Alright guys! Here's just a taste of something I worked on a while ago that I figured I'd bring back. I know I've been getting messages about a Sequel to Monophobia. But I really have to think about a good storyline to go with that. There will be more Pennywise and Sasha but for now I figured a short break is a must. He needs to rest anyway;) and I don't want to jump into something and not think it through. Anywho, here's where the start of Sasha's character actually came from. Like I've mentioned before, she was created entirely for a different fandom I grew up with and I just changed her backstory a bit to fit into Stephen King' universe. I'm not sure if I should continue with this story but please let me know. I love hearing input!
Sofia took quick glances around the room; where was she? It was dark, she could feel pressure around her arms and midsection, she inwardly groaned, the first thing she remembered was sleeping in her cell room, and the next she's down here.
She took a deep breath through her nose and fixated her gaze on a dark figure standing a few feet away from where she sat. That smell, she's smelled that sweet smell of spice before...suddenly it hit her. Damn…she knew who this was, but how the hell did he manage to take her here?
"Jervis."
The skinny ragged man smirked and took his tall dark green hat off in a gentlemanly manner and leaned down to bow down towards Sofia. She watched uninterested at whatever it was he was planning to do or say, she just wanted to get out of this trap.
"Miss Black, such a pleasure being in your company once more, how long has it been?" he asked
Sofia rolled her eyes and sighed, "Tetch, what the hell is going on? Why am I here?"
Jervis adjusted his stance for a moment before placing his hat back atop his head and frowning, "Hell? Why this is Wonderland Miss Black! Don't you recognize our dear friend Alice?" he pointed over to a blonde woman, dead she presumed, she was gagged and covered in blood, she had a light blue dress on with a white apron over it. The young woman looked like one of the new interns at the asylum who had worked at the front desk as a receptionist…another unlucky victim of Jervis's sick obsessions.
Sofia turned back to Tetch and drawled, "And I'm supposed to care because?"
Tetch gave a look of confusion and stepped closer towards Sofia, making her clench her fists, "because Miss Black, you are now a part of my dear Wonderland once again!"
Sasha growled underneath her breath, "I was never a part of it to begin with Jervis." Her teeth began to clench as she spoke, this was getting old…fast.
Desperately Jervis shook his head and furrowed his brows, "No, no my dear! You are my Jabberwocky have you forgotten so sudden?"
This caused Sofia to let out a low chuckle, "I'm sorry Jabberwocky? Tetch, I don't have time for this, how did you get me here and why can't I move?"
Tetch walked over to the table and slowly shook his head slowly with his eyes glued to the ground; he picked up a CD from the table with the many tea cups and plates on it. He turned and displayed the disk in front of Sofia; she looked at it in slight confusion then met Jervis's eyes once again.
He simply answered, "I found you."
She furrowed her brows, "Found me where?"
Tetch gave a little smirk and walked over to a small television set she hadn't even noticed was there before. Placing the disk inside the DVD player, Sofia realized it was footage from the security cameras. The screen was fuzzy the first few seconds but then depicted her body being dragged from her cell room. It seemed as though the new Doctor Kronos, from Blackgate, was the one in charge as he was ordering the security guards to strap her down on the gurney. As she looked closer, Sofia could see a small needle that they had used on her, they dragged the gurney down the hall, towards the labs. She wondered if that was the reason her body was aching and she could barely move.
Tetch looked back at her as the footage ended; she was confused and mad at the fact that she couldn't remember how she had gotten here.
Cowards, she thought, attacking while patients are asleep
She looked over at Tetch who seemed to allow her to catch up with her thoughts for the moment.
"I found you near the abandoned building on the island, not too far from here Miss Black," he explained
Sofia grimaced, "How are you out and walking Jervis?"
Jervis twiddled his fingers and looked around the small room, "Arkham is full of card soldiers for the Red Queen my dear, you simply have to know which card to draw," he gave another smirk and a winked
Sofia narrowed her eyes and scoffed, "It was one of Boles men wasn't it?"
Tetch looked around anxiously and turned his attention to a dragon mask that looked similar to the rabbit masks the rest of his victims had on seated at the table.
