Chapter Nineteen

Healed

When they got to the training room, Shadow and Rouge saw their son standing in the middle punching bags that appeared from the floor, he was using his feet and hands to fight them, testing his awareness and slickness.

Rouge beamed at the sight of her son back in action, Angel then kicked a punch bag and grabbed another before it hit him. "Father, mother" he said. Rouge walked over to him and hugged him, "oh my son" she whispered, "I'm so glad you're ok" Angel hugged her back.

"I believe I am healed now" he said, "I feel ready to take on the King again" he then began to think of Alyssa, he wondered if she ever went to the waterfall to find him and he never appeared. "Maybe she'll think I've abandoned her…" he thought bitterly.

Shadow smiled at his son's condition, "I'm so pleased you're healed son" he said, Angel smiled back at him, "I shall be stalking in the city again father" he said trying to put on his deadly assassin act when he was really thinking about Alyssa. Rouge let go of Angel and walked back to her husband. "When you are ready, come to the main chamber" said Shadow leaving the room with Rouge, letting Angel continue with his training.

Back at the palace, Alyssa slowly awoke, she could feel the softness of her bed under her body and she heard voices, "Doctor Quack!" came a female voice, "I think she's coming round!"

Alyssa then saw the worried faces of Mina, Bunnie, Knuckles and Rotor, "wha…what?" she whispered, she then saw a yellow duck in a Doctor's outfit leaning over her and applying bandages to her head. "You fainted honey" said Bunnie, "but you're ok, you had a nasty knock on the head, in-fact, it was a deep cut, Dr Quack had to put stitches in it"

Alyssa touched her forehead and stroked the bandage on her head. "You're gonna need to rest for a while Princess" said Dr Quack, "just for the afternoon and tonight, you'll be fine by the morning" "Thank you Doctor" said Alyssa. Just then the door opened and she saw Sonic and Sally come in.

"Your majesties!" cried Dr Quack, Sonic was limping a little and was using a cane, "Alyssa!" Sonic limped over to the bed, Bunnie, Rotor, Knuckles and Mina stood up so he could get over to his daughter. "My dear girl" said Sonic, "Those rebels attacked you!"

Alyssa nodded, "they took us by surprise father" she said, Sally looked worried, "Shadow's assassins! In the city?!?" Alyssa nodded, "they attacked us, but I fought them off! Lara-Su and Gabriel were also attacked, Gabriel managed to shoot one of them letting me flight off the rest"

Sonic looked furious, "That Shadow" he snarled, "he tried to hurt you!" Alyssa placed her hand on Sonic's "daddy please, I managed to fight them off" Sonic sighed "I know my child" he said "but can you realize how devastated your mother and I would be if we lost you?"

Alyssa nodded, Sally then stroked Alyssa's hair, "you're so precious to us" she said, "so precious to us" Alyssa smiled at them both. Dr Quack then looked at Sonic and Sally. "Your daughter needs to rest for this afternoon and sleep well tonight, she should be ok in the morning, her two friends are doing ok too, Gabriel also suffered a head injury and cuts and bruises, Lara-Su is also ok, just bruises and cuts, they too will be ok by morning"

Sally nodded "thank you Dr Quack" Sonic then kissed Alyssa on the forehead, "I'm feeling much better now my daughter" he said "my wounds yet still a little painful, I have my strength back to rule again" Alyssa smiled "I'm proud of you Alyssa" said Sonic "you've done your mother and I proud standing in as Queen"

"It seems your healing powers helped your father's wound heal aster than normal" said Dr Quack, Alyssa blushed a little, "now…" said Sally "you better rest, your father and I will be talking about how to reward Gabriel and Lara-Su for protecting you from the rebels and helping fight them off" Alyssa smiled again "ok" she said.

Dr Quack then ushered the others out of the room then Sonic and Sally followed Dr Quack talking about what they were going to do to reward Gabriel and Lara-Su. Once they'd gone, Alyssa rolled onto her side and stared out the window, she wondered if Angel had been going to the Great Forest to find her, then she never showed up, what if he now hated her for not showing up.

Alyssa shut her eyes trying to hold back her stinging tears, "no…." she whispered "please….don't think I've abandoned you Angel…I just couldn't get away" She lay there and tried to think of a plan. She then had an idea. "Tomorrow" she thought "I shall pretend I'm still sick, then they will leave me alone for another day…then I shall slip away, go to the Waterfall and wait for Angel…he said he would wait there every day until I came" She nodded to herself determined on what she was going to do she then closed her eyes, no sooner did she do so, she fell asleep.

So Sonic's healed and is taking over as King again! But what will happen when Alyssa and Angel meet again! Find out!