The sweet foreigners hand grabbed the knob that belonged to the Hatter's room door. While Elliot was behind her, he had a face similar to hers when she first how Wonderland changed.
Alice slowly opened the door.
"I've been expecting you young lady," A cold, distant voice spoke.
The maiden could hear the Hare gulp in fear for what was going to happen next.
Blood was standing by the window, he was staring outside so Alice couldn't see his face yet. He wore similar clothes to what he wore in the country of Clovers. Black everywhere but some stains of red, most possibly blood. His hat's design changed as well. Instead of the shapes hearts, spades, diamonds, and clovers, on the top, it had skulls and the once lovely roses looked dried up and torn.
"Elliot, you may leave the room now, and make sure the twins don't interrupt the young lady and I while we have our talk." Blood ordered.
Elliot looked at me with a worried face. She was glad he still cared for her after everything that happened. Alice gave him a slight smile that said 'I'll be fine'. Elliot did as Blood said and exited the room.
Blood turned around and started at her with such empty eyes. He had a huge scar on his face at his right cheek and had extremely pale skin. He started to sit down on the couch and started to speak to her, "please sit young lady. I'm sure you have many questions."
Alice hesitated at first but did as he said. The foreigner remembered the last time she was her and it was not pretty. It was when she said her final good-byes. She rejected him when he confessed he loved her...Her reply was that she was in love with Peter, but still had to go back home to her sister where she belonged.
"Aren't you going to ask a question?" Blood smiled.
Alice knew him being nice was just an act, but to she just played along. "Yes I am; Elliot told me that you knew what happened to Wonderland and how it changed. I want you to tell me."
His smile looked like a psychopaths, "before I answer that question, you need to know that everything comes with a price young lady. And the price to the answer well be very high."
"And what will that be," she regret asking already.
"You'll find out while I tell you what happened," another sinister smile was shown, "I gave you your last warning, do you still wish to know?"
Alice's heart beat was going faster and faster, she turn slightly pale and felt like throwing up. Curse her curiosity, but she would do anything to know what happened. "...Yes"
"Very good," Blood started to get up the couch and reach his way up to the door. "Aren't you coming?"
"Where to?"
"To the truth of course,"
The foreigner got up and started to follow.
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So many things were in Peter's mind as he and Julius was running towards the Hatter's Mansion.
What if Alice got eaten by the plants, or kidnapped by a faceless, or attacked by another role-holder, or even killed...No...He had to stop thinking about those things. She was alive, he could feel it.
"Stay focused rabbit," Julius woke him up from his thoughts.
"If you payed better attention to Alice this would have never happened," he shot the words at him.
"I told you I was sorry, and besides. In my defense, the longer she would have stayed with me the greater the chance she would have found out the 'thing' about me."
"Save your excuses for later...We're here..."
Peter had to find out a way to get in there and get Alice back without getting caught, but that would be hard because of the high security they had. The last spy that tried to sneak in literally got vaporized just trying to get past the gate..
"Look brother, it's the rabbit and the clock-maker," a child's voice said.
"S**t, we already got caught." Peter cussed.
"What should we do to them brother?" the red wearing twin with an eye-patch over his right eye asked.
Many months ago, the Cheshire cat stole his eye to replace his when he battled the knight of hearts.
"I don't know brother, maybe we should cut them limb from limb and play with their organs. I haven't killed someone since a few time-periods ago plus I'm really bored." The other twin suggested.
"Good idea, I always hated the rabbit and the clock-maker was always on my to-kill list,"
The twins held their axes for battle as Julius and Peter did the same. One thing for sure...Someone was going to die after the battle was over...
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Alice had no idea that Blood had an underground system underneath his mansion. That or maybe he had made it during her absents.
They were walking somewhere with only torches as their source of light. It was cold and damp, the smell of blood and rust was everywhere. This was a great place to kill someone. The thought of that sent shivers to her spine.
"Where are we going?" she asked.
"Like I said before, to she the truth." Blood said.
"I want a specific answer Blood," the maiden bravely complained.
"The place where this whole incident began, how Wonderland became how it is today," he still didn't give her the answer she was looking for. "Where we are right here is an underground railroad that connects to all the territories. Although we can't go to the others without getting their permissions first, also only leaders of a territory knows about this place. But for me it is completely useless. It closed when everything started to change. Luckily for me I was the only one that found out what happened."
Alice could see Blood hesitating to say anymore. Alice began to feel more uncomfortable in here. Whatever that caused Wonderland to turn into h**l must have been just horrifying if it made the Hatter like this.
Suddenly a great blow of wind appeared. The torch's flame went out and everything was pitch black. "Blood! Blood where are you Blood?!" Alice yelled. She wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
"This is as far as I go Alice, after you pay the price for wanting to find out the truth, then I shall come back to get you," those were the last words before everything went silent.
"Blood! What is the price?! Where did you go!? Come back over here! Hello?!" Alice screamed, she could feel something...Evil...Demonic...Terrifying was coming her way. Was she gonna die, trying to save Wonderland?
Dark, alone, and a price to pay...Alice wasn't sure what was going to happen, but she knew that after this, a lot of blood was about to come.
I'm not dead guy. Also sorry for the long wait, I hope you liked this chapter. Please review. And thank you to everyone who helped stop SOPA, you rule! In your face government. Till next time :D
