Chapter 30

Damien looks at you in shock before quickly recollecting himself.

'What am I even doing here? She doesn't give a damn. Obviously they're not breaking up anytime soon.'

"I should go." Damien quickly states as he starts getting up.

"Wait where are you going?" You quickly sit up.

"Come on y/n don't you get it. There's nothing to say here. That guy is gonna be the death of both of us if you keep talking to me. Besides, whatever you two have going on seems to be working."

Damien searches your face as you struggle to come up with a response. His brows and eyes lowered as a somber expression washed over his features, "it's okay. I promise."

And with that Damien had left.

Tears streamed down his face as he ran into Pomni in the hallway, "Hey have you seen— woah are you good why are you—"

Damien interrupted Pomni, "I'm fine. They're in y/n's room."

Pomni felt a pang of sadness for Damien and walked in the door shortly after Damien's exit. Jax glanced over at Pomni, "Lemme guess. The idiot left crying?"

Pomni quietly nodded her head before plopping down next to Jax in the bean bag chair.

You quietly mumble, "I don't get it."

Jax tilts his head to the side curiously, "Get what?"

"If Caine bothers him so damn much why doesn't he say anything?!?!!" You begin throwing punches at your pillow. Before flopping down into it letting out a muffled scream.

Pomni looks at Jax concerned, "Did they just fight?"

Jax sighed, "I guess? I mean. Not really."

Jax felt disappointed that not only had you two not discussed the obvious elephant in the room, but the fact that he still has no clue what happened in the candy kingdom.

"Listen up. And listen good. Wet kitten out there is a stray right. While your man is like —the f%#^ing god tyrant of this place. How's he supposed to feel safe talking about his feelings if you're dating the literal ruler of the circus? The guy obviously is afraid of not only your boyfriend, but your reaction to how he feels. Sure you might not believe me when I say the kid has feelings for you, but it's true."

You mull over Jax's oddly insightful words. While Pomni suspiciously narrows her eyes at Jax questioning his motives, "Since when did you get good at talking about emotions?"

Jax shrugged, "Only works when it's someone else. Do as I say not as I do, ya know?"

Pomni shrugs, "I guess that makes sense. So y/n, why don't you just go tell him that he can talk to you without worrying about Caine?"

You frown, "I guess I could, but I know that's not true."

Pomni tilts her head confused, "You'd tell Caine?"

You quickly begin waving your hands and shaking your head no, "No, no, no!! It's not anything like that— it's just."

Jax and Pomni exchange a skeptical look before asking simultaneously, "Just what?"

Jax quickly excitedly exclaims, "Jinx!!! You owe me a soda!" Before punching Pomni's arm.

"Jax!" You and Pomni both yell in unison.

The purple rabbit shrinks back at two women yelling at him, "my bad! My bad. Wrong time. I get it."

You continued explaining why you couldn't just talk to Damien, "He— watches me." Your voice dropped to a whisper.

Jax and Pomni come closer unable to hear, "We couldn't hear you. Say it again?"

You look around the room unable to see any cameras Caine might have placed in your room. Assuming it was safe, you continued to hurriedly whisper and explain your situation. Hoping you could tell them everything you needed to before Caine returned from making the adventure.

"Alright. Listen close." You pull Pomni and Jax closer, "When I disappeared for two weeks Caine took me to this area I don't know how to get to. It was some sort of strange office. With old computers and tons of empty cubical offices. There was one main office with stacks of books and papers. I'm pretty sure it was Caine's office. I found videos of us. Like videos where we didn't know he was watching. I think he's got hidden cameras throughout the circus. Especially in my room. I'm assuming he doesn't have anything in here now. I looked earlier before he came anyways. Found nothing. It's got to be those floating eyes we occasionally see. I don't think they're NPCs. I think they're his eyes."

Pomni and Jax were looking more and more horrified as you went on. The two of them occasionally giving each other an unreadable glance. Whenever they looked at one another it seemed like they were trying to make sure they heard me right. Pomni shivered at the mention of the office.

She spoke up first out of the pair, "I think I know where that office is. I passed by something similar when I first got here. It was like this endless maze of offices that lead out to this giant white blank digital space. There was a red exit door I went through to get there. I wish I knew how to get back to it."

Suddenly a red exit door appeared in the corner of your room.

"What the fuck?" Jax jumped back and stared at the door, "is that...?"

Pomni whispered in disbelief, "The exit..."

You yell in a hushed tone, "Put it away!!! We need to plan more before going there."

Pomni began panicking, "I uh— I don't know how!! I don't know how I even got it here."

You begin mumbling to yourself, "f%#^, f^%%, fu^*, fu}%, f^%#!!!"

"We need to hide it before Caine gets back!!!"Before you could discuss it any further Caine had teleported all of you to the main floor.

The three of you instantly exchanged worried glances. Pomni practically on the verge of crashing out as her pupils bounced in circles. Her cartoon eyes turning into swirls. She shook her head before narrowing her eyes and focusing, her hands on the sides of her temple.

Jax whispering to Pomni, "I don't know what you're doing, but whatever it is better work or we're screwed."

Pomni tensed the fingers on her temple harder as she hummed, "There is no exit. There is no exit. There is no exit."

Kinger watching the scene unfold back away slightly scared, "Uhhh. Guys? Is Pomni okay?"

Zooble, Ragatha, and Gangle all stare equally as concerned. While you and Jax had somewhat telling expressions on your face showing you knew what was going on. The two of you stared at Pomni whispering, "please work. Please. Please. Please."

Ragatha scoots closer to the group hoping to get a better understanding of what's happening. You simply glance at her then back at Pomni. Eventually your gaze landed on a very curious Caine. Your pupils turn to swirls as your head spins.

'Ahhhhh!! What do we do?!! We're so dead!'

Ragatha leaned over whispering in your ear, "Is this some sort of weird reverse psychology you guys are trying out to make an exit?"

Caine's eyes widened and he instantly flew dangerously close to you and Ragatha. Causing the two of you to immediately back away from one another as he stood between you, "an exit?"

His eyes went from curious to borderline predatory as you struggled to give an answer, stumbling over your words. His mismatched irises bore into your own e/c eyes. Your staring competition causing an awkward silence broken by Kinger.

"Yes! Pomni was creating an emergency exit for me so I could use the bathroom anytime on our next adventure." Kinger stated proudly.

Pomni felt her eye twitch as she slowly turned her head over to Kinger, "yeaaa— right."

Caine immediately perked up seemingly unaware, "Why what a fantastic idea!!! An emergency exit to the bathroom. I suppose not all my adventures have restrooms. And it's important to go when you need to in order to avoid any health complications. Why sometimes I forget you humans have such needs."

You can't seem to shake this unsettling feeling that Caine didn't fully believe what Kinger had said. So you decide to interject further, "I think maybe the lack of adventures is driving everyone mad. Why don't we all go on one now?"

Jax side eyed you, "You can't be serious."

You punch him in the arm before continuing, "As I was saying!" Jax rubs his arm now annoyed by the situation more than before, his nonchalant mask slipping a bit.

Jax decides to interject further, "Hey!! You can't just —"

Caine interrupted both of you, "And awaaaayyy we go!!"

A colorful swirling portal opened, sucking all of you inside. Jax and Pomni clawed the ground before them attempting to stay in the circus. Until Gangle crashed into them from the pull of the portal. All of you now tumbling down the colorful wormhole into whatever Caine had cooked up for you.