Disclaimer: Top Hat, Tribe Circus and the Mall rats all belong to Cloud Nine.

It's a hard life, the life of an entertainer.

Me and the rest of my Tribe have survived through begging, stealing or even murdering, but it was a Dog eat Dog world out there, and we, The Tribe Circus, had no intention of being eaten by the Demon Dogs or any other Tribe.

How did we meet? Easy.

We were all that the same Circus school together. Clichéd, I know but that's what makes us strong. We know all of each others secrets; we know what each other did before the virus. We have no secrets, we are not divided.

I was chosen to be the leader because I was strong, devoted and would stop it nothing to get what I wanted. What I wanted was for a Tribe to be powerful and well organized.

We were. We still are.

But then that other Tribe came along. Mall Rats. I remember when we invaded them with the greatest of ease. They put up a piddling little fight. And then, it went downhill.

I took that pink and blue haired girl, and pretended to try to rape her. I wasn't really, just trying to prove what The Tribe Circus could do. IF I was going to rape some-one, it wouldn't be that pathetic excuse for a woman. It would be that exotic Asian girl with the beautiful smooth skin, or the red head with those lovely big breasts.

But I'm not that insane or sick, but those girls, well…….

Then that horrid little boy came and kicked me in the Knuts. Not nice.

I was not happy, so I locked them in behind that grille, and left them to die.

But like Rats, the Mall Rats managed some how to find a hole and get out. To this day I have no idea how they got out.

Then they went off and found the cure for the virus. I had lost my hat, so I went back and threatened them. And all that got me was a mild concussion.

One of the main problems with Mall Rats is that they're soft. They gave the Tribe Circus the Antidote, even though we tried to kill them, for Christ sakes.

Another one of those lovely Mall Rat girls was Danni. She was everything I want in a woman: smarts, looks, independence, everything. But the looks she gave Bray at those stupid Bill of Rights meetings made me want to puke.

But that was stopped in its tracks as well. By those loonies, the Chosen.

We fought them in the start, but after three days trapped in the warehouse eating dog food, we decided to join the Chosen until they weakened. Then we would make a run for it. Everything went according to plan, but guess who beat the chosen into submission.

Yep, the Mall Rats. They must be lucky or something because they always come out on top. And now, they're probably going to do it again. There's a new threat to the city: The Technos. And as per usual, the Tribe Circus is going to join them, wait until they weaken then run for it. Maybe this time we'll move to the country, take over some farms, because we may be one of the toughest Tribes in the city, but we are, after all, performers.

And maybe the country will be good for us. No more fighting, no more Mall Rats, No more threats. But fate rolls the dice, so who knows?