Glinda sighed as she watched Elphaba, wishing she had spoken up and suggested they ride tandem instead of separately like she considered when they were picking out the horses at the stables. Then she would be cuddled against her lover's back, offering what support she could by holding her close. Instead she was watching her as she rode a few paces ahead, lost in thought.

She should have been used to Elphie's moodiness by now. The woman could go from sweet and attentive to angsty and brooding in two seconds flat. Glinda hadn't noticed it as much since they reunited but it obviously still happened. And it certainly wasn't any easier to watch. From the first moments of their friendship it drove her crazy to know the green girl was hurting and there wasn't anything she could do about it until Elphie decided if she wanted to open up to her or not.

At least with Eadlyn around she didn't have to guess what was upsetting Elphie. She wanted to rip him limb from limb too for what he was putting Dena through. But they couldn't. Not until they were sure he had something to do with Bree's disappearance.

"If looks could kill he'd be dead about a million times over already."

Glinda was so startled she nearly toppled out of her saddle. "Fiyero!"

"Sorry." He chuckled. "I thought you heard me riding up. But obviously you and Elphaba were too busy having a contest to see who could burn holes in the back of Eadlyn's head first." He grinned. "You make quite a pair."

"It's not funny." Glinda chastised him. "He's riding up there like he doesn't have a care in the world while we're all back here on pins and needles." Her voice dripped with anger. "He's hurting Elphie, Fiyero, and there's nothing I can do about it."

"She hasn't said much since we left the house has she?"

"Try anything at all."

"That's not good." Fiyero glanced at the green woman. "It's scary when she gets too quiet. You don't know what's going through that head of hers."

"I hope Cade finds something soon. Maybe then Elphie can relax and we'll finally be rid of him," Glinda nodded toward Eadlyn.

Fiyero followed her gaze just in time for Eadlyn to turn his head to the right, almost as if he was checking out something in the distance. It wasn't very long before he faced forward again.

"Did he just look at us?" Fiyero asked.

"I think he did."

"Is it just me or does he seem kind of nervous all of a sudden?"

"That looked more calculating than nervous to me." Glinda continued to watch him. "I think he's trying to decide if he can slip away without anyone noticing."

"I'm not so sure." Fiyero narrowed his eyes.

"Glinda's right." Elphaba turned in her saddle to address them. "He's been doing that every few minutes for a long time now. If you didn't have guards surrounding us he would have made a break for it already."

Fiyero grinned again as they caught up with her. "Nice of you to rejoin the land of the living, Fae."

"I've been here the whole time Yero." Elphaba quirked an eyebrow. "And don't call me scary again."

Glinda smiled. "It's good to hear your voice."

Elphaba reached for her hand. "I'm sorry I worried you my sweet. I guess between watching him and trying to work through all the thoughts in my head I got a little lost."

"You came back, that's the important thing." Glinda gave her hand a squeeze.

"Master Fiyero!"

Elphaba furrowed her brow. "Did you hear something?"

"I thought I did." Glinda listened for a moment. "Maybe not."

"Master Fiyero!"

Fiyero's eyes got big as the voice got closer. "It's Milton."

"Why are you saying it like that's a bad thing?" Glinda frowned. "He's what we've been waiting for."

"Maybe so, but we don't want him announcing what's going on to everyone." Fiyero lifted his chin in Eadlyn's direction.

"Then don't just sit there." Elphaba made a shooing motion with her hand. "Go meet him before he has a chance to…"

The boy suddenly crashed through the brush a good twenty yards behind them. "We found the camp!"

"Shit." Fiyero wheeled his horse around. "Milton!" He called out to him as he spurred his mount into action.

"Master Fiyero!" The boy waved. "They have the girl and Miss Glinda's mother!"

"Shhh!" Fiyero tried to quiet him down.

"My mother?" Glinda's frown deepened.

"Captain Cade said to send your men right away!"

"Damn it." Elphaba hissed as Eadlyn spurred his horse into a gallop.

Fiyero chose that moment to turn in the saddle. "Damn it," he repeated her sentiment as he started back toward them. "Don't let him get away!"

Elphaba started to open her mouth but Glinda beat her to it, pointing with her right hand as she shouted, "Agito!"

The spell hit Eadlyn in the shoulder, knocking him off balance. He tried to stay in the saddle but couldn't keep a tight enough grip on the reins. The horse finally threw him before bolting off into the woods. He barely hit the ground before he was on his feet again, trying to avoid the guards who were quickly upon him.

"Concido." It was Elphaba who cast this time, sweeping Eadlyn's legs out from under him.

"Nice work you two." Fiyero congratulated them. "I had no idea you could do that Glinda."

"Neither did I." The blonde stared at her still outstretched hand in amazement. "I mean, Bree told me I didn't need a wand and I've performed a couple of other spells but never anything that powerful. It felt…" She shook her head, trying to come up with the right word.

"Exhilarating?" Elphaba finished for her. "Emotions play a big part in it." She climbed down from her horse as the guards brought a struggling Eadlyn toward them, her voice turning frosty. "Especially when you're pissed off."

