"So let me get this straight a killer is on the loose in Hyperion Heights killing witches and how this killer get them is by leaving behind Red Chocolate boxes for them." Regina said with confusion.
"Yes." Weaver said. " However I think your boyfriend is behind this and I need you to find out what he is doing with his dark magic.
" You can't be serious." Regina said as she handed the pictures back to Weaver. Regina didn't want to believe that Samedi wouldn't go this far to the Dark one's Dagger. However she knew how much he wanted answers to find his missing mother.
" Regina I'm asking nicely." Weaver said trying to persuaded her to go along with his plan. He need to find out where Samedi was hiding the extra magic and the only way he could was through Regina.
" No. I don't want any part in this mission you have created. I will help find out were Gothel is hiding with her minions but apart from that I will do nothing else." Regina said. " Now if you don't mind I'm tired and you've overstayed your welcome. Please see yourself out detective."
"Regina all I'm asking you is to ask your boyfriend about the murders." Weaver said but Regina didn't change her mind.
" I said no Weaver." Walking towards the door Regina swiftly opened it. Weaver only shook his head as he walked towards the exit. He couldn't stand her Stubbornness about this. If Regina wouldn't take his word on this then he had to go about this in a different way.
" Fine, I will take matter into my own hands." Weaver said as he made his way out of the bar.
Closing the door behind the detective Regina was completely at a lost. What Weaver had said about Samedi really did bother her. She didn't want to believe he would be involved with the murders of the coven of the Eight witches but deep down she knew Samedi. Deep down she knew how vile he could be. She didn't wanted to think such harsh things about the man she loved but he had made his decision. She Knew he wouldn't stop until Weaver told him what he wanted. The whereabouts of his mother.
She wanted to help Samedi find peace. Getting information from Weaver wouldn't be easy but Henry came first. She had to save her family from the curse. To find a way to save Henry from dying once the curse was lifted. Sighing to herself made her way up to bed after all she had a busy day ahead of her.
12 o'clock had finally came around and Samedi still hadn't been able to get his mind straight. He had barely slept and it was clear to colleagues that he was in no foul mood. Samedi tried to distracted himself with extra paperwork but as the minutes ticked by the more his mind would drift to the woman he loved. His relationship with Regina was over and it made his heart sink.
Rubbing his forehead in frustration the extra paperwork wasn't helping. Time was moving too slowly for Samedi. All he wanted to do was rush down to the bar and win his love back but something was stopping him. He knew what she had said last night was true. He understood that her son came first but being away from her would be hard for him to do.
Once the curse was lifted who knew how much time he had to get what he wanted from the dark one. He had to get the dark one when he was weak, when he was nothing but a mortal man. Leaving his desk Samedi poured himself a glass of whiskey as he continued to ponder on what to do next. If he wanted to get Regina back he had to complete his plans to destroy the dark one first.
" Sorry to bother you Mr Samedi but Detective Weaver is at the front desk. He said he needed to speak to you." Monique said.
Swifty downing his drink of whiskey, Samedi nodded towards his Secretary. " Yes send him up for me Monique."
It didn't take long before the dark one or Weaver in this realm was standing in his office with a stern look on his face which only brought him to smile. " So detective Weaver what can I do for you?"
"You and me need to talk." Weaver said as he folded his arms. Just being in the same room as the Shadow-man made Weaver's blood boil. The man was up something he just knew it but first he had to play it safe. He didn't want to give away to Samedi he was worried about the safety of his dagger. For the last couple of weeks three murders have been report to the police station."
Samedi only looked confused. " And what has this got to do with me?"
Pulling out the images of the victims Weaver held up the images to Samedi. Do these women look familiar to you?"
"No." Samedi said with a stern face which irritated Weaver.
" Are you sure. What about the tattoos on the women's wrists." Weaver said but once again Samedi claimed he knew nothing.
"You're lying!"
"All means Detective check my office I'll sure you I have nothing link to this case." Samedi said as he gestured towards his office.
" I know I wouldn't find any evidence here, your smarter than that." Weaver said as he put away the images. " I know your after my Dagger Shadow-man and in order to do such a thing you need Coven of the eight out of the way."
"I didn't kill does woman!" Tired of his games Weaver pulled out his gun. Pointing towards the Samedi's chest Weaver looked deep into his eyes with complete fury.
" Enough games."
Samedi only laughed. " What are you going to do Dark one...kill me? If you pull that trigger you wouldn't get back to your darling little wife on the other side."
Second guessing himself Weaver put his gun away. " I will stop you and your little plan. You will never get your hands on my Dagger."
Samedi moved closer to weaver with a stern face. " You will pay for what you did to me Dark one and the next time you threaten me I will not hesitate to end you on the spot." Before Weaver could reply Samedi rose his hand and magiced him out of his office. Standing by his car Weaver knew for sure Samedi was behind this. Samedi's magic was awake and working will. Meaning he could cover his tracks with magic.
