The Secret of Lady Phantom

Revelation

~Claire~

We were lost. With no water. (might've been my fault) Or food. It didn't help that Corey was trying to attempt murder on our new companion Ciel. "Lets just stab him with a stick and eat him!" Corey whispered loudly. Ciel upon hearing this started to smack him on the back of the head. I sighed to myself before rushing ahead of the two.

Soon the sound of music reached our ears....

"FREEDOM!!" Corey shouted before rushing towards the sound. "Idiot..."our other companion muttered to himself before strutting after him. A chilled feeling ran down my back as I walked after them. The music just didn't seem "Happy Go lucky." If you get what I'm saying.

Aaand I was right.

Just one look was all it took to know this wasn't your average friendly carnival. The place was dingy and looked like an war had gone on. The people who sat near the tents and booths sneered as we walked by. The atmosphere was tense.

The three US continued to walk closely together in a group. Me clutching my hidden gun, Corey walking with caution and Ciel whistling along with a skip to his ste- wait what.

I called out to him, "Ciel?" He turned around slowly with a grin on his face. Not a friendly one either. No it was more of nasty sneer.

He started to speak,"Did you really think I was truly lost?"

"What do you mean?" I asked carefully backing away.

"Oh just a little hobby of mine you know?" his tone started to change from a polite one to a harsh one, "I dabble a little from time to time in the art giving people the gift of others own will." A confused look appeared on Corey's face. Ciel then walked slowly towards me like a panther stalking its prey. "Just a bit of kidnapping to earn some moolah" he spoke slowly as if I was a child, "you know putting on a show bringing lost people and then..." Ciel then grabbed ahold of me. I struggled against and tried to reach for my gun. But I couldn't.

Corey fell down to the ground. One of the men nearby had hit him across the head with a chair. Then I realised all the "ci

rcus folk" had surrounded Corey and me. I could do nothing but watch as Corey got heaved into a picked up and dumped into a sack. Then Ciel said "nightie night." He slammed a heavy object into my face. Blackness followed after.