Ok, I'm back very quickly becuase of what happened in the last chapter and decided to write up the next one very quickly. I don't want the mob to come after me. You will see what Elphaba does to the man who did this and you guys get to see if Glinda or Hope make it. So enjoy. :)
The man tried to get to his feet, yet again, but the wet grass kept on slipping underneath his feet. He could hear Elphaba's feet pounding closer and closer to him. He knew that there was little room for error for this last attempt to get up and out of here. The man made a soft whimpering noise as his feet started to slip again but he managed, through his other attempts, to wear the ground down to get a good foot hold. The man was almost crying with joy now that he managed to get to his feet and not face any consequences.
He was so wrong. The shooter made a strangled noise when a hand gripped the back of his neck and tossed him into the nearest tree as hard as it could. The man bounced off the tree like rubber ball bouncing off a wall. He groaned as he looked up with a splitting headache to see Elphaba towering over him with her chest heaving and wild, brown eyes burning a hole in his body.
"You bastard! You…you took away people I love from me. I will make you pay." Elphaba said, her voice was shaking because of her anger coursing through her body. She didn't want this man to go through a trial and wait years down the road to get executed. She wanted this man dead right now and she will be the doing the killing. She wanted to feel this man's heart stop beating, she wanted to see the life slowly drain out of his eyes while realizing this was it for him. She wanted him to suffer the pain ten times over.
The man knew that the beyond pissed off green witch meant every word and reached for his gun that was lying next to him. Elphaba saw this movement and felt her blood boiling even more. This coward was going to take her out the easy way just like Hope and Glinda. The green witch kicked the gun away just as the shaking fingers started to grasp the handle. She then spat in the man's face then kicked him square in his stomach.
"You are a fucking coward. That is what you are." Elphaba snarled as she kicked him again. The guy grunted in pain but he didn't have a chance to recover when he got another hard kick to the stomach. He was starting to get afraid that the green witch might kill him in this enraged state. It was two minutes later when the beating from Elphaba stopped and the man coughed up blood. The gunman was breathing heavily and looked up to see what was the let up on kicking his ass. Elphaba had gotten tired on just kicking the shit out of him and decided to making him stand to up and face her like a man he was not. The green witch started to bend down to grab hold of him and get him to his feet.
This was the only time he had a chance to turn the tide into his favor. The gunman quickly reached to his belt and grabbed hold of his hidden dagger. A flash of steel and blood spattered the green grass. Elphaba stumbled back as she clutched her chest hissing in pain. The raven haired beauty pulled her hand away from her chest to see a bloody line going right across her chest. It wasn't deep nor was it shallow. Elphaba clenched her jaw in frustration at letting this bastard cut her. Her harden brown eyes swept up to the man who did this to her and hissed in anger at him getting to his feet. The rain was washing off her blood from the dagger. The man was growing confident now that he managed to get a piece of the green flesh.
"You wipe that look off your face asshole. You will pay for what you have caused." Elphaba spat out as she started to advance to the cornered man. The green witch got closer and closer while the man gripped his dagger harder. He wasn't feeling all the confident anymore at seeing the rigid posture and fire flaring in her eyes. Green hands came out, aiming for his neck and the man moved his dagger forward. Elphaba felt a flash of pain in her right arm as her hands tightened around the neck area. Deep-colored blood started to drop on the grass then the blood stained knife fell just a few seconds later.
The man started to gasp for breath as the green fingers tightened around his neck. His fear was coming true. Elphaba was going to kill him. The green witch hissed through her gritted teeth and pushed him into the tree, she could see the life slowing draining in this man's eyes. Soon Glinda and Hope will be avenged just a couple more minutes and it will be all over. The man's face started to turn blue and Elphaba knew it would be very soon. He has taken everything from her and he had to pay with his life.
"Elphaba, no stop it." A voice rang out in horror. Elphaba ignored the voice and gripped the neck even tighter. Just a couple more seconds that was all she needed. Fate wouldn't let her take a life not even for revenge. Hands suddenly came onto her own and pried her death grip away from the gunman. The man took a huge breath of air before collapsing to the ground while coughing. The green witch found herself struggling to get out of a hold that has encompassed her own body. She needed to finish him off. He needed to pay.
"Stop it. I will not let your hands become stained red." Clotho whispered as she pulled Elphaba farther away from the gunman while her sisters stood in front of him to keep the both of them apart. The green witch screamed as her body slowly stopped her struggling, she was finally feeling the wounds this man laid on her body. Clotho still clung onto Elphaba just incase she decided to take a second stab at him. She didn't want Elphaba to have a murder hanging over her head the rest of her life, she might not be able to handle it when she realized what she has done.
