Disclaimer: I don't own Wicked or Numb3rs.

A/N: Hey all, here it is finally, I'm sorry this is late, but we won regional for band and we're going to state the 23rd, and we have 2-a days the rest of the week, so I decided to update before I went to work. So sorry if I don't get to update again for a while.

On with eight!

" Are you sure that Charlie will be able to take care of himself mentally Donnie? How do you know that he's even where you say he is?"

"I don't know dad, it's just a really good guess." Don rubbed his forehead with the heel of his hand and sighed, helping his half-drunk dad up the stairs and into bed for the night. " Now you just stay in here and rest for the night, I'm gonna go down stairs and call the doc and see if Charlie has said anything new." Alan nodded and Don went back down the stairs and got himself a new pot of coffee and the small notebook that he had been using to write Charlie's sayings for the past few days in. So far, he had little and none of it made sense as to where he was in the book. Just a bunch of ramblings to Elphaba he supposed, but the only connection was to a place called South Stairs. He just hoped that this place wasn't bad, and hoped that Charlie would be able to get out of it.

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And so did Charlie, he thought that the trail out of South Stairs would never end, but it finally did. After what felt like days, Elphaba paused and handed two blindfolds to Charlie and Avric. "Here put these on, or else were going to go blind from the light, we'll have to keep these on for a few days, but do not worry, I know where we're going, and it will be safe, I assure both of you." Charlie heard the other two tie on their blind folds tightly and he did the same. After a few moments, Elphie took his hand and he grabbed Avric's wrist and instantly felt the warmth of the sun.

Although he had tied the blindfold on tightly, and so did the others, his eyes still watered slightly.

"Where are we Elphaba?" Avric was the one to ask, as the trio made their way over what felt like a meadow, scattered with various flowers and paths, Charlie figured that they were in someone's private garden.

"We have made our way through about 20 miles of prison, and then another 20 miles out of the Emerald City and back into Shiz, but do not worry, they will never know that we were here, ad it is best if they do not."

"Who?" Charlie had no clue who they were talking about, and what were they doing in Shiz if they weren't' supposed to be there?

"My sister, Nessa; nanny, and my friend Glinda. Somedays I wonder why I call her my friend, but that is what she is never the less…"

"So that's where we are, back at the university, but why Elphaba? We have a risk of being seen by them, and don't not forget Boq as well."

Elphaba grimaced, she had not thought of him. " OH well, that's of no matter, I think that we've come out in the late evening, so it's best that we find a nook to hide in for the night, and we'll go from there."

And so the three friends settle into an abandoned house three blocks from the university, but little did they know that someone had seen them, and it was not exactly a bad thing though, the message flew through certain webs that the green girl and her companions were still alive.

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Mak: Hey sorry it's so short guys I really am, but you know how school is, it gets hectic and then you forget to update or its one of those later things, but I have to update all four of my stories this morning, so I gotta go. Hit the button on your way out of Oz!