A/N: Hi, all my fellow readers! First off, I want to say that I am sooooooo sorry I'm later than usual in updating. It's just that I've had to study a lot more, do more time-consuming homework, and all that other school stuff that bothers me on the weekends...

Anyway, on with the chapter!

Enjoy...

Couple's Retreat - Love Cabin: Trapped


~OoooooO~

Since that night of meeting Judy and Jeff, Amy and Sonic have been closer than ever. It seems seeing an elderly couple with the same problems they are currently having, still being together, and married for the last 60 years, is giving them the knowledge that they'll pull through all the hurt and pain no matter what.

Rouge, friends, and siblings immediately notice the change in the the couple's behavior and see it as a new change in their relationship. It's one for the better. They all hope that this time, nothing else will cause Amy and Sonic's relationship to go sore like before. On top of that, Dr. Lupe, using a needle filled with truth serum from her medicine cabinet, finally gets the truth out of Tyler.

In his sedated state, he explains that Staci had come to him and offered him money to do what he had done, but she didn't give him a reason as to why. That's the only thing that's missing. Immediately, they know if they want the whole truth, they'd have to confront Staci and that would solve it. However,
she and Gabe, as a matter of fact, haven't shown up at all.

No one has seen the two them around anywhere. The last time anyone saw him was when he stayed behind to confront Staci, and that's it. Since then, it's like they've both disappeared, but no one knows the explanation as to why. Before panicking or anything of that nature, the guys decide to wait a few days to see if either of them would happen to show up...

~OoooooO~

[.A Few Days Later.]

Late at night, in Amy and Sonic's cabin...

The couple lay silently in their bed as the night goes on. One of Sonic's arms lay gently on Amy's small baby belly and the other behind his head as he softly snores. Amy is snugged into his chest feeling his body heat warm her cold body. The covers go up to their waists as they continue to dream the night away.

However, the pink female's eye twitch and in a few seconds, she awakes to see the darkness around her. A small ray of moonlight shines in through the window across the room and directly onto her alert face. She sighs annoying as she takes a look at the clock by the side of the bed.

'3:45 am'

Ugh, not this again... this is the third time this week!

I can hardly sleep... I'm so worried about him.

Gabe, no one has seen you in DAYS! Where are you?

Trying to brush away her worries, Amy shuts her eyes and tries her best to go to sleep. She tosses and tries to adjust her position to get more comfortable to fall quickly to sleep. Within a few minutes of trying, her eyes reopen.

"I can't..."

Even if I try to go back to sleep, I can't stop thinking about where you are.

Has something come up?

I just have a strange feeling like something bad happened to him and it wont go away...

Amy shakes her head and sighs as she lifts herself up a bit from the bed. "I've been keeping this to myself for a while now... but now, I need to tell him."

Looking beside her, her eyes land on Sonic still asleep despite of her quiet whispering.

Now is the time.

We share everything, right?

Our emotions, what we're feeling-

Yes, so he has to know... I can't keep it to myself any longer!

"Sonic.." She looks behind her and says his name trying to get him up, but he doesn't respond. "Hey, Sonic?"

"..."

"Sonic, can you wake up for at least five minutes? I need to talk to you." She tugs on his arm to try to alert him.

"..."

"Sonic, wake up. Please?"

"..." He only lets out a long yawn and returns to his quiet snoring. She tries again and again to wake him up without scaring him out of his sleep. But by now, she becomes a bit annoyed and speaks a bit louder.

"Sonic, would you wake up already!"

The blue hedgehog suddenly jumps up from his sleep and looks from side to side in a hurry. "What? What? I'm awake!"

Amy lets out a soft giggle from just seeing his quick reflexes. "I'm sorry..."

"... Sorry? Oh, it's alright, Ames. Bu=t" Sonic yawns as his eyes soften once he sees her safe by his side. "What's the matter? Why are you up so late?"

"It's just that.. I'm worried..."

"Huh?" He looks at her with a confused look. "Worried about what? What's wrong?"

She looks away for a moment. "About Gabe."

"Gabe?" He says with a hint of jealously and sleepiness in his voice. "What about him?"

