The Freakshow, District 13, Dark Nation, England, Mid
Saturday, June 3rd
10am
Jack picked up an old bat "Go now!" he yelled at the girl as the others started descending the stairs "No! I'm not leaving you-" "I'll be fine, I promise, just go!" Jack snapped yet as Angelina went to grab his hand and drag him through the portal, he instead harshly pushed her through the portal.
Angelina fell backwards through the mirrored portal, coming out of the other side and hitting the dead grass covering the ground. She quickly pulled herself up and rushed back to the portal opening before watching Jack raise the bat and smash the mirror. The portal shattered into a million pieces, falling to the ground like glass "No- Jack!" she yelled, falling onto her knees and trying to put together the shards yet it was hopeless.
She was alone again.
Angelina looked at the scene around her: dead grass, horrid red sky, Grey Army soldiers- she quickly dodged the fire of bullets, scrambling up onto her feet and breaking out into a run as two soldiers chased after her, into the broken city nearby. She wove through misshapened streets, her desperate run pass the locals causing their chants and bets of whether she'd outrun and survive the soldiers chasing after her. At some point, a couple of the locals tried helping the soldiers, trying to grab her or trip her over, yet stopping when the soldiers yelled out "Her blood is poison! don't touch her!". Eventually, Angelina came across the town's circus and without really thinking, she pulled the hood of the hoodie over her head and darted toward it, slipping into the piling crowd making their way into the main circus tent.
The two soldiers stopped just outside the tent, watching the girl disappear before laughing to themselves and beginning to walk away, horrid smirks plastered across their faces as they left the circus.

Angelina shifted through the crowd, taking a seat in the back section whilst the lights inside the large tent started to dim 'Once the show's over, I'll gonna have to sneak out in the crowd again' she thought, brows knotting a little 'Find some sort of map or something, figure out where I am' she continued to ponder as the ring in the centre of the tent lit up. A skeleton girl dressed in a circus costume, face painted like a sugar-skull and black hair twisted into a side braid, stepped out into the light "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, monsters and freaks" she welcomed in a loud voice "Welcome to Dark Nation, District thirteen, and to the Freakshow!" she stated aloud, everyone cheering whilst the hypnotic's heart dropped.
"Thirteen districts filled with Grey Army soldiers, criminals and the Freakshow" he continued to tell them "Stay away from the Freakshow" Blake firmly warned them...
Blake's harsh warning rung out throughout Angelina's head as she sat there in blooming panic and unable to move- she couldn't. The second she gets out of this chair, the second she moves towards the door, she's caught. For all she knew, there could be Grey soldiers in here with her and there was at least two outside the tent probably waiting for her, and the criminals inside- everyone around her in this tent could willing help the soldiers and army, could grab her and easily turn her in.
So she forced herself to stay seated as a boy now joined the girl out in the ring, dressed head-to-toe in a grey ringleader's outfit and a white mask covering the upper half of his face and glowing red eyes "Ladies and gentlemen, tonight we choose one of you to come and enjoy the show from our perspective and join us backstage" he happily announced as Angelina's brows knotted a little more 'Why does he sound familiar?' she questioned herself, continuing to watch and listen. "Jaqueline, would you do me the honours of selecting our lucky guest from the audience?" the ringmaster asked the skeletal girl who happily stepped out of the tent ring and stepped through the aisles separating the audience. 'Don't pick me, don't pick me, don't pick me' the words repeated in Angelina's head as Jaqueline started walking up the aisle by the section the hypnotic was seated in and dumbly enough, Angelina made eye contact with the performer 'No, no' the girl started to panic right before the performer started walking straight for her 'No- shit! shit! shit!' the hypnotic sunk a little deeper in her seat.

