Hidden Beauty part 52

Hidden Beauty part 52

52. Poisoned

Oscar smiled weakly at them. "I am doing fine. Don't worry..." He said, but he wasen't sure of his own words. Ann-Elphaba climbed on the bed and hugged her father. "Daddy?"

"I wish that there was something that I could do!" Annie snapped. "I know, we are all trying to help him." Theodora replied. "Theodora, please, do you know what is wrong with him?" Annie pleaded. Theodora sighed. "Yes, the moment he turned, Oscar has been rejecting witch blood. It is only getting worse, and without magic he is getting weaker."

"I only know, how to throw fire balls Theodora... Nothing more... And I want to try and do my best to make Elphie's first B-day perfect..." Oscar panted, as he tried to sit up a little in bed, still feeling weak from throwing up.

"You stay right there!" Theodora ordered. "Frank, please control him." "Finley, watch him closely." "You are not well at all." Theodora remarked. "Please, just stay in bed."

"Yes madame..." Oscar tried to grin though his fever, just to make a little joke out of all this drama. "Mommy?" Elphaba said in a questionable way. "What Wrhong?" She tried to say.

"Oh, my dear, nothing, we are just going to watch him." "Please keep him company." Theodora added. They left the room to see Annie. "There might be another twister in the plains." Annie informed. "By tomorrow." "The sooner the better." Theodora replied.

Oscar starred tiredly to the ceiling above him. He fell horrible, and sick afcours. He lied back in the pillows, sleep soon washing over him but he screamed as he had a nightmare and a vision.

"What?!" "What's wrong?!" Theodora cried, as she raced into the room. "Oscar, please calm down." "You were having a nightmare." "You're only getting worse, we must get back to OZ as soon as possible."

"This time... It was that I saw Annie never again... And... And... What would have happend if I ended up with Glinda..." Oscar fell with his hand by his face, he fell some deep cuts in his cheeks. "And I cried because of your reaction... It was so sad... It was a huge dream..." Oscar explained.

"Oh, Oscar if that happened and you and Glinda never tried to help me, who knows." Theodora replied. "I imagine that I would find Jease and he would help me, but I would not have a life with you." She added.

"Yes... But it all started with that you flied back to Emerald City afther a few years, but there you got the shock of your life, you saw me and Glinda, holding a maybe 1 year old child, and your eyes, I will never forget those eyes, they were the moost saddest eyes I ever saw, and I didn't tell Glinda that I saw you. I only heard you softly say: I though it would have been our baby Oz..." Oscar looked up to her. "Lucky I choiced in the end for you, otherwise there was no happy ending for all of us... Well atleast not you... I would do anything to make you happy..."

Theodora's skin crawled by Oscar's words. "I know, like I said, I would not have a life with you." "At least we have each other."

Oscar smiled at her as he gave a soft kiss at the cheek. "And hopefully that will stay that way forever..." Oscar said as he lied back in bed again. Theodora sat next to him, as Ann kept watching and laughed a few times. "At least Evanora and I are sick together..." Oscar tried to joke.

"Please, at least Evanora is still in OZ." "There is magic there." Theodora teased back.

Oscar grinned softly, which filled the room. "I have no idea how to use magic yet, apart from fire throwing." Oscar said, as he fell that his eyes became heavy for him.

"Yes, I did not say you had anymore magic." Theodora added. "The twister will come soon."

Oscar chuckled nervously. "Hehe... Yeaaaaah... I guesh so... But I think... I will never see Annie again afther that..." Oscar looked down. "But for some reason, I feel like I will meet Dorothy later again..." Oscar looked up at Theodora who sat next to him in bed. Ann-Elphaba sat next to her in a childish way.

"Of course, Oscar, whatever you see usually happens." Theodora stated, as she kissed his cheek.

Oscar looked down. "I will miss her so much..." Oscar stated as he kissed her back, this time on the lips. "She was always there for me..."

"I know, Oscar, but we may see her again." Theodora encouraged. "Oh no, the twister is coming!"

"No... I've got a vision... And I think we won't see each other for a couple of years..." Oscar looked outside. "Hmmm... It looks like he always comes when we are calling for him..."

"At least you'll see her when you're well, and more yourself." Theodora added.

"I'm still... Just not that sure..." Oscar said, not knowing how to answere his question, he slowly got out of bed, ready to and to leave.

They walked outside and got inside the balloon. "It's coming!" Frank shouted. As Finley and Theodora helped release air into the balloon, it was picked up by a gust of wind. The balloon spun around and around the air. "This is always the hard part," Theodora snapped. Once the wind calmed down, they could see the Emerald City in the distance.

Oscar hang over the balloon basket and started to vomit over it. "Hng... Ugh..." He said as he closed his eyes tiredly, allowing his swet to fall down in the distance. Again they fell on the same place as last time, maybe that was the stop place of tornado. This time the balloon kept floating, without falling in the water. Ann-Elphaba clapped as she stook her small arms in the air. "Fun!" She shouted with her childish voice.

"Oh my poor Oz," Theodora cried. "We must hurry!" she added. Frank helped Oscar walk with the others back to the city.

"What's happening to me?!" He asked as he spitted some blood out. Oscar's eyes started to tear up in pain. "I feel so strange! It feels like it's burning inside me and the same time a monster or a knife is kicking me inside..." Oscar looked up as he was hanging on the half of Frank and Theodora's shoulders shoulder.

"Your body is rejecting the full extent of witch blood." "We may need to consult one of the vampires, they'll be able to suck out the poison inside of you," Theodora stated. Everyone looked at her in shock. "Vampires exist here?!" Frank asked. "Yes, of course they do," he added.

"Theodora! Remember if you make me a human again... I will die... Afther all, I need the witch blood and my own blood is long gone from me... It all has been spit out when you gave me witch blood. If this blood will be taken out of me... I'll die..." Oscar explained.

"Oscar, they will only take the poison out of you, not your witch blood." "You're real blood is now witch blood itself!" Theodora stated.

"Theodora... What kind of potion is the inside of me? Tell me... And why does it start so late... Since I already am a wizard now, for a couple of mouths..." Oscar asked, not understanding how this could be happening.

"No, you lost your mind when you started to change." "I gave you an elixir to calm you down, that only made you worse!" Theodora explained. "That's why you are ill!"

"What? I never losed my mind?! What do you mean?" Oscar wasen't sure anymore were they all were talking about. "Contemporary, it is all so strange... No day is normal anymore... I am so confushed..." Oscar weakly answered to his wife.

"Theodora there you are," Glinda shouted. "Oh, Oscar!" she cried. "Glinda, he has been poisoned by witch blood, he needs the poison to be sucked out!" Theodora remarked. "I'll summon the vampire court, they will surly help the Wizard."

"Urgh..." Oscar growled again, they helped him inside the tower. "You know that the vampires life in the lands of Momba... The same for the weerwolves... Although they can act very dangerous somethimes..." Glinda spoke carefully. "How is Evanora doing?" Theodora asked. Glinda looked a little scared. "She needs stil much rest... Same time she has got a depressions which becomes worser then it started... One day, I even had to watch over her so she didn't do something to Jelenora... We try to make the best of it..." Glinda spoke carefully.

"Yes, Count Drake will help us," Theodora stated. "Yes, Jease can help us reach him. He'll fly here." "Oscar, I hope that this does not frighten you," Theodora worriedly said.