After the sun crept up over the mountains, Fiyero and Glinda packed the few things they brought so they could get moving. Glinda had fallen asleep after the talk, so she was still groggy when he woke her.
Fiyero noticed the leather book on the floor, and picked it up out of curiosity. He didn't know Glinda read thick books. He opened it and his eyes grew sad. Glinda was already looking back. She'd brought the yearbook from Shiz. There, in the centre of the page, a box was host to Elphaba's smiling face.
It wasn't a full smile; that only came rarely. She wouldn't sacrifice it up for something as senseless as school pictures. The corners of her mouth were drawn up, but it wasn't as smile. And Fiyero could see the pain in her eyes.
He placed a finger to the photo, and leaned forward to it like he was whispering a secret.
"I'm coming, baby," He told her. "You'll be okay."
He packed it up and led Glinda down the stairs for an early breakfast.
As Glinda sleepily made her way to the waffle maker, Fiyero went outside to pay for train tickets.
The first train that left was in five minutes. He went back inside, and to his horror, he saw Glinda making on of the men who was chasing them a waffle.
He couldn't go over there. He didn't think they knew entirely who Glinda was. It was better to play safe. Ducking into an elevator, he decided to ride it for as much time as he could before climbing out to take Glinda to the train.
"Well, well..." A gruff voice said.
Fiyero turned around to see a large hand clutch his throat and slam him against the elevator wall.
"How are you today, princey?"
Fiyero squirmed and threw his fists at the evil cop, but it was no use.
The man he thought was Grum sneered and grabbed Fiyero the hair. "All right, son. Back to school we go."
The elevator doors swung open to show Glinda and the cop who was talking to her earlier. Tears were in her eyes, and Fiyero noticed that the sheriff held her far too tightly.
"Got them, Boss." Grum said. "Let's go, shall we?"
"Why are we going back, anyway?" Glinda spoke up, sudden anger filling her eyes.
"It's too dangerous to go looking for a little girl yourself, girlie." The boss said. "Nobody like you should get hurt."
"I know what you've done!" Glinda screeched back. "You took Elphie! You're hurting her!"
Grum moved one hand away from Fiyero to slide it over Glinda's mouth.
"Good girl. Maybe if you stay silent, we could figure out some sort of deal on how to get your ugly little friend back."
Fiyero had been working on escaping during this time, and was finally close enough to lift his foot up and press the elevator's "Stop" button.
The two cops blinked and looked around at the sudden darkness, and Fiyero shoved them away quickly as he took Glinda's hand and ran off.
They made it to the train just in time, and ducked away in the back.
Fiyero took Glinda's hands in his and panted after the run.
No more hotels for a while.
Grum picked up the object Fiyero had dropped and flipped through its contents.
"What is it?" the sheriff asked him.
"A picture book, of some sort. Shows the students in the school." He went to a page that made him pause.
"Why look, sir! That little devil that we captured!"
"What about her!"
"Well, I've got her name! Righ' here! Elphaba Thropp."