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Alya bounces her leg as she glances at Marinette out of the corner of her eyes. She knew that her friend was going through some stuff. Marinette wasn't the best at hiding stuff. But when she did hide her emotions Alya had to give the girl credit, Marinette was able to hide her emotions well.
Which was unnerving since Alya had her own secret. And she hated keeping secrets. Especially this one. But it was a dangerous secret. One that might just hurt everyone involved. She gulps and glances at the circus rings as the short greasy man chewed the scenery. He was really taking his time down there. It was actually getting boring.
Someone in the audience began to snore. The ringmaster frowned and took off a shoe before tossing it at the guy knocking him awake. Alya sat upright. Jolted like the guy who had just taken a shoe to the head. She shook her own head. This place felt very very different in the daytime. The circus had just had a bunch of rides and attractions and greasy food stands open when the gang of friends had attended a few nights ago.
But apparently they had the big top open for shows.
Marinette smiled and tried to keep on smiling. She couldn't let her friends know just how distraught she was feeling on the inside. She felt like something was tearing at her heart with long thick fingernails trying to rip it out and stomp on it. She had to be strong for them. She could tell that Alya was hurting, and that Kagami was hurting even harder.
If Marinette had to keep her own emotions and feelings of sorrow shoved deep down and ignore them as much as possible then she would do it. She sighs as she watches the circus show. Not really paying attention. Sure the animals were cool and talented. And the sword eater was weirdly charming. But she couldn't begin to pay attention. Or even pretend to pay attention.
"Marinette." Alya said elbowing her friend and turning to her nervously. "I've got to tell you something. Something really important. It's about...you know who." Alya said nervously. Marinette turned to her friend in confusion. She had never seen Alya look so...so...nervous?
"What is it?" Marinette asked leaning forwards. The ringmaster had reentered the center ring to get everyones attention. By blowing a french horn.
Then the lights dimmed and a honking noise filled the air. The clowns were starting to come out.
"Where have you been?" Larry the lobster handed man hissed at Adrien as he got there. Grass stains across his shirt and his make up smudged. His lipstick looked like he had kissed someone or something. Adrien was about to answer before taking a deep breath.
"I'm sorry. It doesn't matter. Let's just do this." He said turning to look at the small car that Stretch was politing. Goldilocks and stretch exchanged confused looks before Larry just shrugged and rubbed Adrien's partially shaved head for luck.
"Alright. Just don't forget your cue. We got one shot at this. I'm sure that you'll be great." Adrien nodded and focused his attention back to the car.
Stretch put on a large goofy grin before the curtain was pulled back sharply and he drove his car honking and blaring through them. The music picked up tempo and Adrien found himself taking large exaggerated steps out of the hiding place and following afterwards waving his hands above his head like a weirdo and making distressed honking noises.
Stretch and Goldilocks made it into the center ring where they began going in quick circles with Larry clambering on and off of the back. Goldilocks was trying to spray seltzer water in front of them and into the 'gas tank' really a fake nozzle section to make the car go faster. Adrien found himself attempting to hoist Larry onto the back of the car.
His hands slipping on the older mans back. Adrien had never performed as a clown in front of an audience. He was honestly loving all of the laughter echoing around him. He felt like he was in the middle of the world, and the entire world was applauding for him. He chanced a moment to glance at the audience, just a quick peek. He knew that as a performer he had to keep it entirely natural and not address them or else risk breaking the illusion. But he couldn't help himself.
He glanced to the side and stumbled to a stop. Larry half on the car and getting dragged along kicking and yowling in mock pain. Adrien gazed up at the section of audience he had come to a stop in front of and cursed himself. He cursed his muscles for not moving. He cursed his legs for being frozen. He cursed himself for not having throught this through.
He mostly cursed the genius who thought bringing a class to a circus would be a good idea. He stared directly up at his class as they sat watching the show. Most of them were transfixed if looking a little uninvested. After all their friend had disappeared and was probably off somewhere far far away.
