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Chapter Three: Following A White Rabbit
Hours passed and Buffy slipped in and out of sleep. She wasn't really aware of the passage of time. However, as she began to drift back asleep, a small scratching sound came from the other side of her door. She didn't react; the drugs made her sluggish. When a soft shuffling sound came to her ears, though, she slightly turned her head towards it.
She listened for a little bit, but it was so hard to focus. She felt so empty. When it became too hard to listen, her eyes closed. But then she heard the shuffling again, and felt something on the bed with her. She willed her eyes open again, but it was very dark. Whatever was on the bed landed on her lap. Buffy slowly lifted herself to her elbows and did her best to focus.
A white rabbit was sitting there, ears and nose twitching. Buffy blinked. The rabbit blinked back. She shifted up a little more, and her eyes focused a little more. The rabbit mirrored the motion, lifting up its front paws and sitting back on its hind legs. It twitched its whiskers and looked like it was contemplating her.
The rabbit cocked its head and then nodded. Buffy's eyes went a little wider as it leapt off the bed and looked back to her. She slowly shifted her body, let her legs limply fall from under the blanket. The rabbit hopped across the small room and slipped out the cracked door. Shaking slightly, Buffy reached for the door and followed.
Buffy continued following the rabbit down the hallways of the hospital and to a cracked window. The rabbit pushed against the window, and it gave way. Buffy followed.
The rabbit lead her across the hospital's lawn and to the edge of the woods behind the building. Here the rabbit made a 'wait here' gesture. It stood on its hind legs again and something that looked like a pocket watch appeared in its paw. Buffy just blinked. The rabbit fussed with the object, and it began making a ticking noise.
The rabbit looked up at Buffy, tilting its head, and placed the ticking watch on the ground. It motioned for her to come closer, and she took a couple steps closer. The rabbit nodded once, and stomped down on the watch with a hind leg. Buffy heard a loud cracking noise, and then she felt an echoing silence.
Tick. Tick. TICK. Each tick was a little louder, until it filled Buffy's ears, head, and body. The rabbit watched her, and winked. "Time's up Alice," it said. She felt the ground give way and she was falling, falling… falling…