Before long, Rouge arrived back at the Deadly Six's base in the Caliente Kingdom. Upon landing, she dropped Amy's frail carcass at Cream's feet with a wink, causing the young rabbit to scream in horror at what her best friend had become. Amy had practically been Cream's older sister with how close they were, but now she was nothing but loose skin and bones. "How could you?!" The little girl shrieked, tears already leaking from her big brown eyes.
"Oh, it was easy. Your pink pal there practically let me slurp her up." Rouge replied casually with a wink in Cream's direction that sent chills down the girl's spine. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I was promised a reward?" Rouge demanded, lifting her nose into the air and holding out a hand impatiently. She was told there would be jewels as payment for a dead hedgehog, and she would waste no time adding them to her collection.
"Ah, but of course." Zik chuckled with malice gleaming in his eyes as he looked the drained heroine up and down. Even someone as old and wise as him could not have expected the athletic Amy to be defeated so quickly. Without wasting any more time, he told the other five zeti to cough up their chaos emeralds, and they all did as was commanded of them. Zik followed suit, and soon they pooled together six chaos crystals, all of which were presented to Rouge as payment for her blood-slurping service. The bat woman snickered as she caressed the crystals. She had never seen such beautiful gems- they would look wonderful glittering on her mantel. She then looked up at Cream and noticed what a sniveling mess of tears she had become, which gave her an idea.
"I believe I can do one more thing for you six, but it will cost extra." Rouge said, prompting Zavok to ask what it was that she was proposing.
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"I get the bunny brat as a slave to polish my gems, and then I'll tell you where you can find even more meals than the Flavopians could ever provide. You even get to keep Amy's remains- deal?" Rouge pitched her idea, frowning in disgust as she spotted Zomom burping up her one-time rival's skull. It appeared that he was way ahead of her, and had already chomped up Amy's leftovers while everyone else was focusing on what Rouge was saying.
"I think we've got ourselves a deal." Zavok answered without even consulting the others. Her offer was just too promising to pass up. "Now, tell us where we can find this food source." he demanded of the treasure hunter turned assassin.
"It's a place called Mobius," Rouge began, then described how to get there. "Remember though freaks, I'll have the chaos crystals, so if you try to eat me then I'll just have to drain you all too." She sneered, watching with a wry grin as the Deadly Six reeled from her threat.
"Of course we're not gonna try and eat you, not when we have so much easier prey now." Zeena scoffed, shooing Rouge away with a claw lazily. "Now get out of here, it's dinner time and I'm starving."
"So be it," Rouge snickered. "Come on, bunny bitch! You're gonna clean my entire crystal collection until it shimmers, or I'll be having bunny blood pudding for desert."
With that, Cream was scooped up by her ears and pulled up into the sky, still sniffling over her lost friend. She would live out the rest of her life as Rouge's slave, and the Deadly Six would use the information Rouge had given them to eat up her family and friends.
