Off With Their Heads

Chapter 14

Sebastian had ushered the other Avengers through a portal to Salutem to follow the Queen.

Sebastian was incredibly worried. They had been best friends for over 200 years. His family, including himself, had been the first people the Queen had saved. He was her adviser and trusted friend for years. And in all those years he had never seen the look of fear and terror in her eyes when he told her that her son was kidnapped.

When he stepped through the portal after the Avengers he found that they were in the courtyard in front of the main castle. The Avengers that hadn't been there before were taking in the enormity of it. In the courtyard were many citizens, each worried about the person that had saved them, and worried about her son.

As Sebastian ushered the Avengers to the door, they parted, making a clear pathway to the doors. Everyone knew that Sebastian was the only person, other than Malakai, that could calm their Queen down.

They too had never seen their Queen like this. The closest she had gotten to it was when she found out that the King had been having an affair and killed himself after it had ended.

The Adviser pushed the doors open and strode in. After the Avengers had all filed in the doors automatically closed with a loud bang making Tony jump.

About twenty feet in front of them sat the Queen. Evangeline had a staff in one hand, her knuckles white from the grip she had on in, and she was holding something else in her other hand. A toy. A stuffed cat with a wide smile, puffy tail, and stripes running up and down the body. She had given it to her son on his first birthday and Malakai never went anywhere without it.

Evangeline was staring straight ahead, her eyes glowing bright red, her face uncovered by the glamour that she had put on, leaving the scars for everyone to see.

Sebastian and the others ran up to her throne but before they reached it they were stopped by two voices speaking at the same time.

"I wouldn't bother, we already tried."

Everyone whipped around to look at the source of the voices. Out of a doorway to the throne's right stepped out twins. One girl and one boy, both with auburn hair and strikingly blue eyes. At the sight of them Sebastian relaxed.

"Tweedles, have you gathered the others?"

Tony and Clint snickered at their name before receiving a sharp elbow to the ribs from both Natasha and Wanda.

Again, the twins spoke at the same time, which Thor found quite creepy. "Aye, they should be here any second."

As if on cue, two people burst through the door to the throne's right making everyone turn to them. The two were obviously brothers but there were some things drastically different about them.

The first was dressed nicely. A crisp tuxedo and shined black shoes that made his bright, slicked black, white hair stand out even more.

"Sorry we are late!" The first one said looking at a pocket watch in his hand before snapping it shut and tucking into one of his pockets.

"We are not late, you blubbering baboon." Said the second.

The second was less formal. His dirty white hair was disheveled, sticking up in random places. His tuxedo was also disheveled, stains on most of the surface, tears on some places and his shoes were worn and dirty.

"Your not late, Mr. and Mr. O'Hare."

"And neither am I." Another voice drawled out from behind the two men. A man stepped through them both, smoking a pipe, making the two wave a hand in front of their faces to clear the smoke.

The man was tall but was not skinny. He was broad, and had some muscle. He had a dark blue tux on and short black hair that was slicked back.

"Ah Mr. Brucus, good to see you," Sebastian said, before wrinkling his nose at the smoke.

"I know who you are, but my question is," Brucus said turning to the Avengers, "Who are you?" He asked before blowing a big cloud of smoke onto them all.

Steve opened his mouth to answer but was cut off by a loud bang. They all turned once again to the castle doors, which had been slammed open. A man with tall hat that looked too big for him width wise strode in. A cat which looked identical to the toy that the Queen was holding was winding between his tall legs. The man had muscle but not a lot. His suit was different from the others. This man's was more old fashioned and he had a small red scarf tucked around his neck instead of a tie. Steve and Natasha pushed his way to the front at the sight of the man's face.

The man stopped in front of them and smiled widely, the cat doing the same, much to the discomfort of Thor, Tony, and Clint. "Hello, terribly sorry for the doors."

Steve was still looking at the man's face when he said, "Bucky?"

The man turned to Steve and tilted his head slightly, "No idea who that is but that is not me," The man said, making Steve deflate and frown in disappointment. "Allow me to introduce myself."

The man bowed low before coming back up and smiling.

"My name is Matthew A.D. Hatter and it is wonderful to meet you!"

A/N- So the actor for M.A.D. Hatter will be Sebastian Stan, yes he will look like the one from Once Upon a Time but he will not act like it.

Some things about the late King. I had him commit suicide because the King of Hearts is often called the Suicide King. He is called this because on the traditional card it looks like the King is stabbing himself in the head. So just want to say that.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. It was a lot longer than most. Please read, vote and comment your opinions and edits to anything I got wrong.