The Red Queen stood before her throne, her eyes burning with red energy as she stared at Hellboy in hate.

"You are a fool."

Hellboy just chuckled at the Queen.

"Been called that a lot. Now can we maybe get on with this?"

The Red Queen lifted her hands, holding them out to face Hellboy.

"See what happens when you stand against the Red Queen!!!"

The Queen's entire body began to glow red, before the energy surged forward through her arms and exploding outward in red bolts of lightning. Hellboy stepped back; raising his arm up to try to cover himself from what he was sure was going to hurt. However, inches away from impact, the lightning split apart, moving around Hellboy and reforming behind him and then impacting on the massive wood doors of the throne room causing them to explode into splinters. Hellboy moved his arms down a little opening one of his eyes a little bit. Realizing that he hadn't been hit, he dropped his arms and let of a sigh of relief. Turning around, he saw the destroyed doors and let off a whistle.

"Damn."

The Red Queen snarled and screamed in anger, firing another, even more powerful bolt at Hellboy but it too moved around him, exploding behind him. Hellboy looked back, and then reached into his pocket, pulling the white gem out and looking at the small symbols carved into it to see that they had begun to glow. The Red Queen dropped her arms, angrily clenching her fists around the red gem that hung from her neck.

"Even in death my sister mocks me."

Hellboy let off a laugh and looked at the Red Queen, holding up the white gem.

"Well that's a bitch, huh? All your magic seems to be worthless as long as I got this little guy."

The Red Queen glared at Hellboy, lifting her head up and standing tall.

"While my power may not be able to harm you directly…I assure you I will still destroy you."

"How's that by talking me to death? Or maybe screaming until my head explodes?"

The Red Queen raised her arms up, holding her palms upward, red energy flowing through her body.

"Hardly."

The entire throne room suddenly began to shake and shutter, dust falling as cracks began forming across the ground and ceiling and down the columns of the throne room. Hellboy stood motionless as he took in what was going on around him. Red energy suddenly shot out from the Queen, slamming into all the suits of armor that were still in one piece across the throne room. Hellboy watched as the armor suddenly started to move, stepping off the pedestals, raising their weapons, and walking towards him. Hellboy just shook his head.

"Are you serious? All of this rattling just to bring a few more guys to life so I can kick their asses?"

The Red Queen simply smiled. Hellboy just shook his head, walking back to Tweedle's dead body and wrenching his sword out from the skull of the dead giant. Turning to face the suits of armor, Hellboy held the sword up, readying himself. He suddenly saw two giant chunks of the stone floor explode upward on each side of the Red Queen, hovering gently beside her. With a laugh, the Red Queen whipped her arms forward, sending the one-ton chunks of stone hurdling towards Hellboy.

"That might make things more difficult."

Hellboy dove out of the way as the stone slammed into the ground, bouncing before they collided into the wall behind him. The Red Queen suddenly began to float upward, hovering above her throne and looking down at Hellboy.

"I will bring my own castle down upon your head to see you die!"

Hellboy stood up, bringing the sword up in a swipe and slicing it through a suit of armor that had raised its spear to strike him, the now destroyed pile of metal falling to the floor.

"Yeah, well.......uh.......screw you!"

Driving the sword into the helmet of another suit, Hellboy ripped it to the side pulling the helmet clean off the armor. The throne room shook again and Hellboy saw the column just in time to dive forward and out from under it as it slammed into the ground, billowing up of wave of dust and crushing a group of suits behind Hellboy. Rolling to a stop, Hellboy jumped back up knocking two suits of armor backwards before slicing the sword through a third in front of him and diving to the side in time to avoid another block of stone soaring through the air at him.

"Geez!"

Jumping back up to his feet, Hellboy drove his foot into a suit of armor, sending it flying backwards into another group marching toward him. Looking up at the Red Queen, Hellboy watched she used her power to rip another large chunk from the wall, sending it downwards at him. Hellboy leapt backward, timing it just right so that the stone crushed a large number of suits of armor instead of him. Knocking a sword out of the hand of a suit of armor, Hellboy grabbed the suit, lifting it above his head and hurling it towards the Red Queen.

"Let's see how you like it!"

The Red Queen was suddenly engulfed in a bubble of red energy, the suit of armor slamming into it and disintegrating.

"Crap."

The Red Queen laughed as Hellboy dodged another heavy stone chunk dropping at him, only to roll into the middle of a group of suits. Swinging his sword around, Hellboy destroyed as many as he could before leaping out of the way of another column collapsing on top of him. Hellboy pushed himself back up to his feet, looking around and trying to figure out a way to end this. Hellboy looked up at the Red Queen and then grinned slightly, before jumping up onto one of the destroyed columns, standing on it.

"I hope this is another one of my bad ideas that work."

The Red Queen looked down to the floor, clenching both her hands. The throne room shook even more violently as a massive piece off the floor was ripped upward. Lifting the piece up, the Queen looked down at Hellboy and screamed.

"Die!"

Hellboy held himself ready as the huge piece began flying towards him, reaching into his pocket and grabbing the gem out, clutching it in his hand.

"Oh, please let this stupid idea work."

Hellboy suddenly leapt forward, timing it just right to where he landed on the piece as it was flying, using it to vault himself even higher, directly at the Red Queen. The Red Queen's face turned to surprise as Hellboy flew through the air at her, reaching out with his hand.

"No!!!"

Hellboy reached out, slamming the gem in the palm of his hand against the gem hanging around the Queen's neck, just as he began falling downward. Plowing into the ground at the base of the Queen's throne, Hellboy stood up, looking at the Red Queen. Her red energy shot out across the entire throne room as the screamed in terror. The gems around her neck began to glow bright, blindingly white, causing Hellboy to hold up his hand to block the light from his eyes.

