Carolyn's Comments:

Mood: Happy

Rant: I like this chapter. It was a lot of fun to write, I don't know why. I guess the idea of everyone flying into the ocean amused me. Evra is so much fun to write about. And it appears that Samantha is getting closer to finding Evra. What does she want with him? It's an extra-long chapter so enjoy! And Cronos gets his first romantic rival? (glee) It's my dream! Two cute boys fighting over me!

Don't look at me like that. I know I'm an egomaniac.

Disclaimer: I do not own 'Cirque Du Freak' All the characters from that series are the property of the great Darren Shan.

The next day…

"Okay, Shooting Down Waterslides Take-Two." Carolyn grumbled as the shopping cart began to roll down the slide once again. The setup was the same as yesterday except now Evra was on Katie and Sam's team, (Carolyn thought a love-triangle would help the show), and there was now a vampire and a half-vampire working on the show as well.

Sam was not too happy with Carolyn's choice to allow Evra to stay on the show with them, but when Sam had said something less than nice about Carolyn, he'd faced Cronos's wrath, so he'd shut up.

Everyone screamed as they shot downhill. (everyone except Cronos, who was calmly meditating). Evra kept grabbing onto Katie in 'terror' only to be beaten away by Sam. Meanwhile, at the top of the hill, Tom accidentally leaned against the 'water on' switch for the waterslide. A huge torrent of water gushed after the three groups of teens.

"WATER!" Sam screamed in terror.

"This is just not my day." Cronos sighed opening his eyes.

Realizing that her 14-year-existance on this planet was about to be cut short, Carolyn screamed out her lines. "HI! MY NAME IS CAROLYN AND WELCOME TO 'BEHIND THE TERROR'!"

At that moment, everyone was launched skyward off the end of the tracks. They soared much higher then Carolyn had expected them to.

"OH GREAT!" Alex yelled as they continued to fly upward, "FIRST THE DRINKING-FOUNTAIN SQUIRTS ME, AND NOW THIS!"

The came down in a high arch. All of them were screaming at the top of their lungs.

"I'M A DEAD PILOT! I'M A DEAD PILOT!" Caitlin screamed in terror.

"THIS IS GREAT!" Carolyn shrieked with glee. "I HOPE BILLY'S GETTING ALL THIS!"

"Oh who cares?!" Sam yelled pointing at Evra, "I'm gonna die with this pervert!"

"I feel your pain man!" Cronos called. He pointed at Alex. "I'm gonna die with THAT pervert!"

Alex stopped screaming for a moment. "I resent that." He snapped. He then resumed screaming.

Seconds later, everyone hit the water.

Carolyn, Katie, Caitlin, Alex, and Sam were all decent swimmers, so they were able to climb back onto the beach with no trouble. Unfortunately Cronos hadn't gone swimming in awhile (he didn't need to. He could run faster than the human eye could trace, so he didn't see the need...what a moron) so he was a little rusty. Carolyn dove back into the water, and about five seconds later, she reemerged dragging Cronos behind. She lay him down in the sand. His head rested on her lap. He was coughing and gasping for air. Both of them were dripping wet. Finally, she got sick of his coughing and slapped him. His eyes cracked open. He spotted Carolyn and sat up slightly.

"C-Carolyn!" He sputtered. Their faces were so close they were practically touching.

"Yeah?" Carolyn asked. She was blushing slightly.

"Carolyn..." Cronos whispered softly. He was blushing a little too.

"Cronos..." She whispered back. Suddenly she remembered they were in plain view of everyone. She quickly bonked Cronos lightly on the head. "I mean, stop feeling me up you pervert!" She yelled trying to fool everyone. But she failed miserably. Both of Cronos's hands were far from any sensitive spot on her body.

"Carolyn, stop." Caitlin said smiling, "Your acting sucks."

"Hey where's perv-boy?" Carolyn asked changing the subject. Alex raised his hand. "I meant Evra, dumbass."

"Hey, look over there!" Cronos said pointing out towards the water. Everyone looked out just in time to see Evra thrashing in the water. He was screaming for help.

