Bendy was getting ready for the day while he thought about the three images that he saw right before he met Shou Tucker. 'Nina and the dog were the same ones as the ones in the vision that I saw. Something tells me that Tucker's wife disappearance isn't a coincidence.' Bendy thought to himself as he got dressed and head out of the bathroom after taking a shower. As Bendy exited the bathroom, Boris came rushing over to him with a poster in his hands. "MICKY'S CIRCUS IS IN TOWN!!! CAN WE GO PLEASE?!" Boris loudly requested with excitement. "Really?! Micky is in Town?!" Questioned Alphonse, "I always wanted to meet Micky!" Added Alphonse as he started to fanboy. "Well we can, if we can afford it Boris and Alphonse." Replied Bendy. "Don't worry about the expenses Bends. I'll take care of that." Added Edward as he pulled out 1,550 cenz from his wallet and hands it to Bendy. "Hopefully this will get you three into the circus." Stated Edward as he heads out of the room. "You're not coming, Ed?" Questioned Boris. "I have to head over to East Command for a while. Roy wants me to take my assessment test there." Explained Edward. "Assessment Test?" Asked Boris. "It is a test to renew a State Alchemist or State Sorcerer certification." Alphonse promptly explained. Suddenly Bendy was struck with another major headache as Edward left the hotel room. Bendy saw Tucker loaming over the same dog chimera that was standing over a transmutation circle. Both Boris and Alphonse looked at Bendy with concern as Boris asked: "Are you having another Ink Attack?" Bendy shook his head no. "It's just a headache Boris. Nothing too serious." Replied Bendy as he grabbed his bag. "Let's head to the circus before they leave town." Stated Bendy as he leads Alphonse and Boris out of the apartment.
(Later at the Circus Grounds in Downtown East City)
As Hazel and Techton waited in line to get into the Circus, the two started to overhear a radio news station broadcasting. "While as exciting as Micky's Circus coming to East City is, we have confirmed reports that the newest dragon emperor, Ryquar Matchstick, Son of Grand Matchstick, will be coming to Central City by tomorrow." Stated the broadcast as it continue to report the news.
"Great. My tyrant of a brother is coming to Central..." Stated Techton in irritation. "Wait? You're royalty?" Questioned Hazel. "Technically, but me and my sis aren't prue royal blood since Ryquar is my half brother. So we disqualify for attempting to become Dragon Emperor." Explained Techton as Hazel then received a massive headache as she suddenly was warped into a dream-like state. Before her was her father as well a large and muscular earth drake in royal dragon armor. "Take my offer of siding with me and gain the power to overthrow your masters or parish to my power cupling." Stated the Drake. "Aren't they your masters as well lizard?!" Shouted a badly wounded Cuphead. The Drake chuckled as he responded: "I only sided with them due to the fact that I am not strong enough to defeat them myself, but once I obtain the power to destroy them. I will due so. After all, the weak die and the strong survive." Quickly the Drake picked up Cuphead by his throat and lift him up into the air. "Now it is time to choose Cupling! Side with me or DIE!" Shouted the Drake as he began to crush Cuphead's head with his bare hands. Right at that moment, Hazel snapped back into reality with a pale face due to what she had just seen. Techton noticed this as he asked: "You ok? Seems like that you saw a ghost or something." Hazel quickly swallowed her fear and anxiety as she lied: "I'm fine Tech." Once they entered the circus, Hazel quickly saw that Micky was giving autographs to fans close by. Quickly changing topics, she requested: "Can we get an autograph from Micky, Tech?" Deciding to go with it, Techton replied: "I don't see why not. Let's head over to him."