The Bloody Twins

~…X…~

Black hadn't talked since they left the Clock Tower. He didn't even hear Lucian calling out to him several times now as he dragged her towards their next destination, the Mad Hatter's Territory. After several try of calling out to Black and telling him to slow down, Lucian sighed and had given up. There was no use in trying to talk to Black when he's like this. She couldn't blame him. There was a lot of things going through his mind right now, and one of them is thinking of a way to eliminate the Clock Maker without the Knight knowing who the murderer is.

He wanted this day to be an enjoyment for his girl, not the opposite where she gets molested by one of the role holders. In truth, when he heard Lucian's panic voice from the kitchen, he knew at that moment that the mortician did something that made her very uncomfortable. He even had the urge to shoot the man the moment he stepped in the kitchen, but he didn't want Lucian to be mad at him. Getting angry at him means no food, and he loves her food.

"Black, please slow down." Lucian tried one last time to stop Black. "Black!" She shouted, pulling her hand out of Black's grip. "Black, please, talk to me. Stop ignoring me and the others."

Black blinked when he felt the hand disappear from him, and he finally turned to look at Lucian. "What?" He asked, not really sure why she was giving him the worried look.

"Please, if you're thinking of killing Julius, I beg you not to." Lucian said as he rubbed her wrist which was turning red from Black's grip.

"I wasn't thinking that." Black replied with a stoic face. "I'm planning to murder him in his sleep and throw his body in a lake."

"That's the same thing!"

"No it's not. Okay, you're right. I'll just throw him in prison."

"Black." Lucian sighed quietly. "What he did wasn't intentionally, okay. And I'm fine."

"Not when you were looking flustered!" Black shouted angrily. "He groped your chest, Lucian! He touched you where he wasn't supposed to touch you!"

"!" Lucian's eyes grew wide open at Black's sudden outburst and her cheeks turned bright red. He doesn't have to say it out loud.

"Black, that's enough." White said, finally stepping in and trying to calm his counterpart. "I've talked to Mr. Monrey before we left. He promised he won't ever act like that towards Lucian." He turned to Lucian and grabbed her hand. "You didn't even notice that you were hurting Lucian's wrist. See how red it is." He lifted her hand up towards Black. "Try to calm down." He leaned down and softly kissed Lucian's wrist and a dark pinkish color surrounded her wrist.

"T-thank you." Lucian softly said as she stared at her wrist returning to its normal color.

"You're welcome, my dear." White smiled and wrapped his fingers in between hers. "We'll try to visit two more territories today and then we'll go back home."

"Okay." Lucian nodded her head.

"Rein." White said and he turned his head towards Rein.

"Yes, Master Joker?"

"I want you to go back home. You're in charge of the circus and the prison until Black and I return. I don't trust the workers being alone in my territory. If you would do this, it would be a big help for Black and I. Oh, and if my workers don't listen to you, you can do whatever you like to them, punish them too if they're being lazy."

Rein nodded his head once and smiled. "Of course. If there's anything you need, please call me, and I will come as soon as I can." He actually wanted to stay and protect Lucian. That's the reason why he was here in this country in the first place. But it's Joker's order so he'll have to listen to him as much as he doesn't want to.

"Thank you." White smiled gently as he pulled Lucian closer to his body. "The next territory we are going to visit is the Hatter's territory. They don't like me and Joker, so we'll have to be careful."

"Are they dangerous?" Lucian asked, looking up at White with curious eyes.

"Everyone in Wonderland are dangerous, my dear. So, Black, please lead the way." White said. "But do not worry. Black and I will protect you if they ever attack us."

"Fine." Black frowned and crossed his arms before turning back to the direction where the Hatter's territory is. The last thing he need is to see that black tea lover today. He might really kill Blood.

~…X…~

Black grumbled, the lines on his face increasing as he glared the Bloody Twins in front of him. His day just got worst. He should've expected the Bloody Twins attacking them the moment they say them. When they got to the territory, Black and White didn't even have the chance to talk to the twins about just wanting to introduce the new foreigner. Instead, the first thing they get is get attack by the twin in their adult form.

