Title: Perfectly Normal, But Not Quite Safe

Summary: A happening like Oz has never seen…

Rating: T

Archive: Yes.

Disclaimer: I own the clever plot devices, Benzir and whoever else I bring in later.

Author's Note: I think I can now be called crazy. I would like it to be clear that I know I'm not funny; I just like posting these things. I know, I'm a bad person…Sorry. Taken out the lyrics to make it less Minerva's crazy mind at work.

Chapter Two: 4:23am

The next series of screams that reached the room were accompanied by the dull thud as a body hit the door to Fiyero's room.

"What is going on today?"

A very upset, very asleep, and very undressed Fiyero answered the door. The door, perhaps angry with it's beating, flew outwards hitting Benzir in the face.

"What the Ozma, Fiyero?"

"Hey! You were the one making out with ShenShen. Giorge is going to kill you when he finds out…"

"I wasn't! She just attacked me! Look!"

Forcing his way into his own room, Benzir thrust his arms out for Fiyero's eyes. Trailing around his left arm the dull red tracks told a story of either lust or cannibalistic hunger. The teeth marks, delicate, but showing signs of drastic dental demolition, tore through the skin of Benzir's arm until the bone shown through the flesh. Fiyero swallowed.

"I knew Giorge liked the freaky ones, but that's just gross." Benzir cocked his head to one side.

"I feel really funny now." Sitting down, his heart pumped again causing the cuts on his arm to once again flow with red.

Had movies and clever plot devices reached Oz Fiyero would've already run down the hall screaming in search of a blunt object.

They had not, and Fiyero instead patted Benzir's arm.

"It's like she was possessed. Her face was all grey and twisted. I think she had a bite mark on her neck."

"Nice, Giorge."

"Fiyero, it was deep, and she just stumbled through the fog until she found me…Like she was hunting me down." Their eyes met. "Like she was possessed."

"Giorge does like those little pills…"

"I don't know Fiyero. And I'm feeling really weird now; like she passed it on to me."

"You can pass that on?" Idiocy taken as sarcasm, Benzir went on with the conversation.

"I know. So what was it?"

"No idea. Let me go get you some towels." Turning his back on his bitten boy buddy Benzir, Fiyero removed himself to the attached bathroom.


...Meanwhile, across the courtyard…

"ELPHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Galinda's ears used to their owners squeals, did not shrink back at the sharpness of her screech, but Elphaba's ears died a little on the inside.

"What is it Galinda, dear?"

"ELPHIE! I can't-I can't-OH GOD! ELPHIE MAKE IT STOP!"

Elphaba suddenly realized that this wasn't like every other early morning horror causing by not finding the pink snow non-creasing pigmented eye shadow in its place, but may perhaps have been a real problem.

"Galinda? What is it? What's wrong?"

"I can't find the pink snow non-creasing pigmented eye shadow! It's not in its place."

"For once can't you scream when it's a real emergency?" Galinda eyed her roommate as she slid out the door.

"I'll just go ask someone who cares then. Oh ShenShen!"

Her singsong call ended as the door shut, and Elphaba Thropp threw the blanket back over her head.

"Who wakes of up 4am to do makeup…"

"ELPHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

"Not again…Galinda, what is it?" The door flew open, slammed, and Galinda starred ahead with wide eyes. "Galinda, what? Did she try to give you the purple again?"

"…I think…Milla…ShenShen was…She was…"

"Galinda, what was ShenShen doing?" For the first time Elphaba was suddenly very inclined to believe that something of importance had happened. Not that makeup wasn't important, but it didn't really call for such shrill shrieks.

"ShenShen was…Oh Elphie! I think Milla…She had Milla's arm!"

"...Just her arm?"

"Mmmhhhmmm...OH GODS!"

Galinda howled again, but this time Elphaba grabbed her friend and didn't let go.

She was still holding on when she locked the door.

-TBC-