Nicole
"CHENO NOTE!"
From outside the cell, the guards cringed. Bad enough that they had to sit here guarding a bunch of women (and a few guys) who seemed to be doing nothing wrong, but now one of the loud mouths was trying to hit a high note. Horribly.
"What is the point of standing guard here? It's not like they can escape." The other four turned to the fifth, the only female of the group (and of the guard). There she stood, leaning against the wall, rubbing her ears against the atrocious sound that had filled the air.
"You know what? You're right. They're very well chained up, so they'll only need one guard..." And the males grinned at one another. "Since they're mostly female, I'm certain you can handle it."
"Wh-" A few obscenities later, the female guard leaned back up against the wall and glared at everybody, especially the one weird girl who had tried to hit the high note.
With a sigh, she raised her voice. "Everybody quiet, and if anybody tries to do that again, I will cut their tongue out with a rusty saw and force them to eat it."
From down near the end of the cell, a voice cackled. "Sounds fun!" :Guess who... XD:
Rolling her eyes, Pfanee slid into a sitting position. Join the Guard. Get close enough to Glinda to convince her to take her on as an assistant or something. Yeah, not really working...
Beautifullywicked
The man led Carley to a set of doors which opened into a long hallway. The man gestured for her to go in, so she tentatively walked forward whereupon the doors shut behind her. She turned around at the sudden noise, and seeing there was no way out started down the long hallway.
"I am Oz! The Great and Terrible!" said a loud booming voice once she reached the end of hallway which opened up into a big room with a floating head in the middle of it.
"Uh," Carley struggled to find the right words, "My name is Car-I mean Kyra Davenport, and well, I would like to speak with you about something please," she said as sweetly as she could.
There were a few clanks and bangs and other noises, and then the head stopped moving the Wizard stepped our from behind it. He took a look at Carley before eyeing her suspiciously. "What do you want," he asked.
"Dad!!" she exclaimed doing the best to hide her repulsion, "It's you! It's really you!" she ran up to him and gave him a huge hug grimacing at the fact she was hugging the person who put all her friends in prison. While she was hugging him, she found the key in his coat pocket and slipped into into one of her pockets for later use.
"Uh, who are you?" he asked, with a confused look on his face, "I think my dear you have mistaken me for someone else?"
"Oh no!!" she exclaimed grinning, "How could I mistake my own father! I can't believe I'm finally here with you! I'm so happy to be here! I've been looking for you forever, and then when I found out you were the Wizard of Oz I totally freaked!" she said rambling on with whatever came to mind that a daughter would say to her "long lost dad".
The Wizard eyed her very suspiciously, "Weren't you one of those girls that was in Wicked?" he said turning to get the guards, "didn't I lock you up?"
"What?!" she said thinking of something to cover this, "Of course not! Dad! I'm your daughter! Why would I ever turn against you? Of course I wouldn't! And to join with the Wicked Witch of the West?! I would never!"
"Wait, how do you know that the Wicked Witch of the West is behind all this, you are with her! GUARDS!" he yelled, glaring at her.
"No! No! That's not true! Wait! Uh," The Wizard had turned his back and Carley took this moment to run down the nearest stairway and kept running until she found where she was locked up before and found they weren't there. Where are they? she asked herself but then she noticed another door whereupon she raced to it and down another flight of stairs where she found everybody.
"Carley" Elphaba said when she turned to see her, "How did you get out?"
"Long story, but I got the key!" she said running over and unlocking Elphaba, "Come on! The guards will be coming any time now!" she said and you could here yelling upstairs. Carly got the chance to unlock Dee, Annaleigh, Willemijn, and Eden when the Wizard walked in, "Leaving so soon Kyra?" he said, "or should I call you Carley?"
"Don't you dare touch her," Elphaba said looking at the Wizard who then pulled out a thick leather book, "Who's going to stop me?" and he started chanting a spell.
