oh em gee, this is a super duper long chapter, I am so sorry. I had writer's block so bad, and I just kept typing and typing until everything flowed together, than I realized it was so long! So I cut it in half, than I realized it was STILL long, sorry about that guys, hope you enjoy a good long read. Dx

Good news, I'm back home! Bad news..ehhhh I'll keep it to myself lol.

I'm a bit nervous on this chapter, cause I know there's a lot of Alice in Wonderland fans out there (including me, my 2nd favorite story ever) buuuuut yeah, I just love my childhood stories with a disturbing twist. Just go ahead and read, and please don't hate me! D':

Enjoy

Muse: Modest Mouse - Alone Down There


Chapter 21

I'm such an awful person, really should stop with that...Red scolded herself as she swept the floor, She couldn't help but blush at the comment Bigby said before taking the shot, it made her mind wonder on something she shouldn't be going, making her blush even deeper.

"I'm gonna stop messing with the Wolf" she said out loud,

"You Should make him suffer" Holly replied back, even though Red didn't mean for it to be heard.

"I just don't wanna step into a landmine if I continue using him"

"You can always throw a bucket of water on him If he starts getting grabby, wolves hate water"

"isn't that cats?"

"same shit" Holly shrugs "you should still continue fucking with his head"

"Not very good with mind games.." Red confessed as she places the broom on a corner and started picking up the empty bottles the Mundy guys left as they continue to play there own game.

Red headed towards the bar where Holly was pouring a drink until she looked up and furrowed her brows, "Get the fuck out of my bar kid.." she threatens

Red tilts her head at her than turns herself around and sees Travis standing in the entrance.

"I had a feeling I'd find you here.." he said to her, Red's heart started to beat faster and her hands clenches into fist.

"What are you doing here!" She demanded

Travis just shifted his guitar up higher before replying, "I needed to see you"

"Well I don't wanna see you! Get out" Red pointed at the exit but Travis just stood there, rolling up the flyers in his hand. "I said get out! "

"Not leaving until we talk"

Red storms up to him and slams her hands on his chest, trying to push him out, "I said 'get out! '"

"No.."

Red started repeatedly hitting him on the chest Until Travis grabbed one of her hands and kisses it, making Red blush. she stares at his lips as he looks down on her, squeezing her hand in his. Red looks down for a moment than to the door to the back and started heading towards it while holding his hand.

"Gimme 5 minutes Holly, then he's gone"

Travis closes the door behind them once inside the back room and started to speak, "Red I-"

His words were cut short with the sudden sting on his left cheek, taking a moment to process what just happen.

"You son of a bitch, I know It was you who did it, beat him to a pulp! Why do you always make matters worse? Why! " Red demanded as she rubs her right hand.

"Red, calm down I can explain"

"I don't need you to explain, all I need for you to do is stay out of my business!"

"I was only trying to help"

"I don't need help from you or anyone else, I can handle this on my own! I'm not yours for you to take care of! "

Travis soft features suddenly went dark, brows furrowed and teeth clenching, "Everything I do, I do it for you! I try to support you, to give you what you need, to protect you, and this is the thanks I get? What the fuck Red? Why is it you always push away the help we give you? What I give you! You refused to take the money The gang and I worked our asses off, so what the fuck did you expect me to do? sit back and let the bastard take advantage of you!"

Red rubs her temple with both hands and turns away from Travis, she bites her lower lip and shuts her eyes shut tight, searching the right words on what to say, but coming short. she takes a deep breath and looks back up at him, meeting his eyes of anger.

"There are things in my life you just don't understand, secrets, And they are my secrets alone." She says to him with caution, "Because of this, your actions are just making things more difficult for me. Even though your intentions are good"

"What's the secret Red? you can tell me everything, you know that. help me understand this situation here, cause I don't understand what kind of a secret makes you defend the guy threating you and avoid all help." Travis leans in closer to her and reaches for her hand, comforting her by rubbing circles on it. "trust me Red, I won't tell anyone"

"I..I can't, I just can't. " Red pulls her hand away and starts to rub it, Still feeling the touch of his hand that lingers

"is this the same secret that stops you from being with me?" Red's eyes grew wide on that, staring at Travis for a moment than looking away.

