AN: Hey guys! This is coming to you from my room at William Paterson University! I am not in New York at the moment; however, I can see the NY skyline from the window of my neighbor's room. Not to many chapters to go after this, but enjoy this one!

Frex awoke to a searing pain spreading across his back and he cried out as the whip descended across his back once again.

"I'll ask you again, where is Miss Elphaba?" The Captain was personally overseeing Frex's punishment and growled out the question.

"I told you, I don't know! I sold her and I don't know where he took her!"

"LIAR!" The Captain roared before cracking the whip once again.

"Okay okay! I'll tell you, but please don't hurt me again" Frex whimpered, and the Captain became disgusted at the pitiful man in front of him.

"Glad to see you have had a change of heart! Now tell me where she is and I may be inclined to help get you out of here."

"I took her from in front of her room and I stashed her in the abandoned corn exchange in the slums of the city. I sold her to a Master Avaric and he's going to share the profits off of her with me. I was finally going to be rid of her taunting me with her very existence."

The Captain nodded and walked away from Frex. He heard him screaming. "What about getting me out of here?!" The Captain smiled as he turned around and spoke. "You actually believed that I would help scum like you? You are pathetic. Miss Elphaba is a symbol of all that is good and innocent in these times, and you tried to take that away. You are a sick monster and I will never help those like you."

With that he turned on his heel and walked away. As he left, he added as an afterthought, "I guess I forgot to tell you, the Wizard has ordered you to be put to death once we have her back safely. You will be publicly hung in the Emerald City square." He left the prison with Frex's screams echoing in his ears.

Oscar watched as the Captain came back. He did not have to ask, as the man caught his eye and spoke. "Frex has confirmed everything the note told us, including his plans to sell Elphaba into prostitution, although I believe this Master Avaric planned on fleecing him since they were supposed to share in the profits. As we speak, an elite group of forcers are mobilizing, and I would advise you and Fiyero to come with as she may be terrified at not seeing any familiar faces.


Elphaba knew she was in trouble as she watched Avaric move closer and crouch in front of her.

"Well well well, what have we here? A pretty new plaything for me?" Elphaba gathered up as much spit as she could and hurled it in his face, nailing him square in between the eyes. She glared at him with all the hate burning in her heart. He lifted a hand and wiped his face, and for a moment she feared he was going to strike her, but he didn't. Instead he looked at her before throwing his head back and letting loose a great rumbling laugh.

"Oh finally! A girl with spirit! You and I are going to have lots of fun together dear." This did not ease Elphaba's fears. If anything it made her situation all the more dire. He was more unpredictable than she had previously thought which made him all the more dangerous. He moved in closer and she could feel his putrid breath across her face. Elphaba tried to turn her face away but he gripped her chin. "Now now, no turning away from the one who is going to let you have lots of fun!" He giggled at that as if he was a small child. It sent shivers down her spine.

"Let's see if you are green all over hmm? I imagine most would be put off by the green, but I kind of like it." With that he tried to put his mouth across hers in an obscene parody of a kiss. As soon as she felt his tongue probing hers, she heard Glinda's voice inside her head, urging her that this was the time to make good on her help. Elphaba bit down as hard as she could and tasted blood in her mouth. Avaric reeled back in shock and pulled her to her feet, which was the moment she had been waiting for. She vaguely recalled reading about SING and without thinking about it put it into action. She flew at Avaric in a rage, hitting him first in the Solar Plexus, than jammed her foot down into his instep. Unfortunately, her feet were still bare and did not do much damage. Instinctively, her hand flew up, driving her palm up into his nose, and finally rammed her knee into his groin. He stumbled back and Elphaba did the only thing she could think of and ran. She had just made it to the door of the room when she felt him grab her arm, jerking her back into the room. She heard the bone crack a split second before a white hot pain shot through her body, making her cry out and bringing tears flooding to her eyes. This pain was worse than anything Frex had ever done to her.

"YOU LITTLE BITCH! YOU BROKE MY NOSE!" Avaric dragged her back by her broken arm, making the pain spike to an entirely new level. He threw her against the wall, causing her to hit her head in the process, hard enough that her vision wavered and she saw stars. He grabbed her again before her vision cleared and threw her to the ground before climbing on top of her and putting a hand around her throat, cutting off her air. The pain coursing through her made it difficult to fight but she struggled anyway. She was rapidly losing what little strength she did have and was no match for him. She felt him fumble with his belt and shuddered as he stroked up and down her thigh with his free hand, moving ever closer to her most intimate parts. As he continued his assault on her, it grew difficult to breathe and her vision faded to gray, then black, and she could imagine her father calling her as she slipped away from reality, losing consciousness.

Elphaba!

Papa help me!