaret asked.
Emma shrugged. "Worth a try I guess. Now it's just a question of approaching her. We need to be careful."
"Well we better go now before she does something she will regret." Robin said and they all quickly left the library.
Regina burst into the hospital and walked through as if she owned the place. She loved the fear in everyone's faces and silently dared anyone to come up and try to stop her but no one did. She made her way down into the basement of the hospital and towards where Zelena was being held.
"Madam Mayor…" A nurse said but stopped as she saw what Regina was wearing and the look on her face.
"Leave." Regina ordered and the nurse decided not to fight back and did just as she ordered and left. Regina turned to the door of Zelena's room and waved her hand to open it but frowned as the door didn't open. It was then that she remembered it was her and Emma's magic they used to seal it. She rolled her eyes and knew she was going to have to use all the strength she had to break the magic seal down. so she took a deep breath and summoned all her magic and shot it out towards the door.
Henry, Emma, Robin and the Charmings rushed into the hospital. They looked around them but so no destruction and frowned. "Have we beat her here?" Henry asked in confusion.
"No you haven't beat her." Whale said. "She is here."
"But everything and everyone is still standing." Emma said.
Whale nodded her head. "She wasn't interested in any of us. As long as we stood back and left her to do what she wanted we were fine."
"She only has one place and one person in mind." Mary-Margaret said.
"Zelena." David confirmed.
"Okay let's go." Emma said and they all headed towards the basement of the hospital. As they reached the bottom of the stairs they ran over to the room where Zelena was being held and saw Regina was definitely already in there.
Regina had Zelena held up by her magic, Zelena was grabbing at an invisible force that seemed to be around her neck and Regina was laughing.
"Regina stop!" Emma said.
Regina looked over to them and they all saw a blackness to her eyes. "I will have my revenge."
"No Regina you don't want this. Not really. Don't give into the darkness." Emma said stepping into the room and slowly stepping towards Regina.
"Why would I listen to you?!" and with then Regina flicked her hand and Emma flew through the air and hit the wall.
"Ow! Okay someone else's turn." Emma groaned as she pushed herself up from the floor.
Robin was just about to step forward but Henry stopped him and shook his head. "She'll throw you too. I have a feeling deep down, no matter how dark she is she won't hurt me." Henry said.
Robin stared down at Henry for a minute and then looked up at Regina. He tried to think if he had that amount of darkness in him would he be the same with Roland and he knew he would. No matter how dark he'd never hurt Roland. So he nodded his head. Stepped back again and let Henry walk into the room.
"Mom…" Henry said and Regina looked over at him.
"Henry…" She said and Henry saw a little of the darkness leave her eyes. "Help me…" He heard her whisper it was low enough that he was sure no one else but him heard it.
"Mom this isn't you. You know it isn't. Don't let this darkness take over you. Don't let it tell you revenge is the answer. You know it's not." Henry said as he slowly walked over to Regina.
"She deserves it." Regina growled out.
"She may have done horrible things mom but you can't take revenge like this mom. Please don't destroy all your hard work. You aren't this person any more. You're not the Evil Queen." Henry said. He then took the locket out his pocket and took the last couple of steps to be at Regina's side and as he looked up he could see tears beginning to fall. "You're not this person mom." He said and placed his hand in hers. He felt Regina grab onto his hand and he let the locket fall into her hand and slowly pulled his hand out of hers.
Regina looked down at the locket and frowned. "What is this?" She asked.
"Look at it. It's your family, the people that love you and the people you love." Henry said.
Regina opened the locket and gasped as she saw the pictures in the locket and fresh tears pooled in her eyes and fell down her cheeks. She felt love building up inside her, her heart feeling as if it was working one hundred times harder. She gasped and let go of her hold of Zelena and her knees buckled and she fell to the floor and began to sob as the darkness slowly left her eyes and went back into her head and quietened. Henry knelt down beside Regina and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Mom…"
"Henry…" She sobbed and Henry wrapped his arms around his mother and let her sob into his shoulder. She held onto him tightly. They sat there for a while and everyone stood back and left them. Zelena too scared to even make a move to do anything and everyone knowing Regina would need some space.
After a while everything seemed to be quiet and Robin slowly walked over to Henry and Regina and crouched down beside them. Henry looked up at him, his mother still in his arms. "I think she might be asleep." Henry whispered.
"Why don't we get her home?" Robin suggested and Henry nodded his head. He gently shuffled over and let Robin take Regina in his arms. He put an arm around Regina's back and then under Regina's legs and lifted her up. She moved a little and cuddled into Robin and he couldn't help his smile. He had missed her. Her arm fell slightly and the locket fell out of her hand.
Henry picked it up. "Wait a minute." He said and he placed the locket around her neck and clasped it. "I hope it helps her to contain the darkness."
"I think it will Henry. You done brilliantly to help her." Robin praised. "Come on let's get her home."
