A/N: OMIGOD. I feel so awful. Like you honestly don't even know how awful I feel! Ahhh I'm so sorry! I really am... seriously. I am SO sorry. But here it is. The end of the story. :( We had an AMAZING time writing it, and I'm so glad you all loved it! We're probably gonna start another one of these kinds of stories soon though... so we'll see! And then Nicole was planning a sequel I think... but she said that would be like... next summer. I'm so glad you liked it and we'll see what else I can post for your Wicked fix. :) But here it is. :) And sorry for like making it REALLY long... I just wanted to get it all in here. :) ENJOY!
WickedlyAsh
"I'm alive! Oh yeah, I'm alive!" Nicole celebrated as she bounced around the Gershwin stage, showing off with a cartwheel. "Look at me Kaylee, I'm alive!" Nicole smiled as she passed by, continuing down the line. "Mikayla, look at me! Check it out Tiana! Aren't I awesome Elise? Isn't it-" Nicole stopped, took a step back, studying the last person she had walked by. "Elise?"
"Yeah?" Elise looked confused as she nervously responded to Nicole.
"Since when are you not a monkey anymore?"
"Sweet Oz your wings are gone!" Holli noticed.
"They're right," Allen observed incredulously, "you're back to normal too!"
"I am?" Elise questioned, feeling around for her wings. When she felt nothing, she looked at her own arms, which were no longer covered with furry hair. "I am back to normal!" she finally agreed excitedly, and began dancing with Nicole around the Gershwin stage.
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Rajah sat in the Kiamo Ko dungeon for the second time in the last few days, feeling as angry and frustrated as ever. He knew the Wizard would need help with the bomb, and struggled against his chains in an effort to go help his leader. He assumed the efforts would be in vain, but was surprised to hear the sound of the chain breaking free from the wall….
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"Nessa, where did Elphaba and…everyone else just go?" Fiyero asked from the upstairs window of Kiamo Ko, turning to see Nessa rocking baby Liir.
"Shhhh, he's just gone to sleep," Nessa indicated to the baby, trying to avoid the questions she knew were coming.
"Nessa, I know you're hiding something from me, now tell me what it is!" Fiyero said with determination. Nessa realized that Fiyero was very serious, and nodded silently. Slowly, Nessa placed Liir in his crib, then quietly pulled Fiyero out of the baby's room so that they could talk above a whisper.
"They've gone to Earth," Nessa emitted the secret without putting up much of a fight, knowing that Fiyero would demand the answer soon enough anyway.
"To Earth?!"
"Yes to Earth. The Wizard is on his way there himself with the bomb. The rest of the group is trying to beat him there so they can be ready to attack."
"But she didn't tell me…why would she leave me here.."
"Because she wants to make sure that, in case things go terribly wrong on Earth, that Liir will still have one parent…" Nessa trailed off quietly, knowing her words stung Fiyero in his core.
Fiyero stood there for a long moment, processing everything Nessa had said, then made a snap decision. "We're going to Earth."
"Wait, what?"
"I said we're going to Earth," he repeated loudly, making sure to enunciate sarcastically.
"I heard what you said, but…what about Liir? And how do you expect us to get there?"
"We're taking him with us," Fiyero said, striding back into the room and picking up his son, "and we're using those," he said, pointing down to Nessa's feet.
"My, my shoes?"
"It's how Dorothy got back to Earth, and it's how we're going to do it. Liir and I will hold on to you, you'll click your heels a couple of times, and then we'll be off."
"I'm not so sure about this Fiyero…"
"Nessa, that is your sister out there! And the mother of my child! We're going!"
Nessa felt the need to protest on Elphaba's behalf, but quickly realized that he was right. "Alright, let's do this," Nessa sighed, taking Fiyero's hand in her own as she began to click the heels of the ruby-red shoes together. However, just before she finished the third click, the door to the nursery flew open, and Rajah jumped through the doorway to tackle Nessa and Fiyero. But Nessa had done her job, the third click of the heels occurred just as Rajah made contact.
