Author's Note: Only 4 more chapters left in the story :( But for those of you wanting me to fix whats going on, don't worry. I wouldn't write a Gelphie story if there was no Gelphie lol Thanks for reviewing Wicked Fan, Viviane Ravenheart, GoingBackHome, and evilregal07. You guys always make me smile when I read your reviews :D

Now a more serious note, this chapter contains violence so for those who are sensitive to the matter, I ask you to please not read if it upsets you.

Disclaimer: I do not own Wicked or any of its characters.

Chapter 16:

Elphaba had not noticed the direction Ridal was leading her to and she didn't realize where she was until she heard a door close.

Turning around she saw Ridal standing in front of a door with a gentle smile on his face.

"Ok, process all you want, you're safe here." Ridal said with a smile as he had his hands behind his back secretly locking the door.

*******WARNING: CONTAINS VIOLENCE*******

Elphaba returned to her pacing and incoherent mumbling as Ridal moved to sit on his bed. He was lucky that his roommate was currently out and he couldn't help but feel a little giddy. For awhile all he did was watch as the green girl, thinking about how he was going to act out the rest of his plan.

Ridal was beyond excited to finally have Elphaba alone without any interruptions from Glinda. He wanted nothing more then to grab the brunette and kiss her like there was no tomorrow, but he needed to carefully plan his way around her, or she would freeze up and hesitate.

Elphaba was trying her hardest to sort her thoughts and emotions out, so hard that she still hadn't fully realized that she was in Ridal's room...alone...with the door locked. It seemed as if every voice in her head was talking to her at the same time and the numb feeling she felt earlier was very slowly melting away.

After about 20 minutes Ridal saw that Elphaba was nowhere near being finished with her internal struggle so he decided to speed up the process.

"Elphaba." Ridal said after he walked to Elphaba and gently grabbed her by her shoulders.

"What?" Elphaba said surprisingly.

"Maybe instead of thinking about Glinda and the pain she's caused, you should forget her." Ridal said looking Elphaba deep in the eyes with a hopeful expression.

"Its not that simple, I actually loved her." Elphaba said walking out of Ridal's hold and turning her back to him.

"She was just using you Elphaba." Ridal said starting to lose his calm demeanor as time passed.

"I know but... I thought she felt the same way about me. It felt too real to be an act." Elphaba said finally making sense of her thoughts and feelings. She knew Glinda well enough to know that the blonde wasn't that good at pretending to like things when deep down she didn't.

"She lied to you about everything! Don't you see we're supposed to be together?" Ridal said raising his voice. "That's how it was supposed to be."

"Look Ridal, Glinda and I just ended, I can't think about getting into another relationship now." Elphaba said with a sigh. "Who knows maybe she might have a change of heart and realize she was wrong."

"No! You belong to me! You were supposed to be with me!" Ridal exclaimed, finally getting tired of pretending to be the good guy.

'Why is he getting angry?' Elphaba's voices asked.

"Ridal I don't know why you're getting angry, but I think I've had enough time to clear my head and think straight. I'm going to go talk to Glinda now, there's still a chance to fix this. Thanks for offering me some privacy." Elphaba said as she made her way to the door, only to find that it was locked.

"You're not going anywhere." Ridal said in a serious steady voice that scared Elphaba, but she didn't show it as she turned to look at him.

"Why is the door locked?" Elphaba asked as calmly as she could manage. 'You should have left a long time ago.' Her head scolded her.

"To make sure you didn't change your mind. Or in this case, if that little bitch didn't do as good of a job as she was supposed to." Ridal said walking towards the brunette with the key to the door swinging in his hand.

"What are you talking about?" Elphaba asked, backing away.

"Well your precious 'Lyndie' was supposed to break up with you so bad that you were fully convinced she didn't love you, or else I would kill you." Ridal said as he stood right in front of Elphaba, who had nowhere to go because the door was behind her.

"What? You did this?" Elphaba said in a shocked voice.

"Yes I did." Ridal said with a proud smile.

"So Glinda didn't mean what she said?" Elphaba asked, feeling slightly hopeful.

"Unfortunately no. In a way I guess you should be thankful." Ridal said with his smile still in place. "If she hadn't ended it with you, you would be dead right now."

"She did it to protect me." Elphaba said more to herself as she became lost in her thoughts and her head said, 'She still loves you, it was all an act to keep you safe.'

"Yes. But you see Elphaba, when I want something, I always get it no matter what. Its how I've gotten everything in my life, with perseverance and a little threatening here and there." Ridal said to a non responsive Elphaba.

"And now I'm going to finally have you." Ridal said before he pressed his lips to Elphaba's and ripped at her dress.

The moment Elphaba felt Ridal's lips she immediately was brought back to reality and pulled away trying to hit Ridal with closed fists.

"What are you doing?!" Elphaba exclaimed as Ridal grabbed her wrists and pinned them to the door next to her head.

"Something that should have happened a long time ago." Ridal said before kissing Elphaba again.

