The Truth Always Hurts

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Being a man that lives by his code, Robin is not the kind of man to just leave someone like the mother of his child to rot inside of that hospital room… cell… whatever it is that Regina locked her into. He agrees with Regina that Zelena needs to stay away from him, her sister and possibly even their child… but she is pregnant with his child and there’s nothing that Robin can do to change that.

He once thought that he was doing the honorable thing and trying to love his wife, even though his heart beat strongly for Regina… but his world has turned upside down. His son Roland is yet to discover exactly what has happened, but there’s no way he can explain a five year old child what is going on and Regina assures him that every memory from the past few months is gone from his head. Currently, he’s safe and sound with Regina and Henry, while the two discuss what to do next with the next threat looming over them, so Robin has decided to do what he should have done a long time ago – he’s going to confront Zelena.

Robin has made his way through the hospital and gone through the door that everyone seems to walk past without paying much attention to it and walks down the steps. He hasn’t been down here many times before, only when him and Regina brought Zelena down here and a second time when Regina refused to let the Author change their past, present and future. But he knows exactly where he’s going and soon enough he’s outside of Zelena’s door.

In a moment of weakness, he thinks about turning on his heel and leaving the hospital, pretending that he never came around and he never cared… but that’s just not how he functions. So with a deep breath, he reaches forward and opens the door. Of course, Zelena is still inside, sitting in that white bed, with nowhere to go. He knows that Regina has laced this room with the most powerful of magic and there’s no way for Zelena to leave, so he knew very well he’d find her here. Robin steps inside and closes the door behind him, his eyes never leaving the mother of his unborn child.

“We need to talk.”


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Zelena had yet to see the man she had spent so much of her life with the past few months. It was crazy to think that this man, while upset and troubled completely who said he lived in some kind of code didn't even give her the time of day. She had yet to do an ultrasound and in the same aspect, he had never come to make sure she was good or comfortable. She felt a little angry that once again, the fact that her sister could take that away from her was more than frustrating. She had learned from Snow White that it was not entirely Regina's fault that she had been given the life that was handed to her. That Queen Eva had made sure that Zelena would have the worst life possible. But that wasn't to say that she wouldn't be the kind of mother that Cora still was.

Zelena waited patiently and waited for someone to come and see her. It had been a couple days since that had happened. Looking out the small window which was too high up for her to see, she felt as if she didn't know what day it was anymore. She heard the door unlock and stared at who was coming inside. Of course, her mind which had had such an active imagination lately, she saw Robin Hood walk in the door. "Well, well. It's the baby daddy himself." she said, laughing under her breath. Hearing what he had to say, she looked to him and opened her arms as if she were a hostess. "Why of course, just come take a seat on the bed. It isn't like it hasn't happened once before." she sneered and laid back against the wall. She was frustrated about this life, and she was going to show him just how angry she was about this. But at the same time, she planned on making sure she would get out of this prison.

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Robin didn’t expect to be welcomed into Zelena’s room with open arms, after all, he didn’t stop Regina from putting her in here in the first place. Not that he really wanted to stop her anyway and at the current moment, he’s not even sure what to think anymore. But there is one reason to why Robin is here and he’s going to the bottom of the matter, even if it costs him his own sanity.

“You sure didn’t lose your sense of humor, now have you?” Robin looks at the bed where Zelena is seated at, but decides to not follow her invitation – not that he wanted to in the first place. Instead he pulls up a chair from the table where he assumes she has her meals at and takes a seat in it, still staring at her. “You should actually know why I’m here. After all, this is the first time I’m alone with you since I’ve discovered your little trick.”

Usually, the man would be smiling. But he’s not – the whole situation is more hurtful to him and his family than anything that has happened before. And all Robin wants to know is… “Why?” Seems simple enough. “Why did you do these things? Why is it so important that you take what Regina has? I saw your place in Oz… you don’t need this. You didn’t need to kill my wife and take her place, Zelena. Why did you do it? I want the truth from you, Zelena. If you’re going to be in my life… in this child’s life, I need to know the truth.”

Robin motions to Zelena’s growing belly, the child inside of her growing every day. And the more the child grows, the more it hurts to know that not only did Zelena kill Marian to take her spot, but she tricked him into leaving Storybrooke to try and ruin Regina’s happiness… his happiness.

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The wicked witch knew this had to be coming. She hadn't spoke to him about the incident really since they arrived back to Storybrooke. Not only did they just lock her up, there was no closure. She knew that she had to speak to what she did, only because they had been pseudo married at one point. She had cooked for him, soothed every day of his hard work, tended to his child. She had been the perfect wife, but in the end, that didn't matter it seemed. She was just a woman who was barring his child. He probably had easily forgotten all of that. It was funny seeing how he had just grabbed a chair and sat in it. He didn't have an issue when he had made sure she had a child to begin with in her. She laid back against the wall once again and stared at the man before her as he asked all of his questions.

