*~*~*Collaboration between YoshiSkittlez and I*~*~*

The jail door slammed shut on Regina and David took careful measures to make sure that it was locked up tight with the keys that Robert had been more than willing to hand over to him...temporarily of course until some of their questions got answered. Thankfully, there were two cells in the Sheriff's station, as the first one to Regina's immediate left was lacking a door and most of the outside wall.

"So I'm a prisoner now." Regina shot coldly to David, watching him lock up the door. 

"If the curse is broken then why didn't we go back?" David asked, getting right to the point of asking questions.

"Because there's nothing to go back to." Regina said simply, going over to sit herself down on the provided 'bed' in the cells, her legs threatening to give out on her completely if she didn't sit down soon. "That land is gone." She watched with what looked like satisfaction as the color seemed to drain from the faux-prince's face. He simply shook his head no a few times before removing himself from the jail cell. He just didn't have it in him right then to ask what might happen if someone were to use a portal to return to a land that was no longer there.

Heather, who was now walking down the sidewalk with her complexion now paler than a white sheet. She felt sick to her stomach as she recalled the deal over and over again in her mind. She shouldn't have gone to Mr. Gold...! She walked silently, but as quick as she could, to where she thought David Nolan may be right now...the prison. 

She walked in to see that her hunch was correct, and her blue eyes filled with guilt and horror looked at Regina briefly, before landing on David Nolan. She said to him, her hand trembling as it stayed on the door frame, "Mr. Nolan...I need to talk to you...outside..."

David felt his shoulders drop immediately, and perhaps his head hung a bit lower as he heard the 'I have bad news' tone in the doctor's voice. What now? What else could possibly make this day any worse?

"Yes?" He asked with little-to-no enthusiasm. They were well out of earshot from Regina, but that didn't stop David from taking Faye's arm and leading her out into the hallway...just in case...

Heather sighed as she calmed herself down enough to speak properly, "I'm afraid we've got another problem. The monster....The monster, Evelyn Hyde. She's here in Storybrooke, and she's going to attempt to murder Regina,"

David's face went from grim, to confused.

"Evelyn Hyde? Is...is that a name I...should know?"

Heather slapped her forehead at her own stupidity and said "Oh right...Evelyn Hyde isn't from the Enchanted Forest...so you wouldn't know who she is..." 

She bit her lip, trying to think of a way to explain who Hyde was, without giving herself away. She told David that Evelyn Hyde is a murderer with supernatural abilities, and that she was quite infamous in her original world, London 1885.

"Evelyn Hyde will stop at nothing until she achieves her goal. She is a dangerous woman who must not be underestimated. The worst part about her, is that she can disappear without leaving a trace behind, and she is immune to magic," Heather finished.

"She's the mysterious woman that's been walking around Storybrooke." David observed outloud, making the connection.

Heather nodded and agreed with his vocal observation, "That's what I think as well," She then said to him, "She will attack tonight. You need to get Ms. Mills somewhere much more secure. Mr. Nolan,"

David let out a small laugh as he crossed his arms over his broad chest.

"Regina will be fine. There's no place more safe for her right now. Look, I know a lot of people want Regina dead right now, myself included but I owe it to Snow to be the better man here, it's what she would have wanted. So...so maybe I can talk to Evelyn? Try to bring her down a bit? Where is she at now?"

Heather shook her head as she answered with a lie that easily rolled off her tongue and made her sick to her stomach, "I don't know where she is now, and [i]this[/i] is no laughing matter Mr. Nolan! Hyde is a monster for a reason," 

"As if two monsters in this place weren't enough..." David sighed.

She then warned him, "Mr. Nolan, are you going to be watching over Ms. Mills?"

"I-" David took a good look into Heather's eyes, she was pleading and even though in his mind he was going to reply with nothing but a no, it was her eyes that got to him. "Alright, I'll look after her tonight if it will make you feel better. Did...did you get any answers from Gold?" He asked, changing the topic to the more pressing matter on his mind.

Heather answered "No. He would only give the answer for an...unreasonable price," 
She then said "I'm sorry to ask you to stay and watch over her, but I think we may need Regina alive," She then said "No matter how scared you feel...or what threats Hyde throws at you...be ready to knock her unconscious, or if worst comes to worst, kill her,"

"You [i]really[/i] think it's going to come to that?" David asked, skeptisism in his voice only for the fact that he hadn't the pleasure of meeting this...Evelyn Hyde personally before. She was only known to hang around bars, a place David Nolan never had any interest in.

Heather nodded and answered, this time with grim confidence, "Yes. It will come to that," She then sighed and said "I'll get to work on the soil samples. Do what you want with the warning I just gave you. But whatever you do, don't run from Hyde. She has a...primitive way of thinking. If you act like prey, you are as good as dead," 

"Noted." David adjusted his arms over his chest, but kept them crossed, the mention of Faye getting to work on the soil samples bringing what Regina had told him to the surface of his mind. He debated on telling Faye, but what would he tell her exactly? They had no idea what that portal did; where they had been taken...it would only cause the good doctor to worry over what could potentially be nothing. So instead, David gave Faye a smile and a nod before heading out of the building. If he was going to be babysitting Regina all night, he needed to get a few things.

Heather watched him leave and as soon as he was gone, she sighed through her nose and let out a single tear. She had warned David...and lowered her chances of surviving the night. If she wasn't going to live after tonight...then so be it. She didn't think she could live with Hyde's deeds any longer. She headed for her house after giving a silent and distant apology to Nolan, Mills, and Henry.