"Yes..it is...I can be with you Travis, be in a relationship...but the foundation of it will only be lies from my part, nothing but lies and deception. and I can't live with that, I can't stand the thought lying to the person I'm with, I live with enough lies already..."

Red stops and wipes a tear away, trying to hold in her sorrow as Travis wraps his arms around her, "I won't judge you, I'll never judge you. I'll wait until You're ready, until you trust me enough to tell me. even if it's for a long ass time. "

Time...Red hates that word, she hates the very essence of it. Time was another reason why she couldn't be with someone, as long as her story lives on so will she. Red will see all of her mundane friends die and wither into dust while she lives on...

Travis placed down his guitar case and unzips it, he pulls out a long hooded red cape and a white dress that's both neatly folded and hands it over to Red, "Here, Cindy wanted me to give you this for tomorrow. We're gonna be playing at the new club so dress up"

Red observed the costume in her hands than gave a half smile, it was the costume Cindy made her were for her painting, "Travis, I can't-"

"Hang on, I have more." next Travis pulls out a pair of white ballerina slippers with white lace, "a gift from Kristen, her ballerina shoes to go with the dress"

Red smiles at the shoes, remembering how much she liked them, even though she has 2 left feet and has the grace of a drunk when it comes to dancing.

"Annnd, here" Travis holds back a laugh as he gives her a red lacy spandex with a pouch, "from Randy, your 'basket' "

"What is that? "

"it's a garter, for your thigh"

"Why does it have a pouch? "

"For this" he pulls out a small bottle of vodka from pocket of his guitar case and places it in the pouch, "Alcohol is expensive as hell in there, so you can sneak in this one and have a good time"

Red chuckles at that as Travis hands over the garter, she looks at her gifts in her hand than frowns, "Travis I can't go to the gig, I work tomorrow..."

His grin washed off into a serious look of disappointment, "Here at the bar?" Red nodded, "What time do you get in?"

"at 7, I play my guitar here every Tuesday and Friday for tips..I'm really sorry..."

Travis went quiet at that, he went back to his empty guitar case and started zipping it shut, "Okay, it's no problem. But can you still put on the costume? for us?" He asked while turning back at her.

Red smiles at him and nods, "more than happy to"

Travis grins at her as he swings the guitar case on his back, "Alright then...I'll see you around Red.." She follows him out the exit and waves, feeling relived that Travis didn't argue with her about this, she felt like he finally understood her and that he'll think about her instead of doing things that will hurt her, and It was all she could ask for...

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It was an easy job to track the White Rabbit, it was even easier to find him since the location he arrived was back at the Café. The only hard part was to get inside without anyone noticing him, he followed the Rabbit to the alley where the exit door to The Urban Wonderland, Bigby waited for a moment before checking the door if it was locked. He than sneaked inside and started heading down the narrow steps on the floor, using his senses to keep alert and focus on his target.

Reaching the bottom, he saw another door in front of him, judging by the smell, it was that hell hole where Mad Hatter and his goons had the stage. He puts his ear at the door, but heard nothing...no music, no talking, no movement, everything was silent and still.

He cracks the door open and looks around, just like what his hearing picked up, it was completely empty. until he heard the sound of a door creaking, his eyes follows the sound and sees the hidden door beside the stage slowly swinging close on its own.

This could be a trap...Bigby thought to himself, this was getting too easy to be good, too obvious. Yet he didn't care, he needed answers, and if they are purposely leaving bread crumbs for him to follow, than so be it.

He headed towards the door and let's himself inside, seeing only a white room with a desk in the center. "What the hell, where did he go? " he asked himself as he looks around, Bigby sniffs the air as he examines the walls until he picked up the scent of the Rabbit again. He looks back at the desk and stares at the stuffed raven for a moment before cautiously walks towards it, he looks under the desk than the floor and found a loose tile just below the desk.

He knocks it over and starts to pull up the tile, and there a hidden gate that reveals a deep dark hole on the ground with bars going down...Bigby lifted up the gate and sits on the edge, he hesitates for a moment, wondering what could be down there and who will he find.

