Sorry that this took so long. I was changing things, plus I have a busy schedule. Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Hatter reached the tree, and ran into the hollow. He desperately searched for his beloved Alice, but no avail. He slumped down to the leafy and cold ground, and buried his face in his hands. He sobbed a little bit, but got his second wind. Hatter got up, and thought to himself with determination, "Crying won't do any good. I need to find my wife."

Meanwhile, Alice was shackled to a wall inside of Mad March's underground lair. There was a long gash across her beautiful cheek, from where Mad March sliced her with a knife when she tried to resist him. Blood had dried and pruned along the gash. Now shaken up from being beaten, and overwrought, Alice kept a level of sanity by thinking Hatter will come soon.

"I can see why Hatter fallen for you, Alice," Mad March said with his computerized voice. "Feisty, nice body, and a good damsel in distress. Too bad Pixie Rose got him back though. Sure, she nearly put him to his death, but she had to do it to survive. And now, what am I to do with you? When the Queen comes back, she'll throw you away like a contaminated apple. Too bad Hatter doesn't care." Mad March, with his horrible rabbit cookie jar head, put together again with Krazy Glue, sat straddled on a chair, watching Alice trying to pick at the locks.

"You can keep trying, Alice. You will not escape though." Then, Mad March got up and went over to Alice, who was not going to give him the satisfaction that she was terrified. Without warning, Mad March punched her in the face, hard.

"Oh, Hatter, Hatter. Where are you?" Alice sobbed quietly. "Please come."

Hatter was running all through the thick forest, cursing that he had fallen Mad March's and Pixie's trap, and for leaving Alice behind. He knew exactly where Mad March's lair was, and he knew that there was a secret entrance. All he had to do was to figure out how to unlock the door.

"If I had Alice's hairpins, it will work," Hatter thought. Except he did not have any hairpins. However, what he did not know was that Pixie had beat him to the lair. She was quicker then he was, plus she took a short cut that only she knew of. When she arrived at the door, Pixie gave the secret knock of four slow knocks, then a hard bang.

"That must be Pixie." Mad March walked up the stairs and unlocked the door. Pixie came down the steps, her heels clicking. When she saw Alice, all chained up, she smiled a bit.

"Where's Hatter?" Mad March asked.

"Out in the woods. Alice, dear, Hatter and I worked everything out and he told me that he was leaving you. This necklace proves it. So, when he comes here, he will be coming for me." Pixie played with the ruby that still hung from her neck.

"You two are both crazy. Hatter is coming, but not for you Pixie. You are a self indulgent bitch, and he knows that. Hatter hates you for what you did to him. I do not think you him love at all, or else you would not have done such a thing." Alice gave her a hard glare into her mean green eyes.

"Of course, I love Hatter!" Pixie exclaimed in pure fury. " I did what I had to do so I would not get my head chopped off. And that is why you are here, Alice. I sent you back here so I can have Mad March kill you. The Queen can care less about you. Then, I can go back to Hatter, and make up for what I done." To Mad March she said, "Just so you know Marchy, our little Alice is pregnant. I suggest you shoot her now so that Wonderland can be free from all containments."

"WHAT?!" Mad March screamed. "Luckily, Pixie you told me, or else I would have waited for Hatter, if he came. Now, this will only make it a little bit more interesting. Say "good bye" Alice." Mad March cocked the trigger, getting ready to shoot directly at Alice's heart.

"I do not think so, Mad March. Your assassin days are over!" It was Hatter, who had collapsed the secret door down with his infamous 'sledgehammer.' He then knocked the pistol out of Mad March's hand, and pinned him down. With a knife that Hatter pulled out of Mad March's pocket, Hatter stabbed him in the chest multiple times, until he was certain that Mad March was dead. Pixie went completely frozen as she witnessed what Hatter done. Alice shook her head in total disbelief, not knowing on what to say. Everything happened so quick, that Mad March did not have a chance, not that Alice wanted him to have one.

"I just bloody killed someone, and he did not even fight me," Hatter murmured. He got up from the pool of blood that had formed from the wounds and covered up the body with Mad March's jacket.

"Hatter!" Alice squeaked. "You came." She was still in the chains, so she could not run up to her husband to wrap him in her arms. She was so relieved to him though. Hatter ran up to Alice, enveloping her in his arms, and holding her tight. He never want to let her go, as if he did, she'd vanish again.

Then, Alice burst in to tears, burying her face in Hatter's chest. She was shaking, and whimpering, and she did not stop.

"Alice, what is wrong love? I am here now." Hatter looked in to her blue eyes, smeared with make-up, and then looked her over. Her sweater was torn, and she had bruises and cuts all over. Tears formed in his chocolate brown eyes as he touched Alice's face.

"What has that horrid monster done to you?" Hatter held her tighter to him.

"Hatter, Mad March, well, he tried to rape me. I told him that I was on my cycle. So, instead, he cut my face and kept hitting me. I tried to fight back, but being chained up, which I still am as you can see. I just want to get back home with you. It was awful, just awful." Alice clung on to Hatter, taking in his scent of flesh, blood, and sweat. He lost his black Fedora hat while running to Mad March's lair. He could care less about losing it, for Alice was the one thing that mattered then some silly hat.

Hatter picked at the locks with the bloody knife. Luckily, he did not have to struggle much with them. They came undone in a matter of seconds.

Finally, Pixie Rose spoke up, after she carefully examined Mad March's corpse.

"I love you more then Alice ever will Hatter. Can't you see that? I am sorry for what I done to you. If you let me, I can really show you that I DO care."

Hatter turned around to look at her, but said nothing. He knew that that she was fooling with him, and he was not going to fall for her schemes like he did the last time.

"If you really do care about me Pixie, you'd leave Alice and I alone. Now, we need to get home." Hatter quickly grabbed Alice's hand, and swiftly sidestepped the body, and Pixie.

However, if Pixie Rose truly wanted Hatter, she had to get more creative and drastic. For her, this was not over yet.