(On a boardwalk, two criminals walked down a ladder to a rowboat so that they could make their escape.)
(One had on a white tank top, black pants and a red beanie while the other had on a black long sleeved shirt, blue jeans and a black beanie on.)
criminal 1: "Knocking over that yacht was a piece of cake!."
(the white shirt criminal said as he and his partner laughed hysterically.)
(But as he looked over the side of the boat, he saw a pair of green eyes in the water suddenly flash open and stared straight at him.)
(Suddenly, a clawed white hand with green webbing shot under the water and pulled him overboard.)
(His partner then looked over the edge seeing only the red beanie floating on the water before Ripjaws suddenly shot his head out of the water and advanced towards him.)
(He panicked at the fish alien as he ran up the ladder and tried to make a break for it.)
(Ripjaws sighed and shook his head as he dived under the water and swam under the boardwalk.)
(He then saw his sister as Mermaid swim beside him with her hands behind her arms as she swam backwards with a smile to her brother.)
Mermaid: "Okay, bro, you had your chance with the other guy."
(she said with a smirk.)
Mermaid: "This one's mine."
Ripjaws: "Be my guest."
(Ripjaws bowed as Mermaid got her game face and swam towards the pier, her two anglers sticking out of the water as she did so.)
(The black-shirted criminal ran for his life as he backed up by a hot dog cart before he looked back, scared beyond belief as he saw a burst of water appear over the edge and saw Mermaid jump up from out of the water as she landed in front of him and crossed her arms in disappointment.)
(The criminal then glared as he pushed over the hot dog cart, sending weenies falling everywhere.)
(Unfortunately, it also started leaking the fuel that was used to start the fire to cook the hot dogs.)
(Then, the plug that was plugged in an outlet came undone and sent a spark outwards, igniting the fuel and sending a ring fire all around Mermaid as she gasped in shock as she started feeling at her gills as she started breathing heavily as she got down onto her knees and gasped from the smoke.)
criminal 2: "Got to love an old-fashioned fish fry!"
(the criminal shouted.)
Mermaid: "I can't breathe!"
(Mermaid wheezed out.)
Mermaid: "I need water! Water!"
(She then crouched down and punched a hole into the pier and dived down into the ocean below and breathed in a sigh of relief.)
(Then, Ripjaws joined her as she smiled.)
Ripjaws: "So, how's your chance going?"
Mermaid: "Oh shut up."
(she said.)
Mermaid: "Let's just get this guy, alright?"
(The criminal smiled as he walked away with his loot before the twins jumped out from below the boardwalk and Ripjaws grabbed him by the arms as Mermaid came by and sucker-punched him right into the Knock Down booth, sending the cups spilling all over the place as he groaned in pain.)
(A few minutes later, the cops came in and took the two criminals away as the twins stood by with the chief as he smiled to them in gratitude.)
chief: "I don't care what anybody says. You circus freaks are alright by me."
Mermaid: "Circus freaks?"
(Mermaid asked.)
Mermaid: "We're not circus freaks."
Ripjaws: "We're superheroes!"
(Ripjaws announced proudly as they both backflipped down into the ocean as the chief looked down overhead and sighed.)
chief: "Looked like a freak to me."
(he said.)
Ripjaws: "Circus freaks? Really?"
(Ripjaws asked as he sighed.)
Mermaid: "I know, right?"
(Mermaid asked.)
Mermaid: "I don't think aliens technically qualify as circus freaks anyway."
(Later, in the Rust Bucket, Jen was watching Source Code on her laptop with a smile in contentment as Ben played on his game.)
(Gwen looked out the window and noticed a billboard they passed by.)
Gwen: "'Zombozo's Traveling Circus of Laughs? Cool!"
(Gwen said with a smile.)
(The twins then shot up and looked at each other nervously at the mention of the circus.)
Max: "I haven't been to a circus since I was a boy. Sounds like fun."
(Max said.)
Gwen: "I love the circus!"
(Gwen said.)
Ben: "That's because you belong in one."
(Ben said.)
Jen: "I'm good."
(Jen said as she sighed.)
Jen: "We can go to the circus anytime it comes back home in Bellwood."
Max: "Ben?"
(Max asked.)
Ben: "No thanks. Circuses are kid stuff."
Gwen: "Hello! What are we?"
(Gwen said.)
(Jen then shut her laptops and yawned.)
Jen: "Besides, it's getting pretty late anyway."
Max: "It's 11:00 in the morning."
(Max said with a smirk.)
Jen: "Fine by me."
(Jen said, frustratingly.)
Ben: "Okay, alright. If you want to go see some stupid circus, fine."
(The Rust Bucket parked by and the Tennysons walked towards the circus with carnival music playing in the background as Max took in the surroundings.)
Max: "Ooh, looks like the entire town's showed up for the show."
(Max said.)
(Ben and Jen walked next to each other as they noticed the posters of clowns plastered on all of the walls of the tents as they gulped nervously, feeling the piercing eyes of the clowns staring right into their souls.)
Jen: "It's probably sold out."
(Jen said with a smile.)
Jen: "We're probably just wasting our time."
