WickedlyAsh
Almost in unison, the group covered their ears and dropped to the ground as gunshots echoed off the walls. However, almost as suddenly as it started, the gunshots subsided, and everyone looked around at each other slowly.
"What the f-" Glinda started with a sour look on her face.
"Glinda, mouth!" Kerry yelled at the blonde.
"Did they…did they just leave?" Ellen asked quietly, looking around at the group.
However, before anyone had time to respond, the guards seemed to answer for them: loud bangs were suddenly coming from the door. Shoshana ran towards the door to check it, and immediately rejoined the group.
"They're trying to break down the door, and it doesn't look like it'll hold for long!" she cried, causing everyone to jump to their feet.
"Retreat!" Ali yelled, and everyone rushed as far from the front door as they could. Everyone pushed and shoved to the back of the house, until they all merged into the back room where Fiyero had just put Elphaba down on the bed.
"Hey, what's going on?" Fiyero asked as everyone rushed into the bedroom, "Elphaba needs her rest, you guys really need to get out of here."
"Yea Fiyero, we'd love to vacate the room…EXCEPT THEY'RE SHOOTING AT US!" Nicole screamed, looking around the room for some alternative exit.
"Who? What are you talking about?" Fiyero asked, who had obviously not heard the sounds.
"Fiyero, the Wizard's guards are outside, they're about to break down the-" Ana started to explain, but was interrupted by a distant, yet loud crash that sounded like the splintering of wood. "They just broke down the door," she corrected, "and they'll be in here any second!"
"Can Elphaba do a spell?" Victoria pleaded.
"She's too weak," Fiyero sighed, "she's not even conscious."
"Idina, can you do something?" Kristin yelled, remembering that Idina seemed to have some magical inclination.
"I can't, the Grimmerie is out there!" Idina wailed, pointing towards the front of the castle.
Everyone in the room began to panic, knowing they only had a minute or so before the Wizard's guards would find them.
"Glinda, can you do something?" Megan asked.
"I, I don't know!" Glinda stammered, frantically trying to think of something that could work. "I could try a transportation spell! Oh wait, my bubble is only big enough to hold three or four people," she thought out loud. "Or maybe I could…no, I would need special ingredients for that…Or maybe I-"
"Glinda!" almost everyone yelled in unison, knowing that their time was almost up.
"Okay, okay!" Glinda finally calmed herself. "Invisibility spell, got it! Just stay quiet and don't let them bump into you!" she cautioned as she mumbled an incantation under her breath. Just as Glinda lightly waved her wand to finish the spell, the door to the bedroom burst open, with nearly ten guards rushing into the room.
"Where is everybody?" Kaylee sighed, pacing the floor of their cell.
"Seriously! This whole 'punch the guard in the face' idea isn't going to work if the guard never shows up," Holli complained.
In fact, it had been extremely quiet the last few hours. No one had come downstairs, and they could no longer hear voices coming from the main floor.
"So where do you think they went?" Kaylee asked.
"Unfortunately, my guess is Kiamo Ko," Holli responded sadly.
"The Wizard and his guards probably don't even know we're down here," Kaylee sighed, then let a smirk cross her face. "But when they do find us, we'll be ready for them!"
The guards crowded into the room while brandishing their weapons. Fortunately, Glinda had finished the spell just in time, and the thirty-some invisible occupants of the room had to shift around silently to avoid bumping into the guards. Most of the Glindas, Elphabas, and fans pushed themselves up against the walls, Fiyero was kneeling next to the bed, and Taye was gripping Idina's hand so that they could stay together.
Once all the guards had entered the room, one more figure came into sight, and everyone immediately recognized the Wizard. All the guards stood at attention at his entrance, saluting him. The Wizard looked both confused and angry, gripping tightly to the object in his hand.
"The Grimmerie!" Idina whispered, and Taye had to cover her mouth with his hand to avoid further noise. But Idina was right, the Wizard had found the Grimmerie, and was clasping it tightly in his hands.
"You're sure they were here?" the Wizard asked the guards angrily.
"We heard them scream when we fired the warning shots," the head guard stated.