"HE CAN'T SWIM!" Katie screamed in horror.

"YES!" Sam cheered punching air. "THERE IS A GOD! AND HE JUST LIKES TO MESS WITH PEOPLE'S HEADS...A LOT!"

"EVRA! GRAB ONTO THIS!" Cronos shouted using his increased strength to lift a huge log over his head. He threw it with all his strength at Evra. Unfortunately he aimed TOO well. The log hit Evra squarely in the skull. For a moment, the snake-boy just froze and stopped screaming. Then he dropped below the water with a PLUNK.

"Great, I killed Evra." Cronos said sarcastically.

"You really are my best friend!" Sam sobbed happily patting Cronos on the back.

"Sam!" Katie wailed, "You have to go save him!"

"No, I'm sorry." Sam said calmly, "I made a silent vow to myself that I would never do anything that would even microscopically, unwittingly, and even slightly aid that idiot. I'm very sorry about Evra. He will be missed." Then he added under his breath, "Like throat cancer..."

"PWEEEZZZEEEE?" Katie asked. Her eyes were slowly filling with tears.

"No."

Katie's eye narrowed. "Save Evie NOW, or I won't make-out with you for six months."

"FINE! GEEZ! RIGHT WHEN I WAS FINALLY HAPPY!" Sam shouted. He ran forward and dove headfirst into the water. At that moment, the rest of the cast and crew came running up to them.

"Thank God you guys are okay!" Lauren cried. Carl walked past her and placed a hand on Carolyn's head.

"I agree. We wouldn't want anything to happen to this young brain dripping with creative juices, now would we?" He said smiling sinisterly. Carolyn shuddered. Something told her there was evil behind that voice. It was a gut feeling she had, though her gut sometimes misled her when it came time to raid the fridge, she trusted it this time. And it said: "Stay away from, Carl unless you want to turn up dead, with your chest cavity stuffed with human skulls you beautiful, brilliant, rich, dumbass!"

"Hey," Darren asked, "Where's Evra?"

"And what about Sam?" Tom asked. Carolyn casually pointed towards the water.

"Let me guess." Mr. Crepsley grumbled, "Evra started drowning, and Katie guilt-tripped Sam into rescuing him."

"Good guess."

At that moment, Sam burst from the water. He was hauling Evra's unconscious form after him. He flung him onto the sand before he sank to his knees in exhaustion

Cronos put his ear on Evra's chest. "He's not breathing!" Cronos rolled his hand into a fist again. "Should I punch him again?"

"No!" Carolyn yelled. She grabbed onto his hand to stop him.

"Anyone know VCR?!" Katie cried frantically.

"CPR!" Everyone else screamed causing Katie fall over.

"Do you need CPR?" Katie asked Evra's lifeless body. To everyone's shock, he nodded. He was faking...again. "You sure?" Katie asked again. Evra nodded without opening his eyes. He then puckered his lips. Katie gulped nervously. Even SHE could tell he was faking it. Not wanting to be a part of Evra's sick ploy, she grabbed Sam by the back of the head and shoved his face down on Evra's. Evra's eyes snapped open. The two boys instantly stood up gagging and spitting. Sam was actually trying to induce vomiting.

"Well that was rip-off." Evra grumbled. Darren and Mr. Crepsley yanked him to the side.

"Serves you right you lousy two-timer!" Darren snapped.

"I have to agree!" Mr. Crepsley added, "What would Samantha say if she were here? You know her temper better than any of us, what would she do if she saw you hitting on another girl?! She would tear off every single scale on your body, just to watch you bleed!"

"Samantha won't do that, 'cause she's never gonna find out. She's miles away at the Slayer's Clan, totally absorbed in what's going on there. We'll be back before she even notices we're gone."

"We've been gone for six months, I think she's noticed by now." Darren said rolling his eyes. "She may have blond hair, but she's not dumb."

"Damn I was betting on that." Evra sighed snapping his finger in frustration. "Well don't forget Crepsley, it was YOUR fuggin' idea to leave in the first place. It's entirely your fault."

