Chapter Fifty-one

Suspicion

Meanwhile, Shadow stood at the balcony of his castle looking out towards Mobotropolis; he turned back to the bedroom where he saw Rouge laying on the bed staring at the ceiling, he sighed then looked back out at the horizon.

"Angel…" he whispered softly "where are you…? Did you do the deed….? Did you…?" he was starting to get worried and suspicious, "I trained you Angel" he thought "I trained you for this deed and how come you haven't succeeded?" he looked back at Rouge who continued to stare at the ceiling as if possessed.

Since Angel had been gone for so long she had gotten so worried she had refused to leave the bed chamber, she would either still be in bed or stare out of the window looking out across the horizon waiting for her son to come back. Shadow glared at the horizon then turned back to the bedroom and began to walk down to the main chamber.

When he arrived at the chamber one of doormen straightened up, he then opened the door and sat down on one of the large chairs, he sat there for about five minutes then the doors opened again and some spies appeared. They walked up and bowed to Shadow. "My Lord Shadow" said one of them.

Shadow instantly stood up, "tell me you have news of my son!" he said, the first spy looked nervous, "there's no sign of him my lord" he said in a worried voice, "we've searched everywhere! We searched all of Mobotropolis! The Great Forest! Everywhere! There's no trace!"

Shadow looked thoughtful, but he was worried too, "Did the King catch him?" "No" said the first spy, "but what we do know is this…the Princess is missing!" Shadow's eyes widened "The King's Daughter is missing!" he cried. The spy nodded, "she was somehow taken at her wedding, stolen before the eyes of the King, Queen, the army, the court, the whole cities talking about it!"

Shadow looked thoughtful, "Who took her? Did any of the other spies or assassins take her?" "No…" said the spy, "none of the other assassins or spies took part in the kidnapping, if they took her they would have come back here…." Shadow's eyes narrowed, "The Princess….and my son….nowhere to be found…."

"We don't know what's going on my Lord…" said the spy, "but we…we can try again, we can keep looking for your son…." Shadow's eyes narrowed again, "but there are search parties out there looking for the princess!" Shadow thought hard, "I know my son…" he said under his breath "I have trained him well! He must be laying low! And the princess…with her missing….he must be holding her hostage!"

He then turned to the spies, "Keep looking for him!" "If he has the princess tell him to come back here with her, she'll be the key to King Sonic's defeat! My original plan was to take her and hold her hostage her! Angel must be holding her! He must be!" the spies listened to him. "We'll find him my lord" they said, they then turned and left the room.

Meanwhile Angel was still hunting, he had managed to find some rabbits which he killed and put in a sack to take back, he was then searching for other essentials such as firewood.

As he walked around he suddenly heard voices, Angel then saw some figures moving amongst the trees, he stood still and watched and listened, he then stood behind a thick bush, peeking through the leaves he almost choked when he saw King Sonic's soldiers and Sonic was leading them!

Angel held his breath and kept very still, he saw the King, but he wasn't dressed in his robes but he was wearing plain clothes and carrying knives, no-one would have known he was King if they didn't know him. "Shit!" he thought "they've come looking for me and Alyssa…." He stayed hidden and listened to the conversation between the soldiers and Sonic.

"If the rebel took Alyssa, he must have gone back to the rebel's lands!" said one soldier, "he must have!" "No" said another "Sonic said knowing Shadow he must have told the rebel to hide Alyssa, hold her hostage somewhere!" As Angel listened he began to feel worried.

"He must be holding her hostage and is planning to kill her if the King doesn't surrender to Shadow" Sonic turned to the soldiers, "He has done that before, with other people, even before Alyssa was born. I will do whatever it takes to bring her back!" he said "I would give up my crown! Everything to have her back!" Angel bit his lip as he saw how upset and distressed Sonic looked.

Angel stayed hidden in his hiding place watching and waiting until Sonic and his soldiers left the area. All the time he hid there he had listened to Sonic get more and more distressed about Alyssa. He knew Sonic wasn't going to the Rebel's land because he believed Shadow must had told one of his assassins to hide Alyssa, he waited a little longer then crept from his hiding place to go back to the tree house.

When Angel got back Alyssa was standing at the window staring at the sky with a sad look on her face, he placed the bag of rabbits and the fire wood he had collected on the floor near the door and walked over to her. He didn't want to tell her that her father was patrolling the forest because he didn't want to worry her more

"Alyssa?" he asked "are you ok?" Alyssa turned to him, Angel then saw her eyes shining and saw she had been crying, he lifted a hand to her cheek and wiped away the tears, "Alyssa?" he whispered "what's wrong…" Alyssa bit her lip, "I was just thinking about…." She stopped and choked a little as the tears fell.

"About what?" asked Angel "Gabriel…" said Alyssa, "Gabriel?" asked Angel a little shocked, "I feel scared…" said Alyssa, "remember he saw us making love and he raped me to punish me….what if he tells my father…." Angel looked worried. "Oh God…" he thought, even thought Sonic hadn't mentioned Gabriel in the woods he then realized that because Gabriel knew about him and Alyssa's affair that he would tell Sonic.

Angel then look serious, "Alyssa…" he said "After what he did to you, I want to kill him!" Alyssa looked a little frightened, "think about what he did to you Alyssa!" said Angel "He can't get away with what he did, and if he remains alive…he may tell your father!"

Alyssa stared up at her lover, "He deserves to die Alyssa…" he said "wasn't it your duty that when you were to be crowned queen that you would punish offenders of such crime to death?" Alyssa blinked then realized what he was on about. "Ok…" she said, placing her hand on her stomach, "he deserves to die…" Angel then smiled "We were supposed to be having our honeymoon night at the Mobotropolis Grand Hotel, Gabriel should be there"

"Perfect!" said Angel "We'll attack him there!" Alyssa looked up at Angel, a smile began to crept over her mouth, "I want to make him pay Angel" she whispered "I want to make him pay for what he did to me!" Angel smiled back at her, "Ok…" he said "We'll wait till the sun sets then we'll sneak into Mobotropolis and to the hotel!"

Hi people! Sorry about the delay, had terrible writer's block, but I finally got another chapter written, so Shadow's worried about Angel, Sonic's still searching and Angel and Alyssa have decided to make Gabriel pay! More to come soon! Enjoy!