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“I will be your ticket taker… hehehe.”

“Who said that?”
“Me, my name is Sir Zips the prize.”
“I can’t see you though.”
“Please give me a moment.” Said Zips. You could hear a rustling from the bottom of the booth along with annoyed grunts.
“I hate this thing.”
“Are you okay?” asked Cheryl. Then Zips’ appeared. He jolted up ward with a ghoulish grin on his face. Cheryl jumped back surprised at the appearance. He had a jester like appearance. His jester hat with the bells and his triangular collar, both were in reds and yellows. His face was very usual—he had no skin, nose or eyelids, his eyes were wide open with just a small pupil in the middle of each one. His face was like that of a skull with a sinister smile. His teeth were sharp and daggered. Below his head garments was a simple black cloak that had a body shape.
“Whoa! That’s a pretty good mask.”
“He-hem, Hello, I will be you ticket taker.”
“ I thought this is where you buy tickets.”
“ Nope, tickets are sold some where else, please come back when have some.” He said groggy.
“Wait, where do you find some?”
“You don’t find some, they find you. Now have a good day.”
“What do you mean by that? Hey!” Cheryl yelled as Zips descended as if an elevator platform was below him. Then Geo quickly walked up to the booth with the flyer. He moved Cheryl aside and slammed the flyer on the glass of the booth.
“Hey clown, the flyer said nothing about tickets!” Geo yelled. Then Zips came back up and pressed his face against the glass and looked at the flyer.
“Hmm, so you found one. This will do. Please give it to me.” Then an opening appeared below the glass. “Well you heard me, give it.”
Geo then put the flyer in the opening and then it quickly shut, almost slamming on Geo hand.
“Thank you for patronage, please enjoy your time here at our humble little carnival. May I recommend the clown show later tonight…it’s a real riot! Hehehe!” Zips cackled as he just jolted down not to be seen. Jack and Jezz walk up to Geo and Cheryl and just looked at them.
“So what now? Can we get?” asked Jezz
“ I think so.” Replied Geo.
“Well, it’s a 7:30 now. How long we staying?”
“Who cares, let check it out.” Replied Geo.

They all walk to the next smaller gate and they push it open, a black and green small tent was right behind it. They go into the just enter a room where it is rotating . They all get disorientated and dizzy. They hold on the rails on the straight pathway as if they were falling out of a side-ways airplane.
“I-did-not see-this-coming! Every just try to walk as quickly as you can!” yelled jack
They then tried to get back up, but they stumbled. They kept on doing the same thing over and over until then reached the end of the room. They all fell out on top of each other and got back up. They brush the grass and dirt of their jackets and pants; then they look around stunned. The sky had become intensely dark and almost nothing was visible.
“Uh Jack…How long were we in that tunnel?” asked Cheryl
“ I don’t know, why?” replied jack
“It looks like a few hours have passed, like 2.”
“You wrong, guys” jack said as he looked at his watch “…it’s midnight.” Jack said with a worried tone. They were a bit confused. How could such a change in time seem so short?
“I got to go, my folks are gunna kill me.” Jack said as he turned around. He headed for the tent, but as tried to get in, a brick wall sealed off the tent. “Oh man, what is this? Wha’?” jack frantically said. He looked to the left side of the tent. “ It looks like the danm thing is only two feet long! How could that whole tunnel be in there?”
“Hey jack back up!” yelled Geo. Jack look up and saw something shaking. The tent was growing taller and taller, moving left and right in awkward ways. Jack ran back the group and then slowly moved back wards while staring at the moving tent. It grew to an impressive height then a banner materialized and rolled down the tent. It read “ thank you for visiting the Lower Ground.” Then from underneath the banner came out Zips and he repeated what was on the banner.
“Look clown, what the hell is going on? This is a real screwed up place here. We’re leaving.” Jezz said.
“ Hehehehe!” he cackled “I’m sorry, but all customer do not leave until closing time, that is our policy and all customer must abide by the rule.”
“Says who?”
“Says my queen.”
“What queen, she like the manger or something?” said Cheryl
“ Quiet! That is the rule and will follow! You have just arrived a t Fare O Nightmare. Please take your time and have loads of fun or our employees with see to it that you do!”
“No way jackass!” Geo roared as he ran toward Zips. Geo tackled Zips’ cloak but as he made contact, Geo found that there was not body to tackle. He slipped right through and hit the brick wall behind the banner. Zips let out a ghoulish chortle.

“What in the world?” grunted Geo
Zips then took of flying laughing through the air as he flew. The black cloak then dropped down behind and all was left was a deep purple sparkling trail from his spinning collar.

“He’s…he’s just…a head?” Jack said to himself stunned.
The group went to help Geo up. Then lights flashed on—on the rides on the booths and on the lit up trails.
“ I thought we leave by 10.” Said Jack
“Looks like our plans changed.” Replied Geo
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Zips flew through he air until he reached the Big Top. He glided into the ten and then went up past the trapeze and made a left into an observatory like throne room. The room was dark with red bulb lamps as the sources of the small amount of light in the room. There were childish toys such as porcelain dolls, teddy bears and jack-in-the-boxes. Screens were on the walls, they were showing nothing but static. A mountain of silk pillows led up to a withered throne made of bronze and silver with rubies embedded in it. The soft purple material was torn and bursting with cotton like fibers. On it sat a feminine figure with a scepter rod wit a puppet hanging form the strings. She wore half of a masquerade mask and a jester hat with belles.

“My queen, Madame Regal?” Zips said like he didn’t belong here
“ Yes Zips? What is it?” she said in a gentle tone.
“We have customers…four of them.”
The women grabbed the arms of the chair and swung her legs from under he arms and tamped down on a pillow.
“We have more toys?! Very good. Tell the other to get to work.” She said with a deranged smile, but with a calm tone.
“Yes I shall.” Zips then took off out of the room with a groggy laugh. Then a screen stopped playing static and showed and image of the group of teenagers. Regal just devilishly laughed as she played with he scepter and look at the screen.

“Who is going to be my first new toy…maybe him” she pointed to Geo and just laughed harder.

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