soulmates; o.q.

Part 14

"Regina!" Snow called for the hundredth time, the former queen hundreds of steps in front to them not daring to let them catch up to her.

Regina grits her teeth together and finally turns around. "What do you want snow" she said as calmly as possibly, but her tensed up body showed the calmness as false.

"What was all that about back there? What is going on?" Snow asked with a frown, crossing her arms. Not ready to take no, again, as an answer.

"For one thing, it's none of your concern." She said, pressing her lips into a thin white line. "And second, we don't have time to talk about this. We need to get to a save place." She said and turns back to start walking again.

"And why don't we just use magic dearie?" Rumple spoke up from behind them. "It would be much easier. And I know a place no one will come looking." He said raising his arm up, waiting for permission.

Regina rolls her eyes and huffs. "As you wish" she said and crossed her arms. With one flick of the wrist they disappeared in a cloud of burgundy smoke. The smoke faded around them, emerging them in a beaten, ran down village. "And where is this at? I've never seen this village before in my life" she said looking around. Some huts, just the remains, black soot on the ground. Others half blackened and some barely standing.

"This was my home for many of many years. Before I became the Dark One. Baelfire's childhood home" Rumple said looking around at the remains of his old home. "This," he waves his arm around. "Is the aftermath of the Ogre wars. It was a disaster. Our
village got hit the hardest out of them all."

"Like I would love a history lesson, we have a spell we need to do?" Regina said with a raised eyebrow. "So let's get to it shall we?"

"And who told you that you were running the show" Emma snaps at her. "Last time you gave instructions it set us back weeks, don't you remember? And now you are hiding something from us." She said as she crossed her arms.

"Something, that is none of your business" she hisses. "How was I supposed to know she'd come. It was your idiot father and boyfriend who led her to the castle in the first place" she growls, flames bursting in her eyes as she glared at Emma.

"My dad and boyfriend are not idiots. You should've have taken us to one of her castles in the first place."

"I didn't hear any objections when I first brought it up. Now did I? No. That's what I thought." She huffs, rolling her eyes at the blonde. "Rumple let's get to work on this so we can get home." She turns her back to the blonde.

"What are you hiding from us!" Emma said and grabs her arm. Regina spun around sparks flying off her hand, zapping Emma.

"What the hell!" Emma gasps letting go. Regina glares at her.

"Do. Not. Touch. Me." She snarls. "It isn't any of your business. At. All. So drop it."

"Now Regina th-" Snow was interrupted as Regina spoke over her. She points her finger at Snow.

"No, no. Don't you dare say that isn't called for. Last I checked none of you has to know my whole life's story. And as for that" she motions to her hand. "It was an accident. So don't touch me" she said rubbing her arm and walks away with Rumple. Rumple gave her a small glance.

"It was him wasn't it?" He asked softly so no one else could hear. She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding and just slowly nods her head.

"No one is to know about that. No one." She shook her head as she kept rubbing her arm and hand.

"What's going on with your hand?" He asked sitting their things down next to a log to sit on.

"I don't know, my magic has been acting up and just out of control." She shook her head. "I don't know the reason for that" she said and looks at Rumple and frowns. "Don't look at me like that."

"I'm worried about you." He said with actual concern in his voice.

"Concerned?" She raised an eyebrow. "When have you ever been concerned for me in your life Rumple." She said as she sat down pulling the scroll out to read it again.

"You aren't like yourself, ever since what happened after the Underworld. You've never even wanted another child. Always said Henry was enough for you. Do you think this is really the right thing? You have been through a lot and we don't know what's to come either. A baby won't be good if something else comes our way." He said looking over at her and sighs. She just shakes her head.

"It's different now, with Robin. Seeing his son and Henry together. Just having a little kid in the house again" she shrugs. "I think it'd be good. And there's been babies in town when all hell has broke loose. I can do this" sue nods as she skims over the instructions on the scroll and looks back at the rest of the group, seeing them eyeing her as they talked.

"If you think so, I'll trust you on that." He said and took the instructions from her to begin the spell.