Feeling like they were being sucked through a small hole, Nessa, Rajah, Fiyero and the baby suddenly found themselves on the floor of the Gershwin, surrounded by a surprised crowd of WoO kids and actresses.
Rajah, the fastest of the group to react, grabbed Liir out of Fiyero's loose grip, holding him up in the air. "Nobody move, or the baby dies!"
Beautifullywicked
In that minute after Rajah, Fiyero and Nessa appeared you could have heard a pin drop. Everybody was just frozen in silence, not knowing what to do, Elise and Nicole in mid dance. Especially when the enemy had your leader's baby in their hands. But before Rajah could get another word in he froze. Like absolutely froze.
"There," Elphaba said with a rather smug look on her face. "Guys can be so stupid some times!" she said shaking her head and gently taking Liir away from him. She noticed everyone looking at her in shock, obviously wondering how she did that. "Well, before I explain, how about we get him locked up. Or... something," she said looking around the theatre.
A little later after they tied him up and put him in a closet nearby, close enough to keep an eye on, but far enough that he couldn't hear what they were saying Elphaba said, "You know that spell I used to keep everyone in their place when we put on Wicked? Well I used the same thing. It was quite easy."
Everybody stayed quiet, still calming down from what just happened. "Well then," Stephanie said to break the silence. "We should probably get to work. I don't think we have much time..." she said trailing off. She looked to Elphaba, "You said we had 45 minutes until he gets here?" she asked.
Elphaba nodded. "Yes, last time I looked, so now probably about 35." she said thinking, looking around to see the other's reactions. They all surprisingly stayed pretty calm, for being in this situation. Nobody was freaking out or screaming or even arguing for that matter.
Kaylee, Holli and Ali were all whispering in a corner just brainstorming together. "How many guards do you think he's bringing?" Nicole said stepping forward, still ecstatic about being alive again. "I mean... is it like 10? Or is it like 100?" she asked.
"I don't know exactly," Elphaba said honestly to them all. "I saw a bunch of balloons. Like quite a few. I would guess there's at least around 75 coming. But I'm not completely sure." She sighed, "but we will see soon enough,"
"Well then," Shoshana said stepping forward, "We better get prepared. Right now we don't really have much to fight with and we only have half an hour!" she said very energetically, like she was rallying up a sports team or something.
While everyone else started to discuss what they needed, Mikayla Tiana and Nicole sat a little farther away from the group discussing plans of their own. Annaleigh noticed the three of them and walked over to them taking a seat. "What'cha guys up to?" she asked looking around.
"Um," Nicole started, "We really do need weapons. That's what we were thinking of. Because... well bare hands don't kill anything unless you're one of those super huge wrestling dudes. Or the Great Khali."
"Yep, we're screwed." Tiana said with a nod.
Mikayla smirked, "Way to keep it short and sweet Tiana," she said, "but we were all thinking that if all the guards and the Wizard were here in New York, then we could probably get into the Wizard's weapon supply pretty easy. And we could actually prepare ourselves instead of just sitting here talking about random crap," she said rolling her eyes.
Annaleigh nodded, "You know..." she said thinking it through, "that's not a half bad idea,"
"Half bad?" Tiana asked, "Psht, we're geniuses!" she said laughing.
Nicole nodded in agreement, "Heck yes we are!" she said laughing giving Mikayla and Tiana a (real) high five.
Annaleigh smiled, "I think you are on to something... hey Elphaba!" she called out from their little group. "There three have a great idea..." she said tilting her head in their direction. "Like it's "Completely Brilliant Plan!" worthy!" she said going Legally Blonde for a moment.
Elphaba looked at her strangely for a second but just shrugged and looked to the three Witches. "So what's this plan?" she asked them, while everyone else looked at them curious.
"Well..." Tiana said, and they went on to explain the plan to Elphaba and the rest of the group and then waited for a reaction.
