Chapter 25: Monkey Khan
The next early morning, Queen Sally headed out to a small village that was quite a distance. She arrived at a stone wall palace, while wearing a cloak over her to hide her identity from other Mobians.
"Halt, who goes there?!" a guard yelled.
Sally took off her hood, revealing her face. "It is I, Queen Sally ready to seek time with Monkey Khan."
The guards opened the door before giving a bow as Sally walked into the palace. She headed to the throne room, which had a few of the nobles conversing with Monkey Ken Khan.
Sally entered the throne room and Ken's eyes shifted from the nobles to Sally...his longtime got up from his throne and ran to hug the queen.
"Sally..it's so good to see you…" Ken whispered as he hugged her tight.
"You too, Ken…" Sally whispered. Ken desperately wanted to kiss her, but knew she was married to Sonic so he didn't.
"Wow...you continue to look very beautiful." he commented. Sally blushed and gave a warm smile, she felt something from Ken that she never felt from Sonic in a long time. It almost scared her.
"Thank you-"
"Papa!"
The two turned around and saw a yellow monkey run up to Ken and hugged him. Ken returned the hug to the young girl which sparked Sally's curiosity.
"Is this your daughter?" Sally asked.
"Yes, I adopted her when she was a baby." Ken replied. "She was delivered to my doorstep..so I took her in and treated her like my own."
"That's amazing.." Sally whispered.
"Her name is Monkey Su Khan." Ken said. "Su, say hello to Queen Sally."
"Hello, your highness." Sun greeted, giving a polite bow.
"Why hello, Su." Sally replied, returning the bow.
"By the way..you look really pretty." Su said. Sally blushed.
"Why thank you." the chipmunk replied.
"Sally, shall we head into the meeting room?" Ken asked.
"Yes." Sally replied, Su waved goodbye before going to play.
"How old is she?" Sally asked.
"Eight years old." Ken replied, leading Sally to a private meeting room.
"She's so polite...why can't Alice be like that…" Sally thought, before sitting down at a chair. Ken sat across from her, giving a smile to ease any nerves she had about the meeting.
"So..we're here to discuss me..marrying your daughter?" Ken asked.
"Yes, it was all in the letter I sent a few weeks ago. So..are you interested?" Sally asked.
"Well..your daughter is beautiful if you don't mind me saying...but are you sure? I mean..I'm practically your age." Ken explained.
"I trust you to take good care of my daughter, Ken...when she's eighteen of course." Sally replied. Ken nodded.
"Well thank you..of course I will do your best to give your daughter a wonderful life." Ken said. "And someday..we will give your grandchildren."
Sally nodded in agreement, before starting to cough and clenching her chest. Ken's eyes widened as he rushed to her aid.
"Sally?! Sally! What's wrong?!" Ken asked.
"I-It's happening again…" Sally whispered. Her eyes were feeling weak and her body felt stiff as she continued to cough.
"Servants, take Sally to my bedroom and rest her there! Bring her some of the finest tea and soup!" Ken ordered. The servants nodded and rushed Sally to the bedroom. Ken followed behind, watching over Sally.
Meanwhile Sonic woke up, yawning loudly before preparing for the day. The hedgehog went to the dining room to have breakfast which consisted of toast, eggs, and bacon.
"Is Alice here?" Sonic asked.
"She left for school this morning." the servant girl replied.
"Oh yeah..almost forgot." Sonic chuckled. "Knowing her..she's probably gonna be at that boy Spines's house after school."
Sonic's face turned serious, thinking about Spines...he needed to be in his life. He was his son right? Sonic felt wrong not being there..he wanted to make it up to him. Another problem was Sally not knowing about the affair...but since she was gone all day, the blue hedgehog figured he'd spend time with both Alice and Spines after school…
To be continued..
(Short but kinda simple chapter. So did anyone figure out my question on why Spines finds headbands cute on girls? Let me know your answer in the reviews)