It hadn't been very long since Kiana had gone missing, but it wasn't fast enough for the impatient knight. There was no doubt about it. He was worse than Vivaldi when it came to her preparing for the ball. He was driving everyone up and down the walls. Nightmare got the worst end of it. He would have been dead, if he weren't possibly the only one who could bring her back. Ace reminded him of this every single day. Julius was now cringing at the words 'death', 'die' 'dead', and 'kill'. The death rate had gone up so drastically that he couldn't even keep count of how many clocks he had to fix. If Alice hadn't screeched at him that Kiana would be furious with him if she heard of such things going on he might have had to put a ban on killing.

Blood was being as helpful as ever, refusing to join the search. His reasons were; 'the dream demon obviously has no leads on how to find her, so why should I waste time blindly searching?' Today started with the usual. Ace was pacing about the halls, trying to think of where the girl might have gone. She had been no where to be seen throughout every territory, but why would she just disappear? She clearly left with no clothes… The thought reminded him of when he had last seen her. She was wearing only his shirt. Only his shirt. It was long enough to be a night gown on her, but it was still only a shirt. The thought of her running back, panting and flustered got his sick twisted mind stirring.

He slapped himself on the side of the face. "Now, now. This isn't the time to be thinking of things like that. Things like that can come when she's returned safely." If she wasn't, whomever had so much as laid a finger on her in the wrong way was sure to pay. This payment wouldn't be only with their life, but an almost never ending suffering much worse than death. He wouldn't forgive anyone whom harmed her. He turned on his heel, deciding to give the dream demon a visit. Hopefully he would have good news to give him. If not, he wasn't going to be very happy~

Meanwhile Alice was sitting by the window, staring blankly at the clouds that passed. Where could she have disappeared off to…? These had been her thoughts for the last few days. What else could she do? They searched literally every inch of every territory. Well, Blood claimed that. Her brows furrowed at the thought of Blood lying to them. If he had done anything to her, she was going to punch him. Nightmare had been locked up in his room, saying he needed time to think and do some research. She didn't know if she quite fully believed him on that.

Julius was tucked behind his desk, furiously fixing the multiple clocks that had been sent in since the incident had occurred. It made her thoughts wander. If Kiki being gone affects Ace that much, does he really like her? I know everyone is supposed to like the outsider-s, but does he like her beyond the fact that she is merely an outsider? Could he lo- Her thoughts were interrupted by a horrid smell coming from the kitchen. Dread clearly ran over her features, not sure whether she was upset more by the smell or the fact she had missed Gray going into the kitchen.

"I'll clean it up," she smiled, going in and shooing him away from the disaster. She needed a break from her thoughts. Normally there wasn't much time to think, especially with her bubbly always-in-motion best friend. She liked keeping herself busy and that was fine, but when the hustle and bustle came to an abrupt stop, it felt kind of weird. It reminded her of before anyone realized there was another outsider. I kind of miss those days- Her eyes widened. What was she thinking? She shook the thoughts from her head, sighing and cleaning up the mess that was supposed to be food.

It didn't take long until the kitchen was filled with warmth and the mixed smell of coffee and tea. Carrying the tray into the other room, she handed Julius a cup. "I made you some coffee," she said, noticing the heavy bags under his eyes when she had first come up from her thoughts. He muttered his thanks, sipping it, judging it, then going back to his work. "I also made some tea for everyone else, it's green tea with lemon grass. If Nightmare doesn't like it, then I can make him some more." Her attitude and tone were overall nice, but Gray knew that she would inwardly be annoyed with the male.

"Aww! Don't I get any?" came the voice of a familiar brunette. Everyday, it seemed, he had come to see if Nightmare had made any progress. "There's still some more, I can make you a cup…" Ace laughed, sitting down on the couch and stretching his leg across it. "Nah, I'm fine. I was just teasing. I do want to talk to Nightmare, though." Of course you do. Nightmare must really hate his role right now. "He's a little busy… You know, trying to figure out how to bring Kiki back." While normal people would have groaned a little, possibly whined, sighed, and decided it was best to give up for the day; Ace was clearly not normal. It showed by the small smirk on his face. "Oh? Guess I'll have to have a talk with him."

