After Bryan's attempt to close off the doorway to the Twisted Universe fails, he falls unconscious and is unable to wake up. But when he ends up in a new world, Bryan must find a way out to ever go back to his theme park and to his friends again. Al...
Bryan is looking up at the sky, still waiting for Jon to return, when he hears the hatch a few meters away opening up again. He quickly hides behind a tree and subtly peeks out to see who would arise from the trapdoor.
Dum lifts Duchess out of the hatch, still whispering prayers to herself and wounded in her ankles. The others follow out and realize they came through the hatch with the slide. When Helpy realizes this, she looks back at the hatch and sees the same metal slide she leaped down into before, not stairs.
"Um, guys...didn't we come up here by stairs? There's a slide here now," Hely implies.
"That isn't important right now, Helpy. We have to get Duchess back to the house before she's seen by anybody," Cook says. But just after this is said, Bryan comes out from behind the tree and runs up to the others.
"Oh my god! Your highness, guys, you're all ok!" Bryan cries with relief.
"Jesus Christ! Where in the lord's name did you come from?!" Dum asks in surprise.
Well, I was over by that tree waiting for--" Bryan begins to tell the others where he was and why, but then notices Duchess and how bloody and insane she looks in Dum's arms.
"U-Uh...What's wrong with Duchess...and...why is she covered in..." Bryan struggles to say.
"Let's just go back to my home so we can explain," Cook states. "Also, where did Cheshire go?"
"Oh. He actually went looking for Duchess. She was with me and him but then disappeared. I guess now I know where she ran off to. He should be back soon," Bryan informs.
"Yeah, she saved my life and managed to get the others out safe...but...it came at a cost," The Queen tells Bryan, tears forming in her eyes from guilt. Bryan gives a confused yet nervous expression at her statement.
"Let's just get Duchess home so we can talk things through. I'm sure Cheshire will come to us eventually," Cook says.
"I'd say now, but eventually is fine too," Cheshire says from behind Cook.
"Oh my-Cheshire, there you are. Did you really have to appear right behind me?" Cook gasps in surprise.
"That doesn't seem like the question that should be asked here, Miss Cook. What I want to know is why there's a dead body in the Hatter's lair," Cheshire wonders.
"Wait, what?!" Bryan cries.
"I-I can explain everything...just...not in front of Duchess," The Queen says nervously.
"Come on, we have to go," Cook tells the group. They all begin to walk to Cook's home. Dum decided to carry Duchess in his arms instead of dragging her. Bryan can't help but stare at Duchess's blood on the journey. Is the blood hers? Was she wounded? Or is the blood somebody else's? So many questions would flow in Bryan's mind at once.
