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 you 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 by itself!
Sherlock: Must be one of those coin operated ones.
Steve: Hey 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 you 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 you momentarily. For now, please take your seats for the show is about to begin.
Sherlock: Whatever you 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 show is gonna be a success.
Silence

Sherlock: Uh, guys? Did you 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 show 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 move until the lights come back on.
Mr. Travis: Actually, I can't move 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! You 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 love 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 you were.
Voltaire: Uh right. Anyways, welcome to my circus! Tonight's performance will be spectacular! Your heart will race, your mind will be blown, your eyes will pop when you 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 you do to them? You better not lay a finger on them!
Voltaire: You 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 by the way, you owe me money!
Voltaire: Money? No...wait...why do you need money?
Josh: To pay for the damage you've done to my arcade and the Cirqus Voltaire pinball machine!
Voltaire: Oh Josh! You 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 you know Josh's name?
Voltaire: I am a mind reader. I know everyone's names!
Steve: Oh yeah? Can you guess all of our names?
Voltaire: That's easy! Josh, Steve, Sherlock Squarepants, Mrs. Travis, and Mr. Travis.
Mrs. Travis: Man, you 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 you 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 heart race,
Who knows what I might have up my sleeve,
A bunch of flowers for a lovely lady,
For my next 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 show you! (Turns to audience) Well, well, well! You didn't tell me you brought this many friends with you! Well hello people! Let me show you 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, you 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 couch potatoes!!! Cat!!!
Voltaire goes back on stage: Now sit in your seat, sit back and relax, now you know a little bit of facts,
About tonight's performance that will give you 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)