Chapter 34

The gentle hum of the screens behind you two felt distant as his gaze lingered. Eventually Caine sighed before lifting his hand, waving it dismissively. Though his eyes read as anything but that. His expression told a story that seemed a bit more like he was sad you wanted to get back out there so soon.

"Fiiiine you can go." He reluctantly sighed.

You squeal with excitement as a bright rainbow slide suddenly appeared next to you. Eager to get back you dash over before blowing Caine a quick kiss. He catches it and holds it close to his chest smiling back at you. With a wink you were off down the tube. The spiraling winding tunnel led you face first into a trampoline. Your body was sent flying after impact. You began bouncing uncontrollably into a foam wall before stopping with a thud.

Jax cringed as you made you grand entrance while Kinger screamed in fear.

"Ahhhh! — oh y/n it's just you." He then relaxed after seeing just who had landed nearby.

Pomni and Ragatha run over, "Y/n!"

They check on you making sure you're alright. Your icing hair pops back into shape after splattering against the wall. A large smear of your bright h/c icing was left behind. Shaking your head side to side you slowly stand, tumbling forward into Ragatha. She gently props you up with one arm while using the other to take hold of one of your hands.

Jax strolls up to you, "Quite the entrance cupcake."

You cringe at the nickname, "Ew. Since when did you start calling me that?"

Jax rolled his eyes in response, "Since now."

You let out an exhausted sigh, "I'm just glad to be back, not that I was gone long anyway."

Damien hesitantly smiled over at you, "Welcome back. Now let's get out of here!"

Part of Damien felt nervous showing kindness towards you. The others took notice of his uncomfortable mannerisms. Causing Pomni to raise an eyebrow before shrugging it off. The majority of the crew you'd reappeared so suddenly, because you'd just been off somewhere with Caine for a moment. After all the adventure was meant to cheer you up.

Room after room you felt your smile grow. Your anxiety and sadness was melting away moment by moment. Mirror mazes winding and twisting threw you all for a loop. Momentarily disorientating you. Dozens of spinning tunnels left you going deeper into the maze as you slid down one after another.

That was until you reached what seemed to be the final room. You stood before an uncomfortably large drop now. A rainbow colored foam pit spanned far and wide below. While several ziplines sat before you, all seemed to go to the other side of the pit. Ladders on the other side could be seen by each zipline. Presumably incase anyone couldn't hold onto the zipline.

While on the very end there was a small platform raised above the pit that let to presumably your final tunnel. Bright flashing was read out, "The End" in cursive neon lights. Reminiscent of an old arcade.

"Oh man! This looks awesome." Jax excitedly grabs ahold of the first zipline smirking widely.

Pomni giggles before running up as well. Suddenly realizing she was too short to reach the handles. Her smile faltered momentarily until she felt two soft warm hands lift her up by the arm pits. She struggled to look behind her, her jester hat smacking Jax in the face earned a groan.

"Hey! Watch where you're flinging your Pom poms Pomni." Jax moved his face around her hat making awkward eye contact while blushing. His hands raised her up infront of the zipline and she managed to stutter out a nervous thanks before gripping the bars before her.

"Don't mention it." Jax blushed looking away quickly before going back over to his.

You eagerly shout, "We should race!"

Kinger looked over confused at you, "But we don't have any glowsticks or music for that."

You look back equally as confused, "We uh—what? Why do you need that to race?"

Kinger closed his eyes and chuckled warmly, "Oh! Ha. Thought you said rave."

Zooble and Gangle side eye Kinger and shrug before grabbing onto their own ziplines. Damien chose a spot beside you and nodded.

You look both ways to make sure Ragatha and everyone else was ready before counting down,

"3."

"2."

"1–Go!"

The whirring of metal on the zipline filled the room. Squeals, terrified screams, giggles, and laughter echoed out. Kinger immediately fell into the foam pit while his hands remained on the metal handles. His little chess piece head several feet below popped up, foam chunks plopping beside him. You laughed at the sight, almost losing your grip before quickly tightening it.

Gangle was the next to fall as her little arms lost grip, Zooble choosing to go down with her. You look back smiling to see Zooble helping Gangle emerge from the sea of foam.

The end was fast approaching, Ragatha was close behind and Jax was just slightly ahead. Pomni began to feel her arms stretch as her body slowly pulled downward. One by one her fingers began slipping.

Just as you passed Pomni her last tensing finger slipped before she plummeted into the soft foam below. You watched as the end approached rapidly, realizing it was gonna come to a battle of who was willing to tumble into the hard platform. The bright neon lit tunnels drew closer and closer with each second. You felt your palms grow sweaty and your muscles strain.

'Cmon y/n this isn't even real. You can do this.'

The moment you thought those words suddenly your body felt lighter. New determination was coursing through you. Meanwhile Ragatha lost her hold long ago. You didn't even notice her fall until you heard her yelp after hitting the foam below. Jax looked over realizing it was just you two and he shot a determined grin.

You smirked back sticking your tongue out at him. The platform was merely 20 feet away. Jax began panicking realizing you weren't dropping. Seconds later — BAM

You both crashed into the tunnels, now barreling down at unsafe speeds even for the circus. Your physics began glitching out as the two of you bounced in and out of the tunnel walls. Your 3d forms clipping at the edges.

When the two of you reached the end you felt your icing hair splat on the ground one more. Your neck landing unnaturally, now fully viewing your back side. Jax's purple ears were crooked and battered. His fur sticking out in different directions.

Confetti poppers went off as Caine and bubble blew onto party blowers. The shiny tassels waved as Caine threw his arms up in the air. The party blowers poofed, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

"Congratulations my wacky wonderful breaded baskets of mozzarella sticks!!"

Caine cringed after seeing your rough landings, "Oh—uhh. Ah. I thought I got better about landings!! Gah. I put the foam below the pit, but not after the slides. My bad."

With the snap of Caine's fingers your hair was fixed and Jax's ears straightened out. Both his fur and your neck were back to normal. The two of you slowly got up still groaning and disoriented.

Jax mumbled, "What the f^%# is with you and rough landings."

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