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This is what happened after a sleepless night, when the only interesting thing I could do was watch Alice on Youtube, while also watching Primeval music vids.

The Mad Hatter is on his death bed, and the Queen demands a new Mad Hatter be found. Connor is fed up with how bad life in the ARC project has become and wants nothing more than to stop anomalies and move on with his life; but when some strangers show up calling him "the perfect replacement" Connor starts to find his world falling apart. Set 5o years (Wonderland Time), but 5 years (Our time) before events of Syfy Alice and continues through the ending of the miniseries.

The End Where I Begin

Chapter 1: This Is How I Disappear

The Queen of Hearts sat in her throne room awaiting her husband's report on the economy they had tried several hundred times to jumpstart over the past 100 years. However, instead of her husband's arrival, she was met by Agent White.

"Your Majesty," he bowed. "I-I-I…" he stuttered.

"Oh spit it out Agent White, I have much more important matters to attend to than hearing you stutter on."

"Yes ma'am. It is with g-great re-regret that I inform you that the-the M-Mad Hatter is on his death bed."

The Queen jumped to her feet in rage, "WHAT!?!"

"The-the M-Mad Hatter is on his death bed?" It came out sounding more like a question.

"And just how did this come to pass?" The Queen inquired taking a few steps in Agent White's direction.

"Um, well, it-it is a combination o-of po-poison and old age."

"Nonsense." The Queen replied.

"B-but i-it's true, your majesty. Mad March both confirmed and confessed it earlier today when I went there to do my rounds in that particular sector of Wonderland." Agent White explained taking a few steps backward.

The Queen turned round and walked back towards her throne. "Then I suppose it is time to find a new Mad Hatter. I order you to find the most cunning, charming replacement Mad Hatter you can. You have one day." The Queen replied sitting in her seat."

"B-but y-your majesty, finding a correct replacement, wou-would take forever."

"You will find a replacement or it will be your head! Wonderland needs a Mad Hatter! Now GO!" The Queen ordered as Agent White turned on his heel rushing out of the throne room trying to figure out where he'd find the perfect replacement for the Mad Hatter.

Connor sat in the lounge, his makeshift home since Abby's brother had forced him out of their flat. He had just finished getting a shower a few moments following their last mission. This job was getting to him, he hated being ignored by Abby, taken for granted by his other teammates, and harangued every other moment by Lester. It wasn't like this in the earlier days.

Three years ago when they started this there was Nick Cutter, Stephen Hart, and later down the road, Jenny Lewis. Now, they were gone, they weren't coming back, thanks to Helen.

"This job used to be such a great thing, but now, I just want to find a way to permanently close these anomalies and move on with my life." Connor mumbled to himself.

He looked down at his hat, picked it up and placed it on his head as yet another anomaly alert went off.

Agent White wandered around Wonderland for what seemed like hours. He was running out of time. When suddenly, an idea hit him.

"Wait a moment, if I can't find a child of Wonderland to become the next Mad Hatter, how would the Queen know the difference if I brought in an Oyster? That's it! It's perfect!"

With that thought, Agent White dashed off toward the Looking Glass where the King and his men were testing out strategies to jumpstart the economy.

Much to Connor's displeasure, the anomaly alert was a false alarm that wasn't determined until they reached the supposed sight and unnerved quite a lot of people from running around with guns and tranquillizers.

The team returned to the truck where Connor proceeded to slam some of the equipment back into the truck, which caused Danny to approach him.

"Whoa, whoa, what's the matter, Connor?"

Connor let out an exasperated sigh, "It's-you know what? It's just that, I haven't been sleeping much lately, what with fixing the ADD and running system checks and what not. I'm just gonna walk it off."

"Are you sure? The Arc is on the other side of town. We can drop you and Abby off on the way back-"

"N-no, I mean, it's a great day outside. Some fresh air might do me some good! I'll be fine." Connor lied.

