The Greatest Show ever

The crowd redirects their attention to the center ring as the beginning "acts" are cleaned and cleared off. Nejireta the ring master takes the center to announce the crowning act with great pride. His daughters' act was next with a new twist that he was sure his audience was going to enjoy the end to the recent addition to the act, the five remaining members of a terrorist organization "donated" by some friends.

The crowd hushed as he took the center and raised his cane to with the microphone on the end to announce the act. As the words began to flow out the lights began to flicker on and off. A quiet murmur began in the audience. Nejireta raised his hands and calmed the audience with a fake smile while in his head he thought Next time I'll go with my own people. The young lad means well, but apparently electronics are not is forte. Markos should stick to war, not electrical work.

As his thought finished the lights went out. The murmurs increased. He looked out the main entrance. The lights outside of the circus compound were still on. Odd. He signaled some standby workers to solve the problem. As they left the lights came back on......but only three.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!"

Nejireta turned around and froze....instant fear took over of an old and slightly repressed memory. Three armored beings stood in the three lights shining on them. The doors suddenly filled and closed with armed soldiers....all wearing skull helmets.

Skull helmets...skull helmet??? Oh no...

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...BOYS AND GIRLS WE BRING YOU THE SPECTACLE OF THE CENTURY! STRAIGHT FROM THE 9TH PLAGUE MOVEMENT WE BRING YOU THE TRIPLE FANTASTIC ATTRACTION THAT IS THIS WEAPONS DEMONSTRATION!"

The audience's murmur was raised to a dull roar. Utterly confused by the three new creatures and the intrusion by the soldiers they all thought it was apart of the act. The circus members either had frozen in terror or began to try to sneak out.

"I CAN HEAR THE CONFUSION, BUT LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT THIS DEMONSTATION WILL BE THE SPECTACLE OF A LIFETIME...FOR US. YOU SEE...WE ARE THE WEAPONS...AND YOU ALL ARE THE TEST TARGETS....SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY WE ARE BANG. POW. AND BOOOOOOM!!!!!"

Before he knew it the tent erupted in explosions.
The crowd and crew were running for their lives and screaming in terror. Nejireta gathered up any who could avoid the devastation and weren't going for the exits. Any who did were gunned down or pinned and thrown back into the chaos. He and his group ran for a back area in the part of the tent used by the performers to prepare where he had set up a secret way out just in case. He directed them to go down there and began to run back in to save his family when Markos grabbed him to stop him. His family, his daughters, his grandchildren all behind him. Scared, but safe.

"Why aren't you in there trying to stop this??? Isn't that what you do?"

"Hey you family with the concept of superior numbers? They have it and my job now is to get the girls, my kids and you all out and get the word out. So if you don't mind please let's go before the shit hits the fan here."

Nejireta grunted but then looked over Markos' shoulder. A few gun shots went off, but the screams were gone. Instead a beat could be heard, a booming voice of one of the creatures and sobs.

"What are you doing????" Demanded Markos.

"I...I got to see."

"Are you fucking crazy old man??? Let's go! I've already killed four of their stealth soldiers so they'll be looking for the guy who did it!"

"Just one second!"

Nejireta crept to the doorway. He saw the few remaining members of the crowd and his circus workers in the main area....dancing...horribly. One of the creatures seemed to keep them in a trace...making them dance...

"What is he...doing?"

"I...uh...I think they're dancing to...the Chop Chop Slide?"repsonded Markos.

"The what?"

"It's a song...a really bad song. Juggalos like it."

"What's a.."

"Forget it...too long to explain."

Just as he finished his sentence the trapped crowd began to stab each other and shoot on another.

"What?!? Oh God no..."

"It's the song....he's making them do everything in the lyrics....that includes stabbing each other.....like I said it's a Juggalo song. A bad version of I guess the 'Electric Slide'"

"Those people...the workers are like family and some of those customers are regulars...they've been huge fans..."

"We have to go. There's nothing we can do..."

"Why...why...yes. Let's go."

Grudgingly he left with Markos. Silently they ran for the safe distance when Markos could call in for a rescue. In the distance Nejireta could swore he could still hear the screams with every faint gunshot.

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Oh can we please leave? I am bored with this place! Boom got to have all the fun at the end and there wasn't nearly enough to share with me!

Patience my dear Pow. You vill get your opportunity for fun soon. After all Colonel did say this was a demonstration.

Pow you be a straight up hater. You had the chance to get the Boom and you chose the Pow, plus no one wants to hear that ching-changy twang stuff. If we gonna do this you gots to let a real lyrical master handle this shit. ICP be the way to go here! It's a Dark Carnival! My stage, my-

That will be quite enough Boom. Be polite to our dear Pow. She is quite upset right now and we must be kind to the fairer sex.

Pfff, whateves...you're her side to get in her neden...

Mmm thank you Bang...you're always so sweet to a lady.

It's because I am a gentleman of many...mmm talents. Now shall we return to Colonel? I believe it will be Havoc's turn next.