Sorry if the story has been a bit slow until now, with this chapter we start we´ll see more action.

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CHAPTER 4:

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WHITE´S POV.

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It has always amused me as much as it annoys me the way how everyone tries to stay as far from us as possible, yet they keep looking every once in a while, especially when we actually attend other roleholders`s events.

As joker we are not required to attend other´s events even though I must hold some myself, to me other`s events are normally boring and my counterpart just dislikes them plainly unless it´s a set up for catching someone, he has never been one for social interaction anyways, so we rarely ever attend to it seems that tonight might be quite fun and that´s why we are here.

After I had that conversation with the incubus we´ve been curious; not only about a second foreigner entrance into wonderland while another foreigner is already here, I don´t recall hearing about a situation like this happening, but because the new toy was roaming around without any role-holder`s help, normally if a foreigner was not found after a day or two it meant that she (or rarely he ) was dead. Yet this new foreigner was undoubtedly alive.

The thought of a new foreigner that maybe was withering in pain somewhere while the other roles holders got anxious and their hopes of winning a game were being crushed amused me so much. They were already so desperate that Nightmare dared to call me to a dream to ask me if I was the culprit. How despairing it must be for them if they recurred to ask me, the most feared villain in wonderland ,if I had taken her prisoner yet.

Nightmare had been such a cautioned coward; The cocky bastard had even set a dream so I couldn´t defeat him there. (I still own him payback from that time in Alice´s dream) However by that conversation they also informed us of everything about the issue with the new foreigner, so easy to figure it out…

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- Looks like the hatter is not gonna do his bitch tonight – Black interrupted my musings and directed my attention to the scene at the other side of the ball room..

-My, what an amusing show did the hatter and his foreigner provided for everyone.

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ALICE POV

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Something is up, at first I thought it was just me, but I was wrong.

A few days ago Elliot started preparing even more carrot desserts, the twins have been more mischievous and have leave their post more constantly than usual, even Blood gets a bit more perky and rude at moments. I asked Elliot if the lands were gonna change soon or if (gulp) April´s season was coming again soon but he denied it, then when I asked him why was everyone acting strange, Blood interrupted us and dragged me away, he was a bit "forceful" that night.

Maybe Blood had been right and I was just tired, but now I know that´s not the case. Everyone is acting strange. Vivaldi changed the date of the ball and she considers it very rude, even more so because is a roleholder´s event, Peter hasn´t glomp me yet, Ace has not wandered lost into the mansion grounds recently, Nightmare has not visited me in my dreams, Boris has not visited the twins or me and I haven`t seen Pierce in a while either. I found all that a bit strange, but here at the ball I really noticed that something was up.

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- (I know! I´ll ask Julius.)

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I walked up to Julius who had his eyes closed and was apparently deeply thinking about something, that or he was just annoyed as always that he was forced to get out of the tower and come to a party.

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- Hi Julius

- Hi Alice – He opened his eyes and turned to greet me.

- How you´ve been? I hope you sleep a bit more. I know you`re always busy but you need to rest.

- Thank you for your concern, but it is unnecessary – for a second he looked at me like he used to do when I was staying at the clock tower before I moved to the mansion, after that he acted almost as cold as when I met him.

- Hey Julius… what is wrong, why is everyone acting so strange? Well, at least a everyone is acting a bit weirder than usual.

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Julius raised his eyebrow and stared at me.

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- He hasn´t told you?

- Tell me what? – I was confused. Julius opened his mouth to tell me but we were interrupted by Peter.

- Alice my dear! It´s good to see you my love! I was worried that with your new foreigner friend you would be too busy to come, but I'm glad that you´re here. – The prime minister chirped.

- Wait! What new foreigner!? – I was shocked! Another foreigner? I didn't though it was possible for two foreigners to be in wonderland at the same time. Was that why everyone was acting weird? Why didn´t Blood tell me?

- He hasn´t told you my dear? - Peter looked as shock as I, but I was gonna clarify the situation right now.

- Excuse me please.

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I leaved them behind and headed to where Blood was flirting with some faceless girls, when he saw me approaching he dismissed them, I didn´t give him time to say anything.

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- Why didn´t you tell me that there was another foreigner in wonderland? – He didn´t bother to look me in the eyes when he responded.

- Oh? Don't be jealous my dear, it's not important since you are the one here.

- NOT IMPORTANT!? Blood! Of course it is important to me! Another foreigner is someone I can relate to and whom I can be friends with; Someone aside all the madness and violence of this world! – Blood narrowed his eyes and looked at me.

- I thought you were happy and content, certainly you have never complained, in fact you have screamed for more, or are you still trying to lure more men to satisfy your low desires?

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I couldn´t believe it! How dare he! I love him, I even renounced to going back to my world for him, and he dares say those things!

I turned around to leave before my tears came out. He tried to stop me by graving my arm but I shoved him off and ran to the gardens, I needed to be alone for a while.

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? POV

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I was already traversing the halls of heart´s castle in the ground floor. Because they were lighted I didn´t need to wear the night vision and infrared goggles I carried, that also meant I would be way too easy to spot as I wasn´t wearing any costume, a maid or guard outfit would have been useless because my eyes were an obvious giveaway, but on the bright side I had the advantage of my gear, without that I would have been very vulnerable; I would have to rely mainly on my own vision, I activated my proximity tactical "through-wall detection system" and "on the move" sensors, I was glad I had one attached to me connected to one of the output screens on my right arm in my suit, it´s range was way less wide than the static one I used at nights to set a safe perimeter, but It could be active in real time while I moved and gave me around a 10 meter radius lecture, even through walls, and that was enough to move undetected in most low tech buildings. That's how right now I was able to hide in empty rooms or corridors when needed and even map the place as I explored.

