Women were screaming while everything seemed frozen. Everything but Kama's
claws. Time seemed to stop when Eddy Canham's scream went through the big
top.
"NO!!!" Only a few seconds later chaos started, time flew by. No one had seen the quick and slim figure that had made his way into the ring and back out of it with Siren.
"Close the door!" Someone yelled and Sam closed the door quickly.
"Rowan!" Eddy Canham made his way to his daughter.
"Rowan, are you okay?"
"Kama!" She looked at her dad.
"What is with him?" Eddy looked at his daughter. She had just faced the death and all she cared about was what was with the lion.
"Bring them back in the cages." Eddy ordered Sam and George. After the cats had left, Scarlet and her family had another performance to calm the audience down.
"Could you bring her to her wagon?" Eddy asked the rescuer of his daughter. He nodded.
"Sure." He was about to pick Siren up when she grab her fathers arm.
"It wasn't Kama's fault!" She whispered when the shock hit her and she fell unconscious. Spot carried her out of the tent. Outside Diamond and Blossom were waiting for Spot to show him Siren's wagon.
"I wonder what happened. It isn't usual that the animals go against Siren!" Blossom thought loud.
"Maybe she was nervous and Kama felt it?" Diamond said while she opened the door of the wagon and let Spot walk in.
"Why is this so unusual? These are predators. It's their nature to kill." Spot said while he laid Siren down on her bed.
"NO! Not these animals here! They were born here and none of them has ever hunted for food. And none of them would ever hurt her." Blossom nodded in Siren's direction.
"Why not? Is she some sort of an angel or what?" Spot shook his head about these girls. Did they really believe what they were talking about?
"Didn't you hear? She's a siren." Spot wanted to ask if they were insane but there was a knock at the door. Indie came in and told Diamond and Blossom to come for the great finale. Spot stayed with Siren in the wagon, sitting next to her and looking at her. Siren. What should this be? He only knew they were some fairytale-creatures. Just like witches. But this girl didn't look like a witch. Not at all. Her blonde hair contrasted her tan skin. Spot looked down on her. Her breast was moving up and down slowly but steady. He wondered if it hurt to have a ring through one's navel. Out of reaction his hand brushed his stomach, just as if he could feel such a piercing in his own navel. Her body was well built. She was slim with the slightest hint of muscles on her stomach. Spot remembered her singing and had to smile. Maybe the circus wasn't THAT bad.
A few minutes later the place between the big top and the wagons became fully alive. The artists came out, some heading to their own wagons, some looking for their stuff or animals, and others looking for Siren. The door of the wagon opened and a tall man in his late thirties with light brown hair walked in. Spot recognized him as Eddy Canham. He walked over to Spot and held out his hand.
"I hadn't time to thank you for rescuing my daughter."
"No problem. I couldn't just sit there and watch her get killed."
"Eddy, how's she doing?" A man that looked similar to Eddy but younger walked in. He was Thomas, the knife-thrower. (If this is the right word for it. Damn dictionary!!! ;) )
"I think so. She's probably just under shock."
"It's almost as if John's curse had become true!"
"Thomas! Don't talk like that! John's gone. He's on his way to Russia and he shouldn't show up near this circus as long as I'm alive!"
"What if he didn't leave?"
"What do you mean?" The two men didn't bother about Spot or any of the other people that stood in or outside the wagon.
"He promised you would pay for throwing him out." At this moment Siren let out a slight groan and opened slowly her eyes.
"Could you stop being so loud?" She looked at her father and uncle. Eddy kneed down next to his daughter.
"Rowan! How are you?"
"Fine! What's about Kama?" She asked while her father turned around to find one of the men that had brought the predators back.
"He's still nervous." Sam told her from the door.
"I want to see him!"
"Rowan!"
"No Dad! I WANT TO SEE KAMA!" She tried to get out of bed but failed. Spot just caught her in time before she fell.
"Ouch."
"Rowan!"
"Don't worry dad. I'm just a little bit weak!" She got away from Spot without looking at him and made her way out of the wagon. She stopped in her tracks when she saw all her friends standing there looking if she was alright.
"What are you doing here? I'm alive! Don't you have to do something?" She laughed and made clear she was fine. She went over to the cages and stood in front of Kama's. The lion walked up and down. Roaring to everyone that came near him.
"Shh. It's alright boy. It's me." Siren said in a low voice, which she always used when she spoke to the animals. Kama roared again and refused to come near her.
"Hey, come here old boy. Please?" Kama slowly walked up to her and she reached out for his forehead to stroke softly.
"I'm not mad at you. I just wished you could tell me what made you all so nervous." She whispered. She let go of Kama and got a hold on one of the bars. She clenched her other hand to a fist and swallowed down the pain that ran through her leg.
