A Door that Opens Part 20

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''The Queen bore witness to her zombie army being crushed by a gatling gun from a ship out by the river that ran west of her Kingdom. She could not fathom the level of anger she felt in that moment. Her true skin was showing, the skin of a banshee, solid white skin, hollow eye sockets, and her gruesome, black dress that hung just over her feet. She stood nine feet tall now, towering over all of them save for the giant purple and white spider that was once her servant, who was now Rinji. That was when she saw them approach her, all of them. Her zombie army laid in shambles, many of them trying to get back up, but could not as they were ripped in half, or worse.''

''All of the pirates stood in front of her now. Chio, who could barely stand, but was keeping on his feet all the same. Usagi, whose sword stayed unsheathed and in a fighting position. Nikk, who while battered and beaten, stood with a blank look on her face, but her eyes glared directly at the queen in an unshaken manner. Then there was Alice who stood in front of all of them, even Rinji who stood more in the distance, but faded away into nothing but a grin, that was until he floated downward, decreasing to his normal size. The spider was gone. ''

Alice: You are beaten, Godless Banshee. You are hereby no longer fit to rule as a tyrant over this fair land. I will tell you again; stand down, and leave this world. Go back to your nightmare realm, immediately!

''The Banshee once known at the Queen of Hearts knew that she was right. She looked beyond them to see Alys, who was still covered in blood, and trying to clean herself off as best she could, but wasn't getting much of anywhere with it. Even she was defeated, which was a good thing in the queen's eyes. Still, it did not help her in this instant. ''

Banshee: You have not beaten me yet! This only accelerates my plans that I had for this horrific place! Once I am finished with YOU [screaming now] I will destroy this world! Then I will follow suit with the other fifty-four worlds! All of it shall die! AND DIE IT SHALL!!!!

''The banshee's mouth opened wide, and the same white, beaming light emitted from it. It powered up, causing them all to get to their guard. ''

Alice: [Turned toward them] Get down! All of you, GO!

''A terrible shriek came at all of them then, Alice stood at the brunt of it. A powerful beam of light blasted through her, and she heard the most horrible scream that no one could ever imagine hearing for their entire life. The ground beneath her was destroyed, and she flew straight back toward them. It was Nikk who jumped up and caught her as she flew by. The beam dissipated and it cut straight through the ground around it, causing a huge ditch where it crossed. ''

Usagi: Alice!! [Began to run toward her and Nikk very quickly.]

''The former queen gazed at her with her hollow eyes and began to emit the same light from her mouth. She powered it, ready to blast all three of them at a time, but she didn't see the one who was now right beside her face.''

Chio: Soru! Rankyaku! Chio Katana!!!!! [Kicked a shortrange energy blade which both sliced the banshee's cheek wide open and caused her to emit her scream backward, blasting a huge hole into her castle behind her. The castle, which was already halfway destroyed, was all set in ruins now. The blast crumbled the foundations of it and whatever was standing then, all came crumbling down.]

The banshee reached up toward Chio, growing out three foot tall claws that shot out at him from behind him.

Chio: Geppou! [Emitted a burst from his feet which carried him far upward, causing the claws to miss. Chio landed on the ground in front of her.]

''Before Chio could make another move, though, the banshee took him by surprise with a sudden burst of energy from her mouth. A low level scream that still had the power to bust the ground below him apart and send him careening backward, causing him to slide on the ground on his shoulder and skin it something horrible. ''

''Her mouth began to power up once again, ready to take him while he was down, but then a huge purple and white, clawed fist came from the side and smashed into her. Her power scream was interrupted, and she gazed at the nine-foot tall Cheshire cat who stood against her. ''

Rinji: Mewhahahaha! Get ready for this! [Clenched his fist tight] Rinji Kyokan Roketto KEN!!!! [His fisted detached from his wrist, leaving a trail of his purple vapors, and flew straight into the banshee's face, knocking her for a loop and causing her to get knocked back a few steps.]

Banshee: You cannot win! [She took in a deep breath and began to emit a scream that blaired all around her. Dust began to kick up, the ground began to crumble, and Rinji's cat-like hearing was going absolutely haywire! He tried to get away from her, but her scream was far too loud and powerful to be ignored. All of the pirates started to cover their ears and cringe as the land around them began to shake apart from the horrible, quaking shriek.]

''Alys, having resistance against the queen's horrific powers, ran toward Nikk, Usagi, and Alice, the two pirates using their bodies to shield the poor little Alice girl, who lied, broken and beaten within an inch of her life. At that moment, they were trying to find a way to get her to the ship, but it was being blown away from the shore, unable to aim its cannons because of the shriek causing a horrible tidal wave.''

Alys: Alice!!! ALICE!!!! [She ran toward her, and as she did, Usagi looked toward her and began to unsheathe her sword, but Nikk stopped her and shook her head.]

''Nikk moved them both out of Alys's way and let her get close to the heavily injurred girl. ''

''Alys kneeled toward her as the quaking stopped, and the banshee caught her breath. She cradled Alice's head in her arms which were now covered in dried blood. She leaned forward toward Alice's ear, and began to whisper.''

Alys: Alice... I am so sorry for what I've done. I had no idea that you would have taken me with you. Your friend showed me what I was missing. I was so caught up with ruling everything that I didn't realize that you would have held my hand and skipped to the top along with me. I was so selfish, and I want to make it up to you. [Tears began to roll down her dirty cheeks] Please, let me come with you, accept me into you, and I will do everything I can to help you. I...

