Circo de la Luna
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I decided the real chapter will be for Lucky number 7... cause its special. Please be patient... its the actual crew doing a performance!
Yeah... so a more... family-ish thing with the other characters unused last chapter...
It was one of those days where no one wanted to do anything. When laziness just about consumes your muscles and you can't really find the motivation to so much as stand. This was probably because there was nothing to do. It was the one time of week that the circus had time off. They had planned to go out and about in the town and cause havoc, but it seemed they really just didn't want to do anything.
Sheik and Ike, however, were the exception, for they had suddenly disappeared somewhere and didn't tell anyone where they were going. Typical behavior, one may assume, so no one questioned it. And besides... they didn't want to know.
At the moment, the circus employees were lounging outside in the overcast weather. Pit had found a nearby tree and had decided to claim it as his own by sitting in a tall branch. Roy and Marth sat at the base of it, talking casually about things that didn't really matter to anyone. Samus had fallen asleep on her blue haired friend's shoulder (still in the kinky french maid outfit) and breathed a steady pace, oblivious to the world around her.
It all seemed to be going well until a youthful voice screeched from the dense forest. "MARTH!" It was the Lucario woman, calling from the woods that surrounded the circus. The clown looked over with a blank expression at the flailing woman. Peach waved eagerly to get his attention and signaled with her arms that he was wanted in the woods. Or judging by the franticness of the old woman's gestures, he was more needed.
"Marth! You gotta help us! The Ice Jester is loose again! We need to calm them down and we're all out of eggplants!" Peach shouted. The clown rolled his large eyes but smiled as he shifted Samus off of his shoulder and onto the base of the tree, making the blonde as comfortable as possible. He then stood, brushed off his baggy pants and turned towards the fire breather.
"I'll be right back," He stated. "While I'm gone, please don't wake Samus. You'll seriously regret it if you do,"
As the newest member, Roy frowned, a bit confused.
"Why? Is she that grumpy?" He asked, kind of joking to himself.
"Heh, You can say that," Marth muttered and broke into a jog towards the red head wondered what he meant by that. It wasn't as if he wasn't used to grumpy-morning people, for the ringleader hated to be woken more than anyone. But then again, the Samus had been proven to be a very short tempered person (not as much as Sheik though) and hated being touched when she was awake, let alone when her guard was down in unconsciousness. Roy wasn't sure what she was capable of, and now he was curious.
"Curiosity killed the cat..." He mumbled to himself, glancing briefly over at Samus, who was still asleep on the tree trunk.
He sighed after waiting a great while. It seemed like the clown would never come back, though that obviously wasn't true since he left his 'big sister' outside. The fire-wielder chuckled softly aloud. Never before had he seen two people so attached to each other. Even those couples from the chick flicks didn't spend as much time with one another than those two. Where ever one went, the other would follow, like ducklings to their mother.
Marth had a crush on Samus and that was as obvious as the day.
Samus... eh. She was too complex for the slow red-head.
The curiosity was killing him, so he decided to climb up the tree and see what his co-worker was up to. Pit was leaning his back against his perch, not sleeping, but he didn't seem to be in full awareness either. "Hey Pit! Hey Pit! Hey Pit!" Roy called his best friend, peaking through the leaves.
The angel blinked once or twice and shifted his eyes towards the fire-breather. A slightly annoyed frown curled in his lips as he looked at his mate. "What do you want Roy? What happened to Marth?" The strongman was cross about his train of thought being crashed... it was a damn good fantasy as well.
"He had to help Peach take care of the homicidal jester," The boy explained, almost sugar-highly. "But he told me I can't wake up Samus, so I'm bored."
Pit raised an eyebrow, now suddenly interested.
"Why? Why can't you wake up Samus?" He asked, curiously
Roy pulled himself up to sit on the same branch before continuing.
"He just told me that I'd regret it,"
The angel stared at his co-worker's anxious expression apathetically for a moment before smirking with his shiny white teeth. "You want to wake up Samus?"
"More than anything!" Roy sighed in frustration
Pit laughed and shifted his position so that he was facing his friend.
"Can't be worse than the time you burnt Shiny's hat," He pointed out, an amused smirk still plastered on his face "Why don't you do it?"
Roy squirmed on his branch. "I don't know..." He said skeptically. "The ringleader would beat me insanely, but he wouldn't actually kill me... Samus on the other hand...I'm not so sure..."
The angel leaned over to catch a better glimpse at the sleeping acrobat. "you have point...I guess it's understandable to be scared,"
That struck a nerve.
"Scared?" Roy repeated, his reckless pride hurt. "Who said I was scared?"
"Well it was implied" Pit replied.
"I'm not scared of her! She's a big girl and has grown out of cooties," The boy spat defensively... childishly. "And I'll prove it too!" Roy suddenly turned up his nose and jumped to the grass below, out to prove his friend wrong. The whole time, Pit watched, trying to keep himself from laughing as the red-head picked up a small rock.
Keeping most of his body hidden behind the tree, Roy peaked around and took aim at unsuspecting Samus. He bit his lip as he held the rock up, starting to have second thoughts. "What are you waiting for dude? Are you chicken?" whispered Pit loudly, wanting some action to happen
The fire user scowled at the strongman and without thinking, tossed the rock at the acrobat. It sailed through the air and hit a perfect bulls eye on the blonde's head, causing her to suddenly yelp and fall over.