"Here goes nothing..." he says out loud, he takes the first steps down, going deeper and deeper into the darkness...

He kept going down, and down and the darkness kept growing and growing, eating away what light there was on top until Bigby went blind. It was a long way down, but he kept going until he saw an orange light under him. It kept getting brighter and brighter until he touched the ground, there was a door cracked open and there he saw someone walking around the lit up room with a portable phone over his ears, it was the Mad Hatter, talking to someone.

"Right Right, I got the new batch of Meth ready...mhmm, just finished breaking it" He said while he grabbed The blue drug and held it against the torch fire that's lighting up the room.

Bigby got closer to the door and looks around through the crack, He sees Cheshire Cat in the room, packing shrooms into bags and Alice sprinkling light green glowing dust on the marijuana, spreading around the drug before fading away. He continues to pay close attention to what else Hatter can spill, hoping to get useful information before barging in.

"Right...so did you get the word from our favorite little devil bastard today? Ms. Riding Hood finally got the Loan, it's a matter of time before she's crawls to you looking for a job to pay that debt. have you got one of your girls to go talk to her? Lily? Splendid news my friend, splendid...mhmm...If her sweet talk doesn't work, we can always black mail her from exposing her secret like what the Rat did, and everyone wins! You get a new whore, I get a new customer, and the boss can milk her dry for the cash. it's a win win win!"

Hatter started laughing loud at that, It took everything in Bigby to contain his rage before Hatter started talking again.

"What's that? my new product? ah yes, 'The Sin of Lust'...Well can you think of a better name for it? Well fuck you too...It's a bit pricy my friend, but give these to your girls and your business will be booming, you'll have dirty pricks of all kinds throwing there money at you for your girls...I have it in pill form or injection..Ah that reminds me, Tell the darling I have her fix ready for her right here"

He gestures Alice for something, making her reach in her pocket for a bag and threw it at him.

"Mhm...Alright then, till next time then..oh by the way, Any word from the Boss on what to do with Piper?...it is true he helped us lure her into our web...He also wants a reward for it, as if the money isn't enough, he says that Ms. Riding Hood is a virgin and he wants to be the one to take it from her...something about his rats smells it on her...how am I supposed to know? I dunno if he bloody talks to them, he just knows...I'm not sure if that will ruin your business or helps you, but who wants to fuck a virgin with no skills in bed...does she think we're still in the Homelands? "

Hatter started to laugh louder at that...

"Well The Rat filth is still hiding in our Bosses place, once he arrives here I'll ask Alice to go see what the word is to do with him...my hope is to kill him too, he does know too much and will fuck everything up...Well it was lovely chatting with you friend, but I MUST be going now..ta ta.."

"You know you didn't need Piper to tell you Red is a virgin, I can smell her too you know" said Cheshire Cat

"Oh really now?" said Alice,

"Yep...like I can tell you right now, we have a certain dog listening to us.." With that, Kat looked straight at Bigby with glowing yellow eyes and a large glowing white smile before he felt the burn and pressure on his neck of silver thick chains.

He snarles back and sees the White Rabbit choking him, than the Match Hare kicking the door open, making Rabbit drag Bigby into the room while March starts to wrap him up with more silver chains.

"How long has he been listening? " asked the Hatter, "That must be a record for you Wolf for holding your rage, I'm so proud of you! " Hatter started clapping and giggles in delight

"Where is he! Where's fuckin Piper?"

The Mad Hatter started putting on his silver rings while circling around Bigby, "I would be more worried about yourself than a Rat Sheriff..."

"You sonova-" Hatter punched Bigby in the gut with silver rings on his fingers, knocking the wind out of him as well as burning his flesh. He continues to punch him over and over while laughing

"What will you do now Wolf! Do you want to be locked down here forever while your bitch whores herself to every single man in New York!"

Bigby started growling after each punch, unable to break away the chains as March and Rabbit continues to hold him down, he glares up at the Mad Hatter with Yellow eyes, wordlessly threating him as the phyco continues to beat him.

"She's ours now Wolf, We have power over Red! HAHAHA HAHAHA! !" Bigby's eyes turned blood red at that and his wolf side awoken, He reaches both hands behind his back, grabbing both March Hare and White Rabbit and threw them across the room, knocking down the table and breaking everything on it.