Jacqueline stopped right by Angelina "Hello miss-" the performer stopped midsentence after using her bony hand to tilt the hypnotic's face up, the skeleton's eyes widening a little before turning back to the ringmaster with a bright smile, a spotlight illuminating the cowering hypnotic and skeleton in the audience "We have our lucky guest" Jaqueline stated "Well bring them up so I can get a better look at them!" the ringmaster called as the entire audience cheered. "N-no, I can't-" yet Jaqueline didn't hear the hypnotic's plea as she grabbed Angelina's hand and pulled her up to her feet and dragged her out of the audience and down the aisle, into the tent ring and over to the ringmaster, and the second he saw the hypnotic's face, he muttered out "Angelina?". Angelina's eyes widened a little as she stared back at the masked teen "...Vixen?" she questioned back right before he took off his mask and turned back towards the audience "Ladies and gentlemen! we have another hypnotic here tonight!" he announced as Angelina stared at him in disbelief, thinking of how stupid he was announcing this. "Princess Angelina Reaper!" Vixen announced, yanking off the girl's hood as the entire audience erupted into a roaring cheer.
Horrid frightening music started blaring through the show tent as performers poured out into the ring: horrified clowns pulling their pranks on one another, the jugglers, magician and fire breathers showing off their skills; trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and aerialists sharing the sky, contortionists bending and breaking their bodies in an ungodly manner, and dancers gracefully flowing around. It was perfect chaos surrounding the hypnotic as Vixen and Jaqueline never leaving Angelina's side.
She stood there, absolutely speechless of the chaos around her until Vixen grabbed her by the arms and pulled her about, making her somewhat dance with him, smiling brightly as he swung her around like a ragdoll. And within seconds, the lights flicked off and the blacklights turned on, every single performer's clothing and makeup giving off a frightening fluorescent appearance. Angelina peered into the audience as Vixen's grasp on her fell off, the hypnotic stiffening a little as she watched a few Grey Army soldiers walk down the aisles. The girl tried to run off and out of the tent ring but Vixen grabbed her by the arm, gaining Angelina's attention before saying his warning "Walk off stage, you'll see more horrifying things then this show" and as he told her that, he shot a cold glare at the soldiers, the men instantly backing off as Angelina stared at her friend in slight amazement.

She was stuck as part of the show for half an hour before a good few of the performers, including Vixen and Jaqueline, came off and into the backstage area of the show tent, Vixen guiding Angelina with him and the skeletal girl through the area whilst the remaining performers in the ring continued with their performance... the three immediately meeting a couple soldiers whilst walking through backstage. "Sir-" "Unless you have an early death wish, get out of my show tent" Vixen coldly hissed at the men "Y-yes sir" one of them answered, both of them quickly removing themselves from the boy's presence and the tent. "Vixen-" "Just wait a second" he cut Angelina off, now leading her out of the back of the show tent, Jaqueline still following close behind them as they quickly stepped into a stone building, walking down a good couple corridors before reaching an office and stepping inside.
When the door closed behind them, Angelina hugged Vixen, relief finally washing over her face "Thank god, you're okay" she breathed, pulling away and smiling at her friend as he smiled back at her "Glad to see you too" he replied "How did you escape?" Angelina questioned "What about Corey and Sean- are they with you?" she asked, looking round the office as if she'll find signs of her other friends. Vixen shook his head "Sorry- it's just me here, the others escaped another way" "But you're not a prisoner?" Angelina asked, brows frowning a little in both worry and concern as the other teen shook his head "No, I'm not" "How come the soldiers backed off?" "Because they're scared of me- I'm technically the one in charge here, have been for weeks" Vixen answered yet it confused the girl even more. "Jackie is my assistant" Vixen stated as Jaqueline bowed her head to Angelina "Miss Reaper" the performer greeted as the hypnotic hesitantly smiled back "And... I've finally met my biological father" Vixen said, Angelina immediately turning around as her eyes lit up "Really- he's alive?!" she exclaimed as the boy nodded his head "I mean he's an asshole, but yeah, he's alive, along with my mother but I've still yet to meet her" he answered. Vixen's brows then knotted "What happened to you?" "You wouldn't believe who I met- wait" Angelina stopped, shaking her head "...why didn't you go back home- you're free, so why are you here?" she questioned "That house isn't my home anymore, Angelina, not after what I did" Vixen answered, confusing the girl "What?" "There's something I've been meaning to tell you" he started.

