We will be together again

Chapter 14 - Kansas

Emma and David were making a crib for the baby as Caitlynn was playing with her daughter and Mary Margaret was sitting on chair watching David and Emma.

"I've seen enemy battle plans that were easier to decode than this." David muttered as he looked at the instructions.

"Let me see." Emma looked also at the instructions. "All right, it says "take screws 'E' with washers 'D' "through bar 'C' using wrench 'F, '" which is not provided."

"Why don't you just call Marco?" Mary Margaret sighed. "He's really good at this sort of thing."

"Guys, I told you, I could use magic on the crib." Caitlynn suggested.

"No!" David and Emma chorused.

"We're fine." David added.

"Should we even be doing this?" Mary Margaret suggested. "Ever since the showdown between Regina and the Wicked Witch, we haven't seen Zelena or Gold at all. Shouldn't we be focusing on her next move?"

"We are. We just can't stop living." Emma replied to her mother.

"And this crib is a statement." David added. "We're not gonna lose another baby."

Just then, Regina walked into the room. "And, thanks to me, you won't. I'm finished."

"So? Did it work?" David looked at her. "Were you able to put up a new protection spell?"

"One that can't be undone by blood magic, which means Zelena won't be able to put her hands on that baby." Regina replied to him.

"Any idea why she would want to?" Mary Margaret looked at Regina.

"The number of spells involving baby parts would surprise you." Regina looked back to her. "That greenie is clearly one twisted witch. But as long as we're in here, we're safe."

"That's useless." Emma disagreed. "I think we need to stop playing defense and start taking the fight to her."

"I agree with Emma." Caitlynn remarked.

"Did you not see how I barely outwitted her yesterday?" Regina looked at the twins. "She has magic, powerful magic."

"Yeah, I would have beaten her if she would have used Gold." Caitlynn scoffed.

"You were blasted to ground unconscious." Mary Margaret remembered her.

"Thanks for the reminder, mom." Caitlynn sighed.

Just then, Emma spoke up. "I have magic, too. You've seen me use it. I just can't always control it." She looked at Regina. "But if we teamed up, if you taught me..."

"Now, why does this feel so familiar?" Regina told her, sarcastically.

"I'm ready this time." Emma insisted.

"Okay. But if we do this, we do this my way. This isn't drinking stale coffee at a stakeout or whatever you did as a bail bondsperson." Regina put her hand on a box. "This is a way of life. You have to fully commit to it."

"Not a problem." Emma agreed with her.

"Meet me in my vault in one hour." Regina told her as then she leaves the room.

"And no complaining. I'm doing this." Emma stood up. "It's the only way. And yes, I will be careful."

"We know." Mary Margaret sighed.

"Don't worry." David nodded. "We'll watch Henry when he gets back from the store."

"Actually I'm not sure that's the best idea." Emma looked at them.