"Dear Robin, why would I tell you anything but the truth? I have nothing to hide...anymore." she began, sitting up so that she could cup the small bump that was beginning to form on her belly. "You don't understand the problems between me and Regina. While she got to live a life that was full of life, love, and happiness, I was tossed from one parents to another who didn't want me. The only reason I had anything in Oz was because I made a name for myself. I know I can do all those things myself and I wouldn't need anyone's approval, but I do all that I do for myself. To show that I am capable of things that people denied me the possibility of. My sister complains of a life where our mother pushed her to do things she didn't want. She wanted to give Regina the best in life, yet I was denied that. Marian was dead anyways. You thought her dead, so in the end it doesn't really matter. The one thing that they didn't tell you? Regina had Marian captured and ready for execution just for aiding Snow White. That is honest truth. How do I know this? I watched Emma and Hook save her from her dungeons. If I hadn't killed her, history would have played out and Regina would have killed her. Your love killed your first love for her own revenge. What makes her any different than me?" she asked Robin, leaning forward as she revealed her sister's evil plan. But in the end, did it really matter?

She knew that Robin's code would protect her, but would it protect Regina? He owed her nothing despite feeling in love. And feelings, those things could change when they really wanted to.

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Robin listens to everything that Zelena had to say about the matter, but he’s still not convinced. He understands that Zelena is probably trying to turn him against Regina and perhaps, under different circumstances, it would have worked. But not now… not when he already knew this piece of information, told to him by Zelena herself while in Marian’s body, the very first thing she told Robin when she found out that he was – is – in love with Regina.

“You’re not telling me anything new… and the reason why they didn’t tell me that, it’s because that just like me… they believe in second chances. Regina… she’s different. She’s not who she once was… and you know this. She changed… and so can you.” Even though Zelena has done dreadful things and killed her own share of people – including Henry’s father and Robin’s friend, Neal, maybe she does deserve a second chance. “Yes… I did think Marian was dead, my son knew how much of a fighter his mother was… and she died because of me. I can’t hold it against Regina, when it was a mistake that I made that got my wife captured in the first place. But… that’s not what I’m here to talk about. I just… I want to understand why, Zelena, why you’re using me to get back to Regina.”

Robin shakes his head, still finding everything hard to believe. “I don’t want to be in the middle of whatever problems you have with her. I never asked for it! My feelings for Regina… they never changed. I wasn’t with you and getting you pregnant… it was a mistake. I thought I was with my wife, my son’s mother… I was doing the honorable thing… but it turns out that you used me to get back at Regina… and I’m sorry… but I have no feelings for you.” Maybe Robin is being harsh… but the truth needs to come out. If he expects the truth out of Zelena, he needs to be truthful himself.

“I… I don’t know if your intentions where to have me fall in love with you or not… you were a loving wife and mother… but it wasn’t real.” Robin takes a deep breath. “And… I did get you pregnant, mistake or not, it happened and now we’re going to have a child together. A child that I fully plan on raising… and whether Regina likes it or not, it’s mother will be in its life, as strict as it’ll be… but not if you’re this… this evil. Not if you plan on getting your revenge on me, Regina or anyone else for that matter. We need to be truthful to each other… you need to be truthful to your sister… and most importantly, you need to be truthful to our child.”

As much as it hurts, Robin just can’t cast Zelena away from his life and forget about her for the next five or six months, take his child and leave her to rot. That’s not how he works and Regina will have to understand that… and hopefully Zelena understands it too and works together with him, to reach common ground – and finally some closure.

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Zelena knew she talked a lot, but she had hoped that there was something in him that would be able to see past her sister's illusions. Despite the fact that Regina had gone soft. She wasn't the woman he had heard about before she was the Evil Queen. She was the woman who was known as the destroyer. She had wanted to murder his wife for crying out loud and he forgave her. Zelena felt as if she could just be the saint of the world and Regina would always win. Regina would always get what she wanted. Even when she was Queen, she had received her revenge, she had fought hard and while she felt she was wronged and still did not receive what she wanted, Regina was powerful, and she had lost that side of herself. Zelena on the other hand just wanted to be loved and to have a sense of belonging. Despite using means to get her ways were unconventional, like this situation right here, she wanted to have a place to be her's. To be appreciated.

Zelena knew that he was trying to be honorable and try to instill some sort of moral code into Zelena, but she knew that there was nothing that would change her. Snow had tried to same tactic. But the problem with Zelena was that she would need to have something go her way at least once. With this in mind, the wicked witch had let a smile grow across her face and had taken in everything the Prince of Thieves had spoken to. "I couldn't agree more Robin." she replied.

"I've learned a lot while living in this little sanctuary here. It had done a lot of thinking time for me. What I have realized is that I can't win being the villain. I need to be a hero. And not a hero to save millions of people. Frankly, I could give a damn about the people here. But the one I need to be a hero to is our child." she added. It was true, but whether it was to be a hero with light or dark magic was yet to be determined in the mind of the green witch.

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