Descendants of Madness

Years ago a being known as 'The Twisted Heart' came to Wonderland and started to torture its inhabitants. A few were able to escape to 'The Waking World' and closed The Gate to Wonderland. A few stayed in Wonderland and formed a rebel group called The Revolt. Others returned later on to join the fight.

Now, years later, the descendants of those that escaped are being called back to Wonderland.

Kosuke walked into the locker room of the warehouse and sighed. All she ever had in her locker was her favorite book that her boss gave her. When she opened the locker she was instantly sucked into a black vortex. As she descended into the darkness her hair went white, her ears grew long, and her clothes turned into a gothic Lolita dress. Kosuke screamed

Alexei lay in the grass where the strange vortex outside his door had deposited him. His clothes were different. That was odd. He lay there staring at his tie, for the moment too stunned by what had happened to think about where he was.

Kosuke screamed as she fell from the sky and into the lap of... Oh my god, he's HOT!

"Oof!" Alexei grunted in pain and instinctively threw the girl who landed on him aside. "What was that for?!" Only then did he notice the rabbit ears. "What the hell?"

((I assume Wonderland has a translation effect since our characters all have different native tongues.))

((yeah))

"Piss off, I just fell out of the sky!" Kosuke spat. Though usually nice, she didn't appreciate being tossed.

"So sorry," spat Alexei sarcastically, "but you aren't the only one. It's a rough enough landing without someone being dropped on top of you." He looked at the girl, noting that she was cute when she was upset. He felt a little guilty. "Sorry," he said again, genuinely this time. "I guess I'm not making a very good first impression. I don't know how I got here, and that's put me on edge."

Kosuke got up and said "I'm sorry to. My first impression wasn't any more favorable" She offered her hand and said "my name is Kosuke"

Alexei shook her hand, then grinned and placed a gentle kiss on the back of it. "Alexei Sergeivich Belikov."

"Ack!" Kosuke shouted. Out of habit and reflex she punched Alexei in the gut.

Alexei kicked Kosuke in the leg, hard enough to hurt but not seriously. "What's your excuse for that one?!"

Kosuke replied sheepishly "Well, you were being very forward and... I've been living with a gang of street kids all my life, a punch to the gut is like second nature"

Alexei huffed. "See what a guy gets for trying to be a gentleman..." he muttered, then spoke aloud. "Well, I think I've had as much abuse as I can stand. I'm getting out of here; if I can just figure out where here is and which way leads to home."

A mysterious voice echoed around Kosuke and Alexei "you can't leave... you need Tweedle-Dee's key... and only The Revolt knows where he is"

Alexei looked around. "You know, we might put more stock in what you're saying if you weren't just a disembodied voice."

Minka appeared in a cloud of purple smoke in front of Alexei. She purred as she nuzzled under his chin and said "what, you don't like me?"

Alexei stepped back and raised an eyebrow at the new girl. "Did you just purr at me?" He noted her feline features. "Am I the only human here?"

Minka shook her head and replied "No. There's Tweedle-Dee, but the way he handles almost any weapon seems very inhuman. The Duchess was human, I think. But now she's more of a doll. There's Pheonix-- oh he's not here yet. How about Farzana? Oops, no. Maybe the Aces? Spades died, Hearts is with us, Diamond eloped with the Mock Turtle, Clubs... where did he go?"

Alexei sighed. "Any time you want to start making sense, I'm listening."

"Purrrhaps you'd like to meet them?" Minka asked, a slight purr evident in 'perhaps'.

Alexei looked at Kosuke. "What do you think? We don't have anything else to go on."

Kosuke shrugged and replied "better than staying here being lost" Minka giggled and said "Follow me!"

She lead them through a long span of open field and entered a dark, menacing forest. Almost no light got through the thick gnarled branches, only small teal luminescent bugs lit the area. Minka walked slowly and said "Be careful. Ace's defenses are easy to trigger, and always fatal. Always." She flicked her tail and added "don't follow the lights"

Alexei took Kosuke's hand - watching suspiciously for her to attack him again - and kept her close to his side. He didn't know her, but at least she seemed sane, unlike the cat woman. He figured it was best that they stick together. He called ahead to their strange guide "Are you going to explain anything to us anytime soon?!"

Minka called over her shoulder "No. I'll leave that to our leader" She turned around and added "now, follow or die" Minka pointed to an army of deformed rabbits running towards Alexei and Kosuke.

Kosuke froze with fear. It was all up to Alexei.

Alexei groaned in frustration and grabbed Kosuke's arm. "Come on. Killed by rabbits is too pathetic a death to just let happen; though I do feel kind of like a fly following a spider home."