"shit!..." Was all Emma could mumble to herself as she turned and came face to face with The Evil Queen.

"I guess you got me after all Regina." Emma said sarcastically.

A quick awkward moment passed between the two women in the barn as they sized each other up.

Then one of them spoke, "Regina, you say?" The woman said.

"That IS your name, isn't it?" Emma dared to reply.

" will address me as your . YOU, Ms Emma Swan, are under arrest for high treason. My men have been after you for quite some time now"

The Queen spoke with stern authority in her voice.

"Oh, please," Emma retorted, "You want me to call you a Queen? Respect is earned, not given.."

!"

This time the sternness in The Queen's voice grew to anger. She quickly approached Emma, forcing her to take her defensive stance.

Two armed guards entered the barn, and Emma backed up, trying to keep her distance.

"It's no use you see," The Queen explained. Her lips curling into a smile "you have no power here." She gestured to the guards and they restrained Emma; holding her steady for The Queen.

"What.. what are you doing?" Emma asked, looking from The soldiers to The Queen.

"My soldiers are my pets," she explained to Emma "they do as I command when I command it."

The Queen frowned just then as she looked around the barn from ceiling to floor and back to her guards. Then she exclaimed, "Bring her closer, here." Pointing to a spot right in front of her.

With Emma struggling, the guards forced Emma to stand directly in front of The Queen. As Her lip curled smile returned, she circled Emma, examining her with her eyes from head to toe as though she were a specimen in a science lab.

"What the hell is your deal??!" Emma lashed out, trying to pull away from them.

The soldiers held her painfully tighter, as The Queen swooped in just centimeters from Emma's lips now and paused. The Tension was extremely high.

The Queen moved her mouth to Emma's ear, grabbed the back of her neck with her right hand, placing her thumb over Emma's lips and sternly whispered "Its time you remember your place in my kingdom. Watch what comes out from your lips, Ms Swan."

The Queen lingered for only a moment, then stepped back. Without allowing Emma to respond, The Queen once again frowned, and gave commands to her soldiers: "bring her back to the castle."