"Well they must have had enough time to escape, because they certainly aren't here now," the Wizard sighed as he paced the room, almost bumping into Allen as he did so. "Well," the Wizard brightened up a bit, "at least we have the book, I suppose that's a start. Let's get out of here."
The Wizard and the guards were just about to leave the room when Elphaba started to stir, unaware of what was happening.
"You!" Elphaba cried out loudly, not realizing she was invisible. Fiyero tried to hush her, but it was too late. The Wizard and the guards immediately whipped around, trying to find the source of the voice.
BeautifullyTragic1
"I am tired of this! I want to be wicked!" Kaylee said to Holli. "I am tired of sitting here waiting for someone to come and get me out of here!"
"Calm, Kaylee... breathe... in... out... in... out... calm." Holli tried to calm her down but calming Kaylee down is not an easy task.
She was restless and just wanted out. She was thinking to herself, 'I want to be wicked... wicked wizard's little minion!'
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Slowly, as the Wizard and the guards were looking for the source of the voice, a faint whisper was heard only by Idina. "Aka min doe fue ruum de foc gu namei aka min doe fue ruum de foc gu.." As Idina tried to listen to see if she could recognize the whisper, she heard, "WHAT THE...!!" Come from the other direction as the voice. "Aka min doe fue ruum de foc." And right after the Grimmerie had left the hands of the Wizard and landed in the hands of the invisible short person, that invisible short person somehow made the Grimmerie disappear.
"FIND THAT BOOK!" The Wizard yelled, and every one of the invisible people ran out of the room so they wouldn't get accidentally bumped by a guard or the Wizard.
When Idina got out of the room, she whispered, "This is Idina, who did that spell?!" Everyone was looking around the room but seeing no one and hearing only the guards trying to find the Grimmerie, and the Wizard yelling because they couldn't find it.
"I repeat, who did that spell?!"
Whispers filled the room of voices trying to find friends and questions as to who said the spell.
"Not me!" Stephanie said.
"I'm not THAT good!" Allen said.
"It would of had to be memorized. Whoever it was... didn't have the Grimmerie to perform the spell." They heard softly from Elphaba. "I don't even remember a spell for what happened."
"Who did it?" Carmen asked.
"Who has powers like Idina and Elphie?" Ali inquired.
"Just someone speak up! Your not in trouble!" Tiana commanded.
"Please just speak up!" Saycon announced, still in a slightly hushed tone.
"If no one will fess up..." Marcie started before she was interrupted by, "Okay! okay!"
"I give in!" Someone started. "I can't sleep good so I needed something to do. I would come in late at night and I would memorize the spells. I'm a Wicked fanatic, aka, an obsessed fan. I just read it for entertainment, something to do on the long nights that no one else was awake. I never thought... I never would think that I, of all people, would be able to actually do something. I am in shock myself. I wasn't even trying to do anything, the words just rolled of my tongue without my control. Sorry."
"Who are you? We're invisible, aka can't see you!" Sabrina said stating the obvious.
"Um, I don't think you really need to know. It won't happen again." She stated apologetically. "It doesn't matter anymore."
"It does too! Who are you?" Annaleigh responded.
"Okay, it's..." she began.
"You're coming with me!" A male voice said behind her, "And you'll be the first!" When she fully turned around she saw it was the Wizard.
"NO!" She yelled and ran mumbling to herself, "I like it! That's my new philosophy!"
She darted to the northeast corner of the room and thought of another spell she could do. 'Alaka naman naman...?' She thought... 'hmmm'.
"Hey YOU!" Elise yelled to the Wizard from the west wall
"Are you stupid?" Allen yelled from the South wall.
"Why are you in Oz, you terrible Wizard?" Julia screamed from the middle of the room.
This was giving the girl more time to find the right spell. 'TRANSPORTATION' was a 'tab' at a given place in the book.
"You coward!" Ashleigh said harshly, "Nothing but...!"
"What is going on?" Coleen asked.
"telle ku naman naman elleka naman naman ech ue telle telle ku naman." Was a faint whisper and within minutes, the Wizard and all his guards were gone.
"Okay, if you don't tell us now..." Dee began.