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I finally came to where I guessed was the library, but there was one guard outside it.

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- ( I need to get rid of him…)

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I set a small Bluetooth key finder the size of a coin (I love low cost useful every day technology) in a strategic position in the adjacent hall I was hiding, then I stood so that I would be detected and prepared my electric retractable combat baton and activated the keyfinder, it stated emitting a continuous blipping noise and the guard came to investigate, before he knew anything BAM!

I struck him in the nape of the neck. Fast, sleek and clean, no blood splattered and no noise of fighting,I wasn´t even good at direct fighting, I didn´t know if he was dead and I didn´t care, I saw that bodies of the people here disappeared at different rates in this world, so I couldn´t risk to leave it in the open. I opened the door and dragged the body inside.

The library was amazing! It was enormous, I would have liked to explore it and get lost into the hundreds of tomes, so much knowledge! But I couldn´t, I had to find what I came for and leave fast, I didn´t know when the party was going to end or when more guards will come for a shift or anything, so I looked for the reference computer or cabinet. I didn´t find any computer, but the registries were on papers and I found the sections I needed, I went to the history section and took out some books of "history of wonderland" that weren't that big and put them in my coat pockets, then I went to look for a medic or biology book, but in that instant my sensors detected someone, I had gotten to far away from the door, so I didn´t knew when someone was coming, unfortunately for me that person saw me. He looked like some kind of stereotype of a medieval king.

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- GUARDS!

- (OH SHIT!)- I ran to the window and jumped outside, I was lucky that the library wasn´t in a higher floor.

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Soon guards were chasing me, I needed to get away fast and find a place to hide, suddenly I realized that the laberythn garden I´ve seen from afar was near and a girl was close to one of its walls, the girl had eyes, that meant she was important. To my bad luck I also noticed that more guards were getting near both ends of the bush walls leaving me no choice but to try and take that girl hostage and scurry into the maze.

I prepared the blade of my right arm, both my arms were armed with retractable darkened blades the size of my forearm that could extend above my hand and always had an exposed razor edge at the sides, among their advantages I could count on being free to use my hands to hold something else.

The girl had a thin frame, she didn´t noticed that I was getting close, so before she tried anything I sprinted with all my energy and caught her in an immobilizing position by her back and keeping the blade close at her neck, she had managed to scream while I was facing the approaching guards and my hood fell back revealing my head.

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I retreated to the maze with my hostage.

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- DO not SAY anyTHING. – My voice came out electronically distorted sounding kinda robotic thanks to the small microphone and sound device in my collar, it was one of the things I managed to salvage from the original helmet of the suit.

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I had been right, she was light and cooperative, the guards hadn´t follow us and now we were in a more spacious area , I was ready to drop the girl and run away when I saw a bunch of people getting near with guns in their hands, they all had eyes.

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- ( I am so screwed)

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KING OF HEARTS´S POV

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The king of hearts have wanted to get away from the party for a while to enjoy a bit of silence, the queen had been nastier because the new foreigner hasn´t appear yet. So he went to the most quiet place possible that was still close enough to the party so he could return fast if needed.

When he arrived he was displeased to see no guard at the doors, guards sometimes slacked a bit, but with Ace as their commander that was to be expected, he entered and at his right saw the body of the guard and right at the back near the big paneled windows he saw a figure looking at the books with the moon illuminating the background.

Did someone was fool enough to try an attack during an event? That was strictly prohibited. Was that why Joker was there? To catch someone red handed and enjoy the torture more?

The king observed the person for a moment, the intruder was wearing a long coat with a hood and the face was hidden by a sort of black plate. Suddenly the person noticed him.

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- GUARDS!

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The king screamed and the figure jumped through the window and into the garden, almost immediately the guards were chasing the intruder.

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PIERCE´S POV

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I was at the labyrinth trying to stay away from Boris and the twins. I saw a bit more guards than expected in the gardens, it was a bit suspicious but I didn´t care. Boris and the Twiddle's have been bulling me a lot more because they hadn´t met the new foreigner yet, that´s when I heard it. Alice was screaming and she was near the rose garden. I ran to where I heard her.

I saw someone holding Alice hostage with a blade at her neck and dragging her into the maze, I scurried my way in and stood behind the person, I could already see the other role-holders getting near but they were still too far away and we couldn´t risk shooting the person or we might hit Alice. I signaled to Alice and luckily she noticed me.

I made my move and from behind the person I took a hold of the head to try and twist it to break the neck while Alice used all her force to get free, that caught off guard the person who stumbled backwards, so instead of breaking the person´s neck I ended up with a sort of half helmet in my hand and Alice running behind me.

The person rolled on the floor and raised her head.

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- (She has eyes, chu !)

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I couldn´t see her very well, but she had green eyes, by the look in her eyes, I knew she wasn´t done, she looked around frankly but without panic when …

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- HEY! OVER HERE! - From behind the bush wall someone screamed and some smoke bombs were thrown and landed near me and Alice.

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The smoke came out quickly and was filling the space making it unable for anyone to see clearly. Someone started shooting at us and at the other role holders. I threw Alice to the floor and covered her.

Before the smoke covered all, I saw the boss aiming and shooting at where the girl had been, but she had moved already and jumped though the back bush. I heard more gunshots everywhere and then people running away and later a vehicle in the distance.

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What do you think, is this interesting enough for me to continue it?

And what do you think will happen?

How do you think the role-holders will react? this new foreigner has just endangered their precious Alice and was part of a very suspicious thing.

I also haven´t decided if there will be romance or rather with who.

OH, If you´re curious, her voice sounds like GLaDOS from Portal when she uses that sound distorter.


Can someone tell me how do you save your documents and in what format before uploading them?

the break lines and - keep getting erased.