Disclaimer 2: I do not own American Mcgees Alice
Chapter 5: Despair: Abyss Port
Despair was a depressing place to say the least. It reminded Alice of
the City of Pandemonium. People were mining at ever regenerating rocks
and carrieing huge loads into furnaces. Other people worked in shops with
cracked glass windows and broken signs. Nobles, dressed in the wear of
Elizabethan sailors walked through and stared snobbishly at the working
classes.
"Well, we better hire a transport" Knight sighed, staring around at
the misery of Despair.
"I recommend " A Worker smiled " Andy's abyss ambling service, me old
cousin" Alice thanked the Worker who merely grinned and returned to his
work.
Ten minutes later they were at the service, just at the edge of the
Docks. 'Andy' was a fat Troll with a bushy beard and lots of jewelry.
The resemblance to his cousin was...non-existant to say the least.
"Well I can give you the best ship you'll find, the Lost. But it will
cost ya" Andy's voice was a low growl. " I wouldn't mind that Jabberwock's
eye Staff and if you throw in the clock I'll give you a sailor's hat!"
"Fat chance, Blubberbelly" Cheshire retorted and hopped onto the desk.
"Well, no staff, no ship" Andy huffed. All five of them turned around
as the bell rang and a black bird dressed in Sailor's garb walked in.
"Andy!" The bird cawed "I want my ship back!" Andy seemed truely flustered
at this and proceeded to pull out a little scroll of paper and handed it
to the bird.
"Here the-the license to the Lost" Andy cowered. The Bird stared down
at the scroll and laughed.
"Thanks Andy" He laughed and strolled out. Alice followed him apprehensively.
"Um Mr Bird" She called. The Bird turned around and walked up to her
slowly.
"Me names Servan, Captain Servan. What do you want?"
"A passage to the Island of Fear" Alice told him. Servan stared at
her knife and grinned.
"Why of course" He said quietly. "We leave tommorow"
Alice lay in her bed, in the hotel room Servan had payed for. And thought of her former ordeal.
Tick tock tick tock...
Alice thought of her house, burning to a cinder.
Tick tock tick tock...
Alice thought of her parents screaming, the Red Queen ordering her death. The Hatter's taunts. The Jabberwock's accusations.
Tick tock tick tock...
Alice was standing on a clock face. She looked around at the symbols
surrounding the board. She looked at the sign of Feminine values, red with
horns on it. The Red Queen's symbol. Under the glass she saw the one hand
tick tock to the next symbol.
Immediatly the world swirled around her until she could see nothing
but darkness, surrounding her enveloping her. Ahead she saw the symbol,
it was blue and depicted a dagger with the blade pointing down. Alice looked
up and saw it, the dagger, plunging down into her heart...
Screams racked her mind, echoeing, mingling with bells and chimes
and roars and laughs and crackling. Alice heard all the sounds of Earth
and Wonderland, but most of all she heard her own scream. Let loose from
her blood soaked body.
Tick tock tick tock.
Alice woke with a start and signed out of the hotel.