Tea party with mad people
"A happy unbirthday for me,for you, a happy unbirthday for you,for me,yes,yes,let's celebrate with a tea party."
The girl looked amazed at the man from afar,he was a very strange figure,dressed like a scruffy Victorian gentlemen,with a coat that seemed to be made of green rags of different shades with some prints and a huge top hat,singing loudly in a rectangular table that looked like the fangs had been prepared for a tea party.
She was startled,the man had noticed that she was there and in a jump of astonishment he got up from the chair and stared at her,suddenly he began to walk quickly towards her.
The girl shivered a little at this,but still she didn't back away,instead remaining motionless until the man stood in front of her in silence.
"You.....you weren't invited to tea" Finally the man spoke, in fact the man didn't know what to say and his head was full of questions like:"Why is this child here?","Where did she come from ?","Is she homeless?","What the hell should I do with her?".
They both looked at each other in silence, the man actually looked like a scruffy Victorian gentlemen,but now she could see that he was wearing a dark green waistcoat over a white shirt with a black bow tie and trousers with a black and white checkered pattern with brown shoes and white and yellow striped socks.
His eyes were light blue and his hair was blonde but with the base and some dark brown highlights, making it appear to be dyed, his features were round and his mouth had protruding front teeth that seemed to stick out of his mouth, he was short and He didn't appear to be very thin.
The girl was dressed much more simply, she was wearing a type of loose white pajamas consisting of a very long-sleeved blouse and pants that dragged on the floor, along with dirty white socks on the soles due to her having no shoes.
She had straight, but messy, black hair that reached her shoulders and fell over her face and her eyes were brown, she didn't look more than ten years old and her face had delicate features.
"What...what's your name?" The man broke the silence.
'A-Alice Williams" The girl replied shyly.
The man widened his eyes and made an expression of astonishment, until he said "Hello...Alice...you can call me Mad Hatter".
The hatter walked to the end of the table and pulled out one of the chairs.
"Sit down, drink a cup of tea" Said the hatter, trying on a friendly smile, Alice obeyed.
The table was covered with a tablecloth sewn from rags of different prints and filled with empty jars and teapots.
The hatter placed a cup on a saucer in front of Alice and filled her with tea, the girl took a small sip and drew her mouth away from the bitter taste.
The hatter subtly looked at the girl with a look of curiosity, then he said: "Are you alone here, dear?"
Upon hearing this, Alice began to stare at the hatter with wide eyes, as if she were scared.
"D-don't be afraid" The hatter said with a desperate tone "I would never hurt a child."
The hatter's attempt at explanation was interrupted by the sound of footsteps in the dry leaves and in the distance a silhouette could be seen, it was a man slowly approaching through the decaying garden under the afternoon sun.
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A black figure was standing in front of the entrance to the park "Land of Fairy Tales", a place that was once one of the biggest attractions in Gotham but was currently abandoned in ruins with the darkness of the night making the place somewhat macabre.
The figure pushed the gate, without the padlock, and advanced into that decadent setting, which seemed to embody a childhood forgotten in time.
It had the princesses' castle, the witch's candy house, the seven dwarfs' mine and other attractions inspired by fairy tales, but the figure's destination was just one in specific, Wonderland, an attraction full of statues of the characters. In the book, there was the White Rabbit with his clock, the blue caterpillar with his hookah, the tweedledee and the tweedledun, who were not from Wonderland but from Through the Looking Glass.
But the character that the figure was most looking forward to meeting in that place was the Mad Hatter and perhaps an Alice who couldn't leave Wonderland, knew very well that she would find him in the middle of the park's garden, which simulated the queen's of hearts garden.
When he saw the arrow-shaped sign saying "Mad Hatter" he knew he was on the right path, following the sign he finally saw the damn chaotic tea party among the decadent garden along with an equally decadent hatter.
The Hatter also noticed his presence there, he smiled mischievously when he saw the man dressed in armor that looked like a bat.
