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As soon as the words left Elphaba's mouth, she felt the person's eyes open through her gloves, due to their long eyelashes. She knew that the person would struggle, even after her warning not to.

Inevitably, the person immediately tensed up and began thrashing. Elphaba had to crawl awkwardly onto the bed in order to not let the person see her. Even though now the verdigris was hidden successfully between her hat and scarf, she wouldn't risk it.

But as the person began attempting to slap and hit her on the face and upside the head, luckily not pulling her scarf down, Elphaba realized she'd have to. She watched the person's hands, dodging whenever one came near her head. After a few moments, she saw an opportunity. Quickly moving the hand that covered the woman's eyes off of them and grabbing both wrists, she shoved into the bed so as to immobilize her. But then the green woman found herself eye-to-eye with her target. Brown to blue. She blinked a few times, but kept her eyes emotionless.

But the person kept struggling, now also biting Elphaba's hand. Dreadfully annoying. And on top of that, her wounded shoulder, something she had managed to keep out of her head until just now, was paining her more and more. To retain her advantage, she'd have to talk to the woman. She would have anyway, but she had helped to wait until the person had calmed down. She'd have to attempt to reason with them before they immediately called the guards on her.

"Glinda."

Immediately, the blonde paused, then continued struggling a bit more half-heartedly, all the while glaring up at Elphaba with an expression of unadulterated hatred.

Elphaba bit her lip, and continued, her voice remaining low. "I'll let you go if you promise not to scream. I'll explain everything, but if you scream, I reserve the right to slap you. Do we have an agreement?" And here, Glinda nodded slowly, her expression unchanged. "Alright."

Hesitating for half of a second, Elphaba then let go of Glinda's wrists and removed her hand from her mouth. The green woman then scurried backwards, keeping her eyes emotionless. She was just waiting for Glinda to scream for her guards, expecting it to happen almost instantly.

But it seemed Glinda had gained some sense in the time Elphaba had spent in seclusion, for she didn't scream, merely got up from the bed, adjusted her already perfect hair, and rubbed her wrists. Knowing that Elphaba, but not knowing it was she, really meant what she said about the slap, she decided to calmly question her.

Not calmly. That flew out the window the moment she opened her mouth. "Oh my Oz! Who in Oz name are you and why did you see fit to come into my house and my rooms and make like you were about to kidnap me and who knows what else? You're lucky I have a public appearance today, or I really would scream!"

But she didn't consider that big of a threat, having received déjà vu upon hearing Elphaba's voice, and merely trotted over to a large full-body mirror. She began fixing her hair in it; something Elphaba knew could and would take several hours. Not forgetting about Elphaba, who had now sat on the bed, she coldly addressed her once again.

"Who the hell are you. Don't you dare think I'll let you off without you telling me at least that."

Elphaba fingered her scarf for a few moments. What the hell; Glinda would find out anyway. Might as well get it over with now. With that thought in her head, Elphaba slowly pulled the scarf down from around her face and then from around her neck, so it lay in her lap. She sat there, her verdigris showing, waiting for the Upland to notice.

After a few moments, Glinda whirled around. "Why didn't you answer…" Then her hand went up to cover her mouth, tears springing instantly to her eyes. "…Elphie?"

She took a few hesitant steps to the bed, touched Elphaba's cheek with a manicured finger. Realizing that she was indeed real, she then enveloped her in a large mother-like hug, the force of which causing the green woman to fall backwards on the bed, crushed. She stiffened, then allowed Glinda about thirty seconds of a hug, before she pushed her off.

Immediately, Glinda started talking. "Why did you leave, Elphie? Poor Nessa was so distraught, not to mention Fiyero and me! We all thought you would get yourself killed; I even lit a candle for you! And now you're back! I don't think-"

But here Elphaba clamped a hand over the blonde's mouth once again, her eyes turning back into steal. "We'll catch up later. I'd rather we didn't, but I'm obviously not going to be able to get out of it if you're going to do what I request. Right now I need a favor, Glinda. Stop talking."

She removed her hand and, hearing nothing, nodded and continued. "Fiyero is hurt. Extremely. I need you to send a few men with some sort of stretcher to the large bridge near the warehouses. He's underneath. He's dying, Glinda. I need you to get them to bring him back, and then he and I will borrow one of your carriages and travel to your summer house. Ask later, right now I need you to just do it."

Glinda blinked once or twice, processing. Then, she jumped to her feet. "OH MY OZ! Underneath the Holborn Bridge??" She then dashed out of her rooms, hollering at the top of her lungs. "James! Edward! Aidan! Clark! Get over here this very insant!"

Almost immediately, four men ran into the main hall from different directions. They watched Glinda, waiting. "Grab something large enough to carry a fully grown man, immediately after I'm done. There is an old friend of mine under the Holborn, and you four are going to go get him, and not be seen! He's wounded, and unconscious I bet. Hurt him further and I'll do the same to you! AM I CLEAR??" The four nodded. "NOW GO!"

As soon as they were out of sight, Glinda hurried back up to her rooms, closing and locking the door behind herself. She sat down beside Elphaba, who hadn't moved a muscle. "I'll do all of that, on one condition; I'm coming too. Dearest, you know you'll need me, despite my uselessness. I can be useful if I set my mind to it, and I know you will. So do you." She finally lapsed into silence.

Elphaba glanced sideways at her friend, nodding slowly. "Fine."