When Regina had told Robin about her being pregnant, he had gotten really starteled and therefore given her the chance to leave before he said anything and she hadn't missed her opportunity. No, she had left as soon as she saw her chance and was now sitting in her car on her way over to the Charmings since they had all agreed to meet there before going to confront Elsa. She tried not to think about what she just had done, or was just about to do since it made her worry about her baby and it's future but it wasn't easy and she was starting to get a headache. Of course, she could just let the thoughts in, but she felt it'd be way too overwhelming to deal with at the moment. She needed to be sharp now. Strong. At least for the rest of the day. All she had to do was to look, too seem strong and completely fine for the rest of the day and then she could go home and let it all out. With a sigh of longing, Regina drove past Mr. Gold's shop and realized that she would be outside the Charming's appartement within a few minutes and she wondered if she really had the energy for this.

Killian had to admit to himself that he actually liked these mission-save-the-world-things, it felt nice to be with the good guys for once. Although he wasn't about to admit that feeling to anyone, except for Emma since she had figured it out by herself. That woman was like a special emotion detector. At first, he had thought it annoying along with everything else about her, but that was mainly since he really loved her but she didn't want him. Now that they actually were together, he fully loved and accepted her completely, even when she was yelling at him he had a hard time getting really angry. At the moment, his beloved Emma was standing in the middle of her parents livingroom making sure everyone was ready for the next showdown they were about to have. Killian stood in a corner, watching her with a tiny smile on his face, not really paying attention to the words coming out of her mouth. Eventually he had to snap out of his thoughts though, because her words were suddently directed to him.

"Killian? Are you ready?"

"Of course I am. And yes, I have been ready for the last ten minutes so please tell me we're finally leaving?"

"Yes, we're leaving now. Come on people."

Rumple had left alone in his car a few minutes before Emma along with Killian and David. No one talked during the car ride, everyone knew what they were going to do and what their part was so there was no reason to ask questions or say anything at all. Emma was a bit nervous, she always was when something like this was about to go down, but she rarely let it show and she didn't want it to show now so she kept her mouth shut. Eventually she pulled up her little yellow bug at the side of the road and stepped out of the car. It smelled like forrest out here, pine cones and moss. Even though she kept telling people she belonged in the city, she couldn't help but loving the woods in Storybrooke. It was something about them that just made her feel so... at home. Now her home was freakishly cold and inhabited by a very strange girl with a thing for ice. And a really mean attitude. It was time for this woman to go, Emma felt it and determined to defend her home she walked straight out into the forrest. After a while they could hear to voices, one of them was obviously Rumples and the other one was without doubt Elsa's. Carefully Emma hid behind a bush, not to far from the two so that she could see them and easily get there qucikly. David and Killian came up behind her and David made the sound of a certain bird that they had agreed to use to let Rumple know that they were in their position. Rumple didn't flinch at the sound, but they all knew that he had heard it, he was the dark one after all. It took a few more minutes, but after a while of sitting behind their bush, the trio saw Rumple discreatly put one of his hand behind his back, forming the sign that let them know that it was time to perform the plan and they finally started to pay real attention ot what was being said.

"So you're saying that you'll give yourself up? Just like that?"

"Just like that."

Elsa looked at Rumple as if she were trying to see if he was lying. Fortunately she didn't see the lie through and straightened out.

"Well then. Come along."

She turned around and started walking back towards the barn. Rumple stayed and before she noticed he quickly bound her with magic, causing her to turn around.

"What is this?!"

"Oh you didn't really think that I would just give myself up? Emma you can come forward now."

Quickly, Emma stood up from her hiding place with her father and boyfriend closely behind and walked up to Rumple and Elsa who had started her tries to get out.

"What now? Are you going to kill me?"

"No. But we are going to send you to a place where you can't hurt any of us, cause' believe it or not, we care about Rumple just as much as we care about anyone else around here."

"You care about him? Him? You care about Rumplestilitskin, the Dark One?"

"Yes. We do. So now it's time to say goodbye."

Elsa didn't exactly say goodbye, instead she spat on the ground in front of them, obiously aimed for Rumples feet even though she missed. With that done, Emma didn't see a reason to delay anymore, so she pulled out the wand that Mr. Gold had handed her before they left. She didn't know to who it used to belong and at the moment she didn't care either. Instead she closed her eyes, pointed the wand at Elsa and focused really hard on the place in the picture that he had also showed her and in a moment, the wand zapped out white magic and within a few seconds; Elsa was gone.

Later that evening, Emma was laying in her bed next to Killian who had just fallen asleep. She was wondering if her life would always be like this, always having some big problem to solve, a villain to face. And she wondered how she would cope with it. Then she looked at the few photos that she had put on her drawer next to the bed. One of Mary Margaret and David, one of Henry and when she heard Killian make a small snore next to her she couldn't help but to smile and once again feel that she was completely at home. This is how she knew that she would cope, knowing that just as threats would always be knocking on her doorstep, her family would always be there to have her back.