A/N: So, one of the most horrible comebacks in history known to man. But don't worry, everyone, this chapter will show you the aftermath of the last chapter. I'm not gonna say things are going to get better, though.

Fae'sFlower: Oh gee, now I feel bad. Not! Sorry, we still have a lot more chapters to go through to get to that part. Trust me, things only get more complicated from here on out.

The Resentful Promise

The first thing that Adette did was letting out a blood-curdling scream.

The first thing that Wendy did was rush over to the bed in a blink of an eye. She tore two pieces of her new robe off and immediately pressed them down on Jo's bleeding wrists.

She turns her head over to the hysterical princess and gives her look that clearly states: Go get help!

Getting the message quite clearly, Adette bolts down the hall, calling for a doctor. It left the Wendigo alone to clear for her injured boy.

Wendy didn't like the way the clothes were already getting soaked with blood. She needed to find a way to stop the bleeding and fast. Her thoughts are turned to the liquids her body produces to heal her skin if she accidentally touches something hot. Maybe that could work on Jo, even if he was human.

Not willing to waste any more time, Wendy remove the clothes and quickly drool over each wound.

To her immediate relief, the smell of blood had lessened. Jo wasn't bleeding anymore but his wounds were still open.

At that moment, a herd of people came rushing into the room. Wendy had moved back when she realized they were doctors - though, she did it reluctantly because she hates doctors and nurses - and let them work on Jo. She stopped the bleeding, that was the best she could do for now.

Meanwhile, Adette stood in the doorway with a hand covering her quivering mouth. She couldn't believe it, she couldn't. Jo... He slit his wrists. He wanted to die. He wanted to kill himself. The moment Adette saw Jo's manuscript that he's spent so long working on she knows he would be devastated. He didn't even get the chance to publish it...

Tears began to well up in her eyes; oh, Jo... Why?

She took a few steps into the room, her eyes landing on the slits on Jo's wrist. She couldn't move her eyes away from the wounds, just thinking that Jo was the one who caused them was too much for her to bare. Thankfully, they weren't bleeding now thanks to Wendy's best efforts. If they were bleeding she didn't know what she would do.

Adette kept her eyes on the wounds as the doctors began to prep the boy to be moved to the hospital. It was when they adjusted Jo's position that Adette noticed something off by those wounds.

She's seen people get into fights that involved using broken glass - she can thank her cousin for dragging her into those fights whenever she goes looking for him at a bar - and knows what wounds caused by broken glass looks like.

But Jo's wounds didn't look like they were caused by a broken glass like the one he had previously held in his hand. They looked more like scratch marks.

Human scratch marks.

But she didn't have time to fully process this because the nurses were screaming at her to move out the way.

Three days went by and Jo was still in the Medical Wing.

Adette wasn't allowed to see Jo at all. "Family only," the doctors told her. The reason why she wasn't so upset about it was because one of the female dancers from Glikkun's Palooza - since Jo's an orphan and he's been under the group's care since he was baby they were all considered family - had come to tell her that Jo was in stable condition but he hasn't woken up yet.

Wendy was nowhere to be found.

The young princess suspected the Wendigo was out trying to process this whole situation. Honestly, Adette couldn't blame her; she knows Jo nearly his whole life and to even imagine that he would do something like this had to be horrifying. Especially for someone who'd lost contact with society and was now slowly returning it.

She figured the Wendigo wouldn't be back for weeks.

Which was why she was so surprised to see Wendy at the entrance of the Medical Wing along with the other Glikkuns, arguing with a nurse.

Uh oh, Adette cringes as she remembers Jo mentioning Wendy's hatred for nurses.

"For the last time," the nurse begins, looking completely frustrated at the humanoid's persistence. "Mr. Jo is resting and visitors aren't allowed at this point in time. Please, leave!"

The only response she got from Wendy was an outraged shriek.

"You should just let her through, lassie," the Animal Master speaks up, looking entirely amused at the whole situation. "Believe me, there's no use in trying to argue with her. You should just give her what she wants."

"Or," the nurse begins hotly, looking exasperated that no one was listening to her. "I could just sedate her until the young boy is well enough to see visitors!"

Everyone's eyes in the area - excluding Wendy, who growls - widen the moment the nurse finished that sentence. Is she insane?! Adette thinks.

