The cirque of horrors

9

During the night I didn't sleep well, horrific sounds came from the other side of the wall, but thankfully, as the sun shines everything disappears, and so today there's another show, I feel like I'm out of place in this environment, I'm scared to admit the fact the ringmaster and his fellows are freaks
"Well, I told you people call me like that all the time" I swear, it scares me every time.

I walked near him so he wouldn't have been mad at me
"Hey! Hey! Ringmaster, wait, I'm sorry I didn't want to make you feel weird in your own territory" he once again licked his lips, and then continued to walk
"Let's go then, you'll be my assistant" I was thrilled by such opportunity, but for sure I didn't stutter, so we both got on stage, he took my hand and made me kneel too and we started by making me levitate.

Green fire, jugglers, all the people seemed in reverie as we performed, and then, when all finished, without a single cheer they went out, a strange thing, probably caused by the unnerving masks all over the place, the ringmaster got off the stage with the hands between his hairs, starting to lose control, I frightened seeing him change to a monstrosity, the eyes became big, the teeth sharp, I covered my eyes to forget forever that abominable creature that wasn't the weird yet fascinating guy I met earlier this days.

I could hear the screams of frustration pierce my ears, but then everything stopped, a gentle shake on my arm made me see again what was happening around me, and the ringmaster just showed himself normally, with the hat covering the face, he was offering me his hand, I accepted and he shaked it, I don't know why, but I assume he doesn't like affection.

"And yet again boss, another fiasco! Hahaha!" Icarus mocked the guy sitting on an elevated beam between the stands, who made a sand bag fall on his head, his fall was ruinous, I thought he just broke all his bones, but after some twists to get up I was quite sure that he didn't have any ligaments inside the body, but the crucial part was there, as for the other two, the hat went on the ground and then they both started to use the puppets to show me the story.

"Me and Icarus worked for a few months together for organized crimes, he knew very well my powers, he occupied mostly of the crime part and me of the organized one, we were a good team, no one could stop us, we got to the point we could enjoy a bit of the good life, until then the fall of our fortune came.

Hundreds of little burglars and gangsters came to our territory and little by little destroyed what we created, as we shoot them down, the enemy clan seemed to sent even more to replace the poor bastards, not even with my powers I was able to stop them, and so we had to escape, Icarus at that time said
"Boss! Money is way too low, we should either move or I'll move myself" I looked at this fucker in the eyes, we built so much together.

I replied coldly
"Fine, move then" and you know what he did? He pointed the gun at me, thinking I would have let him have my part of the little empire we shared, but the jester right here was wrong
"Haha! I was wrong!" And so I got his old gun out of his hands, and started to debone him piece by piece, mutilating the skin, destroying the body, but I didn't want him to leave so easily and get away with the pain by dying, so I stopped before killing him.

I replaced his body with a bionic one, made of rudimental metals attached in little pieces so he could twist them as his like and replaced the organs that didn't work remaining the not too battered ones, his eyes also got replaced as the rest of the face, I covered the scars on his body still visible although I changed the skin with a costume of green, black and red stripes, with a white ruff that still has stains of blood from that day.

The fool hat with two ends with golden bells, the malevolous grin and the fluorescent green eyes
"Yeah it's me! Here I am boss!"
"Shut up!" A shock wave from his voice made both of us almost fly, when the ringmaster saw everything was silent he continued
"Anyway, at that point I had them and their sins, Maciste was naive wanting to be what he really wasn't, Echidna showed her real self for lust, Icarus flew too high in the sky, arriving to the sun and burning his wings.

I roamed around the city finding an abandoned place, and there, I made my playhouse appear, an earthquake could be felt, as the terrain opened split open devouring the old bricks and replacing them with my red and white stripes damnation, there I started to model the inside, making it as my wish, and placed my strong man, my jester and my beast inside as the main attractions, while I shaped the interiors with mesmerizing objects everywhere randomly.

In the matter of weeks I was able to open my cirque, and as it appeared, no one bothered asking if it was always here, if anyone saw it be built, the audience started to come to the tribune one day, and since then we are the main attraction when it comes to the field of freaks and magic tricks".

The hat sucked in all the strings as well as the puppets, leaving the empty space to console us with silence, but I broke it giving out the figure of a little kid
"Oh gosh! I have so many questions, like, when did you start to work with Icarus! And... How did you get your powers and..." I looked in the eyes of the ringmaster, knowing it wasn't time for questions, yet it was so unfair! I want to know everything and now! But as I complain in my head I notice I'm alone, and so I just leave the thought alone as I leave too.