Essence of Soup suggested something to me that I shall use XD

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Chapter 3: Who Needs Motives? Boredom Just Sucks.

"Come on now!" Alice scolded Boris and the twins as she lifted Pierce off the ground. He wept into her chest as she hugged him. Boris pouted, "We were just playing catch. Too bad he can't play right."

Alice narrowed her eyes at him as he shrugged. Next she slapped the Jokers upside their heads with her free hand. "Stop shouting!" She demanded as Blood and Elliot stuck their tongues out at the two boys who were holding their heads in pain. "Crazy bitch!" Black Joker cried.

Another slap followed. "Watch your mouth!"

"But they were shouting too!" White Joker whined pointing at Blood and Elliot who were snickering quietly.

Alice looked over at the two who now smiled innocently at her. "Erm…" She mumbled trying to decipher if she should hit them or not, she knew it would be fair… But their cute faces were the only things stopping her…

She couldn't hit them… They were too adorable…

"What the hell!?" Both Jokers exclaimed as Alice turned her backs on them. "W-we have to go!" She stated firmly ignoring them and Pierce's crying.

Elliot walked up faster holding Dee's hand as he attempted to catch up to Alice, "Um… Alice-nee-chan, where are we going?"

"To get another one of the kids I'm babysitting." Alice answered as they walked into the infirmary of the Circus.

Blood snorted, "I'm not a baby."

"Neither am I!" Elliot agreed with a firm nod. Blood immediately glared at him after he said this.

"Is there anything I can help you with ma'am?" The woman behind the desk asked Alice with a smile.

"Yes. I'm picking up someone..." Alice said her eyes shifting around. The faceless looked down into her book, "What's their name?"

"Last name Gowland… Just tell me his room number and I'll be on my way." She said anxiously. "Oh! You must be the Miss Alice everyone has been talking about! The one that Blood-sama hasn't killed yet!" The woman exclaimed clapping her hands together in amazement as Alice sighed. "His room number is 484."

Alice nodded before glaring at the kids, "You all stay here in the waiting room. Don't. Get. Up. Until. I'm. Back." She said clearly as each of them found a seat, the twins sitting on Boris' lap.

"No! You can't leave me Alice-nee-chan!" Pierce cried heavily as Alice attempted to detach him from her. "I'll be right back, Pierce-chan." She reassured the boy who began bawling to her displeasure. Sighing, she looked over at the receptionist who was sweating nervously at the kids who smirked at her.

"Urm… Blood, you're in charge. Don't destroy anything." Alice said looking over at all of them. Blood smirked over at the Jokers and Elliot who pouted at not being picked. "You can trust me." He answered.

Nodding, Alice began her way down the hall.

"So… What's the plan?" White Joker whispered over to Blood who glanced up at the receptionist who was busy writing something. "We need something to throw…" Blood responded.

Boris leaned from his seat to look at them with a grin, "I have rocks in my pocket."

"That should work. You and the twins have good aim. Hit her when I give the signal." Blood ordered. The cat nodded with a grin as he handed the twins some rocks from his pocket.

Elliot widened his eyes, "You guys aren't planning on doing anything bad are you!? Alice told us to not to!"

"Who gives a fuck? No one cares what the hag says anyways. We're just having fun." Black Joker nodded.

"I guess. But what exactly are we trying to do anyway?" Elliot asked.

Blood shrugged, "I hate sitting down for too long. It's annoying and boring. I hate boring things."

Pierce sat in the chair while hugging his knees, "Boring is bad I guess." He pitched in.

"Precisely. Now Boris. Throw them." He commanded.

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"My mom sent you?" Gowland asked as he and Alice walked down the hall. "Yep! She left for a while! So I'll be watching you and a couple other kids!" Alice sweetly told the eleven year old who nodded slowly.

"Are the other kids boring and stupid?" He asked bluntly making Alice sigh, "They certainly are unique." As she said this, she pushed open the door to the waiting room.

Blood sat on the chair sitting down while drinking a cup of water from the little machine as he watched Boris and twins sit on the receptionist who was tied up and tried riding her like a horse. "Giddy up!" Boris grinned. The twins laughed while clapping their hands.

The Jokers were on top the desk throwing paper up in the air. While Elliot tried to push Pierce off of him by the desk.

"I told them not to get up." Blood said blankly as he realized she entered. "But I never got up like you told me to, Alice-nee-chan." He smiled sweetly at the girl who gave a groan of frustration.

"Cool!" Gowland grinned widely.

"I'll kill you Boris." Alice threatened the boy as she pushed him off the receptionist and began untying her; she carefully placed the twins on the floor. "I am so sorry!" She apologized as the woman got off the floor and ran out the waiting room while screaming about demon children.