Elphaba felt scared, weak, lost, helpless, and shocked but most of all angry. So angry that she felt something bubbling inside and explode out of her with great force.

"NO!" Elphaba shouted out and open her fists as Ridal was thrown across the room.

After a few short moments Ridal looked up with a deadly glare. "You really shouldn't have done that."

Elphaba still shocked by what her powers caused her to do, did nothing but stare at Ridal with wide eyes. She could see that he was bleeding from a cut on his lip and forehead.

"I tried to be nice, I really did. Now you're going to pay." Ridal said as he pulled out a sharp dagger from his belt and ran after Elphaba.

Elphaba just managed to get out of the way as Ridal lunged at her. But she wasn't lucky enough to dodge him as he punched her square in the jaw.

"See what you make me do? You couldn't play nicely could you?" Ridal said as he delivered another punch into Elphaba's stomach, knocking the wind out of her and making her fall to the ground.

"I could never play nice with you." Elphaba said as she threw her arm out and flicked her wrist, sending Ridal tumbling back against his desk, smashing it, and losing the dagger.

Elphaba stood up and tried to get her breathing back to normal.

"You bitch! All you had to do was love me!" Ridal yelled as Elphaba tried to throw him again but moved away in the nick of time. He was able to punch Elphaba again, this time hard enough to send her flying in the air and hit her forehead on the wall.

"Never. I love Glinda." Elphaba said weakly as she tried to stand.

"Hah! Glinda. Once I'm done with you I'm going to make sure that dumb bitch is taken care of." Ridal said with venom in his voice as he picked up the dagger again. His statement only succeeded in making Elphaba even more angry and she tackled him to the floor, causing the dagger to get loose again. However, he did manage to slice Elphaba across her chest, that caused her to cry out in pain.

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Fiyero had made it back to his dorm room and was considerably much calmer compared to what he was like in Elphaba and Glinda's room earlier. He couldn't believe how a person like Ridal could live with himself for putting Elphaba and Glinda through what he did, only to have what he wanted. The prince was getting angry again just thinking about Ridal, so he decided to just lay down and relax.

Fiyero could hear no noises whatsoever coming from outside his room, so was lulled to sleep by the silence.

The sound of something banging and crashing was what brought Fiyero out of his nap. He immediately opened his door and heard that the noise was coming from the direction of Ridal's room. He tried opening the door and found that it was locked.

"Shit!" Fiyero cursed when he heard grunts of pain that sounded female.

Fiyero rammed his shoulder into the door several times and on the last big slam the door gave way to reveal Elphaba wresting with Ridal on the floor as he tried to grab a dagger.

When Ridal saw Fiyero he got distracted long enough for Elphaba to grab the dagger herself and hold it against his throat.

"Move one muscle and I'll slice your throat open." Elphaba said firmly while she was breathing heavily and gripping the dagger, to the point where her knuckles turned a light green.

Ridal stayed quiet and swallowed hard, feeling his Adam's apple moved against the blade.

"Elphaba, no." Fiyero said gently looking down at the scene. "Don't do this."

"If I don't stop him, no one will." Elphaba said with a wild look in her eyes.

"No, you did stop him. He's never going to hurt anyone ever again." Fiyero said as he slowly approached the green girl.

"Give me the dagger Elphaba, its over now. Don't end your life by ending his." Fiyero said with his hand stretched out.

Elphaba was slowly realizing what the consequences would be if she killed Ridal. She would never be able to live with it, even if it was a person as bad as Ridal. She would be kicked out of school and taken to Southstairs. She would lose her friends. And she would never be able to see Glinda again.

'Glinda.' Her mind said. And she knew in that moment what she had to do.

Elphaba eased her grip on the dagger and handed it slowly to Fiyero who took it in one hand and used his other hand to pull Elphaba up and behind him.

Fiyero kept the dagger aimed at Ridal and said, "Don't move."

Just then Dr. Dillamond walked by on his way to his private quarters and saw the scene in front of him.

"What is going on?" Dr. Dillamond said looking at the destroyed room, Elphaba's torn clothes and bloody face, Fiyero holding a dagger, and Ridal on the floor bloody as well.

"Sir, he attacked Elphaba. He was trying to kill her." Fiyero said.

"Are you alright Elphaba?" Dr. Dillamond said running to her side to see the extent of her injuries.

"Yes, just please help us get Ridal out of here." Elphaba said quietly.

"Of course, I'll fetch help." Dr. Dillamond said as he left and returned with a few of the older male students and Madame Morrible.

As the situation was being handled by Dr. Dillamond and Madame Morrible, Fiyero pulled Elphaba to the side where she clung to him tightly.

"Thank you." Elphaba said in a tired voice with tears filling her eyes. "If you weren't here, I probably would have done something I would later regret."

"No problem, I'm just glad I was here in time. And now you don't have to worry anymore, you're safe." Fiyero said holding the green girl as tears silently fell out of Elphaba's eyes. "Both you and Glinda."

"Glinda." Elphaba said while tears kept falling, thinking that Fiyero was right. They were safe now.