"I'll make us all visible!" Glinda cheerfully added.
"Fine! Go ahead! She won't tell us anyway!" Idina remarked.
As they all became their normal visible selves, they saw the identity of the one who could use the Grimmerie.
"WHAT?!" Allen said shocked.
Mumbles of, 'I never would have guessed.', 'O my Oz!' and 'I don't understand!' filled the room quickly.
Idina was the first to say the inevitable, "Carley, you? You can really do it?"
A small nod was the only response from Carley, but not from Elphaba.
"Now there's 3?" Elphaba began, "I am going to figure this out! How is it possible for us three to be able to do this?"
Carley then looked up and said, "Elphaba, do you know who your father is?"
"No, I never was told."
"Either was I." Carley said soothingly.
"Same here, Elphie." Idina said.
"Maybe... no it couldn't be!" Elphaba started to say but decided not to finish.
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"I seriously want out of here!" Kaylee said pacing in circles in the cell.
"Kayleeeee!" Holli said. "Please stop saying that!"
"NO! I want to get out! I want to be wicked! I want to be," she paused and continued in a whisper, "the Wizard's evil minion."
FixatedonVerdigris
Back at Kiamo Ko, Stephanie was thinking the exact same thing as Kaylee, as were several other actresses. Kaylee was the only one who was verbalizing these thoughts, however, as the actresses were all afraid of how the traitorous thoughts had come into their heads. That, and what Elphaba would do if she found out that they wanted to join the Wizard and help him.
Of course, none of them should have wanted to help the Wizard in the first place. He wanted to explode the Earth, and everything that they cared about was on Earth. It was their home, their everything. That was why they had all chosen to help Elphaba. And yet, a good number of the actresses were thinking very seriously about joining the Wizard.
Back in Kaylee and Holli's cell, footsteps were heard, slowly growing louder and louder. "FINALLY!" Kaylee said, then headed for the iron barring that held them in, only to be pulled backwards by the back of her shirt by Holli.
"What are you DOING?? This was your plan, and you're not even sticking to it!"
Kaylee shrugged, a grin coming across her face. "I want to see who it is." And then, detaching Holli's hand from her shirt, she walked over to the bars.
A crisp, accented voice was soon heard, accompanied by the footsteps. "Well, are you two ready to be let out?" And within a few moments, Madame Morrible had appeared. She stood directly in front of Kaylee, hands on her hips, looking down at the girl with a somewhat amused expression.
Kaylee and Holli answered at the same time. "YES." But Kaylee took it a step further. "I'll do anything to get out of this goshdarned CELL!"
Madame Morrible pretended to think for a moment. "Even help our cause, girl?" She raised an eyebrow slightly.
Kaylee blinked in mild surprise. "Wow, can you read my mind or something? That was EXACTLY what I was thinking!"
Holli had answered a quick "NO!", but hearing Kaylee's answer, looked over at her like she was insane. "Kaylee, honestly, do you have a mental issue? Do you not realize why we're HERE in OZ??"
Morrible gave Holli a steely look. "I see it didn't affect you. No matter, other ways we can use you. Come, young lady, you may come out." The door magically unlocked itself, and Kaylee was quick to push it open and walk out.
Madame Morrible slammed it shut before Holli could run out, chuckling. "No, I wasn't talking to you. I do believe we shall see each other again, however. Come along, young lady." And she walked away, Kaylee following her without a second glance towards Holli. It was obvious that whatever had caused the girl and the actresses to act and think like they were was a spell, cast by Madame Morrible.
Once they were out of the dungeon area, Madame Morrible turned to Kaylee. "I think you'll find that many of your friends at the Wicked Witch of the West's castle are having the same thoughts as you. Shall we go and retrieve them?" Not waiting for an answer from Kaylee, Madame Morrible muttered a spell, and they disappeared. Not all spells in the fake Grimmerie had caused harm, and the Sorceress also knew quite a few that hadn't come from the Grimmerie. Just like the spell that would get them an advantage.
Kaylee and Madame Morrible appeared in the center of the room in which the actresses, fans, and Ozians were in. Immediately, a chorus of voices were heard.
