Chapter 44 River of Death
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Alice and Judai went through the halls before they saw the entrance to the throne room, they entered to see two thrones with one having the Queen of Hearts but the other one has a woman that looks like Vega Donna from Onimusha 3.
"Hello Judai." Vega smiles.
He stares at the queen of FeralRealm as she has the danger and power to lead the entire place, he tries to think what she represents, she must he coming from his ancestor's side and has the resemblence of Saeko which made him curious and disturbed a bit.
"So you both have arrived." Queen of Hearts said.
"It seems you made a friend." Alice said.
"Vega is a good companion." She said.
Judai looks at Vega. "Tell me, did you always looked like this?"
"Well my looks have changed." She touches her body. "But I have evolved."
"Now the true way to stop those things is to stop the Dollmaker." The Queen said.
"And how do we do that?" Alice asked.
"You both must face him, defeat him from altering Wonderland, he has no connection to FeralRealm since his reach is not strong enough to affect us, so Wonderland is using FeralRealm as a anchor while merging it as a way of self defense." Vega said.
"So if we don't stop him, then the two worlds will merge together." Judai said.
"Yes, if you don't wish to be connected forever than you must defeat him." The Queen said.
"If you need a way to where he is." Vega presses a button from her throne.
A staircase opened from the thrones making the duo look at it.
Alice and Judai looked at each other and nodded before they went inside the staircase.
After they were gone the Queen looks at Vega. "Can he truly help her?"
"Yes, I know he can, he has the will to survive that she needs." Vega said.
The duo went through a tunnel and arrived at a bridge that has a open garden bellow them.
They saw the beauty and green, it's like a hidden paradise inside and theres a golden statue of three people, two were of Judai's parents smiling at a baby Judai holding on to him.
Alice stares at it before she looks at Judai who just looks at it.
"Could this be your happy place?" She asked.
"A happy place?" He looks around. "If it was I never found it until now."
He goes foward and she follows him, she looks at Judai and then at the garden that was so beautiful, did he reject this for the harsh reality of the world, she was different as she prefered to escape it, they're like two sides of a coin.
They reached to the other side and they saw a man waiting for them at a river inside a boat, he is wearing all black clothing as he's wearing a black suit and gloves covering his entire body, the face is covered by a mouth mask as he has a hood over his head that makes his eyes covered in shadows not to be seen.
They saw a name on the boat that says Azrael.
He takes out a package and presents it to Alice, she goes up to it slowly, she has a feeling of dread getting close to Azrael, she opens it and gasped, she saw her stuffed rabbit doll before taking it.
"It's back." She was surprised to have him back to her.
Judai stares at Azrael, he also feels the feeling of dread staring at him, Azrael points a the boat as if to give them a lift.
"Should we?" She looks at him.
"We don't have a choice." Judai said.
They went to the boat and sit down as he takes out a paddle to push the boat foward, they looked around as the place was dark with mist covering the area.
But then lights appeared on the sides surprising the duo, mas a mariachi band appeared on rocks before they started to play music.
(Insert No One Lives Forever by Oingo Boingo here.)
You worry too much
You make yourself sad
You can't change fate
But don't feel so bad
Enjoy it while you can
It's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother
No one lives forever
Alice saw inside the water the vision of the fire making her shocked as she hears her parents screaming.
Judai saw the flashback when he heard the gunshots inside of the house.
Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to' die
I'm so happy
Dancing while the Grim Reaper
Cuts cuts cuts but he can't get me
I'm clever as can be
And I'm very quick
But don't forget
We've only got so many tricks
No one lives forever
Alice saw a vision of her seeing a strange and yet familiar man at the door of her room before she closes her eyes to pretend to be sleeping as the door closed.
You think you've got it rough
What about your darling doggie
Ten short years
And he's getting old and groggy
I don't think it's very fair
Cold Chop Low
But it's all relative my friend cause
No one lives forever
Judai saw the scene of the man that killed his mother shooting her as he laughs making him mad.
Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to' die
I'm so happy
Dancing while the Grim Reaper
Cuts cuts cuts but he can't get me
I'm clever as can be
And I'm very quick
But don't forget
We've only got so many tricks
No one lives forever
As the Azrael paddles the boat he saw a big Ruin come from behind but he simply touches it making the Ruin die turning into dust without the duo noticing it.
You worry too much
You make yourself sad
You can't change fate
But don't feel so bad
Enjoy it while you can
It's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother
No one lives forever
The duo saw they're life flash before them, they saw what each other had to go through making them both stunned and Judai narrows his eyes.
Alice also saw a scene of man trying to point ata kid Judai saying that he was insane, but all the doctors simply said that he was just broken and not insane, and this is a problem that needs to be fixed when he gets older.
The man got mad since he couldn't get the money left behind for Judai from his parents, as Judai was the sole heir.
Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to' die
No one beats him at his game
For very long but just the same
Who cares there's no place safe to hide
Nowhere to run no time to cry
So celebrate why you still can
Cause any second it may end
And when it's all been said and done
Better that you had some fun
Instead of hiding in a shell
Why make your life a living hell?
Have a toast, down the cup
Drink to bones that turn to dust
Cause
No one, no one, no one...
No one lives forever!
They made fireworks appear before they vanished inside of the mist.
Alice looks at Judai who was frowning. "You... Suffered so much."
"Yes, my dreams we're destroyed that day, you suffered even more by being called crazy." He said.
"But... Being so scared that you will be a danger is also sad." She said.
He sighs holding his head. "You also noticed that guy."
"Yes." She nodded.
"Yeah, he tried to make me like you, but the problem is being broken and emotionless wasn't insanity for the doctors so that failed." He said.
Alice Liddell holds his hand surprising him. "Maybe... We can both fix each other."
"Maybe." He said.
They saw a light in the distance making them cover they're eyes before they saw a entrance to Wonderland.
The boat comes to the other side and they got surprised to see Annabelle standing on her own holding a letter.
They exited the boat and Azrael bows before going back to the tunnel as the entrance closed.
Judai picks up the letter and reads it. "To achieve the truth you seek. You must take what they wish to take, use what you are and what truly belongs to you. Where you are the true rulers and you can make the intruder begone."
Judai got confused while Alice thinks about it, Annabelle waves before going away.
"What they wish to take that are ours." Alice Liddell thinks about it. "Our minds."
Judai looks at it, these worlds were made by the two of them, so that means...
"Let's go." Judai said.
They looked at a distance and saw the Dollhouse, Judai stares at it the place where it has the source of the problem.
Note: Heres the Queen of FeralRealm being Vega and another member of being Azrael and the Mariachis, now they got a message for what they must do before facing off against the one behind this.