Chistrey had dozed off for just a few minutes. When he woke back up, he noticed some water running under the door of the bathroom and heard the water still running. That was unusual…walking to the door he knocks and listens for any movement inside. Hearing nothing, he forces the door open and finds that the blue man is no longer in the bathroom.

He quickly shuts the water off and allows it to start draining out of the tub as he investigates what happened. He sees nothing that will give him a clue as to what happened, turning he sees the open window and notices the trees at the edge of the protective forest moving. He leans out the window and looks down; on the ground he sees a thin strip of white cloth…

Stepping back from the window Chistrey begins to think this through. Could the trees have mistaken him as an intruder?

()

Glinda arrived a little early; she wanted to make sure that Morrible didn't send anyone to follow her. The last thing she needs is for Elphie to get captured. There is so much at stake…she hopes that her dear friend will trust her enough to meet. Their last meeting wasn't the most pleasant…poor Nessa.

()

Elphaba and Shego landed near the meeting spot. Shego quickly got off of the broom, "Yeah…next time I think I will just walk."

"Shh…we don't know who might be nearby. The meeting spot is that little cabin; let's check the perimeter before going in."

Shego rolls her eyes at the shushing, but nods in understanding as they go in opposite directions to check the perimeter. They quickly checked and cleared the perimeter. Sighing in relief Elphaba begins to head towards the cabin, "Stay behind me for now, hopefully it won't take long to hear her report."

Shego nods as they walk up the front steps of the small cabin. Elphaba knocks the secret knock her and Glinda used when they were roommates at Shiz before opening the door and entering. Shego follows behind her and shuts the door.

()

As Chistrey is trying to figure out exactly how the blue man managed to get away, one of the scouts flies in through the window. "Mr. Chistrey! I have spotted the blue man entering the forest in Munchkinland from the north."

Chistrey stands and moves towards the window, "Show me." He was going to be in enough trouble for allowing the blue man to escape. If he got captured by any of the hunting parties…he feared what those people might do to the blue man.

()

Glinda's heart began to race when she heard their secret knock. Once Elphie was clear of the door, Glinda moved in to give her a tight hug. "Thank you for coming. How are you holding up?" When she pulls away from Elphaba she notices the other green woman and her eyes get a little bigger. "Um…Elphie…who is your friend?"

Elphaba gladly returned the hug and smiled at all of Glinda's questions. "I'm doing as well as I can given the situation. This is Shego. She came here with a man called Drakken from another world. She can use magic as well."

Glinda's eyes go a little wider as this information connects with the information Elphie had asked her to get. Glinda wrings her hands for a few seconds before offering the available seats to the two green women. "Well, it is very nice to meet you Miss Shego. I am Glinda, please have a seat."

Shego finds the exchange a bit too heartwarming for her tastes, but nods her head as she takes one of the three chairs in the room. "Thanks."

Elphaba and Glinda sit down in the remaining chairs and Elphaba looks over at Glinda, "So, what did you find out?"

Glinda takes a deep breath before retelling the Wizard's story about all of the worlds he had travelled to. Shego's jaw drops ever so slightly when she mentions Go city, honestly she was not expecting to hear that. Glinda still looks very nervous when she finishes the story, but looks directly at Elphaba. "Elphie…that wasn't all he told me. You know that special elixir he is always reported to be drinking and carries on his person?"

Elphaba nods her head, "Yes…what about it?"

Glinda pulls out the bottle with the green liquid inside of it. It is the exact same shape as the empty bottle Elphaba kept as a memento of her mother under her pillow at school. "He gave me an extra bottle he had. Elphie…I think he's…"

Elphaba holds up her hand to stop Glinda there. Glinda holds the bottle out to her dear friend. Elphaba takes the bottle slowly and looks over it carefully. She had suspected this for so long, seeing the actual evidence with her own eyes was almost more than she could take. "You are right Glinda. This is exactly like the bottle my mother had."

Shego's eyes widen when she gets a look at that bottle, it looks awfully familiar. She almost misses what Elphaba says, but continues to stare at the bottle. She is sure that she has seen it somewhere before, but just can't place it. "Um…can I look at that bottle?"

Elphaba almost forgot about Shego. Turning she sees the look in her eyes and hands her the bottle. "Have you seen a bottle like this before?" Elphaba glances at Glinda from the corner of her eye before focusing back on Shego.

Shego takes the bottle into her hands and begins to look it over carefully. Finally it dawns on her where she had seen it before. She remembers the day that her and her brothers decided to clean out their old house to sell it before moving into Go mountain. She had been assigned to clean their parents' bedroom with Hego. They had come across a small collection of glass bottles that they assumed was their fathers. She remembers thinking this bottle looked very different from the rest and almost didn't throw it away.

As the realization of what that truly meant sunk in, her jaw dropped and she almost dropped the bottle. "No way…"

()

Dr. Drakken was wandering through the forest attempting to find something to eat and drink. All this walking was sooo boring and tiring. Why didn't they have cars in this world? Or a good hovercraft, but noooo. This world wanted to be all primitive and stuff.

Frustrated and exhausted, Drakken sits down on a rock and grumbles about this being sidekick work. Suddenly a large group of very angry looking short people being led by a man made out of metal appear all around Dr. Drakken.

With a half smile, he stands up. "Finally! I am Dr. Drakken and I wish to speak to your leader." Now perhaps he can get somewhere in this world.

The tin man raises his torch and yells, "He works for the Wicked Witch! Look at his pale blue skin!"

The crowd raises their torches and yells as they quickly surround him and bind his hands together. When he attempts to protest they put a gag in his mouth. The tin man stands on a rock and looks at the captive. "We should take this evil creature to the Wizard!" The crowd agrees as they half lead, half drag Dr. Drakken towards the Emerald City.