Defeating Your Own Mind
Chapter One: Her Defense
By: AliceWithKnives
Disclaimer: I don't own American McGee's Alice (man…) but I wish I did! I want another sequel!
"Did you hear about Dr. Bumby? The poor fellow…Story is he was pushed onto the train tracks and died instantly from being hit by the bloody thing. Bet he didn't expect to go that way…" Nan Sharpe mumbled to Alice as she picked up the young girl from the nearby market. Alice had walked there the day after she had defeated the Doll maker, which meant that she had to kill Angus Bumby in order to be completely free of the torture he had impacted on her Wonderland. However, Alice could not be seen as the heroine she was. Those around her whispered behind her back, sneaking suspicious glances in her direction every time the name Angus Bumby was mentioned. Every time a snide remark was made, Alice would retreat back into her mind. Suddenly, Wonderland had become an excuse to ignore the rude comments and disturbing glares. For any reason she could think of, Alice would hide in Wonderland. She loved her Wonderland. Even though it was still damaged from the Doll Maker's destruction and the Infernal Train, Alice found the pace wonderful. In Wonderland, Alice was the hero. When she looked at herself in the mirror in Wonderland, she saw a gorgeous young woman with sleek black hair, amazing red makeup, and a stunning blue dress with a white apron. In Wonderland, the scars that Alice bore in real life would vanish. Instead, the scars were like a distant nightmare that she didn't want to experience again.
"Who cares?" Alice remarked as she leaned on her hand, vaguely ignoring the scars on her wrist from the restraints at the asylum and her self-inflicted pain. Neither were fond memories, so Alice attempted to lock them away. She knew the consequence of forgetting them, and although she didn't welcome them, Alice knew that in order to stay strong and move on, she would have to remember.
Nan Sharpe gawked at Alice for a moment, stunned by the apathetic response to her inquiry. It was shocking and a bit out there to see Alice so unaffected by Dr. Bumby's death, since he was the person she relied on the most. "How can you speak like that? He took you in! He fed you and helped you leave that damned Rutledge Asylum!" Alice's mind had already begun to drift as Nan Sharpe argued with her, and once again she had fallen into the depths of Wonderland. It seemed that once a day, Alice would pass out and her mind would once again resort to protecting itself with Wonderland.
"Are you even listening? Wow!" Nan Sharpe gasped as Alice fell forward, her eyes closed shut, almost like she was dreaming (which was sort of true). Making sure to hold Alice comfortably, Nan Sharpe ordered her whip (the driver of the carriage) to take her back to the Mangled Mermaid. The ride was bumpy, but Alice did not awaken. In her mind, she was back at Hatter's Domain, finally consenting to have a tea party with the disturbed Mad Hatter. March Hare and Dormouse were there as well; however, they were not as broken and destructive as they normally were. Something seemed off…yet Alice didn't question the tranquility of the situation. That is…until the world began to crumble. Mad Hatter leaped to his feet, getting ready to save his teapot and cups from the falling ceiling. Once again, March Hare and Dormouse were crushed under the falling cement and glass, but Mad Hatter managed to make it out of there before he too was killed. Alice ran as fast a she could, leaping from the table to a nearby chair in order to avoid the mayhem around her and escape alive. How would she escape this Madness? A pipe was smashed in, causing dirty brown tea to flow into the sea of broken glass and cement. Alice screamed as a shard of glass shot out from the impact of the flow of tea, cutting her across her upper arm. Blood flowed from the room, before everything went black. The only this she could remember was the blood, before her mind had been pulled out of Wonderland.
How will I Survive?
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