Chapter 19

They ran though the darkening forest of signs, its arrows pointing in different directions with senseless warnings painted upon their trunks.

'BeWeaR of BiG ugleY CatS in ThiS ForEst'

'Do enjoy the Tea Party'

'Whats the time little RabbiT?'

They meant nothing to the three as they herd a loud roar, the fear evident upon the rabbit, sure she had been on the verge of madness because her Alice was forever lost, claimed by Cheshire, but if Cheshire caught them now, and she could hear the trees snapping, the signs changing as if they where screaming in pain.

"We have to hurry!"

"What happened to you killing her?" Cain yelled in supressed anger as they passed The Caterpillar's cottage, weather she chose to miss hear or point blank ignore his words neither he nor Johnathen knew.

They soon crashed out of the forest and where upon the stone floor, still running as the Rabbit ordered, coming closer to where they had appeared, the portal stretching open as the demonic Cheshire Cat, pretty much like Johnathen had read in one of Angies weird comic books, charged before them, its demonic tongue hung out of its razor teeth edged mouth. And for once he felt fear, his own fear well up inside his gut as the portal seemed too far out of reach.

The rabbit hissed a curse and shot lighting at the demonic beats, which cackled and swatted it away like it was some form of insect. And it may as well have been for all she felt. The Rabbit hissed as they reached the portal, she formed a small dagger, hearing Cain scoff, she threw it as it landed in the Cheshire's eye, who screeched as it pierced her, enraging the beast more.

"GO!" She yelled at the two men who carried their dead with them, none of them needed to be told twice and dived though, hitting the cold concrete of Walton Town, looking back as the portal throbbed with power as the albino failed to follow them though.

They herd screaming as blood pooled out from the portal where it was slowly closing, Johnathen cursing as he rested the cold limp body upon the floor and reached back in, pulling the woman out after him, who now looked like she had gone three or four rounds with a grizzly.

The portal closed up, but they all knew that this wasn't the end.

"Why'd you pull me though?" The Rabbit hissed as she nursed her wounds, the air was stale, what they had lost, returned to them like a sledge hammer attacking them all over. "I could have stopped her"

"Yhea like you stopped them killing our friends and family" Cain snapped "A lot of help you where, you couldn't even protect your own"

She glared at the Vampire Lord, a cold wind blowing around them as her kimono fluttered around her, the aura reeking of blood lust and malice. Something none of them had felt around the petite woman.

"Do not dare to degrade me mortal" She hissed in a deadly calm voice "If I really wanted to I could kill you where you stand in your arrogance, do not belittle his memory" and as if to prove a point, a storm had started up around the town before she looked down at the two bodies.

"I cannot return them to you" She spoke more to Johnathen then Cain, who was glaring at the floor. "As much as I can alter time, I cannot return life to those who have lost it, I would say I'm sorry for your loss, but as you could gather, I'm not"

She looked over at the other man, it was sad to know that not all the bodies could have been brought back, but they knew what they was taking on when they entered her realm.

"You knew what would happen" She spoke "Everyone knew what would happen" She answered solemnly "I don't know and will never understand what you're going though, I'm not going to pretend to care because quite frankly I don't" The Young woman spoke. Cain nearly saw red as he went to strike the woman.

She could have least been less blunt about it.

As his hands wrapped round her neck she glared at him though her red orbs.

"We're not the only ones to loose someone, or dose human life mean that little to you? As soon as they out live their use you toss them away! Your no different to the rest of them"

"Says a former Alice who once felt something for Cheshire before she went mad" The rabbit sneered "Why do you hunt her down in hopes of finding the old 'Lucky'?" She spat "Don't forget we do only what you used to do Vampire King" She added with malice as her aura picked up again. "Picking off the stupid little meat sacks who think that they are worth something in this world when in fact they are nothing but mere dolls to entertain us in a an eternal boredom. Just like it was with you."

With an angry snarl the elder man went to strike her as she did nothing but sneer at him, before Johnathen got in the way, pulling the elder man off of the demon who simply blinked her aura still strong and deadly. But not nearly as peeved as Cain was.

"This is not helping Cain and this will defiantly not bring back our friends" He shot as the red haired glared at the albino woman, who simply stared at him.

