Wonderland was no longer the same and neither was reality. They were fused together now and Alice had nothing to call it other than "Londerland". "Where is everyone?" The young female questioned out loud as she made her way through the streets.

Stopping, she held her chin between her forefinger and thumb thoughtfully. "Maybe Nanny is still around; I'll go check at the Mangled Mermaid."

Upon arriving at the brothel, the dark brunette noticed it was quite changed like everything else; the architecture was overgrown with all sorts of plant life. As she entered the building and made her way up the stairs to the rooms where the whores took their clients, she heard a pained groan coming from Nanny's room.

It was too masculine to be who she was looking for. Cautiously, Alice opened the door, keeping in mind she was no longer armed with the Vorpal blade. The door creaked and the dark brunette looked through the crack.

Gasping, the woman opened it wide upon seeing who it was inside.

"Carpenter!"

The red headed man feebly looked up at her, a pained smile forming on his lips. "A-Alice, marvelous to see you again." He grunted before coughing out blood. The female quickly went over to him, hardly noticing that the man was no longer a giant compared to her.

"You're hurt, what happened?"

"Well I remember a train rudely came barging into our performance, I believe you were there." Carpenter replied somewhat sarcastically; Alice frowned. "Well excuse me for being concerned." She said, poking the man's large nose.

Chuckling, the red headed male tried to swat the finger away but then cringed with a yelp of pain from the movement. Alice gasped in surprise. "Careful, you idiot!" There was a pause of silence before finally the woman said, "Where's the Walrus?"

"I don't think he made it back?" Carpenter said sadly.

"Back?"

"I was hit by a train that destroyed everything around it, I disappeared for a while, or maybe you didn't notice!" The man was obviously upset, though why he cared about something like that was beyond Alice.

It got quiet.

"You did horrible things…" The young female said softly.

"I'm well aware of that. But don't forget who pushed you out of the way and who pointed you in the right direction." The dark brunette looked down, somewhat ashamed, but she wasn't going to tell him that.

Scoffing, Carpenter turned to his gaze downward and noticed something poking out of one of the female's blood stained pockets. "What's that?" He asked, pointing at the object in question.

Alice looked at him quizzically, before she followed where the digit was pointing at. "Oh, that…" She replied softly. Taking the thing out of her pocket she showed it to the man.

"A key?"

"My Lizzie's key…"

The woman's face was so full of emotion that he couldn't help but stare. He had never seen her like this before.

"Who's Lizzie?" He asked gently.

"My older sister."

Carpenter never really knew about Alice's family, sure others did but he never really knew the green eyed woman even when she was a child during her very first visit to Wonderland. He was about to say something but stopped himself when he noticed Alice putting the key back into her pocket.

"Anyway, we need to do something about these wounds of yours." The woman said, whatever emotion that had been on her face now gone as she stood up.

"I doubt you'll find anything to dress wounds around here." Carpenter remarked, gingerly shifting his position on the floor. Alice opened the wardrobe and right there, on the top shelf, were bandages.

Turning back towards the man, the green eyed girl smirked in triumph. "Well, that was merely good luck on your part." The red head huffed, looking at the wall as the female chuckled. Alice returned and looked the man over and then suddenly stopped.

"What? What's the matter?" The man asked, starting to feel nervous.

Slowly, the woman raised her head up to look him in the eye, with a complete poker face. "I can't tell what's a wound and what's just the nails you hammered into yourself." Carpenter blushed, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Um, well anywhere that doesn't have a nail is something, I guess." He answered weakly.

Finally having finished bandaging the red headed man Alice said, "Well, I'll be on my way then."

"Wait!" Carpenter cried out, grabbing her wrist with one large hand. The woman looked at the man still on the ground. "What is it now?"

"Um, well…" He answered, losing a bit of his nerve. "Um," The man tried again more confidently, Alice staring at him annoyed, "why are you leaving?"

"To see if there's anyone else out there in Londerland." She replied, gesturing towards the open door.

Londerland?Carpenter thought to himself, finding the name strange. "But I'm still in need of your assistance; why not get the mangy cat to do it for you?"

"You mean Cheshire? He wouldn't do that for me, you have our relationship all wrong. It's not like he's a servant that answers my beck and call."

"Shame, what with the way can disappear and reappear." The red head muttered to himself.

"Hey, Cheshire may be exasperating at times but he's my friend, I'm not going to use him to do something I can do myself." Alice shouted, about to make her leave once more in a fury.

"And what am I to you, Alice?" The woman turned around to find sad but serious eyes looking straight into her own. The green eyed female looked back at him, her face devoid of emotion except her eyes; she looked torn between different feelings.

"I don't know." Alice said finally.

"Then stay with me and find out. You are curious, aren't you?"

The two may not know the other very well but one thing was for sure; Alice is naturally curious.