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Atrix's POV:

Atrix didn't know how many hours had passed since the Prison Joker had left her in the jail cell. She wasn't even sure if she had even slept. There was no way to tell time.

If only she had listened to what her friend had said, she wouldn't have been in this mess; but she was, so she might as well figure out a way to leave. She had already checked for weak spots in the cell, but had found nothing. Therefore, it was time for a new plan.

The conversation between her and Joker replayed in her head. 'I'll have to try to escape when he returns...,' Atrix thought to herself. The problem now is knowing when the warden would return.

By the time the warden Joker had returned, Atrix had fallen asleep on the hard, cold ground. This amused him. He kicked Atrix gently, but not gently enough, on the ribs. The pain that shot through her body caused her to yelp out in pain.

"Did you sleep well, Outsider?" Black Joker asked, a smirk still on his face as Atrix glared up at him. He was hoping for a retort, but instead he received silence. "Hmph," Black Joker narrowed his eyes a bit. He roughly set a plate of food and a glass of water down in front of her. "Eat. You will need the strength," the man said before leaving the room to get something he will need.

Atrix couldn't help but stare at the unappetizing food. She was hungry, but she wasn't too eager to eat food that was given to her by someone who ran a prison. It could be poisoned, after all. Instead she leaned her back against the cell bars.

She remained like that until she felt a light pressure on her right left shoulder. Not too long after, a hand covered her mouth as if to stop her in case she were to scream. "Atrix... I'm sorry that my twin brother is treating you like this," came a gentle voice from behind. Atrix's eyes widened as she recognized who the voice belonged to. She placed a hand over his and squeezed gently. It was a sign of relief.

The Circus Joker removed his hand over the imprisoned girl's mouth and gave her shoulder a squeezed in return. He dropped his hands to his sides as Atrix turned around to look at him.

Atrix had to stop herself from shouting out Joker's name. Instead, she let her eyes reveal how she felt; relieved. "Joker...?" She looked up at him with her blue-green eyes.

"Atrix, I will get you out, but I am asking that you hold on for a while more," the White Joker instructed. He had a serious expression as he spoke, an expression she hadn't seen when she first met him. Then again, she only stayed with him for a night, so how could she had seen it? Returning her thoughts back to its rightful tracks, Atrix nodded her response.

Joker smiled gently before he excused himself. As he was leaving, Atrix wondered how long she's have to stay within the jail cell until she'd be rescued. It warmed her heart to know that she'd get to return to Joker's side instead of Blood's.

Blood may have shown her kindness and let her stay in his home, but it was the White Joker who had caught her eye. He provided the right warmth for her.

Atrix shook herself out of her thoughts and stood up to give her cramped legs time to stretch. She begun to pace around the cell. There was no way to tell time since there are no windows to provide a glimpse of the outside. This bothered her.

Not knowing the time made her feel like she's at a disadvantage. It made her feel even more so restless. Atrix placed a hand on the cold metal bars, gripping it tightly. She already knew that this wasn't going to work, but it kept her mind occupied to pass the time.

The prison was quiet except for the sound of dripping water coming from somewhere. She didn't even hear footsteps approaching her.

"You're still awake, Outsider?" Came the voice she didn't want to hear. Even though White and Black were twins, their voices differ in many ways. White Joker's voice have a gentleness to it, while Black Joker's voice has a hardness to it. Atrix glared up at the warden. She was greeted by a smirk.

"Joker, stop tormenting her," came The White Joker's voice from somewhere in the darkness behind the warden Joker.

"Oh? Why should I do that, Joker?" Black asked as he glanced over his shoulder.

"She hasn't done anything wrong to end up here," The circus Joker answered as he stepped out of the shadows and into what little light was provided by the torches that ran along the walls.

"What makes you believe that?" Black asked his twin with a disapproving frown. He obviously thought otherwise.

"Atrix was under my care when she came to this world," White started, "how could she have something wrong when I've been watching over her? Not to mention, Blood had taken care of her for a while. He doesn't tolerate bad people. He would have killed her." The ringleader looked first at Atrix and then at the warden. What he said was true.

Black Joker became quiet as he thought of what it was he should say. He was well aware of what White said was true, he didn't have a good reason to keep the girl locked up. He could always come up with one, though. However, he knew his twin would be able to see through the idea.

As Black was deep in thought, White went over to Atrix's cell. He held the keys in his hand as he approached. The sight made her face reflect the delight she was feeling. She watched as the key was placed inside the padlock and was turned. The lock clicked as it opened, the sound making her feel relieved. The click of freedom.

Once when White flung the iron bars opened, he quickly entered the cell. He bent down as he picked Atrix up, being careful as to not harm her. She wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face against his neck.

Black cursed loudly as White left the prison with his prisoner. He wondered how his brother pulled this off so easily. How did he distract him? That was a question he was going to ponder over for a while.

Kaita's POV:

A few time changes had occurred since Atrix ran away, leaving Kaita worrying even more where her friend was. Kaita would pass the time by walking around the mansion grounds, near the gate hoping that her friend would be running back at any moment. She let out a sigh.

The Twins were nearby when they heard Kaita's sigh so they decided to see what was wrong with her. "Hey Kaita, what's wrong? Is Elliot giving you a hard time or something?" Kaita shook her head and walked away. The twins were left wondering if Elliot had done something.