Hatter looks back at them and then to Bigby as he breaks away the chains, "I see we provoked the Wolf inside" he grins as he eyes Bigby, his eyes glowed red, his fingernails grew into claws, his face change and his teeth became sharp fangs, still in human form, but more dangerous.

"You're not the only one That's born a monster" The Mad Hatter snaps his fingers, with the command Both the fallen fables came out of there glamours, and transform into large demonic looking creatures, Both with sharp claws and large two front teeth, there eyes where dead white and there bodies large and bony..

"Have you ever wondered what a Hare and Rabbit from hell look like? they are exactly the same as the ones in Wonderland..."

They both jumped at Bigby for an attack, but Bigby quickly moves to the side and jumps on the back of March Hare and started clawing on his neck from behind, Rabbit jumps on top, jaws all open to bite Bigby in half, but yet again Bigby jumps out the way, causing Rabbit to bite on Hare instead while Bigby bites down on The Rabbits neck While clawing on his left eye. The metallic taste of blood in his mouth made him go into a frenzy, thirsting for blood as he let's go of his neck and growls at him.

"Alice my love, why not sing the Sheriff a song while you fetch the blade" The Mad Hatter said to the girl As he pulls a teapot out of his hat, she smiles at him than started making her way to the closet of the large room.

Alice started singing as she opens both the doors and pulls out the blade of legend, the Vorpal Sword, Bigby was still fighting with the two beasts of Wonderland, unaware of the weapon that Alice is readying for him.

"All the chicks are crazy for a certain burly Wolf, a real sharp curly curly wolf, Who's line is oh so smooth when he spreads it on"

Alice carefully wipes the blade with a white cloth than started casually walking up towards the 3 creatures fighting While twirling the blade by the handle.

"Sharp or smooth, he's in the groove, Where loving is a thing. And all the babes in town trail him around, just to hold his paw and sing"

The White Rabbit grabs Bigby by wrapping his grip around his chest, he than started slamming him down on the ground over and over.

"Oh Wolfie, oh Wolfie, ain't you the one"

The sudden word made Bigby snap to the Image of Red, when she kissed him on the cheek and whispered in his ear.

Take it for me will ya Wolfie?

"Oh Wolfie, oh Wolfie, ain't we got fun"

Bigby grabs Rabbits arm and twisted it, making the bone snap out of its socket and poke out of his furry arm, he let's go of the Wolf in time for March to grab him and starts clawing on his chest and neck.

"You send the shivers up Red's spine, and when you're near she can't just sit still a minute, "

"Are you trying to piss him off more Alice? " Kat asks as she rolls her head back with laughter, Alice simply smiles as the tip of the blade hits the floor, dragging it towards him, leaving a mark on the stone floor until she stops in front of them.

"Oh Wolfie, oh wolfie, please tell me do, what makes her love you soooooo"

She grips the handle tight as March pins him down and grabs him by the hair, readying him for a beheading

"You're not rugged it's true, but when she looks at yooooooou

AHAHAHAHA!"

Alice raises the blade, she brings it down to his neck, but Bigby quickly grabs March Hairs arm and rolls to the side while pulling it, making Alice miss her target and cutting off March's arm instead.

"AAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHH! MY ARM! YOU CUT MY ARM!" He screams as he holds his bloody stump to stop the blood from squirting out.

Bigby panted for air while Alice stares down at him, ignoring the March Hare's cries, he reaches out to Alice and grabs her blue dress, pulling on it.

"ALICE! PLEASE HELP ME! PLEASE! " he begs as he continues to cry, she gave one glance to the whimpering fable and looks at her dress.

"PLEASE ALICE! PLE-" With one swift move, she sliced his head clean off, putting an end to his misery.

"Sick and tired of listening to his sobs.." She looks back at Bigby while she swung the sword for the blood to drip off, "Let me show you all how to kill a wolf"

Shit...not good...Bigby got up to his feet and started running the opposite direction with Alice on his heel, He stops and turns around to fight but almost met the sting of the sword as Alice swings it to his neck, missing by a hair. She swings it again ripping his trench coat from the bottom, making it shorter.