Elphaba nodded slowly, "Yes... yes that could work." she said. "We can't send too many of you, or that would draw too much attention, but a few of you. Yes... yes that's a very good idea." She smiled, "Good thinking you guys!" she said to the three girls who grinned. "Jae?" she said addressing the captain of the guard. "Do you want to bring these three, uhh..." she trailed off looking around the group.
"I'll go," Idina said stepping forward nodding.
"Yeah, I'll go too," Eden added.
"Okay," Elphaba said, "Then you six then? Is that okay Jae?" she asked looking over to him.
He nodded, "Yep," he said. "This should work just fine." And then they disappeared, heading back to Oz in a puff of green smoke.
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Annaleigh paced back and fourth, "They shouldn't take this long..." she muttered to herself. She kept expecting a puff of green smoke to appear but none came. "What's taking so long...?" she asked herself.
"Annaleigh dear, you're going to wear a hole in the floor if you keep that up!" Stephanie said watching the blonde. "I'm sure they're just fine," she said reassuringly.
She sighed sitting down in the theatre she knew all too well, one that she really didn't want to see get blown up. Annaleigh calmed down a little at Stephanie's words but was still worried, but then there actually was a puff of green smoke and 6 figures appeared, their arms full of supplies.
Elphaba jumped up when they reappeared, "Just in time," she said hastily passing things out, "we have about 8 minutes," and those 8 minutes were a blur of everyone getting ready and arming themselves.
Nicki was pacing around carrying a gun in her hands while singing "Buenos Aires" from Evita under her breath, ready and waiting for the Wizard and his idiotic guards. She smirked, remembering the time when they scared them off with monkey crap. Around her, kids, actresses and the rest of them were doing the same things... just probably not singing "Buenos Aires"......
Thud, thud, thud thud, they could hear all the Wizard's men approaching the theatre and it got pretty quiet, and then the doors burst open.
The Wizard came marching in with A LOT of guards behind him, but he stopped short at the sight of all of them. "Oh. Why hello there!" he said obviously surprised. "come to ruin my plans again?" he asked with a bit sarcasm evident in his voice. "Well trust me, you didn't stop me last time, and you won't again this time. Because I am going to blow up this world no matter what."
Tiana shook her head, letting out an exasperated sigh, "Honestly! Who do you think you are? The Joker?!," she rolled her eyes, making the Witches of Oz kids laugh a bit.
"Oh yeah!" Mikayla spoke up grinning at the Wizard, "you know how you said you would grant everyone's hearts desire?" she asked innocently enough.
The Wizard nodded, not quiet sure this girl was thinking.
Mikayla smirked, "My biggest desire?" Kiss. My. Ass," she said and the battle began.
WickedlyAsh
The Wizard merely smirked at Mikayla's comment, motioning for his guards to advance on the group. They moved forwards slowly, weapons pointed at the Ozians, the actresses, and even the WoO group.
Allen did a quick count, then murmured to the group, "Anyone else notice there's over one hundred of them? And only like fifty of us?"
"Yeah, caught that," Carley said nervously.
"Elphaba, can you freeze them like you did to Rajah earlier?" Idina whispered her suggestion as the guards continued to move forward, slowly surrounding the group in the middle of the Gershwin.
Elphaba nodded slowly and began chanting, using her hands to charge and direct the spell. "Ouch!" she cried and grabbed her hands just as she was finishing her spell.
"Elphaba, it's not working," Idina said nervously as the guards continued to tighten around them. "What happened?"
"That happened," Elphaba nodded towards a group of five standing near the Wizard.
"Who are they?" Eden murmured, who had been standing nearby.
"The Wizard's protégés, the apprentices he's trained in case anything happened to Morrible," Jae said quietly, recognizing them from his time as Captain of the Guard.
"And they're good…" Elphaba said slowly, realizing they had successfully cast a counter-spell for Elphaba's freezing spell.
