Chapter 4
An: A huge thanks to Spectra, Libby, and Bubbles of Doom, for reviewing the last couple of chapters, and for their reviews. You guys ROCK!
Disclaimer: I don't own them.....
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"How do you know we've been eaten?" Alice demanded.
"How many animals or other things do you know of, that have a strange gurgling sound going on, and are extremely sticky and wet?"
"Um, not very many. But that still doesn't mean we were eaten!"
"Trust me we were. Stomach acid..... Is eating through my clothes."
The Blue Rabbit, decided to speak up. He had been listening to the two talk for some time now and was getting quiet bored.
"Of course we've been eaten! What did you think? That we would come in here without being hassled?"
Alice turned on the Blue Rabbit. Her eyes were flashing again, this time with anger. Nny knew from personal experience that you should stop talking when you see her angry. He just didn't stop talking; he enjoyed pissing her off. He found it funny.
He sat down on a large squishy red intestine, and watched in fascination as Alice approached the Blue Rabbit. The Blue Rabbit figuring that danger was near, began to hop backwards. He managed to get himself cornered into a wall.
"You, knew that we were going to get eaten, and didn't bother to tell me?"
"Y-y-e-ss," Blue Rabbit answered in a shaky voice.
"Why?"
"Because I thought you would figure it out, because you are so smart. Much smarter than Nny."
"Nice try, Rabbit. Compliments and flattery won't get you out of this one. And as for the being smarter than Nny, anyone is smarter than he is."
Taking offense to this, Nny took out his spear. The thought of killing Alice crossed his mind, but then he remembered the pain he was in earlier, and thought better of it. He decided he would attempt to kill her later. He began to poke his spear around the things body. He jabbed the things' side several times.
Finding that it was fun he continues to do ti. He began to jab harder and harder. A giant rip was heard and a howl of pain. Nny jumped back and nearly dropped his spear.
"It wasn't me. I didn't do it. It happened all by itself," Nny said.
Alice looked at him, then at the hole in the side of the thing that had eaten them. She grabbed Nny's spear and made the hole wider. Soon the hole was big enough for her hand to fit out of it. She threw Nny's spear into the blood, and acid; she drew her vorpal blade. Nny, having growing fond of this new toy, reached into the stomach acid. He pulled his spear out and held it close to his chest as if cradling a baby.
Angry, Nny, took his spear and rammed it into the hole Alice was working on enlarging. He felt himself falling through the air, and he landed on the ground with a loud thud. He stood and looked at Alice.
She jumped down, holding the Blue Rabbit by the ears. The Rabbit was trying to squirm out of her grasp, but to no avail. She held onto him with a firm grip. Nny looked at the giant hole they had made, and saw that the beast was a giant moose. The moose was stumbling along, and with one last effort to get away from where Nny and Alice stood, fell to the ground. Fortunately the moose was dead, and Nny went to go examine it; Alice was busy threatening the Rabbit.
AS Nny drew closer, he had his spear in his hand. Having nothing better to do, he began to poke it. The moose didn't move, and lay still. Nny, seeing that it was dead, went to the front of it's face. The large brown eyes were open and staring lifelessly ahead. Nny having seen this a million times before continued to poke it; this time in it's eye.
After a few moments of fun, Nny turned and was about to go tell Alice that he was bored, when he was hit by something small and round. He picked it up. It was a sleek object, round and thin in his hands. It's shape changed into a ring. Nny put the ring on his finger, finding that it fit him perfectly. He admired the jet black ring on his pale hand.
"Wow, this ring looks good on me. Oh yeah," Nny commented.
He walked over to where Alice stood still shaking the Rabbit. Suddenly irritated she drew the vorpal blade on him. The Rabbit gave a squeak and stopped moving.
"Now listen. You are going to tell me what we are here for, how we're going to find it and who we're going to need to kill. If you don't I will be certain to kill you now. Understand, Rabbit?"
The Rabbit nodded it's misshapen head, trembling in fear. Alice dropped the Rabbit, and stared at it. The Rabbit made no intention to speak, until Alice waved her Vorpal blade at it. The Rabbit gulped, and began to talk. Slowly.
"You need to find a ring. It will be jet black, should come form the moose. Then you need to find the Frog's hideout. Use the ring to open the door; battle whatever enemies the Frog throws at you. Then kill the Frog, and get the Caterpillar's thing. The spell will be broken, and you'll be done and receive information."
