Emma brings out a title she has yet to use, and Queenie learns there's a dangerous player in their game.
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Emma bit her lip and looked around the stairwell, not finding what she was looking for. She approached the wall of fire then winced when Regina grabbed her wrist. "You're going to leave me, aren't you?" she accused, a tinge of fear in her voice.
Oh, Emma was so tempted, but Harry didn't get his Gryffindor tendencies just from James and Lily. She shook Regina's grip off, and she jumped past the flames. She slid her wand down her sleeve and took a deep breath. "Accio fire extinguisher!" she called.
She heard a crash from nearby, and she fumbled to stick her wand in her boot so she had both hands free to catch the fire extinguisher tumbling through the air towards her. When it was in her hands, she sprayed it over the flames, extinguishing them enough to clamber to Regina and haul her to her feet. She slung one of Regina's arms around her shoulders and guided her to the front door, which she kicked open.
The flash of a camera temporarily blinded her, then two sets of hands were guiding them out of Town Hall. "Emma?" Newt asked worriedly, checking the blonde over for any injuries.
"I'm fine, Newt," Emma shook her head. "But the mayor - "
"Easy," Queenie assisted Regina to the cobblestones. "It's your ankle."
"I know it's my ankle!" Regina snapped, waving Queenie away from her. "Your sister didn't help!"
"Seriously?" Emma glared at her incredulously. "You're complaining about how I saved your life?"
Regina huffed and pointed to the approaching fire engines. "The firemen are here. It's not like we were really in danger."
"Fine," Emma rolled her eyes. "Next time, I'll just . . . I'll just . . . " She growled in annoyance. "You know what?" she folded her arms and glared at Regina. "Next time, I'll do the same thing. And the time after that, because that is what decent human beings do. That's what good people do."
Newt patted Emma on the shoulder, giving Regina a dirty look as he guided Emma away. "How are your lungs?" he asked.
Emma coughed and wrinkled her nose. "I feel like that time I helped you when that Norwegian Ridgeback lit its enclosure on fire."
Newt chuckled. "So lots of water."
"Yes," Emma nodded enthusiastically.
"She's fine!" Queenie's voice called.
Emma turned just in time for two boys to slam into her. She grunted in surprise, then she wrapped her arms around her sons. "Are you OK, Mum?" Harry looked up at her worriedly.
"We could see the smoke from the diner," Whale nodded as he joined them, the doctor's eyes looking Emma up and down. "How are you feeling?"
"She's fine," Newt assured him.
"Did you really rescue Regina?" Mary Margaret asked, eyes wide.
"She did!" Henry nodded rapidly. "The fireman said it, and Aunt Queenie saw it!"
"Well," Emma held out.
"You are a hero," Ruby gushed with a grin.
"We should see if they have a picture of the rescue," Mary Margaret suggested.
"There was a cameraman on scene," Newt provided.
Granny grinned. "We can make campaign posters."
"Oh, people would love that!" Archie nodded enthusiastically. "It's a great idea! Wait, so, I'll get the photo, and then - "
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Operation Cobra (Book Two of The Savior Fables)
Fanfiction"It was the kind of small-town with nothing to look at - unless you knew where to look. After all, it's a town no-one knows exists." In which it's time for the small, sleepy town in Nowhere, Maine to wake from its twenty-eight-year nap. When Emma Sw...