"Why didn't you tell your father that you're hurt?"
"NO!!!" Only a few seconds later chaos started, time flew by. No one had seen the quick and slim figure that had made his way into the ring and back out of it with Siren.
"Close the door!" Someone yelled and Sam closed the door quickly.
"Rowan!" Eddy Canham made his way to his daughter.
"Rowan, are you okay?"
"Kama!" She looked at her dad.
"What is with him?" Eddy looked at his daughter. She had just faced the death and all she cared about was what was with the lion.
"Bring them back in the cages." Eddy ordered Sam and George. After the cats had left, Scarlet and her family had another performance to calm the audience down.
"Could you bring her to her wagon?" Eddy asked the rescuer of his daughter. He nodded.
"Sure." He was about to pick Siren up when she grab her fathers arm.
"It wasn't Kama's fault!" She whispered when the shock hit her and she fell unconscious. Spot carried her out of the tent. Outside Diamond and Blossom were waiting for Spot to show him Siren's wagon.
"I wonder what happened. It isn't usual that the animals go against Siren!" Blossom thought loud.
"Maybe she was nervous and Kama felt it?" Diamond said while she opened the door of the wagon and let Spot walk in.
"Why is this so unusual? These are predators. It's their nature to kill." Spot said while he laid Siren down on her bed.
"NO! Not these animals here! They were born here and none of them has ever hunted for food. And none of them would ever hurt her." Blossom nodded in Siren's direction.
"Why not? Is she some sort of an angel or what?" Spot shook his head about these girls. Did they really believe what they were talking about?
"Didn't you hear? She's a siren." Spot wanted to ask if they were insane but there was a knock at the door. Indie came in and told Diamond and Blossom to come for the great finale. Spot stayed with Siren in the wagon, sitting next to her and looking at her. Siren. What should this be? He only knew they were some fairytale-creatures. Just like witches. But this girl didn't look like a witch. Not at all. Her blonde hair contrasted her tan skin. Spot looked down on her. Her breast was moving up and down slowly but steady. He wondered if it hurt to have a ring through one's navel. Out of reaction his hand brushed his stomach, just as if he could feel such a piercing in his own navel. Her body was well built. She was slim with the slightest hint of muscles on her stomach. Spot remembered her singing and had to smile. Maybe the circus wasn't THAT bad.
A few minutes later the place between the big top and the wagons became fully alive. The artists came out, some heading to their own wagons, some looking for their stuff or animals, and others looking for Siren. The door of the wagon opened and a tall man in his late thirties with light brown hair walked in. Spot recognized him as Eddy Canham. He walked over to Spot and held out his hand.
"I hadn't time to thank you for rescuing my daughter."
"No problem. I couldn't just sit there and watch her get killed."
"Eddy, how's she doing?" A man that looked similar to Eddy but younger walked in. He was Thomas, the knife-thrower. (If this is the right word for it. Damn dictionary!!! ;) )
"I think so. She's probably just under shock."
"It's almost as if John's curse had become true!"
"Thomas! Don't talk like that! John's gone. He's on his way to Russia and he shouldn't show up near this circus as long as I'm alive!"
"What if he didn't leave?"
"What do you mean?" The two men didn't bother about Spot or any of the other people that stood in or outside the wagon.
"He promised you would pay for throwing him out." At this moment Siren let out a slight groan and opened slowly her eyes.
"Could you stop being so loud?" She looked at her father and uncle. Eddy kneed down next to his daughter.
"Rowan! How are you?"
"Fine! What's about Kama?" She asked while her father turned around to find one of the men that had brought the predators back.
"He's still nervous." Sam told her from the door.
"I want to see him!"
"Rowan!"
"No Dad! I WANT TO SEE KAMA!" She tried to get out of bed but failed. Spot just caught her in time before she fell.
"Ouch."
"Rowan!"
"Don't worry dad. I'm just a little bit weak!" She got away from Spot without looking at him and made her way out of the wagon. She stopped in her tracks when she saw all her friends standing there looking if she was alright.
"What are you doing here? I'm alive! Don't you have to do something?" She laughed and made clear she was fine. She went over to the cages and stood in front of Kama's. The lion walked up and down. Roaring to everyone that came near him.
"Shh. It's alright boy. It's me." Siren said in a low voice, which she always used when she spoke to the animals. Kama roared again and refused to come near her.
"Hey, come here old boy. Please?" Kama slowly walked up to her and she reached out for his forehead to stroke softly.
"I'm not mad at you. I just wished you could tell me what made you all so nervous." She whispered. She let go of Kama and got a hold on one of the bars. She clenched her other hand to a fist and swallowed down the pain that ran through her leg.
"Why didn't you tell your father that you're hurt?"