Chapter 36: The End?
It was the start of a new day back from the adventures in Wonderland, and Dib and Zim were at the park looking for Alice and Bumpkin.
"Found her, yet?" Dib asked, popping his head out of the bush to look for Zim. Zim popped his head on out of the bushes. "Yes, I did find her. And now she and I are just hiding under these bushes trying to make out while you continue your search."
"You know a simple no would be nice."
"Well, maybe next time don't ask every five minutes." Zim said then Dib pressed his hand over his mouth. "Look..." Dib said then he was pointing at two bunny ears.
"Bumpkin. I know that's you."
Suddenly the rabbit made guinea pig noises.
"Rabbits don't make guinea pig noises." Zim said then Bumpkin popped his head out of the bushes. Alice then popped out as well, as she held her rabbit doll. The two boys walked towards her then Alice sighed.
"I wanted to say thank you both for saving my Wonderland."
"It's the least we could do." Dib said with a smile. Suddenly there was a taxi in front of the park. The two boys looked at Alice then she put Bumpkin down. "I'm leaving to go back to London..."
"What?" Zim and Dib both said then Alice nodded.
"Hopefully by the time we get there, Dr. Charles' 'puppets' would no longer twist the minds of innocent children into making them forget."
"Not to worry. I'll call my people and have them investigate and report the crimes they have done." Dib said then Bumpkin nodded. "Thank you."
He looked at Alice then smiled. "I'll be waiting in the cab to say your goodbyes." The white rabbit said then he walked and sat still next to a suit case. Alice turned her head to look at the two boys.
"You sure you and Bumpkin gonna be okay?"
"Hey, I had Bumpkin with me for five years. Of course he and I are gonna be okay." Alice answered with a smile then Dib looked down. Alice walked towards him and wrapped her arms around him into a tight embrace. "Thank you Dib... For being my friend and for always believeing in me." She said then she kissed Dib's cheek. Dib blushed then his heart raced. Alice turned to look at the Irken alien who had his arms crossed.
"I think I'm gonna miss you the most, Zim."
"Well, try not to miss me too much. Cuz the awsome and almighty Zim shall forget you once he is surrounded by other females."
Alice rolled her eyes then she kissed Zim on the cheek. The Irken blushed then turned his head and lightly kicked the dirt. When the two boys looked at Alice getting into the cab, she waved a final goodbye to her friends before the cab drove off.
"Do you think... We'll see her again?" Dib asked then Zim let out a sad sigh. "I'm sure we will... Someday." He answered.
In London, Alice held Bumpkin as they both headed through a tunnel. Suddenly when they came out of the tunnel, everything looked just like Wonderland, all nature but there was also buildings and statues.
"Ah, Alice... Can't go home, I see. Not that it matters... Only a very few find the way; and most of them don't recognize it when they do. Delusions, too, die hard. Only the savage regard the endurance of pain as the measure of worth. Forgetting pain is convenient. Remembering it, agonizing. But recovering the truth is worth the suffering. And our Wonderland, though damaged, is safe in memory...for now." A voice said then Alice smiled.
Five years have passed and Dib and Zim both grew up. Dib had a report from The Swollen Eyeball Network about the arrest of the psychiatrists who have been making children forget. Zim would often go to Alice's house that was abandoned and he would either clean the house or look around to see if there is anything special she would leave behind. Sometimes both boys would go in the house and just try to remember the years the two have spent their adventures with Alice.
"Do you think she will come back?" Dib asked then Zim took off his cleaning gloves and sighed. "She will come back someday..." Zim said then the two boys spotted a shadow that was in the shape of a rabbit. They both gasped and turned their heads. It was Bumpkin and he smiled at the two boys and quickly started running. The two boys ran out of the house and watched as the rabbit slowly came to a stop in front of a girl. She was about 5 feet and 3 inches tall, long black hair, emerald green eyes, and was wearing a indigo dress and a ribbon around her neck. The two boys smiled and headed towards her.
"Alice!" They both said then the girl smiled.
The End
AN:/ Hello, Roselia Lucia here, ending the story "Under the Hole of Doom"! :')
I wanna thank everyone who reads this story. Your reviews mean a lot to me and I hope you will continue to review more of my chapters please... .'