A Curse that can't be Broken

Snow

Once at the hospital Regina and Coal made their way to where Gold and the others were. Emma was in the hallway with Edith and Belle was once again at Rumple's side.

"Took you long enough." Emma remarked once they got close enough.

Regina gave a dull look to Emma before turning to Coal. "You ready?" she asked as she brushed his hair out of his eyes and fixed his shirt. Coal placed his hands up getting her to stop rather quickly. Regina felt strange and embarrassed when she realized what she was doing. "Sorry." she muttered to Coal.

Coal nodded a little as he looked at her.

She held up the bottle and one hand, "Once gold wakes... Two drops every two to three hours."

Coal huffed with a nod as he walked past her and entered into Gold's room. Belle jumped from her seat when he entered. She quickly started to ramble on about things which was muffled by the door closing behind Coal.

Emma rose a brow to Regina once Coal left. "You ok?" she asked seeing a worried look on Regina's face. Regina was quick to brush it aside with a bit of her hair. "I'm fine." she told Emma.

Emma could tell she wasn't, "You sure?" she asked.

Regina wanted to say yes, but really she was feeling conflicted. She needed someone to talk to. The more time she spent with Edith and Coal the more her world got clouded. While making the poison with Coal she noticed the difference in her since they arrived. It's one thing to have a baby and be all about it, but it was another to have two grown teens wandering about. Not to mention that they were hers.

"Maybe later." Regina told Emma. Emma nodded, feeling that she was able to help Regina out a bit. Even if it was listening about her brats.. I mean kids.

Both turned their attention to the room and gave a heavy sigh. "I should... I mean we should." Regina pointed to the room. Emma nodded as the tow made their way into the room. Edith was close behind and felt happy to be ignored for a moment. She got to witness her and her mother's best friend have a moment.

Once in the room Regina looked to Coal, "So what now?" she asked. She was curious as this was magic that she had no experience with.

Coal looked from Gold to Regina, "Now..." Coal paused as there was more to this than what he had explained. "It might take some time." That was a lie. This would take hours, maybe even days. If he recalled the stories of the Dark One, that meant there were years beyond years of memories to organize. A normal person would take about three hours... The Dark One.. probably fifteen to twenty. He also didn't calibrate for the Dark One's magic either.

Coal pulled up a chair next to Gold's bed and took a seat. He reached out and went to place a hand on Gold's forehead.

"Are you sure about this?" Regina made him pause.

Coal looked to her and gave her a smirk just as he placed a hand on Gold.

The lights in the room flickered greatly and even the floor shook a bit. But it all came to a stop when Coal's body went limp and his hand slid off of Gold.

Emma and Regina looked to one another before Regina went to Coal's side. She pulled him back so he was sitting up right in his chair.

"So, we wait?" Emma asked as she looked around the room. She looked to Edith. Edith looked up to find the others looking at her. she shrugged as she really had no idea how long it would take. "Pretty much." She looked to Coal and Gold.

Hours had gone by since Coal passed out. Regina and Emma were in the hallway on their third cup of coffee. Belle and Edith sat in the room with Gold and Coal, Edith happily talking to Belle about the food network. Both were happy to step out of that conversation.