I reached for one of the branches and started to climb it. When I was about ten feet up, I went to reach a branch that was far up. I could reach it so I tried to jump and reach it. I jummped and ended up barley being able to grab the branch. I tried to pull myself up so that I could continue climbing but I couldn't do it. I felt one of my arms pull as if something shot me. I looked at my arm and realized that I had forgotten about the cut on my arm. It opened agian because Cheshire was only able to heal it half way.

I tried to pull myself up on the branch again trying to ignore the pain that was shooting through me arm. I failed to pull myself up again and I lost my grip. A couple seconds later a hit the ground. I looelo at my arm and noticed that blood was soaking through the wrap that was partly on my arm.

I got up and walked over to Jack. I grabbed his bag trying to find the first aid stuff that Faye packed for us. A bottle of water fell out of the bag and hit Jax's head. He woke up and stared blankly at me. I looked at him and a few seconds later he said, "Really."

I laughed and said, "Sorry."

He sat up and asked, "What are you doing?" I said nothing and went to my bag and grabbed the flashlight. I turned it on and had the light hit my arm. He said, "Let me guess you forget it was there, then did something stupid and it opened up agian."

I said, "Yeah, I tried to climb a tree."

He asked, "How did that work out for you?"

I said, "I fell out of it."

"Of course you did," He replied. He took the flashlight from me and set it on the ground shinning on us. He then found the first aid kit and Sid, "Come here." I did what he told me to and walked over to him. He grabbed my wrist and had me sit next to him.

He took the old wrap off and studied my cut for a few seconds. He said, "Well, it didn't reopen all the way. That's the good thing." He made it stop bleeding then grabbed some disinfectant and cleaned it out. After that he wrapped it again.

I said, "Thanks."

He put the stuff away and said, "No problem. Now we should get some sleep." I agreed and we went to bed.

When morning came we ate and then went to different spots to change. About an hour later we were ready to leave. We grabbed are bags and started to walk.

After walking for a few minutes a stopped and looked at Jax. He looked at me and I asked, "Do you here that."

Jax asked, "Hear what?"

I said, " It sounds like someones running towards us." As soon as I said that Jax pulled a knife out of his bag. We both stood there on a fighting position for a few minutes and then three people ran up to us. One of them through a knife at Jax. He ducked and through the knife that he was holding at the guy who tried to hit him.

Meanwhile the other tow guys were trying to fight me without any weapon. I tripped one of them then turned around and punched the other one. By that time the first one got up and pinned me to the ground.

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Jax pulled out another knife and hit the guy was was pinning me down with it. It hit his shoulder and he fell to the ground. I tripped the other one and stood up holding him down. The thrid guy went to run up to me and Jax but Jax picked up a knife and turned to face him. He said, "Stay there."

The guy looked at him and asked, "Why?"

Jax said, "If you don't want to die. Then I'd suggest to stay where you are." The guy didn't respond but he did what Jax had told him to.

I asked, "Did Diamond send you?" None of them replied and I asked, "Who sent you?"

Jax said, "If I were you I woywo listen to her." I took a knife that was laying on the ground and got ready to throw it at one of the guys while holding one of the guys down at the same time.

One of the guys said, "Fine. Yes she did, but not to kill you to bring you to her."

I asked, "And where is she?"

"With her mother, at her mother's house, or more like her mother's hide out," another guy responded.

I said, "Get out of here."

The guy that I was pinning down said, "Or what."

Jax said, "Agian I say if you dont want to die here."

The guy who got hit with the knoge stood up and said, "DoamDia and her mother can keep their money. It's not worth this." The other two agreed with him. Two of the guys left and I looked at the guy that I was pinning him down.

Jax asked, "There are more searching for us aren't there?"

The guy said, "Yes, about ten."

Jax said, "Sapphire, let him go." I hesothesi but then stood up and he ran off.

Back with Hatter and everyone else...

Faye asked, "How do you think Jax and Sapphire are holding up?"

Hatter said, "I'm sure there fine."

Astra asked, "Do you think they found the map yet with what we think the Red Queen's hide out is?"

"Yeah, most likely. If that's the case there probably on there way there to try and figure out a plan all while trying to get the people looking for them confused," Cheshire replied.

Faye asked, "What do you mean by confused?"

Hatter said, "Think about it if they went in a straight line to where they are going they'll be easier to track, but if they don't go on a strait line and they walk in different directions or on circles or something like that they will be harder to find.

Astra said, "Let's just hope that they ate ok."

Hatter said ,"Yeah. Now come one we should try and put things back where they go and clean up as much as we can today."

Back with me and Jax....

I followed behind Jax as he kept making turns. I asked, "What are you doing?"

He said, "If we stick to one path they can track us easier, but if we don't it'll make it harder for them to find us."

I said, "Ok." A few hours later we came up to a place with a lake. Up the lake a little bit there's a ledge and then a waterfall. Around the lake there's some open space, trees, a few flowers, some bushes, and a few rocks. I asked, "What is this place?"

Jax said, "I don't know. I do know that we are outside of Wonderland a little bit and the few places outside of Wonderland don't have names. However it's hard for people to tell when there not around Wonderland sometimes because the forest just keeps going."

I looked at him for a second and said, "Ok." I walked up to the water fall to see if there would possibly be anything behind it. I said, "Jax come here."

He walked up to me and asked, "What is it?"

I said, "Theres a spot behind the waterfall that is flat and there's a spot between the waterfall and this cliff thing that you can go through." I went trough the space and to the ground that is behind the waterfall.

Jax followed me and said, "It's a little loud here because of the waterfall, but anyone looking for us probably wouldn't look for us here."

I asked, "Why do you say that?"

He said, "One, a lot of people probably doesn't know about this spot behind this waterfall and two if the people looking for us for know about this they would probably think that it's to obvious to hide here so they wouldn't look her. Three, it's kind of loud so people on the other side can't hear us."

I said, "Ok, then we should stay here for awhile to try and figure out what to do if when we get to the place that is cirlced on the map that if they are there and they see us what we will do. Even if it is the right spot and they are there and don't see us then what also to do."

Jax said, "Ok, then let's stay here for a little bit."