Not Quite Human

Thinking

Alternate/Mask Speech

Speech

Chapter 21: Guess whose coming to dinner

I woke up stiff and on the floor. Somehow I'd rolled off the bed and not woken up. With a sigh I got to my feet and retied the shirt around my chest. I licked my fangs as I fixed my hair and glasses. Just as I started stretching to loosen up my back I heard a crash from downstairs and I quickly flung myself out the door and down the stairs. I froze with my eyes wide at who was sitting in the living room.

"She's alive!" Randi all but screamed and launched herself at me. With a squeak I was up in her arms and she was spinning me around. I was in shock and before I could even begin to speak another voice snapped my head to the living room and away from Randi.

"Told you I could find her anywhere." Bernard was sitting there looking smug holding a box. He set it down on the floor with a thunk and got to his feet. "The fuck is wrong with you D? Do you know what it's like being attached to a Rogue?" He was fuming and I was speechless.

"It's friggin awesome Bernard now stop scaring her." Max had Edward in a choke-hold and I pushed myself from Randi's grip to pull him away. Edward's lips were turning blue and I nearly kicked Max in the face to get him free. "The hell D?"

"Don't hurt my Edward!" I pulled Edward against me and he clung to me while gasping for air.

"Wait your Edward?" Randi's eyes went wide and a giant grin spread across her face. "Oh my god. D found herself a man!" She started dancing and hopping around in glee. I started to think she was drunk.

"What about the other one?" I looked over and saw Jervis hog tied on the floor gagged with a black eye.

"Oh god Jervis!" I jumped to his aide leaving Edward on the couch. I ripped Jervis free and pulled him to the couch to cuddle both of my men.

"Wait two men D?" Max was grinning now. "Maybe we should check the basement she's probably got a love slave down there."

"The fuck D?" Bernard stalked over and grabbed me by my hair. "You sleep with this green freak first then go Rogue on us? Then to top it all off you've got yourself all comfy with both the Mad Hatter and The Riddler!" His voice was getting higher and higher with each word spoken. I winced as he was seriously hurting my ears and giving me a headache.

"Whoa down boy!" Max grabbed Bernard and pulled him away from me. "Back off Bernard, D's her own woman she can love who she wants."

"Well her love is wrong!" He pulled from Max's grip with a sneer on his face.

"Bernard calm it down." Randi raised her hands in a calming gesture and I was completely confused.

"D I think your family is related to the Red Queen." Jervis's voice was quiet and his eyes were large. I looked down and an idea clicked into my head.

"Jervis do you have any more of your mind cards?" He looked up at me surprised and pulled one from his pocket. "Get ready because he's gonna lose it soon."

"D what are you going to do?" Edward rubbed his bruised throat and I slowly got up and sauntered over to Bernard.

"This is your fault!" He pointed at me and I could see that he was hurting like I'd betrayed him in some way. "Why couldn't you just take the hint and fucking date me?" I blinked in surprise. I thought Bernard hated me; he was always such a dick and treated me like crap.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I grabbed him by the front of his shirt and his cheeks went red.

"Fuck D do I have to spell it out for you?" With that he slammed his lips on mine and crushed me into his embrace. I freaked out and slipped the card behind his ear and his body went lax and slumped off me to the floor. I was pale and shaking.

"Shit Bernard broke D." Max quickly pulled me away and pushed me towards my two Rogues who clung to me with confused but pissed looks.

"D it's alright your Riddler has you now." Edward kissed my temple and held me with bruising force.

"Don't worry Alice I'll make sure he won't touch you again." Jervis was seething and his voice held a dark rage.

"D really knows how to pick them." Max muttered and kicked Bernard in the ribs gently.

"Is there anywhere we can put him? I don't think it's safe to take him home, knowing Bernard he'll probably try to contact the Batman or something." Randi sighed and plopped down on the easy chair with a sigh.

"How exactly did you find us?" Edward looked like he was about to kill someone and Max quickly jumped in front of Randi.

