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Chapter VII: The Mortician and Memories
*Julius's POV*
The mortician never expected the young boy to hug Ace like that, usually people, including Alice, wouldn't dare do such a feat as the knight was known for his lack of sympathy. But to his surprise, Ace revealed… an emotion, even Julius didn't expect him to hold, and that emotion was… genuine compassion. How could an outsider, let alone a young boy manage such a feat? Even Alice, the outsider who claimed the love of every role-holder in Wonderland, had trouble with Ace.
Julius pondered this while walking alongside the cheerful knight carrying the passed out boy on his back. The young boy was full of surprises… and secrets as well. The boy didn't seem the crying sort, he was the kind of boy that would that would take what was given to him and make use of it somehow. But after seeing the boy break down in front of Ace and him, Julius didn't know what to make of him. He felt like everything he thought he knew about the boy crumbled at that instant making him even more mysterious than before.
Another thing Julius didn't understand as well was why he was so interested in the boy, in the first place. He knew nothing about the boy except that he was a servant of the Liddell family, a servant of Alice's. He didn't know Alice's relationship with the boy either, whether or not they were close, but… the determination in the boy's eyes as he spoke about finding Alice. Never has he seen so much dedication… so much loyalty in anyone's eyes before. It was… almost terrifying.
"So Julius… what are we going to do?" Ace spoke.
"Hm?"
"Are we going to help Blake find Alice?"
"…" He didn't know how to answer that. If they helped the boy find Alice, that would mean Alice would go back to her old world.
"I mean if Blake finds Alice, he'll try taking her back to where they came from. That means we'll lose both Alice and Blake, right? Everything will go back to the way it used to." Ace sounded almost bitter on the last sentence.
"Perchance… the boy does find Alice, it's not like he can force Alice to go back." Julius looked at Ace. "He's loyal to her; he'll do anything for her. He'll respect her choice, if she chooses to go back he'll follow, if she chooses to stay, he'll stay as well." Julius had no idea where that came from.
"Maybe, you're right, Julius." He smiled. "I hope you're right. I want Blake to stay." Blake? Julius thought Ace liked Alice. "I mean Alice is fun to tease and everything, but there's just something… different about Blake. I can't explain it." Julius couldn't help, but agree with Ace. There was something a bit off about this boy.
Julius narrowed his blue eyes at the deep red sky, watching a lone hawk circle above the forest, searching for something, just as the boy was searching for Alice.
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*Blake's POV*
Oh my Lord… I feel so embarrassed… I couldn't believe I cried myself asleep in Ace's arms. He was never going to let this one go, I just knew it. I sat by the fire holding my head in my hands, too humiliated to look at Ace, or even Julius for that matter. Ugh, I'm a disgrace to the Liddell family. Crying in front of strangers? What the bloody hell is wrong with me? I let out a sigh. I just needed to get my wits back together. Too much has happened today, and I needed to take a step back and review over what happened.
It seems that whenever I mentioned that I was here to take Alice home, people got really pissed off. Even Ace became slightly aggressive when I mentioned that, and I do not want to have an aggressive Ace against me, so I should probably drop telling people about the whole 'rescuing Alice' thing and just say that I'm trying to find her. That way, hopefully less people will try to kill me.
Also I need to be very cautious around the animal people; they seem to have something hidden up their sleeve so far. Boris turned out not to be that bad actually… if you ignore the fact that he completely stripped me of all money I had. I had to be extra careful around that bunny-eared man, Elliot, he was dangerous and without mercy.
And above all, avoid Gowland at all costs. I'd rather get shot at than listen to his hellish, disgusting, broken music.
"Hey, Angel? Do you mind moving?"
"Huh?" I looked up and saw that Ace had a large log over one shoulder. How the hell is he able to pick that up?! I jumped out of the way. "Of course." He placed the log down making a bench for us to sit down. He's becoming more considerate… I sat down on the middle of the log and let out another sigh. Ace plopped down on my left. He tried catching my eye with his. "Do you need something, Sir Ace?"
"You've been quiet, Angel. Is there something bothering you?" I saw out of the corner of my Julius skulking in the darkness. Isn't he cold?
"Actually yes… I'm thinking about something Boris told me…"
"Boris?" Ace narrowed his eyes at me, keeping a smile on his face, but I could see something almost malicious glint in his eyes. "That's quite the informal way to say his name; you never called me just 'Ace'."
"Uhhh… about that." I felt nervous, almost guilty under his gaze. Wait, guilty? Why the hell should I feel guilty? "I don't know… I guess I don't really see him… as a superior."
