SwanQueen: A Powerful Weakness (Lesbian Stories)

Chapter 28. Regina

Chapter 28. Regina

As Zelena reentered the room, Regina slowly lifted her head and peaked up at her sister through her tangled hair. "Come to finish me off?" She muttered, no sign of fear in her voice. Zelena blinked, a sullen look upon her face. For a minute or so, nobody spoke. The two women stared threateningly at each other. "Tell me, how does it feel, to have three lovers taken away from you?" Zelena questioned. Regina felt her hatred for her sister build up even more. She licked her lips, "Well, I would tell you but you wouldn't understand", "Try me", "There's no point, you've never loved anyone but yourself, so like I said, you wouldn't understand". Zelena pursed her lips angrily and lashed out at Regina, slapping her hard across the face. Regina grinned scornfully, raising her eyebrows. "You don't have a plan, do you?" Regina stated, "You didn't expect me to be here so you have no idea what to do with me, do you?" She added tormenting her sister. Zelena's skin changed to a darker shade of green. "No I know exactly what I'm doing sis, I wasn't going to tell you but I'll let you in on the secret" Zelena crouched down and held Regina's head in her hand, stroking her pink stained cheek with her index finger. She cooed, soothing the pink mark before standing once more "While you're here, tied down like a naughty dog, I'm going to pop over to Storybrooke and murder your son" she added. Regina scowled, her eyes filling with vexation. "You lay a hand on Henry and I'll end you" she warned. Zelena chuckled, "I killed the saviour, what makes you think you'll be able to stop me killing your little brat?". Regina struggled with the chains, Zelena watched as her sister attempted to break free before once again grabbing hold of her pale face. With one swift move she slammed Regina's head into the wall, knocking her unconscious. "Now, can I trust you to wait here while I go rip out little Henry's heart?" Zelena asked Regina's still body, throwing her head back as she cackled. Her filthy hate filled laugh engulfed the room as she kept the upper hand. But suddenly her howls of laughter turned to cries of pain as her heart seemingly, by its own accord removed itself from her body. Zelena's green fingers clutched at her empty chest as her body dramatically weakened. All at once Emma appeared clear as day before her. "Threaten the life of our son again and I'll end you" Emma hissed. Zelena stared up at Emma unbalanced, with no idea how any of this was happening. "But you're dead" she crowed not believing in Emma's presence. "Um, nope, I'm alive" Emma admitted, shrugging her shoulders, admiring the witches throbbing heart in the palm of her hand. Emma tensed her fingers tightly, squeezing the heart. "No" Zelena cried out as her heart grew closer to being crushed. Emma loose go and cocked her head to the side. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't just turn this lump of coal to dust?" she asked nodding towards the blackened heart. "You're not a villain, you won't kill me" Zelena faked confidence. Emma smiled weakly. "Where is Neal?", "Who?", "My brother" Emma shouted. "He's still asleep" the witch told truthfully. "You've put him under a sleeping curse haven't you?" Emma guessed. Zelena seemed proud of herself. "Yep and dear old mommy and daddy doesn't even know they have any children do they? So how could they possibly wake him? Nobody could ever truly love a child that isn't their own". Emma squeezed the heart again and Zelena winced in pain. "You're wrong" Emma gasped at the sudden realisation that the sleeping curse could only be broken by true love's kiss. "You can love a child that isn't your own. Regina is living proof of that. She loves Henry more than anything in the world", "Maybe, but dear Snow White knows nothing of this child". "My mother's heart is filled with love, she will be able to wake Neal, I know she will" Emma fretted. "We'll see" Zelena shrugged, still holding onto her chest. Emma felt her own heartbeat change rhythm as doubt flooded her mind. She glanced away from Zelena, her gaze falling upon the window. A thought came to her head and Zelena must have worked out just what is was because at that very moment she cried out "No" extending her arm to try and snatch her heart away from Emma's grip, but she was too slow, before she knew it, Emma punched through the glass with her elbow and dropped the heart out of the window, letting it fall four stories down to the ground below. "Oops" Emma mumbled looking down at her empty hand. With that Zelena summoned her every strength (which wasn't much) and headed for the door. Emma let her go, choosing instead to tend to Regina. She crouched down on her knees next to her, "Regina?" she cooed, gently shaking her by the shoulders, "Regina! she repeated. Regina's eyes flickered open. "Emma" she gasped, looking up into the friendly green eyes above her. "You found me" she added. "I'll always find you" Emma spoke clearly. Regina pulled a face. "Sorry, couldn't help myself" Emma giggled, helping Regina sit up. Regina wrapped her arms around Emma and held her tight. "Come on we don't have much time" Emma said pulling away from her embrace.

