✴CHERRY BLOSSOMS✴ Alexei (ST3)

chp. 16: the bite pt. ii

Cherry's POV:

We finally arrived to the 4th of July celebration carnival, Jim found a space and park the car.

We were all getting out until Jim tells us, "Stay here, go over the plan with Smirnoff."

"I can help look." Murray tried to tell Jim.

"No, you'll scare the children." Jim shot back.

I let out a loud laugh.

"Jim, if this is about earlier--"

"Stay put, Freud! You hear me? Stay put!" And with that Jim and Joyce left.

After a few minutes, we got bored and sat on the trunk of the car, Alexia and Murray, where you going over the plan.

"And why all this?"

"If I just turn the keys, it's like turning off a car. But then the car still works, does it not?"

Murray and I shrugged, "Yes." We answer.

"And do you want the car to still work or do you want it to explode?" He asked us.

"I want the car to explode." Murray said.

"Good. Then do this. Just make sure you are nowhere near it when it does. It is not pretty. Turns people into dust. And then... It's over."

Murray starts chuckling, "And I become an American citizen and join in the fun, yes?" Alexei asks, looking excited.

I turned to see Murray smirking, I smile while getting off the trunk I grab Alexei's hand in mine, "Who said, you had to be an American to join the fun?" I asked him, looking into his eyes.

Murray claps his hands, "Let's go then!" He punches the air.

I pull Alexei off the car and we made our way to the entrance and stated walking around. I had my head on Alexei's shoulder.

"It doesn't get more American than this, my friend." Murray said, while a guy on stilts walked by us, Alexei looks around happily.

"Fatty foods, ugly decadence..." I listed off.

"Rigged games." Murray adds, "Fifteen tickets, please." He asked the person in the ticket booth.

I look to Alexei and tell him, "But hey, you're going to have the time of your life."

He looks around, "They do not look rigged."

"That's just it, my dear Alexei. They have been designed to present the illusion of fairness! But it's all a scam, a trick to put your money in the man's pocket. That, my dear friend, is...America." He finishes, giving us our tickets.

"But hey, knock yourself out." I tease him.

He starts walking away from us, "Where are you going?" Alexei asked him.

He turns to us and says, "To get us the closest thing to food I can find." Then he left.

Alexei looks at his tickets and smiles, I look back and forth between him and the tickets, "Well, why don't we see if you can prove Murray wrong and win a game? Hm?" I ask. He looks to me and nods eagerly, "Let's do the balloon game!" He laughs and we start walking to the game.