"Luckily Miss Black, I found you right in time for our Tea Party!" he shouted gleefully, he walked closer towards Sofia and she instantly gave a loud hiss as her eyes illuminated
"Back off creep, I'm not in the mood to play tea party with you, untie me right now before you get hurt Tetch." She threatened
Jervis backed away quickly at the sight of her eyes. He pondered for a minute before placing the mask on a large chair at the end of the room. He turned back at the young woman whose face was back to her green eyes.
"Why must dragons be so short tempered?" he asked
Sofia rolled her eyes, "because they don't like being held down and told what to do, being the fantasy freak you are, I would expect you to know that"
Jervis bit his lip and shook his finger, "No no I do! I do! Silly me, I must have forgotten, dragons are fierce creatures and a dangerous pet of the Red Queen," he rambled
Sofia shook her head, strands of hair from her bun falling over her face, "Who's the Red Queen?" she asked
Tetch seemed to be struggling with his inner thoughts as if wondering if he should answer Sofia's question or not.
"I uh…anyone who disobeys the Queen's orders will be punished or worse beheaded Miss Black"
"Jervis, I am not the Queen's pet, and I won't let anyone behead or punish you, just tell me what's going on."
"No! I cannot! I am sorry but I was given orders can't you understand?" he shouted and shuffled over to an open seat next to the dead receptionist at the table.
Sofia took a deep breath in aggravation, "Tetch, you know who my brother is don't you?"
Jervis didn't look up at Sofia, instead stared at his torn gloved hands, "The Queen's Jester yes," he whispered
She shook her head slowly, "And you know he won't be very funny anymore once he realizes I'm gone, when he does he won't perform tricks for the Queen anymore and she won't be very happy about that, she'll blame it on you and you don't want that do you Jervis?"
Tetch suddenly snapped his wide eyes up at Sofia, who was staring with an emotionless expression, "She'll punish you for making the Jester angry and the Jester's punishment won't be too far behind either."
"No! She cannot punish me! I….I am simply a Hatter who loves to throw the best Tea parties in Wonderland! Without me there wouldn't be any more Tea or hats!" he shouted nervously
Sofia tilted her head to the side to look up at Jervis; softly she spoke, "Without me, you'll lose the only protection you have."
Hatter stared at the woman with wide terrified eyes and took a deep breath, "The Red Queen overthrew the King quite some time ago, that is why she has been in charge of every security position in both Gotham and Metropolis's security breaches for all criminal institutions, she…she is not a very pleasant woman," he explained
Sofia nodded, insinuating for him to continue
"She is not exactly what she seems Miss Black, the only reason she is in charge of all security powers is because she is—"
But before Jervis could finish his words, TYGER guards burst through the doors and pointed snipers at both Sofia and Tetch
"No! Do not take Alice!" he shouted grabbing the motionless woman near the corner of the room
Sofia's eyes glanced around the room to see that Jervis had been handcuffed and held down by at least three guards. The rest of the ten men stood there aiming their guns at the woman strapped to the chair. She casually looked at each and every one of the men. Inspecting their faces, they had masks that covered their eyes and part of their nose. They all looked exactly alike, they all looked like drones.
She then heard heavy footsteps hitting the floor so slowly that it made her anxiously want to turn and see who was walking up behind her. But when the man opened his mouth, it didn't take much to realize who the voice belonged to.
"Well, well, if it isn't Joker's girl," the man commented with a hint of amusement in his voice
Sofia glanced down, her hair falling over her face and smirking deviously, "Officer Boles are you finally doing your job and actually putting the inmates back in their cells?"
By this time, Boles walked in front of the woman, hands clasped behind his back, keeping that arrogant smirk plastered on his scruffy face.
"This is new Sofia, now you're tied down and I'm the one standing over you"
"I would be sleeping in my lovely tempurpedic cell bed if your men hadn't come and taken me to the labs"
Boles raised a brow, "Now why would they take you down to the labs?"
Sofia scoffed, "We wanted to dissect Jervis, but things went crazy, equipment started going everywhere and somehow landed us here, you know how that goes, waking up in random places"
He snickered, "Your sarcasm never seizes to disappoint Sophie," he turned to Jervis and then glanced over to the television screen; Sofia's eyes followed him as he continued to walk over towards the small TV set. Pressing the power button, the screen depicted the same scene Sofia had seen only moments ago. Boles watched and raised a brow
"What the hell is this Tetch?" he asked irritably
Hatter glanced around the room nervously and bit his lip, "I…uh I found it placed in the same area I found Miss Black!"
