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Chapter 25: Twisted Wishes Part 1
Hatter and Alice wandered through the woods, Hatter groping at his chest where pain struck him every now and again. He needed to get them somewhere they could rest before nightfall. Somewhere that would temporarily delay the Jabberwock and/or Mad March from finding them, whichever came first.
The sun was getting lower in the sky and the pair of them were starting to grow more tired with each footstep.
The Jabberwock roared from somewhere nearby. Alice grabbed onto Hatter's arm; but quickly released his arm when she realized what she was doing.
"So what does this Jabberwock look like?" Alice asked, trying to deviate attention from her earlier actions.
"Trust me, you don't wanna know. It's darker than anything you could dream up." Hatter spoke.
He was lying; really, he'd never actually seen a Jabberwock. He'd only heard stories of it in passing.
A creature damned, like everything else, by the Queen of Hearts.
Alice shot him a look, which seemed to say that she still didn't trust him.
Hatter stopped walking and turned her to face him.
"Look, you're gonna have to start trusting me sooner or later. Preferably before we lose our heads." Hatter explained.
"How can you trust someone that doesn't always tell you the truth?" Alice retorted.
Their conversation was cut short by the vibrations from the stomping Jabberwock, lumbering towards them.
"Not entirely bad news for us; but—I'm assuming the secret has reached you?" Dormie asked.
Dodo smiled. "Of course."
Dodo stood, towering over Dormie, making him feel even smaller than he already was.
"And I was planning on using Hatter as bait, with the secret and the ring as leverage; but whoever's been helping Hatter has prevented that from happening." Dodo sneered.
Alistair stood in the corner of Dodo's office.
At that point in time, he was ridiculously overjoyed that his condition allowed him to be able to be here, unseen to Dodo and the Resistance. Overjoyed that only Hatter could see and communicate with him.
"So what do we do now?" Dormie asked in a quiet voice.
"Find Hatter and that oyster!"
"But what about Mad March? He'll destroy us before we even get to Hatter." Dormie explained.
Dodo aimed his gun at Dormie.
"P—Plea—don't d—d—do anything rash, Dodo. I can—help you." Dormie reasoned.
"You were supposed to keep a better eye on him. You were our best agent and you blew it." Dodo spoke quietly.
Dormie closed his eyes, waiting for the impact, as he heard a gunshot.
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