Adrien gazed around in amazement. There was Max and Kim who was scarfing down popcorn. Ivan and Mylene were cuddling, her eyelids were puffy. Rose and Juleka were watching and Rose winced every time that Larry fell off of the car. Alix was leaning back too cool to care about anything. Chloe was seated on a silk blanket that she was definitely going to throw out the moment that she left the circus, it probably cost more then the circus made in a month. Sabrina was sneaking nibbles of some deep fried garbage that the circus was serving. Chloe didn't like to see her friend enjoy commoner food.
Sitting near the top row were Alya who looked amazingly concerned and distracted by something, seemingly ready to start saying something. Madame Bustier who was giggling along to the show. And his eyes finally fixed on Marinette and Kagami. Adrien felt like the entire world had gone dark and there were only two lights shining. One on him and one on them.
An echo began to sound deep in his head.
Choose.
Choose!
CHOOSE!
"I've got to choose." Adrien mumbled to himself. He had to choose someone right? He had to choose something right?
A friend. A girlfriend. A life.
He had to finally make a decision in his life.
Adrien shook his head and yelped as he jumped to the side as the tiny car piloted by Stretch nearly ran him down. Larry was on the back and heaved him on with an exaggerated scowl. He slapped Adrien across the back of the head hard enough to sting.
"I know it's your first night and all but keep with the script!" The lobster handed old man snarled as they continued to fly around the ring. Adrien blinks and looks back at the couple of girls who were seated beside each other on the bench.
Marinette was leaning forwards and watching the car with wide eyes. He never knew that she was into clowns. Adrien blinks as the car came to a sudden shuttering stop and he was launched out with a yelp over the top of Stretchs head. Adrien turned it into a sommersault mid air and landed with his hands up and began to bow. Only to get seltzer sprayed directly on his back.
He jumped over dramatically and yelped as his hair bounced off of his head. He leaned down to grab his wig only to find it tumbling out of his hands. He walked forwards trying to pick it up but kept on kicking it since it was much funnier to do so. The audience apparently agreed since they were all laughing as he walked off stage after his wig. Adrien paused with a sigh off stage and gathered himself to run back out with the batons for the juggling section, along with a stuffed rooster and a sword.
"Hey. Listen to me." Hazel snapped out coming out of the shadows glowering. Which was apparently her default expression. Adrien winced waiting for the hammer to fall.
"I know that I froze out there. It's just that-"
"You're doing alright. Everyone gets the first night jitters. But they are loving it. If you keep this up we will make a real clown out of you in no time. Now hurry up and get out there again. I'm waiting for my cue to come on and sneak up to the tight rope." She said pushing him back on with a grin.
Adrien paused for a second before smiling back and skipping out holding the equipment for the next part of the clowns section of the show. He glanced around with wide glancing circles, his sopping wet hair was dripping against his grease paint and smearing it, but he wasn't too concerned. You would have to notices the craziest things to see his face from the audience.
"No way. How is it possible?" Marinette gasps out covering her mouth. Her eyes widen and water as she recognizes the clown running around down in the ring. She stands up sharply as the clowns take a bow and start to depart back to the backstage.
"Marinette? Where are you going?" Kagami asks as the young lady starts walking purposefully off of the bleachers.
"I've got to go do something! It will be quick!" Marinette attempted to assure her as she almost began running.
"Marinette! Wait! I have to talk to you about something!" Alya says desperately as Marinette just grins helplessly.
"We can talk when I get back I've just got to go and do something really really fast!" She said. And just like that, even before Madame Bustier could insist that she bring a partner with her, Marinette was down the stairs and ducked around the corner. She weaved along the edge of the three rings and glanced around quickly. There were a lot of people milling around the curtains leading to the backstage staging area. Marinette didn't have time to explain herself. So she just ducked out of the big top and started sprinting towards where she guessed they would be.
