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"I bet we will." Charlie also smiled, and took his tea when the waiter brought him his, and both sat in companionable silence for a moment, both lost in their thoughts.
"Well Elphaba, where do we go from here? I don't even know how you found me much less what we're doing here."
"Lets just say that I met a few people the other day that I share a common enemy with, and that, in time Charles, you will grow to hate as much as the rest of us. The not so wonderful Wizard."
Charlie nodded, taking it all in. "The one that came in by hot air balloon?"
"The very same, it is rumored that he came from another world called Kansas, but none such place has been found."
"Not on your maps anyway. "Charlie muttered, but Elphaba didn't hear him. Finishing her tea, she called for the ticket and paid it, curling her lip at the emending storm that was about to gather, and Charlie suddenly remembered that she was allergic to water, and he thought that he knew why. But that was of no matter right then because he had to concentrate to keep up with his emerald companion.
Elphaba snaked through the city streets and made her was to an old military base, finding her way into a lofty apartment in one of the buildings.
"This is where I first found you, lying face-sown on the floor and out cold. I figured that the Wizard had you thrown in her for one reason or another, but since it is no longer occupied, I think that it will serve our purposes well for the time being."
"I guess it will, I don't know how I got here though…I wonder why he would he would throw me in here, I have no memory of what has gone on the last few days."
"It serves us just as well." And that was all that she said for the next three hours as the two of them began to clean their meeting place as Charlie known it to become.
Dawn broke by the time that the doctors had actually got Charlie out of the ER, after pulling out all the little pieces of glass that had lodged in his hands, face and arms. A medium sized pan is what held all that was left of Alan's antique Tiffany lamp and Alan didn't really care, he just wanted his son to wake up. He sent Don home, wanting his oldest to get some sleep and go back to work, reassuring him that he would call the minute Charlie woke up. Larry, Amita, and several students of Charlie's also stopped by to see how the professor was doing, but the doctors could offer no words of comfort to the father just a simple, "We are monitoring his progress an we will get back with you as soon as anything changes." Translation: we don't know and we're stalling for time to try and figure out why your son's a vegetable.
Alan sighed again, turning his gaze for the umpteenth time to his younger son, who was probably miles away right now, and how right Alan was, for right now, Charlie had his own agenda that he was busy taking care of.
"So how are we going to get to Madame Morrible, from what you all have told me, this plan could take years." Charlie turned to Elphaba and several others, who he could not quite name yet, and he was certain that at least two of them were Animals, one a snake.
"Oh no wittthhh her being prompted to pressss secretary," the snake began, "It will not be hard for usss to get to her. But the Wizard in the long run will prove to be more difficult." She thumped her tail against the weathered boards, and Charlie was once again thankful that he was seated next to Elphie and another human named Boq, though Boq seemed that he didn't really wasn't to be there, and he told the green girl as much.
"Why do we have to do this Elphie? We know that Madame had Dr. Dillamund killed! What is the point in getting revenge?"
Elphaba gave him a long look, then smiled. "Why, I'm surprised at you Boq, for one who used to be so bold in courting our Galinda. Or Glinda as she is to be called now, she has also been in the Wizards clutches for sometime, and I have not been able to get a hold of her."
'The good witch of the north?' Charlie thought, 'She's in this too? I should've gotten farther in the book before I turned on that goddamn- Oh my god! That's why I'm here! ' The revelation suddenly struck Charlie, but he quickly dismissed it, he couldn't be in a coma, this wasn't a dream, because he had never read anything in the book like this, or it would be his memory repeating it back to him in an illogical fashion. This, however, was perfectly logical; they were planning to ultimately kill the Wizard. 'But then again,' thought Charlie when we get there, maybe Elphaba will be right, maybe I'll want to kill the wizard, I guess I won't know till I get there.' And with that the meeting for the night adjourned, leaving Charlie with nothing.
Mak: Hey there's chapter three, hope it's ok, for those who don't know, I'm trying to make this those "lost years" for those of you who have read the book, and just something fun for those who haven't. And don't forget the button on your way out of Oz!