"She should know her place" Cain snarled

"Me to know my place? But it was you who failed to protect those you hold dear oh son of Adam and first murderer. You had a chance to save them and save Cheshire, but you left it to lie in Lilith's Bed." The rabbit spoke. "You who murdered your own brother because your pathetic god found more interest in Able then he did you. Who left his brothers corpse to rot, and for god to brand you with the curse mark. You know your pretty lucky where not back in Wonderland, otherwise you would be dead, regardless of your mark or not" The rabbit spoke "Know your place boy or I shall put you there myself, you presume to know a lot about Demons but in fact you know nothing" She spat

"You slept with my mum?" Johnathen frowned.."Eww Cain, just eww"

The rabbit took Johnathen to one side who was still looking at Cain with a disgusted look on his face. For reasons she could not fathom she liked the tall human...

"You will need to go to the one called Bodicea"

"Err why would i want to do that, she will gloat at Albians death ..."

"Cheshire is in league with the human they call Charles to get her into his bed...and she is - was her sister"

Johnathen's eyes widened just as behind the Rabbit a portal opened up.

"Here take this" She handed him a watch "If you need me use that now go before she gets here I will hold her off as along as I can"

Just as a huge paw exited the portal, with razor bladed nails appearing out of them, blood stained as a body was thrown at them, it was too cut up and mangled to recognise from looks, but the odd lock of red hair told them all they needed to know of who it was, as evil laughter escaped the portal, the two men simply left the rabbit to deal with her problem.

Luna sat up as she felt rather then herd the noise in her room, her head was groggy and memories failed to play out before her, she couldn't remember where she was or how she'd gotten here. As she looked around the hotel room she nearly screamed as a figure made itself know.

"My poor poor Alice, they took away your memories" A woman's voice purred as Luna felt a dip in her bed, the lighting forking its way though the sky, let the rabbit play with her illusions, she had to take care of Fake Alice first, The rabbit will be fun to brake after she'd gone though many rounds with the Caterpillar.

And she couldn't stand Hatters sulking; it usually meant bad things would happen at the Tea Party, but this one could help her get to Fake Alice.

"Cheshire? Is…Is that you?"

"Alice remembers me?"

"Oh my god…Cheshire…I thought….oh I thought you'd never come back!" The teen sobbed as she hugged the demon, who stayed where it was. "Those people they didn't want to help me help you."

"I need you to help me Alice" Cheshire spoke in the teens ear, smiling all the time as the teen nodded, stating that she only wanted to help as Cheshire raised a clawed like nail. "Good Alice, then I'll never leave you"

"Promise"

"But of course, would I lie to you Alice?"

Charles hadn't been home long when he switched on the tv, chucking his coat onto the edge of the sofa, a news reporter was outside a bloc of flats, it appeared that a massacre had gone on within the room, although the body was missing the police was urging anyone for any information.

They where showing some forms of ID of the missing person, pictures showed a young teenage girl, possibly barely out of collage, as if he cared, he wanted to know where that cat had gotten off to. He had research to prepare and it had a promise to for fill.

For years he had been waiting for something like this to happen, and now he had the means to get everything he ever wanted. There came a rapping at his door, it was slow but loud, he glared at the door, when it came again, a croaking voice answered his silence, he felt a chill run down his spine, and this was a man that didn't scare this easily, and he pushed a small panic alarm that was hidden in his lounge, before heading towards the door.

"" Came a croaking call

As he opened up the door, there in the rain stood a young teenage girl, blood pooled around her feet as lifeless eyes locked at him, as the lighting tore though the heavens he felt the bile rise in his throat, her hair was matted and chunks of flesh was missing from her body here and there, as if she was used for a scratching post by some sort of creature, her jaw was snapped and it made a clicking sound every time she spoke, fingers where bent at odd angles and half her face was missing, her legs worked at odd angles as she stepped towards him.

A small creature in her working arm as her neck clicked as she tilted the joint, like a broken doll and nothing more.

A cold sweat broke across him as the small animal's head twisted a complete 180 to look at him, the smile upon his face made him shiver, and he felt his bladder weaken just looking at the monstrosity as it jumped down from the broken teens arms, its form growing in size into something quite grotesque and demonic.

"You should know I couldn't hurt a fly now Fake Alice" The creature spoke "But then again, you're not a fly are you Charles Marron?" and it cackled with glee as it raised its paw…