Chapter 83

Chapter 83

Alice still seemed confused but there were small tears that seemed to form in her eyes as she looked around, with a simple command John told her to lay on the bed on her back which she followed through with obediently.

Picking up the 2 small bottles John looked at them both before opening one and downing its contents before walking over to her side, gently stroking her hair.

"I take it you remember this room now? It's the place we found shelter and when you first drugged me haha, I remember you asked why I glowed like a 'pocket mon' or 'digital creature'." He says with a small sad smile, a few tears running down his face and even some down her own but her smile still unchanging.

"give me all the flower brew you have." He suddenly says to which without question she hands him 3 fist sized sacks full of flower brew, but also giving him her ribbon, knife and scythe, confused at first he sees her smile force itself a little wider and carry hints of sadness, her eyes holding a faint trace of emotion as he realizes the real her who's locked up inside probably knows what's coming and wanted him to never forget her.

With shaky hands he accepts it all, attaching the dagger firmly to his chains, the ribbon tied around his dead arm and the scythe sticking to his back held by both the cloak and a chain. gently giving her a soft kiss on her forehead he used some flower brew on her, giving her a sad smile as he did so, his hands shaky as he put the rest of it away into the cloaks pocket.

"Your going to sleep now, and things are going to get better, you won't be hurting anymore and you will be free, all your dreams and wishes will come true and it will be a amazing dream, all the good you deserve and are owed will all come to you. So, close your little eyes and sleep my besti, it's funny, I didn't know you that long personally and it all started with you having saved my life, but even in that short time I can honestly say you grew on me fast, you helped me through. So, Alice I want to say thank you, for being with me all the way to this point and I wish you all the best." He says to her, his voice breaking and a sad smile on his lips as he cries heavily, her eyes now closed with a different smile on her lips now, one that seemed dare he sat it, at peace.

shaky hands he brings the second vial to his lips, and filled his mouth with its contents, leaning down he planted a kiss upon her lips, pushing the liquid form his mouth into hers and ensuring she swallowed every drop. "Goodbye my sweet Alice." He whispered quietly, swaring he could here a faint 'thank you' in the air carrying her voice.

soon after he could see her still, checking and making sure he saw she was truly gone, the fast acting and painless poison doing the job of ending her life, reaching into his pocket he took out another small square cube and placed it in the middle of the room like he had done before, but this time instead of a flash there was a ticking noise, giving her one last sad look John slowly left the room, passing through a invisible wall as everything outside the room returned to ruin.

Once outside he turned to face the house, a faint buzzing could be heard in the air before the entire house went up in a giant white flash of flame, the self-contained fire bomb he bought from Z having incinerated everything infront of him, when he heard he couldn't save Alice he felt it would be better to let her have a peaceful end rather than living trapped in her own mind and in pain, but giving her a proper farewell was owed to her, and he had to do this with his own hands as he was the one responsible.

Using his share of the coin he gained along with half the potions from the study and even the Jesters gifted dagger he bought a bottle of painless poison and a potion of poison immunity that would last for a week, by which time it would have cleared his own system along with the fire bomb, a memory cube that could project a room to how it was previously and 3 final items.

Standing and watching the fire slowly dissipate he slowly approached and placed the 1 a cube onto the ground that soon after turned into a life-sized and life like statue of Alice, a small plague on its base reading as follows.

Here lies Alice, may she find peace in the dreams of wonderland.

Greatest of friends, strong fighter and shall forever be remembered and missed.

Johns tears where once again flowing as he placed the second item onto the ground infront of the statue, a blue and white flower, he got told it would never die or wilt, and would instead grow alongside the statue and rather add to it, called a flower of remembrance.

soon after he placed the final item, a nail infront of the statue that shattered near instantly, a shimmer encased the statue and flower before fading, this had cost him the most out of everything, a protective barrier that would last even if the world itself was destroyed, his final precaution that no one and nothing could defile her memory.

"I promise, I will make it up to you and change, I will become someone you can be proud of, I will live for your memory and push forward, I'm sorry I couldn't protect you or be good enough. But that will change, I promise." He says quietly to the statue, sitting infront of him and just staring at it for hours, night having fallen and the moon shining lightly onto it giving it a faint glow as the stars shining brightly seemed to surround it even from there place in the sky. Faintly and sorrowfully John finally got up and slowly began making his way back, practically dragging himself as he did so.