"Oh? You see me as your superior?" I panicked. Crap.
"N-not exactly. Look, it's complicated! I tend to act highly formal towards people I respect."
"So now you respect me?" He leaned in towards me with that annoying smile on his face.
I squeaked, "Yes." He had a surprised expression.
"Really?"
"Yes, even though you have psychotic tendencies which often lead you to needlessly killing people, which I completely disagree with, you've also saved my life not only once, but twice. Normally from where I come from, no one would've given me a second glance let alone a first, and yet you've taken care of me." A blush came over my face. "I suppose I should thank you again." I tried not to look at his face. Oh God why did I say that? Now it's going to go to his head.
He chuckled. "You sure are filled with all kinds of surprises, aren't ya?" Next thing I knew his arms were wrapped securely around my small waist and his ear was pressed against my chest. Warmth spread across my face.
"S-sir!"
"Ace. Call me Ace."
"B-but—"
"Are you disobeying me? Your superior." Oh God, he's never going to live that one down.
"I…" I did not know how to reply to that one…
"Ah, Angel, your heart's beating so fast~!" Fuzziness came over me as I blushed even harder. "I want hear more." He dragged me into his lap. "I wonder if I can make your heart beat even faster." His face was inches from mine. Oh God, what is he doing?! Out of reflex I jumped up out of his grasp and put as much distance between us. I gave Julius a pleading look. Help me.
Julius sighed. "Ace, leave the poor boy alone and go fetch us some dinner already."
"I wasn't doing anything wrong," Ace whined, "I was just listening to his heart!"
"Ace."
He pouted, "Fine." He then went off into the forest; hopefully he won't get lost on the way back.
Julius and I were left alone in the clearing and a silence stretched between us. I decided to be the one to break it.
"Is there any way to make, uh, Sir Ace, you know, less grabby?"
"Unfortunately not."
"Ah, I see… then I guess I'll have to somehow suffer through it." Tears poured down my face on my inner self. Dammit. I noticed that he was still in the shadows. "Mr. Monrey? It's quite cold out, wouldn't it be more preferable to sit next to the fire, uh, that is if you are cold." His eyes silently regarded mine.
I never really was struck by how handsome he was until now. In fact he was so handsome… he was beautiful, I know that's a strange word to describe a man, but seriously he was. He had a sharp but smooth oval face framed by the longest dark blue hair I've ever seen. "You're the most beautiful man I've ever seen…" Oh shit! Did I just say that out loud!? I smacked my hand over my mouth. Oh my God, I'm such a moron! Now he's going to be just as creeped out by me as I am by myself. I just had to let that slip out didn't I? "Uh, I mean, uh, you're very handsome!" Ugh, quit making it worse for yourself, you idiot! I scolded myself.
Julius had a baffled expression on his face, obviously not expecting me to say something like that.
Flustered I smacked both hands over my face. "Ah, just ignore what I just said!" I turned my body away from him. "I think Gowland's music may have affected me worse than I previously thought!" That was… an okay excuse I guess, but, ugh, why did I have to say that?! Now he's going to think that I'm gay. Which technically I am because I like guys, but I'm a girl so it's normal for me to like guys, but he can't know that I'm a girl because that's a really really bad thing if that was found out. "I'm sorry…" I finished miserably.
Julius cleared his throat. "You mentioned something earlier, something that cat told you." I could tell he was trying to change the subject and I was more than eager to reply.
"Boris? Well, he told me something that uh was quite troubling to me… he told me that, 'Everyone loves an outsider'… is that true?" Julius seemed to be caught a bit off guard when I said that, but it was gone within a second as returned back to his normal passive self.
"He told you that…?" I nodded my head. "In any case, what he said is true. Everyone can't help, but fall in love with an outsider. Your kind is different from us, you're irreplaceable. In this world, everyone can be replaced. Because of that we're drawn to foreigners like Alice, we can't help but fall in love."
"So…" I hugged my knees into my chest. "Does that mean," I looked at him, "that you love Miss Alice?" A slight blush crossed his cheeks answering my question. Is he blushing? I didn't expect him to actually blush! "You don't need to answer, I can see that you care about her, just like everyone else I've met so far." Ace, Julius, those twins, even Boris loves Alice… I wonder how many others there are. "It's not much of a surprise to me for so many to fall in love with Miss Alice. Everyone loved Alice even where we came from. She was just so happy and full of life, so colorful like a flower. She was kind to every one of us, and would become distraught if anything bad happened." I smiled remembering Alice when she was little and would meddle with everyone's duties, but nobody really minded her, they enjoyed her presence. My smile fell. "But just like a flower she's fragile. When her mother died, unlike everyone else who grieved and let out their tears, eventually accepting her death, Miss Alice didn't grieve.
