Chapter 10: A Plot Foiled
On stage, Gabby stood with the other dancers. Esperanza saw that her granddaughter looked nervous. "Just dance, mija." she whispered to her. Gabby smiled at her abuelita, and then the curtains rose.
The whole theater was filled, and thousands of eyes were looking at them. Gabby looked around, and spotted Miguel and his family. Seeing his face, calmed Gabby, and when the music started playing, she began to dance.
With every beat, Gabby did the right step, and she didn't even stumble or trip. Miguel was really impressed, she was really graceful. He was so entranced, he didn't even realize he was staring, however it didn't go unnoticed by his family.
They all smirked at each other, knowing what he was feeling at the moment. Gabby was having an amazing time dancing, it felt like she was dancing on air, and she saw that everyone in the audience was looking at her and the other dancers with amazement.
When the music ending, all the dancers took their final positions. The audience roared with applause, and the dancers bowed and curtsied. The curtain closed, letting everyone know it was time for an intermission.
"Oh, Gabby, you were great out there." said Esperanza. "Gracias, Abuelita." said Gabby smiling. "Now we only have a veinte minutos break, so be back on stage in time." said Epseranza. "I will." Gabby assured.
She went over to Carina. "Oh, Carina did you see me out there?" she asked. Carina barked happily. "I'm a real dancer now, and I once I finish here, I'm going to rock the talent show at school." said Gabby.
Carina barked, then went over and scratched at the door. "Que pasa, girl. Do you have to go out?" said Gabby. She opened the door, and let Carina out. She did her business, and came back in. But when she did, she started growling.
"Carina what's wrong?" asked Gabby confused. Carina ran away, and Gabby hurried after her. Gabby chased her out to the lobby, where she finally got her. "Carina what's gotten into you?" she asked.
Then she heard someone talking. "That Miguel will finally get what he deserves." it said. Curious, Gabby picked up Carina and followed the voice. She peeked down a hallway, and saw Ernesto De La Cruz in his usher disguise.
"Now he'll never go home, and leaving behind that little girlfriend of his will just make him even more miserable." he said to himself. Gabby gasped, as she saw him take a small piece of sponge cake and soak it in a brown liquid.
"Historia's about to repeat itself." "Dios mio." Gabby whispered, remembering what Miguel told her, De La Cruz was going to poison Miguel! She knew she had to do something, but as she tried to run away, she was grabbed by her dress.
"Well, well, well what have we here?" asked De La Cruz eerily. "Let me go, you arrastrarse." Gabby protested, trying to get away. "I trust you heard everything I just said. "You won't get away with this." she said.
"Then there's no choice." De La Cruz tossed her and Carina into a closet, and put a chair in front of the door. "Hey, let me out!" Gabby yelled, banging on the door. "Lo siento, chica. I'm not gonna have my plans foiled again." De La Cruz said, walking away.
Meanwhile, Esperanza was looking around for Gabby. "Gabby, Gabriella." she said, looking in the different rooms. "Five minutes, people." said the director. "Gabby, where are you?" Esperanza asked herself.
She needed help, so she asked a security guard to ask the Riveras to come backstage. The security guard came to the row the Riveras were sitting in, and told them that Esperanza wanted to see them.
Ernesto De La Cruz was about to go down, and have Miguel eat the cake, but he saw that they were going backstage. "Diablo." he whispered, and snuck his way into the back. "What's wrong, Senora?" asked Miguel.
"It's Gabby, I can't find her anywhere." Esperanza explained. "She couldn't have gone far, we'll all spread out and look for her." said Hector. So they all searched looking for Gabby. De La Cruz snuck around, and saw Miguel had stepped outside to see if Gabby was out there.
Now was the perfect time, as he followed him. Back with Gabby, she was trying with all her might to open the door, but to no avail. "Oh Carina, what're we gonna do now?" she asked sadly. Carina cuddled up against her girl for comfort.
As Gabby stroked Carina, she thought about the past few days. Meeting Miguel, going to the Land of the Dead, finding her abuelita, meeting Miguel's deceased family members, and learning to dance and performing on stage.
The Gabby realized she couldn't give up. She stood up, lifted the skirt of her dress, and with all her might she kicked the door. With each kick, she could feel the door opening, so with one final kick, she got it down.
"Yes." she said, and she hurried back inside. When she didn't she the Riveras, she went backstage. "I hope I'm not too late." said Gabby, taking off running, as Carina followed her. "Gabby." called Miguel, but he didn't see her outside.
As he was going back inside, he met De La Cruz, who was standing outside. But since he was in disguise, Miguel didn't recognize him. He thought he was just an usher taking a break. "Buenos tardes, nino. Would you care for a piece of cake?" asked De La Cruz in a different voice.
Gabby hurried through the backstage, and some of the others saw her. "Gabby, where have you been?" asked Esperanza, but Gabby ran past her. "De La Cruz!" was all she cried, as she ran. "De La Cruz, here?" asked Imelda.
The adults quickly hurried after Gabby. Outside Miguel was about to put the cake in his mouth, when Gabby burst through the door, which surprised Miguel so much he dropped the cake. "Miguel don't eat that cake." she said.
"Gabby, que esta pasando?" he asked confused. "The cake is poisoned, and that's De La Cruz." said Gabby. With that De La Cruz ripped off his disguise. "Hola, chico. Remember me?" he asked nastily.
The two tried to run, but De La Cruz grabbed them by the collars. "Arrojenos!" Gabby yelled. "Oh, I will." said De La Cruz. He then made the attempt to kidnap the kids, but Carina, Dante, and Pepita, and their families ran to the scene.
Pepita blocked his way, while Dante and Carina bit his legs. "(Growls), stupid animals." he said, trying to shake them off. All the skeletons, then jumped on De La Cruz trying to rescue the kids.
The noise caused quite a commotion, and the police were called. De La Cruz was arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping, and the families shared a warm embrace before going back into the theater to finish the show.
Little did they know a brightly colored bird was looking down at the scene. "Another worthy one." it said, and it flew away.
That's chapter 10, plz review