6th CHAPPY! THAT WAS FAST. PLEASE REVIEW! SERIOUSLY! EVEN FLAMES ARE WELCOME! ALICE GET'S TO BE IN THIS ONE, AND YES, I DID MAKE HER BRUNETTE! THAT'S HOW IT IS IN THE GAME. AND I KNOW C.J'S DESCRIPTIONS SOUND LIKE POLICE PROFILES. SHE IS A DETECTIVE.
CH.6: Hatters, What Could Go Wrong?
I stormed off in whatever direction my feet turned. I was so busy plotting the white rabbit's downfall; I didn't notice that the leaves had changed color or that I was walking right into gigantic and super fancy gate. In fact, I didn't notice until I bonked my forehead on it. I looked up, inspecting it, when I felt a presence behind me. I spun around, only to be met by yet another weirdly dressed guy.
This one was exceptionally tall and buff. I have to tilt me head at a 90 degree angle to take all of him in. He had long, wavy orange hair and violet eyes. I have to admit, if it wasn't for the tan and floppy rabbit ears on his head, I would have been attracted off the bat. He narrowed his violet eyes down at me. "Are you a guest, or a spy?" My sarcasm nerve nearly had a spaz attack. "If I was a spy, not only would I not tell you, but I wouldn't use the front door." This clip from my sarcasm file was accompanied by an eye roll and an urge to throw a 'dumbass' in there. Bad move.
In a flash, I had a gun to my head and a very ticked off rabbit man glaring at me. I guess he wasn't a big comedy fan. An instant before I could karate chop his freakin hand off I hear another voice. "Elliot! What are you doing?" Both our heads snap around to see a young maiden, perhaps no older than me, running towards us as fast as her red Mary Jane* styled shoes would allow her. 'Elliot' automatically re-holstered his gun. He gets to keep his hand today.
When she reached us she put her hands on her hips and started actually scolding Elliot. Now I was getting a good look at her. Waist length brown hair cascaded down her back, the sky blue bow on her head matching her poofy dress and white apron. Turquoise eyes and blue-and- white striped stockings were the last noteworthy thing about her. Although there was something… off about her I couldn't quite put my finger on.
"Elliot! Why is it that you have to point a gun at everybody who shows up at the gate? She could just be lost like I was, remember?" "Yes, I'm sorry. I was just doing my job." he said first to the girl, then to me. He really did look sorry with his ears against his head like that. I held up my hand, "Say no more. I've got some pretty crazy stories from work to." I half-turned to the girl, "Thanks for the backup…" She smiled and held out her hand. "Alice Liddell." My eyes almost popped from their sockets. Then I gave her a broad grin and grasped her hand as though it would save me from being cast into Hell. "You mean Alice, as in the foreigner Alice? I'm a foreigner to!" Alice looked like she was going to have a heart attack on the spot, double for Elliot.
"Another foreigner, you say?" The new voice was deep as a mid-continent well. Alice visibly twitched at the sound. I turned to meet the source of the voice. My brown eyes were met by Siberian husky eyes. I jumped back a step, alarmed by the stranger's closeness. In full view he had long, spiky black hair under a generously ordinate top hat. He was also wearing a white tux and bow tie… which I found stupid as all hell. Behind him was a pair of twins, identical except for their eye colors and corresponding uniforms. Since this is Elliot, they must be Blood, Dee, and Dum… and I must be at the Hatter Mansion. Aren't I smart? The twin in red looked me over. "This lady is a foreigner to, Onee-chan*?" Alice was still getting over the shock of the relevance. Then she smiled, "Yes, she is. If its O.K with Blood, would you like to join us for tea?" Tea wasn't my favorite drink, but I'd take any excuse to make small talk with another person from my world.
I glanced at Blood, who nodded an O.K, and turned back to Alice," I'd love to." Blood stepped up and cleared his throat. "I am Blood Dupre, the owner of this mansion and the mafia headman. That is my right hand man, Elliot March. And these are my gatekeepers, Dee and Dum." I had stopped listening after mafia. As a detective, I always had bad run ins with gangs, but I had never gotten under the eye of anything close to the mafia. Much less talked to the head honcho himself!
I was snapped out of my silent panic attack when I felt something latch on to me waist. I looked down to see Dee and Dum snuggling up to my stomach. The red one, Dum, looked up and grinned. "Now we have 2 pretty ladies to play with brother!" Dee looked to his twin, "I just hope this one is more fun than Onee-chan!" Alice gave them a cross look. "Hey, I'm lots of fun!" She shook her head and smiled sweetly at me. "I believe you never got a chance to say your name." "C.J Thourn." She giggled,"It's very nice to meet you C.J. The others already went ahead. Shall we join them?" She offered me her hand to lead the way.
I accepted and let her lead me through the intricate mansion. Normally I would have focused on memorizing the layout of the mansion, but I was too busy chatting with Alice. "So Alice, how exactly did you get to Wonderland? And more importantly, how do you get out?" She gave me a pained look. "You drank the potion to?" I nodded. She sighed and looked at me again. "I was sitting with my sister in the garden. I dozed off after she left to get a deck of cards, and when I woke up, Peter kidnapped me." My eyebrows went up. "You mean that white haired bastard? He kidnapped you!" She nodded sadly. "And then he forced me to drink that stupid potion." What does she mean f-…oh. "Don't worry. I'll hit him twice as hard." I gave her a sly grin as visions of chainsaws and machetes danced in my head. She laughed happily and came to a stop. She looked at me and smiled, "Here we are." I looked to where she was pointing and finally started to understand why this was a Wonderland.
A BIT RUSHED, I KNOW. I GUESS I'M STILL TRYING TO FIND A MEDIUM BETWEEN MY SUPER DESCRIPTIVE FIRST CHAPTERS AND A NOT SO DESCRIPTIVE ONE. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, REVEIWS ARE WELCOME! I KNOW HAVE A POLL WHERE YOU CAN HELP PICK WHO C.J ENDS UP WITH!