A/N: Response time! And I do not own Resident Evil.
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J.L. Zielesch: Yeah, I couldn't help but use the Labyrinth referance. XD And I think Wesker could be a good David Bowie, too!
Ultimolu: That Wesker...he's just evil, no matter what universe he is in. XD And thank you!
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Thank you everyone for the reviews! I hope you stay stay with this story and enjoy it in coming chapters. Now, enjoy this coming chapter of "Welcome to Wonderland..."!
Welcome to Wonderland…
Chapter Nine: Barry to the Rescue!
Barry was curled up sleeping in a bush. The bush was actually where the group had came out of when they completed the labyrinth and since Barry didn't want to be seen, he just stayed there and slept. The only action he'd seen since Jill and Chris were gone was one of the goblins being thrown out of a window. Barry knew in his heart that he wanted to go check on the little guy to see if he was hurt, but in the end Barry grumbled an "Oh, fuck that…The bastard that guy works for turned me into a bear."-and decided to sleep in the bush till Chris came out of the castle, being that Jill was able to go home.
But Barry knew that the Goblin King would say no. He was a bastard in every way, shape and form. He probably even threw them into one of his dungeons and they were probably waiting for the Great Barry the Bear to come save the day. Barry sneezed at the idea and went back to sleep. Naw…those kids would be fine.
Then, as the sun was beginning to get into the bush and bother Barry, something zapped at his dreams, immediately jolting him and waking him up.
"My 'Stupid Morons are in Trouble senses' are tingling," Barry said, looking around the area. "Probably Chris got thrown into a dungeon…figures. But I have no idea where the dungeon is. If only I can find something that could give me his scent so I can find him."
Barry looked down at his paws and saw the compass that Chris used when they were getting through the labyrinth. Barry put his nose down to the compass and sniffed it, recoiled after taking one whiff of it.
"Oh yeah, he had that shoved down his pants before he even used it!" Barry shouted in disgust. "Well…it's better than nothing…"
Barry looked back down at the compass and took a few more sniffs. Then, he began to move on a trail to find the dungeon around the huge castle.
Jill was running down the hallway with her overgrown cat, Boots, in her arms. She had no idea why she was running, but continued to run. She slowed down to a walk and looked at the walls, realizing where she was at.
'Why am I in the R.P.D. building?' Jill asked herself. She looked down at Boots, who was sleeping peacefully in her arms. She smiled at her cat and nuzzled his back with her nose. 'I missed you so much, my wittle Bootsie."
Boots ignored her and continued sleeping. Jill chuckled and kept on walking. She took a turn down the hallway and saw the door to the S.T.A.R.S. office. She walked up to the door. After shifting her cat to one arm, she grabbed the handle and twisted the handle. It was unlocked. She pushed open the door and walked in, closing the door behind when she got into the office.
It was dead quiet inside. No one was there too. Even the lights were turned off. She walked over to the closest desk and set her sleeping cat down gently onto the surface. She walked over to the light switch and was about to flip the lights on, until-
"Hello Jill," a familiar voice said smoothly, startling Jill.
She turned around and saw Chris, the real Chris in his S.T.A.R.S. uniform, sitting at his desk. Jill smiled instantly at the sight of her partner. Finally! She wasn't in that storybook world anymore.
"Chris!" She said cheerfully, walking over to his desk. He stood up and hugged her once she made it close to him.
"Jill! Are you okay?" Chris asked, breaking from the embrace to move a piece of hair from her face.
"Yeah," Jill nodded. "You'll never believe the adventure I just had."
"I can't wait to hear it," Chris laughed.
She looked into his brown eyes and he looked into her hazel ones. Their faces getting closer to each other, almost touching, until-
"Good, now get up you two," Chris' voice switched to sound like Barry's gruff voice.
"What?"
"I said get up you two! Jill! Chris!"
Jill's eyes flew open. She felt a warm weight around her waist and saw Chris' arm wrapped around her.
"Chris…" She said quietly as she exhaled a breath.
"Hello, Jill! Look up at the window!"
