SORRY. FAMILY CAME OVER AND WE'VE BEEN BUISY A LOT, SO I'M LUCK TO HAVE GOTTEN THIS UP. I PROMIS THE NEXT ONE WILL BE BETTER. PLUS I'VE BEEN WATCHING CRY'S LET'S PLAY OF CORPSE PARTY. IF YOU LIKE THE HORROR TYPE GAMES, THIS ONE IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED TO GIVE A TRY!

Ch.53: Sorry for the Wait

The next door led to yet another fabricated world…only it wasn't so much a world as it was a room. A living room actually. I glanced back to see that the door that had brought us here was now gone.

I glanced down to the mask that had been silent for some time now. "Hey Yuri, we're in one of THOSE d***** places again."

"Hiya, Joker!" Mini C.J spun around from her observation of the room, "What the hell?!" I gaped down at it, "Ace, that you?!" "Yup!"

Another voice sounded, this one higher pitched. "Was that C.J?! C.J are you ok? You sound strange!" The cat came in, "Yeah, real high pitched."

C.J glared at the mask, "Maybe because I'm half pint!" "What?"

I heard Yuri growl, "Enough! They got the focal back and they're all well. Now then, you probably found the area that the reason side is being kept. …I wouldn't have thought it'd be so close though. Proceed with caution. And remember, the side of reason approaches all things with unemotional logic. And she's hard headed as a mule. Words are the best way to convince her, but you won't get much time."

I nodded, "Roger." Mini looked around and sighed. White looked down at her, "Something wrong?" "This place is wrong. It's mimicking Mr. And Mrs. Joni's house. And poorly."

I looked at her, interested, who are they? She looked up, as though reading my mind, "They're another couple I lived with for some time."

Then, the noises from the next room floated in. on the far left, a doorway stood with light and strong smells pouring from it. I motioned over and C.J tugged White forward. We all leaned into the door way to see…another C.J.

This one was older than Emotion, probably 11. She was standing at the table, mixing something in a bowl and humming as her weirdly long blonde hair flowed freely from beneath her familiar hat. What the hell?

She turned around and spotted us from around the corner. At first, she seemed off put. Then she blinked and smiled, "Um…are you some of Mr. Joni's friends?" I was about to deny when White stepped out into the doorway smiling with his elbow in my ribs. "Yes, and you must be…I'm sorry, what was your-" "I'm Cloud. You can sit down over there. Mr. Joni's out at the moment, but he'll be back soon." I nodded reluctantly and started to walk over to the table in the corner she had directed us to. Mini C.J had started to follow when White put his hand out, stopping her. Wouldn't want to freak C.J out with a miniature of her.

White and I pulled up a chair and sat down, angling ourselves so that we could see Mini C.J from around the doorframe. I looked over the rest of the kitchen and nearly face palmed. She was BAKING F****** COOKIES.

White watched her as she moved across the kitchen, "…So…do you like it here C.J?" She glanced over and nodded, "Yup. Mr. and Mrs. Joni are nice to me, and I even get my own room! And the other day at school I met a bunch of really nice girls. And some not so nice boys, but there're really slow! They were eating my dust! So…I'm happy." She smiled, "I'm happier than I've ever been."

…It almost broke my clock (and I'm sure it shattered White's) to hear her say that. I could tell she wasn't lying. But the sad part was that she wasn't lying. And that she wouldn't be very happy for a long time. I mean, she came to Wonderland, right? That must mean she wasn't happy in her world. This C.J was so eager for attention that she would tell all that to 'total strangers'.

She paused in her humming, "Umm…what are you guys names?"

I swallowed. White smiled and went with it, "I'm White and this is my brother Black." C.J froze up for a second. Then she started working again. "That's nice. Where are you from?" This time I almost died. She's onto us! We're f*****!

I glanced over to the door to see mini C.J trying to make letters out of her hands. She went through them fast, but I managed to make out the word. "Um…Dallas. We're from Dallas." White exhaled. The older C.J relaxed, but not much. "…So what are you doing in Austin? And wearing…those."

I looked down at our clothes. Of course she as going to get suspicious! No one in her world wears crap like this! Crap crap crapity crap, what the f*** do we do?!

I looked at White, freaking out. I glanced over to mini C.J who slammed her fist into her open hand. Is she seriously suggesting I conk out her other half? At this rate, it's the only option.

I took a last glance at White, nodded, and we both stood up. I ran across the kitchen as White ran around her and blocked the entrance. C.J looked panicked and started screaming so loud it punched m eardrums. I reached out my hand, trying to shut her up…and she fell to the ground unconscious. I stared at her for a moment, a red splotch on the side of her head. White got down and picked her up gently before glaring accusingly at me, "What the hell Black?! You punched a little girl?!"

I shook my hand, now starting to bruise, "Umm…opps." "Opps is right! Next time, think before you swing dumba**!" I rubbed the back of my head, you're just pi**** off because I punched your girlfriend. Whose not getting attached now White?

He picked her up and cradled her tiny body carefully. I sighed and turned to the door ay, "Come on C.J, you can come out now!" I waited a moment…and she didn't come.

I frowned and whistled, "Get out here!" Still nothing. Did that knock her out to?

I took a step towards the doorway…only for a hulking shadow of a thing move in front of it. It was something like the antlike children White described to me…but bigger. And more like a pterodactyl than ant.

It was as tall as the doorway, and though it had scrawny shoulders, it bulged out at the haunches…meaning it could probably stand taller. A short, razor sharp beak jutted just from below the glowing coal eyes. It had long, skinny arms ending in killer claws. And one hand was dangling C.J.

ANOTHER CLIFF HANGER! C.J'S LIFE IT REALLY IN PAN NOW, AND ONLY JOKER CAN GET HER OUT…F***.

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