Glass

Sore loser

Emma and Hedwig shook their hands before showing which option they had chosen. Hedwig yelled triumphantly as he realized he had won. 

"Ha, ha rock beats scissors, I win" Hedwig grinned

"You won this round, you still have two to go yet" Emma reminded him, but she could tell he was beginning to feel overconfident.

They played again and this time Emma won, much to Hedwig's disappointment  

"Hey no fair you cheated" Hedwig moaned as Emma grinned, shaking her head and saying

"Looks like it's a tie" she commented and Hedwig snorted

"Not for long, I'm so gonna beat you etcetera" he said determinedly 

"If you say so" Emma shrugged, she had sussed out Hedwig's strategy now. They shook their hands again and stopped simultaneously, both of them looking down at their opponents hand, Hedwig had chosen rock just as Emma predicted and she had gone for paper, meaning that Emma had won the game.

"Hey that's not fair, can we try again etcetera?" Hedwig exclaimed.

"Sorry Hedwig but I won fair and square" Emma answered, Hedwig huffed loudly making a small pout.

"You still cheated" Hedwig muttered crossing his arms

"Could I speak to Dennis now Hedwig?" Emma asked

"I don't think I should let you etcetera" Hedwig decided

"Hedwig we had a deal" Emma warned 

"So" 

"So that means you gotta stick to the deal we made" Emma explained

"Miss Patricia told me not to" Hedwig muttered closing his eyes 

"When?" Emma asked suspiciously "Hedwig when did she say that?" She asked again feeling  the blood drain out of her face.

"Just now dear" Patricia's voice replied Emma watched in horror as Hedwig's posture was replaced with Patricia's rigid one, before Emma could do anything else the back of Patricia's hand was brought down hard on Emma's cheek.  

"Did you really think the boy would keep secrets from me foolish girl" she purred in her soft British voice as Emma involuntarily swung to the side due to the unexpected force of the slap on her face "Was it not enough that you managed to corrupt Dennis, now you would try and do the same thing to Hedwig hmm?, well you won't get away with it this time" she fumed, before standing up to her full height.

"That is not what's happening here" Emma tried to explain "Hedwig said you wouldn't let me talk to Dennis, how am I supposed to convince him to stay loyal to you and your Beast if I can't even see him?" Emma yelled resenting the slight quake in her voice which gave away her fear.

Patricia looked down at her a knowing smile emerging "My dear, Dennis answered for you, he made it quite clear he wanted no part in this anymore much to The Beast's disappointment" 

"What....what have you done to him?" Emma asked her voice trembling.

"He's asleep now dear, he put up an incredible fight, but alas even his strength cannot best that of The Beast's" Patricia responded, Emma looked at the floor in shock this couldn't be happening, they couldn't have taken Dennis away so easily she refused to believe it.

"Why...why make me go to all this trouble to ask him if you already asked him?" Emma breathed trying to keep her emotions in check.

"I wanted to see how far you were willing to go my dear, and you didn't disappoint, trying to use Hedwig against me was a very unwise move" Patricia replied with malice in her voice, before she yanked at Emma's hair making her yelp in pain as she forced her to stand up suddenly.

"We were hoping that maybe you would be useful to us, maybe even be willing to work with us in time however you have proven that you are willing to defy us at every turn" she whispered violently in Emma's ear.

"That's because what you and The Beast are doing is wrong and I'll never work with someone like that" Emma managed to spit out defiantly before Patricia yanked her hair again silencing her. 

"Hmm probably not your best answer my dear" Patricia mused before pushing Emma into the cupboards, feeling very satisfied by the groan that left her as one of her unhealed wounds hit the side at an awkward angle.

Emma rolled around so she was on her back staring up at the hateful woman who was reveling in the pain she was causing her

"What are you gonna do with me, am I to be your new victim to torment?, I've already been there recently and I'm not willing to start it again" Emma grumbled.

"No my dear, unfortunately your fate has been decided by The Beast and he has regarded you as too dangerous to be kept alive" Patricia replied softly "Usually the idea of killing one of our own would disgust me but The Beast is right about you, all you do is cause trouble and we need to put an end to that" 

"Your no better than Stevens, if you can't show mercy then how are you any better than those who hurt you?, Dennis knows that you should listen to him" Emma moaned

"Enough, your fate has been decided and that's final" Patricia said as she took a step back groaning as The Beast started taking control,the veins started rising as muscles started getting bigger, Hedwig's jacket started tearing at the seams as his body became bigger and more intimidating.

Emma got up slowly eyeing The Beast's transformation before taking a deep breath as his eyes fixed on hers, she put her hand out in front of her like she would do if comforting a scared animal before locking eyes with The Beast.

"Okay easy, Dennis I know you can hear me and if you can, I need you to fight this for me I know you can, your stronger than you think, think about Casey she needs you, please don't give up Dennis, I need you back" Emma begged, trying to reach out to Dennis, she knew it was a long shot but she had to try something.

"Dennis is gone, asleep just like Kevin" The Beast roared triumphantly "And now it is time for you to die, without you there will be no one to hold me back" He growled before lunging towards Emma. Emma's last thought was that Hedwig was a sore loser before deciding how to deal with The Beast charging towards her.