Beautiful Lily

The hydra

Regina hung up the phone with Emma and strode over to the building where she saw the lurking deity. As soon as she thought she was alone, she saw Robin Hood out of the corner of her eye striding closely beside her.

"What are you doing?" she asked him nervously.

"I should be asking you the same thing," he said defiantly.

"This could be dangerous."

"I love danger."

"I'm serious. There's a lot of magic at play here and you could get hurt. I don't want to be responsible for your injuries."

"And how do you think Henry will feel when I have to explain to him that his mother injured herself because she went up to face a deity by herself?"

"You can say that his mother was trying to do what she thought was best for him and this town."

"Now look who's starting to sound like a hero."

Regina shrugged off Robin's comment by rolling her eyes. He could see through her rough exterior that she meant well by her intentions. "Hercules mentioned that it had been Hades creating these monsters to destroy him."

"Yeah?" Robin asked, curious to find out Regina's plan. As both she and Robin approached the suspect building, she waved her hands over the locks and the door sprung open for them.

"Well, I think I saw him loitering at the top of this building," she said, holding the door open for him as they entered the darkened building together.

"And what do you intend to say or do when you confront Hades?" Robin inquired as they ascended the emergency stairway up to the rooftop.

"Confront him, convince him to take his monsters back and leave Storybrooke."

"How?"

"I... haven't exactly figured that part out yet."

Robin and Regina reached the top of the building and pushed open the emergency door giving them access to the flat rooftop. Regina and Robin stepped out into the clearing to discover nobody in sight. She looked up into the distance and could see the monster perfectly. As Elsa created her ice wall to protect the town, Hercules sliced and slashed at the monster directing its attention away from Elsa.

"You guys came just in time to see the show!" said Hades from behind Robin and Regina. The delighted deity sat in a throne he had set up for himself, snacking on hideous worms as he watched. "There's plenty of space up here, and I'm telling you... these are the best seats in the house."

"How did you get into Storybrooke?" Regina asked.

"And why are you here?" added Robin.

"Fair questions. You know," Hades said pointing a sickly-looking worm at Regina before slurping it whole, "you should probably talk to your son more."

"What does my son have to do with all of this?" Regina asked alarmed.

"Well, thanks to Henry, his belief in me gave me enough juice to cross realms on my own. You really brought him up to be a stout believer. Well done! Anyways, I am here because Wonderful Hercules is here. It turns out, no matter where he goes he's still prophesized to ruin my plans to take Mount Olympus."

"What do you want from Storybrooke?" Robin asked braving the next question.

"Look children, I couldn't care less about this place. I just want Hercules out of the equation. Now if you could step aside, you're kind of standing in the way of the performance."

"I don't know who the hell you think you are, but I want you to take your monster and leave this place immediately."

"Aww, c'mon. Really? The game hasn't even begun yet."