Alice starts to laugh at him As they continue, Bigby dodging death while Alice dances with it. Swing after swing, dodge after dodge, it almost seemed endless with Alice's skill and Bigby's stamina.

Bigby was heading towards the direction of the White Rabbit, trying to think fast he moves away, but the Rabbit grabbed him by the coat with his good arm and pulls him back.

"I got him Alice! I got-" Alice sliced right through The White Rabbit, killing him while almost cutting Bigby's arm off if he hadn't removed his coat to get free.

Bigby couldn't fight her head on, she is a fast and small target to catch, until an idea came to mind. He looks around the ground and sees chemicals spilled everywhere, he glances up at the torch fire on the wall and made a run for it, Alice went running after him and swung her sword, cutting his shirt from the side when Bigby grabs the touch and throws it in front of her, bursting everything into a flame in a blink of an eye around her.

Alice looks around her in horror as Bigby jumps over the flames and grabs her wrist, causing her to drop her weapon. she screams in fear but Bigby grabs her by the neck and slams her on the stone wall, leaning in and growling at her face.

"NO!" The Mad Hatter screams as he jumps over the flames and runs towards Alice, Bigby throws Alice to him knocking him down as he wraps his arms around her to shield her from the flames. "Kat! Take Alice out of-" Bigby Grabs his leg and drags The Hatter towards him, Kat appears out of thin air and grabs Alice before vanishing away.

"Are you gonna kill me Wolf? " he asks with a grin, Bigby tightens his grip around his neck, making him choke.

"Are you so happy to die?" Bigby snarls out

"You can try if you like, I won't die. You can never truly kill the madness." He starts to laugh then before punching Bigby on the side, hurting him with his silver rings.

Bigby growls out in pain and let's go of his grip around his neck, The Mad Hatter kicks Bigby off and quickly grabs the sword on the ground. Bigby looks up and froze, he gives a low growl as Hatter points the blade to his direction.

"It's not over Wolf, it's a long way from over" He starts to laugh then an raises up the sword as if it was a baseball bat, that's when Bigby realizes what he's about to do..

"NO!" he calls out, but it was too late. The Mad Hatter swung the sword and took his own head off, rolling off his shoulders and right in front of Bigby.

"What the hell" Bigby picks up the head and his eyes widen, it was wood, nothing but wood. Something exploded in the room, causing Bigby to jump. "Shit! This place is gonna blow" he quickly grabs the Vorpal and starts heading back up from where he came.

After climbing out and running out the place, Bigby ran into Snow, out of all people. "Snow! Why are you here?"

"We had a call in the Business Office about a fire, so I came as fast as I could to-"

the building behind them blew up, catching them by surprise. "The Mundy people will see this and start an investigation! We have to stop this! " Bigby said, he took a deep breath, preparing to use his gift to put it out until Snow stops him

"If you do that, you'll tear down this whole area, I have a witch Here with me, don't worry" Snow gestures Frau Totenkinder That's behind her As she casts a spell, Bigby looks around in awe by the dark clouds appearing out of nowhere and started to pour on them, extinguishing the fire out

"What happened to you? You're bleeding" Snow pulls out a handkerchief and applied pressure on his side, "Is that what I think it is? "

Bigby replaces Snow's hand with his as he hands over the weapon, "The Vorpal Blade, got it from Alice before she got away"

"What on earth happened? "

"Long story...but first, I gotta know. who in the fuck called?"

There was a scream in the alley behind the café followed by a crash, Bigby ran in the back as fast as his beaten body allowed him and saw a woman with a green cape, aiming a bow and arrow The mysterious target in front of her.

"I called the business office Wolf.." said the familiar voice.

"Yvette? What are you-" She shot another arrow before Bigby finished his sentence, making a man scream in pain. "Hey Hey Hey! What the hell are you doing! "

He ran towards her to take the bow away, but stops and stares wide eyes at her target.

"I'm only hunting for Rats..." she replies as she lowers her bow, giving the coldest look Bigby has ever seen on her as she stares down at Piper as he whimpers for the two arrows on both his kneecaps.

