Disclaimer : I do not own Ah! My Goddess, nor do I own Killer Klowns from Outer Space

-oOoOoOo-

Keiichi rode his Beemer, Belldandy sat behind him, and Sayoko was in the sidecar. Urd flew besides them. Sayoko gave directions to the campgrounds, while Urd kept checking Skuld's alarm. Almost all but the glitch's power level were either nearly full or getting near it, signifying that they were getting nearer to the Klowns' base.

Belldandy, Keiichi, and Sayoko were surprised when no one was at the campground entrance as Keiichi parked his Beemer.

"Kinda creepy, eh?" Urd asked, as her eyes darted around, looking for something colorful and clown-shaped to blast into bits. "Almost like a scary movie where the heroes march into the monster's den."

"Urd, please don't say things like that…" Keiichi muttered as Belldandy got off of the Beemer. He blushed when Belldandy gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Now, remember. You and Sayoko are to go back to the temple. We'll create a big enough ruckus that the clowns in town will draw back," Belldandy explained.

"We'll also rescue Skuld and she'll make a bomb to destroy the Clown base," Urd said. A thought occurred to her. "Don't go to the temple. Go to the abandoned Arcade and ask for sanctuary. Tell them the payment will be me hanging out with them for a few days. Hild will accept it."

Keiichi looked at Belldandy and asked, "Will she?"

The wind goddess nodded before she said, "I'm certain of it. When we get back, I'll then call and get permission to revive everyone that died at the hands of these things."

"That's good to hear. Isn't Sayoko?" Keiichi asked as he and Belldandy looked at their passenger.

Sayoko stared at the woods as she quietly muttered in an angry tone, "Yeah, sure… I just want those freaks dead for what they done..."

"Sayoko, are you-" Keiichi asked before he realized what the answer would be.

"Sayoko…" Belldandy said before Urd grabbed her shoulder and began to drag her towards the forest."

"Third campground was where Toshiyuki and your two friends saw that tent, but it vanished when he came back to it with the cops. Maybe it's back or still around there," Sayoko asked.

"Eh, we'll use this to find them," Urd said as she held up Skuld's bug alarm. "Go get going!"

"Can't we stay until you are out of sight? Otherwise, Keiichi will be a bit of a worrywort," Sayoko asked.

Urd was about to refuse, but Belldandy said, "Alright, but then quickly leave afterwards."

Keiichi nodded, while Sayoko kept looking at the forest. Belldandy then shook off Urd's hand and began to walk. Urd shrugged, but then a smile got on her face.

"Try to keep up, Bell!" Urd said, before she began to fly faster. Belldandy's eyes narrowed and she began to run after Urd.

Once the two goddesses were out of sight, Keiichi said, "Well, I guess we should go to the arc-"

He never got to finish, as Sayoko had pulled out a rag doused with something from a bottle labeled 'sleeping potion (Safe for humans)' and covered his mouth with it.

"Sorry, Keiichi, but I'm not going to go back with you and I can't risk you following me…" Sayoko said as Keiichi fell unconscious. She then dragged his body into the side car before she followed after Belldandy and Urd, making sure she wasn't going to be spotted. Since Belldandy was walking, the trail would be easier to follow than if both goddesses were both flying.

-oOo-

It took some time, but Urd and Belldandy found the Circus Tent.

"Red and yellow… That's one of the poisonous snakes on this planet… Coral Snake, I think," Urd said before she flew around the tent, looking for an entrance.

"I almost think so, but don't they have a few black lines as well?" Belldandy replied as she walked up to the tent and put her hand near the tent. Almost immediately, the tent opened up. Inside was a metal hallway that was longer than the outside of the tent.

"Can't find… Oh…" Urd uttered as she neared Belldandy. "So let's go and find the kids."

Belldandy nodded before the two entered the hallway and the tent curtain closed behind. A minute or two later, Sayoko walked up to where she saw Belldandy and Urd entered, put her hand up near the tent, watched the tent curtain open, and entered as well.

-oOo-

As the two goddesses wandered down the metal hallway, Urd was quickly looking around as she asked, "So where in this freaky place do you think Skuld and the others are? On this floor or on another floor?"

