Free Malice in Wonderland #1: Alice the Assassin by Lotus Rose

He sets the brick on the ground then stands on top of it, which proves quite difficult as demonstrated by his teetering and waving and whirling of his arms.
    “Whoooa…I’m…whoa…I’m Humpty dum…whoa…Dumpty here on my wall… Ack!…I’m Humpty…whoa…Dumpty and I cannot fall!”
    “Why that’s not a proper wall. That’s just a brick.” She suddenly notices that the brick is set on a railroad track. Why hadn’t she noticed that before?
    “I shall…whoa…build…ack…the wall…higher later.”
    “And wider too, I should think. By the way, did you know you are standing on railroad tracks? That really is quite a bad location for your wall. What if a train comes?”
    “Hush. I’m balancing!”
    Suddenly she notices that some distance away, behind Humpty Dumpty, the March Hare and the White Rabbit stand several yards away from each other, facing each other—each is holding a large carrot in their arms.
    The White Rabbit shouts at the hare, “I’ve had enough of you! There’s only room for one rabbit in Wonderland!”
    The Hare shouts back, “I’m not a rabbit, I’m a hare, you scoundrel!”
    They begin hopping toward each other, holding the carrots out like javelins. Both carrots strike true, impaling them both.
    Alice cheers, shouts, “Eat your veggies!”
    The rabbit and hare, still impaled and bleeding, are shaking hands and bowing after their respectable duel.
    Humpty Dumpty says, “What’s all that ruckus? Please…whoa…be quiet. I’m trying to balance here.”
    Alice looks at Humpty Dumpty just in time to see the black butterfly land on the tip of Humpty’s nose and rest there.
    Humpty’s face takes on a comical look of alarm. “Shoo! You!” He is looking down, cross-eyed at the butterfly, which isn’t moving.
    Alice hears the sound of the train’s horn.
    She turns to see it in the distance, but it is rapidly approaching, much faster than seems possible.
    The March Hare and the White Rabbit are hugging awkwardly, despite the huge carrots stuck in their bodies.
    I must knock Humpty Dumpty from the wall so he doesn’t get hit by the train! Because I want to be the one who breaks him…again!
    The train has almost arrived. The butterfly finally flits off.
    Humpty doesn’t appear to see the train in his side vision, because of how he has to stand on the brick. “What is that racket? Distracting. I must concentrate on my…whoa…balance!”
    “I will break you!” With a howl, Alice runs, jumps up with both feet in front of her, sailing through the air like she is sitting in a chair, knocking Humpty from the wall. He explodes into shimmering swirling confetti sparkles.
    She turns her head in midair to see the train slamming right into her.
    All of a sudden, she’s lying on the ground on her back as if none of that happened. She looks around. She sees the little mushroom, right side up, and the little dead caterpillar next to his hookah.
    She stands, dusts herself off, then staggers toward the Mad Hatter’s table.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER TEN
    A Tea Party
     
    So, Alice makes her way to the tree, where the March Hare, the Hatter and the Dormouse spend much of their time Tea-Partying.
    When she is almost there, she yelps in pain from a stinging pain on her arm. She looks down to see several scratch marks along her right arm. They look like the claw marks from some sort of animal.
    In panic she crouches, looks all around, but sees nothing. Now she realizes something must have scratched Malice. Alice watches her wounds begin to ooze blood.
    She brings a handkerchief out from her pocket and does her best to attend to her wounds. At least they’re shallow.
    She can think of nothing other to do than to continue on her way.
    After about half an hour, she can see it. There is a table set out under a tree in front of a house, and the Hatter is having tea at it. The Dormouse is sitting next to him. The Dormouse is as usual, fast asleep, but Alice doesn’t see the March Hare,