"Bernard tracked her. He's been following her since we found out she got slammed into Arkham. He hacked their systems and falsified all her data to keep us safe. He's also been the one deleting all the camera footage of…ahem." Max went red and Randi sighed and rolled her eyes.

"They had cameras everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Let's just leave it at that."

"Impossible I disabled the cameras ages ago, they couldn't possibly have been reactivated by any buffoon on Arkham's payroll." Edward sat stiffly as if he'd had his pride wounded.

"Actually it wasn't Arkham's cameras recording, Batman put a bunch in to watch you all. Bernard's been having him chase his own tail trying to gain access to them all. We're kinda associated with the Rogues now." Max sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"We're thinking of bailing Gotham and thought you might want to join us?" Randi looked hopeful and I shook my head.

"I'm not leaving my men." I clung to Jervis and Edward so hard I nearly broke their ribs.

"Told you." Max huffed and smirked.

"Well I'm not leaving without her so what now?" Randi snapped.

"You all can stay here, seeing as we've been found I'm going to have another one of my hide-a-ways prepared. I'll kill before Batman puts her back in that asylum." Edward all but growled.

"What about that one?" Jervis sneered and pointed at Bernard.

"Give him to Scarecrow." I hissed making both Rogues look at me in shock.

"D what are you saying?" Edward pulled my gaze to his and saw the tears in my eyes.

"Just go tie him up with Scarecrow. Please." I was freaking out, I don't know why but every time Bernard touched me I felt dirty afterwards.

"I knew it! You've got a sex slave tied up in the basement. Randi you owe me twenty." Max snickered and Randi pulled a twenty out of her pocket and handed it to him.

"Alice you should go lie down or get something to drink, you're really pale." Jervis helped me to my feet and gave me a gentle push towards the kitchen. I nodded and went to put some water down for tea. After putting the kettle on the stove and making sure that Randi and Max had Edward and Jervis occupied I snuck down into the basement. Jonathan's eyes snapped towards me and he tilted his head in confusion at my apparent state. I pulled his gag off and sat down on his bound lap.

"What happened D? Come to big bad Scarecrow with a problem?" He nuzzled the top of my head and tugged at his bonds.

"My family showed up. Bernard grabbed me and kissed me." He stiffened and I could almost feel the rage rolling off his body.

"He's made you afraid?" Jonathan took a big whiff from my hair and sighed. He relaxed against the chair as if he were plotting.

"I'm not untying you so don't ask." I quickly snapped and bit my lip.

"I never asked you to. Just sit here on Scarecrows lap and let him calm you. No one scares my baby." He hissed and I looked up seeing his eyes glazed over and unfocused. It was almost as if he were having a conversation in his head and I wondered what was going to happen.

"D what are you doing?" Edward snapped me from my thoughts and I looked over to see him standing at the bottom of the stairs with a hurt expression on his face.

"I was scared." My voice was soft and I curled up on myself. Edward walked over and pulled me off Jonathan's lap and into his arms.

"He can't hurt you D. You have two," Jonathan growled grabbing Edward's attention. "Well technically four men here to protect you."

"I want to see him." Scarecrow's voice held no trace of emotion.

"Bring him down Jervis." Edward sighed and pulled me off to the side as a puppet looking Bernard stumbled down the stairs. Jervis followed with a dark gleam in his eye and had him walk right up to Scarecrow.

"So this is the one that started your phobia about being touched and loved." Crow trailed off and even though he was tied down he seemed to make the entire room tense. "Leave him down here with me." An evil grin twisted onto his face.

"The hell D is that Scarecrow?" Max was on the stairs peeking at Scarecrow over our shoulders. His eyes were wide in shock. "Seriously I want his autograph."

"Everybody out I'm tying him up. Jervis get some tea in D and get her something to eat. Now!" Edward bellowed and Jervis quickly snatched me up and everyone ran up the stairs. I was set down at the table and a cup of chai was put before me. I drained it in seconds and Max helped Jervis raid the cabinets for food. Suddenly a salad appeared before me and I blinked in surprise. How long had I been zoned out.

