Collaboration between YoshiSkittlez as Regina Mills and I as the Mysterious Lady

The analog clock inside the Sheriff's office just hit 8:00 am, and no sooner than the second hand could even tick once more did the doors open, but it was not Robert who came into the room that held the cells, but Regina. She pocketed the key that Robert had given her the night before into her suit jacket pocket, patting it for good measure as she walked with purpose towards the cell that held the mystery woman Robert had sent her a report about.

In the cell, the mysterious woman was humming 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' to herself as a way of killing time and waiting for Henry or that mayor to show up. As soon as the mayor entered, the woman easily picked up the smell of expensive perfume that was tinged with a bit of fear, alerting the woman to the mayor's presence. The woman's pitch black eyes opened as she stopped humming, and she slowly faced the mayor.

Regina approached the cell and enclosed her small hands around the bars, peering inside so close that her forehead was practically pressing up against the two bars, her dark brown eyes glaring down at the woman who Regina didn't bother getting to know in the past, but now that she knew who it was in her cell, (the mystery woman that had been seen around Storybrooke for quite some time) the once emerging beast that had quelled in her stomach overnight subsided; relief washing over her as she was able to gather that she was, indeed not, with Henry.

The woman also went and stood at the bars, meeting her cold, soulless gaze with Regina's gaze, not at all fazed by the anger in her eyes. She said nothing as she smirked and greeted coolly "Yo, Mayor lady,"

"You wanna tell me how you came by ten-thousand dollars of Storybrooke's tax money?" She asked with no regard of hiding her venemous tone, opting to ignore the chivalry in the woman's voice.

The woman chuckled and she retorted, like she was lightly scolding a child, "Now, now, mayor. It's not polite to ask questions that you already know the answer to. Besides it would take out the fun in playing make-believe, now wouldn't it?"

Regina's upper lip curled into a bit of a snarl at the word 'make-believe.' She didn't even blink, though, as she continued to stare the woman down. Now that some of her questions had been answered, more arose.

"Who are you?" She decided on asking at last, her tone notwitstanding even a hint of trying to be polite.

The woman merely shrugged and said with great casualty, "Can't answer that," 

"Why not?" Regina demanded, though kept her voice down.

The woman laughed as though Regina had told a mildly funny joke, and she answered "Don't want to, and I don't even have a name to give you. Too bad, so sad," 

Regina straightened up her gait a bit, releasing her hands from the bars which she had just realized had been clutching onto so hard the tips of her fingers had lost feeling.

That wasn't possible, the girl had to be lying. She gave everyone a name, [i]everyone[/i]. Regina's eyes never left the woman's, her lip curling in another (though lighter) snarl, as if the woman's very presence before her disgusted her beyond measure.

"Why do you protect him?" Regina folded her arms across her chest, turning so that she was sideways agaisnt the prisoner, but her head still turned to better keep a close eye on her.

The woman tilted her head sideways, but kept her smirk and her gaze on Regina. She answered the mayor, "Why not? Besides, it's quite [i]rude[/i] to frame a guest of Storybrooke of any crimes while they're in town, don't you think?"

Regina pursed her lips in annoyance.

Then the woman called out, like a child playing a game, "My turn!" She then asked, "Why frame a guest anyways? I'm sure innocent ol' Henry has done nothing to you," 

"You know nothing." Regina practically spat at the prisoner. She took a moment to unfold her arms and dug into her pocket, feeling the two keys kept safe inside and pulled out the second one and held it up to the woman, though she was far away enough that the prisoner couldn't just reach out and grab it.

"I hold the key to your cell here in my hand. You would be wise to cooperate or so help me - you might want to remember that I [i]am[/i] Mayor of this town, and my influence on the DA is more than important in deciding what will become of you within the next few days."

The woman raised an eyebrow, her smirk faded, and she stepped back. She looked completely serious now as she asked, "What's the condition?"

Regina sighed loudly, the vein in her forehead now prominent in her obvious irritation. God, it was like dealing with Rumpelstiltskin.

"Your immunity for information." She said simply, a heavy breath coming from her nose in an effort to keep from losing her temper. "The [i]correct[/i] information."

