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oO~The Hero's Last Warning~Oo

Elliot walked through the halls, when he suddenly heard meowing coming from somewhere nearby. Making his way to the source, he saw that it was only to kittens, one brown, and the other white.

"Oi, cats!" Elliot called. "Stop it with that racket! You're being way too noisy!"

The white cat padded over to Elliot, holding a red ribbon in its mouth, as the brown one continued to meow and scratch the wall gently, yet urgently with its paws.

"What's this…" Elliot said as he took the ribbon and looked closely, only to realize that it belonged to Ada Vessalius.

"What have gotten planned for me today, Lottie?" Jack asked seriously.

"Aww," Lottie cooed, "But I just wanted to talk to you, Jack!"

'Damn, this isn't going to turn out well…they've already got me, Ada and Alice, so what are—wait, where's Cheshire?' Oz thought.

His eyes scanned around the area before resting on a black cat hidden behind the crates their backs were up against.

'Cheshire,' Oz said, 'I need you to cut all of of loose as fast as you can, alright? Start with Alice and Ada, then move onto me.'

Cheshire nodded as he stealthily made his way over to Alice.

"We're so sorry to disturb your day, Jack-sama," one of the men in maroon robes said sarcastically. He had lavender hair, gold eyes and a black tattoo on his left cheek.

"But we won't hurt you," the other said, "That is, if you cooperate." This man had spiky black hair, grey eyes, and his entire right half of his face was covered in a black tattoo.

Oz glanced over to the fourth figure in the room.

His face wasn't visible and nor did he say a word, but Oz felt a sense of recognition from this man.

"Ne, Jack," Lottie said, gaining Oz's attention once more, "don't you have something to tell me? Why don't we just talk?"

Lottie knelt down and grabbed Jack's face by his chin. "All we want to do is to make sure we can get to our goal." She licked the right side of his face.

Jack threw Lottie a disgusted glare.

Out of the corner of his eye, Oz saw his sister about to speak.

'Ada, don't you dare saw a word. These people will never hesitate to kill you, and right now, they are focusing on me, so keep it that way, it'll buy us some time at the very least,' Oz told his sister sternly.

Surprised and scared, she gave a subtle nod to her brother when she felt a tug on his bindings. She looked behind her discreetly and saw that Cheshire was loosening the ropes. She looked over at Alice from the corner of her eye and saw that even though her cords were cut off, she still played the part of being tied up by staying the same position she was in when she was really tied up.

"Hey kitties," Elliot said, "I just want to know where you owner and the intruder went. This is just a wall."

"If it's not the wall, then it's probably the candle holder," a voice said.

Elliot looked up from where he was kneeling to see Leo with a small bag slung over his shoulder. "Leo?"

"Maybe there' some kind of trick or something like that, at least," Leo said pulling the middle candlestick, automatically opening a passageway.

"See, just like that," Leo stated.

"W-What the…?" Elliot said, looking down into the tunnel, "What the heck is this?"

"It seems like this school once used to be used as a stronghold for prisoners," Leo said, "It must have been created by people long in the past."

"Well, then, what should we do?" Leo asked, already knowing the answer.

"You know as well as I do that there's no need to ask that question," Elliot told his companion as he looked down the tunnel with a determined expression.

"Ne, Jack," Lottie said sweetly, "Why are you so quiet?"

Jack just glared at the rose-haired woman.

"Aw, Why the face?" the rose-haired woman cooed mockingly.

'If I'm correct in my assumptions, then the other person over there must be Zai.' Oz thought. 'Wait, I'm getting off-topic. I need to concentrate on what to do after we're—wait, someone's coming…don't tell me that Elliot Nightray is going to try and act all high-and-mighty by challenging the Baskervilles? No one can be as stupid as that!'

Oz eventually tuned Lottie out as he continued to plan out everything, when he felt his bindings were gone. The gold-haired man gave a mental smile and a word of thanks to Cheshire through their mental link.

"Come now, Jack," Lottie said, "You know what we want to know, so out with it."

"That is if I cooperate, though I believe I shall not," Jack said as he grabbed Alice and Ada close to him and leapt up onto the top platform of a small staircase, Cheshire appearing behind them, still in his feline form.

Elliot and Leo hurried down the stairs as quickly as they could, when they heard Jack's voice.

"Exactly what do you want to know, Lottie?" Jack's voice said.

Leo and Elliot looked at each other for a moment before listening closely.

"Stop being so ignorant, Jack, it's not becoming of you," Lottie's voice said, "We're talking about the truth of the Tragedy of Sabrièl."

"What do you want to know about the Tragedy?" Jack asked. "You should have known all there was to it, seeing as you all had killed everyone without a second thought."

