Nicole
Glinda was the first to move, skirts rustling around her ankles. "Jae? Jae?" The conscious man didn't move, the unconscious man didn't move, and the dead man certainly didn't move.
As Glinda moved, everybody suddenly went into overdrive. The WoO members had congregated in a corner. Kaylee and Holli were huddled together, for once shocked into silence, Mikayla, Tiana, Carley and Allen and were trying to figure out who was who, and Nicole was staring, bouncing and muttering, "Which is which is which is which?" under her breath.
Meanwhile, all of the Elphabas and Glindas - and Taye - had congregated around the three, talking and muttering and squawking while observing all of them. Glinda - the real one - was calling Jae's name, none of them answering.
An ear splitting whistle pierced the air. Elphaba had stepped up onto a few of the stairs to glare down at everybody. "Everybody, step back from the triplets. Nice and easy. There we go."
The crowd pressed themselves - with the exception of the crying Glinda - against the wall, Idina and Taye and Fiyero lurking ahead of the group. Elphaba swept down the staircase, leaning next to the dead one and casually lifting up the shirt. With a wince, she shut it, moving over to the injured man.
"Well, who is it?" Idina spoke up, leaning forward. "Jae, Pfannee, or Rajah?"
A sad silence emitted from Elphaba as she knelt by the one bleeding from the head, pressing her fingers on the wound. It was already scabbing. "She wasn't with us long, but she helped us a lot, now, didn't she?"
Idina pressed her lips together as Taye stated the obvious. "Pfannee."
A silence covered the room, eliminating the murmurs from everybody else.
"A shame," Kerry said softly, and Elise nodded her head in agreement.
The unconscious man opened his eyes. "Where am I?"
"Kiamo Ko," Elphaba said softly, eyeing him. "Do you know who you are?"
"I'm Rajah." The man stared at Elphaba, and hatred suddenly flared into his eyes. "And you're the enemy."
Elphaba stood up, leaving him on the ground as the conscious man - JT - looked up rather abruptly. "Where am I?"
"Kiamo Ko," Glinda said quickly, "Jae, is that you?"
"Whose Jae?"
FixatedOnVerdigris
Deep in a cave, rocks piled at the front, Morrible lurked. Before coming to Kiamo Ko, she had cast a self-protection spell on herself, so if she was fatally injured, she would be instantly transported to this very place, on Earth. Ever since the attack-turned-disaster, she had been regaining her strength. It still wasn't possible for her to travel back to Oz, but she could now perform magic. She had cast a protection spell at the mouth of the cave; absolutely no life could get in. And spells were irreversible. Merely a precaution.
Morrible's eyes shifted over to a flash of light at the end of the cave. A man closely resembling Rajah had just appeared. "It certainly took you long enough," Morrible muttered, quickly moving towards him.
But Rajah had a confused look on his face. "Who… Where… Morrible!" And the man began backing up. It was all he (she) could do without any sort of weapon.
Morrible paused, raising a thin eyebrow at him… her. "Aha. Well this adds a slight complication, doesn't it?" She turned away, seemingly lost in thought. As Morrible thought, Phfanee slowly transformed back into herself. If Morrible knew of this, she showed no acknowledgement.
Phfanee looked down at her hands, then at the cave entrance. With only a small pause, she then sprinted towards it.
"Why don't you SIT DOWN!" Morrible flicked her hand, and Phfanee was picked up and flung at the wall, where she connected with a brutal 'thud'.
Phfanee slowly slid down the wall and into a sitting position, wincing. Alright, she'd do that.
Morrible elegantly turned, walking quickly over to Phfanee who, after the last spell, could hardly move. The older woman leaned down, pressing two fingers to the younger one's temple, murmering a spell. "Alright, now that you aren't going anywhere, I suggest you tell me everything that has happened since my absence."
Phfanee had been dosed with a truth-spell. Whatever Morrible asked her, she had to answer truthfully, but she would not remember doing so. Morrible would get her information, and soon, she would strike.
Nobody in Oz or Earth knew that Morrible and Phfanee were in a cave, and they wouldn't know. Bodies of the two remained in Oz, and Elphaba and her meager group had all seen the bodies. Morrible and Phfanee were dead to them.
So when Morrible had regained every ounce of strength there was to get, she would strike. But until then, she was completely safe.
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Every single person looked at Jae in astonishment, no-one moreso than Glinda. The blonde held a hand over her mouth, merely staring at Jae, who stared back at her.
Elphaba instantly took action, turning to the group of children. "Everyone. OUT." And she pointed to the door, with a twitch of her fingers causing it to open.
The fans for once didn't argue, merely walking towards the door and out of it. Even the infamously loud Holli and Kaylee were silent.
