ElphabaFae
Elphaba woke up to Mrs. Peabody screeching in pain. Before she could react, she felt a strong pair of arms grab her and force her to stand up. this isn't good, Elphaba thought. she tried to fight back but she was no match for who ever it was who had grabbed her.
"Stop fighting, witch, or I will have no choice but to hurt you."
"What, no killing?" Elphaba asked bitterly as she fought with all her might.
"Not yet. His Ozness needs you right now. But after that, who knows what he'll do with you. I myself have a few ideas, but the wizard said not to do anything unnecessary. So I'll just have to wait. I thought I told you to stop struggling."
"you may have, but that doesn't mean I'll listen to your sorry ass," Elphaba received a hard slap with that comment.
"Come on boys, we didn't have to go as far as we thought for the witch," the man holding Elphaba said. it was then that Elphaba realized that there were others in the forest. She looked towards where one of them was standing and saw him drop something. when she looked closer, she saw the body of Mrs. Peabody.
"YOU BASTARD!" Elphaba yelled, and lunged for the guard who had held the Owl. Unfortunately, she still couldn't get out the grip of the guard that was holding her.
"I told you not to struggle," the guard repeated, the Elphaba felt a pain in the side of her head, and everything went black.
When Elphaba regained consiousness, she was in a room she remembered from years ago. It was where the best and worst things in her life had happened. The Wizard's throne room in the Emerald Palace.
"Sorry about that," Elphaba heard the Wizard say, "I told them to be gentle with you. he said you struggled and so he had to incapacitate you. had not struggled, that wouldn't have happened."
"What the hades do you want?"
"I need your help, daughter."
"You may have helped conceive me, but I am NOT you darn daughter. And I refuse to help you."
"My dear, you have no choice. You see, I need your blood. Guards." Saw guards come in towards her. before she could move, she was restrained and a guard stuck her with a needle and drew blood from her.
"What do you need that for?" Elphaba asked.
"The bomb to blow up earth. It's a magical bomb. It needs the blood of two related people of the opposite gender. Since Rajah, Jae, and I are all males, we can't do it alone. But you can help us. You already have."
"how are you going to make the magic work with out Morrible. You can't use magic."
"But Rajah can."
At that moment, Rajah walk into the room. Elphaba shot hime a hateful glance. He smirked at her and then pulled something out of the bag he was carrying. Elphaba realized with horror, that it was the Grimmerie.
"How the hades did you get that?" Elphaba asked.
"Well, since I look like my brother, I was able to grab it with out arousing suspicion. Having a twin who is on the other side comes in handy."
"Rajah, just do the spell before anything else stands in the way," the Wizard said.
"yes father," Rajah replied, then pulled more things out of the bag, some of which Elphaba didn't know the originas of and had a feeling she didn't want to know. then, once everything was out of the bag he started chanting. Elphaba was helpless to stop him, since she was still being held.
Back in Kiamo, every one was gathered around Elphaba's crystal ball to try and see if they could see something, anything, that would give them a clue as to where Elphaba was. Finally, Fiyero had had it.
"Nothing is showing up! why doesn't this thing work?" He yelled.
"Maybe we aren't using it the right way," Megan said. every one turned towards her.
"What do you mean?"
"Maybe it only shows you what you want most. Like when Elphaba thought youwere dead, and you were really traveling with Dorothy, perhaps that's the reason she saw her in the ball. Because you were there and that's what she wanted most, was you. try it. think only about Elphaba."
Fiyero stared into the crystal ball and focused really hard on it. finally, Elphaba showed up in it. every one watched the scene in the Emerald palace play out. Finally, when Rajah started the chanting, the crystal ball went blank.
"That's not good," Idina said.
"You think?" many people said at the same time, causing Idina to jump back.
"We have to go help," Fiyero said, then ran out of the room.
"Its done father," Rajah said when he was finished chanting. The spell had taken a lot out of him and he was panting.
"That's my boy. How long must we wait?"
"an hour should be plenty of time. Then we will have to carefully transport it to earth. We can't set it off until it is there. If the timer is going down and we try to transport it between worlds, it will instantaneously go off, destroying Oz. If you don't mind, I need to go lie down. That was a very draining spell," Rajah said, then left before the wizard could answer.
"As for you, my dear," the Wizard said, "I think you shall be the vessel that we transport it with. That way I have you out of my hair as well. all I need to do is figure out how to get your little friends over here. guards, I tie her up and make sure she can't escape. Put her in a magic proof cell. I have some planning I have to do." the Wizard said, then left the room as Elphaba was being roughly tied up.
Nicole
In her room, Nessa began to wheel back and forth, bored. Close to the door… away from the door. Closer to the door… away from the door. Closer to the door…
Boq was tossing a rolled up ball of cotton cloth, dyed – what else? - silver up in the air. Up… down. Up… down. Up… missed.
The ball unraveled and caught on the wheel just as Nessa got her closest to the door. As Boq tried to pull it back, the wheelchair flipped on itself, sending Nessa crashing into the door. The door, surprisingly, was unlocked, and Nessa crashed onto the ground, her legs pinned awkwardly underneath her.