Before long it felt like the group all had their backs to each other, literally surrounded on all sides. The group began to hold up their few weapons, nervously preparing for battle, when…
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" a loud Tarzan yell echoed throughout the Gershwin, causing members of both groups to turn towards the stage. Swinging onto the stage, gun in hand was none other than…David Burnham.
David released the rope so he could land on the stage, pointing the gun directly at the Wizard. "Let the green girl…and all her friends go!" David said confidently.
"David, what the heck…?" Annaleigh looked at him with confusion.
The Wizard, meanwhile, just began to laugh. "You think you and that toy gun of yours can stop me, five magical protégés, one hundred guards, and a bomb powerful enough to destroy the world?"
"Well…" David suddenly seemed a little less confident, "I suppose I can't…"
"Good answer," the Wizard smiled.
"…but maybe me and my friends can," David grinned motioning to something offstage that the other couldn't see. Suddenly the stage began to fill up with more and people, until about fifty men and women crowded at the stage, weapons pointing at the Wizard.
"Sebastian!" Stephanie cried out, recognizing her husband in the middle of the crowd.
"It's Erin!" Dee waved excitedly to the young woman on stage.
"I don't understand, who are these people?" Elphaba murmured to Idina.
"They're the other Glindas and Fiyeros, but how did they know to…" Idina's voice trailed off, turning to face Taye.
"Kristin and I made some calls," Taye smiled.
"Alright then," Carley nodded, much more confident than before, "let's do this!"
And with that, the combat began. The sounds of gunfire echoed throughout the large theater while the clinking of weapons against each other seemed ubiquitous. The Glindas and Fiyeros jumped off the stage to join the fight, evening up the odds in the battle.
"Ow!" Nicole cried out, taking a cut to the arm. "Why couldn't I still be a ghost?!" she complained, returning the favor to a nearby guard.
Holli was in the middle of battling a particularly strong guard, not even noticing a second guard coming up behind her. Fortunately, Kaylee did.
"Noooo!" Kaylee yelled as she jumped onto the back of the second guard, covering his eyes as she did so. Holli turned around and managed to take out both guards in a matter of seconds, offering each other a high-five before rejoining the battle.
"We're winning!" Mikayla yelled out, looking to see how many guards had indeed fallen. In fact, even two of the five protégés had already been taken down, so things were looking good.
"Man down! We've got a man down over here!" Jae yelled while fighting three guards simultaneously.
"Norbert!" Kristin called out, running to his side. "Oh Norbert, you're bleeding," she began to panic, noticing a wound in his abdomen.
"I'm alright, the cut's not deep," he convinced Kristin as he stood up slowly, placing a hand over the cut as he tried to keep fighting.
Elphaba looked around, surveying the status of the fight. Although many of the good guys had sustained injuries, no one seemed to be in critical condition. Further, they now seemed to far outnumber the Wizard's men, more and more guards dropping by the minute. Knowing that her friends were safe, she turned to face her enemy. "Alright Wizard, it's you and me…" she breathed, and prepared to do battle.
TheLilyLaid
Elphaba looked around, surveying the status of the fight. Although many of the good guys had sustained injuries, no one seemed to be in critical condition. Further, they now seemed to far outnumber the Wizard's men, more and more guards dropping by the minute. Knowing that her friends were safe, she turned to face her enemy. "Alright Wizard, it's you and me…" she breathed, and prepared to do battle…
…And with her words, the entire room stopped moving. All eyes turned toward the two staggeringly similar characters in the middle of the heaving battle. The two stood staring at each other, the same square in their shoulders, the same determination upon their faces. It was striking, really, as the others considered just how much the two of them looked alike when examined close enough. The set of the jaw was exactly the same, the same brimming fire mirrored in their eyes. And yet, all were highly aware of just how different they really were. For one was increasingly wicked, and the other, unaboundingly good.
