A/N: I know quite a few of you were ready to grab your torches and pitchforks after last chapter so I hope that this chapter makes up for it. ;)

Chapter 10

Silence flooded the room and a look of shock crossed Glinda's face. She had been sure that the spell had worked. Doctor Haluk moved to the still patient and double checked Karl's findings. Her pulse was in fact gone. He looked to the nearby clock and said,

"I'm calling it. Time of death…" he didn't finish that sentence as Elphaba's body arched off the bed as she gasped for air. Quickly both he and Karl helped her to sit up when her body hit the mattress. She heaved for air three more times before her breathing returned to normal. The doctor sent Karl off to fetch some water and when he returned, the doctor offered the drink to the green skinned woman.

"Miss Elphaba, do you know where you are?" Doctor Haluk asked. She looked around and then shook her head as she swallowed all of the water in the cup in one shot.

"Do you know who I am?" The doctor wanted to know.

"Doctor Haluk," she nodded.

"Very good. How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Light headed," she replied.

"That is quite understandable. Do you have any pain anywhere or are you having trouble forming thoughts? Are the words hard to get out?" The Doctor was concerned given the fact that she had yet to make a complete sentence. The spell may have removed the pressure from her brain but that didn't mean that there wasn't serious damage left behind.

She opened her mouth to respond but she closed it again when she noticed that everyone in the room was staring at her with the exception of the Doctor and Karl.

"It's all right Miss Elphaba. Take your time. A lot has happened in the last week and you've been through a lot," he smiled slightly.

"I need everyone who is not essential medical personnel out of here. The last thing she needs is to have her senses overloaded," Haluk ordered.

"We will do no such thing! There are charges to be leveled at both Miss Elphaba and Lady Glinda. They will be issued here!" Council Leader Augusto shouted.

"Absolutely not! She has been traumatized enough for one day. Come back tomorrow when I've had a better chance to examine her and help her through this process," Haluk was not going to back down now.

"The shenanigans that have been going on around here will stop this instant! They will be chained to their beds and they will have the charges brought against them, right now!" Augusto rebutted. Brrr was about to step in when suddenly Elphaba started screaming. It took only a few moments but the world around her froze. The only one who did not was Glinda. The pink wearing Good Witch carefully exited her bed and walked over to her friend, despite being a little wobbly on her own legs.

"It's all right Elphie," Glinda ungracefully plopped down on the bed as her knees were still a little too weak from casting the spell. Embracing her friend, the screaming stopped and the crying began.

"I've got you Elphie. No one is going to hurt you. I promise. Not now, not ever again," the blonde promised as Elphaba continued to cry into her best friend's shoulder, soaking the pink material found there. Despite the fact that Elphaba was crying, Glinda took heart at the situation. Her magic was certainly back which meant possibly her memories and a way to defend herself without having all the dark secrets that had been spilled by the people around her come to light in a public forum.

The magic began to fade as the crying continued and slowly the room transformed back into the men and Animals that had been shouting previously. The shouting stopped as they realized that Glinda had somehow moved over to the green skinned woman and no one had managed to notice.

"Gentlemen, out of my infirmary now," Haluk was almost growling.

"Do as he says or you will find yourselves in the cells with those you are trying to convict," Brrr actually growled at the men of the Council. Quietly the men left the room leaving only the medical personnel and Captain Khalil.

"Captain I must insist that you go too. I need to calm Miss Elphaba down and as of yet I'm not sure what has resulted to make her cry," Haluk feared that memories were flooding back and that the crying was the result of remembering what had been so long buried.

"I…" Khalil started as his heart broke to see Elphaba balling like a baby into Glinda's shoulder.

"I will let you know when you can come and see Lady Glinda," he gave a slight smile and a wink. Khalil nodded and was gone.

"What just happened, Doctor?" Karl asked.

"I have no idea but we will do all we can for her now," Haluk smiled slightly.

To Be Continued…