5 years ago.
Jervis is typing something on his computer. Alyssa just sitting there looking over her notes. another man walks into the
room and puts his hand on Jervis's shoulder.
"How's it going Dr. Tetch?"
"M-m-m-m-m-.....MR.WAYNE!"
"that's my name, heh."
"i... uhm... I’m sorry..."
"for what?"
"i just am."
"well that’s not good for you. you didn’t do anything wrong. so, how's the project coming?"
"well, the rabbits seem to feel the feel the effects but..."
"but what?"
"I just don’t feel like its good enough.”
“well if it works then I see no reason not to put it on the market?”
“I suppose so…”
“I won’t pressure you Jervis, if you think there’s something you can make better then go right head and
do it.”
“yes sir…”
“relax Dr. Tetch, you’ll go crazy at this rate.” with a laugh he leaves the room.
“he REALLY freaks you out doesn’t he?” Alyssa decides to say something.
“I have confidence issues…”
“obviously, why?”
“he can fire me. So easy. I don’t know why he hasn’t already. It’s not like I contribute much.”
“Jervis! You are, without failure, are completing a team oriented project BY! YOUR! SELF! that’s a huge thing!
Especially since you hate the project. How do you complete it all, anyway?”
“I don’t sleep. I haven’t slept since I got this job.”
“when did you get this job!?”
“ten years ago.”
“………………”
“what?”
A tenement in lower Gotham.
The Mad Hatter in his ICP beanie bounces around the room.
“OH ALICE! You are just so divine in that outfit! I knew 2 knew what he was doing!”
Alice knight comes through the hallway with a pirouette and a spin in an aquamarine men’s-suit with a black tie and
blue undershirt.
“no Hun, I’m not Alice. I’m your little Mad Hatteress!” and she goes and cuddles next to him.
“ -whimper- …so cute! Can’t… stand it!”
“I love this costume dear, I think we need to show me to the world.”
A card player walks into the room and his head immediately explodes.
“EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEkkkkkkk! What the hell was that!?”
She looks up to see Mad Hatter with a gun pointing it at the blood drenched door.
“where did you get that!?”
“I don’t really know…. It’s cool though….”
“good god…”
“since when?”
The Gotham theater house
The children are being loaded into three bright red busses.
“kaloo kalay! Come run away! HAHAHAHA!” the children like slaves trudge onto the busses. One little girl trips
and starts to cry.
“what’s wrong little guy?”
He keeps on crying until the Mad Hatter pulls from nowhere it seems a large lollipop.
“that do anything for you?”
“you killed my mommy…”
“I did? I’m sorry. I’m sure it was an accident. I promise I won’t do it again. So what’s
your name little girl?”
“Alice… Alice Pauper…”
“oh, sweet probability, I love you! Here, my little Alice, I would like you to ride with me.”
And he and the newly acquainted toddler, Alice, sit at the front of the bus. The Mad Hatter grins and turns to the kids
on the bus and says:
“WAS THAT THE GREATEST PLAY EVER OR WHAT!? My favorite character was Mary Anne.”
The busses rev up and peel down the road with the horn blasting ‘la cooka-racha’ on the horn and Candy-man
on the stereo.
“I am the candy man! I am the candy man! Comin’ from bouncy land!”
He’s dancing and swerving the bus in beat with the song. Kids in the bus are falling all over the place because of
his wild driving. He drives going at least 100 past officers. He’s even leaving behind the other busses. Even Alice
was thrown into the stairway of the bus.
“THE SWEET SUGAR CANDY MAN! LET US FLY TO BOUNCYLAND! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
They finally make it to a tenement and zoom into the driveway. He even flips the buss on the way in crashing it in the
backyard. A group of card-players come out of the house and the two other buses park in the back. Everyone gets out and stars
flipping the bus straight up again and a new driver takes over while Mad Hatter herds the kids into the basement. Everyone
drives off again as fast as possible. Just in time for the cops to zoom past the tenement after the busses as if the house
didn’t exist. The Mad Hatter continues to rally the kids into the house. He lead them all into the basement. it’s
a massive basement too. He switches on the light to reveal a class room with all sorts of silly designs on the wall.
“now children… today we’re going to learn about Obedience…”
He starts handing out dog collars to all of the kids.
“crap… I’m out of collars, I wasn’t expecting like… 130 kids! I’ll send ten on and
errand…wonder if he could get nachos while he’s out…”
A tenement in lower Gotham.
The mad hatter sits and plays on the original Xbox. A card-player with short blonde hair walks into the room. He’s
the 5 of clubs.
“sup Maddy”
“COCK SUCKER! …oh, sup dude….”
“grand theft auto again?”
“yeah…”
“what’s with you and the rocket launcher?”
“what about me and the rockets?”
“you always have it. Get creative once in a while man.”
“why wouldn’t I have it though! Its teh awesome! Roxzorz hard! I can blow things up with it!”
“yeah but its kinda boring after a while don’t you think.”
“never…”