"So, it's finally come to this? You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this," The Wizard said tauntingly. Elphaba responded only with a smug smile.
"You're beaten, Wiz. Just give it up." Came the voice of Kaylee. He glared her direction and waved a hand. The girl's feet lifted abruptly from the ground, but a glance from the dark brown eyes of the emerald princess set her gently back down.
"I wouldn't try cheap tricks, Mister. They won't help you." Elphaba said, the same smug smile upon her face.
"Why try parlor tricks upon the master sorceress? Why not try the real deal?" He reached into his coat and pulled out the little box that was the world-ending bomb. He stared at it lovingly and spoke again. "You're running out of time, my child. What are you going to do?"
For a long moment Elphaba did not speak, she simply looked around the room, taking in every single face she saw. She saw the encouragement from her Ozian friends, the hope in the eyes of her new Earthly comrades. She saw the sheer joy in the eyes of the children who called themselves Wicked's greatest and most loyal fans and she knew exactly what to do.
"Wizard, let's do this. You and me. No one else. No magic. We both know my magic easily overpowers yours and we both know that any attacking magic I use against you will instantly activate your little time bomb." The wizard's face showed his surprise at her knowledge. She smiled. "Yes, I know how it works. When I was told your world-destroying-weapon-of-choice I knew every intricate detail of its composition and how it ticks. No, you won't be able to bully me into activating it for you. So what do you say?" The Wizard did not respond. He just tucked the little bomb back into his coat. Before Elphaba could react, she found his fist flying into her face. The blow sent her back a few feet. She responded with a swinging kick at his abdomen, and immediately cherished her last minute decision to wear pants rather than a dress. The Wizard dodged the blow and counterattacked with a sweeping kick of his own. Rather than allow it to knock her off balance, she catapulted into a flying somersault above his head. The Wizard reached up and grabbed her leg, pulling her crashing hard to the ground. Springing up quickly, Elphaba sent a combination of punches toward the Wizard. He managed to block the first two or three, but her youth gave her speed that was more than he could handle. First one connected, then another, and another, and soon the Wizard was defenseless against her onslaught. With each punch she pushed him further and further back, weakened him more and more, and with each punch she remember more and more of the pain he'd caused her.
This is for Lion. She thought as she remembered how the poor creature had cowered in fear inside that horrible cage. This is for burning my dreams to ash. She thought as she remembered the day she had met him. This is for Holli, and Nicole, and Idina, and Annaleigh, and Kristin, and Taye, and Allen, and Jae, and Glinda, and every single one of my friends you've harmed. She thought as she remembered watching each one of them get hurt again and again all because this pompous, oh-so-wonderful man in front of her had deemed it necessary. This is for all of Earth and all of Oz. She thought as she considered how far he had been willing to go just to hide the truth from a people who didn't even know it was real and it only served to make her angrier. Her attacks against him became wilder, stronger, and more powerful. She ceased to be herself, ceased to be Elphaba Thropp the Third Descending Eminent Thropp of Munchkinland, heir to the throne of Oz. She was anger and rage combined and her full fury was unleashed upon her enemy. She knew nothing and no one save the Wizard. Suddenly he fell to the ground, body bleeding and torn, and she came into herself again. Staring down at the blood that dripped from her fingers in shock at her own actions, she hesitated. It was a dreadful mistake.
The Wizard, who had somehow managed to withstand her horrific attack, began muttering a desperate spell. As the words escaped his lips, energy began to coalesce around Elphaba, forming like a thick wall, compressing the air around her. She was suddenly unable to breathe and it felt as though the entire world was falling on her shoulders. Her knees began to give out beneath her and she slowly sank to the floor. The Wizard struggled to his feet, watching with a triumphant smile upon his face. As she laid wheezing and struggling for life, he taunted her.
