The Blooming Of The Red Spiders

Chapter Eight: Odd One Out

Group 7
Mad Hatter
Blake
Tony
Madeleine
Marcus
The Queen

2 days and a half

Madeleine's POV
It has been..quite a journey, Marcus has been a great weapon to our group, Hatter is uh..madder than usual which is concerning, oh and Blake and Tony are wonderful additions to our group.

Although..I wonder..

WHY IS THIS WOMAN WITH US?!

COULDN'T SHE STAY BACK ON WONDERLAND OR THE OTHER ADULTS?!

...

Anyways back to the present..we've been exploring this abandoned apartment, it's been oddly quiet..

"What are we doing here in the first place?" The Queen complained, ugh..she shouldn't have joined us..I hate this..

"We're trying to find other Survivors, My Queen.." Blake responded as he kept on hold on his weapon and looked out for surprises.

"You know, you should've stayed behind if you didn't wanted this" Marcus told her off, serves her right, she looks kinda pissed off now, heh no one to save her since her dear butler is go..

Oh wait, I shouldn't joke about that, ugh..why was I thinking do inconsiderately.

That's your friend's dad.

Speaking off, Noel isn't with us..they're usually with us but the last I saw the glimpse of them..a certain..eugh..pair of cat ears dragged them away.

Noel must be experiencing hell right now with that woman, how unlucky for them

I got to remind myself to take Noel right away once we found them.

"Well i obviously can't leave my dear subjects behind, oh please, can't you all appreciate what I do for everyone's safety for once?" The Queen argued back.

"Correction, Past subjects" I added, which I think blowed her off, she knew she wanted to order guards to behead us but we aren't in same old Wonderland now, are we?

The conversation was still ongoing with Marcus and Her with the constant arguing, then Tony trying to intervene and stop those two from making a bigger ruckus.

The argument is getting noisy but..Hatter has been rhyming alot of 'A' words ever since we got here, I wonder what's up with xe..

"Apple..Ant..Acrimonious..—"

"Hey, Hatter you okay? You seemed to be..upset about something, you wanna talk about it?"

As I approached xim, xe immediately halted in mid-sentence, a startled look on xim face. Before xe had time to react, I gently placed my hands on xim shoulders and looked at xim with an expression of deep concern etched on my face. It was clear that my unexpected interruption had unnerved him, and I hoped that xe would understand that I only intended to offer comfort and support.

"O-oh, ha ha! My delightful dear Maddy, I am simply delighted that you inquired about my wellbeing.. you see, I have never felt better than in this very moment, my friend." Xe replied quickly, he seemed startled when I approached him though.

"That doesn't seem the way I see it, Hatter..you know you can tell me anything right? We're friends, right?" I looked at him with a sincere look, I truly was worried about my dear friend's whereabouts.

"Ah, my wonderful Maddy, I truly insist that all is well with me, my dearest! Please do not fret any longer about my situation and let us continue with our current situation." Hatter just get along with xin words, I can't even tell if xe is lying straight to me or what.