"No one has seen him since he left to have a talk with Staci! And on top of that, we haven't seen her either! What if she did something bad to him!? What if-"

Sonic sighs and shakes his head and reaches over to turn on the lights. He gets a better view of her face and sees the tired, overwhelmed expression on her face.

"Amy! You need to get some sleep! It looks like you haven't gotten any for days!"

"But what about-"

He puts a single finger over her lips to shut her up and to let him speak. "Gabe is probably just wants some time to himself, and Staci... well, I wouldn't want anyone to see me either after what she did!"

"But Sonic-"

"But nothing, Amy. Now, go to sleep." He tells Amy in a firm, determined tone. She pouts like a little child making him chuckle a bit. "Look, Amy. We're all a little worried about the guy, but I'm more worried about you."

Amy gives him a questioning look. "Why?"

"Because you haven't gotten the proper sleep you should be getting. It's not good for the baby, remember?" Sonic says as his hand runs across her stomach making her blush a bit.

"I see.. I'm sorry." She lowers her head to her lap, but he gently picks her face up toward his to kiss her lips.

"Hey, it's alright. Just for tonight, stop worrying so much. Didn't we agree to wait a few days? He'll probably just show up again tomorrow."

She thinks to herself and slightly nods. "You really think so?"

"Yeah." Sonic yawns and leans back over to the bed stand to flicker off the lights. "Now, can we please go back to sleep?"

"Okay..."

He makes her lay back down beside him and puts his arm over her once again. She snuggles back into his chest and feels the comfort of having him in bed with her. The worry seems to drift away from her mind with ease. A few minutes past by as she hears his soft breathing and warm breathe against her ear and along her skin.

Now, it seems that she can fall asleep again from the relief of Sonic's words, but before she does, she has something she wants to ask him...

"Sonic? If he doesn't show up tomorrow, can we at least ask around to see if anyone knows where he is? And Staci too?"

"Amy, go to sleep."

"But you didn't answer my question yet."

"Sleep..."

"Sonic? Please?"

"Amy, close your eyes and sleep."

"But Soooooooooonic-"

"Yes, okay! We'll ask around about them! Now, go to sleep, Amy!"

Silently laughing to herself, she finally shuts her eyes and lets the nights' bliss take her away.

Maybe he'll show up...

Maybe... and Staci too, that sneaky little-


The next day, neither Gabe nor Staci is yet to show. Not even a call, message, or anything. It's like they've disappeared into thin air leaving no trace behind. Going through with his promise to Amy, he tells his friends and siblings that they should ask around for the couple's whereabouts the next day.

Everyone agrees to this plan, and the next day, they split up into small teams and have their cells fully charged and on just in case one of them finds something...

~Sonic, Amy, and Cylvia

~Tails, Cream, Rouge, and Knuckles

~Shadow, Christy, Silver and Blaze

~Scourge, Manic, and Sonia

~Julie-Su, Spike, and Phoenix

Jason, and Sady, Penny, and Jenny are staying behind just because of the possibility of Gabe or Staci showing up while the others are out searching for them...

[.Standing in the Lodge's Main Building.]

"Remember to call us, if you hear anything." Amy reminds the four of them as she, Sonic, and Cylvia prepare to leave.

Penny and Jenny both nod at once. "Don't worry, we got it!"

"Yeah, so you three should be heading out like the others have already!" Sady says to her with a smile as she takes a sit on the sofa.

"We have everything under control here." Jason said after her.

The others have already left to search and question people around the Lodge leaving Sonic, Amy, and Cylvia the last to leave.

"You see, Amy. You're worrying to much." Sonic tells her as he walks up behind her.

Cylvia stuffs her hands in her thick pockets and agrees. "Sí! So stop worrying, chica! I'm sure he's alright and just wanting some time alone."

"That's what I said!" Sonic says with a laughing tone causing Amy to playfully hit him.

"Whatever..." Amy turns back to Jenny and the rest of them. "We'll be going now. Call us if one of them happens to show up, alright?"

"Kay! Remember to keep your eyes peeled for any signs of them!"

"Yeah, we will! See ya!"

