The Carnival

[Victoria]

“Ngh,” Victoria groaned and moved her head to one side. Water lapped against her cheek, and droplets pelted her body. She opened her eyes, and stared at the blurry world. She blinked a couple times so that she could finally focus on her surroundings. “Where the fuck am I?” she muttered, and held a hand to her brow. Her hands were wet, and her face. Her pink hair floated in the five inches of water she lay in. She splashed a hand down, and then pushed herself up so that she was sitting. She looked around again, finally noticing the flashing lights not too far away. She looked behind her, and realized that she was sitting in a shallow pool, which stretched out into a sort of water park.

Victoria stood up and wiped at the water on her legs. It dripped from her drenched hair, and dribbled down her thighs. “Couldn’t they have put me somewhere dry?” she asked aloud, but no one else was there.

She trudged through the water, splashing it against her laced boots, and held at her wet arms. She felt a chill coming, but could do nothing about it. She stepped out of the water and shook her legs; droplets splattered the ground and left little puddles where she stood. I wish I knew where why I’m here, or where ‘here’ is. She looked around again, seeing a large wheel and other large contraptions. She could hear squeals of joy, or pain, coming from the lit up sector.

Victoria patted her vest, and felt the object Jeremy had left with her, she smiled at his gesture. The cell phone was not damaged, surprisingly. She pushed the buttons on it, and the little screen glowed with life. She looked through the numbers that would connect to people she knew, and attempted to dial Jeremy. The screen suddenly flashed with a yellow smiley face, only it wasn’t smiling. No connection? She tried again, but it failed once more. Great, just great. She put the phone back into her pocket and zipped it shut.

“No robots? No goons? What kind of joke is this?” she shouted angrily to the heavens. “If you’re going to kidnap me, at least tell me what the fuck is going on?” Victoria clenched her fists, and then fell over. A funnel of water splashed into her, completely soaking her body from head to toe. She coughed and shivered from the cold liquid. She looked behind her and saw that she was not out of the water park, simply standing in another field of it that randomly shot out water in random intervals. She clambered to her knees and held her hands above her head before being assaulted again by the water.