Fan Fiction ❯ Bounty Iso 1 ❯ The Circus of Fear ( Chapter 2 )

Bounty Iso I:

Circus of Fear

 

Iso stared at the city. What had happened to it? “Lime are we in the right place? Flint Village looks a lot different.” Lime looked at the map. “I don't think we're in the right place.” Iso stared at the map. “You're holding it upside down again.”

 

Lime frowned. “I'm not holding it upside down. It was just drawn upside down.” Iso smiled. Lime would never be the first one to admit a mistake. Iso knew Flint Village by the way it smelled. There was the smell of metal work there but there was something else.

 

“Do you smell… peanuts?” He asked. Lime sniffed the air. “Now that you mention it… No. But I do smell clowns.” Iso nodded. Then he thought for a second. “Lime, how do you know what clowns smell like?”

 

Lime looked at the village. “Never mind that. What did you mean by it looks different? It looks just like it did last month.” Then Lime realized something. This could all just be an illusion!

 

Iso stared hard. “It looks like a circus! And not a good one either.” Lime stared hard. “I don't see anything. Are you sure?” Iso smiled. “There's only one way to find out.”

 

 

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“Come one! Come all! Try your luck at the test your strength game!” The vendor looked around at the people. Then he saw two new men. One had blue hair. This could be trouble.

 

Iso looked at the stand. The vendor walked up to him. “Would you like to test your strength sir? Only one silver coin or two red credits!” Iso looked at the man. “No thanks. Those games are rigged. Only an idiot would try that.”

 

“Hey Iso! Check it out! Test your strength!” Lime said. Iso frowned. Lime was way too naïve. Lime grabbed the lever and pulled. The meter only shot up a few inches. “Wet fish?”

 

Iso began to think. Why would the games and rides be so cheap? How did the circus get here? Why would they put up a powerful illusion? Iso looked at the vendor and got the answer. What we would have seen would be an average person. But Iso saw smoke. A purple haze in the form of a man. It had bright yellow eyes that had a look of evil in them. “Demons.” Said Iso.

 

 

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Three beings watched as the blue haired man walked away from the vendor and his game. One was a minotaur. It had the average minotaur features. The other was a wolf-man. Silver fur covered his body. The last one looked like a human except for his long tail, long fingers, and three opposable toes.

 

The minotaur began to use telepathy. It was conversing with the other two creatures. `That mortal shows the ability to see us for what we truly are. I advise caution' The Man-wolf was thinking differently. `Caution? Have you spent so much time as a minotaur that you have forgotten who you are? I advise battle.'

 

But the last creature won out. `We do not know if he suspects anything. Res will be most dissatisfied if we fail in our quest. I advise patience.'

 

 

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Iso knew that demons were running this place. He could see there true forms. The games and roller coasters were absorbing something from the people. But it wasn't there souls.

 

Iso saw the ringmaster and his two clowns. They were obviously in charge here. He saw that one clown was pure electricity. The other was merely a shadow. But the ringmaster was truly hideous. His long tail and fingers seemed to take away your breath.

 

He took out his sword and followed them. The demon who was electricity turned and saw him. He whispered into the ringmaster's ear. Iso stood ready for attack. The shadow was too quick however. It took out a club and came rushing at Iso. Then everything went black.