Sonic, Amy, and Cylvia all walk off into the Lodge to begin their search. First stop is Gabe's friends. With some looking around and constantly stopping people, they find out that the group is on the ski slopes outside...

"Look! There they are!" Amy points to two familiar dark brown fox twins. They are among their friends talking to a group of girls who happen to be riding on the slopes as well. She runs straight towards them and calls their names. Sonic and Cylvia are left behind until they run right after her.

Jake, the one with the piercing aqua eyes, looks up to the sound of her voice. "Huh? Oh, look who it is? The Victoria Secret's Angel!"

"W-what?" Amy stops running to glare at him. "I don't have time for that!"

Blake, with dark brown eyes, smiles mischievously. "Still feisty little thing, aren't you?"

"Why I outta-" She frowns and blushes at their comments, but feels an arm holding her back. "Hey-"

Sonic steps in front of her and in between her and the male twins. "Hey, pals. Watch it!"

"And here's her super boyfriend to the rescue again!" Jake jokes making Sonic a bit irritated.

"That's it! I-"

This time, Cylvia steps between the two boys to stop the nonsense. "We don't have time for this, remember?" She reminds Sonic before turning towards the fox and his friends.

"Ay, this is serious! We're looking for your friend, Gabe. Have you seen him around?"

"Gabe? No, we haven't seen him. Why do you ask?" Jake, dropping his joking attitude to put on a more serious one, asks questionably.

Amy sighs miserably. "Dammit, not even his friends know."

"Know what?" Blake asks her. "What's going on with Gabe that we don't know about?"

"He's been missing, and Staci has been too."

"Missing?" Two two twins ask at once as their friends behind them have the same confused look on their faces. "What do you mean missing?"

She nods. "Yeah, we haven't seen or heard anything from him since the day he went by himself to confront Staci about cheating on him and-"

"Wait, wait, wait, wait! Staci cheated on him? With who?" Blake exclaims in a surprised voice. "How could she..."

Jake rubs the top of his head. "Damn... Staci... didn't think she would ever do something like that. What do you guys think?"

"Well..." Their friends murmur in an unsure tone. It seems they have their own opinion of Staci and how she behaves when Gabe's not around.

Amy rolls her eyes along with Cylvia. "She doesn't even have a good reputation around some of his friends..."

"Yeah, I can tell..."

"Staci's a nice girl and all, but she seems a bit off.." One of the male friends say behind Jake and Blaze.

"Off?" Amy questions him.

Blake slightly nods his head. "Yeah, just a bit strange about how she acts. She's not kinda right in the head from what I can tell, if you know what I mean. Like the games she likes to play with Gabe."

"What kind of games?" Cylvia asks next.

Blake shrugs. "He hasn't really talked to us about them, so I just think it's just between the two of them."

"Mmm.." Amy starts to think to herself.

Games?

Could what happened the first day I got here, the party, and everything else be from that?

Was she really playing one of her games with us?

But why-

"I see... so Gabe hasn't called any of you at all? Not even a message of some sort?" Sonic asks as he folds his arms.

Jake shakes his head. "No.. now that I think about it. It is unusual for him to not message at least one of us about what he's up too... but maybe he's just in shock or something and need some time alone."

"What about Staci?" Sonic questions next.

"What do you want with her?"

"It's.. complicated. We need to question her is all." Amy tells them.

Jake shakes his head again. "Haven't heard anything from her either. Maybe you should ask the manager. She works here, so maybe they know something."

"That's a good idea, thanks!" She quickly tells them before turning away. "Come on, let's go!"

Amy and the group rush off in the other direction to find the managers of the Lodge to question them, and they leave Gabe's friends behind and wondering what's exactly happening.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the large building, Tails, Cream, Rouge, and Knuckles have just finished talking with Mr. and Mrs. Long in their office room...

"Well, thanks anyway." Rouge tells Mrs. Long as they all leave their office.

"You're welcome, dear!" Mrs. Long says with a smile. "I hope youuu find her soon! She still has a job to do youuu know?"

Rouge laughs a bit before replying. "Yeah, I know what you mean."

Dammit, she's not even showing up for work?

Something has got to be up...

Mrs. Long smiles once more before waving farewell. "Gooooodbye, everyone! See you all around."