The two went and found Elliot, deciding to ask him what was wrong with Kaita. "Hey, dumb rabbit, what's wrong with Kaita. She's been sighing a lot since that other outsider left." Elliot obviously was at a loss as well but he couldn't admit it was partially his fault that Kaita was a bit depressed. "It's nothing, you should leave Kaita be. Let her collect her thoughts. Ever since Atrix left, some things been have been bothering her."

The twins looked at each other then back at Elliot. They had smirks on their faces. "So you're saying that you tried something on big sister Kaita and she got mad and shot you down." The Twins pressed Elliot for an answer, this made Elliot become a bit flustered and very annoyed at the troublesome boys. Elliot couldn't contain his anger in any more. "Nothing happened between me and Kaita!" Elliot hit both boys on the head then walked away back into the mansion. The Twins were left there holding their heads in pain.

Kaita thought that it would be best if she could help with some of the chores in the mansion to preoccupy her thoughts on Atrix. The faceless maids said that she should leave the work to them and not worry about a thing. Kaita once again let out a sigh and headed back outside, her feet made her start walking towards the forest.

Elliot saw Kaita from the second floor, "Dang it, she's going into the forest." Elliot ran at full speed to catch up to Kaita.

Kaita stopped for a moment to see where she was and how far she had come from the Hatter Mansion. She couldn't see the mansion nor could she recognize where she was. "Now how am I going to get back?" Kaita dropped to her knees and sat on the ground. A rustling sound in a nearby bush made Kaita turn around. The only thought that came to Kaita was that it could be the Joker from the prison coming to torment her more. To her relief it was not Joker but a knight clad in red. "What do we have here?" The knight approached Kaita and looked her over. "Hmm, looks like an outsider. What's your name?"

Kaita was a bit taken aback. She didn't know if she should trust him or not. The knight then pulled out his sword, "C'mon, tell me. If not, I want to see what happens if I slice you with my sword." Kaita then started to back away from the knight, shaking in fear. She had already almost met death once when she first met Elliot, and she did not want to meet it again with this strange knight. "My…..name ….is Kaita. I was just walking around and became lost. I'm trying to find my friend but I think I better head back to the Hatter Mansion instead."

The knight's eyes narrowed at the mention of the Hatter Mansion. "If that's where you want to go, I'll take you then." The knight put his sword away and pulled Kaita up to her feet. "My name is Ace, and I am the Knight of Hearts. Now, let's go to the mansion." Ace gave Kaita a cynical grin and pulled her along with him. Kaita was still unsure of trusting Ace since she just met him.

Elliot ran through the forest searching for Kaita, thoughts ran across his mind. "I hope she hasn't ran into Joker…. Kaita where are you?" Elliot shouted hoping that Kaita could hear him.

A little ways away, Kaita turned in the direction that she had heard a noise from. "Elliot?" Ace stopped and looked back at Kaita then in the direction she was looking at. "Why don't we head that way?" Again Ace dragged Kaita along by the hand. Kaita tried to release her hand from the grasp. "You don't have to hold my arm like that so let go." Kaita struggled to free herself that she started to shout.

Elliot heard the shouts and ran in their direction. Ace grinned and tossed Kaita to the side making her fall to the ground. Ace drew his sword the moment Elliot charged out of the bushes. "Elliot!" Kaita called out to Elliot in surprise. Elliot saw Kaita then looked over at Ace just in time as Ace brought his sword down at Elliot's neck. Elliot deflected the blow with his gun and pushed Ace and got ready to aim at him.

"Kaita are you alright?" Kaita nodded her head, "Yes I am. Ace was helping me to get back to the mansion." Elliot furrowed his brow, "And why would the Knight of Hearts being daring enough to come to the Hatter Mansion?" As a response Ace charged at Elliot with his cynical grin. Elliot shot at Ace, making Ace stop to deflect the bullets.

Kaita looked away so she would not see Elliot and Ace's fight. She held her breath hoping it would be over soon, the sound of something being knocked away and the grunt of one of them made her open her eyes.

Once she opened her eyes she saw Elliot kneeling on the ground holding his arm. "Elliot!" Kaita got up and ran to Elliot's side. "Idiot… Stay back." Elliot tried to push Kaita away in case Ace tried to attack while she was there but Kaita clung to Elliot with all her might. Ace could help but let out a small laugh, "Haha you got some spirit. I guess I'll leave at there for now since little Kaita looks like she would start crying but I will be back for you one day Elliot March." With that Ace left.

Kaita helped Elliot to his feet and retrieved his gun. "Let's head back." Elliot nodded and took the lead back to the mansion.

On the way back to the mansion neither Elliot spoke a word to each other. But once back in the mansion Kaita dragged Elliot to her room before he could wander somewhere else in the mansion and she dressed his wound. She felt her eyes were growing hot so she blinked a couple of times to stop herself from crying.

Elliot saw this and turned away. "I'm fine. So don't cry over something like this." Kaita stared at Elliot, his words stung her. She bit her bottom lip then hit Elliot over the head. "You are an idiot! I was worried about you. You are my important friend right now and I don't know what I would do if I lost you right now." Kaita shouted at Elliot, which caught him off guard as he rubbed his head. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you." Kaita looked down then gave Elliot a gentle hug. "Don't ever say that again, I will worry about you whenever I want." Elliot smiled at Kaita and patted her head to reassure her.