"She kept everything inside. She couldn't understand that her mother's soul would watch over her, instead she thought of her mother as being gone permanently, never to return. She became empty inside. Her little sister, Miss Edith, couldn't understand why Alice didn't cry, because of that she hated Miss Alice… This is quite the harsh world for Miss Alice to live in. She doesn't belong here." We all can sense Alice's fragility, and because of that we feel that we have to protect her. I watched my hand close itself into a fist. And it's my duty to protect her as her servant. So far I've been a failure in that…
I almost jumped out of my skin when I saw Julius sitting on the edge of bench on my right. He sure is quiet. I feel like there's something I'm supposed to remember… Hmmm… what was it…? I thought long and hard for a few minutes. "Oh!" I clicked my gloved fingers together. "Now I remember!" I pulled the broken clock out of my vest pocket. "You fix clocks right?" I put it in Julius's hand.
"Where did you get this?"
"Um," I scratched my cheek trying to remember, "I found it in the forest somewhere, on my way to the Hatter Residence. There was a dead body, but it turned into this broken clock." Julius went completely still next to me. "I knew Ace was collecting them for you, so I thought I should bring this one to you, when I came back."
"Troublesome child…" I heard Julius mutter. My eyebrow twitched.
"I was just trying to help—!" I cut myself off. "I'm sorry," I looked away, "I was being completely rude, involving myself in your business without asking permission first; I suppose that was quite childish of me." How could I be so insensitive and selfish? I shouldn't involve myself in another's business. "But there's something I'm curious about… Ace told me that unlike my world where everyone has a heart; here in this place instead of hearts you people have clocks. So when someone dies and their clock breaks… you fix those clocks."
"Yes, that is true." He narrowed his eyes at me.
"So when you fix a clock, you're fixing a life?"
"In a way, yes."
"So you can bring back someone if they died? Is that why no one's bothered when someone's dies? Because they know they'll come back?"
"No, not quite. Once a person dies they'll never come back. When I fix a clock, a life will take form, but it won't be the same person who had the clock before."
"Oh…" I frowned. That's unfortunate. "Then why is it that no one cares when someone dies? Ace told me it's because they'll be replaced, but is it really that?"
"Yes, it's true. Unlike where you come from, everyone is irreplaceable, but when someone dies here, their role will be replaced. We are replaceable."
"I don't believe that," I murmured.
"I know it's hard to get your mind accustomed to—"
"No!" I cut him off, leaving him with a dumbfounded expression. "You're not replaceable!" His eyes widened in shock. "And neither is Ace! No one here is replaceable! Do you know why?" I didn't wait for an answer to the question as it was rhetorical. "Everyone has a soul that makes each of us different and unique from each other. And these souls are irreplaceable. It doesn't matter what you are, or who you are, all of us has a soul, Mr. Monrey." I looked him directly in the eyes, and I noticed him twitch slightly under my gaze. "And when someone dies, they don't just disappear either like some people would believe, such as Miss Alice; their souls live on within each one of us. Our memories of them, the lesson's we've learned from them, they live on with us. So, Mr. Monrey, don't ever think that when you die you're replaceable. Sure, someone will come and take over your role and life will go on, but it won't be the same. You are unique and no one can ever take that away from you." His jaw was slightly hanging open by the time I finished my passionate speech. I laughed nervously. "Sorry, a little too much?"
"You're not afraid?"
"Afraid?"
"Afraid of me?"
"Afraid of you? Why would I be afraid of you?"
"Every day I'm bringing back lives, in other terms I could also be considered as an Undertaker. Many people despise me because of this. Are you sure you're not frightened?" He gave me a cold sideways glance, probably expecting me to go run off screaming into the forest, but I was not that type of person.
I smiled at him warmly. "Once again, I'll tell you I'm not scared of you. In fact, if anything, I'm intrigued."
"Intrigued?" He stumbled a bit with the word as if he couldn't believe his ears.
