Well, one bright side to being a tik-tok is that I can run without getting tired, Boq thought as he sped down the yellow brick road at top speed. With every step rang a harsh metallic noise and sent vibrations up his body, but he didn't care; the only thing he was thinking of was all of the mysteries that were created after reading the letter. He rushed pass the emerald city, through the haunted forest, and soon discovered himself in the mountains near Kiamo Ko.
Wow, last time I was here, I was leading an angry mob against the woman who condemned to eternity in a tin prison filled with loneliness. As he slowed his pace and meandered down the mountainous region, all of a sudden he saw a flying monkey carrying a body through the air, landing swiftly on the rooftop of the castle.
That must be Fiyero! The Tin Man lubricated his joints so he wouldn't be heard and quietly slipped in a back door of the castle. He made he was up the cold cement stairs, stopping abruptly when he heard voices. They were coming from the room that the witch had supposedly melted. He pressed what resembled an ear to the door and could vaguely make out what the voices were saying. The suave male voice, obviously Fiyero's, was trying to convince the woman, obviously Elphaba, to leave Oz, obviously using "the door".
This information is useless, I have to see what is happening. The Tin Man slowly opened the door a bit, just enough to see what was happening; to Boq's shock, he saw the Scarecrow with Elphaba, trying with all of his might to take her into a giant archway, which had an eerie green glow in the middle. Wait, WHAT THE HELL?! The witch finally gave way, and, taking the Scarecrow's hands said, "Don't worry Fiyero, you will be you again, and I'll do what ever I can to make that a reality. Alright, next stop – a whole new world"! With that, they kissed and slowly stepped through the arch and disappeared, leaving Boq alone with his confusion.
Oh OZ!! Fiyero is the Scarecrow, and…Elphaba, she is going to fix him!! She'll make him human again, so maybe…SHE COULD DO THE SAME FOR ME!! I can't let them get away, I have to follow them. It's my only chance at happiness. With that, he leaped through the portal…
With a clang and a bang he tumbled out of thin air into a cold, dingy place. Dazed and confused, Boq looked around him to see that he wasn't in Oz anymore; he was in a dark and dirty urban place, covered with beggars and sketchy looking people. Litter covered the streets and run down buildings crowed the sidewalk. As he was looking around, Boq heard from behind him a group of girls giggling. He turned around to discover three young girls with a Winkie-like skin tone and oversized, dirty clothes. "I love those human statues, they just never come down to the deeper parts of this town. They all must be from The Village or sum'n, I'm first the green girl and the weird patchwork guy and now this weird tin can dude" said one as another chimed, "Yeah, but this fool isn't very good at it, I mean c'mon, he keeps moving, and he looks too fake. Hey buddy, are you new or sumthin', 'cuz you need more practice".
Boq was still in a daze and still had no clue where he was, or where Elphie and Fiyero had gone. "Uh, I'm sorry Miss (All the girls giggled in a mocking tone at this word), but…where am I exactly?". "What are you trippin' or sumthin'? Baby, you otta know where you are, 'cuz this aint the safest part of town if you know what I mean?". "Uh… no I don't know what you mean. I apologize, I am, uh…very new to these parts, or this world for that matter. Could you please be a little more definite". "Shoot, buddy, you chose the wrong place to be lost, 'cuz honey, you're in the middle of a place where for everyone the alarm goes off at 7, and you start uptown. You put in your 8 hours for the powers that have always been, 'till its 5 pm. Then you go downtown, where the folks are broke. You go downtown, when your life's a joke. You go downtown, when you buy your token you go home to SKID ROW!"