"Jeb? JEB!" She cried out for him. He turned and looked curiously at the mirror.
"What? How? Where?" Jeb stuttered, but stood and walked towards the mirror all the same.
"Jeb, where is your father?"
"Out looking for you, your majesty." He straightened.
"Jeb, I thought we were friends. If you want a formal title, call me mother, otherwise its DG." He smiled and nodded.
"Where are you? Who are those people?" He took another step towards the mirror.
"Friends. I've found a way home. Are you all safe?"
"Yes, but DG, where are you?"
"Tell my father that I went thru the looking glass. He'll understand." Jeb nodded. "Tell your father I love him."
"He knows."
"Just tell him."
"All right, mother." He smiled.
"Thank you, stepson." She took her hand off the mirror and turned around.
"You never told us you were a queen!" Alice stared at her. DG shrugged. Then Caterpillar spoke.
"I take it you know the person that brought you over here? His name is Zero, the Queen of Hearts new favorite assassin." She nodded and told her story to him. While she spoke, they started walking again. This time to a new mirror. This one was encased in a large machine.
"I thought the queen shut this down." Hatter gasped.
"Fake." Caterpillar turned it on. "DG, all you need to do is think of home. You will be fine. I take it that these two will be going with you."
"If they want." They both nodded.
"THERE!" They heard Zero screaming for them to stop. Caterpillar pushed them towards the machine.
"What about you?" DG touched his arm.
"Go. I have my ways of escaping. Just go." Caterpillar handed her two books she hadn't seen before and pushed them into the machine. The same swirling vortex of light from earlier surrounded them as they were forced out of the mirror. The three of them landed in a heap on a very familiar floor. Hatter got up first and cleared his throat, Alice got up next and held her hand down to DG, who took it. That was when she saw them. Her family standing there looking at the group.
"Hello, Wyatt." She smiled and took a step towards him.
"They're coming for us." Alice put a hand on her arm. DG turned to face the mirror. Why hasn't it closed yet?
"Right." She broke her gaze with her husband and the three turned to the mirror.
A knife flew thru and DG ducked to the side and grabbed the handle with her hand. She felt the blade slice her palm, followed by the blood heating her hand. Next a black suit emerged from the mirror. Hatter easily knocked him unconscious, and Alice pushed him back into the mirror.
"A Suit. Looked like a 9 to me." Alice nodded in agreement. But then a hand reached thru, and DG would recognize that hand anywhere.