"Think she's going to be okay?" Randi's voice whispered from behind me.

"I don't know she's been staring at that salad for over an hour. We put it down two hours ago and even refilled her tea." Max sounded worried.

"Maybe she needs some coffee?" Randi whispered again.

"Coffee shall never touch the lips of my Alice." Jervis hissed and I heard both Randi and Max gasp in shock.

"Dude where did you come from?" Max sounded afraid.

"Why from Wonderland of course. Your room is ready upstairs, third door on your left." Jervis sighed and I heard two sets of feet scampering up the stairs. "My poor Alice, what did that dastardly man do to you?" I felt Jervis stroking my hair.

"Am I a freak Hatter?" My voice was nearly silent but I felt him freeze.

"Alice you are no freak. You're my beautiful adventurous Alice." Jervis pulled my gaze to his and he looked hurt. "Who would dare make you think otherwise?"

"You don't care that I have fangs, yellow eyes or can lift a car over my head, or fall thirty stories and still limp away to safety?" Every argument that I'd ever had with Bernard was echoing in my head making me twitchy and depressed.

"Alice! Stop thinking those things." He pulled me out of the chair and into his arms. Ignoring the food and tea on the table he led me down the hall to a small blue room and set me on the bed. He locked the door behind him and crawled into bed with me.

"But they're true." I licked my fangs nervously and was instantly pinned down and looking up into Jervis's heated blue orbs.

"Stop it Alice. Don't lose your muchness because of the words of a fool." He hissed and cupped my cheek gently in his gloved hand. "Don't leave Hatter behind."

"Hatter." He slammed his lips on mine with a growl and ripped the shirt open and off my frame. His mouth and hands moved to caress every inch of skin exposed and I pulled the hat from his head to dig my fingers into his hair. He groaned and shrugged out of his coat and ripped his shirt from his frame.

"My Alice. Don't leave Hatter behind, stay in Wonderland." Before I could say another word the boxers were ripped from my hips and his mouth found my center and devoured me. I gasped and clung to him as he drove me higher and higher. His shoes and pants flew off his frame and he bit my thigh hard just before I could jump into the tea party. "Hatter is here, Hatter is real. Hold onto that Alice." He crawled up my frame and forced his lips onto mine hard as he drove himself deeply into me.

I wrapped my legs around his waist as he drove himself home over and over again. His lips kissed mine with bruising force and his hands left dark marks from where he was gripping me. He pulled on my hair harshly exposing my throat to him and he started sucking and nipping at the exposed flesh leaving his marks all over me.

"My Alice, don't fall to the Red Queen. Let Hatter save you, let Hatter take you." He groaned and pounded me like he was possessed, the bed was shaking and I felt like I was being eaten alive. I was slammed through the tea party table as I came and Hatter actually bit me when he joined me. My fangs found the mark on his shoulder and dug deeply as he stuffed me with his muchness.

"God Hatter." I licked the blood from my lips and my body was still humming. Hatter looked down at me with glowing blue eyes.

"Never do that to Hatter again Alice. Never doubt your muchness." He kissed me roughly but it faded into softness as his hands began softly caressing my skin. His fingers found each bruise he'd left and he sighed softly against my lips. "Hatter has hurt his Alice. His muchness was too much for her." He sounded sad and I stroked his hair. He pulled himself back up to stare into my eyes and they were back to being the soft glow of Hatter. All the fire and fury was gone.

"Hatter really loves Alice doesn't he?" I softly nuzzled against his chin and he closed his eyes with a groan.

"Yes Hatter loves his Alice. His red haired Alice." He held me close and began claiming my body again softly. Each bruise was softly kissed and every inch of skin nibbled and stroked. We came together like a dance and he held me for several moments while we recovered.

"I love you Hatter." He rested his forehead against mine and held our bodies close. With a groan he pulled himself from me and pulled me into his embrace. I rested my head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around me. He softly kissed the top of my head and nuzzled into my hair. I wanted to lay there with him all night just having him softly kiss and whisper to me. Unfortunately my stomach growled and we both started giggling.