Elphaba turned to the actresses. Her voice was considerably softer. "You all too. Out, please."
All the actresses did the same, leaving quickly, Eden dragging Fiyero out of the room, and Shoshana and Megan escorting Rajah out, all correctly sensing that the men weren't welcome either. Soon, only Idina, who had stayed, Elphaba, Glinda, and Jae remained.
Glinda placed a hand on Jae's arm, "Jae is you, honey… Jae, don't you remember me? I'm…"
Jae looked down at Glinda's hand, pushing it off. "Well even if I'm Jae, I certainly don't remember you. So don't touch me."
Glinda's hand returned to cover her mouth in shock, then she quickly got to her feet, moving away from Jae. Idina wrapped her arms around the blonde in a warm hug just as Glinda started silently crying, not able to believe that Jae didn't remember her.
Elphaba instantly took Glinda's place. "Alright not-Jae, off with your shirt. Your injuries need to be tended to… now."
Beautifullywicked
Annaleigh paced back and fourth, a million thoughts racing through her head. How could this be happening? What is going to happen? she thought to herself getting very worried, and it obviously showed on her face.
"Annaleigh, sweetheart!" Stephanie said placing a hand on the 23 year old's shoulder gently turning her around. "It's going to be okay!" she said pulling her into a hug, wrapping her arms around the blonde. "Everyone's going to be fine sweetie!"
Meanwhile, everyone else in the room were just as tense, waiting to see what would happen with the 4 of them who had stayed in the room.
Idina walked out the door slowly, shutting it quietly behind her, and looked up to a room full of curious faces. She shook her head, "they just needed their space," she said weakly smiling up at them, "I'm sure Elphaba will figure something out." she added encouragingly, but even Idina didn't know what Elphaba could do. She walked over to Taye grabbing his hand, who smiled up at her placing a kiss on her forehead. "You okay?" he asked, brushing a strand of her dark hair from her face.
"Yeah," she said looking up into his eyes, "Could I talk to you a minute though?" she asked pulling him over to a more private corner of the room.
"Of course," he said, "What's up?" he asked looking at his wife curiously.
"Well... we never really did talk about what happened with you and Elphaba..." she said trailing off looking at Taye, not accusingly, just wanting to talk it all through. "I mean, it was just a lapse of judgment right?" she asked with a smile, "I have nothing to worry about."
Taye looked down, "Well, I mean..." he paused looking for the right words, but Idina took his pause a different way, and her smile quickly turned into a look of anger.
"What?" she said, her voice rising steadily attracting the attention of a few. "So you're saying that all that was..." Idina took a step back from Taye and looked at him with a look of disbelief. "You're saying that you want to..." she was yelling by now, and everyone was staring at them.
"Idina, no!" Taye said taking a step forward, trying to calm her down. "I didn't mean it-"
"Just shut up!" she exclaimed cutting him off. "I... I can't believe you." she said shaking her head, shrugging off Shoshana and Eden who were trying to calm her down. She turned and quickly exited, drawing everybody's eyes, but they quickly turned back to Taye. He shook his head and exited out the other side of the room, hoping not to draw any more attention. But before he could escape, something grabbed his arm and he turned to see a 4'11" blonde glaring up at him.
"Kristin..." he started backing away, noticing the look in her eye, which was menacing, even though the top of her head only came up to his shoulder. But before he could say anything else, he felt a sharp pain in his shin and thought darn! Heels hurt!. "Kristin!" he tried again, but was cut off this time by her thwacking him with a nearby broom, and another glare. He opened his mouth to say something but then decided against it, just wanting to get out of there without anymore injuries, but to no avail.
Taye suddenly felt a very hard thing hit the top of his head. "What the heck?" he asked turning around to see another blonde, this one standing about 5 inches taller with a glare just as fierce and holding a dead fish.
"Fish wells come in handy... you know?" Nicole said to him and then starting thwacking the top of his head with the fish she held. "How!" thwack "dare" another thwack "You!" and yet another thwack Nicole exclaimed.
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Elphaba quietly muttered something under her breath, and Jae laid back, unconscious.
"What did you do? What happened?" Glinda asked taking in Jae unconscious.
"Oh don't worry, I just didn't want him to feel any pain. He's just unconscious... not dead," she said reassuring her best friend with a smile, who slumped back down to where she was sitting on the floor.
"Oh Elphie! How could this have happened?" she asked letting the tears fall from her eyes.
Elphaba looked up from flipping through the Grimmerie, and walking over to the blonde, "you're going to be okay, and he's going to be okay..." she said weakly smiling at the blonde. "I... I found a spell Glinda. It'll bring his memory back..." She looked over at her, and Glinda had a hopeful look in her eye. "It's tough, yes, but I think it's very doable." Elphaba said nodding.