"Bye!" Cream smiles her way and turns back to walk alongside Tails. "Too bad they didn't know anything about Staci's disappearance either."

Tails slowly nods his head and sighs. "Yeah, who else knows where she could possibly be?"

"Mmm... what about that weird doctor?" Knuckles thinks aloud.

"D-doctor?" The three of them question.

"What? Doctor Lupe is not weird, she-" Cream starts to say, but is stopped.

"Noooo, not her!" He shakes his head. "Well, she's not really a doctor. I'm talking about that therapist or whatever."

Rouge thinks of the name right off the top of her head. " You mean Dr. Hunchkin?"

"Yeah, her! Maybe she knows since they talked a lot. Tyler even hinted that she was in on Staci's little game." Knuckles remembers.

"Mmm.. you could be right." Rouge nods her head and looks up with a conniving smile. "Alright, let's go pay her a visit next!"

With that final remark, the group are on there way to visit Dr. Hunchkin's office...

Mrs. Long prepares to go back inside her office when she suddenly remembers something. "Hey... aren't youuu friends with that blue hedgehog that was fighting with a red and black hedgehog the other night?"

The group of friends stop in their tracks. "Ummm..."

"Oh, no. She's gonna put it on OUR bill..." Knuckles says in a grumbling tone, but Rouge nudges him.

"Yes, we do." Rouge speaks up. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, when you see him, tell him he still has to pay for all the damage he did to my flooooooor!" Mrs. Long yells in a loud, angry voice. Rouge and the rest of them have to cover their ears.

Rouge, lowering her hands, laughs nervously. "Umm.. okay?"

"Yes, and you bet-tah tell him or it's gooo-ing on YOUR bill, understand?" Mrs. Long tells her with a stern posture.

Knuckles sucks his teeth. "Ya see?"

"Oh, shut up!"

"He doesn't have to pay for anything. The misses is just really upset about it!" Mr. Long comes out from his office to stop his wife from billing anyone.

"What are youuu talking about? That boooy damaged the floooor!" Mrs. Long says right back to him.

Her husband rubs his forehead. "But we already payed for the repairs, so why you want to bother our guests for?"

"That fight ruuu-ined the beauuu-tiful banquet I planned sooooo looong and hard for, and-"

"Let's go..." Knuckles whispers harshly to the rest of them.

Rouge, Knuckles, Tails, and Cream slowly back up as Mrs. Long continues to argue with her husband.

Mrs. Long spots them sneaking away. "Hey, where do you think you are going!? Remember to tell your friend he has to-"

"Don't pay her any attention! You all just continue to enjoy your stay here!" Mr. Long tells them as he tries his best to hold his wife back.

"Hehe... okay... bye?"

Rouge and Cream wave wearily back to the husband and wife manager as Tails and Knuckles just keep on walking away. They make it around the corner and let out a sigh of relief...

"Now, that lady is weird!" Cream exclaims as she leans against the wall.

"Yeah, no kidding!" Tails says right after her. "What were we planning to do before she stopped us?"

Knuckles clears his throat. "Umm.. visit that quack doctor."

"Oh yeah!" Tails quickly remembers. "Everyone ready?"

"Yeah, let's go before Mrs. Long catches up with us." Cream says with a slightly laugh making Tails and Knuckles do the same.

Just as the three take a step, Rouge stops them. She's holding her phone as she looks up to them. "Looks like Shadow and his group beat us to it."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Cream asks curiously.

"Well, earlier, I texted everyone to see how their search is going, and Shadow just texted to me that he's right at Dr. Hunchkin's office." Rouge explains.

Knuckles chuckles a bit and folds his arms. "Oh, well, then what should we do now?"

Rouge shrugs at first. "I don't know, maybe we can-"

"You kii-ddds? Are youuu still around here soomewhere!?" Mrs. Long's loud, bellowing voice startles them as they all jump in fright.

"Oh no.." Knuckles says under his breath.

Cream frowns. "She followed us, but I thought her husband was stopping her from coming after us?"

"Guess he didn't have enough balls to stop her.." Tails says in a joking tone.

"There youuu are!" Mrs. Long suddenly appears around the corner with her hands on her hips. "Now, about youur friend..."

