A/N Hullo again. Hope the last chapter kept you hooked. You're probably itching to get on to the story so I'll finish up. Sega owns all but my Carmen. Carmen is © by me. That takes care of the legalities. On with the story!
Ow. My head hurts. My mouth is dry as cotton. Why can't I move? A sore Carmen opened her eyes to find the answer to her question. She was tied down to a metal chair in a large room with glass windows.
" Mmpfh! " There was a gag over her mouth, the reason she couldn't talk. Robotnik looked up from tweaking with the machine. He smiled sadistically and walked over to her.
" Its about time you woke up." Carmen yelled something incomprehensible through her gag. He pulled it down slightly so she could talk. " Now, what was that?"
Carmen took a greedy breath of air. " I said, 'where's Tails?'" Robotnik jerked a thumb over his shoulder.
" He's over there." Tails was curled up into a tight ball. "Still sleeping. It's too bad, I wanted him to see you getting roboticized." Carmen burst out yelling angrily. " You big jerk! You're lucky my hands are tied down or else I'd blast you in a second, you big pile of – Mmpfh mpphm mumr"
Robotnik had replaced her gag. " Such language for a child. Who taught you those words?" Carmen mumbled something. " Figures. He has enough mouth for two people." He moved away from her and went back to his machine. " You won't have that kind of mouth when you're working for me, will you?" He laughed diabolically and got ready to press the button. Carmen closed her eyes in defeat. Someone, anyone, please help me.
" Yeowch! Little brat!" Carmen nervously reopened her eyes. Tails was awake, and by the way Robotnik was jumping around, Tails had just kicked him hard in the shins. He flew over to her while Robotnik was busy and removed her gag. " You all right?" Carmen gave him a relieved grin.
"If I'm not some metallic robot droid, I think I'll be ok." Tails struggled with Carmen's bonds but still couldn't free her arms or legs. Suddenly he was pulled back by a pair of SWATbots holding both of his arms. Robotnik limped over to him with a triumphant look on his face.
" I put enough sleeping pills in your drink to keep you out for a least another hour. You should've stayed asleep, brat." He began to limp back over to finally activate the machine. Carmen tried stalling for time, desperate for a plan.
" If you don't let me out of this thing I'll- " her eyes gleamed as she was hit with sudden inspiration. " I'll scream."
Is that all she could come up with? ' I'll scream?' Oh please. "I'm in big trouble now. Do your worst." Robotnik taunted. Carmen's eyes flashed blue for a moment, and she looked directly at Tails and winked. Tails was confused as to what she had planned, but didn't say anything.
" If you say so…" She took a deep breath, filling her lungs with as much air as possible, and began to scream…