The rest of the trip was in complete silence. Carpenter would look over towards the female next to him but would quickly look away, afraid he would get in even more trouble with her if he was caught staring.

Alice, on the other hand, was looking anywhere but at the red head. Obviously she wasn't going to let what had happened earlier any time soon.

It got to the point that the tall man couldn't take it anymore and was about to give her a piece of his mind but was interrupted.

"We're here." The Tweedles announced at the same time.

"Finally..." The brunette said under her breath, walking up ahead and leaving Carpenter behind.

They were in a clear area that was still surrounded by buildings, a bunch of tables that were overgrown with plant life pushed together in a line. At the head of this makeshift table stood the Mad Hatter who was muttering to himself and seemed to have not noticed he had company.

"We brought her, Hatter!" Dum said loudly.

"Actually, I brought myself, thank you very much." Alice corrected with her arms folded.

"Hmm, oh Alice, there you are!" Hatter exclaimed, making his way over.

Carpenter, although still angered by Alice's treatment of him, instinctively grabbed the handle of his weapon as the other man got closer to the brunette.

"Yes, I'm here. Now what do you want with me?" The woman replied, irritated.

"I want you," the man with a gear in his back said, suddenly grabbing one of her hands and kneeling down onto one knee, "to be mine."

Alice's green eyes widened in shock and revulsion, unable to say anything.

However, someone did have something to say.

"Oh, HELL no!"

Both the one in blue and Hatter looked towards the one who spoke.

"You can't be serious! Since when have you given her the time of day anyway?!" Carpenter shouted, making his way over to two of them.

"You know it's always tea time." The Mad Hatter remarked, obviously not understanding what the red head was saying.

"Fuck, you know what I mean! Why do you suddenly care?!" The red head demanded, trying to tug Alice away.

"Because I'm lonely! The March Hare and the Dormouse are gone!" The green skinned man screamed, tightening his grip on the brunette's wrist.

"Ow, you're hurting me!" Alice cried out in pain and anger.

Hatter didn't seem hear her or just didn't care. He then pulled the female closer to him possessively. "You let her go now or I'll kill you and sure you never come back!" Carpenter snarled, getting ready to swing his hammer at the other man.

"You don't want to do that." The green skinned one whispered dangerously.

"And why not?!" The red head questioned.

"Because I can't guarantee she won't get hurt." Hatter answered, pushing the one in blue in front of him as a human shield.

"You son of a-!"

"Tweedles!"

Carpenter then felt fat arms loop around his armpits, preventing him from moving. "Fuck you!" The red head screamed in fury as he tried to throw off the larger Tweedle but not succeeding.

"Get that nasty hammer away from him too!" Hatter commanded, moving back towards the tables with Alice still captive in his arms.

"Bet you wish you let your girlfriend kill us now, huh?" Dum remarked cheekily as he took Carpenter's hammer.

The tall man said nothing but then suddenly spit onto the smaller Tweedle's face. "Ah, fuck! You're going to regret that Carpenter!"

Dum then made a move to hit the defenseless red head with his own weapon but was stopped by sudden shout "Tweedles, get over here! We're going to have a tea party now."

Carpenter glared at the Hatter all the way across the table, him being on the other end. Alice had been seated right next to the green skinned man and she looked mortified, hot tears falling down her face.

The two of them were tied down to their chairs with some strong vines, which both of them had struggled against several times.

"Now dear, you know you ruin your pretty features when make a face like that." The Mad Hatter remarked, sipping out of a teacup which Carpenter had no idea where he could have found. Along with the tea, for that matter.

"Shut up." The red head said softly in response to Hatter's earlier remark.

"I'm sorry, did you say anything over there?" The green skinned male asked as he looked over at Carpenter.

"Yeah, I did. I said shut the fuck up!" The red head yelled, lunging towards the other man in his restraints.

"My, those are terrible manners." Hatter said simply before turning towards Alice. "Now, Alice about your-"

"My manners are terrible? Have you ever noticed yours, because last I checked, you don't say such things to a lady!" Carpenter talked back, looking like he was on the verge of having a psychotic break.

"And what, pray tell, do you know about how to talk to a woman?" The green skinned man asked.

"Not much I'm afraid. However, if you really cared about her you have said something about her beautiful eyes or her gorgeous hair!"

Alice slowly looked over at the red head, her teary eyes showing an unreadable emotion. "You tell her how strong she is and how honored you are to be in very presence every single day." Carpenter continued, his voice now full of passion, his eyes only on her.

"Hmm, well that's nice," Hatter commented, none of the words the other man was saying being taken o heart. He then reached out towards the brunette next to him, which caused her to flinch, and began playing with her hair.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!"

This outburst caused everyone to jump in surprise and they all looked towards the one who had caused it. Carpenter was now standing, the vines that had been tying him down in shreds now.

"Wait, how did you do that?!" The Mad Hatter cried out, pointing towards the other male in astonishment.

The red head said nothing and slowly made his way over towards the green skinned male.

"Tweedles!" The Hatter yelped.

The two siblings made a move towards Carpenter but he swung out at them, the action so fast his arm was a blur. Both Tweedles fell to the ground in a heap, the same exact hammer that had been taken away from him now in his hand.

"What?! When did you manage to get that back?!" The green skinned man actually looked terrified for his life at this point.

"I didn't." The red head answered.

Hatter screamed in fear looking for a way out before his eyes fell back on Alice. Laughing, he grabbed her and she cried out, kicking the air.

"You don't want to hurt her. I know you don't." Mad Hatter said between frightened giggles.

Carpenter looked Alice in the eye and asked, "Do you trust me?"

She nodded immediately.

"Then duck! Now!"

The brunette didn't question it, only did as she was told.

"Wait, what?!" Hatter exclaimed.

But before the green skinned man realized what was happening, the Carpenter's hammer connected with the side of his head so hard, he was decapitated.

As the Mad Hatter's headless body fell, the red head caught Alice in his arms.

"Alice?"

The brunette looked up at Carpenter's face. "Yes?"

"I love you."