Regina's vault.
Regina finally stirred awake, seeing Gold standing in front of her. Her head was groggy, but she tried to get up. But she could not.
"Your hands are tied, I'm afraid. No more magic for you today." Gold smirked as she looked down at the cuffs on her wrists.
"So, now I'm your prisoner?" She scoffed at him.
"You and the Author..." Gold said as Regina looked at him, not wanting to believe him. "Well, actually, he had the good sense to join the team, whereas you... You backed the wrong one." He added as Regina scoffed.
"What about everything you said to me? You wanted me to find my happiness."
"Well, it's true. Just not at my expense. You see, the affection I have for you, well, there are limits." He shrugged, pacing around a bit.
"What happened to you?" Regina scoffed at him. "You used to fight me over custody of Dream... And now--"
"I lost everything." He scoffed before she could finish her sentence. "Just as you will if you don't do as I say. I found this in your pocket." He said, pulling a yellow Post-It note out of his jacket pocket. "Telephone number registered to a Robin of Locksley." He turned the note to show the number.
Regina stood up, hands still cuffed. "Give that back." She spat at him.
"I'm guessing you have this number because you're worried about poor Robin Hood out there in the cold, harsh world. As so you should be."
"What do you know that I don't?" Regina asked him with a clenched jaw. "What happened to Robin?" She wondered as Gold pulled out his phone.
He waved his hand, making the cuffs disappear, before placing the Post-It note and his phone in her hands. "Ask him yourself. Call." He smirked, stepping away as Regina pulled out the phone to call Robin Hood. "Robin?" She exclaimed, wanting to hear his voice more than anything.
"No, it's not Robin." Marian's voice was on the other end.
"Marian?" Regina asked with furrowed brows, but she sounded different.
"Not exactly." She chuckled to herself. "Hello, sis." It was Zelena's voice.
"No..." Regina's voice went shaky as she had to sit down again. "No, it can't be..."
"Oh, but it is."
"Zelena," Regina said with so much hatred in her voice. "But how? I saw you die." Regina continued to ask with gritted teeth.
"You thought you saw me die."
"Where's Robin?" Regina demanded to know. "This is his phone. What have you done with him?" She asked as she could not hide the shakiness in her voice.
"I haven't done anything except love and honor him... in sickness and in health, to have and to hold and all that other wifely nonsense."
"I don't understand." Regina tried not to let Zelena hear her, trying to fight back tears as they rolled down her cheeks.
"Well, you don't have to. All you need to know is that while your precious Robin thinks it's his wide-eyed wife cooking dinner for him every night, it's actually me." Zelena chuckled as Regina's eyes widened, and her heart broke. "Oh, I've got to run, sis. He'll be home soon, and I've got a meatloaf in the oven." She smirked on the other end of the phone.
"No. No." Regina glared over at Gold.
"Oh... You sound like you need a moment. Take it. I'm sure we'll see each other again very soon. Ta-ta." Zelena smirked, hanging up the phone.
"You knew." Regina glared at Gold.
"And that's why you will do everything I ask. Because one phone call from me, and your beloved dies at the hands of your sister." Gold said, looking down at the ground.
"She tried to murder your son." Regina spat at him. "At least, he's the only child you care about--"
"Zelena and I have come to an understanding. And now, you and I have an understanding as well. Regina, you are vital to my plan to turn our dear daughter, Dream, towards darkness and kill the Savior." Gold said as Regina shook her head, letting out a little chuckle.
"You made me a monster. But I won't let you do the same to my daughter!"
Gold took the phone from her as Regina looked down. "So you've made your choice, have you?" He asked her. "You're choosing your daughter over your beloved Robin Hood? A daughter who seemed to move on with her life with the one she loves instead of trying to help her mother. When we both know she is so powerful she could figure out a way to fix Marian before she left town... Is that your final answer?" He asked as Regina sighed, feeling her heart break even more.
~season 4, episode 18: "Heart of Gold"~
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