Cardi B

-The one and only...Cardi B !

As soon as the clown had pronounced these words, the singer appeared on the stage out of nowhere, looking around her with a surprised glare.

-Welcome to the show, Cardi.

-Fuck it, I'm not doing any of your crazy shit, asshole. I don't wanna get my head blown up.

Cardi backed away, visibly ready to punch that clown in the face if he got any closer. Instead of insisting, the latter just nodded.

-You make me sad. Are you sure about this?

-You bet I am. You better send me back to my home before I kick your ass.

-Well okay. I had something funny in mind, but we're not savages. If you don't want to take part in the show, I guess we'll just shake hands and call it a day.

The singer looked at the clown's hand with suspicion in her eyes. She knew he was up to something, but on the other hand, only he seemed to have the power to let her go. She reluctantly reached out hers and grabbed the clown's hand, causing him to smile even more.

-Gotcha !

Before Cardi could withdraw her hand, she suddenly felt an electric shock shake her body, passing from the clowns glove to her hand.

-Uuuuuungh !

Cardi felt all her muscles contract, her jaws clenched, her eyes bulging out, while the clown was laughing hysterically, refusing to let her hand go. There were horrified looks in the audience, but the latter was still under the spell of the circus, so all they could do was applaud and smile, even if their eyes were telling something very different.

Cardi's body was paralysed. She could barely think straight, as the intensity of the electricity going through her body was getting stronger. She wanted to break free, but couldn't move a limb.

-Nnnnnng...

-You seem a little...tense, don't you? said the clown, laughing like a maniac.

Cardi was freaking out. She couldn't breathe, and the pain was getting to a new level. And the scariest part was that she couldn't do anything about it.

-How about we spice things up a bit?

Suddenly, Cardi felt the power coming from the clown's glove increase even more. Her eyes started crying tears of blood, as blood was also coming out of her gums, due to how she was clenching her teeth. She could see smoke coming out of her body, as she felt like she was getting fried from the inside.

-Everything going like you want?

-Hhhhhh...

Cardi's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of her head. Her skin was getting drier, as the heat spreading through her body was dehydrating her. Slowly, it was darkening, taking a greyish color, as the smooth skin was covering in cracks and crevaces, with even more smoke coming out of them. Her front teeth broke, due to her clenching them too hard. Meanwhile, the clown was still shaking her hand, smiling as she could feel her body disintegrate. Her hair was now standing straight on her head, until it caught fire. Her clothes were next. Then her eyes jumped out of their sockets, leaving them as empty holes. For a couple of seconds, she kept standing up, her mind fading into nothingness, her body now looking like a statue full of cracks, before even her skin and flesh started turning into dust, leaving only her skeleton standing up.

Cardi suddenly felt the pain disappear. She looked down and wanted to scream at the sight of the whitened bones that were still holding together somehow, where her curvy body used to be a moment earlier. She tried to scream, but couldn't utter a sound anymore. Her whole body was now reduced to a skeleton, but she was still alive, somehow, and could see everything that was happening. The clown bent over and picked up four squishy spheres lying on the ground, amongst the ashes.

-Butt and breasts implants. Damn, I didn't know those would survive the fire. Hey, you know what I like even more than electric handshakes? Juggling !

One by one, the clown threw the silicon spheres towards the skeleton. To the audience's great surprise, the latter grabbed them all with no effort and started juggling with them, throwing them high in the air before catching them. Slowly, Cardi felt her mind collapse. She felt an increasing need to obey the clown, to do a great show, and to make sure every person in the room became a part of the crew like her. She tried to resist. No. She couldn't let this freak take over what was left of her. She had to resist. She had to...before she could finish thinking this, her memories sank into nothingness, and a moment later, she was happily juggling, having completely forgotten who she was and what her past life was.

The horrified audience started applauding, their hands escaping their control. They all wanted to run away, but couldn't help but watch this skeleton, one a famous singer, juggle with her own implants.

-Woohoo, best part of the show so far. Now, who wants to be next?