"It was the Baskerville's who'd done the mass massacre there," Lottie confirmed, "We killed quite the number of people."

"And do you know why you'd done this?" Jack asked. "Why Glen had ordered you to kill everyone?"

"I wouldn't know, Jack boy," Lottie answered lazily, "We only followed Glen-sama's orders."

"Hmph," Jack smirked ominously, "Just as I thought: you did everything there without know the reason why."

"Glen-sama's orders are absolute," Lottie explained, a malicious smile on her face, "Once the orders are given, everyone must obey, that's all."

"Now," Lottie said sweetly, "why don't you tell us where you've been for the last hundred years?'

"Not a chance, Lottie," Jack smirked.

"Hold it right there!" a voice called.

"Who is it?" Lottie shouted as she threw a knife in the direction of the voice, only to have it pinned in the wall behind Leo and Elliot who stood on the platform opposite Jack and his companions.

Alice and Ada looked at Elliot and Leo in shock, while Jack looked at them, outrage shining clearly in his visible eye.

"What are the both of you doing here?" Jack asked calmly, although he was practically shouting inside.

"Oh? Did someone get lost?" Lottie asked. "Mmm, I don't think so…"

"In order to fulfill the duties bestowed upon us, we'll capture the intruders," Elliot stated.

'Idiot,' Alice, Oz and Cheshire thought sweat-dropping.

"Jack-nii?" Alice whispered. "Don't you think we should do something before they start brawl?"

Jack gave a discreet nod. He whistled, gaining everyone's attention. Oz extended one hand with his palm facing the Baskervilles and a bright light erupted out of it, enveloping the maroon-robed figures.

"Hurry!" Jack called, "this way!"

He took Alice's and Ada's hands as Cheshire leapt on his shoulder and ran into another corridor, Elliot and Leo right behind them.

Elliot took out his sword and slashed it at a few crates and then ran to follow the others.

When the light died away, Lottie looked at the blocked corridor and only smiled.

"What do we do know, idiot?" the hooded figure asked.

A vein pulsed on Lottie's forehead. "We follow them, of course, Zai," Lottie answered.

"If we keep following this corridor, we should be out in a while," Leo commented.

Jack suddenly slumped to the floor, only to be caught by Alice and Ada.

"Onii-chan!" "Jack-nii!" both girls cried out, rushing to catch him.

"Are you okay, Onii-chan?" Ada asked.

"I'm fine, I'm just a little tired," Jack assured both girls, "That little trick and the other thing I'd done today just sapped me of a little more energy than I thought it would."

"That reminds me, " Elliot said, watching Jack stand up again and lean against the wall before standing up straight once more, "I have some questions to ask you when we get out of here."

"You may ask, but I'm not certain that I'll answer," Jack replied as he continued walking ahead with the girls behind him.

"He's weird," Elliot said to himself.

"That may be so," Leo said, popping up behind Elliot, "But I think that there's more to the story than what meets the eye."

"GAH!" Elliot whispered in surprise. "Don't do that!"

Leo only chuckled as they both jogged to catch up to the group ahead of them.

'Why does Ada call that guy "Onii-chan"?' Elliot thought as he walked, 'He's definitely not her brother…'

"Onii-chan?" Ada asked. "Why are they coming after you?"

"They were the people who sent me there ten years ago," Jack told his sister quietly, "They feel that I've caused a grave sin and I must repent for it. But the thing is, is that I don't know just what my sin was."

"Are you alright, Lottie-san?" the lavender-haired man asked.

"I'm fine," Lottie said, "but with a Nightray involved, this could pose quite the problem."

"What should we do?" the black-haired man asked.

"We just make sure we don't kill them," Lottie said, as though it were obvious.

A large shadow with glowing red eyes appeared behind the rose-haired woman.

Zai said nothing, but chose to watch instead.

The group of six walked into a room filled with ropes, sacks, and crates.

Just then, Cheshire began hissing.

Jack looked behind him as did Alice, and everyone else.

A Lion stepped out of the doorway and leapt over their heads, landing a few metres in front of them. It was then that they had a good look at the creature, realizing that it was no normal animal.

Pandora~Hearts

The lion had pale-white-pink fur, a dull grey mane, thin red wings protruding from its shoulders and a gold crown was perched on its head. It had blank white eyes and a gold medallion hung from a red scarf around its neck.

Pandora~Hearts

"I've caught up to you," Lottie said in a sin-song voice, leaning on the lion, "Isn't he cute, you can call him Leon, if you want to."

"A lion?" Leo commented softly.

"No," Jack said.

"It's a Chain," he and Alice said together, Cheshire mewed in agreement before hissing at the lion.

"Are you ready to talk yet?" Lottie asked as the lion advanced on them.

Elliot, Leo and Ada back away as Jack stood his ground.