Jill looked up over at the window and saw Barry's bear head looking at her. Never had she been so relieved in her whole life.
"Barry!" Jill looked over at Chris and shook him gently. "Chris! Chris, wake up. Barry's here to save us."
"No, mom," Chris said groggily. "I don't wanna go to school. Can't you see I'm hangin' with my-
"Chris!" Jill hissed this time, shaking him even harder. "Wake up!"
Chris' eyes shot open and he sat up in the cot. "Wha-?!" He looked over and Jill and smiled innocently. "Oh, hey Jill. I could've sworn you just said 'Barry's here.'"
"That's because I am here to save you," Barry said.
Chris jumped at the sound of Barry's voice and looked up at the small window.
"Barry! How did you find us?" Chris asked, fumbling out of bed and over Jill, for that matter.
"Well, I first smelt that compass that you had shoved down your pants," Barry said. "Then I walked around the perimeter of the castle till I caught your scent, which I found coming from this little window."
"You're more like a bloodhound than I bear if you were able to do that," Jill said as she crawled out of bed.
Barry shrugged and looked at her. "So I take it the Goblin King didn't help you."
"I'm still here, so yeah," Jill said. "But we'll tell you everything as soon as you can help us out of here."
Barry rolled his eyes. "But I wanted to hear it now…Alright fine."
"But, how are you going to get us out?" Jill asked.
Chris walked up to Jill and patted her on the shoulder. "Oh, don't worry about that. Barry has a very special way of getting us out."
Jill looked over at the window. Barry was gone. She looked at Chris.
"Um…where did Barry-"
"BANZAI!!!" Barry shouted. Something that felt like a mini-tremor or an earthquake came after and the sound of it seemed to come closer.
Chris tightened his grip on Jill's shoulder and ran to the other side of the room. Just as they made it to the other side, the wall where the window was crashed and caved in. Jill jumped at the sound of the wall breaking and turned around to see what had happened. At first, there was a large dust cloud where the wall was, but when it cleared, Jill could see a huge circular hole where she and Chris could escape. Barry was standing in the hole, shaking his fur furiously to get the dust out.
"Ugh…I haven't done that in ever," Barry said, almost sickly.
Jill ran over to the bear and hugged him like he was only a teddy bear.
"Thank you Barry!" Jill said cheerfully.
"No problem Jill, but you can let go of me."
Jill apologized and let go of Barry. Chris went through the hole and helped Jill out.
"But we need to get out of here and fast," Barry said, looking at the two. "Those goblins and their king must've heard the wall break."
"But how can we get out of here without going through the labyrinth?" Jill asked. "I'm guessing it's, like, five o' clock in the afternoon and if we get stuck in there when night comes, we're screwed."
"I know a way!" Chris exclaimed.
"Huh?" Barry and Jill said, looking at Chris in confusion.
"When I was here the first time, I found a secret underground tunnel that led out of here."
"Underground tunnel?" Jill repeated. This place is just becoming more and more confusing with each passing minute…
"Yeah! It's over by a rose bush. Which is…over there!"
Chris pointed over in the western direction. Jill had to squint her eyes just to see the lone rose bush that was surrounded by what appeared to be stink weed.
"What are we waiting for?" Barry asked before thundering over to the rose bush.
Chris took Jill's hand and chased after the bear. Jill, at first, stumbled to get into a nice stride and was nearly dragged by Chris.
"I don't want to go through the stink weed," Jill hissed.
"Oh, quit your bitching or we'll get killed by the Goblin King," Barry retorted.
"You gotta point," Jill growled.
Barry was the first to run through the stink weed and over to the rose bush. Jill covered her nose with her shirt as she and Chris ran through it to the bush. When they were next to the rose bush, Jill couldn't even see anything that might lead them to this 'secret tunnel'.
"Where is it?" Jill said. She heard something that sounded like a siren in the background, which meant that the goblins found out that they escaped.
Chris dug under the bush, regardless of the thorns, and found a large hole that could even fit Barry.
"Come on!" Chris shouted. "Just slide down this." He looked at Jill and smiled. "Ladies first."
