The Circus

Rogue (Robyn)

"Dent! Apologize! Watch where you're going." Storm clouds raced across my face, he'd done it on purpose. I'd know Dent ever since they day we got here, he was like my little brother. "I apologize of Dent. He's like my little brother." I said to Dragon.

Dent scowled at her. "Why should I apologize?" he snapped. "He should stay out of my way." He jerked his head towards the newcomer without meeting his gaze.

*guys I'm sorrry but ... I have to pull out ....*

Cowboy-

"I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to this." Kya said and then there were hands grabbing Cowboy's arms and pulling him to the ground. This wasn't good. Or maybe it was better this way? He wasn't sure.

He didn't struggle much, deep down in some twisted way this was what he wanted, what he-well everyone- needed. Yes, it was definatly better this way, everyone would be better off. He couldn't hurt Jewel or anyone else any more.

He looked up at the people holding him to see somewhat familiar faces. Faces from his past. It ws funny how it started with the gypsies and now it would end with them. The hands pulled his shirt away from his skin.

Kya cut the Roma symbol for death into his chest, he barely even moved as she did. He closed his eyes, unaware of the pain, only thinking of Jewel.

"I'm sorry." Kya's voice whispered in his ear as the knife cut straight into his heart. Now only Kya and Cowboy's lifeless body where in the tent. She pulled his hat over his face and then left, her hands covered in blood. Cowboy was dead, but she felt it was for the best.

Rogue (Robyn)

"Excuse me." I said taking Dent gently by the arm and leading him away gracefully. Once were were alone I looked at him as if I were looking at a child.

"Honey what has gotten into you? You know better than that." I framed his face with my hands. Dent and I were so close, he was like the son or brother I never had... "What's wrong darling?" I said feeling so concerned.

"Nothing everything is perfect Robyn!" He shouted.

"Honey what's gotten into you?" I called everyone honey...

"You're treating me like a child again Robyn. And I don't want to talk about it, he was in my way."

"Dent, nobody treated you this way when you came, you should be kind. We were when you came. Please apologize." I said sadly.

"I will not apologize Robyn, he was in my way end of story!" He shouted, he tried to walk away, I grabbed his upper arm, but gently, I would never want to hurt him. "Stop touching me Robyn!" He pulled away and the stitches of my arm came off, my whole arm up to my elbow fell off my body....

Dent sighed and buried his head in his hands. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled." He watched, uncomfortable, as she picked up her arm. "I...I can fix that...I think..."

Rogue (Robyn)

"No worries darling." I said pulling a needle out of the back of my neck and then stitching it back up. I then put the needle back in place....

Chase

I closed my eyes a little as soon as she was out of sight. Tonight. Not likely, all things considered. Sure, she thought I was brave for standing up to Rusty from time to time, but what was that if I couldn't even bring myself to watch her act, just because of the clothes and makeup she was wearing? It was pathetic. After all, she was still the same person underneath it all.

I shivered, a memory of his first time at the circus running through his mind, from long before all of this, when I was only six. Stumbling on my mother at the hands of some clowns...one of them grabbing me and pressing a knife to my throat, giggling. I reached one hand down to the scar from where I'd been cut trying to escape...It was no wonder my father had become an alcoholic after what had happened.

I sat down on my bunk with a sigh, my head in my hands. What I would have given to be able to take it all back, to not run away from home. But then I wouldn't have met Adeline...

It was so hard! On the one hand there was freedom, on the other the girl I was in love with. Well...I would make an effort with the show tonight, but if she was there in costume I would be hard pressed to stay.

[Sai- Dragon]

Dragon was shocked as he watched Rogue stitch herself up, and slightly sickened. She did this to herself for people's enjoyment? He shook his head, shivering a little.

He whirled on the rude kid, Dent was what she had called him, "Nice going."

Rogue's mouth opened, as if she was going to try to make peace again. Dent cut her off, "Maybe you shouldn't have gotten in my way."

