Wicked Comet part 5
(A.N I acknowledge the fact that parts of this book separate parts of the play very distantly but it is all needed to maintain the flow of the story)
It had been several weeks since the Comet made its first flight. News of the Aircraft had spread throughout Oz. Rich was being treated like a celebrity as was Elphaba and Galinda.
Rich was currently sitting underneath the Comet's wings to shelter from the rain which was pouring down heavily. Normally he would be in class by now but it had been cancelled after Dr Dillamond had been fired. A new teacher had revealed a new invention known as the cage. Inside was a terrified lion cub!
Elphaba had gotten so distressed that she had inadvertently cast a spell over the entire class except for Fiyero and herself. Whilst they had escaped with the Lion Cub, Rich had done his best to cover for them. But the class was all so distressed, the lesson had to be cancelled. Since Rich had no other classes afterwards, he had made his way over to the Comet and had proceeded to check engine number 3 again as it had been responding slower to the throttles than usual. After finding and replacing a small part in the engine fuel feed system. The rain had come and Rich had to take shelter underneath the wings.
Then suddenly without warning, the rain stopped! Rich peered out of the shelter of the wings to see that the clouds had gone and the sun now shone brightly down upon the land as it gently descended into the evening sky.
"The heck?" Rich asked himself before he ducked back under the Comet and finished the cup of coffee that he had been drinking as he had worked on Engine 3.
Once he had finished the coffee, the sound of footsteps caught his ears. Rich turned to see Elphaba, who was wearing a white blouse over a dark blue skirt, walking towards him with an excited look on her face.
"What's gotten you excited?" Rich asked curiously.
Elphaba didn't reply, all she did was hand Rich an emerald envelope with the Wizard's seal on it.
With great care, Rich opened up the envelope and read the letter inside.
It read, "Dear Mr Richmond Thropp, as you are probably aware, the Wizard of Oz was notified about your Comet aircraft before it had even flown. He has followed the progress of the testing with extreme interest and would like to inform you that a runway for Comet use has been built in the middle of the Emerald city. So in that note, The Wizard would like to invite you to the Emerald city to meet, with your Cousin Miss Elphaba Thropp. The Wizard would like to request that you bring the Comet and all documentation relating to the Comet as the Wizard has requested to know how such a machine was brought into existence. Please come as soon as you are able."
As soon as he had finished reading, Rich looked up to Elphaba who looked so excited, she would melt!
"If this is what i think it is" Rich began.
"We're going to the emerald city to meet the wizard!" Elphaba replied excitedly.
Rich immediately stood up and said "Right. Best plan is, is to get some sleep and fly out early tomorrow"
Elphaba nodded before the cousins strode off to let their friends and family know about their latest fortunes.