Alyss and Dodge hide under the table in the South Dining Hall and watch the battle unfold. Dodge leaves their hiding place, however, when he sees his father killed by the Cat. The Cat slashes Dodge across the face, but Dodge is ultimately rescued by the chessmen soldiers. Redd drags Alyss out from under the table, and Genevieve begs for her daughter’s life. Redd shows Genevieve and Alyss a vision of Redd killing Nolan and all his men. Alyss manages to free herself from her aunt’s clutches, and Genevieve and Alyss make a run for Genevieve’s quarters with the Cat in pursuit. Hatter catches up to them and kills the Cat.

Genevieve sends Alyss, with Hatter as her guardian, through her looking glass, by which they can access the Crystal Continuum and travel to another location; the Crystal Continuum is an enchanted travel network between all looking glasses, allowing Wonderlanders to enter one looking glass and come out of another somewhere.

Genevieve shatters the looking glass after Hatter and Alyss are safely through, right as Redd enters the room. The Cat has regenerative abilities, as he has somehow recovered from Hatter’s killing blow and likewise recovers when Genevieve kills him a second time.