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As soon as she arrived, she was pulled over to the station. A long wait and she was then forced into her blue suit. They had added some kind of sticky solution inside that made it stick to her skin. She had to keep reminding herself she could breath through the holes in the nose and mouth. The Town filled with kids all in skeleton suits. She felt safe enough to take the job of the new ride. They tied her down more drastically than usual; this scared her.
'Why did I come here tonight? This is when they change the rides to the more dangerous routes. I can't believe I made this choice tonight.' She held tightly as the ride shoved her left and right and up and then crashing down to the seat.
She did not see her parents walking around with her brother. The golf course had been shut down for some service. The Bluesage family had been given a new place to sit with their baby.
Her ride was so violent, she lost consciousness a few times, never hearing her brother screaming in pain.
Blue scanned the area before he took off to get dinner. She seemed calm and happy with the other bed. It had more of a secure feeling for her baby son. “Patty darling, you are safe while I leave’
Many of the kids that worked that night wanted to see the baby. He had been screaming with gas pain for the last five minutes. As she began to settle him in his bed, the kids in their costumes came over to sing a song for the baby and help him go to sleep. Patty sat on the bench and listened to their sweet voices. It made her think, Becky might be here some time tonight. Maybe she might be one of these skeletons. Patty looked them all over; none of them were the right height.
The carnival attendants dragged her off the ride. She was coming around when she realized they had dressed her in the white skeleton. The big man nearest her helped stand her, then pointed Becky in the direction of her next job. ‘They have to be kidding, right? Oh no I can’t do this. What? I have to?’ The ring was full of fumes of kerosene. She was given a torch to light the ring, and a few instructions on how not to be burned. Becky was very small and had a hard time with the fumes, she had to try and hold her breath. She bent forward and brought her hot torch to the ring. It blew up with fire, the blast so large her costume dissolved onto her body.
Becky lay on the edge of the ride, trying to get the strength to move. The heat was intense still, even as far as she had crawled. No one seemed to notice her, which should have alarmed her. Instead she worked with her inner strength, thanking her dad for that knowledge as she pulled herself out of the ride. A few moments later a cart full of kids ran by, startling Becky.
Another attendant found her in time to get to the next important job. The ride they had developed years ago did not have enough shock value; they needed to upgrade. Her job was to stand inside, hold on tight. No one realized what would happen.
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