Chained

Nick stood inside his study with three guards. He had a twisted grin on his lips and his silver grey eyes burned with insanity.

''Bring her to me, I don't care how you do it. Just get her here, and don't let anybody see you.'' The guards nodded and left the room. It was time. Time to take over the entire universe.

Back at the palace, they all sat into the dinning-room having breakfast. Musa's cellphone started to ring and she frowned her eyebrows by what she saw onto the display.

''Tecna?'' She answered.

''Have you heard?'' Tecna asked. Musa frowned her eyebrow as she switched hand to hold her cellphone.

''The judge that held Paris's trial was found dead in his house.'' Tecna added.

''What? Wait hold on.'' She put on the speaker phone for everybody else to hear.

''They don't know what he died off, all they could find was a burning mark onto his chest.'' Tecna said again. Paris moved uncomfortably into his chair and nobody except Jack noticed. He looked over at Paris suspiciously. Of course he knew that it wasn't Paris who killed him, but he had a feeling that he knew something about this.

''What if they suspect Paris for this?'' Chel said terrified by the thought of Paris going back to jail. Riven shock his head.

''He don't have a motive. He only sentenced him onto probation when he wanted Paris to get jail. Besides he has been here with at least one of us the entire time since yesterday.'' Chel nodded and calmed down slightly. Amazonia put her napkin down onto the table before standing up.

''Excuse me, I don't feel so good.'' She said as she left the room. Tulio frowned his eyebrows and worriedly followed her. He exited the dinning-room and when the door closed behind him he lightly started to jog after her.

''What's wrong?'' He called after her. Amazonia stopped and turned around, awaiting him to catch up with her.

''I'm just having morning sickness, I'm only going out for a while to catch some fresh air.'' She said as she put her hand onto her hips watching him as he got closer to her.

''At least let me come with you, I don't think you should be alone at the moment.'' He said as he put his hand onto her waist. Amazonia shook her head and put a hand onto his chest.

''I'm fine.'' She turned around again and started walking. He growled angrily and ran to catch up with her and grabbing her wrist.

''Is something wrong with the baby? You need to tell me if there is.'' He said and let go of her wrist.

''I assure you that both me and baby are fine. I'll back soon.'' She smiled and leaned up to plant a soft kiss onto his lips before starting to walk away.

''Don't forget, we have an appointment with the healer this afternoon.'' He called after her. He still didn't like the idea of her going of all alone, but she had obviously made up her mind.

''Okey, see you later.'' She called back before disappearing behind the corner. Tulio sighed and walked back inside the dinning-room and took his place.

''Is she okay?'' Paris asked worriedly. Tulio shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.

''I don't know. I think there is something worrying her, but she won't tell me about it.'' He said sadly before going back to his breakfast.

A light summer breeze brushed against Amazonia's face as she walked down to the beach. As she took a deep breath inhaling the salty smell, she looked out into the sea. A few more breaths and she would feel all better. Suddenly she got that funny feeling again, just like someone was watching her. She turned around to see four men surrounding her.

''Nick is asking to see you your highness.'' One of them said with a smirk.

''I have nothing to say to him.'' She said and folded her arms over her chest.

''It wasn't an option.'' He said again before nodding to two of the man that took each one of her arms and lead her back up from the beach to a transport and brought her inside.

Musa sat into one of the arm-chairs into her bedroom with Melody sitting into her lap. She watched as Riven put his watch onto his wrist.

''You still haven't told me what Saladin did at Paris's trial.'' She said making him turn around to look at her. Riven smiled and nodded as he walked over to the bed and sat down.

''I recognised the name of the judge and I knew that had heard it before. Then I remember in my first year at Red Fountain, we where suppose to write an essay on an villain that was sent to the Omega Dimension. I picked the one that my dad was talking about, the judge's nephew remember?'' Musa nodded. Riven nodded as well and stood up, walking over to the walk-in-closet grabbing a shirt and pulled it over his head.

''Yeah well then I mentioned the judge's name in the essay and Saladin told me that he actually went to Red Fountain when he was young.'' He added and walked back into the bedroom and over to his wife and child. He kneeled down and softly ran a hand over Melody's magenta curls, making the toddler giggle and reach out to grab her fathers hand.

''So I contacted Saladin and asked him if there was some way that he could help Paris, and the rest I don't much more then you. But I think it has something to do Manz were in dept to Saladin.'' Musa frowned her eyebrow and lifted her daughter to her father.

''What do you mean? That Saladin helped Manz with something while he went to Red Fountain?'' She asked. Riven sighed and nodded sadly.

''Yeah, I'm just wondering what it could have been. It had to be something grand in order for him to set Paris free.'' He said.

The transport pulled up outside the mansion and two mean lead Amazonia outside. They brought her inside and to Nick's office. He was standing by one of the bookshelves reading from a book. By the sound of the door open, he looked up and his previously relaxed facial expression changed to an aggressive one.

''What do you think you are doing? Release her.'' He hissed angrily. The two guards let go of Amazonia and left the room. Nick's lips curved into a smirk as he closed the book, putting it back into the shelf.

''You'll have to excuse them, they are not as civilised as you and me.'' He said as he walked over to her, taking her hand, brought it up to his lips and kissed it softly. Amazonia flinched.