"You guys.. I think we should-" Knuckles chuckles nervously as he takes a step in the opposite direction. "RUN!"

In a hurry, they all take off into a run down the hall to get farther away from obsessed female manager...

"WAAAITT! COOOME BACK HEREEE! I JUUUST WANT THAT BOOOY TO KNOW WHAT HE OWES MEEEE!"

Just as Knuckles turns the corner, he bumps into a familiar, blue figure and lands on his back.

"Hey... Sonic?" Knuckles says as he looks up. Rouge, Cream, and Tails catch up to him to see Sonic, Amy, and Cylvia walking up the hallway.

Sonic helps him up to his feet. "Yeah, why the hell are you running?"

"Because-" Knuckles starts to explain, but Mrs. Long is starting to close in on them. "There's no time! RUN!"

"What? Why?" Amy questions as she gives him a bewildered look. "What's going on? Who are you guys running from?"

"Mrs. Long!" Knuckles exclaims in a tired voice from all the running. "She's following us as we speak! Even her husband couldn't stop her!"

Sonic looks down the hallway to see her. "Oh, we need to talk to her right away."

"Trust me! You don't!" Rouge quickly tells him just as Mrs. Long catches up to them.

Cream and Tails nod eagerly. "Yeah, besides we already talked to her and her husband about Staci!"

"Really? Well, what did they say about-" Amy asks, but is rudely interrupted.

"There youuu are bluee booooy! I want my mo-neey now!" Mrs. Long shakes her fist in the air as she starts to walk at quicker pace to get to them. "Don't you daree ruuun from me either! I ruuun fast like traaiin on tracks!"

Cylvia covers her mouth to keep herself from laughing aloud. "Like a train on tracks? What the hell?"

"I know right?" Amy starts to laugh along with her.

"Uuummm..." Sonic scratches the back of his head. "What the heck is she talking about?"

Knuckles shakes his head and turns back to look at Sonic. "THAT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT NOW! JUST RUN!"

"But-"

"I SAID RUN, MAN!"

[.Elsewhere.]

Outside of Dr. Hunchkin's Office, Shadow, Christy, Silver, and Blaze have stood there for the last five minutes...

"She isn't here, Silver..." Blaze says in a tire tone as she leans beside the door. "So enough with the knocking!"

Silver, still knocking on the wooden door, shakes his head. "Maybe she's asleep on her desk?"

"Even if she is, she would have heard you knocking like a damn woodpecker on her door!" Blaze quickly tells him making Christy giggle a bit.

"Maybe she's on break or something?" Christy then suggests through her laughs.

Shadow, thinking to himself, sighs. "Must be. Maybe we should come back later then..."

"Yeah!" Christy answers his question almost immediately. "I guess we just go somewhere else now, huh!?"

He eyes her strangely, but says nothing at first. "Hmm..."

"Or..." Blaze says as she picks herself up from the wall. "We can break in and see what she's hiding in there!"

Shadow and Silver agree to the idea. "Sounds good. I can pick the lock easy!"

"Alright, then get to it before someone sees us." Shadow tells the silver hedgehog.

"Right!" Silver, using his telekinesis, places his hand on the doorknob and surrounds it with his light, blue, greyish energy.

"H-hey! We can't do that!" Christy, with wide eyes, stops them.

Blaze gives her a strange look. "Why not?"

"Well, isn't that breaking and entering?" Christy asks them in an unsure tone and with an uninterested expression on her face.

Shadow shrugs. "We've done things far worse than this, so it wont matter if we get caught. We'll just say we saw it open, and decided to wait for her in there."

"Yeah, that sounds good. Right?" Blaze sides with Shadow's suggestion.

Christy, pouting and rolling her eyes with them noticing, mumbles under her breath. "I guess.."

Suddenly, the door to Dr. Hunchkin's office clicks open...

"Got it!" Silver yells in success. "Access granted."

Blaze playfully laughs and kisses him on the cheek. "Good job, babe! Now, let's see what in her office."

Shadow, Silver, and Blaze head on inside the office as Christy stands off behind them with a face full of thought.

Mmm... this is not good.