"You don't want to do that!" one of the Puppies cries out.

The nurse, however, pulls out a syringe with hard eyes. "Watch me."

"Ma'am, please," Colpin interjects. "You really shouldn't do that because-!"

But the nurse paid him no mind and brought the syringe down on Wendy's arm.

It broke upon contact, spilling its contents all over the two.

"Her skin is like armor," Colpin finishes after a stun silence. "Nothing can penetrate it, stabbing Wendy only makes her angrier."

True to his words, a low growl came from Wendy's throat before it grew louder. And louder. Then she grabbed the nurse by the arm and threw her out of a conveniently open window.

Splash!

A few members of the performance group flinched when they saw the nurse land in another conveniently placed deep lake in the courtyard. "How does that always happen?!" A dancer demands.

Wendy, however, paid her no mind as she charged into the Medical Wing. Seeing that there was nobody stopping her, Adette quickly followed after. Once she gave a quick greeting to the performers, she stepped into and was met with a disheartening sight.

Wendy was on her knees by Jo's bed, her head buried in the covers with her hand holding one of Jo's bandaged wrists. Adette knew that Wendy would cry if she could and Adette could agree with the idea of crying at the sight of Jo. The poor boy had never looked so pale before now and how his body sinks into the bed like deadweight was heartbreaking.

"He's been like that for three days," Adette turns around to see Colpin there along with everyone else from Glikkun's Palooza, their eyes staring in sorrow at Jo's lifeless body. "The doctors said he's been unconscious since they've found him. They don't know when he's going to wake up."

That didn't make Adette feel any better but she did know that Jo's stable so that's good enough. She took a look at the people surrounding her, noticing how they all seem to be sadden by Jo's condition. It took her to realize that Jo's been a part of their small group for such a long time that he's become a part of their small dysfunctional family. It wasn't just Adette and Wendy that cared about the young boy and that made the whole situation worse.

"What in Oz's name is going on here?"

Everyone tenses when they hear that familiar voice. No, why now? Why did she have to show up now out of all times?

As the others continue to keep their eyes on Wendy - who had tensed as well - Adette turns around to see the Princess of Oz marching her way into the Medical Wing, her Lady-in-Waiting trailing right behind her. The older blonde was giving Adette a look that said: I tried to stop her, I'm so sorry.

Elphaba's eyes instantly became disgusted when they noticed Jo on the bed. "Oh, great, what did he do now? Did he grew so desperate to get attention that he actually slit his own-?"

It all happened so fast that Adette could hardly process it.

But when she gathered her bearings she saw Wendy holding the Princess up in the air by her throat, her free arm prepared for a strike ready to end the Princess's life.

"Wendy, no!" Adette screams but her words have fallen on deaf ears as Wendy brought her arm towards the Princess's stomach.

Wendy had enough.

Normally, she was pretty tolerant of petty human squabbles since she had always found them ridiculous or amusing from time to time. But if they direct their squabbles to the person she loves more than anything in the world she's going to draw the line.

Ever since they've been to this strange place all that woman almost killed Jo just after they took first glances of each other, threatened to have him executed even though Jo was only trying to help through a tough time, admonish him for his previous career even though he didn't have any chance for the matter. But now, she's done the worst thing she could ever do in Wendy's eyes; make Jo believe that he wasn't worthy of living.

If that's what this witch thinks then Wendy will gladly return the favor by taking hers!

She had her claws out and ready, she will be satisfied with the way she will scream as her heart will be ripped out from her own body before those wonderful screams eventually die done. Yes, that will do. Jo would happily be avenged that way.

Jo...

It didn't take Wendy long to find Jo - she's always been a fast runner, if Jo were to turn a corner she'll just see where he went - as she spots his trembling figure sitting down on a bench in a hallway.

Wendy couldn't even imagine what her boy must be going through; to know that your own biological mother didn't want you enough that she actually sent you away to another world so she didn't have to see you again was absolutely sickening. The only reason why Wendy wasn't as mad as she would usually be in this sort of situation because the woman in question wasn't here.

And she better not come to this world if she wanted to live.

"So, I guess it's really true," Jo speaks up after she sits next to him. "My own biological mother did send me to another world. All because she didn't want to have a child..."

Wendy shakes her head, if she were still human she would never dare fathom the idea of abandoning a child that belongs to her.

