Fan Fiction ❯ Bounty Iso 1 ❯ Circus of Fear: Grand Finale ( Chapter 3 )

Bounty Iso I:

Circus of Fear: Grand Finale

 

“Iso? Iso? Where are you?” Lime said. He had looked everywhere Iso could be. Then he checked the circus. Lime knew that Iso wouldn't leave without him. Well he would have told Lime before he left at least.

 

 

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Iso opened his eyes to see the room was upside down. The three demons stood before him. They were disguised as humans. But that didn't last long.

 

There was a flash of light and a sound like a pudding sculpture melting. The light disappeared and he saw three hideous forms in front of him. The two clowns had taken the forms of a wolf man and a minotaur. The ringmaster was in his true form.

 

“So you figured out what we are, eh?” Said the ringmaster. “Well it became pretty obvious when you started shape-bending.” Iso said. The demon that posed as the ringmaster looked embarrassed. “Yes… well, at least we aren't hanging over a tank of sharks!”

 

Iso smiled. “Circuses, shark tanks, you demons have no originality.” The demons looked at each other realizing these ideas had been done before.

 

“You guys are summoning demons, aren't you?” The wolf man nodded. “We were summoned to open this circus and absorb the Evil from whoever came.” The minotaur picked up from there. “Then we would let the Evil loose in the world.”

 

“So you guys were summoned by a master of the dark arts huh?” The creatures began to tremble. “Yes. A necromancer by the name of Res. He wants us to let loose the Evil for his weapon. A golem created entirely from the bones of the dead. But he painted it yellow so it's not as scary as you think.”

 

Iso stared. How had these idiots done all this on their own? Then he had the answer. “You guys had help doing all this, didn't you?” The demons quickly shook their heads.

 

“Dunk him!” Cried the ringmaster. The wolf man pulled a lever that released the rope holding Iso up. Iso plunged into the water. “If the sharks don't kill him then the lack of oxygen will! Remove the lid in one hour! He'll die long before them.”

 

 

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“Winner!” Cried the vendor. Lime had thrown a ball at a bunch of soda bottles and won a stuffed liger. He was also feeling a little light headed. He didn't get angry when he lost. It felt like all the Evil had been sucked out of him. Then he thought of something.

 

 

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“I'm bored Loop! Can we please eat some of the people?” The ringmaster stared at the clown. “You can eat them once we've stolen all the Evil. Until then don't call me by my name.”

 

A man in a tuxedo walked up to them. “Excuse me, I'm looking for my friend Iso. I think that demons may have kidnapped him.” The ringmaster panicked. “So you know we're demons? So you know we knocked out your friend and then plunged him in a shark tank?”

 

The man became afraid. “Dude, I didn't even know any of that stuff!” Loop just stared. “Dang! I just blabbed the secret didn't I?” Everyone nodded.

 

“Well it doesn't matter! Look at the shark tank! It's blood red! Your friend is dead! Phat beats yo!” Lime just stared at the demon. “So what did you think of my rap? I want your honest opinion!”

 

The clowns frowned. “It could have used a little more rhyme.” Lime nodded. Loop smiled. “Open the lid! I want to see the dead man!”

 

The clowns opened the lid. “I don't see a thing!” “Then dive in!” The clowns did as they were told. Seconds later, two balls of energy flew out of the tank and then started going below ground.

 

Loop was shocked. Who had killed them? A voice came out of the tank. “You ruined my favorite suit. It's going to take forever to get this blood out.” He looked in the tank to see Iso, covered in blood.

 

“But how? You… sharks… how did you survive?” Iso smiled and reached for his silver sword. “That reminds me. The sharks haven't eaten in an hour. I don't think the miner scratches I gave them, or the food coloring I put in the tank will stop them from eating you.”

 

 

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About an hour later Iso was cleaning his sword. He had rooted out and killed all the demons. They all tried different forms to beat him but it didn't work. Lime had even used his dagger to help.

 

A kid walked up to him. “Wow! How'd you do all that? It was amazing!” Iso smiled. He had seen this kid before. When he took the bounty out on the ogre, Fuy. “Are you following me?”

 

The kid frowned. “No. Remember when you took out the bounty on that guy with the robots?” Iso hadn't told that to anyone except Lime. “Look kid, Lime and I need to go. So don't follow us. It could be dangerous.”

 

The kid frowned and nodded. When Iso and Lime were 20 feet away he went to his hotel and packed his stuff. He grabbed his two maces without spikes and ran after Iso.