"How did you get your hands on this Tetch?" He asked sternly
Tetch nervously looked at Sofia and back up to Boles, twiddling his fingers as he did so and hesitantly answering, "I was given the tape."
Both Sofia and Boles looked at Tetch in confusion, "And by who exactly?" Boles added
Tetch then shook his head quickly and crouched over only to place both hands on his ears and shouted, "No! I must not tell! I was given orders I must not tell!"
Boles grinded his teeth and walked closer so as to grab Tetch's collar, "I'm gonna make sure you never have any of your stupid little tea parties again and you shrivel up in the basement of this god damn asylum where you become a fabricated memory of the swine that live in this city unless you tell me who gave you this tape Tetch."
Jervis squinted and quickened his breathing, "I…I can't he'll kill me."
Boles growled and threw Tetch across the table of tea cups and rusted utensils, cracking and breaking much of the table placements. Landing on the ground Jervis began picking up the pieces and sobbed in a panic state mumbling the words, "My poor Wonderland, he…he'll kill me, a soldier of the Red Queen is no match for the knight in black…the knight in black…The knight in black."
Sofia furrowed her brows as she listened to Tetch.
"Get him out of here and make sure you rough him up a bit, blame some of the other inmates here from Blackgate if there's any questions," Boles finished slicking his messy brown hair back and glancing towards the dead woman in the chair right aside him.
"And get her out of here before she makes a mess and it starts to smell like shit," he added
"Have I ever told you how great you are at your job?" Sofia mocked
Boles finally looked back at her, "I find myself constantly asking why I'm never employee of the month," he shot back walking closer
Sofia was tired and cold, she hated the cold, "Does it make you upset to know that there's someone who can reach information you try so hard to destroy?" she asked
"No, because once I find out who it is, they won't be getting into anything that interferes with my job," looking down at his watch
"Since when do you care about your job?"
He snickered, "I love my job, being able to get some extra cash on the side and do whatever it is I want to the scum of Gotham while running the in and outs of Arkham? Please Miss Black you really underestimate me," he answered, "Now, let's get back to the situation at hand, you."
His eyes moving up and down at her smirking, "So tell me, are you a little sore?" he asked with amusement in his voice
Sofia clenched her jaw, "You know what? I do have a bit of kink in my neck, but I'm sure it's just because of the shitty beds you have us sleep in." Wanting to know what it was they did in the labs
Boles amusement didn't go away as he continued, "Well that is definitely something I will bring up immediately with the Warden Miss Black."
"Great I'm sure you'll get right on that, now take me back to my room, I'm exhausted," she acted
"Oh no no no Sophie, there's still a few more things we need to do here before you even think about resting," he stated
She rolled her eyes, "Hmm, I figured you'd say that, too bad I'm not staying too long anyway."
Boles scoffed, "and how do you think your getting out of here?" pointing out the seven guards left still with their guns aimed for her head.
She glanced towards the side, just quick enough to not have Boles or the guard notice nor care, she smiled and looked back up to the older officer, "I don't really think you'll be awake to even realize what happened."
Boles raised a brow, but before he could reply a burst of smoke and everything went dark, the sounds of gunshots and cracking bones could be heard, Sofia could see the red sniper lights frantically shoot from one side of the room to the next. She could see a black figure move throughout the room and take down one guard after the next leaving Boles standing at the corner of the room with one hand gun pointed for what he believed was the attacker. The only source of light was a small candle that was still lit on the table, slowly flickering.
"Don't move!" he shouted, visibly shaking
She rolled her eyes once more knowing how much the officer was a coward and corrupt bully to the rest of the inmates in the Asylum. The dark figure turned slowly towards Boles and just as the officer was about to shoot, the light suddenly disappeared. Sofia could hear a loud screech and gunshots inside the room until everything came to a sudden stop and everything went silent.
She sat for a few moments looking around before trying to see if the straps in her seat had loosened. Moving her hands from behind her back the lights abruptly turned back on and the Dark Knight himself was just inches away from her face. She looked ahead and groaned in frustration.
"Where's the Joker?" he asked with an authoritative voice
She shrugged, "Why is it that every time you come see me it's always him you're looking for? How the hell should I know? I don't even know where I am?