Elise fluttered her wings trying to get free, but stopped when she heard the Wizard chanting, and then looked at him confused and smirked, "Good luck with that," she muttered to herself.
He finished and then waited with a smug look on his face which turned into a look of confusion when nothing happened and then a look of panic as he tried moving his arms and legs and found he couldn't. "Wha- how? What's happening? Wait... No! This shouldn't be..." he stuttered trying to understand what happened.
"What's going on?" Nicole said confused on what happened to the Wizard
Victoria and Stephanie grinned looking at each other, "It worked!" Victoria said quietly to Nicole, "We gave him the fake Grimmerie remember? And it's working! The spells go against him!"
Elphaba took a look, smirked, and started to go off, but turned around, "We'll get you out... I swear."
Shoshana nodded a look of understanding in her eyes, "Go. It's okay. Just go!" she said urging them on and then Elphaba, Dee, Carley, Annaleigh, Willemijn and Eden took off.
WickedlyAsh
Allen and Idina paced the floor of Kiamo Ko, growing more and more nervous by the minute.
"Where's Carley, she's been gone far too long!" Idina cried, becoming increasingly worried and frustrated.
"I'm sure she's alright Idina," Allen tried to comfort her, "I'm sure everyone's alright. They'll probably come busting through the door at any minute."
And ironically, the door slammed open at just that moment, and Idina and Allen breathed a sigh of relief as Carley ran into the foyer, a group right behind her.
"Elphaba!" Idina cried out, "thank goodness you're alright! Where's Taye?" she asked with a huge smile crossing her face.
Elphaba remained silent. She didn't have the heart to tell Idina that Taye was still being held prisoner at the Wizard's Palace, that so many of them were still being held captive. Watching the smile disappear from Idina's face made her realize how much she missed Fiyero, she could hardly forgive herself for leaving him there. Elphaba walked away from Idina, causing her to begin crying.
Eden ran over to Idina's side, "No, Idina, he's okay! He's alright! We just need to find a way to get everyone else out."
"Wait," Allen said apprehensively, "this is it? Where is everyone else?"
"We had very little time," Dee sighed.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't able to save everyone," Carley cried, feeling responsible that many of her friends were still locked up.
"Oh Carley, you did beautifully," Elphaba rushed over to hug Carley in a rare display of emotion. "Now that more of us are free, I'm sure we'll think of something."
Everyone nodded reassuringly, but no one was able to offer up an idea. The group moved out of the doorway and into the dining room, so that they could all sit down and brainstorm a new plan.
"Pfanee! Pfanee, you must listen to me!" Glinda called from her cell.
Pfanee sighed, wishing she had never accepted the job in the Wizard's Guard. She had just finished helping unglue the Wizard's feet from the floor, and watched as he stormed out of the dungeon in anger and embarrassment. She slowly moved over to Glinda's cell, asking, "What is it?"
"Pfanee, you have to let us out of here!" Glinda pleaded.
Pfanee seemed to consider the idea for a moment, looking around at the group's pleading eyes, but quickly regained her composure, "Why should I do that Glinda? You've obviously done something terrible to end up here in the first place, why should I let criminals go?"
"Really?" Glinda replied hotly, "I remember back at Shiz when I was soooooo good according to you. Do you really think I, Glinda the Good, would have done something to deserve this?"
Pfanee obviously didn't know how to respond. Glinda had been her best friend when they first started at Shiz, and she had always admired Glinda. But things were different now, it even seemed like she was even helping the Wicked Witch. Pfanee's inner turmoil continued until her thoughts were interrupted by the Wizard's booming voice.
"Guard, bring one of the prisoners up here! And be sure no one escapes!" the Wizard yelled from the top of the stairs.
Pfanee opened the cell door, brandished her weapon so that no one could try to escape out the front door, and pointed to one of the prisoners at random. "You, come with me."
"No, you can't!" Ali cried in a panic.
"If do you anything to hurt Stephanie…" Tiana began to threaten.