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Red studies the torn up shirt as Dr. Swineheart dresses Bigby's wounds. She sighs and throws it to the trash and starts heading to the living room with a large bowl of hot water and a clean cloth.

"Those silver chains did a number on you, but nothing to surveyor. " Swineheart starts to collect his things as Red places down the bowl on the floor besides The couch.

"Will he be alright Doctor, "

"I wouldn't worry too much Ms. Riding Hood, he just has to take it easy for a few days"

"No need for that, I'll be fully healed in a day " Bigby says out loud as he stretches his arms, making his shoulder pop.

"Don't be so bold to say such things, you badly wounded Bigby" Red scolds him.

"Full moon tomorrow, my wounds heal faster around that time" he sighs after popping his neck next, "it's a wolf thing Red, don't worry"

"Well until then, don't over do it Bigby. Have a good night you two"

"Thank you Doctor" Red opens the door for him and locks it after he leaves, she pulls back a strand of hair behind her ear as she glances back at Bigby, "How do you feel? " She asked as she heads her way to the kitchen.

"Not too bad..I've had worse than this" Bigby was about to get up from the couch but Red stops him by holding out a Midas Gold, He sat back down and started drinking his beer as Red kneels beside him and soaks the cloth.

"Your shirt is far too gone to be mended back together"

"I have 3 of the same anyways" he takes another drink, Red gently grabs his arm and started scrubbing off the grime and dried blood from it, making Bigby raise an eyebrow at her."You know I was just fooling around on the 'something good' part I said earlier"

"You smell like armpits, you're dirty, and you were standing in the cold rain with no coat or even a proper shirt. This was the only thing I could think of without you wetting your bandages" Red answers as she moves from his arm to his bicep.

"Want me to take off my pants then?" he smirks at her

"Shut up" Red smacked his face with the wet cloth before washing it back in the bowl

"Owh! Again with the fooling around part" he said while rubbing his nose

"You shouldn't fool around with me, not the best idea"

"That's funny, cause you're the only person I'm like this around"

"Should I get a reward for it? 'Only fable to endure Bigby's bad jokes' "

"Would be a great honor, not many people hear my jokes"

"Oh lucky me" Red rolls her eyes, She lifts up his arm and sits herself on the couch arm chair, She felt his eyes on her as she starts to wipe up his face from the dirt between the aging cracks of his skin. She felt impatient and uncomfortable so she covers his eyes with her other hand. "Stop staring, I can't work with you burning a hole in me"

"I'm not doing nothing wrong" He says while removing her hand

"Didn't I just say 'you're burning a hole right through me? '"

"Nope"

"Whatever"

She continues to clean his face and met with his eyes, they both stare at each other before she snorts out a laugh, they both starting laughing as she looks away, wiping the tear that watered her eye from smiling.

"Why are we laughing? " She asked

"You tell me, you're the one that started"

"I laugh cause I'm weird, I dunno what your deal is"

"I'm not sure, I just, like to hear you laugh..." He pauses for a moment, as if thinking the words he said and continues "You know after my fight with the Hatter and his guys, it's nice hearing a nice laugh" He says to cover his meaning

Red blushes at that and forcefully tilts his head to the side and started scrubbing his neck, making sure they don't make eye contact again.

"Well you did it...You caught The Pied Piper"

"It was really your mother who caught him, not sure what hole he crawled out of but at least he's finally locked up and away from you.."

"Does this mean I can go home now? "

Bigby knitted his eyebrows at that, he wanted to avoid this, he wanted to have her here a while longer.."Hollow Hills is not a safe place for you Red"

"I can manage just fine, my mother isn't the only one who knows how to work a bow"

"There's still damages in the place, need a exterminator to make sure no rats are left, need a new door, locks, windows-"

"Bigby" Red grabs him by his stubble chin gently but firmly and looked straight into his eyes "I want to go home"

He looks back into her green eyes for a moment than turns away, not wanting to show her how much this hurt him.

"I need to clean the apartment, get everything ready for my grandmother to come back home, you're right about the door and locks, I have to go get everything prepared and secured" Red bends over to pick up the bowl and places it on the table lamp before rinsing out the cloth again.

