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Chapter 10: Victims of the Night Dansen and Moth floated through a mind numbing void, pushed by some invisible current. On all sides of the tunnel they were in were portals, occasionally flashing glimpses of bizarre locations. But Dansen’s focus was locked on the forms of Nekra and her followers traveling before them. She failed to notice that she was starting to drift from the center of the passage, closer and closer toward one of the portals. “Dansen!” Moth yelled, her voice reverberating through the void. Strands from her costume came undone and caught Dansen. They pulled her back to Dansen to the center of the current. “Let go of me!” Dansen’s voice echoed. “We must stop them!” Nekra turned to see the two Night Shifters drawing near. “Brother Jonathan? Cast aside these intruders.” Ohn floated between the Kali zealots and the Night Shift. He raised his hands, then looked back confused at Nekra. “Um, where should I cast them aside to, Sister Nekra?” Nekra’s teeth grew sharper as she roared back. “Anywhere! Just do it!” Ohn shrugged and touching his chest, drew forth another portal and hurled it right in front of Dansen and Moth. Moth flapped her wings furiously but the force of the vortex was too strong. “I can’t stop! We’re going in!” Dansen and Moth disappeared into the portal and it closed behind them. Lorina Dodson, the White Rabbit, sat with her high heel shoes resting on a work table in the laboratory of the Headmen. She idly checked her nails, the sounds of screams emanating from a nearby sealed, metallic chamber causing her to look up. She turned to face Dr. Wyndham, who is monitoring readings on a wall of screens. “Is there anyway we can hurry this up?” she asked in annoyance. “I wanted to take Hubert out to cause some more mayhem and mass destruction.” Wyndham took a deep breath, then gently shoved the table Lorina was resting on forward, causing her legs to drop to the floor. “Miss Dodson, MODOK’s orders were most exact. Mr. Carpenter’s initial treatments have proven to be ineffective. The enhancements must be fully assimilated before he is allowed to challenge the Night Shift again.” “But I want to fight them now!” White Rabbit whined. All at once, a portal opened up in the ceiling above the pair. Dansen and Moth tumbled out and crashed through the table. White Rabbit sprang to her feet, reaching for her umbrella. “Sybby! What a surprise! It must be my Un-Birthday!” Moth’s wings shot forward, the left one knocking the umbrella aside and the other forcing White Rabbit against the wall. Moth stared at her in disbelief as she struggled to free herself. “The boys said they fought a girl who was talking a bunch of Wonderland crap. I really didn’t think you were so stupid to sign up with these people, Lorina.” “I’m not Lorina! I’m the White Rabbit!” Dansen turned to face Wyndham, who was hurriedly pressing buttons and throwing switches. She grabbed him in a sleeper hold and pulled him back. “You are one of the Headmen!” she hissed in his ear. “You will tell us the best path for us to leave this place! Or I will snap your neck!” Wyndham’s face remained expressionless, as he gazed at the chamber. “You might as well do so, Miss Dansen. Because it will be the last death you cause before you meet your own demise.” Smoke started pouring from the chamber as it opened up, revealing what remained of Hubert Carpenter. Gone was the comical outfit of the Walrus. His body was now a patchwork of cybernetic parts. His hair was now long and shaggy, and he sported a reptilian looking tail and claws. White Rabbit smiled cockily at Moth, as she and Dansen braced themselves for combat. “Beware the Jabberwock, my dear!” OK: Dansen and Moth win by defeating or evading Piecemeal. Piecemeal wins by immobilizing both Dansen and Moth. Game On!