"But what if-"
Barry interrupted Jill and nudged her into the hole. "Just get into the damn hole!"
Jill screamed as she fell into the hole and slid down. The slide seemed to be endless. But thankfully, she could hear Chris behind her yelling "Whee!" and Barry yelling at Chris to "Shut up or else they'll here us!" Jill wanted to laugh at the two of them, but felt her ass hit the ground hard on a flat surface.
She looked around where she was at. Thankfully, the long, stretching hallway was lit by torches. This must be the tunnel…
"Geronimo!" Chris shouted, before landing right on top of Jill's back.
"Sacagawea!" Barry shouted, landing on Chris' back.
"This is the tunnel!" Barry said looking around the area. "It sure is nice."
"Can't breathe…" Jill said, grasping at the dirt to try to pull herself out of the dog pile.
"Opps…sorry," Barry said, climbing off of Chris. Chris got off of Jill and helped her up.
"Where does this lead to?" Jill asked.
"To a river, all we have to do is go straight," Chris said.
"Alright," Barry said. "Lead the way Chris."
And Chris did. He led the trio through the long tunnel. Besides meeting up with the occasional bat, the group traveled the tunnel safely. Actually, the bats were very well-mannered Jill thought, even if it was…odd that they were wearing bow-ties, top hats and drinking tea from cups.
Once they got out of the tunnel, the now beginning to set sun hit them like a brick wall. After adjusting to the light, Jill looked around the area. The group exited from a cave and was now alongside a flowing river. The river was wide and was relativity calm. The trio walked to the riverside and sat down in the grass, looking at the river.
"So…now what?" Jill asked.
"Huh?" Chris said, looking at the woman.
"How the hell am I going to get home now?" Jill asked.
"Not with the help of the Goblin King, that's for sure," Barry said jokingly.
Jill wanted to laugh but couldn't find it in her heart to. She sighed and rested her head on her arms. Barry's ears dropped sympathetically.
"Sorry…" He said quietly.
Chris placed a comforting hand on Jill's shoulder and smiled at her. "Don't worry…we'll find a way, somehow."
Jill placed her hand over Chris'. "I hope so…"
The trio sat in silence for a few moments, looking at listening to the sound of the water. Barry's ears perked forward and his eyes brightened. He looked at Jill and Chris cheerfully.
"I know!" Barry said excitedly. "Fight the Goblin King. Challenge him to a duel!"
"What?" Jill asked.
"We'll find Enrico, the singing sword, the most powerful sword in the land!" Barry shouted, standing up to his feet.
Jill's heart lifted at the name. She smiled at Barry. "Enrico the Singing Sword?" she said, trying not to laugh at the name.
"I've heard of it before," Chris said. "He has an amazing singing voice and can slay even dragons. But lately, all he's been singing is songs that include the words "Truly Outrageous" and "Jem".
"You mean songs from that one '80's cartoon "Jem"?" Jill asked.
"What's a cartoon?" Chris asked.
"But!" Barry's voice rose, grabbing the attention of the two. "But…I don't know where he is. Some say he's locked away in a tower guarded by an evil dog. Some say he's been lost through time."
Jill's hope immediately shattered after what Barry said.
"But…what if we find someone who might know?" Chris asked.
Barry shrugged. "That might work."
"But who to ask?" Jill asked.
"Witches!" Chris blurted out. Jill and Barry looked at him in confusion. "Witches are smart."
"Yeah, and dangerous!" Barry pointed out. "Are you nuts? They're just as bad as the Goblin King!"
"We might meet a nice one," Chris said.
"Oh, and monkeys will fly out of my-"
"Ouch! Stupid potion!" Someone shouted. The voice sounded like a young girl's and came from down the river.
"A witch!" Barry hissed.
"Let's go check it out!" Chris said, getting up and running down the river towards the voice.
"Chris! Wait!" Jill shouted. But he was already gone. She looked at Barry. "Should we go help him?"
"Yeah…we don't want him to twist his ankle or anything," Barry grumbled.
Jill nodded and the two ran down the river to catch up with Chris.