At first, the woman did nothing. Her head was lowered and her beautiful face was completely covered by her mess of blonde hair. She sat on his knees, her hands clutching the ground as she pulled herself together. Roy was about to say something (apologize), but was suddenly cut off by a soft rumbling sound.
The sound got louder until it was a full on satanic growl that seemed to be coming from none other than the victim of the flying rock.
"Samus...?" The pyro called cautiously, even Pit to precautions and climbed higher into the tree. Samus lifted his head and glared fiery daggers into Roy's head. Her eyes glowed brighter and angrier than either of them had ever scene, her lips curled back over her teeth, which looked like fangs at the moment. The growls echoing from her throat became louder and more threatening as her shoulder's began to shake. "Bloody hell... she's not human!" Samus was, indeed a human, but regardless, Roy cursed and stood to run, but before he could do that, the acrobat was already on her feet, her silk mysteriously out in front of her like a deadly weapon.
"Aaaugh!" The red-head yelled as he sprinted for his life away from the angry woman. Samus let out what sounded like a murderous screech and took chase after him. Being on the run all the time, Roy was pretty fast and light on his feet, but Samus was definitely giving him a run for his money (despite her wearing the maid outfit) as she got closer and closer, screaming for vengeance the whole time.
The cat and mouse chase went on for a few more minutes before Marth made his way back to the scene. He gazed around the tree, confused, and glanced up at Pit, who was watching the fight eagerly.
"Hey Pit!" The clown called. "Where's Roy and Samus?"
The strongman looked down, snickered once and pointed out into the field. Marth's eyes followed his finger until he finally caught sight of the two circus performers running aimlessly in circles. The clown sighed and shook his head.
"I told him not to wake Samus," He mumbled. He really didn't want to get involved (Samus was so scary!) but to save his buddy's life, he had no other options.
Samus was dangerously close to the pyro and showed no hints of getting tired. Roy, on the other hand, was getting worn out quickly and forced his adrenalin to pump him faster. It was futile as the acrobat caught up to him and used her silk to swipe at his back, causing him to stumble over and crash into the ground. Samus stood over him and picked him up by her silk, bringing him threatening close to her face.
"You will die!" She screamed, pulling one fist back and preparing to strike.
"Ok! That's enough! Samus! Please stop!" Marth somehow made his way over to the scene and grabbed his elder's hand before she could do anything rash. "You've run him down now let him go Samus," but the acrobat did not release him, in fact she only pulled even tighter, baring her teeth more.
"He needs to die!"
"Samus... please." Samus looked at her blue haired clown. His cute, makeup covered face only emphasized his scared, narrowed blue eyes and thinned his lips in a mix of disappointment and pleading. The silence and frightened look caused Samus to flinch and she sourly turned her head away, unable to look her buddy properly in the eye.
"I'm going inside..." she seethed through her teeth and stomped off towards the house, silently fuming. Marth sighed guiltily as he watched the acrobat brood over everything. He turned to Roy, who was still trying to compose his thoughts.
"You know I'm mad at you, right?" He asked bluntly, never raising his voice. The fire-breather rubbed the back of his head tenderly and nodded as Pit walked over and helped his friend up.
"You gonna yell at me now?" Roy asked. Marth shook his head.
"Nah, that was punishment enough, but next time, I'm not going to stop her." Roy sighed and nodded again.
"Should I apologize?"
"She'll be okay in a few hours. She's just upset... you see. Her family was attacked in their sleep... not unlike you did it. She's scared Roy." Roy and Pit stared at the bluenette in equal confusion "She never used to be like this. She was a prankster, a happy girl... and she still is. You know... but... you two have only been here for a few months so I know you've never seen this angry side of her. "She was ten years old..." Marth whispered, clenching his small fists. "She was naive, young... and innocent..."
"Mom... can you tell me a bedtime story tonight?" the little blonde girl asked, her crystal blue eyes gazing imploringly at the tall woman before her.
Her mother smiled sadly. "Oh sweetie... I can't tonight, it's too late... but I will tomorrow, I promise..."
"Okay... but you have to pinky promise to!"
"It's a promise." Her mother said as she crossed her little finger with her daughter. The woman closed the door and switched off the lights as the blonde snuggled to sleep, clutching her little mouse plush.
But the little girl would never see or hear that promise fulfilled. When she felt a pain on her forehead in the middle of the night; she woke up to see a hideous creature, mostly hidden by the shadows of the room, with it's hand about to...
Marth looked like he was on the brink of tears, so Pit stopped him by placing a firm hand on his shoulder. Marth looked at the brunette with a sad smile as Roy looked at his burnt hands. So that was the night Samus was dragged away to that prison they called a 'Human containment hospital.' He remembered from stories that, that place was somewhere you never wanted to be inside. He couldn't blame her for hating, being surprised in her sleep. Lost in his guilty thoughts Roy didn't notice for a while that Marth was talking again
"... She... she doesn't know how to vent her emotions and sometimes... sometimes..." Marth was full on shaking now. He couldn't continue if he wanted to but neither strongman nor fire-breather minded
"Hey man... don't worry. You don't have to tell us." Roy said patting the fragile clown's back, before pulling him into a hug, Pit joining not long after. "Tell us when you're ready... or Samus can. After all... at the end of the day... we have to stick together."
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