Weaver knew finding evidence to put away Samedi would be hard. He just hoped he still had some time left.
Alone in her bar Regina's night shift had come to an end. Cleaning up the bar after a hard day of work was the last thing Regina wanted to do. She hadn't had a lot of time to start on the cure for Henry which frustrated her to no end. Zelena had helped a little with taking over some of her shifts during the day but even then that wasn't enough time to focus. Especially when her thoughts would drift to Gothel and her coven of witches. It was difficult not to think of anything bad happening to Henry. She worried if she didn't find a way to save him she would of truly have lost everything.
A lot of people were counting on her including her precious Granddaughter Lucy. However pushing her worries to one side, Regina had to stay positive and focused.
Making sure everything was locked up and put away Regina finally made her way down to the basement. However before Regina could get started she noticed something was off. The basement door; that was always locked was wide open. Regina remembered she locked the door in morning and Zelena hadn't be down in the basement all day.
Walking into the dusty room where she had set up her stuff for the potion early that day. Scoping the room Regina noticed a bright red heart shaped box on a shelf. Slightly confused why a box like this was down in her basement. Opening the box she noticed it was filled with chocolate goods. Regina's blood ran cold as she remembered the conversation she had with Weaver.
No this can't be? Regina said as she checked her surrounding once again. Zelena had left an hour ago with Robin for a mother and daughter date so the only person here was her. Feeling uneasy Regina quickly rushed back to the main floor to get her hidden weapon behind the bar. However before she could Regina was met with a strange man in a clown mask sitting by the bar.
Frozen in place Regina didn't know what to do. She had no magic and the only weapon she had to defend herself was a bat behind the bar.
" Nice to see you your majesty." The man said as helped himself to a drink. As the man took the mask off his face, Regina thought he looked familiar.
"Who the hell are you?" The man laughed at Regina's question.
"You don't know who I am!" The man said after he took a final sip from his glass. " Well let me introduce myself your highness. The name is Jack but in this realm I go by Nick. Nick Benson. However I'm well known as the witch killer." He said with a chilling grin.
"Wait your the witch killer." Regina said as she crossed her arms. Clearly not impressed with the man in front of her. He nothing what Regina thought the witch killer would look like.
"I'm also very close friends with Henry Mills. You know him right." Nick said as he watched Regina's smile disappear.
Regina felt a slight wave of fear rush through her veins. It was all coming back to her now. She remembered the man was with Henry during Tiana's resistance.
"If you do everything I say I won't harm your precious son."
" What do you want Nick."
" I want you to tell me where the Wicked Witch. I know she works here and I so know you two are pretty close."
" I don't know where she is she left hours ago." Regina said. Whatever problem Nick had with Zelena Regina wouldn't sell her sister out like that but she had to think fast. the only exit out of the bar was locked and required some time to undo it.
Nick shook his head in disappointment. " I thought if I threaten your son's life you would tell me the truth but I guess you don't care for Henry."
" Don't you dare lay a finger one on my son!"
" Or what Your Majesty." Nick chuckled to himself. "Henry would be better off without you know that. You and the wicked witch are nothing but evil woman who rob people of their happiness."
" I'm not the Evil Queen anymore, That woman is long go." Regina said.
Finishing his drink and getting off his stall, Nick narrowed his eyes. "Your kind only cause problems for the rest of non magic folk. Magic always makes things worse and it's about time people like you finally pay." Nick said as he pull out his Knife " Don't worry your majesty, this won't hard to much."
Enjoying the fresh late night breeze as she walked back to the bar, Zelena was finally happy everything between her and her Daughter was okay. It was nice she could talk to her daughter without it ending in an argument.
Arriving at the bar Zelena was excited to tell Regina how everything went. Pulling out her keys to open the front door to the bar Zelena realised something was wrong. Everything was too quiet and Regina was normally up at around this time. Walking up to the bar Zelena placed her bag on the counter when she suddenly noticed a trail of blood on the floor that lead towards the basement.
What the hell happen here? Zelena thought as she followed the trail to the basement. Slowly making her way to the basement Zelena called out for her sister but when no reply was heard, Zelena began to feel anxious. " Regina?! Are down there?" Zelena said as she walked down the stairs to the basement. When no answer was heard again Zelena opened the basement door only for her to freeze with terror.
Everything in Zelena's body turned cold at the sight of her wounded sister tied up on a chair unconscious. "REGINA!" Zelena shouted as she Dashed to Regina's side. Zelena tried to untie her sister from the chair but stop when she heard footsteps coming from behind her.
Swiftly turning around to confront the intruder who would dare hurt her family Zelena was once again shocked. "Hansel!?" Looking the man up and down in disbelief Zelena almost didn't recognise him. After all he was a young boy when she met him.
" So you do recognise me after so many years." Nick said with grin on his face. " Your just the witch I wanted to see."
" So Nick who is Jack but also Hansel, is also the Witch killer. How many identities do you have? " Zelena said walking closer to Nick with an intimidating look.
