Chapter 40 : Chaos

"There's our key," Axion whispers. "Evidence to put down this place."

Kaizo nodded.

Soon after they show the "freaks", the circus continues to show a group of young aliens.

The alien girls coming out. A group of five danced on the stage. 3 boys roughly ride a unicycle around the stage. 2 girls are on the trapeze, swinging in the air.

Axion notices an air of fear around the performers. From the boys who ride unicycles in a staggered manner to the two girls on trapeze who barely could reach the distance between one trapeze bar to another.

Suddenly, a boy fell from his unicycle. He gets up and rides it again. But his movement is even worse. Axion watches the boy keep glancing at Mademoiselle Mendoza through his performance.

Mademoiselle Mendoza pulled out her whip. She starts whipping kids who made mistakes. Her whip is thin and the length barely reaches the kids. The way she spanks her whip is very subtle that it barely scratches the kids. The audience, however, believed that the whip isn't long enough to harm the kids and they watch the show as if it's just a normal show. But Axion and Kaizo's keen eyes noticed that her whip was, indeed, hurting the kids.

Kaizo clenches his fist as anger builds up. Axion holds his hand, calming him down from going rampage. Kaizo looked at her. She watches the show, unfazed by the disturbing act of abuse. Suddenly, one of the trapeze girls fell. But before she hit the floor, Kaizo was already at the stage, catching her. Everyone gasps.

Kaizo looked at the girl in his arms. She's no older than his little brother, Fang. The girl cried behind her mask as she trembled in fear. Kaizo pulled off her mask. His mask recognized the girl's face as one of the missing persons.

"THIS IS ENOUGH!" Kaizo yelled. "This circus is going down."

"You... you dare disturbed my show?" said Mademoiselle Mendoza.

"You're not only kidnapping these kids. You're hurting them and force them to make money for you!" Kaizo yelled in anger.

"You're going to regret ever coming here!" said Mademoiselle Mendoza.

The rest of the circus crew come out and begin attacking Kaizo. Chaos filled the tent. The audience hurriedly leaves the tent. Thinking Kaizo might be undercover police. They hold their mask on their face, afraid that their identity would leak. The kids who performed the show tried to run away. But a few big circus crews blocked their way and tried to capture them. The kids cornered to the stage, clutching on each other in fear. Axion fights off the big muscly circus crew.

"Stay behind me," Axion said calmly.

Under better circumstances, Axion would ask the kids to find a hiding spot or to go outside. But she hasn't fully learned the circus surrounding or how many members Cirque du Sombre have. She can't risk having the kids kidnapped again while they're hiding away.

"Miss, there are other kids behind the stage," said one of the kids.

"I understand," said Axion. She punches a clown who comes at her with a hammer. She turns at the kids. "Show me where your friend is. We'll go together," said Axion.

One of the boys nodded. He ran to the backstage, followed by Axion and the rest of the kids.

Kaizo fights waves of circus crew on stage. Two aerialists lunge at him from above. Kaizo pulled his sword and stabbed them.

Overwhelmed by the high number of enemies, Kaizo begins to lose focus. 3 performers throw knives at Kaizo. He parried most of it with his sword, but he missed one. A knife stabbed his shoulder. Kaizo harshly pulled it. Ignoring the pain, he keeps on fighting.

Meanwhile, Axion caged herself and the kids within her dome of protective spell. She's surrounded.

The circus member around her looked at her from behind her transparent wall of shield. She looked at each of their faces.

"I know you don't want to be here," said Axion. "She took you in. But she never let you out. You could have hoped to be free. You could have hoped to go home. But you can't trust yourself enough to break free."

The crowd silent and begin to listen to Axion.

"I know you never want it to be like this. You believed that you'll never have your life back." Axion looked at them with determination. "There's still a chance. I know there's a place for you. We can end these nightmares. And you don't have to live in fear."

The circus member looked at each other with doubt. But few of them decided to let go of their weapon.

"You can't possibly listen to her!" said one of the crew.

Suddenly, the martian with six arms hit him in the head. They all look at him.

"We are no longer her freaks. We are no longer slaves," he said.

The rest of the "freaks" fight Mademoiselle Mendoza's crew. Aliens with skin that constantly change colors turn her skin into bright gold, blinding the crews. The Albino cactus alien use this chance to hit them.

Soon, the fight ends. Axion let her magic shield fade.

The martian with six arms looked at Axion. "Can you save us?"

Axion looked at him in the eyes. "I can be as powerful as a God. But I can't save those who don't have the will to live," she said calmly. "Do you want to live?"

The martian silent as he looked deep in her eyes. He slowly nodded.

"Then you'll live," said Axion.

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Tired, Kaizo begins to get on the losing side. Mademoiselle Mendoza smirked.

"Finish him," said Mademoiselle Mendoza.

Suddenly, a group of circus freaks come out from the backstage and begin fighting Mademoiselle Mendoza's crew.

"WHAT?!! What is the meaning of this? You traitor!" Mademoiselle Mendoza yelled in anger.

"People are not slaves!" Axion yelled. "Don't give up! Fight! You don't want to be a free slave, right?" She pulled out her sword. "Those who wish for freedom and have the courage to claim it, come with me!"

A few of the circus crew were moved by her words. Some of them were doubting it. But soon they turned and fought Mademoiselle Mendoza's loyal crew.

Mademoiselle Mendoza watches the fight between her crew and the people she kidnapped and enslaved. She breathed heavily, unable to hold back her anger.

"BRING OUT THE LION!" Mademoiselle Mendoza yelled.

An eight feet Space Lion entered the stage. The Lion roared as it pulled it's chain violently, trying to break free and eat anything on his path. Two crew members release its chain and the lion begins to run amok on stage.