"You thought you could defeat me? Whatever gave you that idea, my dear? I amWONDERFUL! I can't be DEFEATED! I AM THE WIZARD OF OZ!" He paused, forcing away his sudden excitement. "And you, my dear Elphaba, my dear green girl, are absolutely nothing." Elphaba, still trapped within his spell, could say nothing, but it was clear that her inner fire was beginning to die.
"Kaylee!" called Holli out of the blue.
"Yea?" was the answer. Their gazes met and laughter began to spill abruptly from their lips. Angered by the unexpected outburst, the Wizard turned to face them.
"What is so funny? You've lost. You should be crying." They only laughed harder.
"We've got something you don't got." Kaylee sang between giggles.
"That's preposterous. What could you have that I don't?"
"The Grimmerie." Holli said, still laughing. The actresses and the Ozians looked confused, as they all knew the Grimmerie was back at Kiamo Ko. However, the WoO kids all began to understand exactly what Holli and Kaylee meant.
"Hey, Dark-Siders!" Nicole called. "WWLD?" The girls all laughed.
"WWLD, indeed, Holli?" Kaylee asked. Holli smiled only wider.
"Something that couldn't be reversed. Ever." The Wizard, impatient with the children's odd conversation, turned to go back to taunting Elphaba, but she wasn't where he'd left her. She was back on her feet, staring hard at him, hatred burning in her brown eyes.
"How did you..." he stammered.
"Magic spell 101, sir. You have to FINISH the spell for it to work completely. Otherwise, apowerful sorceress can easily break through it." For the first time, the Wizard looked truly afraid. Elphaba began to walk toward him and for each step she took forward, he took two backwards. Soon he found himself backed against a wall, with Elphaba smiling at him grimly.
"No good deed goes unpunished, right Idina?" Elphaba asked over her shoulder. The woman came forward, a smile also dawning on her face as she understood Elphaba's intent.
"You're absolutely right."
"Well, what do you say we break that vow and do one last good deed?" Idina nodded and began chanting the most well known spell in the Wicked world, Elphaba's voice chiming in as well. Light began to flash about them, blinding all the inhabitants of the room, and when the light faded, a completely different scene stood before their eyes.
WickedlyAsh
"Well, what do you say we break that vow and do one last good deed?" Idina nodded and began chanting the most well known spell in the Wicked world, Elphaba's voice chiming in as well. Light began to flash about them, blinding all the inhabitants of the room, and when the light faded, a completely different scene stood before their eyes.
…at least, a completely different scene than they had expected. Idina and Elphaba never stopped chanting as the light dimmed, and the Wizard still stood triumphantly. The group watched as the pair continued the incantation, waiting for something to happen.
"I don't get it, why would they be chanting the No Good Deed spell at the Wizard?" Megan asked. "I thought that was a protection spell?"
"They're not chanting the No Good Deed spell," Eden smiled incredulously, still not fully understanding their plan. "They're chanting the levitation spell…" her voice trailed off.
Victoria nodded, having said the spell herself countless times during the show. However, she too had a confused look on her face. "But the Wizard's not moving at all, why isn't the levitation spell working?"
Meanwhile, the Wizard kept his eyes transfixed on Elphaba and Idina, a smile crossing his face. "You fools, your spell isn't even working! Besides, you can't cast a spell against me, or you will activate my bomb!" he emitted a dark laugh, closing his eyes happily.
"They're not casting the spell against the Wizard," Mikayla murmured, the only one looking away from Elphaba, Idina, and the Wizard. The few people around her turned to follow her gaze, gasping at the same thing Mikayla could not turn away from. Those gasping triggered more of the group to turn around, until everyone in the room had forgotten about the trio battling it out behind them. Staring at the Gershwin stage, everyone gasped to see the house quivering and shaking violently. The large prop used in the cornfield scene looked like it was trying unsuccessfully to lift off the ground.
Wordlessly, people in the group seemed to understand exactly what was going on. Stephanie and Shoshana exchanged knowing looks before they too started chanting the levitation spell, and saw the house give an extra jolt, still unable to remove itself from the ground. Slowly, others began to recite the levitation spell, each voice urging the house forward. As all the actors and WoO group banded together, the house finally departed from the ground, hovering above the stage.