"Well, if you're not the great Black Knight, would you like a cup of tea?" Said the Hatter, leaning over the table "I'm sorry, sweetie, but these are adult things, I'll get back whit you soon" The Hatter continued, turning to his current Alice.
However, Alice was not an adult blonde woman with blue eyes but a girl who didn't look more than ten years old with straight black hair cut short with bangs and brown eyes, even so she was dressed like the character.
She opened her eyes wide and looked at Batman with a look of terror, as if he were a monster, she tried to say something but swallowed hard.
"Come on bat, sit down and drink some tea" The Hatter insisted.
"Enough, Jervis" Batman replied with an usual firmness in his voice "Free the girl now, this is the last chance I'll give you".
"Well, I said sit down and drink some tea!" Said the Hatter with a more aggressive tone of voice.
Batman looked at the Hatter with a look of irritation, but he could see his henchmen wearing animal masks slowly approaching behind him, trying to surprise him.
But Batman blocked the first attack from a metal pipe and then all the henchmen attacked him at once, some with pipes and others with knives, but Batman's armor blocked the blows to his body and he blocked the blows to the head with his arms.
But one of the henchmen managed to hit him with a pipe on the back of the head, giving the Hatter himself room to rub a cloth soaked in a strong sleeping pill on his face, leaving Batman nauseated, he tried to get rid of the cloth but some of the henchmen stopped him. they held on, until finally Batman fell asleep on the floor.
"Great,great, now sit him on the chair" Said the Hatter, the henchmen obeyed and dragged Batman to a chair at the end of the table and chained him there.
The Hatter returned to the other side of the table, giving a friendly smile to his dear Alice, he was about to sit down again but the girl grabbed his waist, whimpering.
"P-please, please" She said between sobs and tears "Please don't let him catch me".
The Hatter looked at Alice with a look of pity, and he hugged her back.
"Don't worry, my dear, I won't let that bad man got you" Said the Hatter trying to console her "I got rid of a guy like him once and I can get rid of him again, for you."
"For me?" Alice asked as the Hatter gently wiped away her tears.
"To protect you" replied the Hatter "To ensure that you will stay here with me".
The hatter gently pulled Alice by the arm and placed her sitting on his lap, wrapping her in his arms, the girl rested her head on his shoulder, seeming to be a little calmer.
The hatter felt a warmth in his heart, it gave him enormous comfort to have that girl with him, to feel that she loved him and understood him, an almost father-daughter relationship and of course he wasn't going to let nobody, especially Batman, ruin it.
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"What a despicable man" Said the hatter.
Alice was confused by the scene she had just witnessed, it was only a few minutes ago that she was whimpering to the hatter begging him to save her from that man.
"Help me" She whispered "He wants to kill me".
Then the man approached the hatter asking what he was doing and told him to stay away from her.
But then the hatter approached him and quickly placed what looked like a playing card in his ear and now he was standing still.
The man seemed paralyzed as he hadn't moved a finger to stop the hatter from rummaging through his coat pockets to find a pocket knife and a black ski mask.
"Just a minute Alice" Said the hatter, starting to walk and the man followed him.
Alice waited sitting in her chair waiting for the hatter to return and hoping the man wouldn't return with him, the whole situation was very strange for her.
After about fifteen minutes the hatter returned and did not have the man following him, much to Alice's relief.
"Sorry for the delay" Said the hatter with a friendly smile.
"What happened to that man?" Alice asked.
"I got rid of him" replied the hatter.
"What do you mean? Where is he?" Alice asked again.
"Does it matter? He wanted to hurt you and the important thing is that he will no longer be a nuisance, my dear" Said the hatter in a calm voice "Oh, with all this confusion I didn't realize it was evening, Alice, could you help me set this table?"
"Okay," Alice said and then helped the hatter put the teapot, chircaras and tablecloth in a basket and ate what was left of some cookies.
The hatter looked at Alice from time to time, it was as if she had simply fallen down this rabbit hole and by chance their paths crossed.
To never be separated again.
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