I have to get them away from here..

Or-

"Mmmm.. mmmm... mmm!" An unknown, strange noise is heard from far down the hall from Dr. Hunchkin's office.

Christy snaps her head up and looks to Shadow and his friends hoping that they didn't hear it. "Please-"

"What was that noise?" Shadow suddenly stops with one foot in the doorway as a small sound from down the hall catches his attention.

"Dammit.." Christy curses silently to herself as she now watches what Shadow is going to do next.

I can't believe this is happening...

Silver and Blaze both stop to look at him. "What noise?"

Shadow steps his foot out of the doorway and turns to face the hall. "It's faint, but I heard it. It sounded strange.."

"S-strange?" Christy says with a worry in her voice. "Maybe it was nothing?"

"You could be right..." He almost agrees with her.

"... mmmm... mmmm!"

"There it is again." Shadow hears the noise once again and this time, Blaze and Silver can hear it too. "It's coming from down the hall."

Blaze nods as she steps back out into the hall. "Yeah, I heard it too! Maybe we should check it out."

"Yeah, we got some time before the doc is due back to her office." Silver guesses. "Maybe."

Shadow, going in the direction he had heard the noise, walks slowly down the hallway listening for the noise again.

Somewhere around here...

I'm sure of it.

Right behind him are Christy, Blaze, and Silver. They follow close and listen in as well for the noise to be heard once more.

Shadow's eyes look from side to side as he pasts various doors in the hall. Listening closely for the noise or anything that will raise his suspicions.

"Mmmm... mhm... mmmm!"

"There!" Shadow points his finger down the hall to a large door.

Almost instantly, all the color drains from Christy's face. "B-but.. I mean y-you can't-"

"The noise came from that room?" Blaze asks him with her ears raised.

Shadow nods slowly. "Yeah, let's check what's behind door number one."

Christy nearly grabs his arm to stop him from going towards that door, but she doesn't have to. From down the hall, Dr. Hunchkin returns to see her office door open and looks down the hall to see the group...

"Hey, you all! Did you break into my office?"

"Huh?" Silver turns to see her standing there. "Oh, um... it was already like that when we go here!"

Dr. Hunchkin narrows her eyes. "I highly doubt that! Do you have any business you would like to discuss with me before I call security to report a break in?"

"I w-warned you guys!" Christy tells them again as the nervousness in her voice is very noticeable.

"What? No, you don't have to do a-anything like that!" Blaze tells her. "We just wanted to have a talk with you!"

"A talk? About what exactly?" Dr. Hunchkin asks her, and then her eyes land on the door they were all facing. "If you want to talk, come into my office to discuss it." For a split second, her eyes land on Christy, but she then looks back to Blaze with a smirk on her face.

"Coming?"

Blaze turns to Shadow. "Hey, she's here so we can question her. We can worry about that noise if it comes up later, Shadow!"

"I guess.." Shadow tells her with his eyes still on door.

There's something strange... about that door...

As he turns to follow Silver and Blaze to go meet up with Dr. Hunchkin by her office. Christy breathes a sigh of relief as she looks back at the unopened door before running down the hall to meet up with Shadow and the rest...

Now, that was a close one!

[.Inside the Room Behind the Large Door.]

"Ugh! You almost got me caught!" Staci complains as she silently curses to herself. She listens in close to the wooden door to hear the retreating footsteps along with voices fading away and breathes a sigh of relief before looking back to Gabe strapped and chained securely to a chair in the middle of the darkened room.

There is a long strip of tape over his mouth as he struggles to break free from his bonds, but she tied them extra tight to make sure they couldn't be broken.

"Struggling only makes it hurt more my darling.."

"MMMHHMMM!" Sweat rolls down the side of Gabe's face as he stares at her right in the eyes.

Staci sighs and shakes her head as she turns away from him. "I can't have you running back to them to tell on me, so it has to be this way, but don't worry... I'll have someone help me in my little game since you're a little tied up at the moment!"

Gabe's eyes flare as he continues to struggle to break free. "MMMHHHMMMM!"

Someone...

Anyone!

Please help me!

I'm-

Trapped..


End~ Sorry any mistakes or errors.

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