"Keep your cool, Fae." Fiyero dismounted too. "He's in custody now."

Glinda let Elphaba help her down, keeping a strong grip on her lover's hand after her feet were on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Eadlyn glared at Fiyero as he was brought to a stop in front of the group. "What's the meaning of this?!"

"You're being arrested." Fiyero said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Arrested! For what?!"

"Oh, let me see…"

"Do you know who I am?!" Eadlyn interrupted him.

"You're the bastard who's been putting my sister through hell." Glinda growled at him.

"Easy tiger." Fiyero gave her an appreciative look before turning his eyes toward Elphaba. "I think you're rubbing off on her."

"And I think you're all crazy!" Eadlyn spat. "What grounds do you have to arrest me?!"

"What grounds don't we have?" Elphaba fired back. "Extortion, kidnapping, trying to force someone to marry you."

"Being an all around ass," Fiyero added.

Eadlyn ignored his comment. "I haven't extorted anything from anyone. And I wasn't forcing Addena to do anything she didn't want to do."

"You're a liar!" Glinda started toward him.

Elphaba took a half step forward, putting herself between him and the blonde. "I see you conveniently left out kidnapping."

"That's because it's too ludicrous to even consider!"

"You have my sister!"

This time it was Fiyero's turn to put himself between the girls and Eadlyn as Elphaba took a menacing step toward the man. "Look, why don't you just make this easy for all of us and confess to what you've done."

"Because I haven't done anything!" Eadlyn protested.

"So you're not holding my mother against her will?" Glinda snarled.

"And you haven't been kidnapping Animals for who knows what kind of sick games?" Elphaba chimed in. "You didn't order your men to take Bree?"

"And you have no idea why your right hand man went straight to the camp where Mrs. Upland, the Animals and Breena are being held after we left to start the search this morning?" Fiyero put in his two cents worth.

Eadlyn shrugged. "Gregor always has been the secretive type. Obviously he…"

"Don't even try it!" Glinda cut him off. "Dena overheard you telling him to go to the camp!"

Fiyero nodded. "We know you're involved."

"Prove it." Eadlyn gave them a smug smile.

Elphaba started to lay into him but felt an all too familiar sensation settle over her as the world around her disappeared.

"We plan to." Fiyero sneered.

People. Everywhere she looked were people.

"No offense sir, but you really don't have time for this." Milton spoke as he finally reached them. "All of the men in that camp were heavily arms. Captain Cade and the others won't stand a chance against them without reinforcements if something happens."

Glinda swallowed hard. "Fiyero?"

Glinda was at her side, tears streaming down her cheeks as she kept a tight grip on her hand.

"You four make sure he doesn't try anything funny while I go talk to the other men."

"Yes sir." One of the guards gave a barely visible bow.

Her father was at her other side, his face a mask of grief as he looked at something on the ground.

"Milton." Fiyero turned to the boy. "Can you lead the others to the camp?"

The boy nodded. "Of course I can."

She followed his gaze, shocked to see a coffin slowly being lowered into a grave.

"That a boy." Fiyero clapped him on the shoulder. "Wait here." He addressed Glinda and Elphaba.

"But…"

"I can't have the two of you going into a potentially dangerous situation." Fiyero interrupted Glinda. "I'm going to send the men ahead and then we'll follow with him," he shot Eadlyn a nasty look.

Her heart hammered in her chest as she frantically searched the faces around them, trying to find who was missing.

"Bree is in that camp and Dena is with Cade." Glinda countered. "We should get to leave with the rest of the men."

Fiyero shook his head. "I can't let you do that."

There was Betak, holding onto Lion for dear life. And Yackle and Maeve.

"Tell him I'm right Elphie." Glinda waited a beat before looking at her lover. "Elphie?"

Directly across from them was Addena. Her head was bowed, her shoulders shaking with sobs as she clung to another, slightly older blonde.

Fiyero frowned when she didn't respond. "Fae?" He waved his hand in front of her unseeing eyes. "Elphaba?" He shook his head. "She's not there."

"Of all the times for a vision." Glinda sighed. "Go talk to the men."

There was only one thing that could upset the doctor that much. One face that she hadn't seen in the crowd.

His frown deepened. "Are you sure?"

Glinda nodded. "She usually comes out of these pretty quickly."

Breena.

Eadlyn cocked his head at the green woman as Fiyero jogged away. "Is she having some kind of fit?"

"It's none of your concern." Glinda snapped.

"Oh, I see." Eadlyn nodded. "The lights are on but nobody's home." He snorted. "What a freak."

Glinda clinched her jaw. "Shut up!"

She searched the faces again, trying to convince herself she was wrong. Bree was there somewhere. She had to be. She wouldn't miss a funeral that half of Oz had turned out for. Unless…

"Sorry. I didn't mean to upset you." Eadlyn was anything but sincere.

"What part of shut up don't you understand?" One of the guards gave him a shake.

