THE DEAD ZONE | COMPLETED

Fifty Six |

Fifty Six |

Tic.

Toc.

A breeze brushed past me as I seemed to be standing somewhere with my eyes closed. It was clear I was barefoot, as I could feel the soft grass under my feet. Not to mention the sweet grass smell that tickled at my nose. Along with another smell. A more...herbal one.

Tic.

Toc.

I knew where I was – back in the wrapped dreamland, home of my mimic self. Sure enough, when I opened my eyes there she sat. At her favourite tea table with a tea cup in one hand and a pocket watch in the other. She dressed in an unbuttoned white blouse. Wearing a black bra underneath. She wore leather pants and atop her head sat a top hat with a red ribbon and a playing card tucked into it.

I sat down, looking at my own outfit. A blue dress with stripped tights – it took me a moment but then I realized I had been dressed like Alice from Wonderland. My eyes narrowed as I looked back up at her. The top hat, the outfit...she was supposed to be the Mad Hatter?

"Isn't the watch outside your character?" I asked dryly.

Tic.

Toc.

She smiled, "Not if I killed the white rabbit to obtain such a beautiful thing."

"Why Alice in Wonderland?" I demanded, her answer annoying me.

This caused her to giggle, "It was your favourite bedtime story. Do you remember? When Mom used to read it to us? Her favourite was always little Alice – you were her little Alice. Remember Erin?"

Sorrow and pain tore at my heart, "My mother. You are only an infection in my mind."

"Not just your mind."

"Whatever," I snapped not understanding her words, "Why am I here?"

She leaned back, sipping at her tea. I watched her waste time before she rose her hand. Picking the card from her hat and placing it down on the table. I peered at the strange card to realize it was no ordinary card. On it, sat a queenly woman wearing a flowered crown. At her feet lay a deer, and around her was a forest.

A tarot card. My mom used to collect paintings of them.

This one was always my favourite.

"The empress. She was kind, a perfect queen," she drawled out, "But anyone dare hurt those in her forest and she would not think twice. A woman of action, a woman whose trees are stained red from those who dare harm the ones she loves."

Tic.

Toc.

"So what?"

She paused to stare at me, those green eyes twinkling, "Would you go to the end of the earth to exact revenge dare anyone ever hurt Jax?"

"Of course," I had no hesitation.

She smirked, "And what of him? Would he do the same if it meant leaving the Town of Roses?"

I paused, unable to answer the question because I knew he wouldn't. His duty went above all else. That meant above me. I knew this and I was ok with it...and yet it left an empty feeling in my heart. I sighed, not able to hide all my true feelings.

Maybe Jax and I just weren't meant to be.

"So you dragged me here to have girl time?" I asked tiredly.