Sorry once again it's taken a while to get this posted, it's been a bit hectic recently. I would have had something updated but the unexpected sort of surprise interview with Misha Collins has had me thinking of nothing much. So yeah I don't know how it happened, well I do but I don't think its quite registered that we actually managed it within the short time it took to have someone come and get us, but we interviewed him while he was at Collectormania and that's up on the site now –
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Just change the [dot] to the usual dot and take out the brackets (since this site has an aversion to links it would seem)
Any-who, usual stuff. What you recognise its not mine.
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"There," Tin Man said "Now that's the best we can do without any pins."
"Yeah." Lion agreed
"Oh, don't worry about me." Scarecrow announced as he stood "I'm all right. We must worry about Abigail."
"But how can we find her?" Tin Man asked "We don't even know where she is."
"Maybe not." Dean said "But we know she was taken that way, so I vote we go that way, see what we find."
"Come on fellows." Scarecrow walked forwards
"Just take it easy there Haystack" Dean held him back "We need a plan"
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Eventually they had walked for a while and had come to some rocks, Dean leading them slowly along the rock face. Tin Man suddenly slipped and fell grabbing Lion's tail
"I hope my strength holds out" Lion muttered as Scarecrow tried to help Tin Man back up
"I hope your tail holds out" Tin Man said fearfully
"You remind me of my brother" Dean said as he helped pull Tin Man back up "Careful okay"
Eventually Dean made his way over the rocks followed eventually by Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow
"What's that?" Lion asked pointing to something "What's that?"
"That's the castle of the Wicked Witch!" Scarecrow said "Abigail's in that awful place"
"Oh I hate to think of her in there" Tin Man cried "We're got to get her out"
"Don't cry now" Scarecrow sighed "We haven't got the oil-can with us, and you've been squeaking enough as it is"
Dean walked back over and crouched down "Okay, it looks simple enough one doorway, a few windows" he paused "It's a castle so there's probably something not great going to be waiting for us, far as I can tell we might be able to get straight in and out"
Lion began tapping his arm "Who's them?" he pointed almost hysterical "Who's them?"
Dean looked over his shoulder at what they would soon come to know as the Witch's Winkies "Son of a bitch" he muttered under his breath "Okay so maybe its not as easy as I thought"
"I've got a plan how to get in there" Scarecrow said
"Oh yeah?" Dean asked
Scarecrow nodded "And you're" he pointed to Lion "You're going to lead us"
"Him?" Dean pulled a face
"Yeah" Lion nodded "Me?"
"Yes, you"
"I-I- gotta get her out of there?"
"That's right"
"All right, I'll go in there for Abigail" Lion said "Wicked Witch or no Wicked Witch, guards or no guards. I'll tear 'em apart" he growled "I may not come out alive, but I'm going in there. There's only one thing I want you fellows to do."
"What's that?"
"Talk me out of it"
"No, you don't" Tin Man said
"I really think we should" Dean added "I mean he's not"
"Oh, no" Scarecrow shook his head
"No? Now, wait a minute" Lion eye-balled them
"You don't neither" Tin Man said "Up"
"Now..."
"Guys" Dean put his hands on their chests "Think about this for a minute would you? Even if we do send him in, what the hell is he going to do? Growl like a kitten?"
"Do you have another plan?" Scarecrow asked
"Maybe"
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They pressed themselves against the rock as three of the guards stood above them, as Dean whispered his plan to the three Lion looked behind him and saw 3 guards staring at them. Unable to speak, the guards rushed forwards and seized them.
"All right" Dean said as he fiddled with the guards uniform he was now wearing "Now, that wasn't the plan but"
"But something happened didn't it?" Scarecrow asked
"You put up a great fight Lion" Tin Man smiled "I don't know what we'd have done without you"
"Hah" Lion scoffed "I must have bitten you a couple of times"
"Right okay enough with that" Dean sighed "We have to get in and get Abby out" he looked around "Come on. Stay together"
"Do you think it'll be polite dropping in like this?" Lion asked as they walked along the rocks
"Lord give me strength" Dean muttered
They paused and watched the guards marching into the castle, Dean signalled for them to join the line, Scarecrow first, then Tin Man, then Lion and then himself. As they marched through Lion's tail decided to escape from under the uniform. Noticing the issue Dean grabbed it and tucked it in.
