Chapter 4: The Wicked Witch of the West
(*FLASHBACK TO THE DOCTOR'S LAST ADVENTURE IN OZ*)
The Doctor and Martha sneaked around the deserted city until they came to the gates of the royal palace. This was where the Wicked Witch lived. Everyone in Emerald City was too afraid to come out of hiding. Zelena had been turning innocent people into flying monkeys. By now, she practically had her own small army of monkeys. The two time travelers were now determined to stop this, though they weren't exactly sure how they would go about doing that. Then, in the blink of an eye, the Doctor and Martha found themselves inside the palace. Apparently, they had been teleported inside, the walls were shining green and gold. They had been brought into the main room, where the Wizard of Oz used to deceive people until he too was turned into a flying monkey. Now, standing in front of the time travels was the green skinned, Wicked Witch herself.
"Hello Doctor." Zelena said. "I've been expecting you."
"You must be the Wicked Witch of the West." The Doctor said.
"Call me Zelena." She said. "I've seen you interfere in my sister's life in the Enchanted Forest many times, or perhaps that's in your personal future. Time travel is tricky isn't it. Well not for you I suppose. The rest of us have to work for it."
"What are you talking about?" The Doctor said.
"Why are you turning all these innocent people into monkeys?" Martha asked.
"Because I'm leaving soon." Zelena said. "I'm going to live in my sister's castle in the Enchanted Forest. I want to take an army with me, so that I'm ready for her when she finally returns. I'm using a special object to do this to hundreds of people at once."
Zelena then extended her hand. Then, a green glass eyeball the size of a baseball was on her palm.
"Is that one of the three Eyes of the mystic fates?" The Doctor asked.
"The what?" Martha asked.
"Yes." Zelena said. "It is the Eye of Birth. The Eye of Life and the Eye of Death are missing, but I only need one of the three in order to have the power I need to create my army quickly."
Zelena didn't know that one of those eyes was not missing. The Eye of Life was currently stowed away in the TARDIS for safe keeping. The Doctor acquired it when he and Rose Tyler went to the Enchanted Forest for the first time. Robin Hood gave it to him after he stole it from Maleficent.
"Go back to the bit about time travel." The Doctor said.
"I need to go back in time and...change some things." Zelena said. "I finally found a spell that works. However, there are faster, much easier ways than magic. I'm going to cut to the chase Doctor. I'll make you a deal. I will turn every single one of my monkeys back into humans if you give me your TARDIS."
"No!" Martha yelled.
"You are not the Doctor." Zelena said to Martha. "So what does the Doctor say?"
"No." The Doctor said. "There must be another way."
Suddenly, two monkeys appeared via magic in the air and flew down to Zelena's side.
"I strongly urge you to reconsider." The Wicked Witch said.
Clearly, the monkeys were getting ready to attack. The Doctor and Martha looked at each other and gave a silent look that mean "run". So, the two time travelers immediately turned around and started to run out of the room as fast as they could. Zelena's flying monkeys flew in the air and chased after them. Zelena stood and watched as the Doctor, Martha, and the monkeys ran out of the room and into the elaborate hallways of the royal palace. The Wicked Witch was determined to get the TARDIS, one way or another.
The Doctor and Martha ran through the hallways as the monkeys flew in the air behind and above them. The Doctor quickly whipped out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at the monkeys. Once he activated it, the sonic technology pierced their ears. The two monkeys let out a frightful scream and then fell to the floor, barely moving. The Doctor and Martha continued running.
"Where are we going now?" Martha asked.
"We need help." The Doctor said. "Since she has the Eye of Birth, we can't stop her on our own."
"That raises more questions than it answers." Martha said.
"We're going to the dungeon beneath the palace." The Doctor said. "We need to free the Witch of the North and the Witch of the East."
