How did he know she was here? Soni looked out the window to see Shadow angrily walking towards the front door, the building shook with his aggressive punches on the door. Her face lost all color. All her intimate moments with Knuckles and a firm mental agreement to finally leave Shadow made her feel like she could do anything but each bang made her sick to her stomach. Soni closed up her robe and walked towards the door with shaky confidence, she needed to put an end to his torture and finally put her foot down. The Chaotix begged her not to go and that they would just call the cops but Soni shut them down, saying calling the cops causes more issue, paparazzi, commotion, not to mention Shadow is dirty enough to say that the Chaotix kidnapped her and they would all be arrested. Soni asked them to stay back and to not try anything bold, but, if things started to take a nasty turn to just have Knuckles help. Soni stood by the front door as Shadow busted through, a burning anger in his eyes, he grabbed Soni's wrist and forced her against the wall. Shadow began with the questions and accusations. Why did you leave our stuff out at the bus? Why did you leave? Did they kidnap you? Are you fucking around with someone in this house? Shadow swore that he could smell the sex and shame on her that he could tell she was a dirty slutty bitch from the start, Soni was heartbroken from his harsh and cruel accusations but had to stand her ground. Soni flicked her other arm back and punched him in the crotch which caused him to release her, Soni ducked under him and pushed him against the wall which let a cheer ring from the back of the house. Soni laid out her feelings in a burst of energy.
"I left everything there cause YOU left me there. I left cause I WASN'T going to sleep outside in the exposed weather. No one kidnapped me. So what if I am? I'm not dealing with this stress and abuse anymore Shadow! WE. ARE. DONE. The band can stay together but I'm not your girl anymore, you've ruined what use to be beautiful by hanging with the wrong people and now, its broken forever... I don't want you to be around me outside of band related events, you've hurt me too much." Soni's words struck a strong chord in Shadow's mind, to Soni, her words were victorious and strong, showcasing her will to finally leave the bad behind and open to a new bright future. Shadow however saw it as his property fighting against him, that he was losing control of her which is the very last thing he wanted to have happen. Shadow's anger fueled his actions which brought him to flip around out of Soni's grip and grabbed her face, he pushed and slammed her into the hardwood floor. When Soni impacted the floor everything went white for a brief moment and she tasted blood, she was completely dazed and unable to move fast, she rolled over to try and crawl away but didn't get far before Shadow picked her up and tossed her over his shoulder and headed for the door. The Chaotix all charged towards the door ready to rescue her but all halted when Shadow stopped and pointed a gun at them, he demanded that they forget about what has happened today and leave them be. If they tried anything at all police would be called to have them all arrested under charge of kidnapping and rape, Shadow rolled his eyes at the characters and took Soni to his bike, he set her up so she wouldn't fall off and drove away.
The Chaotix stood there looking defeated. Was she really going to be safe? Would anonymous tipping actually work? They turned to look at Knuckles who was clearly hurting but he chose to go out of the house and take a walk away from the situation. Shadow arrived back at their tour bus and carried Soni in, he tossed her down on the bed in the spare room and left her with terrifying words. "You aren't leaving me. You are my property and will do as I say. I won't hesitate to kill you for not listening to me, you are nothing more to me than that; property." Shadow shut the door and locked it behind him, he wasn't planning to let her out until he desired. Soni weakly watched him leave and grabbed her phone, everything was extremely blurry but she was determined to text her locked lover with what was going on. Soni gave a brief run down of everything and said how things were gonna take a dark turn, Soni touched on the fact she contacted her personal security for help and was just waiting for a response then she finished the text with an" I love you and I promise to be with him as soon as possible."
The tour continued. Each and every show was displayed in every tabloid magazine, filled with fake interviews about their love and exclusive fold outs of Soni in all of her outfits. The Chaotix bought every magazine to keep up since they couldn't go to more concerts due to them being further away, each outfit looked more and more suggestive and the videos posted online for the concerts always looked like she was in extreme sadness and sorrow, there was even videos all over the internet of the meet and greets where it showcased her being chained to the booth and only able to get up for pictures. The Chaotix made the decision to look into her safety, after all, they were detectives. They had to start by collected as much data as possible and that was starting from wiki pages to all the magazines they could gather, there were only two tour dates left before they could go and try to find her to help her solve this, they weren't lawyers but enough evidence could help with a court case. Knuckles waited months for a text back but never got anything, his mind constantly fought with the idea she was genuine, one part wanting to believe that she was just that and the other saying she was fooling him to get arise from her boyfriend.
The night before the final concert her personal security finally arrived and busted in the door of the bus, they tore the bus apart to find her but no luck until they got to the last room, they knocked on the door to ask if she was in there and only heard mumbles. Soni's mouth was covered and cuffed to the bed, Shadow had some plans for her for when he came back to the bus. The security busted down the door and looked on in fear for how Soni looked, she looked up at them with pure panic in her eyes and began thrashing about to warn them of the now looming figure behind them. The lights went out and the burning aura of Shadow stood behind them, a small click of the gun and the trigger went off. The two bodies fell to the ground with their blood splashing against Soni and the bed she was on, the lights flickered back on and Shadow gave a tired pissed off look at the bodies on the floor and began dragging them out the back of the bus. Shadow pushed them down the little hill close by and requested on a phone that they be burned so there was no trace of them, he came back to Soni squirming around in panic over watching two of her closest security members being killed and their blood all over her. Shadow creepily pet her head with a sadistic grin on his face he told her that shed be okay and the blood all over her was a beautiful look for her. Shadow looked at the time and judged the time as unable to spend time with Soni and instead needed to prep for the final concert, he picked a cute slightly revealing outfit but said the blood was to stay. Shadow uncuffed her and unbounded her mouth so she could get ready, he left the room and started getting ready himself.
They performed the final concert with a blast, all the tickets were sold out, all the merch gone and made plenty of money. They decided to head back home in the ritzy parts of Mobotropolis where Soni asked to go home and stay there, she said she didn't want to go back to Shadows house. Weirdly. He agreed. The bus drove her back home and she took all her luggage off and up to her door, she unlocked her door and carried everything in, Soni locked the door behind her and sighed a breath of relief. Now. Maybe she was free from Shadow and could finally get him arrested with evidence, she charged her phone for the first time in months a texted Knuckles back with good news. "Finally I'm home alone! Let me get settled and I'll come up to the Island, I'm sorry for the radio silence my phone was locked up and I couldn't charge it for months I hope you still love me like I love you... Does tomorrow sound good? How about you visit here? Here's the address..." Soni smiled at her phone but it fell sad considering he could have moved away from her and shed actually be all alone. Soni showered and crawled into bed, she loved being in a nice comfy bed again and hoped to share it with Knuckles soon.
The Chaotix got more info on Soni's life and got sent secret footage of inside the bus of that night, the visuals were clear enough to identify the men that busted in and were killed, the footage switched to night vision to see them being murdered and the blood splashing onto Soni and the bed. They saved the video as more evidence to helping her, they even were sent anonymous photos of her being assaulted by Shadow and even another band member. Knuckles remained lost in thought and numb during these last month and even sluggishly looked at his phone when he received a text, but, once he saw who texted him he popped out of his stupor. Reading the text he reported to the others about her information, leaving out her hoping that he didn't hate her, they made a plan to go see her tomorrow and check on her and maybe even check their information to get Shadow arrested.