Rock and Rule: Lost and Found An Angel Swagger Story
Prologue
Mystic Rock Harbor, British Columbia, Canada
It was long pass midnight in the sleepy town of Mystic Rock Harbor. While the town's civilians slept, many of the tourists were still up and about, drinking and dancing in the few night clubs that operated in the town.
Many of the tourists danced to the town's famous resident, Mok Swagger's songs. The retired rock star slept peacefully in his bed with his young wife, Angel, who was five months pregnant with their second child, due in the winter.
It was many months ago that Angel helped him locate his long-lost mother, who tragically died just a few days later. Angel knew it was a severe blow to her husband, but they both recovered and returned home from France.
Angel had tucked their four year old daughter Emmy to bed just a few hours ago, but she also desired to be in bed. Her job as a police detective was a hectic duty, but her pregnancy also added to the exhaustion.
The nights were good, but in the summer it was infuriating when she was awakened by drunken tourists racing on her street. The Swagger house was located on a stretch of beach, a little close to the main street of the town.
Angel awoke to the sound of tires screeching outside. She was about to get up, when Mok placed a hand on her shoulder, "I'll let Toad take care of this," he said and got up to fetch one of the family's comrades.
In under a minute, Toad raced out the door and body slammed into a car. The tourist started yelling obscenities, but Toad stood his ground and replied, "This is a residential neighborhood. What you are doing is illegal and my neighbors need their sleep!"
Just then, a police cruiser stopped and two officers got out. The tourist refused to get out of his car and was about to gun it, when Toad's brothers Zip and Stretch stood in front and refused to let him pass.
The police officers used their batons to break open the window and pull out the erratic driver. He was put in handcuffs and put in the back of the cruiser.
"This is Angel Swagger's place right?" one of the officers asked.
"Yeah and she's having a baby, so she needs lots of rest," Zip replied and the officer nodded.
"We'll set up police blockades on this road. Tell Mrs. Swagger we will handle these drunk tourists," the officer said and the brothers went back into the house.
Angel stood up from bed and took a drink of water. "Mok, I'm having a craving for noodles, again," she said and Mok massages her back.
"I'll have Cindy cook you some," Mok said and has one of the brothers summon their sister to the kitchen.
"Anything for the poor lady," Cindy said and stood up from her bed and hurried to the kitchen.
"Cindy, do we have Alfredo sauce, too? I'm craving for Alfredo sauce with penne noddles," Angel said as she and her husband stepped into the kitchen.
"I'll see what we have," Cindy said, but she made some caffeine-free hot chocolate for Angel first. She goes through the cabinets and finds some penne noodles and Alfredo sauce in a jar.
Once the noodles and sauce started cooking, Cindy turned around and poured some orange juice in a glass for Angel. "Thank you I needed that," she said.
Cindy then worked on the finished noodles and sauce, and mixed them in a bowl. Angel didn't bother to blow out the hot steam and regretted it when she took a forkful. "Ouch!" she cried and took a swallow of orange juice.
Angel blew on her bowl of noodles and it did help. Angel loved noodles and Alfredo sauce, it was easily her favorite comfort food, but if she had a bowl every night, she would have a big stomach by now.
When she finished, Angel went back to bed with Mok right behind her. "Thank you so much Cindy," she said to her friend. "It's going to be a long summer," she whispered to her husband.
"Agreed," he replied and they both dozed off.
Angel drifted off to a deep sleep and then, she noticed that she was dreaming.
Angel was hearing music, but it was not the music Mok created. It did sound like pop music, but it was unusual to say the least. The next thing she knew, she was falling and the music got louder.
Angel landed on her butt on a hard floor and she rubbed her sore buttocks. She looks around and sees some animal humanoids sitting at tables or dancing to the strange music.
She looks up to see a female cat humanoid dancing viciously at a pole. She was wearing a risque white corset and knee high white boots. The cat woman looks at Angel and approaches her.
"Angel," she whispers in her ear, "I'm waiting for you."
Suddenly, there was a flash of light and Angel notices the woman lying limp in a pool of blood.
Angel awoke with a start and stood up. Mok didn't seem to notice and Angel looks at her bed side clock, it was almost 5 in the morning. Time for her to go on duty soon.
From the author: I'm back with another Angel/Mok love story and as usual, it's a mystery thriller. I'm looking forward to this. Hope to hear your thoughts.