Just learning to fly

Chapter 4

When Robin and Regina entered the asylum, they were greeted by the furious screams of Zelena.
"Well, at least we won't lose her." Regina sarcastically remarked. Robin smiled, glad to see that she was feeling well enough to be making sassy comments again.
As they approached the cell where Zelena was being held, Robin leaned down and placed a soft kiss on to raven hair. With his arm around her waist, Regina mentally prepared herself for the mind games that her sister was sure to play.
When Zelena saw her, she stopped screaming and stared at her, giving her her best wicked witch smile that she could muster.
"Come here to gloat, sis?" She questioned, turning into full wicked witch mode.
Regina frowned, wondering what she could be talking about. As far as she knew, she had done nothing to Zelena recently. Except to steal Robin back, but that was just taking back what was her's.
"No, actually I only came here to make sure that you don't kill my niece, nothing more, nothing less. Though will I am here, I will not be purposefully trying to make you jealous, nor will I try to make you more comfortable.", she informed her sister, trying to be as civil as possible. She was not in the mood for a fight today and she could feel the nausea beginning to work it's way up the back of her throat.
She leaned into Robin for a moment, grateful that he was there. Robin frowned, wondering how well she was actually doing.
Zelena tilted her head to the side quizzically. "So you are not behind this?" She asked, truly confused now. She had been so sure that it would be Regina who had taken her child away from her that she had never considered another option. Who else would want to take her child away with the ability to do so?
Now Regina was confused "Behind what, exactly?" She asked of her sister, tired of beating around the bush. All she wanted to do was snuggle up in bed with Robin and fall fast asleep.
Zelena sighed. She figured she would have to explain what all of the fuss was about since that obviously knew nothing about it. "I have lost my baby." She replied, fast devoid of all emotion.
Regina felt like she had been punched in the gut. Zelena had lost her baby? That baby was supposed to be her second chance! Why did fate have to be so cruel to her! It always seemed that fate dangled her happy ending in front of her nose and when she would try to reach out and grab it, it would be torn away in the most painful way possible.
Robin pulled her into him as she sobbed, morning the loss of what she had believed was going to be a second chance at Motherhood. She already had Henry and Roland, but she had wanted another baby that she could raise with love and her new found mending heart.
Zelena looked on with interest. She had never seen her sister break down like this before. Usually, she was so busy trying to keep her walls up that she never showed any emotion that might make her seem weak. Especially in front of her enemies, which included her. So why now? Her eyes widened as a realization dawned on her. What if her child was not destroyed but merely transferred to a different person. But who was powerful enough to do that?
"I would like a request." Zelena said, eying her sister. Robin looked up from tending to Regina and saw the way that she was looking at his beloved. He angled his body so that he was in between.
"What do you want, Zelena?" He asked, completely done with her right now.
"All I want is to know whether SHE stole what was rightfully mine." As she said this she pointed an accusing finger at Regina.
Regina lifted her tear-streaked face from Robin's comforting embrace.
"And what, exactly do you think that I stole from you now?" She asked, not even trying to get rid of the slight wobble in her voice from fighting the urge to burst into tears again.
"I, dear Sis, think that you stole the one thing that I cared about anymore. You. Stole. My. Child." She said, emphasizing every word.
Regina paled and she clutched her Outlaw's shirt for support. "That is impossible and you know it. There is no one that I know of that can take an unborn child from their Mother's womb and place it in another's. Besides, I cannot have children. I made sure of that long ago." She took a deep breath, trying in vain to push down the nausea that was threatening to overcome her.
"Then get an ultrasound and prove to me that you are not pregnant with MY baby. Only then will I believe anything that you are saying." She smirked, knowing that her sister could not beat her.
Regina caved, just wanting to get this over with. She felt Robins hand rubbing soothing circles on her back letting her know that he was there for her and helping to calm her down.
"Okay" she said in a small voice.
Zelena smiled to herself as they disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke, leaving her alone with the doctors and the other patients.

They landed in the middle of the hospital. Regina marched over to the secretary, leaving behind a shocked Robin.
"When is Dr. Whale's next available appointment? It's of an urgent matter that I see him as soon as possible." She practically glared at the secretary as she said this. She hated hospitals.
"You're in luck. He is actually free right now. Just wait here while I inform him that you are here to see him." She said, practically scurrying away.
Regina sauntered back to Robin and playfully pecked him on the lips.
"Wow." Was all that he could muster.
Regina smiled, pleased with herself.
The secretary reentered the room. "Ms. Mills? Please follow me." Regina grabbed Robin's hand, forcing him to come with her. Not that he would leave her side anyways.
When they reached the examination room, Dr. Whale was already waiting for them.
"So what brings you here?" He asked pleasantly.
"I think I might be pregnant and I need an ultrasound to confirm it." Regina said, not meeting his eyes.
"Oh." He said, a little taken aback by her very unRegina forwardness.
He scurried around the room getting his equipment ready while Robin attempted to calm Regina down. She didn't know which result terrified her more.
"Okay Regina, I need to to lie down for me and pull your shirt up for me." He said, somehow making that sentence sound not at all creepy.
"This might be a little cold." He told her as he squirted the cool blue gel onto her stomach.
Regina barely heard him as her eyes were glued to the screen. Dr. Whale waved the wand over her stomach and a picture appeared on the screen. She covered her mouth to stop the sob from escaping as she took in the tiny form on the screen.
"Congratulations, Regina", Dr. Whale said, "You're pregnant."