The hand was grabbing at DG, and only DG. Zero stepped thru and reached for her. She ducked out if his reach and stood between him, her friends, and her family.
"Get away from us." She spat. She was no longer afraid of him, because something else had replaced that fear.
"Well, well. Look who grew a spine. Just so you know, I enjoyed hearing you scream." He sneered at her and winked.
"I've never screamed because of you." Her head started filling with a fog.
"Oh, but I have made you scream. Don't you ever wonder what became of the handsome man who you loved three years ago?"
DG gasped, and her head filled with more fog. "How do you know that?" She whispered, not sure if he had heard her.
"How else? How else would I know that you looked so cute in that little blue and white checked dress of yours? Or how innocent you looked with your pig-tails? Or that you hate the police man because the only reason he gives you tickets is because you hit his mailbox with your bike?"
"You. You're him," she came to a horrible, head clearing realization. She dropped the knife and reached around to Wyatt's hip, grabbing his gun. She aimed it at Zero, cocking the pistol.
"You won't do it." He was laughing at her. "You still love me, and you know it."
DG squeezed the trigger, hitting him in the knee. "You don't know me." She whispered. "And I love my Tin Man." She turned to one of the guards that had entered her room. "I want him in a suit, locked in a cell, with two guards at all times, understand." The picked up Zero and dragged him out of the room. She put the gun down on the table and turned to face Wyatt, "Now where were we? Oh, yes." She took a flying leap and landed in his arms, smothering his lips with hers. She pulled away and hopped down.
"DG, can Raw fix your hand? I don't want you to be in pain." She looked down at her hand and realized the magnitude of the injury the knife had bestowed upon her. Before she could scream, Raw was at her side healing her. When he was done, she hugged him, and walked over to the two newest members of her family.
"May I make introductions?" Alice and Hatter nodded, and she began. "Wyatt Cain, former Tin Man, current general and love of my life." Wyatt nodded politely. "Jeb, his son. First official member of the new Tin Men." Jeb followed his father's lead. "Ambrose or, as we like to sometimes call him, Glitch, advisor to the crown, brilliant, most of the time."
"Hey!" Ambrose pretended to be offended.
"Raw, wonderful seer." Raw shyly nodded. "And my father, Ahamo. For you," she tapped Alice on the shoulder, "tin man, son of the tin man, the scarecrow, the lion, and the wizard." Alice's face cleared of confusion,
"You failed to mention who they are, honey, although, I assume she is from our side."
DG nodded. "She was. But she went thru the looking glass, followed the white rabbit, and brought down the house of cards."
Her father's face smiled. "Hello, Alice. Pleasure to know that our story wasn't the only one that was based on reality. But I fail to see who you are."
"Hatter. And you know about Wonderland?" Hatter cleared his throat and stood up a little straighter. DG saw the books Caterpillar gave her the ground and bent down to see what they were. As she straightened she showed Hatter the book. He cleared his throat and read, "Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass." She tossed the other book to Wyatt he read the title."The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? What are these?"
"Books from our side." Her father answered. And the rest of the evening was spent explaining what had happened to them in their world, Wonderland, and the stories that they had read as children. The entire time all DG could think about was her hand in Wyatt's and when their room was vacated, DG pulled him into their room.
"I have been away far too long, Tin Man." She smiled coyly at Wyatt. He caught on quickly and picked her up, walking her into their bedroom and placed her on their bed. The rest of the night was spent with the two of them wrapped in each others arms.