"EVERYONE SHUT UP!" Pfanee yelled, which brought on complete silence. Pfanee grabbed Stephanie by the arm, relocked the cell, and began to move towards the stairs.
"Pfanee," Glinda said quietly, obviously on the verge of tears, "these are good people. Please believe that these are good people, keep them safe."
Pfanee was overwhelmed with emotions, torn between the Wizard and Glinda. Her turmoil continued as she dutifully brought Stephanie up the stairs and to the Wizard.
Elphaba, Annaleigh, Carley, Allen, and the rest of the group sat in silence for a long time, trying to think of a new plan. Every once in a while someone would speak up with an idea, but nothing seemed to have any real potential.
"AHHH!" Idina and the others screamed as they heard a loud BOOM coming from the next room. The group jumped out of their chairs and ran into the adjacent room to find out what caused the commotion.
"My crystal ball!" Elphaba yelled as she entered the room, running towards the large glass orb.
"Did it break or something?" Carley asked.
"No," Elphaba replied slowly, "but there's something-"
"Hello Elphaba," the Wizard smiled from inside the crystal ball.
"Can he hear or see us?" Allen asked quietly.
"No," Elphaba mumbled, but immediately turned her attention back to the Wizard.
"Congratulations on your escape, I'm truly impressed," the Wizard bowed slightly. "However, you seem to have forgotten some of your companions here. In fact, here's one now!"
The crystal ball's view panned over to show Pfanee holding Stephanie against her will, a weapon pointed dangerously close to her neck.
"Oh no, Stephanie!" Annaleigh cried out.
"Hush!" Elphaba yelled, trying to listen to the Wizard's message.
"Now then," the Wizard said once he came back into view, "Elphaba, I'm on a tight deadline here and really need to get back to blowing up the world, I'm tired of playing games. Therefore, you will deliver the real Grimmerie to me and you will surrender immediately. For every ten minutes that you do not arrive with the Grimmerie, I shall be forced to execute one of your friends here."
"NO!" everyone at Kiamo Ko yelled in unison, and Annaleigh broke down into a fit of sobs.
"Now Elphaba, your ten minutes have started, I suggest you get moving!" he said smiling, looking down at his watch.
"Quick, we need to think of something!" Eden yelled, trying to get everyone to calm down and think.
"Is there a way we can replay that message to the citizens of Oz, show them how horrible the Wizard really is?" Carley offered.
"I doubt her crystal ball has Tivo," Allen replied with a mix of sadness and sarcasm.
"Five minutes left Elphaba," the Wizard's voice could be heard from the crystal ball.
"I have to go surrender," Elphaba suddenly decided. She picked up the Grimmerie and her broom, and left for the front door.
"No, you can't surrender, he'll blow up the entire world!" Idina yelled.
"I can't just stay here and watch him kill Stephanie and the others!" Elphaba yelled, and ran out the door.
Those remaining at Kiamo Ko watched the crystal ball carefully as the Wizard counted down the minutes. Each second ticked by and Elphaba still did not arrive.
"Do you think Elphaba will make it in time?" Dee asked quietly.
"She's got to," Eden replied, although the lack of confidence was evident through the tone of her voice.
"Ten seconds left, Elphaba!" the Wizard smiled from the crystal ball, and still Elphaba did not appear. "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five…"
"Where is she?!" Annaleigh screamed, now terrified for Stephanie's safety.
"Four, three, two, one," the Wizard finished, and the crystal ball went black.
The screen never panned over to see Pfanee and Stephanie, but it seemed clear to everyone at Kiamo Ko that Elphaba had not made it in time.
"No!" Annaleigh screamed, and Eden went to help the blonde as she collapsed to the floor in sobs.
"No…he couldn't have…she couldn't be," Dee murmured, in a state of shock.
Unfortunately, without the aid of the crystal ball, those at Kiamo Ko could only speculate as to Stephanie's fate.