"Yes, intrigued, I hold a new respect for you in my eyes now that I see you were helping bring people back this whole time. You must truly do care about people, if you work so hard to bring them back. And it truly is a shame that the regard for life is so low in this place, there must be no end to your work." I lightly touched his shoulder causing him to recoil a bit; I immediately took back my hand. "Sorry." Why did I just touch him? That was just… rude. I glared at my hand, usually I didn't feel comfortable with touching people or people touching me, but for some reason I felt comfortable around Julius. It was weird, it's like he has some sort of calming affect over me. "Besides you can't be that bad of a person. After all, you came with Ace, of all people, to come and find me. I never said it, but… thank you." I gave him the biggest smile—teeth and all—I've ever gave anyone in my life before, even Alice.
He went completely still staring at my face. Uh, did I say something wrong again? I watched as his face slowly turned bright red from his neck all the way to his ears. Aw crap, did I make him angry?
"I-I'm sorry, d-did I do something wrong?!" I waved my hands back and forth in alarm. "P-please don't get weirded out. I'm sorry I'm so creepy!" He turned away from me, a hand covering his face. "I'm sorry!"
"N-no, you're fine, I-I just wasn't expecting you to say something like that." Did he just stutter?
"Oh… I'm glad, you're not angry then… You wouldn't mind if I stayed at your place for a while, Mr. Monrey, would you?"
He finally looked at me, but his hand still covered the bottom half of his face. "You want to stay with me?"
"Just for a little while, I figure that since Miss Alice is moving around the country quite a bit that she'll eventually come back to the tower. I would rather not camp any longer than I have to with Ace, and you're the only one in the country who isn't either trying to burst my ear-drums, make me piss my pants, excuse my crude language, sexually molest me, or kill me. So suffice to say, I trust you more than anyone else in this country."
"I see…"
"I know I still owe you for… everything, but I don't have any money to pay you back, right now."
"What about the money I gave you?"
"Uh, about that," I poked my fingers together, my face flushing from embarrassment, "a cat-boy kinda used me, and dried me up of all the money."
"Boris?" I nodded my head. Julius sighed, "I should've guessed."
"But until I find a way to make money, I'll repay you in other areas."
"Other… areas?"
"Yes, I am a certified servant of the Liddell family after all, I know how to do everything from cooking to cleaning and even massaging, and I can easily be trained on how to do new chores, I was taught to be very flexible with any task you see. If you'd like I could even aid you with fixing the clocks, but… I don't think you would appreciate it, if I took over your work."
"And what if I said 'no' to your services?"
"No? …Really? Usually people would jump at the chance to have me as their servant, as I assure you I am quite skilled. I was sent into being a trained as a servant when I was only four years old."
"Four years old? Isn't that a little young?"
"Yes, I suppose, but… I was an exception."
"An exception?"
I started fumbling with my hands becoming uncomfortable to discuss something so personal with a man I barely knew. "I'm an orphan. My mother died when I was quite young, I don't remember her, and my father… no one knew who my father was… but the Liddell family were kind enough to take me in and raise me." I flinched remembering the cruelty I went through as a child.
"You are now to serve the Liddell family," the Head Maid stared me down.
I bit my bottom lip. "I don't wanna." She smacked me across the face and I let out a cry.
"Your home is here now!" She grabbed my face with her hand and squeezed my cheeks painfully. "Be grateful that Lord Liddell was kind enough to let scum like you into his residence! And from now on, you will speak properly. If I hear one improper word from you, from this day forth, you will receive punishment. Do you understand?" I didn't answer her. "Do you understand?!"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Good. Now go clean yourself up, Lord Liddell doesn't take kindly to servants who soil his carpet."
"I owe them everything. If they didn't take me in, I probably wouldn't be here today; I probably would have been abandoned on the streets of London, left to beg in filth."
"Then who did you stay with before the Liddell family?"
"I…" Memories of the man who housed me flashed through my mind.
"No, daddy, please don't make me go in there! I don't want to go in there!" I begged the short-stocky man, tears slid down my face.
"I'M NOT YOUR FATHER!" He grabbed me roughly by my hair, and threw me into the broiler room. "NOW, GET IN THERE YOU FILTH!" He slammed the metal door shut behind me, and I could hear the clunk of lock from the other side as it shut in place.
I ran to the door and started banging on it with my tiny hands. "Let me out! LET ME OUT!" I could feel the temperature rising. Snot along with salty tears ran down my chin but quickly dried up in the hot room. "DADDY!" I screamed.
I flinched away from my own memories. "Th-that doesn't matter. I'm a servant of the Liddell family… that's all that matters." I wrapped my arms around myself, hugging myself tightly in some sort of reassurance that I was here, I wasn't there with him.
