Chapter 2: Never The Same (Jim Gordon's Narrative)

I toss and turn in my bed. It was hard to sleep after everything that happened to me. I kept on dreaming back to that night when that woman stab me in the heart. She changed something within me. I don't know what but I get this feeling, that I can't change back. Suddenly I heard laughter in the room. I sat up taking my gun in hand that was hidden beneath my pillow. I pointed at... Cheshire?

No, she looks like Cheshire but she's different. This one has white hair, and her eyes are red with black surrounding them. "Who the hell are you?" I said.

"I'm the real Cheshire Cat of Wonderland, also know as Enamel. I'm here to bring a message from Alice."

"What? What the hell are you talking about?"

"Shut up and listen, White Knight. You're going to be receiving a lot of help from us Wonderlanders. Your job is to be leading the rebellion, and you're the lucky fella that will be train by us to use your power frequently."

"I still don't understand."

"(Sigh), I swear it's easier talking to a child. Such as Cheshire. Anyway I'm just here to give you a heads up. Tonight is your days off, but as for the other nights you need to get your ass to Wonderland. Talk to ya later, White Knight."

She disappeared right before my eyes, and I awoken from my sleep. That wasn't real? But it felt so- "Jim?" groan Barbra my wife who's laying down next to me, "What's the matter baby?"

"Nothing Barbra." I said, "I'm fine, go back to sleep."

She turned over to cuddle up to me. I don't get it, was that really a dream?

... (Jervis's Narrative)

I was screaming at the top of my lungs. The Infection had just broke my arm into three places. Even though I can heal, he making the pain last. He's got me strap down on a table, while torturing the hell out of me. He took up a blade and slice my stomach open. He pull out one intestine and let it hang on a hook. The pain is driving me to the point of breaking. I'm trying my best to hold onto whatever sanity I have left. I'm trying to hold on for Cheshire.

"How many times will it take for me to break you, Jervis?" he said. He's been irritated at me for fighting back. I've grown much stronger than before, but not strong enough to go against the Infection. He grab my chin to force me to look at him as he said, "Why won't you give in?!"

Coughing up blood, some specks of it gotten onto his face. I merely just smiled, and his reaction to it was a simple back hand to my face. "I'm getting very tired of you Jervis. Exactly what kind of power did you fucking gained from that disgusting brat of yours?!"

"You really want to know so bad?" I said, "She gave me hope."

"DON'T MESS WITH ME!"

He slam his fist against my ribs so hard I've felt two of them crack. I cried out, but it's still not going to make me give in. "Physical pain doesn't do shit to you does it, Jervis?" he said, "If that's the case. Then it looks like I need to put a Dream Centipede into that thick skull head of yours."

When I heard him say that. I immediately tried to get out from the straps, but in the state I'm in I'm not going anywhere. "Oh I see you don't like that," he said, "Just give into the Infection, Jervis, and I'll won't have to be forced to inject the Dream Centipede."

The Dream Centipede is a mental torture device here in Wonderland. Created by the Red Queen herself. It's an actual centipede that goes into your ear and starts giving you a hellish experience. It's something that all of us don't want. Wonderlanders who have been exposed to the Dream Centipede have never been the same again, and that's when they're sent to the Abyss. Do I really have what it takes to withstand the Dream Centipede?

"Make your choice, Jervis." he said. I looked at him and spat blood right at his face. I smiled and said, "Bring it." He wipe the bloody spit off his face and open his right hand to make a Dream Centipede appear. He force my head to the side as the Dream Centipede crawled into my ear. I screamed and struggled at how painful the centipede crawled into my ear. Once it was fully in, I went into a dream like state.

I open my ears to see Cheshire not to far away in front of me. I felt so happy to see her that I called out her name, "Cheshire!"

She turned to look at me with this angry expression. "You're a monster." she said.

"What? No, Cheshire... I."

"You've chosen to side with him didn't you?! Because of your action," all of a sudden a hand burst right through her abdomen as blood splurtted all over the place and even me. "This happens." she choked out as she fell to the ground. The person who did that was no other then the White Rabbit himself. I screamed and cried as my insanity finally broke through.