"Perhaps we can find a terminal and you can find out?" Belldandy asked as she summoned her staff. Her senses and Valkyrie training were whispering to her that she prepare for battle. "And you seem nervous. What's wrong?"

As they turned a corner, Urd answered, "This place shouldn't be and I can feel it in my bones. I think we've encountered what mortals mean when they sense something supernaturally freaky. As for your other question, if we can find a terminal I can use, I'll get to it."

Belldandy's reply was to nod as they neared three doors. She asked, "So what door shall we try first?"

"Just a minute…" Urd said before she used an UrdBolt to create a small line in the ceiling. "There, now we'll know if we've come back. As for what door…"

Urd flew over and knocked on the door to the left. It didn't open, so she tried the door on the right. It didn't open either.

"Let's hope this one is op-" Urd said as she reached for the middle door. When her hand got near it, the door opened, revealing a small room. A quick look inside revealed it to be an elevator because of the panel of buttons near the door. "Elevator, Belldandy. Split up or stay together?"

As Belldandy walked into the elevator, she gave Urd a look of slight disbelief as she said, "We're in enemy territory, staying together is our best option."

"So what floor then?" Urd asked as the doors closed.

"Let's try to go at this logically," Belldandy said.

Urd rubbed her chin in thought for a moment before she said, "This place is freaky, so that might not be in our best interest."

Before Belldandy could respond, Urd quickly pressed a button in the middle of the panel. Belldandy quickly exclaimed,"Urd! How could you!"

"Well, we'll take a look around and then we'll do your suggestion." Urd said with a shrug as the elevator began to move.

Belldandy glared at Urd, who was able to ignore it at the moment. Finding Skuld and the kids was more important at the moment.

-oOo-

Sayoko was wandering the hallway, hiding behind some structures every so often to keep out of the goddesses' vision. She watched as they entered the elevator and the door closing behind them.

The left door then opened and Slam walked out. It looked around for a moment before Sayoko brought out the slingshot and a marble. She took aim and fired.

When Slam shrieked and vanished in a pink tornado, Sayoko smiled as she said, "That's one"

She then left the alcove she was hiding in and began to walk towards the door, aiming another marble. another Klown leaned his head out to see why Slam screamed.

Another hit and another shriek.

"That's two. Let's see how many I can hit for you, Toshiyuki," Sayoko said as she neared the door. Behind it was what looked like an armory, with all the gun-like things on shelves.

She walked up to one shelf and picked a cotton candy cocoon gun. After looking at it at various angles, she shrugged before she put the gun down.

'Since we're in what looks like a cheap set for a Alien space ship, these freaks probably made their weapons unable to fire at them or effect them…' Sayoko thought as she looked around for anything she might be able to use with the slingshot.

A blast of pink lightning barely missed her. So she dove behind a line of shelves and looked at who tried to kill her. As expected, it was another Klown. Sayoko smirked before firing another marble at its nose.

"Heh. Third one and this is starting to get fun…" Sayoko muttered as she waited for another Klown to enter.

After a few moments, she grabbed a cotton candy cocoon gun and tossed it out the door.

Two or three lines of pink lightning hit around the thrown gun.

'Shit… spoke too soon...' Sayoko thought before she began to push a shelf down to its side, so she could have cover.

When it fell down, it made the expected loud noise, making the Klown jump out and fired into the armory. Though the Klowns' cotton candy cocoon guns didn't hit anywhere near Sayoko as she quickly hid behind the fallen shelf, she still shivered in fear.

She leaned out a bit and fired. Though she didn't hit the nose, a Klown still cried out in pain from a marble hitting its eye. The next shot did hit its mark.

Though the beams got close and closer, the shelf somehow deflected the beams. Every so often, Sayoko fired another marble. Either she hit their eyes or mouths, but she did manage to hit their noses. The pseudo-shootout did manage to take a third of the marbles in the bag.

"Six… I hope…" Sayoko muttered after the last Klown vanished in a pink tornado. After a few moments, she nervously walked towards the door. She took a deep breath and looked out the door, praying she wouldn't be blasted the moment she looked out.

