Intermission ends. Lights go out. Circus calliope plays again. Curtain opens revealing the inside of Voltaire's Circus tent.
Cast enters while calling for Voltaire.
Steve: Voltaire!
Mrs. Travis: Voltaire!
Sherlock: Come out, come out, wherever toi are!
Josh: Man, where could he be?
Mr. Travis: We know he's here somewhere, but he is no where in sight.
Steve: Oh look! There's that calliope.
Josh: Whoa! It's playing par itself!
Sherlock: Must be one of those coin operated ones.
Steve: salut guys! Look what else I've found!
Mr. Travis: It's an old switch. And it has a sign. (Reads sign) "Pull for assistance"
Mrs. Travis: Well, we do need assistance in finding Voltaire. So let's pull it.
Steve: Wait! My book says Voltaire is a trickster. Something tells me that this might be a trap.
Josh: Hmm, that is a possibility. I know, just in case it is a trap, we'll pull it together.
Steve: I agree, Josh.
Sherlock: Why?
Steve: Because we're a team. We have to stick together no matter what. If this thing is a trap, then we should all be trapped together.
Josh: That's right, Steve.
Mr. Travis(Concerned): Uh, if toi say so.
Everyone puts hand on switch
Steve: Ready? One, two, three, pull! (All pull switch)(Silence)
Steve: Huh, nothing's happening.
Loudspeaker crackles and talks: Assistance will be with toi momentarily. For now, please take your seats for the montrer is about to begin.
Sherlock: Whatever toi say loudspeaker.
Cast sits on chairs in bleachers.
Mrs. Travis: See Steve? There's no trap. The guy on the intercom says they're gonna help us.
Steve: Yeah, you're right. For now let's sit here and wait for someone to help.
Josh: And I hope this montrer is gonna be a success.
Silence

Sherlock: Uh, guys? Did toi notice something?
Mrs. Travis: Yeah. The calliope. It stopped playing.
Sherlock: Exactly. And it just got quiet in here.
Mr. Travis: Hmm. It's almost TOO quiet.
Steve: Maybe it's just a dramatic emphasis for the montrer to start. Well just have to wait and...(Lights suddenly go out)
Cast gasp and scream
Sherlock: D'ah! Who turned out the lights? Where did everybody go?
Steve: Don't anybody panic! It is just a temporary blackout for the start of the show! So nobody déplacer until the lights come back on.
Mr. Travis: Actually, I can't déplacer at all!
Mrs. Travis: You're right honey! I can't either! I'm stuck to my seat!
Sherlock: So am I!
Josh: Me too!
Steve: What? What are y'all talking about? (Spotlight shines on cast tied to their chairs) Hey! I'm tied to my chair! We're all tied up!
Cast struggle to get out
Mr. Travis: Aw man! toi were right Steve! This was a trap!
Steve: I don't see how this could get any worse!
Lightning strikes. Cast gasps. Spotlights wave around the stage
Loudspeaker: Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to Cirqus Voltaire! And now here is you're host, ME!
Lightning hits light-up letters
Steve: Look! The lightning is spelling some letters!
Cast (spelling letters as lightning strikes): W...O...W (Lightning stops) Wow!
Steve: Uh oh!
Josh: What uh oh?
Steve: Spelling wow is the evil ringmaster's cue to come out in the pinball game!
Cast: WHAT?!
Purple smoke appears. Voltaire comes up from under the stage
Cast gasps
Voltaire: I am the ringmaster! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh I l’amour saying that! Now where is my audience? (Turns to cast) Oh there they are! (Approaches cast) Hello everybody!
Steve (Nervously): Uh...hi?
Rest of cast: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
All except Josh stop.
Steve: Uh Josh?
Josh continues
Steve: JOSH!
Josh stops: Oh sorry.