Marinette glanced around before quickly wiggling under the tent. She stood up and winced when she hit a small chest of drawers. Yelping she stumbled over them and landed face first on a pile of dirty towels, jumped up and stumbled backwards into a large rack of assorted dresses and costumes for the performers to use. She groans as she sits up.
She peeps as she realizes that there are people coming. She can hear them moving from behind a small fake wall that had been made out of what looked like cardboard and a lot of duct tape.
Marinette ducked back into the costume rack and glanced out through the bottom, some scratchy wool and glitter unitard dug into her face as she gazed out waiting and watching. And then the clowns entered.
"Not half bad Blondie." The fat man said as he rubbed the shortest and youngest clowns head affectionately. The clown chuckled and an older couple walked in. The man pulled off his gloves and Marinette had to hold back a gasp. His fingers were fused and malformed, they resembled lobster claws. The other person was a woman, although it took Marinette a moment to realize that since the woman had a thick curly golden beard. That looked way too real to be fake.
Marinette gazed in amazement as they all congratulated this 'Blondie' on a job well done. Blondie pulled off his wig, grabbed a towel and cleaned off his face and smiled radiantly. Even with the new haircut Marinette instantly recognized Adrien. It was impossible not to.
"No way." Marinette mumbles in amazement before yelping as the rack she was leaning on fell over. She tumbles out and grabs the first hand offered to her. SHe grabs it and only when she stands and glances at the face does she recognize whose it is.
"Marinette." He gasps out in shock. His jaw dropping and the blood draining from his face.
"Adrien."
"No way." Kagami mumbles as she sits on the edge of her seat. She recognizes the man in the middle of the floor. He is holding his hands above his head and waving them in powerful defiance. He finally grabs the massive chain at his feet and starts to strain and pull, pulling harder and harder until a massive snap fills the ring. The crowd goes wild as the strong man poses with the two shattered edges of chain in hand.
He smiles powerfully and starts to exit. It was the cool calculating stare that never left his face that tipped her off. It was a stare that said he could destroy you and everyone and everything that you care about with his bare hands. And she believed it. Kagami stood up sharply and without a second word departed from her seat.
"Wait! Kagami!" Alya snaps out crawling after the girl and trying to grab her attention. Alya sighs and rubs her forehead in irritation. First Nino ditches them, then Marinette goes awol and then suddenly Kagami decides to what? Go and use the bathroom or something?
Alya had no idea what was going on! Or where all of her friends were going! She just knew that she had to think of something quick! She had to find a way to tell the truth to someone! Get some sort of allies or else she was totally toast! Her mom was probably still in danger back at that crazy mansion! And Alya had no idea what to do! She felt helpless! Hopeless! She felt downright pathetic.
Then a massive howl went up outside of the tent just as the tightrope walker had taken her first step. She paused and glanced around in confusion. The side of the tent was torn open and something with a long thin snout sort of shaped like a radar dish stuck its way through. The entire class instinctively froze as they instantly recognized what was beyond the wall.
"It figures. Our class has a history for this sort of thing." Max sighs adjusting his glasses and glancing around at everyone. "Does anyone recall making any poor life choices recently?"
The entire class turned to glance at Chloe who was playing on her phone. SHe glances up in confusion before glancing towards the torn open tent.
"Oh puh-leeze! Don't even think about blaming that on me! I haven't even done anything recently!" She snaps out before going back to her phone without a care in the world.
"Alright, everyone knows the drill. Find your buddy and scatter for cover." Madame Bustier sighs as she gets into a good hiding position and starts counting heads. Then counts them again.
"And we are missing so...so many students." She sighs out. "Why does this always happen to my class? Are we jinxed or something? There has got to be a jinx or something."
The creature behind the tent howled and started rampaging towards the other side as the entire class sat still and listening.
The Gorilla paused halfway down the hallway. He felt a prickle in the back of his neck. He could tell. Something was wrong. And he knew that he had to do three things. Get the ring. Get Adrien. And get out of there. Hawkmoth had found them. And he was mad.
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