No Klowns. She smiled for a moment before she got on her knees and gathered the marbles on the floor.

'Might as well take the elevator,' Sayoko thought as she stood up.

-oOo-

Both Belldandy and Urd were pleased when the elevator came to a stop and opened up. Urd was about to rush out, but was stopped when Belldandy quickly used her staff to block her from leaving.

"What the hell, Bell?" Urd exclaimed. Belldandy gestured with her free hand to outside the elevator.

Just outside was a room with many large piles of Cotton candy being hung in various alcoves. Urd leaned downward a bit. From what she could see, the room was very large and the walls were covered with alcoves, each with large cotton candy piles being hung, though a single one a few stories above seemed to be swaying for a moment. There was a two storied platform in the center of the room, also lined with cotton candy-filled alcoves

"I… don't get it. So we found the food stor..age…" Urd asked before she noticed the expression on Belldandy's face. The Norn of the present was mostly stone-face, save for the corners of her eyes that were tearing up. "Bell, what's wrong with this room?"

"It might be easier to show you…" Belldandy said as she marched forward, occasionally looking around, like she expected something to attack her. when she neared one of the piles of cotton candy. As Belldandy nervously reached for the cotton candy, she explained. "Skuld found some of these at Sentaro's home and tore a piece off."

"So whaa…" Urd said as Belldandy tore a piece off.

It took Urd and Belldandy to recognize who it was, but within the cotton candy was Chihiro Fujimi, or rather, what was left of her. The two goddesses could only see her face, which was somehow melting or turning into blood.

Urd took a deep breath as she slowly stepped out of the elevator, going towards Belldandy.

"Bell, please let this be some horrible prank… I'll forgive you if it is, just don't ever do it again…" Urd asked in a worried tone as she held out her hands in a pleading manner.

As Belldandy shook her head as she tore off a piece of another cotton candy cocoon gun. Behind it was some middle-aged man who wore glasses. Urd didn't recognise who it was, but Belldandy did within a few moments.

"His last name is Ozawa and he was once a teacher of Keiichi's. Keiichi claimed that Ozawa was out to get him…" Belldandy said.

Both Belldandy and Urd stepped near a pair of cocoons. they looked at each other, nodded and tore off a piece to see who was within it.

"Diana Lockheed and David Proter… what were they doing here?" Belldandy asked.

Urd rubbed her chin in thought before she answered, "Didn't Sayoko say Aoshima and the cops were told that some people had been missing here? Maybe they went camping?"

"I have my doubts… there's better places to camp than in Japan," Belldandy said as she began to walk around. After a few moments, she saw that behind the platform that was out of sight of the elevator, was a small storage area with two large rubber balls. In one was Skuld and in another was Hijiri and Sentaro.

Belldandy didn't waste any time and rushed over. Urd did as well when she saw Belldandy run.

"Skuld! Hijiri! Sentaro!" Belldandy exclaimed as she got over to the rubber balls. All three children were crying. As she got down on her knees, she put her hand out straight, wind began to circle around her palm. Belldandy then used her hand to quickly cut open the two rubber balls.

"Belldandy!" Skuld, Hijiri, and Sentaro exclaimed as they quickly hugged Belldandy.

"You're safe now., so let's get you three out of here…" Belldandy said as she hugged back.

"If we're lucky, then Keiichi decided to be dumb and stay behind," Urd said as she got on her knees to use a quick scan spell on the kids. Once it was done, she said "All three are clean."

"Alright, everyone, it's time to leave," Beldlandy said, making the kids stop hugging her.

Just as Belldandy stood up, pink lightning came down, hitting Sentaro and Hijiri, wrapping them in cotton candy cocoons.

Skuld screamed as she backed away from the cocoons, while both Belldandy and Urd looked up at where the shot came out.

Standing at the side of the previously swaying cocoon, was a smirking Jumbo.

-oOo-

Notes from HotelKatz : The title, 'Coulrophobia' was thought up by Nena Camadera of the Goddess Relief Office forum.