It was not a hard task, finding a 25 foot tall flytrap, either by it's size, or the trail of blood that followed him. Audrey II was devouring everyone in his sight, for he used Elphaba to cause them to become frozen in their steps, helpless against the monstrous plant. He was devouring people by the dozens at this rate. Boq placed Fiyero's parts in a alley, a safe place, and dashed off.
The plant hadn't noticed Boq was pursuing him, so Boq took the time to oil his joints for a surprise attack. He had found some oil in the street that really did the trick; Boq started sprinting as fast as he could, though completely silently, swinging his axe like a madman as he approached the taproot. Just as he became within slicing distance, he was clothes-lined by one of Audrey II's massive vines, which after, picked him up by his tin ankle and dangled him in front of Audrey II's face.
"Boy, you are predictable. Y'see, the problem with you is that you never think anything through clearly! I mean, c'mon, a blind, stupid attack out of the blue on the taproot? You need to make better decisions buddy. That's why you're always second, that's why you can never win. I bet you weren't always made out of tin. You're stupid, and impulsive, and that's why you…" (he began to prepare acid from his mouth to dissolve Boq), "will never…" (he began to drip the acid from him mouth), "wi-", but before the plant could drop it's deadly acid on Boq, something had cut him off. Both of them looked down to see Seymour finish his cut through the taproot with Boq's axe, which he had dropped when Audrey II picked him up.
"SEYMOUR!?", both of them shouted as Elphaba fell to the ground, fatigued from all of the magic she had used up. All of the energy had been taken out of her so quickly, it left a huge, defacing scar across the right side of her face. Boq had never seen anything like it, but all of the magic had been so powerful that it had taken a real toll on her bodily cells. Seymour began to drag her off to the side, but Audrey II was too quick. He snatched both of them up, one in a separate vine.
"YOU KILLED MY TAPROOT," shouted Audrey II, "I WILL NEVER GROW ANOTHER ONE!! IF I CAN'T HAVE THIS GIRL'S POWER, NO ONE ELSE EVER CAN EITHER!!". With that, he dangled her above his gaping mouth. Seymour acted so quickly, Boq couldn't have stopped him if he had tried; He swiftly swung the axe through Audrey II's vine, he fell onto the head of the plant, and before Audrey II could drop Elphaba, he leaped into the plant's gaping mouth, axe in hand. The plant snapped its trap shut, closing out Seymour's bloodcurdling screams as the acid devoured him. All of a sudden, dark, thick liquid began oozing from Audrey II's mouth, and soon enough, the huge plant collapsed to the ground, dead.
Boq squeezed himself from the dead plant's vines and rushed over to Elphaba, who had not yet awoken. He gracefully lifted her onto his tin shoulders and carried her over to where Fiyero still laid in shambles.
"Wha-what happened," Fiyero stammered as he gazed upon his lover and her new, disfiguring scar.
"Oh no worries, she'll be fine, but she would have died if it wasn't for Seymour."
"Seymour?! I thought he was dead! Where is he?! I have to thank him for saving my Elphie."
"Seymour sacrificed himself to the plant and chopped it up with my axe from the inside. He's dead, but a tremendous hero."
Confusion and humiliation engulfed Fiyero. "Hu-how!? It-it should have been ME!! I'm the one in love with her, and I couldn't even help. I should have been the one who died, not laying here useless and pathetic!!"
"Well, you can't change what happened. The one thing you can do is find the cure. That's why Seymour died for Elphie; so we could find the cure. First thing tomorrow, we go to the next name on the list."
He gathered up Fiyero in one arm (he would repair him later), and Elphaba in the other as he meandered passed the dead plant. All of a sudden, he caught a glimpse of the parasite. He placed the two down on the ground before he walked over to it, noticing there was barely any aloe; when the plant died, so did the parasite. It wasn't enough to do anything to him, but maybe it could be used by one of the other people Elphaba had found to help them. He unscrewed one of his pinkies, let some of the little aloe left drip in, and placed the pinkie into his chest cavity before picking up his friends and heading down Skid Row