"YOUR PERVERSION IS NOT MY FAULT!" He roared. "IF YOU WOULD JUST-"

"Gotta go." Evra said waltzing away, "Katie's calling me."

"...Either we're getting smarter, or he's getting dumber." Darren sighed.

Miles away...

Samantha held up a picture to the barkeeper. "Do you recognize this boy?"

He eyed it carefully. "Jeez, what the fug is up with his skin?! Looks like scales or somethin'..."

"Skin condition." Samantha said calmly sipping her beer. "Now have you seen him or not?"

"Yeah, I think I saw em'." He responded. "I think he was headed to 'The Island of Lost Souls' or somethin'."

"Thank you very much." Samantha said politely taking the picture from the man and putting it in her pocket. She got up to leave.

"How do you know the guy?" The man called after her.

"He's just an old friend I've been looking for." Samantha lied.

"Really? Then how come you've got a gun?" He pointed to a gun holster at her side. She sighed and tapped it.

"Alright. I confess. I've got a score to settle with him, and I plan to blow his head off as soon as I see him. Okay?"

"Good luck with dat then." The man called. As Samantha left the bar, he mumbled, "Damn she was hot... Why are the hot ones always insane?"

And now, back to our heroes...

"Sam, are you okay?" Katie asked as Evra walked over to them.

"Why are you worried about him?" Evra asked. "I'M the one who nearly drowned just now."

"Because poor Sam here was forced to give you mouth to mouth." Carolyn grumbled. She was shivering (being sopping wet and all.). She sneezed. "Oh great, now I'm getting sick on top of it all!"

Darren handed her a towel. "Here, I grabbed this just in case someone needed it. I probably should've brought more, but it's too late for that now."

Carolyn smiled. "Aw, thanks Darren! You're so sweet!"

Darren blushed frantically and looked down at the ground. Carolyn was drying off her face so she didn't notice his eye pupils take on the shapes of hearts.

"I think I might like staying here after all." Darren said grinning stupidly as he walked away from Carolyn.

"Oh no, not you too!" Mr. Crepsley sighed. He rapped his knuckles against the back of Darren's skull, "Come on boy! Snap out of it!"

Cronos zipped forward and grabbed Darren by the arm. "Don't worry gramps! I'll snap him out of it!" He then dragged Darren off before Mr. Crepsley could respond to the insult.

"Listen here kid," Cronos growled to Darren, "We need to talk."

"About what?" Darren said frowning.

"About your little revelation of love for Carolyn!" Cronos snapped.

"Uh-huh." Darren said folding his arms, "And what have you got to do with it?"

Cronos glared at him. "Nothing." He snapped folding his arms and turning his back to him. "Just stay away from her, got it?"

Darren frowned again. Then his eyes widened. "Wait a minute... You're in love with her, aren't you?"

"What?!" Cronos shouted spinning around to face him again. "What a load of crap! She's just a really close friend of mine!"

"Alright listen," Darren said jabbing Cronos in the chest with his index finger, "We're gonna get to the bottom of this right now!"

Cronos grabbed him by the front of the shirt and lifted him off the ground. "GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT?! NOW LISTEN UP YOU LITTLE BASTARD! IF YOU THINK FOR ONE MINUTE-"

"CRONOS! STOP IT!" Carolyn screamed running over to them. She pried Darren free from Cronos's clutches. "What do you think you're doing?!"

"Butt out," Cronos growled, "This is between me and Dracula Jr. here."

"Darren and his friends are guests here!" Carolyn yelled, "How dare you treat him like that!"

"But he-"

"No buts!" Carolyn snapped. She turned to everyone and started back towards the studio, "Come on everyone. When we all get back to the studio, you can all have cookies, except for Cronos."

"YAY!" Everyone cheered hurrying after her. Darren shot Cronos a dirty look and stomped off.

"Yeah, but he-" Cronos stammered. He realized Carolyn wasn't listening to him and sighed. "Damn. And I love cookies..." He sadly walked after his friends.