Danny shrugged, "Suit yourself, just call any of us if you need anything."

Connor faked a smile, "Sure thing."

The rest of the team drove off towards the ARC while Connor began his walk the long way across London to get back to the ARC. He shoved his hands in his pockets and kept to the less crowded streets. How did everything end up like this? A few years ago, he was a paleontology student with conspiracy theories and his whole life ahead of him. Now, he was just a broken man, who everyone took advantage of.

Little did Connor know, that while he walked the lonely streets of London, a few men in suits watched his every move.

"I just wish that I could get away from all this." Connor mumbled.

As Connor rounded the corner, an old man dressed in a suit with long white hair tied like two rabbit ears behind his head bump into him.

"Hello, I hear you're looking for a new start, Connor." He said.

Connor gave him a confused look and turned to look behind him to see if perhaps the old man was talking to someone else; but when Connor saw no one, he turned round and looked at the man taking a few steps back, "H-How did- how did you know my name?"

The old man merely smiled, and replied "Oh, we've been looking for you for a very long time."

Connor kept stepping backward keeping his eyes on the old man until he realized that the old man had said "we" not "I." That's when he bumped into someone.

He slowly turned around to face three men in suits staring down at him.

Connor smiled nervously, "Hi….um…bye!" He waved as he took off running in hopefully the same direction as the ARC.

Connor whipped out his mobile and called Danny. It rang and rang.

"Oh, Com'on Danny!! Answer the phone!!" He yelled at the dial tone.

Finally Danny answered the phone, it sounded as though he was laughing about something. "Haha" he cleared his throat "What's up Connor?"

"What's up? I'm running for my life because some really creepy guys in suits are after me and I dunno why!" Connor huffed as he turned down another street trying to find a crowd to hide in. Unfortunately for him, he had left his gun in the truck.

"Calm down, where are you?"

"Calm down?!? I'm being chased by lunatics and you want me to calm down?" Connor frantically looked for some familiar sign to pinpoint his location. "I-I don't know, I can't find any landmarks that could help."

Suddenly Sarah's voice came over the phone, Danny must've put it on speaker. "Connor? Connor, don't worry, I'm using the GPS on your phone to track you location, just hold on, ok?"

"'K, just hurry up." Connor looked behind him to see if the men in suits were still following him, but saw nothing. He stopped and leaned against a wall to catch his breath.

He looked down at his phone when he heard a beep.

"Nonononono! Not now! You can't die!" His battery died.

Connor stood straight up and turned around another corner and began running again. He turned around; still saw no one chasing him and then began to wander if he had just imagined the whole thing.

He started to walk again hoping that all the tension he had built up inside was the reason behind his escapade a few moments ago. Hopefully, Sarah was able to pinpoint where he was, because night was nearly upon him.

He walked a few more blocks and sat down on the curb. "This is the exact reason that I need out of the ARC, I'm getting so worked up that I can't even take a walk without seeing things."

Connor took a deep breath and got to his feet and began walking again. He walked past a few dark streets and began to wonder why Danny and the others hadn't come for him yet.

He looked across the street to notice a man walking in his direction and another man across the intersection in front of him walking towards him. Connor turned on his heel and began to run the other way. Someone came out from the dark alleyway and grabbed Connor.

The other two men in suits were now at Connor's side aiding the other man in restraining Connor.

The man with the white hair came out of the shadows clapping his hands while Connor struggled to get free. "You'll be a great replacement, I just know it."

"What are you talking about? Replacement for what?" Connor asked struggling.

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough."

"My friends will be here any minute, then we'll see who's gonna be doing the replacing."

The man smiled menacingly and looked to his cohorts, "we're running late, do keep him quiet so that we can return to the Hearts Casino in peace."

"Hearts Casino?" Connor asked still struggling.

"In Wonderland, of course." The man replied.

"You're off your rocker mate." Shortly after Connor made that comment, one of the men in suits behind him knocked him unconscious.

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