Boq darted out the door after her. "Nessa, are you alright? I didn' t mean to…" What he had done was a wicked thing to do, and he was nothing like Nessarose or her sister.
"I'm fine, Boq, just a little… hurt."
"Sir, I'm sorry, but you-" As Boq swung around to see who was talking, his tin elbow caught the nose of a very unfortunate, and now very bloody, guard.
"Boq! Boq, this is our chance to get out of here! Get me my chair, quickly." Nessa gestured towards her chair and Boq, falling back into old habits, ran to get it for her…
Elphaba squirmed where the chair held her, ropes in place. Try as she might, she couldn't remember any spells to free her – and, of course, the 'wild magic' that let her spontaneously do things when her emotions were high just wasn't kicking in.
A voice echoed from down the hall. "Boq! Boq, this is our chance to get out of here! Get me my chair, quickly…"
"NESSA!" Elphaba tried to hop towards the door, wiggling her body. "Nessa, it's Elphaba! Come here, quickly!"
A few moments later, the Tin Man and the Wicked Witch of the East were in the doorframe, Nessarose clinging to her chair.
"Elphaba? What are-"
"I'm trying to save the world. Well, a world. Could you untie me?" The ropes were beginning to raise angry black welts on her arms.
"Um, sure… do you know how to get out? We don't…"
"I'll figure something out," said Elphaba softly as Boq wheeled Nessa up to her, her crippled sister leaning over – for once, able to help her sister.
"FIYERO!" Megan darted out the door after him, the fastest to react. The others were a second after her, but she dive bombed for his feet, successfully tripping him. She moved to sit on his back.
Sitting on hot guys was beginning to become a bit boring…
"We can't go anywhere without a plan."
"Well, we have to do something!"
A nervous chuckle arose from the corner. Turning, a murmur ran through the crowd. The Lion stepped out of the doorframe that led from the flying monkey's house, a worried smile on his face as he twirled his tail between his hands.
"Well, I, I do have a sugg, suggestion…" The flying monkey on his back nudged him.
"We get the Animals, and those, those in the city who now support The Wick… Elphaba… we, we can't win, but, but we can get her out, at least…"
Silence echoed throughout the room as the Lion dropped his head, shuffling his feet and looking at the door. Nicole stepped up, placing a hand on his forepaw. "I think that that is a /great/ idea, Lion."
"So do I," Kristin said softly, and the statement was echoed by the following people.
"And if Fiyero doesn't agree, he can stay behind," Megan stated soundly, flicking the back of his head wit her fingers.
"I'm coming!" Fiyero frowned as Megan got off of him, muttering something about improper women. "I'll try to behave… and I won't go running off like a lunatic."
"That'll be a first," muttered Willemijn, and the group leaned forward, speaking in hushed voices about what Animals they knew were in the forest from their knowledge of the Wicked books, and where...
Nicole
As time ticked on in the castle, positions were being rapidly assigned. "Okay, Elise, you go with the Lion and go find as many Animals as you can," Stephanie said in a voice full of authority. "Chistery, you get the rest of the Monkeys and do the same. We..."
"We can't do much, can we," Fiyero grumbled, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. Megan shot him a nervous glance, but he made no move to bolt again.
The silence fell like a blanket. People shifted slightly, Ali slid to the floor next to Annaleigh to play a hand game.
"OMIGOD, IT'S THE JOKER!"
Tiana's random scream and dance caused everybody to jump about three feet in the air. An awkward silence followed as the group looked around, then back at Tiana.
"What?"
"Inside joke," NIcole muttered, pressing a fist to her mouth to stop from laughing. Mikayla also had a big grin on her face, and as people began to talk, it was obvious it had worked - the tension had broken.
While everybody relaxed and waited, Fiyero stalked back into the room to look into the crystal ball. Staring at it, he pictured Elphaba's face... what he most wanted to see...
Well, he saw her face, alright.
He just didn't like what came with it.
And as he turned away from the crystal ball to alert his newfound friends, things were getting worse...
Nessa finished untying the last rope around the back of Elphaba's hands just as Elphaba tugged, sending herself flying head over heels. Though she was now in a better position to untie her own legs, her skirts were over her head.
Boq looked politely away - just in time to see Dorothy walk back in, clutching Toto to her chest.
"Hel-how did you all get here!?" Dorothy's sneer turned into an alarmed glance at Boq and Nessa, who had turned to glare at her. At Dorothy's voice, Elphaba's eyes widened and, her head covered in her skirt, she began to work more furiously on untying her legs. It never occurred to her to fix her skirts.
"We escaped?" Nessa raised an eyebrow at Dorothy, though her insides were in a knot. At that time, Elphaba fell out of her awkward position on the chair, legs freed. Pushing her skirts back down, she glared at Dorothy. Effin' traitor.
"Um, um... GUARDS!" Dorothy grew more confident as the sounds of footsteps down the hall could be heard... especially as they walked inside.
