Zeronia And The Circus At The Edge Of The Universe

Chapter 10: The Little Girl

Brian/Gold Viper P.O.V

I left the circus tent, hurting all over. I should have never tried the stunt with the trapeze. I mean, I've got a big applaud out of it, but my aching bones were asking me was it worth it.

As I walked around the lot I saw that there were very few people around. Most were no doubt in the big tent watching the show.

A man whistled at me. I replied by flipping him the bird.

I then came to a small tent. There was a sign over it written in an alien language, but my universal translator translated it as Supplies.

Maybe there is something I could use in my next act in there, I thought.

I went inside and looked around. There were a bunch of costumes and a few boxes, but nothing that interested me.

I was about to leave when I suddenly heard squeaking. It was as though there was a mouse in the supply tent.

No, it wasn't just squeaking I was hearing. It sounded like words. Little squeaky frantic words. It was hard to make out what was being said, but I did understand one word. Brian.

Who could be calling my name in a squeaky voice?

I turned back around and scanned the supply tent. Then my eyes landed on a glass cage that sat on a box. There was something jumping around inside it squeaking frantically.

As I moved closer to the glass cage I saw that it was a little person the size of a mouse.

I leaned closer to get a better look and nearly fainted from shock. I closed my eyes really tight, then opened them. No, I wasn't imagining things because she was still there glaring up at me.

This tiny person in the cage looked exactly like Debra. But it couldn't be Debra, could it?

"D-Debra, is that you?" I asked carefully.

Debra squeaked angrily.

It was Debra alright.

"How did you get so small?"

Debra cupped her hands over her mouth. "It was Zara," she yelled. At least I'm sure to herself it was yelling. To me, it sounded squeaky. Like one would sound after they sucked up helium from a balloon.

"Zara did this to you?"

"She has a shrink ray built into her arm!"

"But she told us she hasn't seen you."

"Well, she obviously lied!"

"Wow, and I thought shrink rays only existed in comic books."

Debra made some squeaking sounds.

"I didn't quite get that," I told her.

Debra screamed in her squeaky voice, "Take me to Tak!"

"Of course," I agreed. "If anyone can figure out how to make you big it'd be Tak."

I smiled down at the tiny Debra. "And if she can't, look on the bright side, you could always get a job in a giant monster movie. You know, how they use miniature sets in those movies. Well, now they can use a miniature person."

Mini Debra began squeaking angrily at me and it seemed like a good thing that I couldn't hear what she was saying.

"Let me get you outta this cage," I said as I grabbed the roof of the cage. I figured since it was a glass cage that it would open from the top like a fish tank. I manage to lift up the whole cage.

Debra gave a squeak as she was knocked over.

"Sorry," I apologized to the minuscule Debra as she sat in her cage glaring up at me. She gestured with her tiny hand to come closer.

I leaned my face closer to the cage.

Debra pointed toward a glass door with a latch beneath it on the outside.

I unhooked the latch and open the little door. I laid my hand down and Debra climbed onto my palm and I gently lifted her up.

"Don't worry, I'm sure we can get you back to your normal size," I whispered to her.

I carefully carried Debra outside. That was where I saw the muscular clown and judging by his evil grin he wasn't there to entertain.

I set the shrunken Debra down on a crate. "Stay here," I told her. "I'll take care of this guy."

Debra squeaked something to me, but I had no time to figure out what she said.

I turned back to the large clown. I didn't have my wand with me so I couldn't use my twin daggers. I left it with my armor, so it was going to have to be hand-to-hand combat.

I decided to greet him with a roundhouse kick. As my foot connected with the side of his head pain shot up my leg and I felt as though I may have fractured my foot.

This clown was solid. He was like a walking brick wall.

Debra/Emerald Warrior P.O.V

I stood on the crate watching Brian get his butt kicked by the giant clown. I wished that I could do something to help him. But I was so small what could I do?

The clown grabbed Brian by the neck, then slammed him to the ground, and while he was holding him down began choking him.

Small or not I had to do something to help. I jumped down from the crate and raced over. As the clown was holding Brian's head down on the ground with one hand I leaped onto Brian's forehead and scurried up the clown's arm as I transformed my wand into a staff. Then I leaped up and plunged my staff into the clown's eye as electricity exploded from the end.

The clown howled in pain as I tumbled down, but Brian caught me in his hand.

Brian/Gold Viper P.O.V

As I held Debra in my hand the clown cried in pain while holding his eye. I then did a leg-sweep and knocked his feet out from under him. The large clown hit the ground with such force that it sent up a cloud of dust and he laid there motionless.

"Boy, even when you're tiny you're a force to be reckoned with," I said to Debra who grinned up at me from my palm.

I placed the minuscule girl on my shoulder and we headed back to the big top. Hopefully, Tak would know how to get Debra back to her normal size.