Prophecy Clock part III
Rabbit stared at the Ant.
"What do you mean?" Rabbit growled suspiciously. The Ant shuffled closer
to him, so close that Rabbit could see the scars on his face and the sealed
shut eye seemed like some horrible disfiguring lump on his skin.
"It is a long story about the Ant Queen" The Ant choked on his own
words and withdrew for a moment. Rabbit was interested now.
"You mean the Red Queen?" He asked "She is dead" The Ant shook his
head and laughed.
"No, the Red Queen put somebody in charge of us Ants, a great huge
thing she controls us, now that the Red Queen has died the LadyBugs are
attacking" The ArmyAnt grinned. Rabbit backed away again.
"And what do you want me for?" Rabbit whispered. The ArmyAnt gave another
raspy laugh.
"I need you to assasinate the Ant Queen!"
Alice, Cheshire and Hatter strolled through a menagerie of clocks.
"So what are we looking for Cheshire?" Alice asked. Cheshire shrugged.
"Symbols I suppose, trap doors, hidden buttons" They walked out into
the arena where Alice and the Hatter had fought. Alice walked round it,
looking out for any sign of a switch on the walls. Hatter followed, growing
increasingly nervous.
"Theres nothing here Alice, lets turn back" Hatter shivered Alice shook
her head.
"It is here somewhere" Alice whispered and paced about, suddenly her
foot caught something, a hissing sound filled the arena and pieces of the
clock began flipping up and forming into a spiralling staircase up, up
into the clouds. Hatter, Cheshire and Alice stood at the foot of the stairs.
Hatter shook his head.
"I am going, I can't do this" Hatter began to stomp off. Cheshire rolled
his eyes. Alice cried out.
"Hatter! We need you!" Alice called, it was no use, Hatter twisted
his walking stick and vanished. Alice and Cheshire slowly ascended the
steps until they reached a huge clock, symbols dotted around the edges,
Alice and Cheshire stepped on it and marvelled at the great hands. Alice
surveyed the signs. At the 12:00 there was instead, the symbol of female
values, with horns in red. The flag of the red queen, it was faded and
not glowing like the others. Next glowing more brightly than any of the
others was the symbol of the blue knife. Next was the orange symbol of
the bow and arrow, next still was the purple symbol of male values wrapped
in a spade, at four o clock, the symbol of the silver harp, five o clock
the symbol of the lightning bolt, at number six was a green hat symbol,
at seven a doll, next a house fly, at nine a Jabberwock, at ten the symbol
of Gemini and at eleven was something Alice found the most interesting
and terrifieing.
A fire.
Hatter arrived back at his own house panting for breath, MarchHare looked
up from his game of chess and grinned.
"Did it go well Hatter?" March Hare called out in a jovial mood.
"W-" Hatter was cut off by March.
"Good good very good, checkmate" Cried March, Hatter looked around.
"Who are you playing?" Hatter asked. March laughed.
"Why you!" March giggled "See I decided to continue for you why you
were away" March explained. Hatter was still confused.
"We were playing cards" Hatter told March. March grew a morbid look
on his face.
"Well, there was a last minute decision, sorry you weren't consulted"
March said in a very businesslike tone. Hatter got up and strolled away.
"I hope Alice and Cheshire are all right" Hatter told March, March
looked up suddenly.
"Did you leave them? In that laboratory!" March growled, Hatter nodded.
March nodded and looked down, his face then snapped up and he screamed.
"YOU IDIOT!" His mechanical claw swung, smashing the chess board to
pieces. "YOU LEFT THEM IN THAT PLACE!!!! YOU IDIOT!" He brought his fist
down on the table which split from side to side.
"Dormouse, get Gryphon, we are going to need some help getting them
out"
Alice and Cheshire were marvelling at the things when suddenly the hand
moved. The light from the blue knife faded as the hand turned to the bow
and arrow.
Far off, a being watched them.
"Hehehehehe" It snickered.