"Would you brats just listen for a minute?!" Black shouted, his gun appearing in his hand.

"Now, why would we do that?" Dee asked, tilting his head to the side and grinning, actually enjoying this little fight.

"Yeah, Boss never told anything to us about you and the ring leader coming today. So you're trespassing. We're just doing our job." Dum spoke, swinging his axe back and forth.

"You shit-heads are really pissing me off." Black said in between his teeth, his eye narrowing into a slit.

"Black, try to calm down." White said, standing next to him, his whip already in his hand, ready to fight off the twin if they were to attack again. "We're not here to fight you two."

"Wow, that's pretty shocking to hear, especially coming from you." Dum said and pointed his index finger towards White.

"We're just here to say hello to you and your damn boss!" Black shouted.

"Why? That's really weird, you know." Dee said. "We know you hate our boss, so what's your real reason from coming here?"

"I just fucking told you! You see that woman hiding behind that tree?!" Black pointed his finger back to Lucian who was hiding behind a tree, because White had told her to. She wanted to help, but White refused her to get hurt. "She wants to say hello to you damn brats!"

Both Dee and Dum followed Black's finger and when they saw Lucian they smiled. "So?" Dum said. "Is she a role holder? A friend of yours? Well we don't care. If she's an acquaintance of yours, then we'll have to fight her."

"Hey, brother." Dee spoke quietly, his eyes locked at Lucian.

"Yeah?"

"Hm." Dee's lips curled up and looked at Dum from the corner of his eye. "You already know what I'm thinking?"

"Oh yeah." Dum smiled dangerously and looked back at Lucian.

If they're going to at least have a bit of fun fighting Joker, then killing Lucian first will add up the excitement. They want to see Joker get serious for once, and they wouldn't mind risking their lives for it. But their action of killing Lucian is a big mistake and they'll soon regret of ever thinking of ending her life.

What are those twins thinking? Lucian thought, her eyes moving back and forth towards the Bloody Twins and to Black and White.

At that very moment the twins charged towards Black, switching their ax into guns.

*Bam* *Bam* *Bam*

"!" Black and White managed to dodge the bullets with their quick reflex.

"Damn!" Black clicked his tongue as he dodges Dee's on-coming slashes of his axes. Switching his weapon to ax to a gun was making it a bit hard for Black to fight. His head wasn't concentration much to the fight because he was thinking of Lucian's safety.

He really need to end this quick or else someone will definitely get severely injured.

"What's wrong?" Dum asked the smile on his face growing by the second as he attacks White. "Not up for a fight?"

"I would really appreciate if you put your weapons down," White said and he jumped back before Dum's ax could hit him. "I'm not here to fight." It's true. He hadn't even try to hit Dum once.

"Put my weapons down, huh." Dum smiled. "Okay!" He cheerfully said and threw his ax right at White. "Try catching it!"

"!" White's eye widened for a moment before narrowing. This little monster. He easily dodge the giant ax, but that was enough for Dum to have his gun appear in his hand and aim towards Lucian.

"Heh."

*Bam* *Bam*

The sound of the gun firing echoed as Lucian fell on her knees, blood sipping through her uniform. She slowly looked down, her left arm bleeding as well as her stomach, she could already feel the pain running throughout her entire body.

"….what…" Lucian moved her shaking right up to her left arm, trying to stop the bleeding.

I guess it's my turn to take over

A voice said inside her head.

Don't worry, I'm only going to heal them for you

Lucian lifted her eyes back to Black and White, she saw them looking at her with their mouths hanging down, and their eye wide open. Before she could even say another word, her vision turned black.

*Thud*

Lucian fell to the ground, and seeing that she wasn't moving, Dum raised his arms up in the air, grinning like a child.

"I did it!" Dum shouted happily. "I shot her!"

"Good job bro-!" Before Dee could look at his twin brother, Black suddenly appeared right in front of him, his red eye was full of murder. He didn't have time to react as Black kicked him in the face, sending him back several feet away.

