Chapter 5: The Battle

"You leave me no choice Jack." The queen bellowed. "Off with his head!"

The soldiers around her cheered in support of the action.

Jack gulped and raised his sword before speaking once more to his loyal subjects.

"Wonderland! It's your home, fight for it!" Jack yelled before making the final order to attack. As soon as he did, waves of fighters rushed the Heart's forces. The clangs of swords and the bangs of guns filled the air.

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"Alice, come on. There's nothing more we can do here." Hatter told Alice. They had agreed to help Jack with the Queen, not be his soldiers. Hatter didn't want to risk losing Alice and he knew she didn't want to risk him. He grabbed her hand and tried to lead her towards the Looking-glass.

"Hatter, I know this is dangerous but we can't leave. Not yet. We have to help them." Hatter stopped as he heard these words leave Alice's mouth. He couldn't believe she had said that and what he couldn't believe even more is that he agreed.

"Your right." He said in a hushed tone. "We have to help. I'm one of them and you will be too once we marry." He smiled at the thought. "What's your plan?"

"Do you have a gun?" Alice asked, her face looking quizzical as she thought of some possible plans. "A sword?"

"I can find one." Hatter said as he heard the sound of a sword in the distance come into contact with the soil. "What about you though? What will you do?" he asked. He was very nervous about her being unprotected.

"Hand to hand combat. I'll cover you, you cover me." She smiled wearily as she knew the higher risks of this plan and the possibilities of failure.

"Al… alright." Hatter stopped. He looked at Alice. "Well, lets go then." Hatter took her hand and they ran into the battle to find Hatter a gun and a sword.

It didn't take long to find either of the items. Both of the legions of fighters were quite capable of hacking the other to bits and this was shown through the bloodshed and bodies already littering the ground, their weapons included.

Hatter took up a gun from his right and stuffed it carefully into his pocket. He then took a sword and ran with Alice in tow.

"What do you propose we do now?" he asked as they ran in the direction of the Queen of Hearts.

"Still working that much out." Alice admitted. She was creating the plan as they went along.

"Still working on it? Alice!? I thought you…I… know what, forget it." Hatter was slightly stunned that Alice didn't have a plan of action. "Here's what we'll do. You distract the queen long enough for me to… kill her. Okay? It'll be off with her head."

"What!? That's suicide!" Alice yelled, coming to a dead stop. Hatter noticed the worried, even frightened look in her brown eyes. He took both of her hands in his and looked into her eyes.

"Alice" he said. "This whole idea was suicide. We didn't know what we were getting ourselves into and now… look around you. We may be Wonderland's last hope. The queen won't be expecting either of us so we have to be the ones to strike."

Alice shook her head. She understood Hatter's reasoning. Her main concern though was not for Wonderland or the plan, but her him, Hatter, her love.

"Alright." She looked to the ground and then into his eyes. "Just… please, be careful." She whispered. Her fear was over taking her. Hatter pulled her close into a tight embrace.

"I will. Promise me the same thing though?" she whispered again. Hatter nodded.

"Of course." He stated. They kissed and then were off for the queen.

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