The author makes absolutely no profit off of this work of fan fiction, and no copyright infringement is intended on the franchise of Heart no Kuni no Alice and Doctor Who. Some of the elements in the story have been incorporated belong to chaos-dark-lord but I have received permission to use them from Wonderful Wonderful Science and its sequel Wonderful Wonderful Science: Diamond Dust. There are also references from the M-rated one shots she has published, and are canon in this story.
Gallifrey Stands!
"Are you finally going to kill me, Elliot?"
Elliot's grip on his flintlock pistol tightened ever so slightly at the question that echoed in the forest, devoid of any emotion even when Erin Oswald had her back turned to him. This young woman had been the center of his anxiety for over forty time changes, ever since the Spring Festival had plunged into an event of horrible tragedy. At least three dozen faceless subordinates perished, with at least fifty still unaccounted for. And Erin Oswald, their only lead to finding the people who caused such trouble for the Role Holders, the organization known as the Lullaby, was losing her mind.
Literally.
Despite smuggling a few books with her daily meals in the jail cell beneath the Hatter Mansion, like she had been doing daily since she had regained conscious ten time changes ago, Erin had not touch either of them and remained silent as she stared out at the barred window. Her bright-green orbs were dark and vacant, past hope and past care on her own well-being. But the worst of it all was her memory loss.
After being infected by the Madness during the Spring Festival where the Lullaby created a portal in their attempt to bridge the gap between Clover and Diamond Country, Erin regained consciousness with barely any recollection of what happened that time period, much less her association to the Lullaby.
Elliot wanted to believe her, that she was telling the truth instead of another bare-faced lie, but Blood would not hear him out. Despite the claim that their 'guest' had memory loss, Erin Oswald was still posed a threat to their organization because of her shaky alliance to the Lullaby. And if she did not give the Hatters the information they needed to hunt down that troublesome organization, then the next step would be to kill her. At the very least, to Blood as he sampled his newly acquired tea leaves, it would be amusing to see everyone's reaction to the death of someone so 'special' to Wonderland. Especially if the person they were talking about killing is none other than the only available prize in the Game; but to prevent any unnecessary interruption from the Lullaby or other Role Holders, the execution itself would unfortunately have to be discreet.
Plus, Erin was unneeded to keep Alice happy. There was no need to strengthen Alice's resolve to remain in this world when the Mad Hatter will gladly hides his uncouth occupation from her eyes, making her believe that being in Wonderland, with him, was truly her home and not back with her older sister. The second-in-command nodded in agreement, yet subtly mentioned that killing the fourth Outsider would not be necessary if she remembered; a lot had happened since they last met, and she simply needed some time to calm down and collect the fragmented pieces of her memory; but when he visited her cell seven time periods later, to coax Erin to say anything about what happened since she came to Wonderland, it lead to aggressive tactics from his subordinates and pushed the Outsider over the edge with a blood curdling scream.
The next thing that flashed through Elliot's eyes were black tendrils sprouting from Erin's back, followed by the decapitation of nine armed faceless. That awfully familiar darkness did not just stop there; it extended and twisted into four large flower-like petals, impaling the afterimages before greedily gobbling them up like a vulture, leaving nothing behind except ticking clocks.
After the March Hare had managed to subdue Erin with help from the remaining faceless in the room, he reluctantly reported this incident. The look in Blood's teal eyes answered his unspoken question: there was no point in keeping this young lady alive any longer. Take her to the usual site and finish her off. Bring subordinates. No exceptions.
Elliot inhaled a deep breath and placed his index finger on the trigger, still aimed at the target with faceless ready to jump in if things went dicey. But they wouldn't….
Because I, Elliot March, will be the one to eliminate the existence of Erin Oswald.
BANG.
Salutations, my dear readers! It felt only yesterday that I posted the last chapter of Dark Chocolate on this website, yet today marks another milestone in my career as a free-lanced fan fiction writer: the first chapter in the final book of the Carrot Cake series. It has been a long road with the publication of Red Velvet, especially when real life tends to switch your priories around, but I sincerely thank everyone for being so patient with me. Please send feedback or thoughts on the story in the form of a review. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to read this segment!