"I think we should feed Alice. Restoring her muchness has made her hungry." Jervis teased and tickled my stomach making me giggle wildly. We got into an epic tickle fight as we tried to dress each other and by the time we finally were halfway decent we were both red in the face and panting. Jervis had given me a pair of his blue boxers to wear and one of his blue dress shirts which I just lazily tied closed around my chest. He slipped into a pair of blue dress pants and set his hat back a top his head. "Shall we my lady?" He held his arm out to me and I grabbed onto it as we staggered back into the kitchen.

"Is there any fresh tea Hatter?" I sat down and the old salad and poked a limp green leaf.

"Here you go Alice." A fresh cup of chai was set down in front of me and Jervis got me a fresh salad. We sat down to tea and salad together and I thought that everything was going to be fine. That was until Jervis froze like a deer in the headlights and the chair next to me was pulled out. Jonathan sat down next to me with a grim expression on his face.

"Now tell me D. How much did you miss Scarecrow?" I turned to face him and he snagged a bite of my salad. He chewed slowly and I noticed that he looked as if he'd been in a fight.

"How did you get loose?" I couldn't take my eyes off him; I didn't want him to hurt Jervis.

"The card on your little friend went out before Edward could finish tying him up. The fool only handcuffed him and tried to drive him mad with Riddles. He was out of his cuffs the second the card deactivated and he stabbed Edward with one of my syringes. Edward managed to untie me and I had to choose between killing your friend or letting Edward die. He took quite the concentrated dose of my fear toxin straight into his spine."

"Is Edward?" I went pale and my stomach dropped to the floor.

"He'll be fine; he just needs to rest for the next few days. We're going to have to relocate within the next hour or so. I don't know if your little friend will go to the bat and I'm not risking my demoness. Collect your family and pack some of Edward's things. We're going to my lair and that's that."

"Do I need to call some backup?" Jervis was pale and holding onto the table white knuckled.

"Yes have them stationed here to make sure we can get away." Jervis was off running in seconds and I got to my feet to quickly rush off. Jonathan's hand grabbed my wrist and hung onto me tightly. "You should have told me about him before D. We would have taken care of him for you and none of this would have happened." He was squeezing my wrist hard.

"I knew that he hated me but I didn't think he'd go this far." I trailed off as I was pulled onto his lap and his arms wrapped around me like a cage.

"He doesn't hate you D. He's showing signs of being obsessed over you. He's probably been taking his time to try and beat down your mental state to get you helpless enough for him to control." My chin was grabbed in a tight grip and I met the glowing ebony gaze of Scarecrow. "No one controls the mind of my woman. Now go and quickly pack anything that looks like it will be useful or traceable." He pushed me from his lap and I took off like a rocket up to Edward's room. I packed everything I could and strapped it to my back before barging in on Max and Randi.

"God damn it D you should have fucking knocked!" Randi threw a lamp at me as I had rudely interrupted some hot and heavy between her and Max.

"Bernard got away we need to flee like now." I dodged another lamp and waited for the screaming. Suddenly I looked away with a blush as a both naked Randi and Max jumped from the bed and dressed quickly. All three of us were downstairs in a flash and grabbed the box Bernard had dropped earlier. It held my metal framing and mask inside. I looked up in time for Jonathan to motion for us to go.

"Now woman!" All three of us ran towards the kitchen and were ushered outside by what seemed like a hundred goons. We were loaded into a white van and Jonathan jumped in and took the wheel. "Hold on, this may get bumpy." I snuggled in between a comatose looking Edward and a worried looking Jervis. Randi and Max looked like death warmed over and I vaguely wondered if letting Scarecrow drive was a good idea.

"Alice don't worry we'll protect you." Jervis kissed my temple and I pulled my mask from my box.

"Jervis Bernard programmed this and he can track it. Is there anyway you can make it untraceable?" Within an instant Jervis had a small tool kit out and was working on the mask. I snuggled against Edward and closed my eyes. What could I expect to run into once we got to Scarecrow's lair?