Next she went to the desk and grabbed both Jokers' off by their ears, "Then I'll destroy you two." She scolded them as she dropped them to the floor.

"After that, I'll probably… I don't know…" She tiredly sighed as she looked at Pierce and Elliot.

"Alice-nee-chan!" Pierce as he jumped into her arms. Alice caught him as she glared at the rest of them, "I… ugh… Just… just follow me!" She moaned at a loss of words.

"I was gone for two minutes and you destroyed the waiting room." She grumbled as she walked out the infirmary.

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"Why are we going to this fucking Tower anyway?" Black Joker questioned as they finally made it to Clover Tower.

Alice disregarded his language as she entered,

"Welcome back, Alice-sama! Did you enjoy the Circus?" She was greeted by the workers, "Yeah, say, do you know where Julius, Nightmare and Gray are?" Alice questioned with a smile.

The woman put a finger to her lip, "Hm… I believe Nightmare-sama was hiding in his room, Gray-sama was out in the garden, and Julius-sama was in his office."

Alice immediately took note of how the faceless saw the children she was with but remained silent. Mumbling a thank you she began running upstairs to Julius' office. "Julius! I'm sorry to disturb—!" As she burst through the door and ran in, she ended up tripping on something that was in front the door and with a shriek she fell to the floor.

Alice moaned as she rubbed her head that had hit a clock that was on the floor. "What did I trip on?" She groaned as she looked back.

On the floor, sleeping like a log was someone who looked liked Ace. He looked about seven years old as he breathed in and out not affected by what just hit him. His clothes were splattered red and a mask was not too far from him.

"A-Ace?" Alice asked afraid while holding her face as she rose from the floor.

But if Ace got turned into a child that meant that those outside the Circus got changed as well, so that meant Julius would have been one of them.…

Alice widened her eyes as she walked over to the Clock Maker's desk. With a gulp, she walked around to the other side of the desk, with a shaky hand she turned the rolling chair around to see the occupant.

Soundlessly sleeping was a boy wearing exactly what Julius wore, who at most could be ten.

"NO!" Alice screamed in despair as she turned on her heel, she jumped over Ace and ran out the room. Running down the hall, she made it into Nightmare's room. Knowing his usual spot was under the covers; she looked at the lump on the bed and tore away the sheets.

A nine year old boy snored lightly as some drooled came out as his mouth. Alice twitched as she backed away, "This isn't happening!" She cried turning around and making her way back down the stairs, flying past the kids who were panting their way up. Realizing she was going down, they all turned around and began going down.

"Please don't tell me…" Alice bit her lip as she made it to the garden.

Sprinting full speed she looked for the spot Gray normally was at. The white jasmines. She scanned over the tall flower stalks and began searching for him. "I lost another one!" Alice groaned as she looked at the ten year old who was fast asleep in the flowers.

"Argh!"

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"Calm down and let me count you all again." Alice sighed as she prepared to leave the Tower. Julius stood to the side with his arms crossed away from the others by a couple inches, Nightmare yawned still tired, The twins clung to Boris, Pierce was hugging Alice's leg, Blood, Gowland and Elliot were conversing, The Jokers looked around boredly, Ace to Alice's shock had the most serious face on as he held the same stance and position as Julius but he was glaring at everyone around him, and Gray was listening intently to what Alice said.

"Okay, you are all present and accounted for. Now let's get a move on people." Alice commanded as they began walking to the Castle. Alice, though she hated to admit it, was worried greatly for Peter and the Queen. If they had woken already, she could only imagine the damage they would have done already.

"Are you okay Alice-nee-chan? You look upset." Boris bounded next to her.

Alice rubbed her forehead, "Not upset… Just a bit stressed. Don't worry." He nodded and slowed down a bit to walk behind her.

"So we're getting more kids?" Blood asked irritated,

"Yes. Just two of them."

This put Blood at ease but his scowl remained, "I don't know why you got so many of them. It was just you and me in the beginning."

As he said this, Alice was looking him in the eye. And for an instant, she imagined that the older Blood was telling her his last sentence. She shook her head as a blush rose to her cheeks.

Blood noticing the blush he put on her cheeks smirked a bit.

"I'm just doing this, because your parents left. I can't help it!" Alice told him simply again.

The other kids followed behind them as Alice quickened her walk a bit.

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Ahaha, I got lazy (again) when getting Peter and Vivaldi. Not only that, my internet is still retarded. But I'm happy that I got this in. Any who, any authors interested in a contest for this section? I'll give you the details if you want. So… until I see you peeps again :D