I am soooooooooo sorry for the wait! I had lost my internet for a whole two weeks! So the only thing I could do for this story is to write the chapters, but I wouldn't have been able to update it! But now I have it back, so here is the next chapter.

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His shirt was being torn off. Not that it was hard to do, considering it was already falling apart. His face was stained with his tears and his body was stained with his blood. That wasn't the worst of it. When he thought back, getting his markings was the most painful thing he could think of. Second to that was being tortured with his markings. Only one person knew how to do it. He had thought this person to be dead. But from where he was, that man didn't seem so dead anymore.

He could feel his own body shacking in pain and fear. His eyes were closed and he could feel somebody redrawing his markings. Only a few, but that was all it would take. Even so, whatever they do, he will not give in. He had put up with the pain once before and he could do it again.

Or so he hoped.

His eyes snapped open as he heard the door creaking open. He was hoping against hope that it was his friends, come to save him before everything began. But disappointment bloomed in his stomach as the Red Queen walked through the door. She was probably here for the sick entertainment of watching him go through pain. It wasn't out of character for her to do that. His eyes met her's for a few moments, before his went back to the ground.

"How the mighty have fallen." She taunted, walking ever so close to him. "Do you regret crossing me yet, little rabbit?" she grabbed his chin, lifting his head so he would have to look into her eyes. He saw what he expected to. Pure evil.

He managed to crack a grin as he answered, "Never." A hand made contact with his face, the sound echoing in the small room.

"Oh, you shall regret ever saying that. By the time this is done you will be looking back on your life, wondering why you ever betrayed me." He turned his head back to her, still that same smile on his lips. Two could play this game she has started. And he intended on winning.

"When I look back on my life, I will be satisfied that I died without giving you any information." The next thing he saw was the Queen's retreating back. She went over to a chair, sitting down and probably intending on watching him tremble in pain.

"We shall see about that." That was most likely her final word. Zevran went to stand next to the witch. His eyes went back to the ground. It had been tiring enough with having to get in and out of the palace without being noticed, but now he simply wished to be in a soft bed so he could sleep for eternity.

"Now, my pet. Tell us what you know." Denarius asked. He answered by spitting on his face. Denarius sighed, wiping the spit of his cheek with the back of his hand. "That was not the answer." He said as he conjured a spell. Suddenly the markings that were drawn on started turning red and his skin started Burning.

Yells and screams erupted from his throat. He struggled in his bounds, trying his hardest to get out. But it was all in vain as the binds just got even tighter on his wrists and ankles. Then it all suddenly stopped. He gasped for breath, trying to regain himself from his laps in control. His throat stung and his skin burned.

Yep. Just like old times.

"Now let me ask again-" Denarius tried, but was interrupted.

"NO!" He yelled, although it made his throat sting even more. He coughed, increasing the pain.

"Wrong answer!" Then it came again. He would not make it through this alive, he knew it.

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They were planning. All of them, sitting in a circle, with a map in the middle. This was the map White Rabbit had aquired of the Red Queen's palace, before he had gotten captured, that is. Now, she could have said they were working as a team to try and get Rabbit back, but she would be lying. In truth, it was more of a game of 'whose plan is better'. They were behaving like small kids. While it was nice they were spotting all the flaws in the others plans, they needed to stop self promoting there own.

"Uhh..." They keep't ignoring her, like she wasn't there. But this was to be expected, she was pretty new to the gang. Even though it was to be expected to be ignored, she still didn't tolerate it. "Shut it!" She yelled. Everyone finally stopped talking and looked to her. "OK, now, stop arguing! The longer we spend here debating which plan is better, the more time White Rabbit has to spend in that castle, going through whatever punishment the Red Queen see's fit. Now I want to know who knows the Red Palace the best." Cheshire whistled.

"Your pushy." Cheshire sighed. "Why is everyone always so serious? I would just like one person that I can take to my bedroom and have a good time-"

"Stop!" Red interrupted. He turned his head to Ferren. "I would know the castle best. Ask what you want to know." She thought about it, looking at the map, then began asking questions.

"Whats the main thing stopping us from getting into the palace?" Red pointed to the map on, what looked like, a garden of hedges.

"The Maze of roses. It is impossible to get through, unless you know where the exit is. And as a plus, the Queen has several groups of guards patrolling the grounds night and day. To get through it, we would need a map of it, as well as knowing where the guards are going to patrol, and at what time."

