Chapter 7: The Zeti's Plan

He looked at them, his own anger showing. "We have to do something," Zonic said.

Zor sighed. "There's nothing we can do. We might as well give into the pain and work for him. We're doomed anyway."

Zavok chuckled. "We are not doomed."

Zeena nodded at this. "We just have to find a way to get rid of the conch again without Eggman blowing it first."

"I could use my speed," Zonic said.

"Yes, but Eggman might see that through as he knows you. You did that last time and he could use that to his advantage like he said and blow the conch. We would have to think if a plan before we go ahead with anything," Zeena said, hoping they understood.

Zonic sighed. "Well, does anyone have any suggestions?"

Zazz smiled, evilly as his tongue lolled by the side of his mouth. "Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!" He began laughing, madly.

The dark blue Zeti nodded and looked at Master Zik.

"We need to come up with a plan to defeat Eggman," Zik said. "But he has the Conch. No matter; we can use this to our advantage. Zeena, what do you think we should do?"

Zeena shook her head, not knowing either. "I don't know. But a plan is the best option we have instead of going in without one. With Eggman having the conch...who knows what he can do." She looked to their leader. "Any ideas, Zavok?"

Zavok grinned and nodded. "We could fool the fat man into thinking we are under his control. Then, when he least expects it, we will take the Conch from him and destroy it!"

Zeena smiled and nodded. "Sounds like a plan." Her smile turned into an evil grin. "One that will cause him great pain."

"Oooh! Pain and destruction!" Zazz exclaimed.

Zonic grinned and chuckled. "I like it."

The Zeti leader turned to face him and nodded. They all looked at Eggman as the doctor was still admiring the scenery with an evil grin and then turned to face then once more. "So, are all of you ready to serve me once more?"

"We will," Zavok said.

Eggman clasped his hands together and kept his evil grin on his face. "Excellent. First we shall find a lair and I will plan our next move from there." Zonic's eyes widened and he nodded as the others did too. Eggman turned away, not noticing the grin on the Deadly Seven's faces. Eggman began to leave, but a thought hit him. "Actually, why don't you lot try and find a base for my operations?" The Deadly Seven looked at each other, then at Eggman. They nodded. "Now go. Before I get out the conch," Eggman threatened them. A wave of pain went through each Zeti at the mention of the conch and they nodded, hesitantly. The Zeti ran off, looking for a place that Eggman would build his base.

"I don't like doing this," Zonic said. "We're practically giving Eggman what he wants."

"It's to give that fat man an idea that we're doing as he pleases until we get what WE want," Zeena told Zonic.

Zonic sighed and nodded. "Alright," he said.

They looked around a few zones, carefully, trying to see if there was anything that looked like a base Eggman would like.

Zeena looked at Zonic, frowning. "If we're going to do this right...then we need to know what kind of bases Eggman likes. You know him well enough as his enemy, so that would mean we could find a base and it would get us on his good side to further the plan."

"The Lava Mountain Zone is perfect."

Zeena nodded and ran there, jumping over rocks and cracks in the ground before coming to the Lava Mountain zone. "So, this will be a good base for Eggman?"

Zonic smirked. "Yes, it would."

"He will most likely believe we're working for him by doing all this for him," Zeena grinned, evilly.

"I know."

Zeena looked to Zavok, "We've found the base the for Eggman what do you think we should do next?"

Zavok thought about it. "I am not sure. What do you think, Zonic?"

The dark blue Zeti grinned. "We could report back to Eggman. Any other ideas, Zeena?"

Zeena thought about about smiled, "We could make look as though we're taking awhile in finding a base and go back later."

Zonic nodded. "That is fine; we can do that."

"What should we do while do that?" Zeena asked.

"Destroy! Destroy!" Zazz exclaimed, jumping on the spot.

The dark blue Zeti chuckled. "I'm down for that."

Zeena lifted a brow. "What would we destroy? Would we draw Eggman's attention to us if we do that?"

Zonic and Zazz shrugged.

Zeena growled, she was beginning to lose her temper. "What about the plan?"

"We'll stick to the plan," Zonic told her. "It will only be a matter of time before we rebel against Eggman."

Zeena nodded, sighing in relief. She didn't really to just go in and destroy Eggman when he had the conch. He could make a scheme against them if he knew that they were rebelling against him, especially since he had the conch.