As they made their way back through the mansion, helpfully hidden beneath the invisibility cloak, Emma and Regina let themselves into the library and pushed open the bookcase, stumbling upon David and Mary Margaret, who thankfully had obeyed Emma's orders. As they materialized from beneath the cloak, David pulled the knife away from Emma's direction the second he realised they weren't being busted by Zelena or her guards. "You did it" Mary Margaret beamed. Regina panicked as she realised she was still holding Emma's hand, she loosened her grip. "It's ok, they don't even know who we are right now" Emma told Regina. "So let's get out of here?" David suggested. "No" Emma said abruptly, "We need to find Neal first", "Who's Neal?" Mary Margaret asked. "He's your son" Emma grunted. David and Mary Margaret looked to each other confused once more. "We already told you, we don't have children" David said. Emma rolled her eyes and opened the desks lid. She pulled out the sheet of paper and the green quill. Just as she was about to put pen to paper she realised her hand was shaking so much that her writing would be unreadable. Mary Margaret took the pen from her, "What should I write?" she asked, wanting to help the blonde out. "Address it to Zelena" she explained. Mary Margaret nodded and began to write; "Zel-" she wrote. Suddenly she stiffened and appeared to fall into a trance or daydream. "Mom?" Emma gulped rushing to her mother's side, hoping to catch her if she fell. Mary Margaret suddenly returned to reality. "Emma" she whispered, "Emma I remember" she added, pulling her daughter in close. Emma teared up, confused but glad that her mother now remembered who she was. David watched baffled as his wife hugged the stranger. Regina took the pen from Mary Margaret's grip and forced it into David's hand. He looked from each of the women before touching the paper with the pen, finishing off the spelling of Zelena's name. Just as she suspected, David too stiffened and fell into a daydream before blurting out that he remembered his family. The three of them hugged as Regina watched from the side. Regina took hold of the pen and pulled it apart. A thick dark liquid filled the nib and immediately she knew what it was. "Squid ink" she announced surprised that Zelena had somehow managed to get her hands on such a rare form of magic. As David, Mary Margaret and Emma let go of one another, both parents looked around the room. "Where are we?" Mary Margaret asked not recognizing her surroundings. "Zelena's mansion" Regina spoke up. "Why?" Mary Margaret queried. "What exactly do you remember?" Emma interrupted. "Um, We woke up early, had breakfast and went for a hike. It was great I think", "You don't remember anything else?" Regina asked, glancing to Emma beforehand. "No, I don't think we went home, did we?" David agreed with his wife. "No, we definitely didn't come home" David said thinking back to the moment where his memories cut off. Regina laughed nervously, "Oh my god" she added then realising they didn't know about Neal's abduction. Emma took hold of her mother and father's hands. "Try not to get worked up ok please stay calm. He is ok" Emma started, "Neal? What's wrong with Neal?" Mary Margaret panicked. "Zelena took him, she put him under a sleeping curse but he's ok, he's ok", "No, no" Mary Margaret broke out, her hand shaking. "Where is he?" she added, she looked petrified, even worse now than she had the first time it happened. Regina stepped forward, "wait, if you're saying you didn't come home from your hike, you're not going to remember" she told. "Regina, I think i'd know if I came home to find my baby had been kidnapped. I remember everything about that day, right up until we crossed the troll bridge". Regina looked to Emma, whose jaw proceeded to drop open. "Zelena" she screamed marching from the room.