Julius didn't push me any further, and I was thankful for that. I wasn't ready to reveal my story just yet, in fact I don't think I ever will, after all, I promised. And I will not break my promise.
"Wow, that's the most I've ever heard you talk, Julius." I jumped off the bench and whipped around, Julius looked a bit startled as well. My eyes deadpanned when I saw it was a familiar knight.
"Oh, it's you, Ace."
"Haha, you sound disappointed at that."
I suspiciously observed Ace, and the two rabbits he had in each hand. Great, more rabbit for dinner. "How long have you been listening to the conversation?"
"Since the part where you thought that I was unique and special." Next thing I knew I was stuck in another one of his hugs, discomfort came over me again. I was unused to his touching. I didn't understand why he had to touch so much. It felt… weird. "You're so sweet, Angel."
"Sir Ace, please let go of me."
"Nah, I don't wanna. By the way, what's this I heard about someone sexually molesting you?" His arms tightened protectively around me… or was it possessively?
Both Julius and I gave Ace the look that read, Are you an idiot? The person who is sexually molesting him/me is you. I sighed, knowing that Ace probably wouldn't get the message.
"Ace, let go."
"Yay, you finally informally said my name!" His hug intensified if that was even possible.
That's it! I slammed my foot against his leg and as soon as I felt his hold weaken I kneed him in the gut.
"Ow," he held his stomach as fell to the ground, "Angel, why?"
"I warned you, didn't I?"
"No! You didn't!" I sighed for what seemed the millionth time today.
"I'm sorry, Ace, but I don't feel comfortable with hugging, or even touching for that matter, okay?"
"Whyyyyy?" he whined.
"I just don't!"
"You're just as bad as Julius!" Julius glared over at Ace, when he heard his name mentioned. "Don't tell me, you didn't get enough hugs as a child?" His question caught me off guard.
"Wh-what kind of question is that?!"
"The fact that you're avoiding the question means that I'm right!"
"No, that doesn't!" I growled, "I've gotten… hugged as a child."
"You hesitated."
"No, I didn't!" I waved my arms in the air. "Why do you have to be so difficult!?"
"Okay, if you were hugged as a child, then who hugged you, or was it your imaginary friend?" I scowled at him, before I shyly blushed poking my two fingers together.
"I was hugged by… Miss Alice…."
"I knew it! You do have a crush on her!" He pointed at me accusingly.
"I don't have a crush on her!" I snapped at him. "I see her as a friend, or maybe even as a sister—" I smacked a hand over my mouth. I just disgraced the Liddell name. I have no right to see Alice as family. No right at all!
"So… you do have a crush on her?" Ugh, now he's just being an idiot on purpose.
"You can be quite the idiot at times; you know that right, Sir Ace?"
"Whatever do you mean?" He looked genuinely confused, but I knew that he knew exactly what he was talking about. I ignored him and turned my attention to Julius.
"I kinda wish I gave my handkerchief to you too…" I spoke absentmindedly.
"And why would that be?"
"Well, when I went to the Hatter Residence…" I explained the whole story about the twins chasing me because it was 'fun' and losing my handkerchief and them taking it as a prize.
"Wait, what?!" Ace stood up from watching the rabbits cook over the fire. "They took it?!" He looked… angry… it was scary.
"Ace, calm down."
"No, I won't calm down! I'll skin those little—!"
"Ace! I said, 'calm down'."
"But you said that handkerchief was your most precious treasure."
"And it is. I'll be the one to get it back. I'm the one who lost it and I'll be the one who gets it back."
"But they tried to kill you!"
"Yes, I'm highly aware of that. I'll just have to find a way to get it back." I was a bit unsure myself. How in the bloody hell will I be able to get it back? "I'll think of something."
"Perhaps, when you find Alice, she'll be able to help you." Julius offered.
"No, no, that's the worst case scenario!" Julius raised an eyebrow. "If she knew I lost the one thing she gave me, she'll… she'll..." Oh, hell I didn't know what she would do. A depressed aura came up around me. "She'll never forgive me…"
"She might not even remember giving it to you," Ace spoke up.
"She—!" I cut myself off. Ace might be right… no! She has to remember! "She does!"
We were finished our dinner, quickly, before calling it a night. I lay down on the soft grass not too far away from the fire. I felt something poke me in the side.
"Ace, I'm really not—" I looked up expecting to see Ace, but instead it was Julius.
"What are you doing?"
"Uh, trying to sleep?"
"Out here?"
