A.N. so two chapters in one day what can I say really… I am so freaking proud of myself. I love you people who are reading this and even more to those of you who are taking time out of your busy schedules to REVIEW. And I will take this time to give Virtual Cookies to nooneneeds2know and Padfoot the epic GLOWSTICK thank you two so much for the reviews. *hands them Virtual cookies* So thanks again.

Disclaimer: Cirque Du Freak not mine.

Chapter 17

Once again Darren and I were stuck with keeping Sam occupied when he asked once again if he could join. "Sam I'm sorry I just" Darren was cut off as Sam began yelling at him.

"Please Darren just go ask the manager for me, put in a good word for me." Sam paused as he looked up pleadingly. "Please Darren for me." With that Darren ran off for the cirque saying that if the answer was no than we would drop the subject and Sam wouldn't ask again.

Sam turned to me as I sat down on the ground trying to get comfortable with me long mud brown hair cascading around me.

"Do you think I'll be able to join?" Sam asked once I was sitting. I shrugged my shoulders to show that I didn't really know. His shoulders dropped at my answer, and then he sat down on the ground next to me waiting for Darren to get back.

After a few minutes passed in silence the sound of footsteps reached my ears and I listened as the footsteps began to coming closer. Darren came through the trees looking sad but also deep in thought. Sam got up and walked over to Darren, hoping to hear good news from Darren.

Darren on the other hand continued to walk further away from the cirque, with Sam in tow. Instead of following the two I turned and began making my way back to the cirque thinking that what Darren had to say to Sam he would want to say in private.

As I began walking I looked back only once and noticed that Darren was losing strength again, even after he had just gained a little from the small amount of blood that Mr. Crepsley was able to get into him.

Back at the Cirque I ran into the red haired no longer clingy Victoria. Victoria saw me and ran over to where I stood. "Mia where's Darren and Sam?" I wrote in my notebook and showed her the message as I pointed in the direction I had just come from.

Victoria looked at the note then where I pointed and spoke. "So Darren went to talk to Sam in private about joining the cirque?" I nodded my head as the two of us walked further into the throng of tents. Later as I was preparing supper before the show Darren came back alone. Evra's snake was finally better so he was sitting with us as Darren showed up.

"Hey Darren where's Sam?" Evra asked only for his question to be brushed off as Darren ran past looking for something or someone. "What was that about?" asked Victoria once Darren was gone, and once again I just shrugged my shoulders.

Darren came back to the fire as everyone was eating and spoke almost out of breath. "Mr. Tall wants us to pack up and be ready to leave after the show." All the stage hands and performers nodded their heads and continued eating not one bit shocked by the news.

After supper everyone instantly went in to hyper drive as we all went to work on packing up the tents and everything else, with the exception of the big top.

As Evra and I began making our way to the big top we caught up to Darren who was almost on the verge of passing out and paler then before, (if that was even possible).

"Darren you don't look so good." Evra said once he caught Darren's attention then he continued. "Why don't you go rest and Mia will check up on you after he act." Darren nodded then walked in the direction of one of the tents that we didn't put down yet.

Once Darren was gone I looked at Evra wondering why he brought me into the conversation. "Well your act is one of the first ones so I thought you could at least check up on him." Evra paused and I nodded than we continued walking to back stage.

During the Wolfman's act I began thinking of what Darren might've said to Sam and then what happened to make him run back here looking so shocked. After the Wolfman's act came Alexander Ribs then myself.

During Alexander's act I listened intently to the rhythm that he played on his ribs. Mr. tall always had a reason for his line up but this time I was unsure about my placement since I was usually at the end after Mr. Crepsley but as usual I just shrugged it off and listened to the Alexander's rhythm as he finished off his act.

As Alexander stepped off the stage Mr. Tall introduced my act and I walked out onto the stage to take Alexander's spot. I went through my entire act as usual with my bones snapping into place as I shifted shape and my maroon marking concealing my entire body. But unlike usual I was extremely distracted.

Once my act was done I calmly walked off stage not showing any pain even though my body was screaming in the joints from my act. Before I left the stage I got Evra's attention so that he knew that I left to check on Darren.

Once outside I began making my way to the tent where Darren was supposed to be resting when I heard distant voices coming from the direction of the Wolfman's cage but I was too far away to hear them correctly.

I began making my way to the Wolfman's cage when suddenly a bearded, smelly, familiar man came towards me running screaming on the top of his lungs. "My Arms, My Arms!"

I began running in the direction he must have come from. (Yeah real smart I know) Once in front of the Wolfman's cage I watched in horror as the chains holding the cage close came off and fell to the ground.

At that moment everything seemed to move in slow motion. The Wolfman jumped from his cage and went right over Darren and I probably to go after R.V. and finish off whatever was left of him. When Darren turned around to face me he noticed something that I did not. He quickly ran past me and knelt down and lifted something up.

I slowly made way over to where Darren knelt and saw that he was holding a small satchel just a little smaller than mine. Darren lifted the flap and revealed a name tag sown on the inside. The name tag read SAM GREST. With that mystery now solved Darren and I had to hurry cause there is no way that Sam stood a chance against the beast.

A.N. So this chapter was originally longer but decided to cut it off here and have it continue later after I go back into Dorene so yeah….. Nothing else much to say now.