Disclamer: This story will be a stargate story from chapter 3 onwards, sorry if it takes so long to get to anything. I don't own Pippi or Tommy or Anika or any of the Stargate SG-1 characters, things etc. but I do own the circus.
Circus Fantasia
Chapter 2
"Life is a breeze, we live it for fun,
No apologies, to anyone,
We live on the seas, we do as we please…"
"Tommy! Tommy!" Anika shouted, clicking her fingers in her brother's face to get his attention.
"Wha…What?" he said surprised "Oh, sorry, I was just…"
"Singing" Anika finished for him, barely able to stop herself laughing "Same song again"
"I know, I haven't been able to get it out of my head, ever since she…" Tommy trailed off. Neither of them had been able to talk about Pippi since she disappeared, the day the 'Circus Fantasia' left town without any sort of warning. The authorities had searched for her for weeks, but in the end they gave up saying that 'Pippi, being Pippi, had probable done something like run away with the circus, leaving her friends without even a goodbye'.
Both Tommy and Anika had flatly refused this idea, saying that it wasn't the kind of thing Pippi would do. After 3 long years of her absence, they had to give in and say that she had probably just run away. That was until…
"Anika, look. The circus again" Anika looked to where he was pointing out of the classroom window. Their teacher hissed at them to be quiet and let her finish her lesson.
"We'll go and look right after school" Anika said quietly "But it won't be the same without her" Tommy nodded quickly and turned back to his school work.
After school the pair went to the circus and found something was different. They were less cheerful, less friendly. They glared at them as they walked past, even the animals were angry with them.
"How strange" Anika said.
"Yeah" Tommy said. They noticed a girl with long red hair doing summersaults and thought it could be Pippi but when she stopped, it wasn't.
"Hi, I'm Leila" she said.
"You weren't in this last time" Anika said.
"I know" Leila said. Two other girls cart wheeled and summer salted up to them.
"Neither were you" Tommy said to them.
"Neither were we what?" the brunette asked.
"In the circus last time" Leila said.
"Ohhhhhh, no" the blonde said.
"I'm CJ" the brunette said.
"And I'm Amara" the blonde said.
"Is there a girl called Pippi in the circus?" Anika asked.
"There was, but then she left when the accident killed three people" Leila said.
"Accident?" Tommy asked.
"Rampaging elephant" CJ said.
"But why did she leave?" Anika asked, confused
"Erm, we're not sure. I think it was because several people accused her of releasing the elephant." Leila said hesitantly
"Pippi wouldn't do that!" Tommy cried "And what other people thought of her would never have made her leave!"
"Maybe" CJ said "But maybe she changed"
"I don't think so" Anika said, "Do you know where she went?"
"No idea" Amara said "But there was something different about her before she left. After she met that dark man with a gold tattoo on his head"
"Oh, yeah, he was a real weirdo. We still couldn't work out who he was even after he was killed by the elephant." Leila said
"The man was killed?!" Tommy and Anika asked together.
"Yeah. Straight after finding him Pippi just took off, haven't seen her since" Amara continued "Almost as if she was possessed or something"
"What do you mean by possessed?!" Tommy cried
"As if someone else was controlling her. I knew her and I know you are right. She wouldn't do this" Amara could see how upset Tommy and Anika were so she led them to a bench. "Listen, we were her friends too. We will try to help you find her"
"Thanks" Anika said, wiping away tears "Let's ask people if they know anything"
Tommy, Anika, Amara, Leila and CJ split up to ask anyone around the circus what they knew of Pippi or this stranger with the gold tattoo. They met up half an hour later by the big top utterly exhausted.
"Anything?" Anika asked hopefully
"Nothing" CJ replied, breathing heavily "I never realised how tiring asking questions could be"
"Same here" Leila added "But at least I found something"
"What?" the rest of the group asked together
"Well, this stranger was heard talking to himself"
"What did he say?" Tommy asked
"They weren't sure. Most of the time he was talking in a weird foreign language. But he did say something about a 'stargate' and being tracked by the Air Force." Leila shrugged "Doesn't make much sense"
"It's a start" Anika said "Maybe we should try talking to the Air Force"
"I doubt we'll get very far but we may as well try"
"Let's go and find Pippi" Tommy exclaimed
"Yeah!"
