A/N: This picks up right where Breath of the Dragon leaves off. Hope you enjoy it!
Breath of the Dragon: Part 2
By 18lzytwner
Chapter 1
The trial for King Haluk's killer did not last long. Between Elphaba and Captain Asli's testimony regarding the body of the King, the attack perpetrated on a pregnant Lady Glinda, and the fact that a Bird had flown in a letter from Queen Adalet and Prince Fiyero regarding the fact that Burcin had confessed in front of multiple people to the murder of the King and to using the Wizard to do some of her dirty work, the jury took longer to file in and out of the jury room than they did to make a decision.
The verdict hit the papers the next day. Burcin was guilty of murder, assault, and aiding and abetting a fugitive. She was to be sentenced that afternoon as Elphaba made her way down to Southstairs. The place gave her the heebeegeebees and she was glad that she didn't have to stay there long. She was also glad that Chistery had come with her.
"I'm giving you one last chance," Elphaba said as she now stood outside Burcin's cell.
"For what? Redemption? I won't shy away from what is coming," Burcin smirked, ever defiant.
"Tell me who helped you murder the King and maybe you'll get life without parole," Elphaba told her.
"Give me a break. I'm practically eighty. My life won't be long anyway in this prison. Besides who would have helped me do it huh?" Burcin was obviously not interested in a lesser sentence.
"Someone had to. You have all that power at your fingertips, you would not have needed a gun to torture and kill King Haluk," the green woman pointed out.
"What if I did in an effort to throw people off the trail?" Burcin asked.
"Out there? No one would have stumbled across that body for at least the next thirty years. You would have seen to it until your death," Elphaba replied. The prisoner sat silent, either weighing her options or out of witty comebacks.
"You have until you walk into that courtroom to change your mind. Once you're inside your protective cell, I will not help you. The judge will make the final decision. He took it away from the jury, knowing that they would not be impartial," the green woman told her and with that, she turned to leave, Chistery right behind her.
As they made their way down the hall, the guards stopped her and said that the Wizard had been asking for her. It was odd, certainly, but Elphaba listened to what the guards had to say about her biological father. The secret of their relationship was out and instead of making people turn on Elphaba (as she had suspected they would), they had turned on their formerly beloved Wizard. He'd been pelted with rotten fruits and vegetables when he was being led to the courthouse. It seemed that after everything that had transpired, they realized that the Wizard was not the one they should have been following.
"Miss Elphaba, I do not think it a very good idea to speak with your father," Chistery spoke up once the guards had finished their piece.
"Ordinarily, I would agree but without the powers that Burcin gave him, he is nothing more than an ordinary man. If I cannot face him then I do not have much to say for myself," she told him.
"If I may, Lady Elphaba, it seems like he is rather upset with himself. I personally think you owe him nothing and should let him rot but perhaps there is something he needs to say. He is being charged for the attack he attempted on the Vinkus along with all the crimes he committed as the Wizard. The only way out of this place for him is death, whether it is state commissioned or not," one of the guards named Sam said.
"I appreciate your candor but you do have a point. Death is the only way out for him and I will speak to him if only for a few moments," Elphaba smiled slightly. Just then Chistery grabbed her arm. She thought he was being overprotective but then he said,
"Avantador."
"What does he have to do with this?" She asked him. It was then that the ground above the underground prison shook.
"He's here," Elphaba's eyes went wide.
To Be Continued…