The Dead Circus

Chapter Four: I'm a Monster

The alarm went off, the systems went off and the whole building went into total lock down. My vision was just seeing flashing lights of red and blue, but my appearance was scary and all the doctors who came  to me, well, they died. They screamed at my scream and was shocked at my appearance, no longer a human, but they still run from me. Some ran, some died of a heart attack. Long story short, my screams can cause anyone to die, but not the unconscious boys who were drugged. I walked over to them slowly and kneel down and outstretched my index finger and poked them in the cheek. They let out a yawn and opened their eyes, they looked and Nate screamed and pushed me away screaming, "dēmən! häxa!" 'Demon! Witch!' is what it meant. I looked to Ash, he just asked, "Melaina? Är det du?" "Ja" I answered, they're speaking full Swedish and I don't know if they can speak English anymore. "FREEZE!" The policeman behind me yelled, "PUT YOUR HANDS UP!" I put my hands up, "TURN AROUND!" I turned, slowly and he started to shiver and asked, "W-who...? W-what...?" I screamed and he fell to the ground with a thud while the boys had put their hands on their ears. "Don't worry, it won't affect you. You're 16... Wait, it can affect you." "I know, it just knocks us out." "No," "Then what?" "Ger dig hjärtattack." I told him and Nate shivered, Ash just stared as if I spoke gibberish. "Ash?" "What??" "You can speak Swedish, right?" He paused before saying, "I... I don't känna till." His eyes widened. "What did I just say??!" He sounded shocked and I guess I'm shocked also.

"You said känna till, that means 'know' in Swedish." I told him and he shivered. The sirens got louder and the doctors were rushing while loud sounds of running footsteps where heard. "We have to leave... NOW!" I say, I grab Nate and throw him over my shoulder and held Ash's hand as we opened up the window, but heard the words, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." She said in a French accent, she lowered her sunglasses and showed two green, olive eyes. Her hair is pulled back into a messy bun and her hair is ginger as she wears all natural make- up. She wears a mystery hat that is floppy and black, she sports a black, long dress and wears a black long coat that makes her seem like a detective. Maybe... she is. "What?" I asked, "I'm not like you, horrid humans. I'm a monster." She peers over her glasses and pushes them back up to hide the look in her eyes that I know too well, secretive. She puts a hand on her hip and lean on one leg, she says in french, "Obtenez-la." I hear footsteps and that's when I jump with Ash jumping down a second later. "Huh?" Ash asked. In stead of seeing grass under our feet. We seem to be in a hallway. The walls are greasy and moldy, the floor is dirty and somehow wet. The lights are old, golden and flickering. I hear a moan in the hallway. "Ingen är här." Nate says slowly as I put him down on his feet. I hear footsteps from above and the disappointing voice of the lady we saw before. "où est-elle?!" I can hear her practically screaming in French. The moaning is heard again, slow and disoriented like a robotic screech. I see a shape in the shadows coming, walking and moaning. Then, I see it.

It looks like a lady, but wires fall from her hips and mouth. Half of her is metal and endoskeleton, her eyes roll back into her head and forward again before blinking left eye to right eye. She wears a purple dress on the other side, but it's torn and bloody. Her hair is coal black, sticky with dried blood. Her eyes are pale blue and her feet are bare and cracked. She sees us, she knows us and most of all, we don't know her. She speaks and moans, her words are as they state, "M-m-e-e-l-a--i---n----a." My heart stops and she holds out a hand as she walks closer and closer and closer. I startle, do I run? Or do I help? She grabbed my shoulders and looked into my eyes, "Melaina. I thought I'd never see you again." Suddenly, her pale blue eyes turn blood red. She tilts her head and squeezes my shoulders before headbutting me, trying to make me unconsious. It didn't work and so I ripped off her head and violently thrashed her body to the ground, unknown of my strength, she shatters to pieces and turned to dust. Not long before, she appears in the shadows soon after. "Well," She says, surprised, "je vous ai trouvé." She lifts her head and says, "We need to protect the city and these, well, horrid grounds. That shouldn't be a prob-" "Who are you?!" I interrupt with a cold, scary, deep voice of my own that I didn't recognise before. She let out a pretty laugh and said, my name is Renée Bernard." Renée said. She took off her sunglasses and tried to look at me more clearly and then she gasped, but held back a laugh choking her. "You look hideux." She told me coldly. "Oh, really? a du sens puisque je suis un monstre." I told her off, she widened her eyes, "tu connais le français?" "A monster knows every language." Then I looked to Nate, he seems to be in love with her and her pretty looks.

"tu es jolie." He told her and she blushed. "Thank you, sir." She answered, then she looked to me. "Looks like I got an admirer. Now, you can either follow me and find a cure, so this pain and torture shall end or you can run away without any knowledge of what comes next." I study her, there's a twinkle behind her eyes and a lie behind her smile. "You can end it?" I asked...doubtfully. She laughed a lie, "Yes, but," Her smile ended and her humor died, "We'll need to test you, since right now, we don't know why you are like this." "I can tell you everything, just end this please." She lifted an eyebrow, "Everything? Does that include what you are, when it happened and how it happened?" She's not lying, she's guessing. "Yes." I growl. She jumped a little, but then she said calmly, "Good answer." "But, here's the catch." I tell her and she signals something, "What is it?" She asked, patiently. "You take me to the circus." I tell her and she has a question behind her eyes. "You have a question, don't cha?" "Oui. What circus?" "I'll tell you everything." I told her. Then, she walked forward and grabbed my arm while the boys just stood and watched the conversation, scared. I didn't know what to expect. "Now, don't run away." She told me.

I nodded, "Here." She let go of my arm and handed me a needle. "This was from the devil himself. Use it when you are terribly in trouble and test the strength." She smiled and then said, "You better run away now. I'll find you, but the others might too. Don't want to hurt you, just want to help." This makes her face crack and show the true evil behind her ways. I shouldn't trust her, but still, I do. "courir." She tells me and I take off with the boys chasing after me as if to not know what she said. Ash comes up behind me and asks, "What the hell just happened." "She told me... us... to run." I told him and they nodded so we kept running, but what if it was a trap. I looked at the needle in my right hand and felt the hallway closing in, so I stopped. A dead end?? Renée walked up towards us and said, "Go left. Trust me." I nod and we run away. I check back behind me and make sure no one ishot on our tail. Maybe, this is a new beginning and where it all ends. Or maybeit's a trap for all monsters that are just like me. In my mind, I can think of99 problems, but Renée ain't gonna be one. That is...unless, she betrays me then that makes myproblems go higher into the clouds of pain. This time, I hope it is not a trap,but again, I need to watch my back since I know that no one else is.