As Georgia falls to the floor, a strange feeling opens up in the pit of Alice's stomach. It's hard to describe exactly what it is, only that she doesn't like it. The Rabbit scoops her best friend up and hoists her over his shoulder, carrying her out of the room without a word. Alice's accusing eyes follow his tall, muscular figure. If he's going with Georgia, who's going with her? That question is answered for her, though, as the small girl wrapped in bandages steps forward and waves

"Hi, Alice!" she says and Alice uncertainly raises her hand in response. The girl beckons to her with a tiny finger and twirls round, beginning to walk out the same way Rabbit did. Alice begins to follow her, putting one foot in front of the other despite her growing feeling of unease. As she leaves the room, stepping into the long, cold corridor, the ghoul with red eyes walks in front of her, looking down the corridor then back at her.

"What did you do with him?" He asks the confused student

"Who?"

"Daniel. Where did he go?"

Alice looks back into the room where they all were, only to find the weeping figure of her friend gone. She turns back to the ghoul, a grimace on her face.

"Is this some kind of joke?" She asks accusingly "Cause if it is, it's not funny"

The ghoul just shakes his head and begins to walk away "I'll sound a general alert" he tells the girl, as casually as he would announce the time of day. The girl nods and continues walking, beckoning Alice along. As they make their way down the corridor, she turns back to look at her.

"You don't seem very concerned about Shrike, Alice"

Alice shrugs

"I'm not. I'm more worried about Georgia. The Rabbit guy's a dick"

The bandaged girl lets out a little giggle

"Yeah, but he won't hurt her. Trust me"

"It's slightly hard to do that when I don't even know who you are" Alice tries, hoping to get at least some information about her new companion. She doesn't think it'll work, but to her surprise the girl answers with another giggle

"You can call me Eto," she says "I already introduced myself to Olly"

Alice furrows her brow for a second, then realises that Olly wasn't with them

"Where is he, anyway?" She asks

"Oh, around" Eto replies absently, then resumes her over-enthusiastic flow of speech "But I wanna hear about you. Why do you hang around with those guys? You clearly don't really like any of them"

Alice looks at the ground, struggling to maintain her uninterested tone of voice

"It's just because of Georgia, really," She says "I want to make sure she's okay"

Eto nods "A noble gesture. You know, Mason has the highest Rc count of you five, but you're a close second. If you really want to make sure Georgia's safe, there's a spot in Aogiri for you"

Alice stops walking, suddenly feeling very cold. They want her? The feeling is strange, but not entirely unwelcome. Her face doesn't change and her voice remains flat, though.

"Maybe," she says with a shrug "I've just got some things to work out first"

Eto nods and carries on walking "I understand, but this offer won't be around forever"

Suddenly, the little girl turns and stares right at Alice, a eerie red glow under the bandages over her eyes.

"But if you aren't with us, you're against us" She warns, her voice suddenly extremely serious. Alice gulps and follows her around a corner, arriving at a large steel door. Eto gestures to it

"There you go," She instructs, her voice light and friendly again "In the alley out there you'll find a bag. It's got some money, food, and addresses of useful people you'll want to make friends with."

Alice looks down at her, confused "You're letting me go?"

"Yep. You're nowhere near the risk the others are. I know you won't tell anyone about this and I've got a feeling you don't want to go back to England"

"How did you know?"

Eto taps her head and giggles "Intuition. Now get going. We know how to get to you if we need you, so don't bother trying to find us"

Alice nods and heads for the door, pushing it open and emerging into a dark, gloomy alley. She looks back for a moment and Eto waves before slamming the door with a bang. She sighs, looking around her and finding a black duffle bag on the floor. Or rather, the bag calls to her. She doesn't know what's inside, but it's the most delicious, succulent aroma she's ever smelt. Running over to her gift, Alice tears it open, not bothering with the zip, and shrieks at the contents.

The bag is packed full of human flesh.

Sweating, Alice stays for away from the cursed container, ignoring her stomach. How could something so horrific smell so sweet? So, so sweet...

Her resistance crumbling for perhaps the first time ever, Alice pounces on the bag and grabs the first clump of meat, shoving it down her throat with no hesitation. So warm! Her mind goes blank as she gorges herself, her eyes flooding with blackness defined by the bright red veins. She's so engrossed in feeding that she barely even notices the sword that impales itself in her back.

Alice stops and stands, looking at the sword's tip as it rudely protrudes from her chest. She casually wipes the blood away from her chin and looks over her shoulder at the two men.

"Stay exactly where you are," The first investigator says "Don't move a muscle" Alice obeys, noticing that he's unarmed. It must've been his sword that he so impolitely threw into her, then.

"What's this all about, investigators?" She asks innocently as she feels the energy from her food come flooding back into her body, making her smile.

"Now, I'm not sure if things work this way back in England, ghoul," The second man says, his finger itching on the handle of his briefcase "But here we take you in for questioning and eventual execution. Or, if you prefer, we can just end this right here. What's your choice?"

Alice sighs, her confident exterior masking her inner worry. Without thinking, she reaches out with her mind and her kagune explodes from her lower back, two sparking tails that slide through the air as easily as a fish through water. They cut through the men's necks so quickly there is no blood, just the soft thump of heads hitting the floor. Remaining silent, Alice pulls the sword straight out of her, only wincing a tiny bit. She drops it, almost welcoming the clang when it hits the ground.

"So that's what I can do" She says to herself as she brings the blade-tipped tails round to face her, always pulsing with an eerie blue glow. She smiles and takes the duffle bag, running up the building and into the night.