"You can go tomorrow then..I'll join you, I'll even pay for everything"

"Bigby, you don't have to do that"

"it's no trouble Red, I want to help.."

They both went silent after that, Red continuing to wash him while Bigby quietly nursed on the bottle of beer in his hand.

"How big was the loan you took out? " Red gave him a blank stare at that, paralyzed for a moment because of it.

How does he know? She thought to herself, she quickly gave out a nervous laugh and got up with the bowl in her hands, "What loan? What are you talking about?"

Bigby got up and went after her to the kitchen, "don't lie to me Red, I can tell when you are"

"I'm not lying! "

"Blullshit, I can smell it on you. did you get the loan out to pay Piper? "

"No! I mean, there's no money, no loans"

Bigbys voice started to get louder, his temper starting to make its way up, Red's stubbornness once again started to trigger the switches in him, switches he prefers to have off

"And what's with this 'secret' you have? What are you hiding? "

"I'm not hiding anything, can you back the hell off!" she slams the bowl of water into the sink, making the hot water splash all over her blouse.

Red pushes Bigby to the side as she storms her way to the closet. Without even thinking, she took off her blouse in front of him and forcefully threw it at Bigby's face before pushing the clothes to the side, looking for what to wear while standing in her red bra and grey skirt.

"I want you to tell me what's going on Red, I rather hear it from you" He says to her as he steps closer to her, "if not, than I'll just have to get all the answers from Piper tomorrow"

Red looks back at him in horror, shaking her head at him, "Don't believe in what he says about me Bigby, you told me you won't believe him!"

"Now I take back what I said, I'm going to interrogate him tomorrow and take out all the information he has on you"

He's gonna know...he's definitely going to find out...Red's eyes begin to water by the realization, she grabbed her suitcase from the closet and started yanking down her clothes from the hangers.

"What are you doing? " Bigby asks with a sudden panic

"I'm leaving"

"Wait, you can't leave Red. it's-"

"Why the hell not! you caught the bad guy Sheriff, you saved the damsel in distress! The city is safe! blah, blah, blah! I'm out! "

"Wait a minute, calm down" Bigby stops her from holding onto her shoulders, pinning her down from where she stood.

"Don't touch me" Red tries to fight his hands away, "I said dont-"

"Look at me, look at me Red. calm down, calm"

"it's your fault it's like this! " She yells back at him with the tears rolling down, "Nothing has changed, even though we seem to be getting along so well! if we never would have met my life would be normal! I would have grown up with friends, with a lover, maybe even a husband or children by now instead of being locked away, It's because of you I'm so afraid! so afraid of being forgotten again, of being alone again. I don't want to be locked up again, I don't want to lose th-"

No..No I can't believe I almost said it myself! Red turns away from him while covering her mouth, but Bigby gently pulls her back, hugging her close while rubbing her back silently comforting her. Red rests her head on his bare chest, feeling his warm skin against her cold one. She didn't look up at his eyes, instead she thought on what to say to cover her mistake cause by her emotional out burst.

She stood there quiet In her thoughts, not realizing she was listening to Bigby's heartbeat, the steady rhythm was loud yet soothing, muting the loud jumbled thoughts in her head. It took a long moment of silence to realize that his heart was beating at the same time as hers.

She looks up at him, studying the pain expression on his face. She wraps her hands around his neck and goes on his tippy toes to get closer to his face.

"Red..I.." Bigby whispers out to her as her lips dance close to his.

Maybe...just maybe...Where her last thoughts in her mind before finally meeting his lips with a full proper kiss


Hmm..ermm..mmm...What do you think? Yes? No? Love it? Hate it? Burn it and throw it to aunt Sally? Sorry, I don't have a aunt sally. Lol

The song Alice sings is from an old Tex Avery cartoon, I thought it would be a nice touch for a taunt or something, what do you guys think?

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One last thing, I drew a sneak peak for the next chapter on my Tumblr: Lanellyxd, if you like to check it out, it was supposed to be a sneak peak drawing of this chapter but as I said, it was too long. :/ What's your favorite part of this chapter, let me know so I can draw it. Lol

Alright, too much words . until next time.

Xoxo