"Play it cool" he hissed pushing Lion forwards as the drawbridge was pulled up after them.
Gradually Dean found himself a head of the others, looking around he ducked into a recess in the wall and tugged the others in beside him as the rest of the guards continued down the hall.
"Where do we go now?" Tin Man whispered
"Yeah" Lion nodded
"Will you shut up I'm trying to think." Dean whispered harshly. Sighing he looked at them "Okay so, my guess would be she'll be kept upstairs. He leant out and glanced around.
"There" Scarecrow pointed to a staircase in the corner
"All right" Dean turned to face them "We go together, slow, quiet okay? All right. Let's go"
They quickly made their way down the hall and pressed their backs against the wall. Dean signalled for them to go up the stairs. Slowly and cautiously they ascended.
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Dean waved them down the hall after him, checking the few doors on the way through, leaving them with one door left. Dean quickly headed over and checked it.
"Locked" he told them before trying to open it
"Wait!" Scarecrow exclaimed "We'd better make sure. Abigail, are you in there?" he asked pressing his head to the door
"It's us!" Lion called
"Dean?" Abby called rushing to the door "Dean?"
"Yeah we're here Abs" Dean replied "Give me a few to get you out"
"Listen" Lion beamed "It's her. We gotta get her out. Open this door! Open the door!"
The three of them began pushing on the door as Dean tried to work it open
"Don't push!" Tin Man said as they pushed together
"You stop pushing" Scarecrow replied
"Oh, I was only trying to..." Lion was cut off
"Everyone stop pushing" Dean yelled standing up and looking at them "You three just, just move okay. Keep a look out" he sighed as he knelt at the door muttering under his breath "I swear to God when we get home"
Tin Man approached "How about..." he held out the axe
"How about you go stand back over there and let me do this okay" Dean said cutting him off "Damn it!" he slammed his hand on the door "Abs!"
"Yeah?" she called through the door
"You're going to have to turn the handle, see if it will help while I pick the lock"
"Okay" she turned the handle
"You turning it?"
"Yes"
"You sure?"
"Yes I'm sure!"
Standing up Dean kicked the door hard, turning he walked to the Tin Man "Give me that" he snatched the axe and walked back to the door "Abs stand back"
He raised the axe and slammed it into the wood over and over again. Bit by bit the wood began to break away. He threw the axe down and kicked the door causing it to burst open.
"Abs?" Dean called walking in the room and looking around
Abby pulled herself up from the floor "Dean"
Dean turned and stepped forwards grabbing her into a bone crushing hug before pressing his lips to hers and kissing her firmly "You okay?" he asked hands on her face
"I'm fine" Abby nodded
"Okay" he nodded, his eyes still looking over her face
"Did they hurtcha?" Lion asked
"No I'm fine" Abby replied
"Okay we got to get out of here" Dean stated "Come on"
They ran down the stairs and hurried to the entrance, the large heavy set doors swinging shut in front of them before they reached them.
"Son of a bitch" Dean yelled as he yanked the handle and pulled trying to open the doors
Abby glanced behind them and froze
"Going so soon?" the Witch asked causing Dean and the others to turn around "I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party's just beginning"
"Yeah?" Dean asked "Gotta tell you lady, ain't much of a party" he stood firm as the guards appeared in front of them
"Trapped" Lion said "Trapped like mice, er rats!"
The guards began to advance on them
"Go ahead" Tin Man said to Lion "Do something. Roar!"
"What good'll it do us?"
"That's right" the Witch spoke "Don't hurt them right away. We'll let them think about it a little first." she watched the guards point their spears "How does it feel my little visitor? Can you imagine what I'm going to do to you?"
