Hatter drove the boat in shallow water and leaped out onto the grass. He reached out his hand to help me out and I took it with a smile and a kind word, once my feet where firmly on the ground he then gave Alice offered his hand to Alice but she refused and got out herself. Hatter went to get large tree limbs to cover the boat and I helped saying to him "don't worry bout Alice, that thing with getting out on her own, it's only because she doesn't like help, thinks that it makes her weak. I on the other hand quite enjoy being the damsel in distress, I like the attention, if that makes me vain, then so be it." he laughed with me as we began to cover the boat

"I don't know who that weirdo is…leading the posse but he's got one hell of a nose for blood" He said, as we climb up to Alice dusting stray bits of leaf and bark off of his hands "And this is the place to find it." His voice was grim and beside him, Alice's, as well as my own, eyes went wide as roaring echoed through the woods "What was that?" Alice asked in a hushed voice. "There's things in these woods that defy imagination." Hatter replied, a shiver ran down my spine at his words.

"Come on, we haven't got much time." Hatter said grimly, as he stood on a small hill in front of me and Alice. Hatter sighed "Look, we can't shake the posse. There's only one thing left to try." He said "What's that?" Alice asked. "Lead them into a trap." He replied with confidence. He moved away again, Alice and I following him in tow, when the roar echoed through the trees again, bringing Hatter to a stop and making Alice gasp beside me, instinctively I reached out to him, grabbing hold of his arm. "Did you hear that?" she asked. "Yep, you two should find a tree that you can climb." He said, breaking out in a sweat even as she pulled away from him. "What?! Why?" we both demanded, "The trap we talked about?" Hatter said, "This is it. I'm the bait. Go." He said firmly, "Wait! What is it!?" Alice shouted after him, but he ignored her and kept moving "Tell us!"

"It's the Jabberwock." He answered. I was staring to get worried, and not just for me, but for all of them. "What?" I said, releasing his arm as I did. "Jackie, Alice," Hatter said firmly "less of the questions, just get going!" He urged, taking one side of each of our shoulders and pushing us away. We just turned back round and Alice demanded "You're going to lead this thing back to the posse?!" both of us waiting for his reply "Yes! After it gets a good look at me! Now could you just please go?!" he said fervently, though it was more of an order than a request. Alice's face dropped "That's your plan?" she demanded, and I said "nar, don't think so. I refuse to leave you here to get killed, because this is a fuckin stupid plan" and he shouted "If you don't-…"

Hatter's words were cut off by a very load roaring from behind us. I froze as I looked at the beast "RUN." Hatter shouted so I did, but for some reason we all ran in different directions, Hatter left, Alice back and me right, and the Jabberwock seemed to think I was the best choice and ran for me. I ran as fast as my feet would carry me, hearing Hatter and Alice call my name, terror running through every vain in my body. When a large thud shuttered the ground beneath me and I could no longer hear the large footsteps, I looked back to see the Jabberwock laying on the ground, and watched in amazement as vines and tree roots rap themselves around it holding the beast down, every vine and root he broke replaced with a new one.

I saw Hatter and Alice running to me and smile as they approach "I think I did that" I say as Hatter puts his hands on my shoulders "Are you okay?" he asked, Alice beside him gasping for air, then pulling me along behind him as I tried to catch my breath also. "Yeah." I say "good" is his reply as he takes my hand and we all run side by side as fast as possible. "Come on!" Hatter shouted, urging Alice to catch up. Suddenly I felt myself falling. Into a spiked pit! When I landed I looked to see that I was on top off Hatter, his hand still in mine. Alice at our side, thankfully we were all uninjured.

"Ow." He groaned, I looked up to him as I rested my hands on his chest "You two okay?" he asked, gasping for breath. I nodded slowly "Pretty much." Was Alice's reply. Pressing himself back into the ground, raping a arm tightly around my waist and pulling my head to rest on his chest Hatter hissed "Don't move." I closed my eyes as I felt a new heat come closer to us, and knew it was the Jabberwock by its putrid breath I'd smelt as it chased me, I tried to focus on something else as I nuzzled closer into Hatter, listening to his hearts rhythm. I then heard the squelch of stabbed flash a load roar as the heat from the monster disappeared

Hatters hold on me loosened but his arms remained where they where, resting in my hair and on my waist, I stayed where I was, a bit more comfortable than I should have been, but I couldn't seem to find it in me to care. "Vermin!" Came a voice from above, making me turn up to look, "Saboteurs! Anarchists!" The quavering old voice continued. "I was this close to catching him!" I sat up, straddling Hatter to get a better look at the man above. He was all dressed in white painted armour that looked rather tatty, and he seemed really pissed with us for stumbling into his pit. "This close!" the stranger insisted again. I then felt something long and hard poking into my thigh, I looked down to see Hatter staring at me. His hat a meter or so away, his dark brown hair sticking up every which way, His dark chocolate eyes locked with my ice coated ones and I could see desire washing through them, I bit my lip and shifted nervously, earning a small grown from Hatter who sat up, grinding into me slightly as he did so, coursing me to gasp quietly. He rapped his arm around my waist and gave me a small smile, I couldn't help but smile back, unsure of myself, then to Alice who was to focused on the insults being given to have noticed what was happening. I suddenly felt Hatter grab my thighs and pick me up as he stood, then set me down, standing extremely close as we just stared at each other for a long moment.

"Degenerate bag heads!" the old man continued, bringing Hatter and I out of our trance.

Hatter opened his mouth to yell at the old man, but I beat him to "Hey! Insult us later, help us now!" Hatter laughed at my words "Are you two alright?" Alice asked, "Uh…" I muttered as Hatter patted himself down, as though double checking, and then looked up at her "Yeah, all here. Jackie?" I looked up to him, he was still standing very close as I checked myself over "no internal injury, so am good" I said with a smile. Alice smiled back at us, satisfied with our answers.

Then a line of rope was throne down and Hatter said "I'll go first, then I can help pull you up" he said to both Alice and I. As he climbed the rope I became transfixed on his perfect jean covered ass, but was brought back to reality as Alice smacked me lightly on the arm and asked in hushed tones "Are you checking Hatter out?" I blinked a few times about to deny it but sighed and said "so what if I am, no law against it" she giggled lightly with me as Hatters voice said "what's so funny?" we looked up and said in union "nothing".