R*A*T*S (Sequel To A*M*E*R*I*C*A)

Chapter 3

Chris' POV:

"You remember my wife Sheri?" The ring leader nodded at the pale woman who just smiled and waved with her fingers at us. Manson slowly nodded, not taking his eyes off of Rob who did the same to him.

"How could I forget your acomplise to my friends demise?" Manson sneered. Rob just chuckled and held his hand up.

"Now now, no need to unbury the past. How about a tour of my circus for your....freaks?" For some reason, Manson followed behind Rob as well as the rest of us. Ash and Dani looked over at me with confused looks and I shrugged my shoulders. I was just as confused.

Rob lead us to the back where there were so many people just running around, cleaning up, checking lists and talking amongst each other. They had a whole crew...Normally we were in charge of helping with setting up and cleaning. Ricky tugged at my shirt sleeve and I lifted him up, letting him ride on my shoulder.

"As you can see, we are equipped with the finest staff who work very hard to make sure each show is set up and torn down properly. Ah, and here comes one of our biggest helps." He pointed to a young man who had half his hair shaved, wearing thick glasses and a grey flannel. Kinda cute, not my type though. But he looked so young and sweet.

"This is our dj, set up leader, and costume designer, Sonny." The young man nodded his head at us.

"Skrillex. Just call me Skrillex." Being polite, and cuz he seemed the nicest so far, we said hello. A few were whispering to each other and it made me realize that this young man really was indeed THE Skrillex. How he was convinced to work for Rob's circus is beyond me.

I felt Ricky squeeze my shoulder and I noticed him silently fangirling.

"Skrillex." He said in an excited hush voice. I held back a chuckle at my kittens excitement.

Rob continued through the back stage just letting us take in the atmosphere. He then lead us to an area that was roped off.

"Here is where my cast stays after a long night of shows. They come here to just relax." He pulled back the ropes and curtains to reveal everyone who was involved in the show. Some were sitting at tables just talking amongst each other while others were eating. Some of them looked up at us, one in particular. Angelo, the demon. He was hanging upside down in the corner of the ceiling, a sort of black auroa surrounding him. His glowing eyes quickly shot open and his massive black wings spread open.

The creature quickly rushed over to us, more specifially Devin, making us jump back a bit as he landed. Devin's eyes widened as the demon man was just inches away from his face, staring into his eyes with his glowing ones.

"You...your eyes are like the moon, although it's dark, they still light my way through the darkness." Ash and Dani's mouths hung open and I can't blame them. This demon, half demon, who was feared by everyone not too long ago just complemented Devin. He didn't even know him. Devin was a blushing mess as someone pulled Angelo away from him.

"Angelo, leave the poor lady alone." A short man had him by his arm. Angelo let out a growl but quickly stopped when the short man looked into his eyes. He had long black hair, bright blue eyes, pale, wearing a long black robe. This man had some impact on the demon because he slowly retreated. Rob chuckled.

"This is Jinxx. He is infatuated with the art of dark magic and can have total control over any being, even a demon." Jinxx bowed at us reaching out to shake Manson's hand, which he did.

"A pleasure. I apologize for Angelo and his sudden actions. He's never behaved so suddenly before." With that Jinxx walked off towards Angelo who was still eyeing Devin.