" I have waited for this moment for so long and now it finally time for you to pay for what you've done." Reaching into his leather coat Nick pulled out a Knife. " And when i'm done with you the Evil Queen is next."
Not sure how to protect herself and Regina without getting hurt, Zelena decided to reason with the man. Holding up her hands in defence Zelena tried to calm situation down. " Stop! Okay your issues are with me, Regina has nothing to do with this. Let her go and you can do whatever you want with me. "
Nick only laughed as he knew the wicked witch was nothing without her precious magic. Pointing the knife towards Zelena Nick moved closer to the two witches. " No witch is innocent. You manipulated my father and you ruined my Sister Gretel's future, you made her just like you. You took everything I loved and destroyed it."
" It wasn't my fault your sister made that decision to become a witch and it's not your fault. You can't go around killing every person because of my mistakes." Zelena said as she tried to make Nick understand but it didn't work.
" You know what your right, maybe I should just kill you." Thrusting his knife forward Zelena quickly dodged him and swiftly knocked the knife from his hands. Shoving Nick into a pile of mental cans he Stumbled to the floor. Picking up the knife that had fallen to the floor Zelena quickly placed the knife towards Nick's neck. Pinning him to the floor Zelena wickedly smiled at the man.
" I don't want to hurt you."
"Yes you do." Nick said as he tried to wiggle out of Zelena grip. " Go one first what you've started WITCH!" Zelena's grin disappeared as she realised that Nick was right. She wanted to hurt the man in front her. She had changed she was no longer the wicked witch. She was done hurting people for personal gain.
" No, I'm that person anymore...I've changed." Zelena said removing the Knife from Nick's neck. Using the knife Zelena unhesitatingly knocked Nick unconscious. " Well more or less."
Moving away from the unconscious Nick on the floor Zelena went back to Regina who was slowly waking up. " Regina are you okay?" Regina could barely respond when she fell back into a deep sleep. Noticing the cuts and bruises all across Regina's body Zelena could tell her sister would need medical attention. Pulling out her phone from her back pocket Zelena dial for ambulance and police.
Knowing that the help was on the way Zelena finally untie Regina from the chair. Holding her sister upright as Regina was too weak to do so, terrible thoughts filled Zelena's imagination. God only knew what happen if she didn't come home. She knew her sister was a strong woman who would never back down especially for her family. However her mind was clouded with horrible scenarios of Regina and Nick alone down here. Taking a deep breath Zelena only prayed for help to come quickly.
Still in a foul mood from earlier Samedi entered his apartment with only thing on his mind. Sleep. Tried from his work and mentally drained from stress Samedi wanted nothing more than to retire to his warm bed but not without couple class of red wine. He needed to numb his mind from his constant thoughts of his love. He knew Regina need space and less drama but his heart only cried out for her.
He missed her smile, her laughter and how her eyes would sparkled every time she saw him. He even missed the way she bite her lips when she was feeling cheeky or in a playful mood. She was everything to him but he couldn't help but feel like he had put his plans for the Dark on first . Regina was a different woman from when he first met her and he knew that. She was no longer on the dark path of revenge. She had changed for the better for the people she loved. Samedi wanted to do the same but he finding his mother wasn't not an option he had to find her. After all he was close. The witch killer would surely get rid of his competition for the Dark one Dagger and everything would finally fall into place.
Reaching into his pocket Samedi pulled his phone. Going through his contacts he came across Regina's number. He wanted to call her so badly, just to hear her soft voice again but he knew he couldn't. He had give his Queen her space so she could focus.
He wanted a life with Regina and he hoped that once all of this was over he could make that wish come true. Of course he still had the matter of Tiffany and he knew she would always be an issue but his son Kaleb loved Regina. He loved how loving she was to him. Softly smiling at the memory of his son and Regina together when they where at the park made his heart swell with love. Getting his glass wine Samedi settle down on the couch to watch a bit of tv when the headline news caught his attention.
'Hyperion Killer caught in breaking into Roni's' Samedi Readed as he listened to the rest of details of the news story. The Witch killer had been caught but worse of all he had broken into his love's bar. Million of thoughts were rushing through his mind. He knew Nick had issues with the wicked witch but he had told him to hunt down the Gothel's coven, so what on earth was he doing in Regina's bar. However everything changed when Samedi heard that only one person was hurt during the incident and was sent to hospital. He had a horrible feeling that something wasn't right. He had to know if Regina was okay. He would deal with Nick later but Right now Regina was the only person he needed to know was okay.
Turning off his tv and grabbing his coat Samedi made his way to the hospital. He couldn't bare to know because if she was hurt it would be all his fault. How could he be so careless to trust such a wild card to do his dirty work. Samedi thought but getting into his car Samedi Wasted no time making his way to the hospital. He would deal with Nick later but Right now Regina was the only person he needed to know was okay.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter :-) x