My eyes slowly opened, and then snapped opened when I realized where I was. I stood up slowly, I was in Sarah's room except everything almost seemed fake. I tested the walls, they felt like solid concrete.
"Dad." The echo of my daughter's voice came from behind me.
I whipped my body around as fast as I could to locate the voice, but there was no one. I heard her call for me again and I turned even faster, yet no one was there. The voice continued to taunt me and each time I turned my vision became slower and slower almost like time was beginning to freeze. Suddenly my body came to a complete standstill, I was fixated onto my daughter's glass collection which was now a tray of green dust. The dust slowly flowed onto the ground forming a shape of shattered glass that faintly resembled Sarah.
"Sarah?" I said in disbelief
She did not respond, instead she opened her eyes, enveloping the room in a bright green
"Murderer." Came a static hushed retort
I could feel my heartbeat in my throat, I could only back up as she slowly hovered towards me. Slowly each shard of glass grew a mouth and started to chant her response
"MURDERER!" Came the bellowing replies from the shards on my daughter
I slid down the wall, my hands on my head, this wasn't real, it couldn't be
"Stop!" I tried speaking over the chants, but my voice was droned out
"I SAID STOP!" I said slamming my fists onto the carpeted floor
Only my hands did not hit carpet, my fists instead impacted with solid magenta concrete and I stood up. I stood back from the wall my left shoulder sending jolts of pain through my body. Confused and dazed I inspected my surroundings; I was in some sort of pit with deep scratches on the walls.
What just happened to me? I thought to myself, was I daydreaming or is something wrong with me?
"How long has "it" been doing that?" Came a remark from above
I whipped my head upwards, two gems stood on the outcropping above. One was the orange one from before but getting a better look now she had short bob hair. The other one was teal in color and had a regal like appearance to her, she had her hair in a deep braid
"For a couple of hours, seems like it's calm now." the orange one said standing up from her crouched position
They both stared at me in a studious manor, I could only stare back in confusion
"I thought you said this one talked?" The teal one looked over to the orange one
"It was when I fought it, probably still in shock" She said folding her arms.
The conversation was interrupted by the sound of a door sliding open, the look on their faces changed to annoyance as they looked towards the sound.
"EF12 How kind of you to join us" Came a sarcastic quip from the teal one
"My, my, is that how we treat a fellow Agate, to think you would be so rude aboard "our" vessel" The voice said in a taunting tone
Approaching from the other side of the outcropping two gems came into view, one looked exactly like the teal one except she was mossy green and her hair was short and messy. The other one was almost square in shape and was a golden brown.
"Our vessel? I'd rather share a ship with a human than the likes of you!" Came an aggravated response
"Then why don't we just consider it my vessel, after all, my underlings are still maintaining and operating the ship, while you are stuck with that Jasper and Peridot of yours" The green one said with a smile
"Afterall, I didn't just lose an amethyst to a human" She continued with her taunts
"Enough!" Came the teals stubborn reply
"Need I remind you that I was able to capture both of them, I'm sure yellow diamond would be pleased by my results no matter the cost" Teal said triumphantly
"Speaking of results" The green one said before turning her attention towards me
She crouched down to get a better look at me, I could only stare back and swallow the lump in my throat
"Pathetic little thing isn't it?" She said as she stood back up
"Well if this is all you have to show for your hard work, I'll leave it to you." She continued as she left the same way she came in, her companion followed suit
The teal one held her head in frustration, and began to storm off
"What should I do with the human?" The orange one said just before teal left
"I don't care, just throw him with the others." Teal said waving her off
"But-" Before she could finish the teal one had already left
Other ones? I thought to myself, if there were more people perhaps they would be able to help me escape
The thought was interrupted however as the wall to the pit shifted into light and opened into a narrow hallway. The orange one stood there, with a pair of gem like cuffs.
"Make this easy for yourself" she said with a bored expression
I put up no fight and allowed her to cuff me, as she led me out of the pit my mind wandered on how I was going to get out of this situation, how I was going to find Sarah and escape wherever I was. As I stared at the ground in silence the magenta floor slowly turned to snow . . .