"Well I assumed," Dragon sneered, now experiencing a feeling not unlike when fire burned the inside of his throat, "That you'd be able to avoid me, but I guess that board was just too heavy for a scrawny little guy like you."

Flip-

Cowboy was dead. But time still seemed to go on. I could see Rogue arguing with Dent about something, totally oblivious to the death in their midst. I smoothed out Cowboy's hat as well as I could while I headed over to Rogue and Dent.

"What is it?" Rogue snapped after I tapped on her shoulder.

"It's Cowboy," I said softly, handing her his hat.

Dent flared. "Scrawny? Scrawny?!" He shoved Dragon back. "At least I'm not the one that blocking the pathway, here!"

Rogue stepped between them. "Boys, [/i]please--[/i]"

But Dent pushed her aside. Not roughly--he had no grudge against her--but enough to make her stumble a bit. "Look," he growled at Sai, "you can take you and your arrogant self back to where you come from, freak, because you certainly aren't wanted here!"

Then Flip came trotting up, bearing the hat like it was a treasure...

[Sai- Dragon]

"Well," Dragon pursed his lips as if he were considering the idea, "blocking the way does seem to be a terrible crime... And of course, I wouldn't want to be a freak in the middle of the Circus! How ridiculous."

He stopped, grinning now. He could see Dent's anger flaring, like a flame, and that made him even more confident. Dragon could already contorl fire and now he was 'controlling' Dent.

But he didn't have time to experiment, as someone walked up to Rogue, and mentioned something about a cowboy. Dragon decided not to ask, as everyone seemed sad for some reason. He figured he would find out soon enough...

Kaiya

She heard a small group of people making a fuss about something. Dent and some other people, she hadn't met yet. Kaiya walked over to the group, and watched, trying to figure out what all the fuss was about.

Chase

I left the tent just in time to see a Rogue stitching her arm back on, Dent looking like he was about to fight one of the new kids. Then Flip arrived, with Cowboy's hat in hand. I looked at it with no small degree of shock: something had happened to Cowboy - he never went without his hat!

I made my way over quickly, "Flip, what happened?"

He gave me a sad look, "Cowboy's dead...someone stabbed him."

Lark

I had decided to go check the tents for her or Rusty, even though I heard he was in a bad mood. No one seemed to be in them at all! Finally I came to Cowboy and Dent's tent. It was really dim and I could barely make out the shapes of their beds.

"H-hello? Rogue are you in here?" I whispered.

No answer.

I started walking through the tentwent I stepped on something. I jumped back. Trying to prove myself that it was the leg of the mirror, I lit a matchfrom the emergency matchbook I always have, just in case. I examined it and relized it was a shoe. Going up further, I saw a body and thought that Cowboy must have been sleeping on the floor. But where was his hat? And why didn't he sleep on one of the beds? I wondered. I tried to make him stir by kicking the soles of his shoes. Nothing. I screamed his name to the heavens. Still nothing. Finally I thought, What if he's really hurt or something.

I reached up his shirt to find his heartbeat and didn't find one. Instead my hand emerged sticky with blood. I pulled up his shirt to see that someone had carved a strange symbol into his chest. I jumped backwards and screamed as loudly as I could. Then, I felt my body go limp and the slow impact as I hit the floor.

Cowboy was murdered.

Kaiya

She heard a scream come from the tents. Kaiya ran towards where the scream was, and looked through tents, nobody. She came to another tent and pulled it open. A Girl. With Blood. Kaiya quickly grabbed the girl's hand and pulled her out. Feeling the heartbeat, she was alive, and checking her, she was not wounded. Kaiya entered the tent, trying to see what happened; there was a big lump, she bent down to see, and found a limp body.


Is this what everyone is talking about? Did...she faint?

Kaiya left the tent, and pulled on the girl.

Can't lift her..

She left the body for a moment, and ran back to the group.

"Dent! There is a body outside a tent!" I said.

*Terrible post, but I'm uber tired. XD*