Page 9--The Mad Hatter

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"It...no...it can't be..." The Queen stutters in disbelief.

"What's the matter, Queenie? Still in denial after all those years?" Hatter says as he runs his finger across the sharp blade.

"This can't be...you can't be..." The Queen continues to stutter.

"Oh no...no no no...this is bad...this is extremely bad!" Helpy says.

"Helpy...is that..." Bryan begins to ask.

"He's the one who cursed us all! He must have done it with that knife he's caressing," Helpy cries.

"But...why him...why did it have to be Molten?" Bryan mutters to himself. 

"And I see you've still been murdering innocent Alices ever since I vanished. You really haven't changed, Queenie," Hatter says.

"E-Enna-" The Queen begins to say.

"DON'T YOU DARE UTTER THAT NAME!" Hatter yells. "You have no right to look at me as what I once was...after everything you did to me,"

"E-Please...I," The Queen struggles to say.

Molten sighs and looks at the queen's prisoners, still handcuffed and seized by the card guards.

"What a shame...you still remain the same, Queenie," Molten says as he points his knife over to Bryan's direction. When he does, his knife glows and the card guards are sliced in two and lay on the ground dead. 

"O-Oh my god!" Bryan cries. 

Hatter's glowing knife also makes their handcuffs vanish into thin air, leaving the gang unrestrained.

"You see Queenie, ever since...that damned day...I found my weapon. I showed you what I was capable of by cursing all of Wonderland...leaving everybody in a place of insanity...doomed to remain trapped in their own madness for all eternity. I am the Angel of Insanity, the God of Madness...I am...The Mad Hatter. I am your curse...and I have waited all these years for the right moment to strike...to finally avenge the one you unrightfully took away from me," Hatter monologues.

"So he's the one Cheshire told me about...he's the Mad Hatter. But who did the queen take away from him?" Bryan asks himself subtly.

"L-Listen...please E-um...please just listen-" The Queen stutters nervously.

"No, YOU LISTEN! I'm not here to ask for an apology or an explanation. After all...you never did and still don't regret what you did to him, right?" Hatter asks. The queen stays silent.

Hatter then looks over at Bryan and sighs. 

"So...you're the Alice I've heard so much about. I haven't heard from your kind for years," Hatter states. 

Bryan rubs his arm nervously. He really didn't expect to see Molten again. And the fact that Molten is holding a knife increases his discomfort.

"I-Um...well..." Bryan stutters.

"Bryan, right? I have to admit, I pity you greatly," Hatter states.

"W-Why is that?" Bryan asks.

"Why...because all this time you've been running and hiding from someone as horrible and nefarious as The Queen of Hearts. Despite my deep hatred, she's certainly someone I fear...or feared, once upon a time," Hatter says.

"I-Please, En-" The Queen speaks once again.

"Oh, Queenie. It's Hatter now. I don't want you to keep calling me...that...or I'm gonna have to kill you slowly and painfully,"  Hatter informs.

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