A/N: I'm kinda sorta really excited now because I got tickets to Caroline, Or Change, which Julie Reiber (s/b Elphie on Broadway and LA) is in. Row E... REALLY Excited. :D

But you probably don't care... sooo onto the story

xoxo~Mikayla

I Couldn't Be Happier

Fiyero realized all of their new guests would need accomodations. Ever the prince of a host as he was, he decided to make the necessary announcements.

"Everyone! While I wish this could be under better circumstances, I am happy you're all here."

Elphaba spun around. "You are?"

"Yes, I am, Elphaba. Now before we all lose our heads, let's not forget that my son knows these grounds very well. Besides, Fae also is rather resourceful is she not Taye, Idina?"

The couple couldn't help but nod and smile in agreement.

"Wonderful. So let's get situated. First off,we'll need to get rooms ready for all of you. The basement is out of the question, this time." He laughed. "Steph, I want to have a doctor look at your ankle. Elphaba, I think now would be a perfect time to call Glinda. She can arrange for her physican to come to Kiamo Ko, and she can send word that both Liir and Fae have gone missing. The important thing is to keep our heads."

Elphaba looked lovingly over at Fiyero and was grateful he was there to be her safe haven and the keeper of her sanity. She walked up to him and for the first time forgetting all the chaos around her, kissed him.

Eden felt a little uncomfortable seeing them kiss and suddenly wished she was anywhere else. Any time she saw displays of love, her mind went racing to Norbert. True they had only shared a handful of performances during the early days of Wicked, but she could not get him out of her heart.

Just then Seb's cell phone rang.

"Hey, your cell phone still works in Oz? Talk about roaming minutes." Nicole couldn't help but laugh out loud. She always found humor in any situation.

"I'm just as surprised as you are." Seb answered it, and was shocked at who was on the other line.

"Hello? Hey, I hate to do this to you but, this is kind of a bad time..... What? Oh No!"

"Honey, who is it?"

Seb covered the phone and replied to his wife. "It's Norbert. Apparently he and Michelle broke up."

Allen leaned in to the WOO crew and said, "Oh boy, this is getting good!"

ClockWorkGirl

Fae and Liir found they were again waking up groggy. This time, there was so little light they could barely see each other. Liir groaned, "Now what happened?"

Fae held her hands to her head. "I think one of those men put chloroform over our faces. Mine, at least." She sat up, and looked around. Two candles lit up a wall a little, and Fae began feeling around. She felt something crawl over her fingers, and gasped. "Eww! I think we're trapped in here, Liir. And this time, there's no one here to smart-mouth to."

Liir appeared beside her, and squinted at the candles. "Maybe we can reach those, and see if the walls go all the way around. We don't have to feel them."

Fae looked up at the candles. They were probably a good fifteen feet up. "I don't think so. Even if I stood on your shoulders, I still wouldn't reach. Also, we'd have to hold them so they wouldn't go out. It's best to leave them."

Feeling stupid, Liir shouted, "Help us! Please!" Fae began shouting for help, but all they could hear were the echoes.

Fae growled in anger, and stamped her foot. "How did they get us in here, if there aren't any doors? Perhaps a trapdoor?" She fell to her knees, and began feeling around on the floor. More bugs(she hoped that's all they were) crawled over her hands, but she held her mouth shut so she wouldn't scream. Finally, she found something which felt like a lock on a piece of wood.

"Liir! I found it!"

Liir scoffed. He was crying silently, and gasped, "What good does that do? We don't have a key, or anything! Do you have a hair pin?"

Fae felt the lock, and ran her fingers over the hole. "I don't think it would even work if I had one. A hair pen would be too small."

Liir covered his face with his hands, and his shoulders shook. Fae was getting frustrated. "But even if they locked us in, they'd need a way out! They couldn't lock it from the outside!"

Nicole

Kaylee and Holli elbowed each other in an attempt to get to Seb's cellphone.

"Ow!"

"OW!"

"What!?" Seb stared at them.

"Well, if Norbert needs something to do, he can come here."

From the back of the group, a small smile spread over Eden's face. That could work.

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Nicole grabbed Cheno, Mikayla grabbed Allen, and Elise grabbed Kerry, and they wandered off from the rest of the pack.

"I don't like this." Nicole frowned. "Why would they run off?"

"Because they're kids?" Allen pried himself out of Mikayla's death grip. "I did that when I was little."

"I thought Fae would be smarter than that, especially if people are looking out for her." Kerry frowned.

"It's times like these I wish I was a monkey again," Elise sighed. "I could fly and look around.

"Um... guys? What's that?"

As the group wandered outside, Cheno had tripped on a small, wet, discarded rag.

Nicole picked it up with two fingers.

"Mikayla, sniff it."

"No way!"

Nicole turned to Elise.

"No."

She turned to Allen.

"No!"

"...oh well." She sniffed it herself -and blinked.

"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa... woozy."

Cheno snatched it from her. "I think it's chlorofoam."

Nicole was slightly drugged now and therefore didn't panic right away.

Kerry snatched the rag and ran back inside.

As the rest of the group followed her, Cheno began to lead Nicole inside.

"I wonder why she didn't let me carry it upstairs..."

"Hers was an emergency. You have shorter legs..."