Her brows knitted together. "Ace. I know you're upset, we all are, besides Blood maybe, but the fact is if he doesn't know he doesn't know." She sighed mentally. Nothing seemed to get through to him. It would last for a day then he was back on the same track the next. The more she thought it over, the more she thought maybe that perhaps it was his way of keeping himself from killing everyone in sight, again. Gray soon returned from Nightmare's room, empty handed. "I think I'll go have that talk with Nightmare now!" He stood up, staring off towards his room. She sighed. "No need, I'm already out here." Nightmare gave a small leer towards the knight.

"Have you figured anything out?" Alice asked, hopeful. "Yes… and no. I still have no idea how to bring her back, but I know a bit more of what's happened. It appears as though somehow she was sent to parallel world. It's exactly like ours, but different, mostly people and timeline/events that have taken place. It would appear that in this other world, she takes Alice's place. Everything that has happened to you she supposedly went through. However, there is some rather disturbing information that I found out…" He eyed Ace, curious if he should even speak the next line. He already felt his death would be by his hands, but he didn't need it just from passing on information.

"Hm? What do you mean?" She asked giving a tilt of her head. He sighed. "Well, when I said everyone was different, it's either personality or physical changes. A few examples; Ace is blonde with green eyes, Peter is obsessed with Kiki similarly as he is to you, Vivaldi looks like Blood, and Blood is actually a gentleman. He is a bit of a pervert, but quite the contrast to what you're used to seeing," he explained, watching the slight contortion of her features. "While, so far, Kiki still has her memories from this world, it would appear that she in that world was dating Blood." There was a soft shifting of noise, the sound of a blade being unsheathed to be specific.

"Oh? So if I kill him in this world, will he die in that world?" Ace smiled, holding onto his sword with deathly intent. "Ace!" She hissed, giving him a serious look. "Now isn't the time! If she has her memories, then she still clearly has the feelings she feels for you, whatever they are…" She muttered the last bit, quietly thinking about it. She wasn't sure if her hesitancy of saying it came from how she saw her reacting around him or something else… He blinked, obviously not thinking about that before speaking. "Well, if that's true I guess it isn't so bad. I still want to kill him and I will if he touches her."

Okay, let's just ignore the fact we don't even know how to get her back let alone go back and forth between the two. "That's about all I have for now… It does seem whatever happened was connected to something that happened in this world before she disappeared." His red eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?" This bit of information was a large chuck that could possibly help figure out how to return her, so why he hadn't said it before was beyond any of them. "It seems that something caused by an overwhelming negative emotion made this happen. I watch everyone, so sadly I can't say that I can solo in on whatever it was."

Neither Gray nor Julius had much to think about from this since neither of them had been near her long before her sudden disappearance. Ace re-sheathed his sword, thinking over the events the night before she was gone. He had made her upset… But he also made her happy right after. Could that have been it? His brows furrowed while thinking about it. It just seemed confusing. If that was the cause then nothing clicked. She wanted to be with him, why would she suddenly make it so she wasn't anywhere near him? "I'm off. I have some questions to ask a certain Cheshire."

Alice barely heard any word he said. She was off in her own thoughts. Her first thoughts were generally the same lines. He made her cry. In her time of knowing the girl, she almost never cried, in front of her, anyway. If she did it was something that was decently serious and honestly hurt her in some way. The first time she had seen her cry was when her brother left. She shook the thoughts from her head. She felt bad, but feeling bad about the past wasn't going to bring her back now… Then she started to think about whether it was best for her to come back or not. … If she stayed Ace wouldn't be able to hurt her anymore… but it might also be hurting her more that she's away from him… The emotions that came along with the thoughts confused her. Did she feel… jealous?

Author's Note: Surprise update? u3u;

I apologize about going poof. I've been getting into other things lately and I want to write for them but I fear the worst if I do. I do not want anyone complaining about my character when I work so hard to make them not mary sues... :L
But on a side note, I do have some more chapters written!
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I apologize for holding out but my biggest fear is that if I publish it all, I will forget about it then I will not write anymore. u~u
So, if you have any suggestions for the story, not relating to the current topic(perhaps you want to see someone on a date, etc~) then just leave me a PM. :D
On a side note, if you RP Supernatural/Marvel related things we should totally talk. uwu;
-just watched IM3, so in an IM mood. laskjij-