Winter Rabbit in Wonderland

Sensing a desperation he had never seen before in Dee’s face, the assistant didn’t ask twice and started the car. During this time, Dee had found the first aid kit from the glove department and pulled out painkillers and bandages.

The one thing anyone born in Wonderland had in common was that they were used to pain. Even though he had some severe injuries, Dee had no intention of treating his wounds at that moment. The assistant glanced over at Dee opening the painkillers and asked, “What are you going there for? We’ve never paid attention to anything that happens in Outhouse.”

“Shut up and drive. And when we arrive, you can leave.”

“What?”

“Do not make me say it again.”

The last words were not from the physical persona of Dee, but from Dum, who had quietly risen from his subconscious. Caught off guard by Dee saying something without cursing, the assistant closed his mouth.

Dee put the ointment and bandages back in the glove compartment and pulled out all the weapons. He tested the feel of them in his hand and, except a couple of knives, he dumped the rest back into the compartment.

It was silent inside the car. About 2 hours later, the car neared the research facility. The assistant slowed his speed and glanced over at Dee.

“Are you really going to go like this? What are you planning to do in there all alone?”

“I am going to mow through it with the car.”

“Um, Dee. Don’t get mad... but listen to me calmly. Are you insane? Or do you have a sudden urge to commit suicide...”

Dee turned to his assistant with an extremely angry expression. His assistant pressed hard on his temples and sighed. “Oh, alright. If this is what you want. But what is the reason? Even you being this hurt right now has something to do with the research facility, right?”

The reason? Dee and Dum ground their teeth. He could not bring himself to admit the dirty fact that he had passed out with SoYoon behind him. They glared at the assistant with red eyes, infuriated by their defeat.

The combination of both their fury and annoyance made even those who had worked many years below them tremble in fear.

“Park the car and get out.”

“Uh, but Dee, you are not the best at driving because all you ever do is ride in cars while other people drive for you.”

“Acceleration, brake, steering wheel. I only have to know where those things are located. What else do I need to know? Quit the chatter and park the car now.”

“You’re going to end up dead at this rate, Dee. The state you are in right now is even...Ow!”

Dee slapped the back of his assistant’s head menacingly. The assistant muttered quietly and parked the car near the research facility. “Oh, really, please reconsider..! Dee!”

The assistant opened the door and pleaded with him, but Dee kicked him with his foot and shooed him away. He hurriedly sat in the driver’s seat. Holding on tightly to the steering wheel, he breathed magic into it and the car’s engine roared as it started roughly.

Dusk soon fell over the research facility. SoYoon was somewhere in there. The car accelerated faster. The guard hurriedly ran toward the car and waved his arms. The speed did not decrease and he quickly jumped out of the way. The car revved through the barricade and into the facility.

“What is that...”

“Is he crazy...?”

“Get him!”

Magical spells bounced off the back of the speeding car heading toward the research facility. However, Dee ignored them and pressed harder on the acceleration. Finally, he could see the door that marked the entrance to the research facility. Dee grabbed the steering wheel tightly. Dum, who had crept up to the surface of their consciousness, also put his energy into it.

Crash! With a loud noise, the research facility’s door shattered to pieces. Twins just barely made it out of the collision in one piece as he forced the door open from inside the severely crumpled car and stepped out.

As he did, he saw a very thin man holding a bunch of documents. The man smelled like the rest of those people who had taken SoYoon away. Twins twisted the man’s arm and pushed him against the wall.

“Ah...!”

“Where did you take that girl?”

“Who, who are you talking about...! Ah! Okay, okay! I will tell you, so please, my arm!”

“Talk.”

“Ack! Uh, inside! She’s in sector 6!”

Dee tormented the man until he was able to find out where sector 6 was and Dum memorized the way to get there. After confirming that Dum had memorized the directions, Dee pushed the man away and slit his throat.

A long trail of blood splattered against the white walls. Twins had already left without a backward glance when the man took his last breath. His eyes were still wide open in shock.

Twins walked swiftly towards sector 6. As he got closer to the center of the building, the smell of blood strengthened and the atmosphere within the place seemed to get more chaotic.

A portion of the researchers had documents and research tools with them as they walked to their respective locations within the facility. That was unfortunate for them. Twins swung his knife carelessly at the unsuspecting victims and slit all their throats.

A few minutes later, they smelled the potent smell of blood. When he turned the corner, he saw many corpses. Dum sensed SoYoon’s style in the execution of the corpses and clicked his tongue, scratching his head.

“We were idiots to think that this girl would just sit quietly back and get captured.”

Thinking this, Twins suddenly realized that he was not in sector 6 but sector 4. They assumed that the man had tricked him and regretted killing him so swiftly and peacefully. Two girls had been captured that day. SoYoon was in sector 4 and Alice was in sector 6. By chance, the man had thought that Twins was looking for Alice who was a much higher priority. He had answered based on this assumption and even in death felt like he’d been framed as a liar for no reason.

Twins hesitated for a moment, then walked forward, following the scent of blood. He concluded that SoYoon would be standing at the end of this trail of chaos. He walked for a couple of minutes before he found SoYoon. When their eyes met, they quickly decreased the space between them and ran toward each other. f𝑟𝑒ewe𝚋𝚗૦𝐯e𝘭.c𝗼𝓂

She was flabbergasted upon finding Twins there and soon had to make an effort to stand upright from the heavy weight that pressed against her.

Twins hugged her tightly and rubbed his face on her thin shoulders and neck. “Did you get hurt anywhere?”

“No.” 𝐟r𝒆ℯ𝘄𝑒𝒃𝚗𝒐𝘃e𝗹.c𝘰𝐦

“They didn’t run any weird tests on you?”

“No.”

“Did they threaten... looks like you did it instead so never mind.”

SoYoon hesitated a bit before patting Twins on the back awkwardly. Then, in a sentiment mixed with curse words, he muttered, “I was worried about you.” He must have finally felt at ease because he relaxed his arms a bit.

A little while later, Twins removed himself from SoYoon and looked at her with an embarrassed expression that he tried desperately to hide. At the same time, their face burned furiously red.

“You, your...”

Due to the specks of blood here and there, her skin looked even whiter. Her body, in their eyes, was the most seductive thing they had ever witnessed. They quickly turned their head. They took off their rider jacket and shirt and handed it to her. “Wear this now!”

SoYoon took the slightly dirtied shirt spotted with dust and blood and pulled her arms through the sleeves. Unable to stand hearing the sound of her skin rubbing against the fabric, Dee kicked the wall. Dum, feeling equally embarrassed, didn’t stop him.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud. After the fifth kick, he heard SoYoon’s voice tell him, “I’m done.” They turned to face her and became hot for a different reason.

“Oh, you’re so...”

They stomped over to stand in front of her and kneeled. Then, they tied the rider jacket tight around her waist and muttered, “Why are you so cute at this random moment?”

SoYoon, instead of asking what he meant by this, stared down at Twins’s injuries. Aside from the bandages he had wrapped here and there, there were cuts and dried blood all over him.

Merely glancing at him, she could tell that he should not be in a state to be moving around. The only way he was able to move this much was through the power of pain killers.