"I mean, I don't really care about her," Jo continues. "She didn't want to be in my life and I don't want her to. But, what does it mean for me? A lot of bad things always happen to me but why? Am I curse or something? Or am I just not meant for a normal life?"

Wendy protested at that. If there was any person in the world who deserved to have a simple life without all of this heartbreak it would be Jo. Jo never went out of his way to harm somebody and he would never laugh at another person's suffering. He was the type of person that deserved all the goodness in the world.

She could hear him chuckle lightly as he finally interprets her thoughts. "Yeah, I guess I can get used to the fact that I'm not from Oz; it doesn't even really matter. I doubt people like Fiyero are going to leave me alone about this, though, especially the Princess-"

Jo's voice cuts off when Wendy flinches, knowing exactly who Jo is talking about. By Ozma, if that accursed wench even thinks about causing Jo trouble over this then she's gonna-!

"Wendy, no," Jo begins in a warning tone. "I know that look; don't even think about doing something to do the princess if she decides to do something about me not being born in Oz!"

Wendy couldn't believe what she's hearing, is he really going to expect her to sit idly by as that wench makes horrible comments on a very sensitive subject?

"Last time you did something to the Princess you got probation," Jo quickly reminds her. "What if next time we don't get so lucky and you get locked up in the Southstairs? I don't even want to imagine what would happen if you accidentally kill the princess."

Who said it will be an accident?

"Wendy, I need you to promise me that you won't do anything to harm Princess Elphaba no matter what she does to me."

Wendy felt her jaw dropping in shock. What?!

"Wendy, promise me!"

She really couldn't believe this. This goes against several rules of her hubris code!

But then, against her better judgment, she nods her head to the promise.

Jo...

His promise...

With a ferocious growl, Wendy dropped the green girl like she was nothing and stormed out of the room. Sometimes, Jo can be so infuriating even when he's not awake.

Adette watch as Wendy storms out of the room and she couldn't blame the Wendigo for getting frustrated, she could imagine the struggle with being so tempted to hurt somebody that's hurt your loved one but you know you can't hurt them or else things would only get worse. There were times she felt like punching Fiyero again whenever he makes a comment about Jo.

"That's the last straw!" Adett turns her head back to the Princess, her brown eyes raging in fury as Galinda helps her up. "That thing is going to rot in the Southstairs for the rest of its miserable life!"

She finally lost her patience. "Oh, and like you're any better?"

Elphaba turns her glare towards her. "Excuse me?"

"You keep talking about Wendy having no respect but when have you ever given her or Jo respect?!" Adette demands. "All Jo has ever done to you was tried to be nice and give you some space to calm down! Then you suddenly go off the handle do this to him?! He's never tried to purposely hurt you!"

"Oh, so it's my fault that a boy with attachment issues suddenly overacts when I destroy an article that my father assigned to him?" Elphaba snarls.

Adette shook her head in disbelief. Article? Was she kidding?!

"You didn't destroy the article your father assigned, you destroyed Jo's memoir!"

An eerie silence filled the room. The members of Glikkun's Palooza were staring at the Princess of Elphaba with looks of horror, unable to believe that the Princess could sink so low to destroy something they know was so important to the young boy. Galinda had a hand over her mouth, looking at her best friend like she was a total stranger. Elphaba's reaction, however, only fueled Adette's rage more when it turned from pure hatred to dumbfounded confusion.

"What...?"

"Are you kidding me?!" Adette rages on. "You didn't even know what that braille text was, the only thing that you cared about was some desperate attempt to make your father pay for something I don't even know about. But you know what? I don't care anymore; you are nothing but a heartless, vindictive, cold, and callous witch who only cares about herself and I am entirely ashamed of being related to you. Get out."

Elphaba blinks. "Excuse me?"

"I said get out!"

Finally getting the hint, Elphaba quickly hurries out of the medical wing. Galinda stood on her spot for a few more seconds before quickly following after her.

Adette was glad that they finally left. Now she could let the tears fall.

Butterfly Effect | Resentful Promise: Jo made Wendy promise to not harm Elphaba... Wendy agreed to that promise. Wendy was given an opportunity to kill Elphaba but she didn't take it, however, she only grew to resent Elphaba more.

The return of the Butterfly Effect!