Hey readers. You will not believe how stupid I feel right now. I had accidently put a chapter for my Wizard of Oz fanfic in this chapter's place and if it wasn't for someone leaving a comment I would never have known.
Thank you so much for leaving that comment and now everyone can read the real chapter that belongs here.
My god I feel like a moron. (no seriously, I was hitting myself in the head saying that)
Chapter 9
FINALLY, AN ESCAPE
"Well, isn't this just sweet," Pique's voice broke into Fakir's sleep.
He slowly opened his eyes to see the pink haired girl, alongside the blonde, standing in front of him and grinning from ear to ear. At first he didn't understand what they were doing or what she had meant by cute then he realized, he fell asleep with his head resting on Duck's.
He jerked his head away and rolled his eyes saying, "What the hell is wrong with you two? Can't you wake someone up normally?"
"So, are you two in love?" Lillie asked, randomly bending over to do a bridge.
"There is no such thing as love and she asked to come over here. I'm still not sure why," he said and looked at the girl who was still sound asleep on his shoulder. He really couldn't help but think she was cute, just like a little puppy who had way too much trust in its owner.
"It would be a good thing to wake her up because Drosselmeyer will be coming over here soon," Rue said over by Mytho.
They were both still sitting down and she seemed to have been having a conversation with him but once the others woke she stopped. It was more like she was talking to herself but you get the drift.
"Damn that jerk," Fakir mumbled under his breath. He then used his left arm and poked the girl in the head. "Hey, moron, wake up. Come on, get off my shoulder, I'd like to use my arm again."
"Huh?" she said and moved her head a bit. "What?" She soon realized that she had fallen asleep on his shoulder and jerked herself up to a sitting position. "OMG, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do that, it was an accident I swear."
"Calm down. I was only kidding," he said, a bit confused by her reaction.
"Oh," she said and looked down.
He just rolled his eyes and stood up, making the others who had slept through Duck and Fakir's conversation the night before stare.
"What?" he asked.
"How did you unchain yourself?" Rue asked. "It was surrounded by Drosselmeyer's magic."
"I don't know," he shrugged and looked down at Duck. "I was just talking to her. Nothing happened, they just came off after a while."
"Now that's very interesting. Wouldn't you say, Mytho?" Rue asked.
"I guess," he said, his eyes staring forward blankly.
"Well, well, well. We're all you are we?" Drosselmeyer's voice said from behind Duck.
"QUACK!" she yelled and leapt behind Fakir.
"It seems someone lied about having magic, didn't they?" he said, looking directly at Fakir.
"Oh, go to hell Drosselmeyer. I didn't lie and you know I didn't because of that…thing you did to me when I first came," Fakir said, glaring back.
"Is that right? Well, it seems that someone helped you. Is there a spy that's been helping you?" he asked with an evil grin.
"You're really going to go there?" Fakir asked.
"I just did."
"Ooh, he went there, had lunch, and came back," Pique said.
"And now he's probably kicking himself for it because if he goes there again, I'll make sure he never comes back," Fakir said.
"How would you do that, may I ask?" Drosselmeyer asked.
"You may ask, but it doesn't mean you'll get an answer," Fakir stated.
"That would mean you don't know what you'd do, is that correct?"
"Nope, just means I'm not giving you a freaking answer so deal with it," Fakir said.
"Now, that's no way to treat your Ringmaster, now is it? You wouldn't do it if it meant a certain little performer gets hurt," Drosselmeyer said and grinned wider.
"Oh hell no. Don't you dare hurt Duck. This is between you and me buddy and I am NOT going to give in, ever," Fakir said grabbing the bars that blocked him from the crazy old man.
"We'll see about that," Drosselmeyer said and waved his hand.
Just as he made the motion, Duck cried out in pain and grabbed her neck. It was almost as if an invisible hand was choking her and she started to cry.
"No! Stop it! You'll kill her like that!" Rue cried, her eyes beginning to water.
"Leave her alone!" Fakir yelled.
He wanted to somehow help the girl but he knew he had no power against magic, especially magic that could kill. His muscles tensed and he clenched his teeth but he didn't move. He knew it would be pointless and so he just stood there watching, until he got an idea.
"Pique, teleport us out of here," he whispered to her.
She looked at him in surprise and confusion and said, "But, I don't think I could do it right."
"Just do it," he muttered.
"Okay, here goes nothing," she took in a deep breath and said the magic words while waving her hands. "Vocidy-romady!"
Within seconds, the wind began to swirl and what looked like a tornado of black clouds began to take shape over the wagon. Pique had a hard time controlling it and it got too big for her power. It went wild! It ripped the top off the wagon, it flung Drosselmeyer across the circus, causing him to let go of Duck, and it headed straight for his trailer. Because of the power it had, it was able to lift the entire trailer off the ground and make it disappear into the sky.
Rue had run over to Duck to make sure she was okay while Mytho and Fakir watched the destruction of the circus with silent awe, unlike Pique and Lillie who were looking back and forth between each other and the circus with their mouths hanging open.
When the tornado finally dissipated, Drosselmeyer stood up and looked at the group of young people with hate in his eyes. He marched right over to them and instead of grabbing Duck he grabbed Fakir and thrust him against the fallen wagon.
"How dare you!?" he yelled. "You've ruined my circus. You've ruined my life and you've also lost all that I have taken from you…I shouldn't have said that."
"Wait, the things that you took from us are…gone?" Fakir asked. "Am I to assume that means we can leave?"
"Oh, my god, Fakir's right!" Rue said, her face lighting up. "Now that he doesn't have what binds us to the contract, we can leave."
"We can leave?" Duck whispered from behind Mytho.
"We can leave!" Pique and Lillie said in unison.
"Now, perhaps you should have thought about how you treated us," Fakir said, pushing Drosselmeyer's hand away. "If you treated us better, mostly Duck, then this might not have happened."
"No! You can't leave. I own you!" he cried as Fakir began to walk away.
"Like hell you do. You're done, washed up and the sooner you realize that the better because we aren't ever coming back," Fakir said and flipped the old man off.
"How dare you, Fakir!? I will get you. I will get that little bird too. I will get all of you, even if it takes me a hundred years," Drosselmeyer shouted.
"Can't wait to see it," Fakir said smugly. "Just gave him a taste of his own damn medicine."
They all walked to the edge of the circus and paused, all looking at each other and thinking. Would they really be able to leave? What if Drosselmeyer had been lying about losing the taken objects? What if they were just heading into a trap? There was only one way to find out and Fakir took the first step.
He did it! He was outside the circus and he calmly looked back at the others, giving them a gesture to follow. All silent, all hoping that this wasn't just a dream; they passed through the once invisible wall and into the big open field that lay outside the circus. They were finally free!