"Not a chance," Jack smirked, "But have you met my friends? I don't believe that I've introduced you."

Lottie's smile froze on her face as she thought about what Jack said. Keeping her smile up she asked, "Then why don't you? I'm sure Leon will like a nice snack."

Oz glanced around and saw Zai sitting atop one of the highest pile of crates in the room, as the other two were behind Lottie.

"Alright then," Oz answered airily, "This is Alice and Cheshire."

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"Is he trying to get himself killed?" Elliot asked as he grabbed his sword and was getting ready to attack.

But he found himself held back by Ada and Leo. "What?" he whispered.

"Don't do anything," Ada pleaded, "Onii-chan knows what he's doing."

"I think we need to sit this one out, Elliot," Leo nodded, "You can fight them when they have a Chain on their side. Our best option right now is to trust this man."

Elliot only huffed in anger before sheathing his sword.

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Alice stepped up in front of Oz as did Cheshire after hopping off of the gold-haired man's shoulder.

Lottie laughed. "Is this it? Is this supposed to be frightening? Oh, I'm practically shaking!"

"I never said I was done with their introductions, now did I?" Oz asked rhetorically.

"B-Rabbit! Cheshire Cat!" Oz whispered stretching his arm out, palm facing the feline and girl.

Gilbert put a hand to his chest and clenched his fist when he felt a pulse run through him.

'What's happening?'

Artimora stodifia
Marta mia carpita

A bright red light enveloped the group of three.

Lottie and the other Baskervilles looked on in awe and fear.

Artiora stodamia
Cortiola castia

Elliot, Leo and Ada looked on in amazement.

Artiora stodamia
Cortiola castia

Numerous spear-tipped chains erupted from the light and formed what looked like a loose barricade around the source of the light.

Mortiasa mia canta (Adima) difia

Leon gave one last roar before disentigrating into dust and sparks. "Leon!" Lottie called out in horror as she tried to get to her Chain but was held back by the two Baskervilles behind her.

Sortimora (Camitita)
Sordifia (Martimenta)
Mortimia ii ora la casa sora mia ita sodi alma (Kasa)

"Lottie-san! No! You can't! He's already gone! I won't make a difference!" The lavender-haired man shouted over the loud howls of the wind as he shielded Lottie with his cloak.

Solta

The Light died away to reveal Jack kneeling with his left leg to his chest, his right leg touching the floor, his right hand in a fist over his heart and his left fist touching the floor by the knuckles.

Artimora stodifia
Marta mia carpita

Behind the gold-haired man was the B-Rabbit kneeling in the same pose, her chains around the trio like barricade. Cheshire also knelt, but a little off to the side of Oz.

Artiora stodamia
Cortiola castia
A-a-a-a-a-h

"The Blood-Stained Black Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat," Lottie breathed in awe, before smirking, as Jack stood up, "Well, well, well, we've been quite busy, haven't we, Jack Vessalius?"

Ada, Leo, and Elliot looked on at the gold-haired man and the creatures with definite shock apparent in their eyes.

"Ne, Jack?" Lottie asked. "You know where Glen-sama is, don't you?"

"Don't misunderstand, Lottie," Jack said, "I don't have any wish to speak with you."

"What is with you?" Lottie shouted, the last of her patience finally snapping. "Has becoming the 'Hero' gone to your head? I thought he was your friend! After that incident, the Vessalius family gained so much status and riches; you must have been overjoyed!"

Jack's eye snapped open, flooding with rage. "You think that I…You think that I killed Glen for fame and fortune? Is that what you're trying to say?"

Jack glared at the pink-haired woman.

Lottie shrunk back slightly.

"Listen well, Lottie, for I shan't warn you again," Oz said gravely, "Leave. For you cannot match up to the power of the B-Rabbit. I do not speak only to protect the one who once was my best friend. If you all are planning to do as you did one hundred years prior, then I shall once again become the blade which will vanquish the Reapers."

"Do as you wish," Lottie said turning around to walk away, but stopped, "But know this: no matter how many times you kill Glen-sama, it'll only take us that many times to find him again."

Jack's eye narrowed.

'How was that?' Oz asked.

'Mmm, just as we planned, though you might have wanted to avoid taking Lottie's Chain away,' Jack said.

'-shrug-it's her fault for calling him out,' Oz said, 'But we did say that we wouldn't be very merciful or none at all.'

Jack said nothing.

"Come," Oz said, "We need to get out of here as soon as we can."

And with that, they all began walking once more, too surprised to even speak.

It wasn't until twenty minutes later that they found the way out of the labyrinth.

Song:

Bloody Rabbit by Kajiura Yuki

Everytime You Kissed Me by Emily Bindiger

A bientôt,

TsukiyoTenshi