"No!!! I will not be defeated!!!"

The Red Queen clutched at the gems around her neck trying to tear them away, but they burned her hands as she touched them. A tornado of energy suddenly swirled around the Red Queen as she let off another scream, engulfing her entirely. The entire castle began to shake violently as the black clouds outside began being lit up by streaks of lightning cutting through them. To Hellboy it felt like the world was ending around him. The red energy throughout the room suddenly changed color from red to white, lighting the entire throne room almost blindingly. Around Hellboy, the floor suddenly began to put itself back together and columns stood up, piecing themselves back together. The suits of armor all fell to the ground harmlessly as the energy giving them life was sucked out of them, swirling into the tornado overhead. Hellboy heard the Red Queen let off one more defiant scream of anger, before the throne room was filled with the deafening roar of the tornado. Hellboy dropped down to one knee covering his head as the room shook more and more and more. However, just as fast as it had started, it suddenly stopped and everything grew silent.

Hellboy stood up, looking out the balcony of the throne room to see the black sky lighten until it was bright blue. Looking behind him, down the throne room, Hellboy saw Herald running into the throne room, Hare close behind him. Both slid to a stop halfway down the throne room, dropping to one knee and bowing their heads. Hellboy raised an eyebrow, but suddenly spun around as a soft hand touched him on the shoulder. Spinning around, Hellboy thought that he would have to fight again, but was met with the sight of a gorgeous woman clad in white robes, her flowing blonde hair cascading down her back and over her shoulders. Her blue eyes stared at Hellboy with kindness and love as her smile made Hellboy smile back in return. The White Queen stood before Hellboy, touching him lightly on his shoulders.

"Thank you, stranger. You have done a great deed for my kingdom in defeating my sister."

Hellboy, standing a few steps lower than the White Queen, stood eye to eye with her, his eyes never moving from hers.

"Uh…no problem. Just kinda what I do."

Herald was suddenly next to Hellboy, kneeling before his Queen.

"My Queen, it is an honor to see you again."

Looking down at the small man, the White Queen bent down, lifting his chin, to look into his eyes.

"And it is a pleasure to see you again, my dearest Herald."

Hare, looking as if he had been through hell itself, moved to the other side of Hellboy, his body badly injured from the battle he had with Hatter. The White Queen looked upon Hare, touching him lightly across the cheek.

"And you Hare. You fought against my sister's control and stood against her. You are the bravest of all creatures in this land."

Hare bowed his head.

"Thank you, my Queen."

Pure white energy suddenly flowed from the Queen's hand, flowing over Hare and healing his body. Turning back to Hellboy, who still had not taken his eyes away from hers, the White Queen laid a hand gently on Hellboy's cheek.

"Dearest stranger, name what it is you want and I shall grant it to you, for the service you have done myself and my people is immeasurable."

Hellboy grinned and let off a chuckle.

"Honestly…I really just want to go home. This place is nice and all, but I'd rather stick to where I came from."

The White Queen smiled, leaning her head down to Hellboy.

"As you wish."

The White Queen gently kissed Hellboy on the cheek, then pushed him backwards with a slightly shove into his chest. Hellboy teetered backwards, loosing his balance on the step he stood. Swinging his arms around trying to keep his balance, Hellboy suddenly fell backward.

"Oh…crap…"

His caught a glimpse of the White Queen's smiling face one more time before he suddenly felt himself enveloped with water. Swimming himself upward, Hellboy pushed through the surface of the small pond, coughing and choking. Wiping the water from his eyes, he saw a pair of green, webbed feet standing on the side of the pond. Looking up Hellboy saw Abe staring down at him, trying desperately hard not to laugh.

"Are you okay, Red?"

Hellboy stared up at Abe, wide mouthed.

"How long have I been gone?"

Abe stared at Hellboy curiously.

"Did you hit your head when you fell in that pond, Red?"

"What? No!"

Hellboy sloshed over to the side of the pond, pulling himself out of the water with Abe's help.

"I figured you guys would have sent a team in after me or something."

"Red, what are you talking about? I looked out and saw you fall into the pond, then came out here to find you coughing up a lung."

Hellboy just stared at Abe, opening his mouth to say something, but stopped, shaking his head.

"You know what? Nevermind… you wouldn't believe me anyway."

Abe chuckled slightly as Hellboy patted out his clothes, trying to dry them as best he could. Kate came out through the patio doors, calling to the other two.

"Hey guys, c'mon. We're done searching the house."

Kate stared at Hellboy for a moment, noticing the soaked and tattered clothes, but just shook her head, walking back into the house. Hellboy sighed as he started towards the house with Abe next to him.

"Red?"

"Yeah?"

"What happened to your clothes?"

"Long story."

Abe simply shrugged as he followed Hellboy out of the house and back into the SUV. The line of vehicles pulled out of the driveway of the house, turning back onto the old country road and disappearing in the rolling hills. Back at the Dodgson house, the chirping birds in the back of the house suddenly grew silent. A shadow suddenly started to form in the clear pond in the back of the house causing the birds to all fly away, the air filled with the sounds of flapping wings. But just as soon as the noise started, it stopped, the entire house growing quiet once more, until the pond splashed a little, the point of a knife cutting through the clear pond water and up into the air, a gloved hand clutching the handle.

THE END

I hope you all enjoyed the story as much as I liked writing it. This has definately turned out to be my most popular story to date. And as I like to do in most of my stories....I left it with an open ending for possibilities that might come one day. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!