No, it couldn't be.

The sound of thundering hooves drew everyone's attention as the rest of the guards left.

Breena couldn't be… Her sister wasn't…

Eadlyn took advantage of the situation to pull his right arm free, quickly grabbing the knife hidden in his right boot and stabbing both the guards who had been holding him before either of them could react.

Her heart stopped as the casket lowered even more, revealing the beautifully engraved letters on the ornate emerald green headstone overlooking the grave.

He was ready for the other two guards as they tried to rush him, using their own momentum against them to dive between them without being touched.

Breena Thropp. Beloved sister, daughter, friend and lover. Gone too soon.

"Elphie." Glinda shook Elphaba's arm as she watched Eadlyn stab one of the remaining guards in the back before ripping the sidearm the man carried on his belt out of its holster. "It's time to wake up now." She flinched as Eadlyn shot the last guard in the chest. "Elphie!!"

"Hey!" Fiyero ran toward them, his own gun drawn. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Breena was dead.

Eadlyn grabbed Glinda's arm, forcefully pulling her away from a still catatonic Elphaba. "Stay back!" He pulled her in front of him, using her as a shield. "Or she gets it!" He planted the barrel of the gun against her temple.

Her sister was dead.

"Take it easy." Fiyero kept his gun leveled on the other man, desperately trying to find an opening to take a shot.

"Drop your gun!" Eadlyn shoved his own weapon harder against Glinda's head when Fiyero hesitated. "Drop it!!"

The people slowly started to move away.

"All right." Fiyero made a show of lowering the gun. He hated to do it but he couldn't risk Glinda. Elphaba wasn't showing any signs of coming around and she would never forgive him if something happened to the blonde. "Just don't hurt her."

"Wait!" Eadlyn shouted so loud he made an already terrified Glinda jump. "Throw it away instead!"

Fiyero frowned. "But you said…"

"I changed my mind!"

Her father put his hand on her shoulder, not saying a word before turning away, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"OK. Calm down." Fiyero switched his grip on the weapon.

"What are you doing?!" Eadlyn panicked.

Fiyero held up his free hand. "Just making it easier to throw."

Eadlyn rolled his eyes. "Stop stalling and do it already!"

Lion brought Betak over, who promptly drew her into a bear hug. "She loved you. Never forget that." With those words the old woman bustled away.

Fiyero sighed as he chucked the gun toward the woods. So much for keeping it close at hand in case he got the chance to use it.

"Very good." Eadlyn smiled. "Now die." He pointed the gun at the former scarecrow and pulled the trigger.

"Come on, Addena." The older blonde spoke. "There's nothing more you can do here." Addena gave her a heartbroken look over her shoulder as she let herself be led away from the graveside.

"Fiyero!" Glinda screamed as he slumped to the ground.

"You don't have to worry about him anymore." Eadlyn whispered in her ear.

Her stomach turned as his breath caressed her skin. "Let go of me!"

"I don't think so." He pulled her even closer.

"I'm so sorry Elphie." Glinda wiped at the tears on her cheeks. "Take your time. I'll be here when you're ready to leave." She let of her hand and took a couple of steps back.

"You see, I still need that money from your father. And I'm willing to bet he'll shell out even more for you than he would have for your sister." He groped one of her breasts. "That's what you get for being Daddy's little girl."

She started down at the grave, her head spinning.

"Stop!" Glinda tried to wiggle away from him again.

"I don't think so." He fondled her even more aggressively. "You're mine now."

"I'll never be yours. Elphie!" She called out to her lover.

She kept telling herself it couldn't be even as the truth started to weigh heavily on her heart.

"Elphie!" Eadlyn mocked her. "You're precious Elphaba can't help you now. And I'm going to make sure she won't be a factor ever again."

"No." Glinda struggled even harder as he pointed the gun at the witch. "Don't!"

"I can't believe you're really gone." The sound of her own voice shocked her.

"Elphaba!!" Glinda managed to grab his gun arm, sending his first shot wide to the right.

"Damn it!" Eadlyn quickly regained control. "You made me waste a perfectly good bullet." He slammed the butt of the gun into the side of her head, holding her up when her knees buckled in pain. "Now hold still while I shoot her."

"I'll miss you every day." She reached down to pick up a handful of dirt, letting it rest in her palm for a moment before sprinkling it over the coffin. "I love you."

"No!" Fiyero suddenly sprang to his feet and ran at Elphaba, tackling her a split second after Eadlyn fired again.

"Goodbye Bree." With that she walked away too.

"Elphie?" Glinda's voice was weak as she blurrily took in the sight of her lover and Fiyero sprawled on the ground together, neither of them moving.

"Shh." Eadlyn soothed her. "It's only us now Glinda." He lovingly stroked her cheek. "And just think of the fun we're going to have together."

Glinda wanted to cry but gave into the darkness closing in around her instead.

"That's it." Eadlyn swung her up into her arms and headed for the nearest horse. "Rest now. And when you wake up we'll be so far away no one will ever be able to find you."