"I thought the Mad Hatter was the one that did this," Alice said.
"He did. The Frog is just one of the Hatter's minions. Like most of the other Wonderland inhabitants."
Nny, having not been paying attention to what the Rabbit was saying, was busy playing with the ring on his finger. The very same ring that the Rabbit had just mentioned. Alice stood up and gave the Rabbit a kick in the stomach. She walked around the moose looking around every inch of it. She looked for an hour and a half, and couldn't find the ring anywhere. She was beginning to get extremely irritated.
Nny walked up behind her and startled her. "What are you doing?"
"Looking for a ring. You could be helping, but than again that would require you to do something useful."
Nny looked at her, then at his hand, then back at her. "Is it black?"
"Yes."
"Did it come from the general area of the moose?"
"Yes."
"Originally was it a rounded sharp thing?"
"YES! Why, are you asking me all these annoying questions?"
"I have it."
"You have what?"
"The ring you were looking for."
Alice turned toward him, looking incredulous. Her hand moved to her vorpal blade, and she fingered it. She slowly drew it out of the pocket that she had place it in. She managed to back Nny into a wall, with no escape. She had the vorpal blade pointed at the center of his throat.
"I've been looking for that ring for an hour and a half, and you just now mention something?" She hissed.
Nny muttered, "Yeah."
The Cheshire Cat appeared, tapping Alice's shoulder. Alice whirled around, and faced the cat.
The cat gave off his trademark grin, and said, "Now Alice, you can't kill him yet. He needs to save Wonderland."
Begrudgingly, Alice nodded and let Nny out of his corner. He (in the process of once again getting killed) managed to take the chain of teeth from Alice. He began to throw them up and down, catching them. Alice was having a nice conversation with the cat. (Actually arguing with the cat, just to be sure she absolutely had to keep Nny alive)
Nny, threw the teeth in the air, and accidentally dropped them. A green mist came from them, making Nny and the Rabbit choke. The air around them began to get thinner and thinner. Nny made a loud choking noise bringing Alice's attention to him. Yelling she ran to where they were on their knees. Quickly she picked up the teeth, and the green gas disappeared.
Nny stood up, shaky on his legs. Alice made no motion to help him. Instead she glared at him and turned to the Cat. The Cat was telling her about the Frog, and Nny's attention returned tot he Rabbit. The Rabbit of which was not moving, except for an occasional twitch.
The Rabbit lay on it's back, his eyes wide open, staring placidly ahead of him. The blue fur had turned that green color that you never seemed to get in marker or crayon. Nny kicked the Rabbit hard. The Rabbit did not spring up. In fact it just lied there, twitching.
"Um, Alice? I think we have a problem," Nny stated.
"What?" Alice snapped thinking, I'm already stuck here with you.
"I think the Rabbit's dead."
"WHAT?"
She turned and saw the comatose Rabbit, twitching every now and then. Alice's eyes narrowed to tiny slits, as she looked dangerously at Nny. Nny stood there twiddling his thumbs, whistling like he was innocent. He could have sworn though, that Alice's hair had a few streaks of gray.
He was about to mention this, but decided that Alice was annoyed with him enough already. The Cat, scowled at Nny.
"Who are we going to turn for guidance now?" Alice asked through gritted teeth.
The Cat shrugged and said, "It's not my problem. You're the one that killed him."
Enraged Alice threw her Vorpal blade at Nny. Nny having the great reflexes that he had, moved out of the way; still he got his arm cut. Blood poured from the open wound and Nny looked at her shocked.
"You lousy bitch! You... You... Made me bleed!"
Nny took out his butchers knife, and cut off Alice's hair. Cutting her neck in the process.
Alice whirled around and held the vorpal blade in her hand like a sword. Nny also held his knife at arms length, ignoring the blood the trickled from his forearm.
Laughing nervously, the Cheshire Cat stepped in the middle of the battling duo. Raising one paw he said, "Don't waste your energy on each other; you'll have others to deal with. Seeing as they are coming now."
The Cat disappeared, and Alice saw that they were surrounded by two dozen spiders. The came at Nny and Alice hissing.
"Oh, shit," Alice said.
Nny was speechless, and agreed with Alice, for the first time since they began their journey.