The Wizard, however, was so focused on watching Elphaba and Idina that he didn't notice the house moving behind him. He did not notice it lifting higher off the ground until it nearly reached the ceiling, and he certainly did not notice the house moving closer and closer until it was directly above his head.
Elphaba and Idina looked at each other, smiles spreading across their faces as they took a few steps back and stopped chanting. The others continued with the spell for a minute, just long enough for the Wizard to say, "You should take your own advice Elphaba! You have to finish the spell for it to work complet-"
The rest of the group had stopped talking, and the Wizard took notice of the sudden silence. He looked around at the group, following everyone's gaze as he looked straight up just before the crashing of the house shattered the silence of the Gershwin.
The group closed in slowly, staring at what was left of the Wizard of Oz. For minutes they just stood there, no one knowing what to say. Finally, Nicole murmured, "After all that, he had a house dropped on him…that's ironic…"
Tiana, who had been standing next to Nicole, couldn't help but stifle a laugh, and the mood quickly began to lighten…particularly when Kaylee and Holli began dancing while singing, "Ding dong, the Wizard's dead!"
Now that everyone slowly began to breathe sighs of relief and begin to relax, Elise piped up, "What about the bomb?"
"It never activated," Jae commented as he stood next to Glinda, his arm around her.
Fiyero nodded as he held Liir and walked towards Elphaba. "It would have only activated if a spell was cast against the Wizard…Elphaba and Idina were smart enough to come up with a work-around."
As Holli and Kaylee entered into the second chorus of Ding Dong the Wizard's Dead, Carley cleared her throat. "What about all of these guards?" she said, looking around at the unconscious group.
Elphaba looked around for a minute, then murmured a spell under her breath. Suddenly, the hundred bodies were gone, causing Carley and a few others to gasp.
"What did you do to them?" Taye asked curiously, moving next to Idina.
"Sent them to another world…somewhere they won't hurt anyone in Oz or on Earth again," Elphaba responded with satisfaction.
Glinda smiled, approaching Elphaba quietly. "I think it's time to go," she murmured, looking sadly between Elphaba and all the friends they had made. "These kids need to get home to their families, and I'm sure people are going to notice the others have been missing.
Elphaba nodded silently, but couldn't help but let a tear streak down her cheek. As much as these people used to seem like an annoyance, they were her friends now, every last one of them. Even though their voices used to cause instant headaches, she knew Oz wouldn't be the same without them now.
Slowly, the group began sharing hugs and well wishes, and after what felt like an eternity, only Elphaba and Idina still needed to say goodbye. The two stood there for a long time, not even knowing the right words anymore. They finally pulled each other in for a long hug, and Elphaba whispered, "I'm going to miss you so much."
"I'll miss you too," Idina tried to hold back the tears, "we all will." Slowly releasing Elphaba, Idina stepped back to stand next to Taye, yet not removing her eyes from Elphaba. Elphaba gave one last tearful smile to the group as she chanted under her breath, and the Ozians were gone in a flash.
The actors and WoO gang were left alone in the Gershwin Theater, staring at each other sadly. "Well…what now?" Mikayla said quietly.
"It seems strange to ask after everything that's happened," Allen said, turning to Teal, "but could I get an autograph?"
The entire group burst into laughter, and Teal smiled and gave Allen a playful hug. However, Mikayla's expression did not change. "I'm serious guys! After everything that's happened, what are we going to do now?"
"Well," Idina said slowly, looking around at the room with a serious expression, she finally cracked a smile as she said, "we never got the chance to perform act two…"
The group smiled at each other, knowing that Elphaba, Glinda and the others in Oz were looking in on them as they went to put on the performance of their lives. They celebrated the Earth, they celebrated Oz, they celebrated friendship, and they celebrated Wicked.