The woman looked at Regina and she smirked again. She then answered not giving her a chance to ammend or add to her deal, "Alright. Deal,"

Regina couldn't explain it, but suddenly her arms felt stiff and uncomfortable. Underneath the barrier of her suit jacket sleeves, goosebumps caused the hairs on her arms to stand on end. Something...unsettling about how the woman answered her, but she refused to pause on it.

"Now...I'll ask you again. Why. Help. Henry?"

The woman smirked, having noticed how her arms went stiff. She told the woman "I told you the truth earlier. You see, I don't lie," She then stated, her voice lowered into an animalistic growl or sneer, "I believe you are going to let me out now," She raised both of her eyebrows as she stared at Regina to show she's serious. 

"Not until I get the answers I want." Regina furrowed her eyebrows together, returning her hands to the bars with her forehead resting on the metal, but putting the key back into her pocket before she did. "Give me something of importance, your answer will determine if you walk free or not."

The woman's predatory smirk widened to show her pearly whites, that seemed almost [i]unnaturally[/i] sharp. She suddenly jumped towards the bars quickly, and wrapped her hands at the bars. She smirked and said "You remember Storybrooke's little guardian angel, the head of the hospital, yes? Your reliable little doctor that keeps watch over the Jane Doe in the hospital, yes?"

Regina only answered by narrowing her dark eyes a bit, unflinching when the prisoner jumped at the bars towards her. She had enough experience of that with Rumpelstiltskin in his cell.

After Regina answered, the woman continued with a smirk, "Her life...is in my hands. Anything that happens to me, you lose your way of keeping an eye on that Jane Doe. Next in line for Head Doctor is that Dr. Whale guy, and he's made his point clear of not letting you near her." 

Raising an eyebrow, Regina's lip twitched, and then she smiled, as if trying to outshine the prisoner's own brilliant whites.

"Whale has no authority over me. Keep trying dear." She goaded.

The woman's smirk widened more if it was possible, to show that Regina had just made a mistake. She answered calmly "Alright...I am capable of much. I can easily break out of here on my own, come after you, and do...THIS!"

Her last word sounded more like a lion's roar than a normal yell, and her hand shot out and gripped around Regina's throat. Her grip was tight around Regina's throat, blocking the air passages, until it looked as though Regina was ready to faint. She choked and sputtered, her face becoming an alarming shade of pink as her hands went to the single hand clutched around her throat, using what strength she had to pry the hand away. At that point, the woman let go and stepped back, allowing Regina to breathe.

Regina staggered a few steps back from the cells immediately, putting her hand to her throat to rub at the raw flesh. Her eyes were wide, unmoving from the woman as she looked upon her with unbelief. Just what the hell was going on in Storybrooke? Five years, five years of absolute perfection. Everyone had always done as she willed, and though yes, it was boring, she made her own happiness from it. But now...ever since yesterday...things seemed to be coming unglued faster than she could nail it back together.

"You're insane!" Regina coughed out, still rubbing her throat, her eyes changing from unbelief to a steely glare. She took a moment to stand up tall once more, holding her chin up high to prove that she was still in control here, but the firmness of her iron face from when she first entered the Sheriff's department that day was all but gone. "But you still haven't given me what I want." She adjusted her suit jacket, and double checked to make sure that both keys were still there. "I'll inform Sheriff Leland to bump your appointment up with the DA, and with my influence it [i]will[/i] happen, and you will never see Storybrooke again."

The woman laughed as Regina showed her fear and shock. She commented shaking her head, "It's so cute that you are still trying to show dominance over me, especially when it's very clear that you are afraid of me," She then said to Regina, "I can easily disappear, and you'll never be able to find me, until it is too late for the poor unfortunate soul who crosses me." 

Regina scowled, and her face darkened as if a few lights had gone out in the building, a mask she wore when attempting to hide her fear.

"I doubt it." She spat, her eyes only growing darker in anger. In a huff, Regina flipped back her suit open suit jacket flaps, putting her hands on her hips over her dark blue silk shirt and turned on her heel, walking out of the building without another word. 

As Regina left, the woman called out to her in a sinister sing song voice, "Run, run, run, as fast as you can, but you won't be able to escape!" After Regina was gone, she went back to her seat and resumed humming. 

Regina had a new agenda now, she needed to know more about Dr. Faye Stevenson, find out her connection to this mad woman throwing taunts at her back. And she knew just the man to go and see.