"I'm going to break you out of here."
I couldn't 100% believe what I was hearing. There must have been a trap hidden here somewhere. This couldn't be happening. I wasn't that lucky .
Contrary to my beliefs, I did happen to be that lucky. Allister was legitimate in his offer.
"Go wake up Maggie, I'll get your buddies. And hurry. Can't let Vanessa or Sarah come back to find us in the act, or worse, Meichi. Then we'd both be done for. " The little boy's voice was stern, leaving me with those words before making a break for it. I had to trust him that he was being sincere.
Running into the tent I woke up in, I found Maggie still sound asleep, flopping and twitching slightly in her slumber. Shaking her out of sleep, I whispered in her ear "Maggie....Maggie wake up dammit..."
"Hnngh. ..three more minutes Anatee..." Maggie whispered .
"If you stay asleep you'll lose another eye!" I growled.
Maggie jolted up. "What in creation's name do you mean by 'another eye'?" I said nothing, instead pointing to the collection of jars in the corner of the tent, a mirror beside it.
Peering into the mirror, Maggie's mouth gaped open in horror as her hand extended to touch the place where her eye had once been. "How the fuck did this happen..." were the only words she could manage to utter.
"I can explain later, for now we need to run." I said, gesturing to the open flap of the tent. I grabbed Maggie's wrist and hoisted her off the bed. I felt her racing heartbeat pulse in my palm, and I couldn't really say it was an irrational reaction.
Bolting out of the cloth prison, Allister had just arrived with Kinoko, May, and Sasha. Grace was nowhere to be seen.
I felt my heart catch in my chest. Where was Grace.
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Allister looked at the muddy ground in shame. "I couldn't find her...she's nowhere in the camp.."
I bit my lip as a my mind threw countless worst-case scenarios in my direction. She could be dead, Crypt or Vanessa could have turned her inside out like Samuel. Anything was possible in this living hell. I had to find her. There was no other option.
Without another word, I sprinted in the other direction.
I heard Allister yell "Scarlet! What the fuck do you think you're doing!?"
I couldn't exactly answer that. I had to find Grace, but I also wanted to know what exactly this place was. It was the Summoner's Circus, that I knew, but what exactly was it.
My feet hit the ground faster than I ever thought they could, leaving indents in the spongy soil as I tried to manuver through the area. The sounds of a music box started into my ears, causing me to skid to a halt to find the source.
The soft tinkling noise came from a white building several paces away. Going to investigate, I took cautious steps toward the rather innocent looking structure. As I approached, the song became louder to the point where I could recognize it, the music box played a version of a song called Sanctuary. I hadn't heard the song in years, so I was rather suprised on how quickly the name came to me.
Before me stood the open fiberglass window that the music flowed out of, with it came the reeking odor of blood. My curiosity getting the better of me, I took a look through the window, instantly regretting the descion after the fact.
It must've been the room of the Summoner Sarah, as Dolls were all over the pink room, in the center being no one other than Mino, her head stiched back onto her body, the corpse hanging lifeless of the floor, held up by marionette's strings. My mouth gaped open, unable to make a sound or move from that position. The door to the room creaked open, giving me a warning to duck below the window.
"Alright. ..Where's Sarah's sewing needle... she won't know it's gone, right?" The voice that arose was that of the one named Crypt, then followed by the sound of rummaging. "Aha! There it is!"
The sound of footsteps.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLOK2AImSy
She was gone, and thank god.
Standing up, I felt a hand go over my mouth and pull me back, panic instantly rushing into me as my entire life flashed before my eyes. I was soon relieved to find that the hand was attached to Allister.
"What the fuck did you think you were doing! ?" He hissed at me in a harsh whisper. "Running straight into the living quaters, Sarah's, for creation's sake! Do you want to die?"
I snapped back at him. "Do you honestly think I knew that! ? I want to find Grace, dammit! "
"You understand that the chances of her being dead are extremely high, right? What's the point?" Allister replied, and that hit hard.
The moment the words left his mouth, I felt tears stinging my eyes. There was no way that Grace could be dead, I couldn't accept it. She was far to kind, she tried to hard, this couldn't be her end. I wouldn't let it.
I wouldn't let Grace die as long as I had a say in it. I still had a say this early. There was still a chance.
I shoved Allister off of me. "You're lying to me, dammit! You don't know! She's alive! I'll prove it!"366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfdDFpoIqx
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In the distance , another similar scream echoed in out direction.
"TELL ME WHERE SHE IS, DAMMIT!"
Allister and I looked up in the direction it came from. That was Kinoko.
"We better get her." Allister said, holding out the 'we' way to long.
Once again, I was running as fast as my feet would take me. This situation didn't start well nor would it end that way.
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"Magic within me, I call upon you now! I am Kinoko, the Butterfly Queen!"366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVXsACNZ8G
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"I summon the Queen Archangel, Lyncana!"366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ1HOGU60e
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"Come forth, Titania! I request your guidance!"
Fuck.
If there was one thing I knew today, it was that I was going to be at the circus far longer than I desired.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP76bfXyuyN
