Flying on the high wire and into town
Richard POV
"Com'on Richard I know you can do better than that!" Barbra taunted me.
"You bet I can! I'm just warming up!" I said flying off the trapeze and landing on the high wire.
"Richard! Barbra! Come on!" Conner called us.
"What's taking you guys so long?" Wally asked.
"Lets go bird brain." Barbra said with a smirk.
"You got it Bat." We climbed *cough, cough slid cough, cough* down the ladders to the ground. We walked over to them. "We'll we're here." I said.
"Good now lets gooooo!" Wally said grabbing my hand then dragging me with him out of the big top.
"DUDE CHILL!" I said still in my sweats and t-shirt I wore to warm up. "I gotta change!"
"Fine…" HE said allowing me to go into my trailer. I slipped into the jeans, hoodie, and jacket slipping a pair of sunglasses over my green eyes.
I came out and saw Barbra was also there and now in day clothes.
"They done?" I looked over and saw Kaldur and Garth come over.
"Yeah now lets go get the others!" Wally said racing ahead of us.
"How do you keep up with that kid?" Garth asked me.
I shrugged. "He's my best friend."
We met him at the smaller tent where Roy and Artemis practiced.
"Wally shut up." Roy said.
"We are almost done." Artemis scolded.
"Uhg, Hurry up!"
Artemis chucked one of her knives so it landed next to his head missing him by like an inch. "I. SAID. WAIT!" That got him to shut up.
"Never get on a knife throwers bad side." Kaldur muttered.
The pair threw the last of their practice knives all of them barely missing the manikins by inches.
"Are you done now!" Wally whined.
"Yes we are now why don't you go get Megan while we clean up BEFORE I IMPALE YOU!" Artemis yelled.
"Yes Captain." Wally squeaked running out. Shortly after they finished packing up Wally came back with Megan.
She had her bag and was ready to go so of course as soon ad the other two joined us Wally ushered us all off the circus grounds. We headed into town. We stopped at a local restaurant that we had heard some kids our age talking about and all loaded up on food using our hard earned cash.
"I heard there was this funny little magic shop in town wanna check it out?" Megan asked.
"Megan do you really need another set of tarot cards?" Garth asked.
"Yes I still don't have a Universal Waite deck." She insisted.
"I'm fine with it." Wally said with a flirtatious grin.
I poked him in the ribs.
"Well kids can I get you anything else?" Our waitress asked.
We all looked at each other before unanimously deciding. "Dessert."
After our second *cough, cough third cough, cough* round of dessert we decided to pay. "Man I wish my kids ate like you kids do… I can hardly ever get them to finish half a meal." The waitress said handing us our check. We all split the bill and the 45% tip (we always leave a big one since a- we split it so it's not that much per person and b- we work to so we know how stressful it can be) and left her a few free circus passes for her kids.
"Chumps." We heard someone behind us as we left the passes. Turning around we saw a group of ten or twelve teenagers. "Who wants circus passes?"
"Maybe that ladies kids?" I said.
"I bet their not even real." One of them said. We grabbed out bags and started to walk out.
"They're real." I assured them.
"Then where d'you get em?" One asked as we left the restaurant.
"Uh… I du'know maybe the circus?" Wally said.
"How did you get em? Steel em?"
"You think people who leave 45% as a tip would steel circus passed?" Conner said… The sad part was he meant it… which meant he was getting mad.
"45% where do you guys get that much you rich or something?"
"No we work. It's called labor. You should try it. That is if you sleaz balls could find anyone to hire you." Artemis fires back.
"Anywhere that lets you guys in would hire us in a heartbeat considering your nothing special. Where do you work?"
We all burst out laughing. They just told the kids who can miss a person by a half an inch with a throwing knife on purpose, make the maddest people in the world smile by living through a two story fall every night in a clown suite, do flips and cartwheels in the air without a net forty feet up, lift up 1,000 pound dumbbells at age 16, hold their breath for 1 ½ hours strait, and predict someone's future so it actually comes true nothing special! This was too good!
"Hey why're you laughing at us?"
"Buddy…" Artemis' tone took on an evil quality. "You're looking at a fortune teller, a strong man, a circus clown, two aquatic humans, two acrobats, and two knife throwers so I suggest you never say someone isn't special without getting to know them first."
I laughed.
"And I know for a fact you can't survive two story drops so don't say circus clowns aren't threatening." Wally said.
"Plus I know for a fact that the curcus would never higher low'lifes like you so don't even think about insulting us again." Conner said. "Cuz if you mess with my family you got a problem with me."
We all grinned wickedly as they backed off.
"Oh good your still here." We looked over and saw our waitress come out.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I think you made a mistake in your tip… it… it's so much… and you should enjoy the circus not me and my kids."
"No ma'am we didn't make a mistake." Roy said going over to her. "And we enjoy the circus every night so We like to spread the joy around." He said in a flirty oh- so- chivalrous way.
"Well thank you I'll be sure to tell my kids what nice young people left us such a treat."
"You can point us out to them to… In the side shows and under the big top." I said before we walked away.
"HOW DO YOU DO THAT!" Wally asked Roy.
"It's a gift you will never have…" The player told the flirt.
So just a random Idea I had…
Pretty obvious who is who I think but then again… I wrote it… so…
Artemis and Roy are knife throwers
Wally's a clown who takes part in ridiculous stunts.
Robin and Barbra are acrobats
Megan's a fortune teller/magician
Conner is a strong man
Kaldur and Garth are "Aquatic humans"
So yeah… It doesn't say it's comlete but that may change depends on the response I get… review?
-PtBK