Chapter 14

The Wizard awoke in a bed inside of a cell located inside the infirmary. Fiyero's parents had had it installed so that patients from down in the cells could be treated where the air wasn't so musty and the walls not so mold covered. Oscar tried to get up and found that he was chained to the bed; forced to lie there. Smirking, he attempted to use his powers only to find, he had none.

"I would lie still if I were you. I used a spell to heal your wound as I was asked to but it won't be fully healed for some time," Glinda spoke up from the chair she was sitting in across from the cell.

"Enchanted chains inside an enchanted prison cell, I'm guessing," the Wizard gave her a look.

"Better accommodations than you deserve. I said we should have let you bleed out," the blonde told him flatly.

"So you have grown some balls. I'm surprised Miss Glinda," Oscar gave her a crooked smile.

"You can thank your daughter for that. Though I suppose she'll never hear it from you, you crazy bastard," Glinda bit back at him.

"Me, the crazy bastard? You're the one who managed to get Elphaba in a place of power and convince a good portion of the population that I was a liar. How's that for crazy?" He asked.

"You really have no idea how wonderful she really is; do you? Oh well, I suppose you won't live long enough to find out," Glinda stood and walked out, leaving Oscar to wonder just how right she was.

"How is he?" Elphaba asked as her best friend entered Fiyero's father's study.

"I can't believe you care. He tried to kill you, multiple times, and he tried to ruin your life when he couldn't," the blonde shook her head and took a seat in a cushy seat neat the desk, which Fiyero sat behind.

"He may be the only link to finding my parents," the Prince pointed out.

"Well now that he's here and the Monkeys are here, can't we try a location spell? There should be no one to block it," Glinda offered.

"I tried it as soon as I could. It didn't work. My bigger fear is that what I suspect happened, actually happened," Elphaba said.

"Ok, back up," the blonde gave her a confused look.

"There was always talk of someone being able to transfer their powers to someone else. Most everyone felt it was bunk and Morrible railed against something fierce but now it seems to be true," the green woman explained.

"Well it would explain how Oscar managed to get powers when he had none but how exactly did Morrible do it? I mean she didn't have much time before Avantador made her into a tasty snack," Glinda said.

"That's what has me stuck. Morrible was never more powerful than me and yet she managed to transfer her powers to Oscar and he managed to be almost as powerful as me? I'm not trying to be egotistical or anything but it doesn't make sense, given what we know about our respective power levels," Elphaba heaved a sigh. Suddenly Fiyero bolted upright from his slouched position in his father's chair. He did it so quickly, that he made the girls jump.

"Follow me!"

To Be Continued…