The Mystery Circus

Chapter 12

I was sitting in the dining room car, and I was eating breakfast, still in my pajamas because I was too lazy to change. Doll was sitting beside me eating her breakfast. I was eating a blueberry muffin and blueberry pancakes. I was drinking grape flavored water. Honestly, who knew this circus train would have had such a wide selection on the menu!

Doll was eating a blueberry pancake also, with an apple and carrots on the side. She had Gatorade to drink. I was just quietly enjoying my meal, talking to Doll once in awhile.

"So, what do you do in your free time?" Doll asked me.

"Well, I like to draw, read and watch Justice League and read DC comics." I announced with a grin on my face.

"You sound like Hope. She's always into that superhero stuff." I looked up to see Caine walking towards me, grinning and sitting in the booth chair across the table from Doll and I.

"Superhero stuff? It's called the Justice League!" I exclaimed, giggling. "The Justice League has a bunch of heroes in it. You know, like Batman... Cyborg... Wonder Woman..." I listed off a bunch of names.

"Superheroes? Oh please. All the superheroes that have powers are mutants from either an experiment gone wrong, or an accident." Caine chuckled, leaning back and crossing his arms around his chest. "And Batman isn't a superhero because he doesn't have any powers."

"Okay, Batman may not have any powers, but he can still kick butt." I grin.

"He's probably just some rich guy who used his money to create a costume and weapons, then prowled around in his parents basement." Caine snorted.

I just stared blankly at him. "Batman doesn't have any parents. They were murdered when he was a child." I stated.

"Then who the heck took care of him?!" Caine asked.

"His butler, Alfred did." I stated, with a smirk on his face.

"Oh I give up." Caine laughed, rolling his eyes and began to eat his banana muffin.

I smirked and finished my pancake and muffin. I then finished my drink, and stood up. Doll stood up too, because she had already finished.

"Let's go help take down the tent." Doll announced, and I nodded, agreeing. I followed her off the train.

"Oh good! You guys are here!" Joker shouted at us. "Come Angel, you're fast, right?" he asked.

"Yeah. I'm a really fast runner." I nodded.

"Okay, I will get Doll and Hope to hold the flap to the entrance open for you. I need you to go inside the tent, grab the long pole in the middle, and unhook it from the ground. I then need you to pull it while holding the end of the long pole, and run towards the entrance, dragging it behind you. Keep in mind that when the pole comes off, the top of the tent will start to collapse." he explained.

"Okay, I got it." I nodded. Doll and Hope held the entrance open. I walked inside, jogging up to the long pole. I bent down, and unhooked it from the ground.

"Ready?" Joker called.

"Yeah!" I shouted back.

"Go!" He shouted.

Dragging the pole along the ground, I ran out of the tent, and dropped it. I turned back around to see the tent slowly sinking towards the ground.

"Thanks." Joker said, patting my head.

Joker and a bunch of other people I didn't know yet started to fold the tent up. Once it was completely folded, Joker and David started to haul it over to one of the storage cars on the train.

"Angel! Come over here and help me with this!" Caine called.

I rushed over to him, bounding through the snow. When I reached him, I saw two targets on the ground. "Pick up the other target." he instructed.

"Okay." I picked it up, and we carried them to the storage car. This was basically the last of the stuff.

"Okay! We're all set! Everything is cleaned up! Let's all get onto the train, and head for our next stop!" Joker called while stepping up onto the train and going inside.

"Come on." Caine laughed, grabbed my arm, and started pulling me towards the train.

"I'll beat you there!" I shouted, pushed past him and took off running. Caine laughed, and took off running also, racing after me.

I ended up beating him to the train. I jumped up the steps onto the train and rushed inside, giggling. Caine followed me.

"You are fast." Caine commented.

"All aboard!" We heard Joker shout, ringing a bell. We would be leaving in a few minutes.

A few people entered the train, and went off somewhere, probably to their rooms.

Caine and I stood standing, just talking to each other. Suddenly, the train lurched forward as the train started moving.

"We'll be at our next destination tomorrow." Joker called.

"So, I'm going to go to my room." Caine stated.

"Okay, sure. I'm going to my room too, so I'll come along with you." I smiled. We walked over to the door of the dining room car. Caine pushed it open.

"Careful, watch your step." he said. "Don't be afraid to put your foot on the place where it the two cars attach to each other, they are made to stand a persons weight so they could get across safely." he explained.

"Okay." I answered. He let me go first as he held the door open for me. I carefully placed my foot on the attachment. Man, crossing over is a lot more nerve racking when the train is moving. I then hopped over to the other car, opening the door as I did so.

Caine smiled at me, and skillfully hopped over himself. "You get used to it, even when it's moving." he explained.

"I can see that." I laughed.

We hopped over and crossed through a few more cars until we reached our bedroom car.

"See you at supper." Caine smiled at me.

"Okay, see you later." I grinned at him, and walked into my room, shutting the door behind me.