Snippet #2264026

Ester heard a noise. It was distant but growing closer, and she tried to inch back as far away from the front of the cage as possible, which, of course, wasn't any farther than she had started off. Setting a determined look in her eyes she waited for a guard to come. Come open her cage and lead her to Mr. Torture, or even just toss her around for the fun of it. They both happened as often as the other, but she wouldn't give either of them any satisfaction.

But to Ester's suprise no guard came up to her, instead she heard the distinct voice of the girl from earlier, just far enough out of her periphial vision that she couldn't see Evangaline. But she did hear the distinct jingling of keys and the word 'escape'. Those were her trigger words that made her think of what Mark said, "I've got a bad feeling about today." Was this what that meant? Could they try to escape, fail, and suffer from it? Ester felt the mixture of feelings bubbling in her chest, but desperation won out. Isn't this what she had been wanting? What she had been yearning for for years? Yes, she wanted to escape, and out of her whole life, this one girl seemed like her best chance.

"Yes." She hissed in a tone so quite only Eva would be able to hear. "Yes I want out, but we have to get Ma-" Her words stopped in her throat as another voice came from directly in front of her. She saw Happy standing there. "Oh thank god, it's only Happy." She said in a relieved tone. But Ester, in fact, was not relieved. Ester had went into Happy's mind before, she knows what Happy is. She's unpredictable. Doing whatever she feels at that moment will be best towards her own advantage. The only thing was, at some point of the day she may be all for an escape plan, but at another point Ester was sure she would turn them all in just for an easier performance day.

Ester felt completely useless. She couldn't do anything while she was in this cage, she could hardly talk, though she tried not to show it. Already she could feel the pain in her head from pressing against the bars to much. For the first time in a long while, she was utterly useless in a time when she needed to help. Of course, if Eva got her out now, she would be able to help in maybe three seconds, but the weight of the realization hit her and if she had been standing, she was sure she would have fallen. 'Come on Eva, open my cage. I don't trust her and I don't think if she goes sour at this moment you would be able to do anything about it.'

Clearing her throat a bit Ester said, "Happy, they're helping us out. We're going to escape, if you want to come we can all get out of here." She needed to get Mark out of here, it was her job to take care of him. In her own mindset at least, in reality she didn't have to even pay attention to him. But she felt her was her responsibility, and she would rather face the worst Mr. Torture had in store for her than let him stay here one day longer than needed.