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Emma could feel the spell weakening by the second and when Sidney’s lips came into contact with Regina’s she felt the weight from her body lift and she threw herself into him with all her force. He was wrenched away from Regina and Emma quickly straddled him and put her hands around his neck, as he started to gag he managed to wave his hand and she flew backwards into the wall and onto the floor.

She grabbed her gun from her bedside table and pointed it at him but he laughed and it melted into hot molten metal and she dropped it quickly. He held his hand up in a grasping sensation and Emma felt herself being lifted into the air as if his hand was around her neck.

“Sidney, please,” Regina said and attempted to touch his arm but he lifted his free hand and she was pushed backwards into the wall.

Sidney walked towards Emma with a menacing look, “I’ve had enough of you, Emma Swan,” he said as she kicked the air uselessly and struggled for breath. When he was right in front of her Emma looked down at him and smiled.

“Something funny?” Sidney questioned her with a confused look.

As she had been lifted off of the floor Emma had quickly gathered something from her pocket and now she threw the red dust coated handkerchief into Sidney’s face. The effect was instant and she fell to the floor as Sidney’s magic vanished. As he picked the handkerchief off of his face and opened his mouth to speak Emma stood and slammed her fist into his face sending him backwards with a large thud as he fell to the floor.

Chapter 92

“Are you okay?” Emma asked Regina who was starting to get to her feet.

She nodded her head and looked down at Sidney, “is he?”

Emma picked up her handcuffs and turned the limp man over and cuffed his hands behind his back, “what were you thinking?”

Regina looked at the blonde in surprise, “excuse me?”

Emma stood up and looked at Regina as she pointed to the door, “why did you come through that field? You left yourself defenceless!”

Regina opened her mouth to speak but Emma carried on, “and then goading him like that, do you realise what he could have done to you?”

“Emma, I,” Regina started but Emma spun around and grabbed her phone and quickly dialled a number.

“David,” she said hurriedly, “we have him but I need Gold to come to Regina’s house right now. Neither Sidney or Regina has magic but I don’t know how long that will last.”

Regina stepped over Sidney’s still body and stood beside Emma and once she finished the call Regina took her hand and held it softly, “I’m sorry I worried you.”

“You have to look after yourself,” Emma told her bluntly, “we need you.”

Regina smiled as she cupped Emma’s face in her hands, “and I need you, that’s why I walked in here. I saw Sidney touching you and I just couldn’t stand it, something snapped in me and I..”

“Sacrificed yourself,” Gold’s voice echoed through the room causing them to jump apart, “how sweet,” he smiled.

“How did you?” Emma asked as she looked around in confusion.

Gold limped from his position by the window to look down at Sidney, “magic, Miss Swan, I would have thought that was obvious.”

He bent down beside Sidney and held his hand over the unconscious man’s head and a light passed between them.

“What are you doing?” Emma asked.

“Removing his magic,” Gold answered, “or at least restricting his knowledge on how to use it.”

Emma looked at Gold and suddenly spoke, “you knew this would happen.. you gave me the handkerchief,” she looked at the cloth on the floor.

Gold stood up, “if you’re asking me if I assumed that you’d risk your own safety to come between Mister Glass and Regina and would require some form of assistance,” he looked at her, “then yes, I knew.”

“Emma!” David came racing down the hallway and skidded into the bedroom his eyes quickly taking in the scene, “are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” Emma told him, “we’re all fine.”

“He is ready for you to take to a cell,” Gold said and stepped over Sidney’s body and brushed past David as he left.

David was still panting for breath, “he disappeared, I was worried what he’d do to Sidney.”

Emma nodded, “right now I couldn’t care less what he would do..”

David frowned, “are you sure you’re okay?”

Before Emma could answer David started to look around the room in surprise before looking at the hallway and back to the room, “this is your room,” he said.

Emma frowned and looked around, “yes?”

“No, this is your actual room from the apartment,” David said with confusion.

“I moved it,” Regina said casually as she looked at Sidney, “and I’d be grateful if you could move him.”

Regina turned and left the room without a look back or another word and David looked at Emma, “what happened?”

“He was waiting for me,” Emma explained, “he kinda froze me, not like Archie, but I couldn’t move. He put a field over the door with the red dust in it and told Regina that if she crossed it she would lose her magic.”

“And she crossed it,” David said knowingly.

“Yes,” Emma shook her head in frustration.

“You would have done the same,” David told her.