''Alys was interrupted as Alice's hand grasped onto her wrist. Alice could barely open her eyes to look toward Alys and managed a very tiny smile. ''

Alice: From this day forth...

''Alys smiled, and leaned forward, placing her forehead onto Alice's, and she began to weep. The two of them began to shine, as all of the powers of wonderland emitted from them and surrounded their forms. ''

Alys: Thank you. [Soon their heads began to lean within one another, and their hands passed into one set of hands. It wasn't long before their entire bodies became one, and it stood tall, shining a brilliant light amidst all the gloom around them.]

Banshee: No! This can't be happening! I am the ruler of this world! Not you! NOT YOU! [She summoned up a ball of deathly, black energy that pulsed within her palm.] Black Ghost! [She thrust the energy in the form of a horrific ghost straight toward the two, and the ones around her had to flee.]

Usagi: ALICE! [She grabbed Nikk and jumped far out of the way as a huge, black explosion emitted, blasting both Nikk and Usagi into the river, which was thankfully not salt water.]

''The blast dissipated, and what stood there was a very strange visage. Alice stood, her pretty blue and white dress was perfect, and her hair was combed with a black ribbon tying to the top of it. But that's when she raised her vorpal blade, which shined with an energy none of them had ever seen before. ''

''Rinji laid on his side, his eye swollen shut and his giant form gone, now back to his normal, red and black striped form. He had no energy left, but he had enough to look at the form of Alice as she began to walk toward the banshee.''

Banshee: This cannot be possible... You should be dead!

Alice: I tried to give you the chance to step down willingly, but now I see that I must bring you down myself. I, the Blue Queen of Wonderland, will show you the way to oblivian. [She clapped her hands together and closed her eyes.] Dori Dori no...

Banshee: NEVER!!!! [Brought her fist down toward Alice.]

Alice: Juuman'okudo!! [She disappeared before the fist could hit, and everything around them turned white. Everything turned white, in fact. Everything disappeared them, and the banshee was alone in what looked like an entire frozen thundra filled with snow.]

Banshee: What?! [She looked around as her voice echoed into the void.] What trickery is--- [That's when she saw a little tiny thing walking toward her in the snow. When she looked closer, she saw that it was a Cheshire cat, and not the one she just saw.]

''She recognized the cat, it was the one that helped Alice proceed through Wonderland. It stopped in front of her, and looked up toward her with its signature grin. ''

Banshee: ...What is this thing before me...

''That's when it opened its mouth comedically wide. That was when a kind of tentacle shot out of its mouth and jabbed into the banshee's stomach.''

Banshee: AGH!! What?!

''There came another one, it jabbed into her chest, the next jabbed into her side. More and more they came, jabbing her all over and drawing blood. It wasn't long before it began to suck her dry. Her skin began to become flimsy, and soon she was nothing but bones. Even those bones became fluid, along with her skin as they were absorbed into the cheshire cat that stood there, in the snow. ''

''The rest of the crew simply saw Alice shine a radiant blue color, and the banshee melted away into nothingness. All of the watched, wide-eyed and fascinated at such a show. ''

Nikk stepped closer toward Alice.

Nikk: Alice?

''Alice turned around quickly and bowed toward Nikk. ''

Alice: Thank you, my friend. [That was when she embraced Nikk, who was mildly uncomfortable with the physical contact, but she accepted it with a small smile all the same, even going so far as to put her hands on Alice's back.]

''It wasn't long before all of the residents of the Kingdom of Hearts came out of their houses, and shelters. When they learned that the queen's tyrannous rule was over, there came much celebration! Oh so much joy was had! The pirates were carried on as heroes, and some of them were given medical attention.''

Civilian: The Queen! [Pointing]

''There was much gasping and horror, even a few screams. Up until all of them saw who the queen was. It was the one, true queen, the White Queen who stepped out into the crowd, which made way for her, all of them bowing. ''

''Alice stood among them looking toward the White Queen, and smiling, giving her a curtsy. ''

Alice: Your highness.

Queen: [Smiled] You have done so well, young Alice. I owe you so much.

Alice: Not at all, my Queen. It was my duty to see that the Red Queen was brought down from the throne.

''The Queen looked toward those who were on the small mattresses, Rinji who sat up, completely exausted and bruised in places he didn't know he had. Chio, who couldn't even muster up the energy to sit up, as his shoulder was out of its socket and his leg tissue was completely bruised to their limits. And Nikk, who only had minor injuries to her face and upper body, as well as a deep cut on her shoulder. ''

Queen: My brave warriors.

''With just a wave of her hand, the Queen set about to remake her once beautiful castle, and the courtyard as well. The walls were brought back up, and the wondrous fountains were set back the way they once were. All of the damage that were dealt in battle were now repaired, and all of her brave defenders were welcome inside of her castle. ''

Rinji: Well... [Looking around the main hall of the castle.] Much better than it was, I'll give it that.

''The queen smiled, and kept walking leading all of them (sans Chio, who was in just short of a comatose state with Usagi by his side) down the halls of her castle. ''

Queen: I was wondering how I could possibly repay such a wonderfully benevolent act from such brave warriors of Wonderland, then I remembered that all of you are pirates.

Rinji: [Gave a look toward Nikk, who shrugged and kept walking.] Yeah?

Queen: Well, I have all of this that I am not using. [She opened up a gigantic room filled with treasures that opened all of their eyes wider than they could thought possible.]

''Gold! Bars, coins, trinkets, chalices, and jewelry in piles upon piles of it. There must have been well over 400,000,000 belli worth of gold in that one room. ''

''All of them looked toward Rinji, who began to weep. ''

A Door that Opens Part 21