As the Mimic walked back to the circus, it started to play around. It found it, that it could turn back and forth from both Jax and Pomni. Even going so far as to mix their characteristics; like some kind of Gem Fusion. It turned fully back to Jax just in time.
"Yo Jax!" Twinkle called from a tree. She hopped down, landing quietly in the Digital grass.
"Oh, hey Twinkle Toes. Sup?" 'Jax' smiled.
"Yea hey, so- are you actually the real Jax?" Twinkle narrowed her eyes, almost playfully. Her tail swayed, ears twitched, nose wiggled.
"Pfft, wouldn't you like to know Weather Boy?" Jax smirked down, smiling even more as Twinkle started giggling.
"Ok that's terrible. Let Vine rest in peace man." Twinkle stood on two legs now, seeming to relax.
"Come on, lets go find the others. Im hoping Pomni just locked herself in her room." The Mimic followed behind Twinkle, letting her lead the way inside.
"Hey, why don't you look for old rag doll down here? I'll take the upstairs." Twinkle stopped and smirked.
"Oh? Now you're deciding to help us huh?"
"Well, as much as I don't really care; I don't want someone to take on this gorgeous figure. The world might break." Jax's smug expression sent Twinkle into another giggle fit.
"Youre a dumba(beep). See ya." The fox nodded off as she darted to the main stage.
The Mimic stopped and stared in her direction. It was true; he felt on top of the world. A world, that was crashing. A world in which he can feel a ticking time bomb, ready to let everyone now their time is up.
"This is worse" he growled to himself. He had to find someone else. Just then, his rabbit ears twitched; hearing muffled talk upstairs.
"Gotcha."
Sneaking upstairs, the Mimic saw Ragatha and Gangle talking. The girls nodded, then split up. Ragatha started walking towards the Mimic.
"Well well, you scared off Gangle huh?" He said teasingly.
"Jax? Is that actually you?" Ragatha slowed down her walking as the Mimic laughed. She got right in front of him, when he put both hands on her shoulders.
"No~" Before Ragatha could scream, black slime stretched from Jax's arms to her mouth. It created almost a muzzle that trapped her arms to her body, and her mouth shut. Ragatha watched in horror as the Mimic turned into her, just as it shoved her into a dark room.
"Now, this is do able." The Mimic looked down at its doll hands. It looked down over the railing, just in time to see a panting bunny run in.
Jax had spent so much energy getting out of the hardened tar, that for once he felt completely exhausted.
"Sh-sh(beep) sh(beep)- on top of coping us- it also has its own agenda? God I hope it got someone like Kinger or Gangle." Jax looked around in fear. He walked closer to the stage, unaware of the figure. The Mimic as Ragatha took advantage of the doll's texture. Turns out, she actually feels like a doll. Her soft, fabric like skin perfect for stealth.
Caine had actually turned off most lights around the stage. Probably in an attempt to make it scarier, to appease Zooble and get them to play. Jax walked into the only light, a large spot that once held the cage. It was gone now. The Mimic slowly walked into the light too, opposite of Jax.
"Rag doll?" Jax's voice was barely above a whisper. The doll didnt say a word. Instead she slowly walked toward Jax.
"Seriously, stop playing with me Rags" Jax chuckled. Not out of amusement, but fear. His fight or flight instincts were in overdrive. In the Digital world, no one could die. Any injuries automatically corrected the second after it's hit. But even knowing that, Jax still felt a pit in his stomach. An instinct yelling at him to run.
"Ya know, Jax. You're a lot of things. But the biggest thing you are?" The doll stopped, inches away from Jax. She looked up. Her voice came out wrong, as of it was mixed. A mix between Ragatha's, Pomni's, a darker demon, and finally his own.
"You are responsible for their deaths~ and soon, you'll be gone too." She leaned up closer to him. "And we wont have a funeral, it'll be a party~"
Jax's was stunned. His eyes darted between Ragatha's, his breath stolen from him. The Mimic's doll hand lifted up toward Jax, when suddenly all the lights flashed on.
"OW F(beep)" The Mimic called out, covering its eyes.
"We gotcha!" Twinkle yelled from the balcony over looking the tage. Around her waist was a bright red rope. In front of her body was the steal cage, and the real Ragatha behind her.
"Lets do this!" The doll yelled, pushing Twinkle as hard as she could. Using gravity and the weight of the cage, Twinkle dove directly toward the pair on the ground. Jax flinched away, hearing a large crash. When he looked, he was met with golden and pink eyes. A soft purr came from Twinkle as she stared down at the bunny; her tail wagging.
"Surprised huh?" The fox giggled, climbing down from the cage. The Mimic had gained back its sight, growling now.
"Damn you!" It looked over, seeing Ragatha stepped next to the fox; as well as Gangle who came from behind a box.
"I thought i got rid of you!" The Mimic yelled, looking at a smirking Ragatha.
"Well you would have. If Twinkle didnt climb the stage curtains to get upstairs. Then we had Gangle use her ribbons to create Twinkle's figure. Just in case you looked." The trio high-fived eachother.
Just then, Caine appeared.
"Great work you three! You impressed me today~! What would you like as a reward hm?" Caine smiled down at the three, almost proudly.
"You know what I miss?" Twinkle spoke. "Spa days" The two girl's eyes lit up.
"Yea! A spa day for everyone after such a tuff adventure" Ragatha chimed.
"I- am not doing that." Jax scoffed, catching his breath.
"Yup, mandatory spa day" Twinkle smirked, and so did Caine.
"I agree! What a great way to bring everyone together!" Caine clapped his hands, and suddenly every character was standing in a Spa waiting room. Their clothes- or lack there of- were replaced with soft, warm robes.
"H-huh? Is it over?" Pomni asked, examining her robe.
"Hm? Oh yea. Where were you?" Ragatha leaned over.
"Oh, I hid in the dark room. Under some blankets." Pomni giggled nervously.
"Huh, crazy." Jax mumbled. He stared down at the ground, slowly zoning up when suddenly-
"No, thank you. He doesn't like being touched." Jax looked up, and there was Twinkle. Her fluffy tail wrapped around an NPCs wrist, who's hand was out reached towards him.
"Hm?" He just nodded.
"Hey, since you don't like being touched; why don't you go to the hot spring?" The rabbits eyes softened. He simply nodded, then left toward the noted spring.
Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Mannequin NPCs tended to each of them personally. Jax sat in the heated tub, a large stone area made to look like a traditional Korean bath house. Both Gangle and Zooble were laying back in soft chairs. Zooble's parts along with Gangle's masks were being polished. Kinger very slowly sunk into a mud bath, while the NPC's panicked since his robe was still on. That left Twinkle and Pomni. Both layed on their stomach, softly groaning as NPC's massaged them.
"This is so nice~ You have good idea's Twinkls." Pomni's one eye looked over, half lit when a knot was finally massaged out.
"Awe thanks. I think if we all just relax, this world can be real nice." Twinkle's voice was barely above a whisper, almost falling asleep.
"Yea...yea." Pomni smiled as she closed her eyes. "Real nice."