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on ganja leaves for
months, no wonder her mind was a bit messed up with all the hallucinations it
must have caused. That feeling was cemented in her mind when the Queen took out
what was in the package and held it before Alice.
    'Behold the prophecy I was given by the last book left in
the Deadland. A vision of you coming to lead us to victory.'
    Alice saw what the Queen was holding and saw a slightly
charred book cover. It showed a blonde girl jumping into a hole after a rabbit,
and Alice suddenly realized that it must have inspired the drawing she had seen
and also explained why they had been so excited to see her. She could not
immediately make out all the words, but saw her name on top. The Queen seemed a
bit disappointed at the lack of recognition from Alice, but then she did not
know that Alice had not read a single book in her life, and did not recognize
the title on the cover.
    Alice in Wonderland.
     
    ***
     
    There must have been hundreds, if not more, Biters crowding
the large underground hall in front of the Queen, all down on their knees. They
kept up a constant crescendo of howling and screeching that made Alice want to
put her hands over her ears. But her hands were pinned behind her by Bunny Ears
and the Queen was now addressing her troops.
    'Look at her! The prophecy is true! She will lead us to
victory and we will throw off the oppression and savagery of those evil humans
forever. They did not want to coexist with us but now we will have a chance to
make them understand, to accept us, and let us survive side by side with men.
Otherwise, we will wage our final war for survival and make them understand
that we can and will become the dominant species on this planet.'
    The Biters seemed incapable of speaking in any human tongue
but they seemed to understand the Queen just fine, and soon they had worked
themselves into a frenzy. The more Alice saw them, the more they resembled wild
animals, and the Queen ended her exhortation by asking them to prepare for
their missions that night.
    Alice was herded back to the small room that was effectively
her cell. She had no idea of how the Queen expected her to lead her forces to
victory. What could one young girl contribute? Moreover, Alice had no intention
whatsoever of playing out whatever role the Queen had imagined for her in her
delusional prophecy. She was just biding her time, waiting for when she could escape,
and so for now she decided that playing along with the Queen was her best
strategy. Her chance came sooner than she had expected when later that evening
the Queen sent for her.
    'Alice, they look to me to be their leader, but I was an old
woman even before I transformed, and while I had my skills, being able to fight
and lead in battle was not one of them. You are the one who must take on my
mantle and continue our struggle.'
    Alice could take it no longer and blurted out, 'What
struggle? Why don't you just leave humans alone? What harm have we done to you
that you lead these creatures to attack us?'
    The Queen sat down, and while a smile played at the edges of
her lips, her eyes were as lifeless as ever.
    'I don't blame you for believing what you do. You've grown
up hearing only one side of the story, and from my old life I know just how
good the powers that be are at propaganda.'
    She saw the skeptical look on Alice's face and continued.
    'I won't try and convince you because my words would be of
no value to you. So I will let you see through your own eyes.'
    She nodded and Bunny Ears grabbed Alice by her arm and led
her out. She was dragged more than led up a series of winding tunnels and then
suddenly she found herself outside again. It was getting dark outside and she
was in a thickly wooded area. She saw a broken sign and she recognized the
symbols from some of her training when they had been familiarized with the
surrounding landscape. They were near the Yamuna River – or rather what used to be the river, but now
was a dried up trickle after the