Regina found herself being dumped out of her burlap prison and onto the ground. She quickly stood up and spun around to face her kidnappers. Yang And Ruby stood side by side, inching closer and closer together, bracing for the impact of Regina's rage.
"Oh boy... she looks mad..." Ruby said as she hid behind her sister, Her face was bright red and her eyes flashed murder. She took in a deep breath and raised a finger, prepared to start yelling when she realized then Henry was standing next to the girls.
"Henry?"
"Hi Mom." He smiled sheepishly and waved.
"What are you doing here? These girls are dangerous!"
"No we aren't!" Henry, Ruby, and Yang cried out in unison. Regina raised an eyebrow skeptically.
"We? Henry do you to tell me tat you had a part in my kidnapping?"
"Maybe?" he answered in the way that only 10 year olds could. Regina sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Can someone please explain to me what is going on here?" Henry looked at Ruby and Yang before stepping forward from the line they had formed.
"You guys might want to start running now, you're going to want to be as far away from her as possible once I tell her." Ruby and Yang started to slowly back away, heading for the door.
"Henry, please, stop exaggerating and just tell me already." They stopped at looked Henry, who then nodded for them to leave. They waved their goodbyes and didn't quite run out the door; it was more of a speed walk that had potential to catch the run on fire.
"Alright..." Regina put her hands on her hips and looked at her son, tapping her foot impatiently. Henry took a deep breath and started talking. Ruby and Yang were walking down the sidewalk toward Granny's about twenty minutes later when they heard a shriek loud enough to hurt their ears.
"You what?" Regina's scream could be heard across town; birds flew from their trees, groundhogs ducked for cover beneath the dirt, and dogs all over town began to howl.
"We're dead... run!" Yang exclaimed as the sisters started running down the street. They ran to the sheriff's station, only to find that no one was there.
"Locked? But we're gonna die!"
"OK, let's think. You go ask that guy over there and I ask this guy by that post." Yang pointed as they split to find answers. Yang had just approached the stranger when she heard Ruby shouting from a few yards away.
"Yang! Come on! I know where to find everyone!"
"Go Little Sis!" Yang yelled as she started to take off after Ruby, who was obviously waiting for her. They got to the Charming's apartment and started to furiously pound on the door. When Emma answered, they immediately pushed inside, slammed the door shut and locked it. Once they thought were safe as they leaned against the door, catching their breath.
"What's going on?" Snow asked as she came down the stairs, her arms folded. Weiss and Black stood from where they had been sitting on the couch and slowly made their way over to the scene. Yang and Ruby struggled to get their words out over gasping for breath and both talking at the same time. Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed, looking at the ground before bringing her gaze back up to her idiot friends.
"Will both of you just spit it out already? We haven't got all day!"
"We have to hide from-" Ruby was cut off as a cloud of purple smoke appeared in the room, Regina making her entrance, obviously pissed off. "-her!" Ruby finished her sentence as she hid behind Yang. "If you're gonna kill anyone, kill her first! It was all her idea!" Yang frowned and looked at her sister.
"It was not all my idea! You're the one who was so gung ho about it in the first place!"
"Oh don't worry, neither of you will be dying today-"
"Oh, phew! You totally had me think that you were gonna be so mad-"
"But I will be making you pay." Regina's eyes turned about three shades darker and glared at Yang and Ruby.
"Oh..." Ruby shrank away back behind her sister. Regina opened her mouth and raised a hand, obviously about to attack, when Weiss and Blake stepped between Regina and their friends.
"If you're going to hurt them you're going to have to go through us first." Weiss said defiantly.
"Oh, is that so?" Regina raised an eyebrow. Emma sighed from behind them.
"Everybody stop. Weiss, Blake, there's no reason for you to fight her. Regina; really? Were you really going to hurt them over something so stupid?"
"Emma, they kidnapped me!"
"Did you get hurt?"
"I-"
"No. Did you get hurt?"
"No."
"Did anything bad happen besides you spending some time in a burlap sack?"
"It's the principle of the-"
"Regina. Stop." Emma's voice got lower and more serious.
"Miss Swan I will not take orders from-" Regina's voice stopped. She looked confused and touched her throat. She roller eyes and glared at Emma, giving her a 'seriously?' look.
"Stop. Now." Regina sighed and backed off, seeing the fire in Emma's eyes. She glared at Ruby and Yang before raising her hand to poof herself out of the room before Emma stopped her. "You stay here." Regina bit her lip; seeing that Emma was actually mad for once and felt a little fear growing in the pit of her stomach. She stepped backwards and took a seat at one of the stools at the kitchen counter.
"Married..." Ruby muttered under her breath.
"What did you just say?" both women asked simultaneously, looked at each other, surprised, then looked back at Ruby. She shrank back behind her sister once again.
"Nothing..." Emma sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"Ruby, Yang? Why don't you go with Snow, Charming and Henry for a walk?"
"Alright. That sounds like fun." Yang nodded as she shrugged.
"Ooh! Can we bring the baby?" Ruby asked excitedly. Emma looked at her parents who nodded with a smile. Ruby grinned and ran over to coo at Neal and help her him into his stroller.
"Well I for one am not going on a walk with those two walking disasters. I'm going on my own. Blake? Care to join me?" Weiss tossed a look over her shoulder at the dark haired girl.
"Sure." She replied in her normally quiet demeanor. Weiss and Blake seemed as if they couldn't get out of there fast enough, and Emma understood. She could have cut through the tension in the air with a knife. Yang went and helped Henry get his coat, along with everyone else's. Once everyone had gotten themselves together the group left, leaving Regina and Emma alone in the apartment. Emma closed the door behind her family and guests, sighing, leaning against the door with her hand.
"Emma, I-"
"What the hell were you thinking?" Emma turned around and folded her arms. "They just got here, they have no idea what's going on, and they'll be leaving soon. You couldn't have held it together for just a couple of days?"
"Emma do you even know what they were doing? How do you even know them?"
"Yes, I did." Regina's eyes opened in surprise/
"What?"
"I know what they're doing. They hatched their little plan at Granny's. My parents and I took them there after they fell out of the sky off a giant bird, apparently." Regina made a face.
"Hm… well that's certainly not the weirdest thing that's ever happened in this town. But i'm serious Miss Swan, what the hell did they think they were doing kidnapping me?"
"First, cut it with the Miss Swan. Second, they're trying to get us together." Regina gasped.
"What?"
"They saw us fighting at Granny's and thought we were together, and when they found out we're not, they decided to hook us up."
"But you have-"
"I know."
"And I have-"
"Regina I know. I just let them go for it, its not like they can make us like each other anyways." Regina sighed.
"Very well, I'm not going to try and stop them now-"
"Especially when we have to focus on trying to get them home." Regina cleared her throat, obviously irritated that Emma had interrupted her.
"If I find us waking up in the same bed, I'm killing you first." With that, Regina stood up and walked out of the small apartment, leaving Emma standing there alone.
"Whatever you say Regina, whatever you say..."