Before Angelina could react, Jaqueline pulled out some kind of collar and forced it around the girl's neck "Hey-" "You're the enemy, Angelina, since day fucking one" Vixen stated as Angelina's brows knotted in panic and confusion "What- what are you talking about?" she snapped "Vixen-" Jaqueline easily held the girl back by the arm "What happened at the army base? what did the Grey Leader do to you?" the hypnotic questioned. Vixen sighed, smile fading and both face and tone becoming cold "My father did nothing to me" he stated, his words making Angelina's blood run horridly cold "...w-what?" "I am the new Grey Leader, Angelina... I am the Grey Son" Vixen told her.
"What did you just say?" the girl asked, thinking she either went deaf or delusional "I am the Grey Son" Vixen repeated himself "I am the new Grey Leader, I lead you to the Under Realm, I hurt Holly to lead you there, I killed your friends and triggered their curses, Corey is my 'brother' and I triggered your curse and killed you" he stated as Angelina stood there in complete shock as she stood face-to-face with the traitor she had been protecting since day one.
"What? don't believe me?" Vixen questioned as Jaqueline forced the girl to take a seat in front of him "Doctor Alexander Ruins... ring any bells?" he questioned "The doctor running the GACTC? well, it turns out that his real name is 'Alexander Grey' and that he was my uncle" Vixen started "The entire time we were at the GACTC, I was learning everything about me; who my parents were, what lead to my birth, who cursed me, who would kill me" he listed, looking back at Angelina "And who the second Hypnotic was". She could feel the anger boiling in her blood as the boy continued "And did you know that Holly's mother, Jocelyn, was a Head Coven witch?... the creature you killed at the high school in the Human Realm was a golem by the way- I mean I'm still surprised that a lifeless thing like that still counted as killing something" he laughed. "I knew Blake was a member of the Prodigium Council so tricking him into bringing me to Mid was easy, along with giving some soldiers the location of the second Hypnotic and letting them inside" Vixen continued "...you fucking asshole" Angelina hissed yet he wagged his finger at her "Uh-ah, I wouldn't try anything if I were you" he smirked, motioning to the collar around her neck. "That is filled with liquified demonglass and angelsilver" he stated. "Demonglass kills demons, angelsilver kills angels- the moment I press this button," he said, pulling out a small remote from his pocket "It'll inject the mixture into your neck... technically for you, it would be like constantly dying over and over again" he warned.

"You're a fucking traitor-" "How can I betray someone who was never my friend?" Vixen harshly questioned, his words cutting into Angelina's chest "I never was your friend, Angelina" he stated "I only stuck around to kill you and earn my brother's trust" "Corey is not your brother-" "Like he is not yours, not anymore" Vixen coldly spat back, sending another hit to the girl's heart. Right after that comment, Jaqueline grabbed an injector off of the office's desk, rounded the girl, forced her to bend forward before harshly injecting something into the girl's back, causing her to hiss in pain. "She just injected a bug into your back and if I press this button," Vixen showed Angelina the second button on the small remote in his hand "The bug will unliquify the demonglass inside it... you want to know what kind of damage that could do to a demon?" he asked with a dark smirk as Angelina lifted her gaze back up to him "Depending on how the bug is sitting in the flesh- it's like having a long sharp knife suddenly appearing inside you, tearing and burning through your flesh". More panic crawled up the back of her throat yet she tried her best to not show it "It would kill a normal demon within seconds but you... the day I press this button, I hope I'm watching every single second of it" and after that, Jaqueline harshly hit Angelina over the back of her head, knocking the poor girl out cold "Welcome back to Mid, princess" his voice sneakered.