An: A huge thanks to Spectra, Libby, and Bubbles of Doom, for reviewing the last couple of chapters, and for their reviews. You guys ROCK!
Disclaimer: I don't own them.....
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"How do you know we've been eaten?" Alice demanded.
"How many animals or other things do you know of, that have a strange gurgling sound going on, and are extremely sticky and wet?"
"Um, not very many. But that still doesn't mean we were eaten!"
"Trust me we were. Stomach acid..... Is eating through my clothes."
The Blue Rabbit, decided to speak up. He had been listening to the two talk for some time now and was getting quiet bored.
"Of course we've been eaten! What did you think? That we would come in here without being hassled?"
Alice turned on the Blue Rabbit. Her eyes were flashing again, this time with anger. Nny knew from personal experience that you should stop talking when you see her angry. He just didn't stop talking; he enjoyed pissing her off. He found it funny.
He sat down on a large squishy red intestine, and watched in fascination as Alice approached the Blue Rabbit. The Blue Rabbit figuring that danger was near, began to hop backwards. He managed to get himself cornered into a wall.
"You, knew that we were going to get eaten, and didn't bother to tell me?"
"Y-y-e-ss," Blue Rabbit answered in a shaky voice.
"Why?"
"Because I thought you would figure it out, because you are so smart. Much smarter than Nny."
"Nice try, Rabbit. Compliments and flattery won't get you out of this one. And as for the being smarter than Nny, anyone is smarter than he is."
Taking offense to this, Nny took out his spear. The thought of killing Alice crossed his mind, but then he remembered the pain he was in earlier, and thought better of it. He decided he would attempt to kill her later. He began to poke his spear around the things body. He jabbed the things' side several times.
Finding that it was fun he continues to do ti. He began to jab harder and harder. A giant rip was heard and a howl of pain. Nny jumped back and nearly dropped his spear.
"It wasn't me. I didn't do it. It happened all by itself," Nny said.
Alice looked at him, then at the hole in the side of the thing that had eaten them. She grabbed Nny's spear and made the hole wider. Soon the hole was big enough for her hand to fit out of it. She threw Nny's spear into the blood, and acid; she drew her vorpal blade. Nny, having growing fond of this new toy, reached into the stomach acid. He pulled his spear out and held it close to his chest as if cradling a baby.
Angry, Nny, took his spear and rammed it into the hole Alice was working on enlarging. He felt himself falling through the air, and he landed on the ground with a loud thud. He stood and looked at Alice.
She jumped down, holding the Blue Rabbit by the ears. The Rabbit was trying to squirm out of her grasp, but to no avail. She held onto him with a firm grip. Nny looked at the giant hole they had made, and saw that the beast was a giant moose. The moose was stumbling along, and with one last effort to get away from where Nny and Alice stood, fell to the ground. Fortunately the moose was dead, and Nny went to go examine it; Alice was busy threatening the Rabbit.
AS Nny drew closer, he had his spear in his hand. Having nothing better to do, he began to poke it. The moose didn't move, and lay still. Nny, seeing that it was dead, went to the front of it's face. The large brown eyes were open and staring lifelessly ahead. Nny having seen this a million times before continued to poke it; this time in it's eye.
After a few moments of fun, Nny turned and was about to go tell Alice that he was bored, when he was hit by something small and round. He picked it up. It was a sleek object, round and thin in his hands. It's shape changed into a ring. Nny put the ring on his finger, finding that it fit him perfectly. He admired the jet black ring on his pale hand.
"Wow, this ring looks good on me. Oh yeah," Nny commented.
He walked over to where Alice stood still shaking the Rabbit. Suddenly irritated she drew the vorpal blade on him. The Rabbit gave a squeak and stopped moving.
"Now listen. You are going to tell me what we are here for, how we're going to find it and who we're going to need to kill. If you don't I will be certain to kill you now. Understand, Rabbit?"
The Rabbit nodded it's misshapen head, trembling in fear. Alice dropped the Rabbit, and stared at it. The Rabbit made no intention to speak, until Alice waved her Vorpal blade at it. The Rabbit gulped, and began to talk. Slowly.
"You need to find a ring. It will be jet black, should come form the moose. Then you need to find the Frog's hideout. Use the ring to open the door; battle whatever enemies the Frog throws at you. Then kill the Frog, and get the Caterpillar's thing. The spell will be broken, and you'll be done and receive information."