Steve (to Voltaire): He's okay. As toi were.
Voltaire: Uh right. Anyways, welcome to my circus! Tonight's performance will be spectacular! Your cœur, coeur will race, your mind will be blown, your eyes will pop when toi see all that my circus has to offer.
Mrs. Travis: Uh, we're not here to see your performance, mister! We came to get me and my husband's baby son back!
Steve: And my friend Cat! What did toi do to them? toi better not lay a finger on them!
Voltaire: toi can't prove I took them, no one can!
Sherlock: We have a lot of evidence, sir! For instance, your hair, the broken pinball machine, the purple smoke, and your green face!
Voltaire: Okay fine! But don't worry, they're completely unharmed.
Josh: Well that's a relief. Oh and par the way, toi owe me money!
Voltaire: Money? No...wait...why do toi need money?
Josh: To pay for the damage you've done to my arcade and the Cirqus Voltaire pinball machine!
Voltaire: Oh Josh! toi know there's no way I'm paying for that! And PLEASE don't remind me of that pinball machine! Ugh, it was so crammy in there and that springy neck was killing me!
Steve: Whoa! How did toi know Josh's name?
Voltaire: I am a mind reader. I know everyone's names!
Steve: Oh yeah? Can toi guess all of our names?
Voltaire: That's easy! Josh, Steve, Sherlock Squarepants, Mrs. Travis, and Mr. Travis.
Mrs. Travis: Man, toi really do know our names!
Mr. Travis: Who are you?
Voltaire: Who am I? WHO AM I?! I am the ringmaster of this circus, the world's most outstanding magician, a mind reader, a palm reader, the most wanted bad guy in pinball history! I am...(Evilly) VOLTAIRE! (Lightning strikes)

Voltaire: Hit it, my magic calliope! (Calliope plays) Allow me to introduce myself, properly!
Josh (Whispers): He's not going to sing, is he?
Steve (whispers): I'm afraid he is.
Voltaire (singing): Welcome my Friends please step right up,
Come on inside of my great big top,
There's so much to do and so much to see,
My circus is great for all families,
The show's gonna start please take a seat,
There's someone on the stage that toi must meet,
Look in the spotlight, who's that over there?
Why it's meeeeeeee, the evil Voltaire!
Mr. Travis (Whispers): He can sing?
Mrs. Travis (Whispers): For such a bad guy, he can sell a tune.
Voltaire (singing and interacting with the cast): I'm the ringmaster, I own this place,
I do magic tricks that make your cœur, coeur race,
Who knows what I might have up my sleeve,
A bunch of fleurs for a lovely lady,
For my suivant act that involves great fear,
I will neeeeeeeeed, a volunteer! (Talks) So who wants to be a part of my daring yet dangerous act?
Cast: Not us! Not Us!
Voltaire: Well good, because I already have two volunteers! Allow me to montrer you! (Turns to audience) Well, well, well! toi didn't tell me toi brought this many Friends with you! Well hello people! Let me montrer toi what my performance is like!
Goes off stage to the front row audience

Voltaire (Singing and interacting with the front row):
On your left there is ring 1,
Which will be filled with loads of fun,
Like a baby spinning on a spinning wheel,
As I throw boom balloons at his head and heels!
Spinning wheel comes on stage with Junior attached
Junior: Waah! Waah!
Mrs. Travis screams
Mr. Travis: Oh my gosh! Junior!
Mrs. Travis (to Voltaire): Release my son at once, toi scoundrel!
Voltaire continues: Onto your right there is ring 2,
Let's see what it has in store for you,
It's the high wire, and look who's in the sky,
It's miss Caaaaaaaaaat Valentine!
High wire comes on stage with Cat on the left end at the top
Cat: Help! Get me down from here!
Steve: Holy canapé potatoes!!! Cat!!!
Voltaire goes back on stage: Now sit in your seat, sit back and relax, now toi know a little bit of facts,
About tonight's performance that will give toi a scare,
All little children should beware!
Now I will start this amazing fair,
Because I aaaaaam....the eviiiiiiiiiilllll... VOLTAIRE!!! VOLTAIRE!!! VOLTAIRE!!! (Laughs evilly as song finishes)