"He shot them. He shot them in cold blood. He deserves to fucking die." Elphaba said quietly with her eyes never leaving the man cowering behind Lachesis and Athropos. Clotho swallowed hard and didn't say anything. They knew about what was going to happen but they could not intervene. They wanted to but someone came to them and reminded them, in a not so friendly way, they needed to stay out of this affair or suffer the consequences. To make sure that they didn't the person put a spell on them preventing them from leaving the area they were confined to. None of their spells worked to take it away and it went down when Glinda was the first one shot.
"He does but under the law not by your own hands. He will get his and we will make sure that he will be taken care off. But now Elphaba you need to get back. Glinda and Hope need you. Go now." Clotho whispered as she turned Elphaba around, towards the entrance of the woods. When Clotho mentioned her family Elphaba forgot all about the man who shot them down. She started to panic. She didn't know what their condition was or if they were going to make it. The green witch started to run back towards the scene of the crime to see her family. When Elphaba was out of her sight, the brunette turned around with her eyes glowing. Her sisters followed suit and turned their terrifying gaze back on the man who started this.
"You thought Elphaba was bad. Now you deal with us." Clotho whispered as she advanced on the man. His screams were drowned out by a huge crack of lighting. He never did make it out of the woods.
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Elphaba busted into Dr. Nik's room to see what the hell happened while she was chasing after the asshole. Fiyero winced at the loud noise for he had a tremendous headache after getting a hit to the head. He looked up to see the water logged witch standing in the doorway with her eyes darting around to see Glinda or Hope. The prince took the ice bag off his face and unsteadily rose to his feet. He had a concussion and was the least injured person off the bunch. Fiyero was so worried about Elphaba after he was informed what she did after the event. The blonde slowly started to walk toward the very tense green witch, he was afraid if he made a sudden movement she would accidentally send him flying across the room. When the darting brown eyes landed on Fiyero, Elphaba lunged toward him.
"Gah"
Fiyero was the one started, not Elphaba, when the green witch latched her hands onto his shoulders and her eyes bore into his own.
"Where are they? Where are they?" Elphaba demanded with franticness as she started to shake him. Fiyero clasped onto her shoulders to force her to stop shaking him. Tears were welling in her eyes at see the egg shape know on the side of his head. If he looked like this then how were Glinda and Hope or Hunter. She needed to know where they were so she could be by them. At that moment Dr. Nik came out of his office to see Elphaba had finally returned. His eyes saw blood dripping off of her right arm and knew she was injured as well and by the looks of the blood lost the wound on her arm needed immediate care.
"They were taken to St. Glinda's Hospital. I don't know their conditions." Fiyero replied in a thick voice as he remembered waking up and spotting Hope in her own pool of blood. He nearly threw up when his eyes landed on Glinda and in the exact same position as her daughter. He witness the Lion acting fast and get the three who were shot to the nearest hospital. Fiyero said he would stay here until Elphaba came back.
He didn't need that much medical attention. All he got was a slight concussion but he wanted to take Glinda's and Hope's wound onto his own body so they can be with Elphaba. The green witch cupped his face and placed a kiss on his forehead to say thank you before starting to leave. Fiyero cleared his throat uncomfortably as he wiped the area with the back of his hand
"Wait, Elphaba." Dr. Nik called out seeing his chance to check on the wounds the green witch had on her body. Elphaba groaned softly and turned around with impatience in her eyes. She didn't have time for this distraction and neither does Hope or Glinda. Seeing this, Dr. Nik didn't mention about her injuries but decided to inform her on what Glinda has been keeping from her since this morning.
"I just want to say something about Glinda. That cold Glinda has can turn into something deadly very quickly."
Elphaba's eyes widen at learning this. Glinda has kept this from her but why? The green witch clenched and unclenched her hands before walking up to the doctor. She was on her last string of sanity right now and she might regret this later but her emotions were shot. A green hand shot out and Dr. Nik stumbled backward with a bloody nose. The green witch was breathing heavily at the picture before her. She let loose a soft stream of air between the spaces of her teeth before twirling around and storming out of the room. Dr. Nik just pulled out a handkerchief and wiped away the blood that has accumulated on his face.
