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Esmeralda's POV
Eggman smiled as he heard the door slam shut. Esmeralda turned quickly as the sound of a he crash followed, "What in the world was that?!"
Eggman smiled, "Why, Decoe and Bocoe are just messing around! Also, I have a surprise for you!" Esmeralda's eyes glinted purple, hadn't she seen flashes of all different colors tonight, "Um, I don't like surprises. How about you just not give it to me," she said, her voice trembling with fear.
Eggman chuckled as he heard a metal clang, "But my dear, it is a lovely surprise! Decoe, Bocoe, bring it in at once!" Esmeralda shook, but she wouldn't let her father see how scared she was of the surprise.
The two robots burst in through the large door, carrying a large cage between them. She saw everyone inside it, except for Cream, with their eyes half closed in unconsciousness and blood seeping from nasty looking head wounds. Her eyes flashed red and Eggman looked pleased, "Ah, I see you are angry that these fools followed you here. Correct?"
Esmeralda nodded, but what she was thinking was that she was angry because obviously Tails had followed her last night and didn't trust her! But suddenly her anger was doused by fear, her eyes flashing alarmingly from red to purple.
Eggman sneered at her barely stirring friends, "Those idiots. I was quick to notice yesterday that the half-pint you had been raising had followed you on board. Whether it was from too much concern or too little trust for you, I don't know. I had a feeling that the little fuzzy rat would go and get his friends to check and see if you were evil. I guess you aren't as good as acting as I thought…" Esmeralda laughed mentally, her, not a good actor, as her father continued, "So I decided to set a trap for them, which, at best for them, could injure them badly enough to stay in bed for days, if not weeks, and at best for us, well of course kill them!" He then noticed how her eyes were glinted purple, "Are you scared? I can't believe it! Are you seriously scared for your, oh for the love of- friends?" he screeched.
Esmeralda noticed how some were still barely conscious, and was staring at her with eyes showing part fear, part hope. She realized her act had crumbled, and now if she wanted her father to trust her she had to quickly regain composure, "Well of course I'm not afraid of what is going to happen to them," she screeched back, "I'm just afraid you are going to make me kill them now. I mean, wouldn't it be better to get the cage off them, and drop them off the ship one by one after telling them a long speech of how they could not possibly make it to let them suffer? Then, after they all slowly and barely recover, if they do, then I can actually fight them and kill them with them suffering even more? If I killed them now then it would be like a blessing to them in the pain they must all be feeling!"
Eggman nodded slowly, "I see what you're getting at! Great idea dear! Decoe! Bocoe! Release them!" Esmeralda watched with grief as her friends were tossed painfully from the cage to the stony floor. She had to save them from the deadly fall, "Um, daddy, I am awfully tired. Can I please go now?"
Her father nodded, and she ran. She had to get Cream! Cream would help her with her plan. She closed her eyes as she ran, reaching out to Cream's. Please let her be awake, she cried mentally. She then felt a familiar tug in her mind, and read Cream's thoughts. She channeled hers to Cream's mind, Cream! Please Cream I don't have much time! Come to the sandy clearing in the forest. Hurry! This is an emergency! She felt a small response sounding in her mind Okay!
She smiled as she convinced herself that this had to work. She jumped off the ship and ran into the bushes.
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AN: What is Esmeralda thinking? Stay tuned!