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The crowd were cheering. The roar of the audience dwarfs the sound of my motorcycle. I jump off my bike and strike a pose.
“Haha! Again Skull-sama has defected death once more! Kneel before the great Skull-sama!” I say boisterously while heading towards center stage. Again the crowd goes wild. I wave my hands and strike a pose, no sooner do I do that people's cameras go off, all taking pictures of Skull de mortes. I give a theatrical bow as the stage sinks under.
“Another great success Skull!” The ringmaster says joyfully, meanwhile I drop my act and let my body relax for once. I sag in relief and proceeds to yank my helmet off.
“Oof! Finally I can breath!” I said while gasping in air. My cheeks flushed from the heat inside the helmet, afterwards I push my bangs back seeing them cling onto my forehead. I nod to the ringmaster as he goes to close the show. Meanwhile I head towards the backstage to peel off my costume. Don’t get me wrong I love doing this and have a passion for stunts seeing as I’m an adrenaline junkie. But after twelve continues hours of doing flips and groundbreaking feats, it’s safe to say that I am beyond tired.
“Skull! You were amazing!” The beast tamer said while flinging herself to me. I laugh while spinning her around. In the circus we tend to treat each other as family and me and Lulu the beast tamer have been good friends for a while.
“ I know right! If it wasn’t for my dumb luck I would have died ten times over!” I squeal to her still hype up from the close calls to death. She laughs freely then starts to push me towards the dressing room.
“ yeah yeah, go on now oh great Skull-sama~” she says teasingly. I blush and walk inside the dressing room. As a performer I tend to put on a egoist and arrogant persona. In the show biz you have to be loud in order to be noticed. But only those who know me for years know how calm and goofy I can be at times.
After taking a quick shower and removing my piercings I flop onto my sofa to take a quick nap. I stare at my schedule for next week and let out a content sign. Life was good and I have been chosen as the first most popular stunt man of the year. I let my smile fall as a thought comes by.
Lately I have been getting this uncomfortable itch in my skin. I can’t put it into words but it feels as though I have to move, move where? I don’t know but it’s calling me. I let out a sign of frustration and sit up.
‘My body is screaming to leave’ I thought while putting on my leather suit. Once on along with my piercing I head towards my other bike, it’s my personal bike mostly for joy rides or when the feeling to go far hits me.
Once I get my motorcycle going I let go of my feeling. I can hear the engine roaring as it pushes to go fast. The world is a blur of nothing but lights. I can’t hear anything but my breathing and the pounding of my heart. As I continue to speed from my circus I feel my body loosen. I let out a laugh as I am quick to change courses at the last minute. My blood pumping in my eardrums.
‘I feel free!’
Puffs of hot air leaves my lips letting them turn to clouds in the chilly night. I lean back on my bike as I gaze at the stars. They twinkle and shine so bright while the moon is in full view. After an hour of just riding I decided to head up the mountains, where the star seem to shine more and on clear nights you can even see more then what is usually hidden.
But still….
“It’s not enough” I said to myself. I lean on my arms now as I gaze at the stars as though they hold the answer to all my questions. “ no matter what I do I feel so...lonely? No empty? No it’s more like?” I ruffle my hair in annoyance. I honestly don’t know what I want nor feel.
“What’s not enough?”
“….”
“GAH!” I shrieked and twist around almost snapping my back from the speed of my movement.
Sitting on a tree stump was a man elegantly crossing his legs while taping his finger to his knee. He was a bit creepy looking and wore a checker gloves with an iron hat that stood out to me.
“Who has snuck up to the great skull-sama!” I yell, falling back to my persona in the face of panic. Seriously where did this creep come from?
“Maa maa please forgive me for the rude intrusion I was just walking by” the man said while holding up his hands in mock surrender. I giving him a judging look not once believing his lie but roll with it.
“Hmph! Skull-San forgives you for now since I am feeling very generous today! Now then what brings you to seek my awesomeness” I boldly state while crossing my arms and puffing out my chest.
“Sorry allow me to introduce myself, my name is Checkerface and I am gathering the seven strongest, I Prescelti Sette” Checkerface states while walking towards Skull. “And you are one of them” He says while handing Skull a card.
Skull grabs the card and look at the address written on it, no number nor name just a address.
Once he’s done checking the card he looks back to Checkerface.
“Why should I waste my precious time on this?” I said while crossing my arms and lean my weight to one leg making my hip pop out. I look uninterested and bored but inside I was screaming in confusion about the whole ordeal. I had so many questions yet none clear enough to voice out.
“Because here you will find what you’ve been missing” Checkerface says holding while gesturing to the card in my hand.
“And what is that?” I say angrily, annoyed that this man claims to know what I am.
A gush of cold air hits me making shut my eyes but when I open them Checkerface was gone leaving no trace behind.
“...you already know don’t you?”
I look around hearing his voice echo around me. Once the wind calms down I head back on my bike. I start the engine and look back towards the card in my hand. I stare long at the card debating whether to go or not. But then he did say I would find what I’ve been craving for a while.
“I’m going to regret this aren’t I?”