"K, so we need someone that can see where the guards are, without them seeing that person."

"I think I can manage that." Cheshire said, shrugging. Ferren nodded.

"Good. And we've already got the map. What else is there?"

"Well, there's getting in the castle that might be difficult. After all, ever since the Red Queen got the crown, she increased the amount of guards everywhere. I heard from Hatter that she also has guards at every door." Red said. This was going to be harder then she though.

"Is there any way to get in without being seen?" Red nodded.

"There are some secret tunnels under the castle once we get out of the Maze, but the Red Queen might know about them. There's a big chance that she could have even more guards down there." She looked at the map for a bit longer, before coming up with an idea.

"Maybe we could make a distraction. Like... an explosion. That would surely raise some alarms, and the Queen herself might be tempted to look at what was going on if the explosion is big enough."

"It's a good idea, but likely hard to do. Since when do we have explosives?" Caterpillar asked. Right, they must not have anything. That was a waste of a good idea. Well, she was gonna have to think something else up. The tweedle twins looked at each other and smiled. They both stood up.

"Give us a day and we'll have the thing you need." They said. She looked to the rest of them.

"Do we have that much time?" Red shook his head.

"Like I said, we don't have that much time to do this in the first place. We would be even more late if we waited to do it."

"What if they met us on the road?" Caterpillar suggested. "We move out today and they go get the explosives. If they take a curtain route, they could get to us in no time." The twins nodded.

"It would work ever better," Bethany started.

"If we left right now." Carver finished.

"And you can tell us your plan once we meet up again." They said together. It was overall there only option.

"OK, you two go. But be careful." Ferren warned.

"Don't get eaten by anything!" Caterpillar added.

"And don't get caught." Red said.

"Have fun!" Cheshire finished. With a nod, the twins left for the older people to make there game plan. "So, how are we going to do this?" Cheshire asked.

"With strategy." Ferren looked down at the map, looking at every entrance to the castle. "If we make the explosives go off over here," She pointed to the main entrance, "Here," the side door, "And here," and the servants quarters.

"Most of the guards will be drawn to that location." She nodded at Red.

"That will help us get into any entrance we please easily."

"There's just the matter of picking one." Caterpillar said.

"Right. Where was White Rabbit taken to?" Red pointed to a small room underground.

"The torture room. I think I know which room it would be, as well. The nearest Entrance would have to be the one here, near the servants quarters. We can move straight to the stairs leading there. It will be easy. And then all we need to do is take down whatever guards may be left after the distraction and make our way to this room. That's the room where interrogations are held, to get everything out of the victim, but overall kill them afterwards. To the victim it would have been seen as a mercy." Everything that could have already happened to White Rabbit flashed in her head. She didn't want to think about it.

"Right. Is there anyone in particular we need to look out for?"

"Well, if that wasn't obvious enough already." Caterpillar started. "You don't remember? The one we need to look out for is Zevran Aranai, the Queen's lapdog." He sighed. "He used to be so different. Shame, really." They were making her more and more curious.

"Why do you guys keep saying stuff like that? Was he on your side before?" They all nodded. "What happened?"

"Now, now, Sweet thing. You do know curiosity killed the cat? And I'm not sure I want to die right now. I've still got so much to live for." Cheshire said.

"It's kind of ironic that that saying would be used by a cat." Caterpillar commented.

"Oh, shush."

"Anyway!" Red interrupted. "We have our plan. We need to get moving." They both rolled there eyes.

"No need to be so pushy." Cheshire said before she disappeared.

"Don't get your knickers in a knot, were moving, were moving." A giggle made it's way out of her mouth. Caterpillar winked before hoping off the mushroom.

Red got up. "Those two..." He said under his breath, before shacking his head. He offered her a hand up, like the perfect gentleman he was. She took it. "Well, lets get moving. Not that I think they'll leave without us. They won't go anywhere without there fearless leader." She raised an eyebrow at him.

"You would talk so highly of yourself?" He smiled at her.

"No, my dear. I was talking about you." Her eyes widened for a few seconds before going back. "Come on. Lets go rescue a Rabbit." He said as he jumped off the mushroom. She followed after him.

"Yes, lets."

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They have the plan and now all they have to do is travel the distance and pray that this actually works! Hehe. Sneek peek for the next chapter, "You know, everyone here has a nickname that sorta tells a bit about them. Why is your's Red?" That's all I'm saying!

Hope you enjoyed! See you in a few days, give or take.