"KAYLEE!" Mikayla.
"What in Oz name are you doing with that wretch of a woman?" Elphaba.
"Get away from her, you vile fish!" Kerry.
"HAHA! You said fish!" That one had come from Elise, of course. The two high-fived each other discreetly before continuing.
Madame Morrible rolled her eyes. "Oh shut UP!"
Elphaba, who had slipped unnoticed into a chair to rest, slowly got to her feet. "Morrible, what have you done." Obviously the woman had done something, for Kaylee was calmly watching the commotion, staying next to the woman as though she were a regular person and not a feind.
Morrible laughed. "I think you'll find spells are irreversible, dearie, so there's really no need for me to tell you. Nothing can be done! Although I'm sure some others here are simply DYING to join this young lady and I."
And with a wave of her hands, the Elphabas who had had spells cast on them, not the real one of course, began moving towards Morrible and Kaylee.
Willemijn, being the only person from the Stuttgart cast of Wicked, managed to get to Morrible and Kaylee without a commotion being caused. The only person who really cared about Willemijn was Kaylee, and she had been inflicted by the spell. The other actresses, on the other hand, weren't as lucky.
Shoshana and Eden moved forward together, which caused a giant "OH MY GOODNESS, NOT YOU TWO TOO!" from Megan, immediately echoed by Ellen, Megan's accent minion. Megan grabbed a wrist of each of the women, pulling them back. "I swear, I will kill you both if you take another… OOF!" Eden and Shoshana had ignored her, continuing walking, and had caused Megan to trip and narrowly avoid falling on her face.
Ellen hurried over. "Mee-gan, are you alright?" Megan nodded, "Yea, I'm fine. I swear they're both SO DEAD, though…."
Coleen had also managed to get to the group without a commotion, like Will, although most of the fans did notice. The fans were keeping out of this. As was Idina - the woman had a helpless look on her face.
Julia stepped forward, and Idina stepped forward, pulling her back. "Come on, Julia, fight the spell. I can't DO anything, so you have to snap out of it yourself!" She whirled Julia around, slapping her across the face. Maybe that'd help. Julia paused, then glared at Idina. "You did NOT just slap me." She slapped her back, pushing her backwards as she continued.
Immediately, Allen and Carley popped up. "YOU DID NOT JUST PUSH IDINA." They helped her up from where she had fallen, but didn't go after Julia. That was the problem with the spell; those under it could do what they wanted and those not under it couldn't, for fear of hurting them.
Carmen stepped around Idina and, with not even a glance at her leader of sorts, walked with Julia into the center.
Annaleigh's jaw dropped, and then she clung desparately to Stephanie as the woman tried to move forward. "No, Stephanie, don't you dare!" But Stephanie simply pushed her off. "Get off of me, Annaleigh. That's the winning side, and I won't stay here with the loosers."
Elise and Kerry, neither of whom had been affected, stared at each other with wide eyes, jaws dropped. As the actress saw her old standby move forward, however, she spoke up. "SHONA GET YOUR BEHIND BACK OVER HERE!"
But within moments, Stephanie, Shoshana, Willemijn, Eden, Coleen, Shona, Carmen, and Julia were all standing around Kaylee and Madame Morrible.
Morrible looked triumphantly over at Elphaba, who was busy leafing through the Grimmerie, trying her best to find a spell to somehow stop Morrible and nullify her spell. "Ake tatum re alo alo ekke. AKE TATUM RE ALO ALO EKKE!"
Morrible quickly chanted a spell of her own, and as the group disappeared in a flash of green light, her laugh was heard.
There was silence at Kiamo Ko, until Ellen spoke up. "Um… Did the spell work? At all?"
Idina and Carley stood in a corner, ashamed looks on their faces. They hadn't known spells that would've helped, and hadn't wanted to mess things up further. But they had, apparently, by not doing anything.
Elphaba's expression was grim as she looked at the now significantly smaller group. Not too small, but it was clear their numbers had been deminished. "No. Not even a bit. There's a bit I didn't get to, so none of it worked." She sighed. "Well this is a fine kettle of fish. What to do, what to do."