Chapter 17: Prepare Yourselves

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{Emma's POV}
Emma, Killian, Robin and David were in the waiting room for three hours before the first doctor came out with news. Emma was asleep on Killian's shoulder, eyes still wet from crying. Robin, Killian and David sat in silence for an hour before David opened his mouth.

"So... I'm having another grandchild?" He asked rubbing his eyes and looking at Hook exhausted. Killian looked down at Emma who was sleeping and smiled ever so slightly.

"Yes... it's early, but as of now yes we are having... a baby," Killian breathed making eye contact for the first time that whole day with David. He opened his mouth to respond as Emma opened her eyes.

"Did you hear anything yet?" She asked yawning and wiping her eyes. Killian moved her hair behind her ear as the doctor came around the corner, stopping to talk to them.

"Your friend, August, will be just fine." He smiled slightly. Emma let out a breath of relief.

"And... Mary Margaret or Regina?" David asked standing. Brow furrowed, he looked as if he was going to be sick.

"Yes, we had to take out your wife's appendix. She doesn't need it to survive, but it was destroyed badly when you hit the motorcycle so we had to take it out." The doctor's smile got a little bigger. "She will need some time to heal, but she will be just fine. As for Regina..." He paused looking at them all.

"No.. no she's not.." Robin stood slowly next to David.

"I think you need to contact Mother Superior... see if she can create something to help her. I'm sorry.." the doctor said gesturing his hand towards Regina's room. Robin and Emma were fast-walking to her hospital room. Killian and David decided to stay back and take their turn later.

"Now," the doctor said blocking the door, "she will not look the same. She will have a chest tube in her side and she will not be awake. I'm just trying to make sure you prepare yourselves." Robin pushed passed him.

"I could hardly care if she looks the same or not, I just want her to be okay." Emma followed him into the hospital room. "Regina?" He asked kneeling down beside her and taking her hand. Regina didn't move. The monitor beeped moderately indicating her heart beat. Another monitor made a strange sound that supposedly kept her breathing under control.

"Robin?" She asked quietly. He looked at Emma as a tear rolled down his cheek. "I'm gonna call Mother Superior and we'll see if she has anything to help." Emma left the room and stood directly outside to call. The phone rang a couple times before Mother Superior's cheerful voice came on the other line. "I need your help." Emma said telling her the entire story.

"Well, I just may have something that may help with her, but we'll have to see. The potion takes three hours to create, but I think I can wield this kind of light magic." Emma let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you Blue, it means a lot." Emma hung up the phone and walked back into the room only to see Robin performing CPR. "Come on, Regina! Come ON!" He yelled. Emma frantically whipped her head to the monitor. The consistent beeping that had occurred before was now just an endless monotone noise. Regina had flatlined.

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