"Really?" Glinda asked, "Are you sure? Oh Elphie! That's wonderful!" she said throwing her arms around her, "Thank you so much!"
Elphaba nodded, "I would do anything for you Glinda," she said smiling at her friend, "But I think I would ask you to leave for a bit. I need all the concentration I can get okay?" she asked hesitantly.
Glinda nodded with a look of understanding in her eyes. "Of course Elphie," she said giving her another quick hug and she exited the room.
Elphaba sighed and went back to flipping through the Grimmerie and found the spell she was looking for, and started chanting under her breath. She felt herself start to tire, both physically and emotionally, and after a few minutes her vision became blurred and the last thing she remembered was Jae regaining consciousness, sitting up and saying "Elphaba?"
Jae burst through the door and everybody quickly shut up wanting to know if he was okay. "Where's Glinda?" he said, and everyone let out a sigh of relief, but then started to get worried again when they saw his panicked expression.
"Jae?" he heard a soft voice call out, and he saw Glinda peek around a few people, and she ran towards him, "Oh Jae!" she said throwing her arms around him kissing him gently on the lips. "You're okay!" she said smiling.
He smiled back, "Yes. Yes Glinda I am. But Elphaba... she... she passed out. I think the spell was too much for her to handle."
"Oh no... not... oh no!" Glinda cried, her happiness quickly disappearing. "Stephanie!" she exclaimed and bringing her in the room, followed by a few others. "We need to help her..." but she was cut off by shock when Elphaba blinked her eyes open.
"Elphie!" she exclaimed hugging her. "Are you alright?" she asked examining her friend, who still looked really dazed and confused. But Elphaba quickly shook her head and said, "Yeah... I'm fine." she said slowly getting up, "I.. I think I'll go up to my room for a little," she said quietly and walked passed, leaving them all very confused at Elphaba. "And where's Taye?" she asked, but when she got no answer she walked out of the room.
"Elphaba... wait." Jae said walking after her down the abandoned hallway, but the witch shrugged him off. "Please Elphie! Let me talk to you! I'm your brother for Oz's sake!" he finally said.
This made Elphaba stop in her tracks. "What?" she said flatly turning around. "Since when were you my brother?" she asked looking at him strangely.
Oh no...Jae thought realizing what had happened. But before he could say anything else, Elphaba had disappeared into a different hallway.
Meanwhile...
Taye walked down the silent hallway rubbing the top of his head. Who knew a fish could hurt so much!? he asked himself. He continued walking just wanting time to think, when he heard voices coming from a different hallway. He peered around the corner and caught sight of Shoshana and Eden talking together.
"It's like she doesn't even know him anymore!" Shoshana said shaking her head. "I don't know what happened."
Eden looked over at Sho, "I know! Do you think what happened before has anything to do with it. I mean she seemed perfectly normal before that."
"It must have..." Shoshana said quietly, "But I feel so bad for him..." she said walking off with Eden where Taye couldn't hear the rest of what they said.
They must be talking about Idina... After overhearing Shoshana and Eden, Tay couldn't help but remember the problems he and Idina had been having for awhile. In fact, they'd been having many arguments even before Elphaba brought them here. Elphaba. Taye's mind began to wander. He made his way outside walking along a small path, and came to a bench where he sat down. He had not thought about Elphaba romantically ever since their last encounter, since they had been so busy staging battles with Morrible and the Wizard. But as he walked by himself, he let his thoughts return to the green girl. In fact, he suddenly struggled to get her out of his mind. The way they kissed, the way he held her in his arms, it all seemed so fresh, as if it were just yesterday.
"Taye?" he heard a voice call out to him. He turned, and was pleasantly surprised to see Elphaba walking towards him.
"Oh hey there Elphaba!" he said, "Did you fix Jae up?" he asked motioning for her to sit down. But he just shook her head when Elphaba looked at him confused, deciding it was better to just leave it, and decided to change the subject. "I was just thinking about you," he said smiling at her.
But Elphaba simply smiled up at him and lay her head on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arms around her, liking the feeling of holding her so close.
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A/N: Omigosh, I feel so terrible (I know this a/n is a little late, but this is the first chapter I've posted in awhile. I owe WickedlyAsh ALL the credit. :) Thank you so much!) Anyway, I'm sorry about not posting as often!! Ash got all the documents updated so now the updates will be coming MUCH faster. :) But thanks so much to all our loyal readers and reviewers! It means so much! Mad Props to greengirl16. You are like our most loyal reviewer! Thanks so much!! And I'm glad everyone else is liking it!! Sorry again!! - Mikayla