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|| Fight Song|| Rachel Platten ||
Messiah watched as the Japanese fled, he had lost Zinnia once again, but had gained something else, something much more valuable. "Leave," he said to Pierce, who nodded and fled, not wishing to die today. He had to live if he wanted to protect Alice. The child lay on the floor, eyes no longer aglow since Mizuki had touched her, now merely asleep. "What are you going to do with her?" Doll asked, craddling Alice's head in her lap. There was a laps of silence between them, then, "I think a political marriage might be arranged." Aligning himself with the fey would be the best course of action. Messiah knelt down, touching Alice's forehead, her eyes opened suddenly, her back arching in pain as wings sprouted from her skin. Large and beautiful, slightly holographic, faerie wings. She vomited from the pain, breathing hard. Dog, where was Dog? Alice found him on the floor and grabbed him, her entire body shaking.
"Wh-where is Baron Pierce?" She looked around, eyes wide and fearful. "He left," Doll said softly, wiping Alice's mouth with a handkerchief. "Why did he leave me?" She asked, her voice a whisper. Had she done something wrong? Was she bad? "You're a very important person Alice," Baron King Messiah spoke, his voice gravely. "Baron Pierce was merely babysitting you. Now, you'll finally be able to thrive." Thrive? What did that mean? Her head throbbed. Baron Messiah pat her head, but Alice didn't understand. "You're not going to put your crest on her, are you?" Doll asked, sounding slightly fearful. "No, I won't. There is no reason for me to," it wasn't as though Alice had powers she could use against him. The most she could do was predict the future. This wasn't the future she saw, this wasn't what was supposed to happen.
"I want to go home, to Baron Pierce!" Alice stood, "You cannot. Doll, take her to a room." Doll nodded, lifting Alice easily, despite the new weight on her back. "No!" Alice screamed, kicking and flailing. "I want to go home! I don't want to stay here!" Doll carried her out of the throne room and to a new room, the only furniture there a singular chair. She placed Alice down, tying down her wrists and ankles. "No!" Alice screamed as Doll walked out, unable to meet her eyes. She was afraid, she wanted Ophie or Cal or Sonata. Why did Baron Pierce leave her here? Messiah entered, wearing gloves and a mask. Alice froze in her chair, her heart pumping quickly. "What are you doing?" She was tired and hungry and the chair was so uncomfortable. "Don't move too much or it will hurt."
Hurt? What would h- pain filled her body as a knife decimated her nice dress. Alice screamed, but no one came to help, no one made it stop. He reached a hand inside of her, the flesh of her belly sliced open. "Odd," he whispered, his faceless face making her squirm. With a wave of a hand the pain stopped, her stomach closed up. He left abruptly and Alice was alone, writhing from the memory of it. It went this way for several days, Baron King Messiah would enter, Alice would scream at him to let her go home, and he would cut her. She didn't know why or what he was searching for, her would stick things inside of her, look at her organs and measure her blood. Then when it was over, he would close her back up again.
On the fifth day of this, Alice stopped fighting, she knew it was hopeless. She was tired and hungry, getting little sleep and nothing to eat, only allowed water. Today, when the door opened, it was Baron Pierce who entered. Her eyes flickered with recognition, but she was far too tired to react. "You came," she choked out, her throat dry. "Yes, I'm here. We're going home now," he untied her wrists and ankles and lifted her, picking up Dog from the floor. He wasn't sure why Messiah had the change of heart, but when he called Baron Pierce this morning to take Alice home, he did not question it. She lay her head on his lap in the carriage, reunited with Pog.
"Why did you let her go?" Queen Monaka asked, rather furious at Baron King Messiah for allowing Pierce to take her. "You summoned me here and you simply allowed that demon to take her again?" She crossed her arms, her hair fluffing up as her anger grew. "She sees that man as her father, her abilities will not grow in a place she feels confined."
"I'm going to speak with him myself."
"You can't change his mind, I know Pierce."
"Then what will I do? Allow this demon to keep my sister? Do you know how long I've been searching for her?"
"Everything will fall together soon. You just need to be patient."