[PRP] Freak Show After Dark

[Blood_Goddess]

"Who would put a circus out here in the middle of nowhere?" Kyle scoffed, leaning forward over the steering wheel after killing the lights and slowly coasting up toward the tall dark form.

"Stop here." a dark figure sitting in the passenger seat, glancing back in the van as it slowly rolled to a stop in the field of Calamus Plains.
Before them in the darkness, still a comfortable distance from being detected stood the darkened structure of the traveling circus.
"This it?" Jerome asked the person sitting in the back.

Kyle gestured again "A circus? Really? What are you 20 now? Haven't you outgrown these?' The older Rocket scoffed.  

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Zacharie peered between the two front seats and out of the front window at the silhouette of the circus. "Yes, this is it." He confirmed, practically bouncing in his seat in excitement. It was finally happening, he was finally going to get that smooth brain from the curiosity tent. The grunt flipped his phone open to take another look at the picture that Citrine had sent him. Soon enough...he'd be able to poke at that brain. Literally.

"I'm not here to see clowns or ride questionable rides, Kyle." He rolled his eyes as he snapped his phone shut and stuck it back into his pocket. "I'm here to get a brain that has the most advanced case of Lissencephaly that I have ever seen outside of a textbook."  

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"Okaaaay and you're not helping you're case, I'm sorry did you say we're here to get a brain?!" Kyle balked, looking back at Zachaire as well "God can you're wierd nerdyness for once not get in the way of my time off?"

"'aight s'enough man," Jerome snapped, frowning at Kyle "I know s'late, but we need a driver, and yer my driver. This ain't him telling ya what t'do S'me"

The scolding silenced Kyle, who leaned back in his seat, reaching up to run his fingers over his goatee,
Jerome sighed, then glanced back at Zachaire. "aight here's how s'goin' down, Kyle stays here with the van. Zach, you an me are goin' in, we're hittin it in stealth mode, we go high and hidden. Kyle waits for the signal and picks us up, we get in we get the brain we get out."  

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"I didn't invite you." Zacharie sniffed haughtily. "And besides, my 'weird nerdy-ness' contributes to the medical world while your a*****e tendencies do nothing but plague society." He snapped, sitting back in his seat and crossing his arms over his chest.

It was hard to keep the smug smile off of his face as Jerome scolded the driver.

He listened quietly as Jerome went over the plan, "Understood. It should be easy enough. I can't imagine there being too much security." He unbuckled his seat belt before leaning over to tighten the laces on the shoes he had designated as his 'running' shoes.  

[Blood_Goddess]

If Jerome wasn't involved, Kyle would have half a mind to just leave Zacharie here to WALK bake to base. He couldn't believe that Jerome was making him put up with this bull.
Though Kyle only scowled, leaning back against the steering wheel to look out at the dark field and the circus beyond, whatever dim lights from the consol barely casting enough light over the people's faces to make out basic shapes and features.

Jerome nodded to Zachaire, glancing toward the shadows that he knew Bro was lingering
"Ya stay ready Bro' S'we need ya we'll call, but we're ganna try an be quiet bout this,"
Zipping up this long sleeved black jacket, Jerome pushed open the door, stepping out into the tall grass, closing his door and opening the side door to let Zachaire out.
"aight, Keep up." He hissed to the door. then took off into the darkness and tall grass toward the fenced off area.
"where we headin'? where they keepin' this thing?"  

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Sure that his shoes were going to stay on his feet, Zacharie hopped out of the van and took off after his partner the minute the door opened. It was easy enough to keep up with the older man, he'd always been good at running and with all of the training he'd been going through he found it much more enjoyable than he used to. "Just inside the front entrance, just off to the left of a tilt-a-whirl." He said, just loud enough for Jerome to hear as he fully zipped up his high collared jacket. It was a newer jacket that Andre had helped him pick out since he'd started going through a rather late growth spurt and was rapidly out growing all of his clothes. "...It was also next to a stand that sold churros...they were really good."  

[Blood_Goddess]

Drawing up closer to the fence Jerome took a moment to pause, crouching down by the barbed metal, his dark eyes scanning out over the darkness, studying it for any signs of movement... guards, or workers.

He hadn't done anything like this in a long time, if Zachaire hadn't been so adiment about this brain, Jerome didn't suspect he would be doing something like this. Beyond that it seemed like a good opportunity to get his partner out and testing out the new skills that he had been working on for the past year.

Zachaire wasn't the kid that Jerome had taken in to Team rocket so many years ago, He was older, stronger, and now even taller then Jerome was. It was time to see what he was made of.
"churros huh? might grab a couple a those on the way out." Reaching up to make sure the tie on his dreadlocks was holding, the older man suddenly jumped up, grabbing onto the top of the fence where he just as fluidly pulled himself up and over, landing in a crouch on the other side of the fence, hands pressed to the ground and watching out for any movement as he waited for his partner to join.
"You're leadin' the way kid."  

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Zacharie gave a soft snort of a laugh, "I doubt they'd have any cooked." He murmured. He took the brief moment of stillness to tie his hair back as well. It had been quite some time since Lex had cut his hair and it had grown a bit past his chin, curling haphazardly and getting into his way all the time. He tugged the wavy strands up into a loose bun on the top back of his head before following after Jerome. Slipping his sneaker into a hole in the chain link fence, he used the momentum to push himself up and over the fence. He landed next to the older man with nothing more than a soft huff of exertion, pale eyes scanning the surrounding area. "Alright, I've got it." He said softly, looking at the various tent silhouettes before taking off towards the nearest one.

The curiosity tent wasn't too far into the fair grounds...but it'd be best if they stuck close to the shadows and didn't take a straight path.