Elphaba had walked out into the storm again and ran towards the place where they kept all the horses at. She slipped in and the only sound was the rain hitting the ground. Suddenly the door burst open and a jet, black stallion was rearing on its hind legs neighing out loud. Its hooves smashed into the ground as Elphaba held on like a professional. She squeezed the horse's side and the horse bolted away from the entrance way. Elphaba hoped that she would get there on time.
One year later
The gunman standing in front of her with gun pointing at Glinda.
A flash of light then Glinda lying in a pool of blood with her eyes staring lifelessly into her own.
A scream and Hope was down just like her mother and her eyes looking into her own as well.
She looked up when the pistol was cocked again. The barrel of the gun was aimed right at her then a flash of light
Elphaba woke with a start and she scrambled to get into a sitting position in her bed. The green witch put a hand to her heaving chest as she tried to calm herself down from another nightmare that has plagued her dreams. They have been in her dreams ever since that incident. They were bad in the beginning but have lessened over the period of time after the fact. It was always the same, she didn't save Glinda or Hope then got the gun turned on herself. Elphaba rubbed her eyes as she sighed softly, she wondered when they were going to go away.
She pushed her hands through her dark locks then sniffled. It was no use getting back to sleep because she just couldn't when ever this nightmare decided to pop in her mind. So the raven haired beauty slipped out of the bed and quietly padded to the bathroom to get something on her naked body. Elphaba hissed when the light of the bathroom hit her unadjusted eyes. While blinking her eyes she walked to the hanger where her robe was hanging on. She stopped and softly put a hand on the pink one next to hers.
Elphaba exhaled shakily before grabbing her own and turning away. She paused when she was in front of the mirror. The green witch traced the scar that went across her chest then the one that trailed down her right arm. She never knew what had happen to the man who did this. When she visited the sisters to tell them the news on what had happen in the hospital she asked. Clotho cryptically responded that he was taken care off. Elphaba knew better then to push the subject.
"Well, what ever happened to him. He deserved it." Elphaba whispered as she slipped on her robe and tied it around her waist. When she was finished she turned off the light and walked out the bathroom then the bedroom. The green witch made her way down to Hope's room. She gulped hard as she reached for the door handle. It twisted and Elphaba opened enough just to peek her head in.
There Hope was lying peacefully in her bed and still giving off soft snores. She was eight now and somehow, Elphaba still was shocked, pulled through with amazing results. The doctors said she had a twenty five percent of living but after the first two nights in the intensive care she was pulled out because she was recovering at a past that left the doctors baffled. Hope didn't even seem to mind that she had to celebrate her seventh birthday in the hospital just as long as she had her family with her it didn't matter.
Fiyero said that resilience was a combination of both Glinda's and Elphaba's because if she had another other person's genes she might not have made it. Even after the year that has passed Hope hasn't changed at all. She was still the happy go lucky girl with a smile that can still light up a room. Elphaba wiped away a tear that has started to roll down her check. She didn't know what she would do if she lost Hope that night. It most certainly would have felt like the world was coming to an end. Brown eyes caught the ring around her daughter's neck glow green. Then arms suddenly wrapped around her waist.
"Oh Elphie, I told you to wake me when it happens." Glinda soft spoken voice whispered behind the green witch. She didn't like it when Elphaba would wander off when the nightmares attacked her in her sleep. The green witch sighed softly and turned around in her lover's arms. She didn't want to disturb Glinda because the blonde looked so peaceful while she slept. Elphaba didn't want to break that charm because of her stupid nightmares. Worried crystal blue eyes moved back and forth as Elphaba just stared at her. Elphaba sighed deeply now and looked away from the eyes.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't want to wake you." She whispered as she looked back with her eyes misted over. Glinda made a soft noise as she cupped her lover's face. Her thumbs stroked the green cheeks in comfort. This was a hard year for Elphaba because the people she loved the most were severely wounded but they have made a full recovery and Glinda hoped that might have eased Elphaba's fears.
"I don't care, Elphaba. You were there for us now let me be here for you." Glinda replied as she had to wipe away the tears that were running down Elphaba's face. The green witch exhaled sharply before reaching down and hugging her fiancée. Glinda gave a small smile and returned the hug then kissed the side of her lover's face. The two stayed there for who knows how long when Elphaba broke away. She was just glad that she was able to hold Glinda in her arms again. The blonde took a green hand and guided Elphaba back to their room where Glinda can help Elphaba through her nightmare. Glinda giggled softly as the door to their room closed for the rest of the night.
See, happy ending. I couldn't make Hope or Glinda die for that matter. I can get angsty but I don't want to go that route in this story. So, I will update sometime soon. Until then.
DWK