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Chapter 8: All Seeing Eyes

Pomni watches as Caine floats through the hallway, his red pupils looking every direction. "That's... Caine... right?" Pomni thinks to herself. Pomni wait from Caine to leave and she sneaks out. "Oh my goodness!" Pomni says out loud as the runs to the camp out. "Ragatha!" Pomni calls out, and Ragatha looks at her. "Pomni... what is it?" Ragatha asks.

"I think I saw Caine..." Pomni says. "Did you get hurt or anything?" Ragatha asked with concern. "I'm fine. I was just... looking at something in the circus tent..." Pomni turns and looks at the circus tent in the distance. Pomni walks over to Kinger's pillow fort and stands at the entry way. "Hey... Kinger..." Pomni says.

Kinger peeks out. "AH! Not today, Pomni. They'll come find us!" Kinger says and hides back in his pillow fort. Pomni raises an eyebrow and looks at Jax's tent, and walks inside. "Hey, Jax?" Pomni asks, and she see Jax sleeping on the cot, facing away from the entrance. Pomni slowly backs out of the tent and leaves. "Ragatha... what are we going to do today?" Pomni asks.

"I haven't seen Caine since the beginning of this thing... so... I would like to see where you saw him... and if he is there somewhere... show me." Ragatha said. Pomni and Ragatha walk to the circus, and Pomni looks in, seeing Caine floating around. "He's...back..." Ragatha whispers, her eye widens. Suddenly, a floating eye looks at them. "It's one of Caine's eyes! We've been seen! RUN!" Ragatha exclaims.

Pomni runs, and Ragatha follows behind, and Caine appears in front of them. "Ragatha... what do we do...?" Pomni asks nervously. Caine tilts his head and glitches. "Ragatha?" Pomni looks at Ragatha, who is petrified with fear. "Ragatha! Focus!" Pomni says as she hold her metal pipe, ready to swing it at Caine. "R-Right!" Ragatha says as she snaps into reality. Ragatha pulls out her butcher knife.

"T-ToDaYszTszs Adv-veNture I-iszztsz.... RUN." Caine says, his voice distorted and glitchy. "RAGATHA! RUN!" Pomni grabs Ragatha's hand and pulls her out of the circus tent. Caine follows behind, holding his cane, preparing to hit them with it. Pomni gasps and runs as fast as she can, practically dragging Ragatha behind her.

           Pomni pulls Ragatha behind a tree and try to stay hidden. Caine flies around, glitching and saying random things. "W-WelCoMeeeEEe to tHe AmaAZiNggsg DIgiTAlLl CiRCustzstz..." Caine says, his voice distorted. "I think he's stuck in a loop..." Ragatha says in a whisper. "What do you mean?" Pomni whispers back. "Caine keeps repeating sentences he used to say all the time... I think he's stuck..." Ragatha explains.

           Caine flies away, off into the distance. "Alright... let's head back to Kinger and Jax... I've had enough adventure for one day..." Pomni says as she runs to the camp out, Ragatha following behind.

              "That was... dangerous...." Ragatha says, panting. Pomni nods, she tosses her metal pipe against a tree and walks towards the stump table, sitting and smacking her head against it in exhaustion. "Yeah... I'm done adventuring for the whole week..." Pomni says and groans.

             Kinger walks out of his pillow fort. "Hey... I think Jax is hiding something." Kinger says. Ragatha raises an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Pomni asks, raising her head off the stump table. "He was scratching his arm today... I asked him why he was doing it... and he didn't answer me... he hid his arm from me and walked in the tent." Kinger explained. Pomni and Ragatha exchanged looks and Ragatha walked to the tent.

           Ragatha sees Jax facing away from the entry way. "Hey... Jax... you okay?" Ragatha asks, but no reply came. Ragatha slowly walks over to Jax and taps his shoulder. Jax suddenly turns around and looks at Ragatha in the eyes, his pupil shrunk and his eyes wide. "Jax... you don't look so good... you're... fur is darker too..." Ragatha says with a worried expression. Ragatha notices a bandage on Jax's arm.

To Be Continued...