Thanks for the reviews! Here's chapter 2, Hostage!

So far, Break has Sharon on his side. Now, Alice also has a 'little helper'!

I don't own Pandora Hearts!


Hostage

Break was good at hiding things. He was actually quiet intelligent, at least according to him, but he acted like a complete lunatic. He also generally seemed happy and carefree. He wasn't. He could get worried, and he was worried right now.

Consuming enough sugar to coat Alice's breakfast, Break knew that she was missing. But how could that Rabbit get to her? Sure, he had left her at the mansion when he had to deal with a Chain that had a particularly 'fiery' personality – why didn't he ever think of making her fireproof? – But the Rabbit had gone with him. Besides, he had already checked her room.

Nothing unusual except for some empty biscuit tins… Biscuits? Oz, you are in for it…

"Choked on the sugar yet, Clown?" Break ignored the comment; he could hold both his alcohol and his sugar. Humming a little tune to himself, he gracefully lifted a tablecloth and promptly disappeared.


The Hatter's frantic search came to an abrupt end, with his only eye still scanning the room around him.

Nothing…how come? Even though Oz did have a few stuffed toys – gifts from Ada – none were his precious Emily! Where was she? Who took her, if not Oz or Alice? Not that filthy sewer rat! He would cut her up, destroy her, and maybe throw her tattered remains into a fire…?

Heading back to the balcony where his mistress was having tea, he sank into a brooding hopelessness. That is, the Xerxes Break form of misery, which included crunching lollipops loudly, impersonating people in an insulting manner, and hitting people with closet doors when he made an unannounced entry.

This continued until after dinner, much to the annoyance of people with sensitive hearing and those who were unfortunate – or idiotic – enough to stand near closets.


Break spat out the chewed stick of a lollipop, narrowly missing a servant girl. He had no leads about where she was – or 'it', as Oscar explained after hearing out his plight – and his 'preferred' suspects seemed innocent enough that he planned to drop by at the Nightray mansion, to question a man with the peculiar habit of destroying stuffed toys…

"Big brother Xerxes!"

Break tore his eyes from the window that he had been staring at, to see his mistress running towards him with a purple lump of cloth in her hand.

As she got nearer, Break recognised it as one of the toys Oz had in his room, the putrid purple colour that suggested that someone inexperienced had completed the dye job. But when Sharon had shoved it in his hand, his single eye widened in surprise. It was…Emily?

There was no mistaking the form he knew so well, Emily, who sat on his shoulder, Emily, who had the manners of a drunken butcher, Emily, who helped him manipulate people in such a subtle yet effective way…

Emily, who was now purple?

The Mad Hatter clenched his fists, and his eye narrowed to a slit. "You will pay! You will regret doing this!"

"Don't worry Break; the dye should come out with a few washings…" Sharon had absolutely no idea how to handle the situation; was Break in love with his doll or maybe the doll was a gift from a loved one… romance novels never did mention human-doll relationships…

"About time I had a wash!" squeaked Emily. "And I don't want you to recite romance novel, thank you very much!"

"Well, Milady, it would seem that you have found Emily, whereas I could not, even after my thorough search!"

"Oh, you make it sound like I went and looked for it – I mean her." Sharon blushed. "Actually, I just mentioned about how I was a bit worried about the way you've been acting, and Oz went to me and gave me Emily."

"Is that all that happened, Milady?"

"Well…Alice did kick Oz really hard just as I left to find you…"

"Traitor, Traitor!" cackled the doll.

"Oho, so he is, I suppose! But that doesn't mean that I will go soft on them!"

"Oh, Break."


Yay! Another chapter! Whaddaya think?

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Emily! Manners like a drunken butcher, I tell you! But I guess it/she got my message across! So, who else should be on Alice's side? And Break?

By the way, I'm thinking of writing an Adventure fic, because you can only take writing so much humor… unless you're Break, of course!