Keeping close to the ground, the grunt ran into the shadow of the closest tent and peered around the corner. He didn't see any guards...or really anyone of any sort, but he could see the curiosity tent just to the left of another tent that claimed to house the strongest man in the world. "Just over there." He pointed, making sure he didn't move too far away from the tent's shadow.  

[Blood_Goddess]

A silent tap reached Zacharie's shoulder, the dark figure next to him shifting forward a little and pointing toward the tent in question.
For a long moment nothing happened, and the man just continued to point into the dim light.
"There" He muttered eventually as shadows off to the side of the tent shifted, forming what looked to be two people standing off around one of the tents.
If they moved to the front of the tend they very well might be spotted.
"Whats the move?' Jerome asked "We take em down quietly or find another way?"

Jerome had a few ideas of his own, he knew how he would handle a situation like this, but he wanted to see how Zacharie would approach it.  

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Zacharie squinted into the darkness, trying to see what Jerome was pointing at. It took a moment for him to catch the shadowy figures but when he did his scowled. Of course this couldn't be a simple in and out sort of mission. Of course there were going to be people there to get in his way. He mulled over what to do next, absently tugging on a flyaway curl. He wasn't one for violence...and there could very easily be more people over there that they just weren't seeing. "...Let's try to get in from the back." He said slowly after a moment. The grunt gave his partner a questioning look, "If there's more people over near the back then we'll take them out."  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome gave a silent nod, gleaming eyes flashing over toward the brighter of his partners for a moment before he stalked forward with the smooth quickness of a cat.
As they got closer he could pick up the sounds of voices, talking in normal but calm tones.
He made sure to take Zacharie's lead, slipping behind whatever cover he could find as they made their way toward the back.
he could hear movement in a couple of the tests as they passed, two of them even had talking in them, though nothing that would alarm Jerome.
He hoped that there would be no reason for anyone to be in the tent that they were looking to enter, but he guessed that would be something they found out once they got in.

Their way was clear, and he could hear Kyle speaking to them from the ear piece that both Zacharie and he had put in before they left the HQ

"you just missed a patrol by the gates you came in by, He's got a flashlight... be careful with him."  

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Trailing close behind, Zacharie kept a sharp eye and ear out for anything that could possibly pose as a threat. Though there seemed to be people in the various tents, there wasn't anyone waiting for them at the back of the tent. After peering around the corner and checking the way, the grunt slipped silently between the flaps at the back of the tent and ducked behind a nearby shelf. The tent was completely dark, with only the very faint outlines of the various shelves and shadows cast by the moon visible. He listened carefully, but could hear nothing besides the soft chattering from the people outside of the tent. All the same, he waited for Jerome to join him.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome hung back for a few seconds, partly to keep an eye out in the back while Zacharie ducked under, as well as waiting to give Zacharie time to make sure the coast was clear,
when he didn't hear anything as the moments passed by, Jerome suspected it was alright to enter, and he too slipped under the back tent flap.

Rejoining his partner in the darkness of the tent, Jerome fished around for his light, clicking it on and keeping it low to give them something to go by instead of the pitch black.
"the ********..." The man muttered, looking around at some of the items collected in the tent
"Man and here I was thinkin' a brain without wrinkles was weird. Look at this s**t."  

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Zacharie looked around before leveling Jerome with an unimpressed look, "A lot of this stuff is fake." He shrugged lightly as he tapped on the glass jar housing a two-headed fetus on the shelf in front of them. "Or shouldn't be considered a 'curiosity'. Stuff like this happens naturally all the time." Peering between the fetus and a heart bursting with heart worms, the grunt scanned the area once more to make certain that no one was in the tent with them. "I'm going to go grab the brain..." He murmured, pointing to the shelf on the far right side of the tent before slipping off to the next shelf of odd things. He crept quietly behind the various shelves, keeping a sharp eye out for any other signs of movement, before he finally crouched behind his prize.

Zacharie couldn't keep the wide grin off of his face if he tried.

Slowly, carefully he slid the jar off of the shelf and tucked it into the small backpack he had brought just for this reason. The jar fit snugly inside the lightly padded pocket and the grunt slowly zipped the bag shut and secured it back on his back. Now came sorta covering their tracks. Drawing a pair of latex gloves from his pockets and slipping them on, he set about moving the other jars inwards just slightly so it looked as if nothing was missing. "...There." He mouthed silently to himself as he gave a soft sigh. All of that done, he started back towards where he'd left Jerome.  

[Blood_Goddess]

Jerome didn't look so sure about Zacharie's words, and unlike the other rocket Jerome wasn't in any hurry to go leaning close to any of these things, most of them Jerome couldn't even begin to understand what they even where.
Naw, he was more than content to hang out by their exit, keeping his flashlight low, but occasionally eyeing the so called 'curiosities' with uncertainty.

Man, he was sure he would have done GREAT not having seen something like that in his life. Maybe this is what it was going to be like being Zacharie's partner. running his hand over the shaved side of his head in growing uneasiness when he heard Zacharie's voice, low and quiet in a tone of success.

It was then that he heard two things, the first being of Zacharie's footsteps as he made his way back, and the second being a voice from outside the tent.
"Hold on, Mike, Someone forgot to turn a light off in the curiosity tent."

Jerome prickled, shooting a glance down to his flashlight that he then quickly clicked off, just in time to hear someone step into the front of the tent.
Cast into pure darkness once again Jerome crouched down, holding his breath lightly, having no idea where Zacharie was, and hoping he had heard that someone was coming in.

"... huh." The voice at the entrance spoke again, "weird."
A click of a light showed a man standing at the entrance, shining a flashlight into the tent. Jerome slid quickly to the side to take up shelter behind one of the displays. <********" He hissed under his breath.