"I thought the Mad Hatter was the one that did this," Alice said.
"He did. The Frog is just one of the Hatter's minions. Like most of the other Wonderland inhabitants."
Nny, having not been paying attention to what the Rabbit was saying, was busy playing with the ring on his finger. The very same ring that the Rabbit had just mentioned. Alice stood up and gave the Rabbit a kick in the stomach. She walked around the moose looking around every inch of it. She looked for an hour and a half, and couldn't find the ring anywhere. She was beginning to get extremely irritated.
Nny walked up behind her and startled her. "What are you doing?"
"Looking for a ring. You could be helping, but than again that would require you to do something useful."
Nny looked at her, then at his hand, then back at her. "Is it black?"
"Yes."
"Did it come from the general area of the moose?"
"Yes."
"Originally was it a rounded sharp thing?"
"YES! Why, are you asking me all these annoying questions?"
"I have it."
"You have what?"
"The ring you were looking for."
Alice turned toward him, looking incredulous. Her hand moved to her vorpal blade, and she fingered it. She slowly drew it out of the pocket that she had place it in. She managed to back Nny into a wall, with no escape. She had the vorpal blade pointed at the center of his throat.
"I've been looking for that ring for an hour and a half, and you just now mention something?" She hissed.
Nny muttered, "Yeah."
The Cheshire Cat appeared, tapping Alice's shoulder. Alice whirled around, and faced the cat.
The cat gave off his trademark grin, and said, "Now Alice, you can't kill him yet. He needs to save Wonderland."
Begrudgingly, Alice nodded and let Nny out of his corner. He (in the process of once again getting killed) managed to take the chain of teeth from Alice. He began to throw them up and down, catching them. Alice was having a nice conversation with the cat. (Actually arguing with the cat, just to be sure she absolutely had to keep Nny alive)
Nny, threw the teeth in the air, and accidentally dropped them. A green mist came from them, making Nny and the Rabbit choke. The air around them began to get thinner and thinner. Nny made a loud choking noise bringing Alice's attention to him. Yelling she ran to where they were on their knees. Quickly she picked up the teeth, and the green gas disappeared.
Nny stood up, shaky on his legs. Alice made no motion to help him. Instead she glared at him and turned to the Cat. The Cat was telling her about the Frog, and Nny's attention returned tot he Rabbit. The Rabbit of which was not moving, except for an occasional twitch.
The Rabbit lay on it's back, his eyes wide open, staring placidly ahead of him. The blue fur had turned that green color that you never seemed to get in marker or crayon. Nny kicked the Rabbit hard. The Rabbit did not spring up. In fact it just lied there, twitching.
"Um, Alice? I think we have a problem," Nny stated.
"What?" Alice snapped thinking, I'm already stuck here with you.
"I think the Rabbit's dead."
"WHAT?"
She turned and saw the comatose Rabbit, twitching every now and then. Alice's eyes narrowed to tiny slits, as she looked dangerously at Nny. Nny stood there twiddling his thumbs, whistling like he was innocent. He could have sworn though, that Alice's hair had a few streaks of gray.
He was about to mention this, but decided that Alice was annoyed with him enough already. The Cat, scowled at Nny.
"Who are we going to turn for guidance now?" Alice asked through gritted teeth.
The Cat shrugged and said, "It's not my problem. You're the one that killed him."
Enraged Alice threw her Vorpal blade at Nny. Nny having the great reflexes that he had, moved out of the way; still he got his arm cut. Blood poured from the open wound and Nny looked at her shocked.
"You lousy bitch! You... You... Made me bleed!"
Nny took out his butchers knife, and cut off Alice's hair. Cutting her neck in the process.
Alice whirled around and held the vorpal blade in her hand like a sword. Nny also held his knife at arms length, ignoring the blood the trickled from his forearm.
Laughing nervously, the Cheshire Cat stepped in the middle of the battling duo. Raising one paw he said, "Don't waste your energy on each other; you'll have others to deal with. Seeing as they are coming now."
The Cat disappeared, and Alice saw that they were surrounded by two dozen spiders. The came at Nny and Alice hissing.
"Oh, shit," Alice said.
Nny was speechless, and agreed with Alice, for the first time since they began their journey.