"The guards are after my, my..."
"You want to say wife, don't you?" Kerry smiled kindly at him. "Don't worry. A common law marriage is ten years, so you don't have long to wait."
"That's not the point!" Fiyero yelled, shaking with the urge to run to the Emerald City. With the fury running through him, he was fairly sure he could get there in a few minutes.
"We have to go there." Ali's quiet and determined voice had Annaleigh, Megan, and almost all of the Elphaba's nodding thier heads in agreement.
"Then let's go!"
"How are we going to get there?" Glinda threw her hands up in the air, deciding to go along with the plan. A suicide plan, but a plan nonetheless.
"We fly." At Holli's sure voice, Tiana clapped excitedly. Mikayla turned a little green.
"My bubble can only carry so many..."
Ellen nodded. "Okay. You take the people who don't like or know how to fly, or need to get there the fastest. Fiyero, yourself... Mikayla..."
Mikayla glared at her, but remained silent.
"And the rest of us?" Stephanie looked at her. "Have an answer for that?"
"Who hear has the incantation for the flying broom memorized?" Kaylee grinned at the group. "Because I do!"
"Somebody has to stay here with the baby..."
"I will," offerred Ana with a shrug. "I have kids at home, anyway; I kind of miss them."
And the rest headed downstairs to wear bunches of chairs were set up, Nicole grabbing her broom from before along the way and tossing Mikayla's to Holli.
Flying chairs. Who knew?
Elphaba realized her glare wasn't helping the situation any as the guards poured in. Where had they come from?
"The Wizard had called a meeting," Dorothy said with a shaky smile, dragging a guard next to her as if he could protect her from Elphaba's eyes. "Convenient, right?"
And that was when the first chair crashed through the window. Kristin poked her head up above it, another one flying more smoothly in - this one perched on by Willemijn.
"I WILL NEVER GET THE HANG OF THIS!"
"Relax, Kristin, that might-" Kristin's chair had nearly decapitated a guard. "Or just keep flying like that, that could help."
The bubble crashed through another one, a smile by Ginda as Kaylee cackled, flying in on Idina's broom - Idina being safely inside the bubble.
"Thanks for the protection spell, Allen!"
As the chairs began to land, Nicole sped in and landed promptly on the ground almost directly in front of Dorothy - about ten feet away, but in a straight line-, grinning at Mikayla in the bubble. "Bubble or broom?"
"BUBBLE!" Mikayla was glaring at the broom like it was a death trap.
"SHUT UP!" The scream surprised Dorothy as well as everybody else - and she had been the one to yell it. "You can't just come in here, brandishing-" she ducked as Kristin was still attempting to land. "CHAIRS!"
The people in the bubble stepped out as Idina snorted. "What were we supposed to brandish, baskets with little dogs in them?" The sarcasm rolled off of her in waves.
Dorothy grabbed the gun and shakily aimed it at Idina, Taye freezing as he was half dismounted off of his chair.
"I said SHUT UP!"
"No need to be hasty, Dorothy," Glinda said softly, nobody moving. "Just put the gun down..."
"Say another word and I shoot," Dorothy said, biting her lip nervously. The Wizard had threatened her dog, and Idina was joking about Toto? (The dog was safely under her arm right now.) Toto was all she had in this world. Or any others.
"Dorothy..."
Dorothy fired before she realized what she was doing. With a squeak, she let go of the gun.
But things had already been set into motion - and everybody watched it in in what seemed like slow motion.
The bullet spiraled neatly towards Idina's chest, the pregnant woman paralyzed with fear. Taye gasped and tripped in his attempt to run over to her. Glinda covered her eyes, and Elphaba let out something that sounded quite like a snarl.
Only Nicole was close enough to Dorothy and the line of fire to act.
She stepped into the bullet's path and flinched as it hit her chest.
Everything snapped back into regular focus as Nicole collasped, a blossom of red spreading over her shirt.
"Nicole, no!" Mikayla ran for the girl, Dorothy covering her hands as she realized she had killed a human being. Many things she could do, that was not one of them.
Nicole was breathing shallowly as Mikayla and Idina, who had finally moved, reached her at the same time. Kristin had landed nearly on Dorothy's head in her attempt to get near the fallen girl.
"You had better not die, you hear me? I will beat your body until you get back here," Tiana threatened, running over.
"Miki?" Nicole grinned weakly at her friend.
"Yeah?" Mikayla said kneeling down next to her, letting a tear fall down her cheek.
"Beat Taye with a fish for me for not moving..." And she closed her eyes.
"Nicole? NICOLE!?" Kristin shook her shoulders, shoving past Nessa, who had wheeled closer. None of the guards had moved to fire, as they had not been commanded to.
Kerry looked up from where she had grabbed her wrist. "No pulse..."
Elphaba's head swung up to look at Dorothy, and her face was contorted in a snarl. "What have you done!?"
And the alarms for a break in to the Emerald City finally went off.
A/N: Well just getting on before school so I can give you guys a couple updates. :) Hope you enjoy!