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Cloud: Time to see what's behind the smashed-by-Tsuki brown door!

Let's find out!~

Cloud put his phone back in his pocket and looked at the others. Everyone in the room were silent and Tsuki asked "Are we going in or what?". Cloud just gave her a nod and walked first through the doorway, with everyone following him.

They didn't found themselves in a room as they were expected. They found themselves in a small uderground cave and they saw ahead of them a small path that led to a deserted carnival. The carnival had many colourful balloons, bright lights and the group could hear a carnival music. At the right was a game stand and next to it was an orange/green tent with a sign "!esuoH rorriM|Mirror House!". At the left was a small carriage, it's door was locked with a padlock and outside was a sign saying "Madame Zaira knows the answers0". and a bit further it was an yellow/purple tent with a sign"House of Terror" written with big red letters that reminded blood. In the middle was a large blue/red tent, with a steel door that was locked shut and it had a large sign sayng "CIRCUS" written with bright letters on the top.

Next to the group was standing a wooden sign saying "WELCOME! We are happy that YOU came to PLAY with US!"

"I really have a bad feeling about this place" said Stuffy shivering.

"I hope this place doesn't have clowns. I hate clowns." said Cloud nervously.

"Stop whining and let's get going!" said Stripes.

"I don't know Stripes. I also have a bad feeling about this place. I feel like someone is watching us. I think it's the-" said Stinky to the tigress.

"Stop saying this stupid nonsense about the government watching us!" yelled U indignant and Stinky muttered something under his breath.

The group followed the path and arrived in the middle of the carnival. The place was really deserted and the music that sounded in the air gave them the feeling that something isn't right with this place.

Stinky noticed that the game stand it's about to throw daggers at different targets and he noticed something else that got his attention. He turned to Stripes and said, pointing at the game stand "Hey Stripes! You should try this out."

The girl looked at the game stand and said seriously "I don't have time for games. We are on investigation right now."

"The mighty Stripes is afraid of few targets. Don't tell me you chicken out." said Stinky grinning.

"What did you just said!?" she said threateningly.

"You heard me! Pok pok pok!" Stinky replied and started to mimic a chicken to irritate her.

"Emm... guys? Can we go to investigate the tents?" asked Stuffy.

Stripes glared at him and made him yelp in fear. Then she looked at Stinky and said "Bring on the targets, skunk-boy!"

"This is going to be interesting." said U smirking.

"Whooo! Stripes will play a hit-the-target game!" said Tsuki clapping her hands and her wolf tail wiggling in excitement.

Cloud put his arm around Stuffy's shoulders and said "Time to see Stripe's amazing throwing skills!"

Stuffy facepalmed at their reactions "You can't be serious!"

Stinky went to the game stand and pulled a lever. Wooden animals with targets on them started to move around the stand's background and Stripes took few daggers and said "Sit and watch!"

She started to throw the daggers with skill and hitting the moving targets, as everyone watchet her holding their breaths. In the end all the targets were hit, Stripes smiled triumphantly and turned to Stinky "What are you going to say now?"

A bell started to ring at the game stand and lights started to blink, announcing like this that Stripes won. Then one of the counter's rabbit paintings opened like a lid, revealing inside a small coin. "Good job Stripes." said Stinky grinning, then he took the coin and observed it.

"What is this?" U asked.

Stinky didn't reply, he simply tossed the coin to him. U snatched it and took a good look at it. This one wasn't a simple penny, but a real pirate golden doubloon. On the one side was marked a skull and on the other side was a simple cross. Everyone were staring in awe at it and Cloud asked "Stinky, how did you know this was in there?"

Stinky just shrugged and said simply "I didn't knew what was in. I just noticed the lid and understood that it was someking of puzzle, again."

"Couldn't you tell us in the first place?" asked Stuffy.

"Nah! I wanted to piss of Stripes, a little." he replied putting his hands behind his head.

"I'm gonna get you for this!" yelled Stripes and tried to grab Stinky by his neck. But she was stopped by Cloud and Tsuki, who holded her back from strangling the boy. "U a little help! Please?" said Tsuki, while holding the furious Stripes.

"Calm down Stripes, you can strangle him later. He didn't do anything, he just showed that he is smarter than you." said U in uncaring tone and making Stripes even more furious.

"YOU'RE NOT HELPING AT ALL!?" shouted Cloud.

Stinky danced and then pointed at Stripes "In your face! Even U says that I'm smarter than you!"

"DON'T PROVOKE HER!?" yelled Cloud, while Stripes was screaming "LET ME GO! I SAID LET ME GO! I MUST BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM!"

"Stuffy a little help?" asked Tsuki.

"No, I rather stay here. You are doing a good job by yourselves" he replied hidding behind U.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a blade barely passed right in front of Stripe's face and got pinned at the game stand. Everyone stopped what they were doing, to see where it came from. They only thing they saw was a shadow entering inside the house of terror. Then they heard noise of a mirror breaking, inside the mirror house.

"What was that?" asked Tsuki curiously.

"I don't know, but this blade could have killed me." said Stripes, examining the blade.

"We need to find out what or who are inside those tents." said U.

"I don't think this is a good idea. What if it's a trap?" asked Stuffy.

"Maybe the half of us should go in there and invenstigate, while the rest will go in the mirror house." said Stinky.

"I'm going in the 'House of Terror'!" said Tsuki raising her hand.

"I'm going with you. Whoever is in, almost killed me and I will make him pay! Stinky, you coming too!" said Stripes.

Stinky was startled "WHAT!? But I-"

"I said you're coming! It was your idea to split up in the first place!" she said and dragged Stinky behind her. Tsuki was already waiting for them outside the tent.

"I suppose this leave us to investigate the mirror house." Cloud to Stuffy and U.

"You know... I think that our lives are in danger." said Stuffy trembling.

"And when they weren't?" asked U, reminding like this all the previous cases they had.

"Τouché!" said Cloud smiling and they walked inside the mirror fun house.

*At the police station*

Wrak was sitting in his office and was looking at few old files and cases. Since he couldn't find anything, he thought to search anything else that would be related or at least give any clue. Right now he was reading about a case where all the carnival worker's of Madam Zaira's carnival were mysteriously murdered, by someone, at the same night. This file didn't had any dates on it, something that Wrak found strange, and the ink was very sloppy to read anything. It was like the document had fallen in water and then dried by someone, intentionally.

He placed the document on the table and turned his chair, with the back at the door. He deeply sighed and closed his eyes. So many weird things in the police station, how no one didn't noticed anything before? This question and many others were bothering Wrak's mind.

He was in deep thought. So deep, that he didn't heard that someone opened the door to his office and silently approached him from behind.

That's it for now. Even if it wasn't in my plans from the beginning, I decided to put the detectives' lives in danger.

Cloud: ...

Emm... I don't know what else to say...

Cloud: ... Review?