"Uh, yes?"
"Get in the tent," he ordered crossing his arms over his chest. I frowned.
"Why?"
"I don't want Ace trying anything unusual on me." Wow, thanks. If he's going to be trying anything weird on anyone, it's going to be me. "If you want to stay at the Clock Tower, you will do this." Wow, now he's using that against me.
I thought about the situation. I'll be stuck in a tent in the middle of nowhere with two full grown men. At least Julius will be there, so if Ace does try anything weird on me, Julius will just hit him or something. "Fine… but only because you're blackmailing me." Julius didn't reply to that comment.
I crawled into the tent, and Ace gave me a surprised look. "You're joining me?"
"No! I'm only sleeping in here because Mr. Monrey told me to."
"What? You'll do what he says, but you won't listen to me."
"Yep."
Julius set up his sleeping bag on the far side of tent opposite of Ace… which meant I had to sleep in the middle. Yay, for me. Note the sarcasm.
I laid down in the middle seeing as there were only two sleeping bags. Ace took notice of that right away.
"Angel, if you ever get chilly, you can always sleep with me~." He held his sleeping bag open waiting for me to 'join him'.
"No way."
"Aww…" His eyes wandered over to Julius. "Oh, I see." Huh, what did he see? "We could all have a threesome if you want."
"WHAT?!" Both Julius and I yelled out at the same time, giving him looks of horror.
"What's wrong with the idea?"
"Oh my Lord, Mr. Monrey, please deal with him because," I held up my hand shielding my eyes from Ace, "I can't look at him the same ever again."
"Ace, go to sleep!"
"Wha? But—"
"SHUT UP, AND SLEEP, ACE!" Julius and I shouted at the same time. Wow, Julius and I really have a connection with one another when we're both annoyed with Ace. At least I'm not alone in my annoyance. I cried happily… not really, but still.
"You guys are no fun." Ace mumbled.
I laid on my back, observing the fabric of the tent's top. Julius had his back facing Ace and I.
"Angel? Why are you so far awaayy?" Ace whispered, finally taking notice of the huge amount of distance I put between us, I was only a foot away from Julius.
"Because of what you said. It was so wrooonngg."
"How could it be wrong, when it's so right!?" I noticed that Ace was scooting closer towards me with his sleeping bag. No, don't get any closer! Please!
I shivered, and scooted away from him, bumping into Julius. Crap. Julius slowly turned his body, and glared the most terrifying glare I've ever seen in my life towards Ace. Ace immediately scooted backwards towards the other side of the tent. I let out a sigh of relief, and then suddenly Julius's glare was trained on me. Sweat beaded on my forehead as my face paled, I slowly shrunk away from him. Scary… Julius is really scary when he's angry. This time I rested perfectly in the middle between Ace and Julius, but this time I didn't have to worry about Ace trying anything on me. I knew that he was just as terrified to move as I was.
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*Alice's POV*
She was stuck in the mansion with the twins while Blood and Elliot were out on a mission together. The twins showed her their 'treasures' of which she will not dare mention, but there was one that caught her eye.
"Dee, Dum, what's this?" She picked up a white handkerchief. She ran her fingers over the soft, silk. White roses with a hint of blue were embroidered on the edges. It seemed so familiar.
"Oh, that! We found that when we were chasin' out a trespasser!"
"Ha! Yeah, he didn't stand a chance! He was so scared 'o us I thought he was gonna wet his pants." Dum snickered. Alice frowned. There was another trespasser? She hoped he was able to get away, but when it came to the twins she knew he probably didn't make it.
The door opened behind them, revealing Elliot. "There you are." He immediately lightened up when he saw Alice. "Hey, Alice." Alice put down the handkerchief completely forgetting about it.
"How did the mission go?" Alice went out into the hall with Elliot. Not that she wanted to know what they did on the mission.
"It didn't go as well as planned."
"Actually it went better than I hoped." The Hatter appeared behind Elliot.
"Really, boss?"
Blood looked past Elliot, a look passing through his eyes that Alice knew well. "I found a new toy to play with."
Hope y'all liked the chapter! I gave you guys a mini glimpse at Blake's memories as a child. Haha, poor Blake. Ace is being such a perv! Glad Julius set him straight. ^^
Ace: What you mean that I'm a perv? *smiling*
Julius: *Julius appears behind Ace* Go... to... sleep..
Ace: *shrinks away*
Void: O.o ...scary... anyways please review! Any suggestions or comments you have on the chapter are welcome!