(Then, a spotlight shone down on the ringmaster who announced the clowns with an air of excietement.)
ringmaster: "Step right up and see the fingerless freak of nature whose strength knows no bounds: Thumbskull!"
(A hulking figure of a clown walked out from the darkness.)
(He was a large muscular clown whose head looked like a giant thumb, right down to the toenail figure on the crest.)
(He was carrying a rather large crowbar.)
(He then grunted as he bent the bar over his neck with seemingly no effort, causing the crowed to 'ooh' and 'aah' in wonder.)
(He then tossed the bent bar up into the air where it was caught by another clown.)
(She had pale skin, a slender body, black circles on her cheeks, a black, tight-fitting jumpsuit, and five orange tentacles for hair.)
(She also wears flat shoes.)
(She used her hair to handle the bent bar with a smirk.)
ringmaster: "And presenting Frightwig!"
(the ringmaster announced.)
ringmaster: "When this beauty lets down her hair, no telling what could happen!"
(Frightwig then used her hair to bend the bar even further into circles before she placed it on an anvil.)
ringmaster: "And last but not least, the freak whose unique skill is as vile as his attitude: Acid Breath!"
(The third and final clown walked out from the darkest... and he was easily the most freaky of them all.)
(He had pale skin.)
(He has red eyes with different-sized pupils, and little bits of straight black hair poking out of the top of his head.)
(His outfit was black with bright yellow stripes on his arms and he had a little bit of a hunch back.)
(He also wore a gas mask over his face that he soon removed to reveal green gums with most of his teeth missing.)
(Jen felt like she was about to puke as Acid Breath breathed outwards, letting out absolutely putrid breath that melted the beam and the anvil along with it as she and her brother walked away, leaving the rest of the crowd impressed.)
Gwen: "Gross!"
(Gwen said.)
(The twins then walked to a clearing and saw a sign that said 'Keep out.')
Jen: "I don't know about this, bro."
(Jen said.)
Ben: "Just a peek. I'm not going in there."
(Ben said as the pair looked through the slight gap in the curtains as they held their breath when they saw a rather large looking clown in front of the mirror.)
clown: "Howdy folks! Are you ready to laugh?!"
(he practiced as Ben started to twitch.)
clown: "Perfect. You're gonna knock 'em... dead."
(He then licked his teeth with his rather long and freaky-looking tongue as the twins backed up, scared before Jen backed up into Gwen.)
Gwen: "Hey!"
(Gwen shouted as the twins shouted back in fright.)
Jen: "Don't do that."
(Jen said, panting and holding her hand over her heart.)
Gwen: "What's your malfunction?"
Ben: "What do you mean?"
(Ben asked.)
Gwen: "Ever since we decided to go to the circus you've been acting weirder than normal. What are you two scared of?"
(Gwen asked.)
Jen: "We're not scared of anything!"
(Jen said as her eyes briefly glowed pink with anger as she then decided to calm herself down as Max walked up.)
Max: "Come on guys, the show's about to start."
(Gwen smiled as she gestured to the twins.)
Gwen: "After you."
(Ben and Jen frowned as they walked forward into the main tent.)
ringmaster: "Ladies and gentlemen! Children of all ages!"
(the ringmaster announced as the crowd all gathered in the main tent to watch the show.)
ringmaster: "The Circus of Laughter is proud to present the Sultan of Smiles, the Crown Prince of Chuckles, the Rib Tickler himself, the star of our circus: Zombozo the Clown!"
(A tiny pink clown car drove into the tent's area and screeched to a halt as Zombozo stepped out of it and presented itself to the crowd.)
(He had red hair and pale skin.)
(His jumpsuit was striped purple and grey, matching his bow tie.)
(He wore big black shoes, fingerless gloves, and a top hat.)
(The crowd in front of him laughed hard while the twins just looked freaked out by Zombozo.)
(The car drove away on its own, honking its horn before it turned back towards Zombozo who smirked at it before giving it a "bring it on" gesture with his hand.)
(He then reached into his sleeve and pulled out a red bullfighters cape before the car zoomed in and hit the car before it burst into confetti with a poof, causing the crowd to laugh at the trick.)
Zombozo: "If you love clowns, then this is the place to be! You're gonna die laughing!"
(Zombozo announced as the shadows behind him faded and revealed some sort of generator that glowed with blue lights that glowed harder as the crowd laughed.)
Zombozo: "That's a Zombozo guarantee."
(The twins stood up kind of feared.)
Jen: "I think I have to use the restroom."
(Jen said, her eye twitching.)
Ben: "And I'm gonna go get some popcorn."
(Ben said before he turned to his sister.)
Ben: "Let's get out of here. Run!"
(Ben said as they both ran out of the tent as if their lives depended on it.)
Max: "What's wrong with the twins?"
(Max asked.)
Gwen: "You're asking me?"
(Gwen asked.)
Gwen: "I stopped trying to figure them out a long time ago."
Zombozo: "I was never very good at math."
(Zombozo said.)
Zombozo: "But I believe I have your undivided attention! Now how about some volunteers!"
(The crowd continued laughing hard as the camera seemed to focus on Gwen and zoomed into her eye to reveal the freakish clown in front of her.)
Gwen: "Aah, super alive... for now."
[To Be Continued...]