Lord of Lies

Arnold scanned his surrounding with a puzzled look. He did not understand what was happening at all!

He screamed in his mind as cold sweat slowly soaked his back:

'How!? That can't be!'

He blinked his eyes multiple times as if he was trying to clear the image in front of him. He was utterly flabbergasted and could not come to terms with what he was seeing.

It was simply impossible!

All around him, five identical figures stood with one hand on their fedora hats, and the other lightly tapped the canes on the ground, creating a rhythm similar to thumping sounds.

Arnold was beginning to feel panicked, he looked at the five confusedly before directing his gaze at the clown's corpse that he had just killed.

The cadaver was like what it was supposed to be, motionless. For a moment, that was.