Dean glanced at Scarecrow's eye line and his own eyes lit up, following the rope down from the huge candelabra that hung in the centre of the hall. Placing a hand on Scarecrow's shoulder he nodded. Scarecrow stepped over to where the rope was fastened on the wall.
The hour glass the Witch held was thrown down, crashing to the floor it burst into a cloud of flames and smoke.
"Now!" Dean called
Scarecrow grabbed the Tin Man's axe and chopped the rope.
As the candelabra fell Dean grabbed Abby and threw her out the way as it landed on the guards stood underneath it.
"Seize them!" the Witch screamed at the guards struggling on the floor "Stop them you fools!" she ran down the stairs and out of the hall following where Dean, Abby and the others had ran. "They've gotten away! Stop them!"
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Dean peered out from behind the recess they had hidden in and ran back into the hall
"It's no use trying the doors again" Scarecrow announced "Which room is it?"
They look back down the corridor when they hear the marching steps of the guards.
"They're coming back!" Lion panicked
"Upstairs quickly!" Scarecrow pointed to the stairs
Grabbing Abby's hand Dean pulled her behind him upstairs "Get a move on guys" Dean said as they all ran to the next floor. Seeing the Witch and the guards appear in the room.
Catching sight of them the Witch smiled
"There they go! Now we've got them. Half of you go that way" she pointed to the stairs "Half go that way" she pointed to the right "Hurry go!" she smacked a few of them with her broom "Go!"
The group found themselves running along the battlement from one tower.
"Where do we go now?" Lion asked
"This way" Scarecrow announced
"Go" Dean sent Abby ahead of him
"Dean!" Abby called as some guards appeared in front of her
"Back this way!" Dean shouted over causing them to turn and run back the way they had came as the guards followed.
They ended up in the hall with guards in front of them, they turn to run to the left only for more guards to appear inevitably trapping them. With the guards surrounding them.
The Witch came forwards and the guards parted to let her through.
"Well, ring around the rosy a pocket full of spears!" the Witch smirked "Thought you'd be pretty foxy, didn't you? Well I'm going to start in on you right here, one after the other. And the last to go will see the first four go before her" she smiled broadly and held her broom up to a torch on the wall "How about a little fire, Scarecrow?" she lowered the flame to his arm with a cackle.
"No, no no" Scarecrow cried out in fear "Help! I'm burning!"
Abby glanced around
"There" Dean pointed he grabbed the bucket from the corner and Abby took it from him throwing it on the Scarecrow, half of it hitting him and half of it hitting the Witch in the face.
The Witch let out a loud piercing scream, causing them to pause and look at her.
"Oh" the Witch shrieked "You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting, melting! Oh what a world, what a world!" she cried "Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oh look out! Look out! I'm going!"
They watched as she slowly melted away leaving nothing but her cloak and hat on the floor.
"You have got to be shitting me" Dean exclaimed his eyes focused on the pile of clothing on the floor where the witch once stood.
The leader of the guards looked at them.
"She's... she's dead!" he exclaimed "You've killed her"
"I can't say she didn't deserve it" Dean replied
"We didn't mean to kill her" Abby explained shooting Dean a look "Really. It's just he was on fire"
The guards knelt down
"Hail to Abigail!" the leader announced "The Wicked Witch is dead!"
"Hail hail to Abigail! The Wicked Witch is dead!" the guards said together
"You're happy about this?" Dean asked curiously
"Very happy" the leader nodded "Now she won't be able to hit us with a broom any more"
Abby looked at Dean "The broom! Could we have it?"
"Please" the leader handed it to her "Take it with you"
"Thanks" she smiled "Now we can go back to the Wizard and say she's dead"
"And maybe get home too" Dean added
"The Wicked Witch is dead!" the leader announced
"The Wicked Witch is dead!" all the guards cheered again "The Wicked Witch is dead! Hail, hail the Witch is dead! Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!"