"Brother!" Dum screamed. Too late for him, because he was immediately thrown down to the ground by White who had his hand wrapped around Dum's neck, gripping tightly as he could.

"You…" White voice was full of venom as he looked down at Dum. His blood was boiling and a hundred daggers appeared around him all aiming at Dum. "How dare you..." He lifted Dum up only to slam his head back down to the round. "You little pest!" He got up and grabbed a handful of Dum's hair and lifting him up to his feet. He threw Dum with only one hand. Dum hit the metal gates hard, causing him to cough up as he gasped in for air.

As for Black, he didn't give Dee a chance to get up as he charge at him and started hitting Dee in the face using his fists. He was really going to kill him and no one will stop him.

Ten daggers flew straight at Dum, stabbing his body and causing him to shout in pain. "Argh!"

The pain and the scream wasn't enough for White. He started walking towards Dum and a sword appeared in his hand. He wants him dead, permanently. He grabbed Dum by the neck and forcefully lifted him up. Ignoring Dum's hands trying to claw his way out of his grip, he pulled his hand back with the sword and thrust the sword straight into Dum's left shoulder blade.

"Aaaah!"

"Not enough. I will kill you slowly for hurting my woman." White said coldly and he pulled the sword out of Dum. He'll teach this brat a lesson, a lesson that he'll never forget for the rest of his life.

*Bam*

The sword in White's hand shattered into pieces. "…" He slowly looked from the corner of his eye to see Blood and Elliot standing a few feet away from him.

"That's enough, Joker." Blood said with a stoic face but his eyes had a dangerously glint in them. "Let go of Dum. You too, Black." He said and looked at Black who stopped beating Dee up. Dee's face was swollen and bloody, and it was a good thing that Blood had appeared before Black could go any further.

"Why should I?" White asked and he his grip tightened even more around Dum's neck.

"Let's talk about this without anyone getting killed." Blood said calmly as he slowly walked up to White. "Let him go. I'm sure he learned his lesson." He had watched the whole scene from the beginning with Elliot. They were hiding behind a tree not too far from the mansion - watching the argument turn into a fight. He was going to step in and end the fight, but when Dum shot Lucian and saw the horror in both Black and White's face, he stopped. One reason why he didn't end the fight earlier is because he wanted to see why both Jokers cares so much for the foreigner to the point of them trying to kill the Bloody Twins. The other reason is he wanted to punish the Bloody Twins for not trying to listen to Black and White when they clearly told them that they didn't want to fight.

White dropped Dum to the ground, not giving him another look, and Black had gotten up from Dee, and a few drops of blood was splattered on his face. He ignored the eyes looking at him as he made his way over to Lucian. He threw his hat down to the side and went down on one knee and carefully pulled Lucian's body to him.

"Lucian…" Black spoke quietly and placed his right hand onto her bleeding stomach. The same dark-pinkish color surrounded his hand, closing up Lucian's wound. "Don't leave me." He whispered quietly and hugged her tightly. He was not ready for Lucian to leave him, and he will never be ready for it. They just started going out and there's no way he'll let her die after promising her parents that he'll protect her. "You're gonna be okay, so stay with me."

"…" Blood stared at the scene in front of him. When did he ever see Joker act like this? "I apologize for all this." He said. "As an apology, please follow me. The young lady needs treatment fast. You and Joker also needs some treatment." He looked back at Elliot. Without having to say anything, Elliot had walked up to Dum who had turned back into his child form, and picked him up carefully before walking to the other twin.

Blood watched Black carried Lucian in his arms and walked over to White's side, his eye only looking at her.

"Follow me." Blood said and the gate automatically opened. He started walking ahead with Black and White following behind him. Blood knew the young lady is a foreigner, but he didn't feel that aurora of being a foreigner from her. Alice had one, but Lucian….there was none at all.

Maybe this young lady can give me some entertainment when she wakes up. But it looks like she already belongs to Joker. I wonder what she did to have them fall for her. I just hope she's not like Alice because that'll be boring.

~…X…~