''It's alright.'' She replied him. Nick smirked and nodded his head before going behind the desk and sat down.

''You're glowing, more gorgeous then ever.'' He said. Usually, a girl should be flattered by this kind of compliment, but coming from Nick, it only make Amazonia sick to her stomach.

''Why have you brought me here? What is it that you want from me?'' She asked and folded her arms. Nick chuckled and stood up walking over to the windows and looked at her, shocked of what he discovered.

''You're pregnant?'' He hissed angrily. Amazonia brought her hands over to her stomach, shielding it protectively. He looked angrily at her for a second before his face softened again.

''I'll have that taken care of later.'' Amazonia gasped.

''You can't!'' She yelled fearing not for her life, but for her unborn child's. Nick raised his eyebrows.

''There isn't anything that I can not do.'' He said. Amazonia looked at the young man before her in fear. This was the right time to be quick to mind.

''It's Paris's!'' She said. Nick looked over at her suspiciously.

''I don't believe you.'' He said.

''It's true. About four months ago me and Paris went away together for a while. We both had problems in our relationships, and we found consolation with each other. But in the end we decided to end it and go back to our partners.'' Amazonia said as she gulped. Nick thought for a second before sighing.

''Alright then. If Paris is the father, then I suppose you could keep it.'' He said and turned around to face the windows as he smirked. Raising Paris child could be fulfilling, knowing that Paris would hate the fact.

''Well if it wasn't anything else, I would love to go back home.'' Amazonia said, he turned around looking at her with a smirk.

''Don't you see, this is your home now.'' He replied her. Amazonia gasped once again.

Jack and Paris stood outside into the stable with Claudette. Jack stood by the mares head, feeding her pieces of carrots every now and then. Paris softly stroke his hands over his loyal four-legged companion. Jack was still suspisous of Paris, and he knew that he was hiding something.

''It looks good.'' Paris said as he patted Claudette's neck and walked over to the front to face his best friend. Jack gave the horse another piece of carrot as he eyed the brown-headed hero besides him.

''What? You haven't said a word since this morning and you just keep on staring at me all of the time.'' Paris said and folded his arms.

''Well that's because I have waited for you to tell me what you know.'' Jack growled angrily. Paris frowned his eyebrows in confusion.

''About the judge, you know something.'' Jack added. Paris sighed and looked down onto the floor for a few seconds before returning his gaze back to his friend.

''I know it was Nick. And I know it because I designed the weapon that the jugde were killed with.'' He began.

''I made a deal with Nick, if I did one last job for him, then he would forget about Leon's murder.'' Jack shook his head in disappoiment.

''And you believed him? What the hell were you thinking?'' He hissed angrily.

''I know! I know that it was stupid, but I had to take the risk to keep Chel safe!'' Paris replied his. Jack was about to say something, but in that moment Tulio rushed inside in a hurry.

''You haven't seen Amazonia anywhere have you?'' He asked.

''Not since this morning? She hasn't come back yet?'' Jack asked worriedly and looked down onto his watch. Tulio shook his head.

''We had an appoinment with the healer an hour ago, she didn't turn up and she doesn't answer her phone.'' The red-headed prince said again.

''We better go and look for her then.'' Paris said and lead Claudette back into her box, before the three young men left together.

After no luck in finding Amazonia, Paris, Tulio and Jack returned to the palace. Both Paris and Jack had a feeling that they knew that was behind Amazonia's disappearance, even thought her strange behaviour earlier. And for the first time, Paris felt that it was maybe time to tell Tulio about Nick's interest in his wife. They walked into the kitchen and sat down. Tulio looked down into the counter and had his face covered with his hands.

''I can't believe that she wouldn't tell me about this.'' He sighed in frustration. He couldn't understand that she would tell him about something as important as this. If he had known, then he would never had let her go outside all by herself.

''She should have, maybe we all three should.'' Jack said and looked over at the young prince. Paris nodded in agreement with his best friends.

''She didn't want to worry you. But you have to know something, she doesn't want anything to do with him.'' Paris added and leaned back into his seat. Tulio looked up at the two young men in front of him.

''She has really tried to get ride of him, but Nick won't take a no for an answer.'' Paris sighed sadly. If it was Nick that was responsible to her disappearance and if he even dared to touch a hair onto her head, he would cut his head off.

It was early in the morning and the sun had barely started to raise behind the horizon. Amazonia left her bedroom quietly and started walking. She didn't knew even know where she was going or what she was looking for, so she just kept on walking and walking. This place was huge. After walking around for a while she found a terrace facing outside to a smaller lake. In the middle of the terrace, she saw a man standing with his back facing her, and she soon recognised it to be Nick. He didn't seem to noticed her and she believed that he was meditating and she really wasn't in the mood to talk to him, so she turned around to walk back inside.

''Don't go.'' She heard a deep voice say making her turn around.

''I didn't want to disturb you.'' She replied him.

''You didn't, your presence is pleasant.'' He said again with a calm and relaxed sigh, before turning around smiling at her. Amazonia took a step backwards as he walked towards her.

''You're afraid of me, don't be.'' He smiled and took another step towards her, then his eyes travelled down to her stomach.

''I guess that we'll have to make some changes to your uniform, making sure that it will fit.'' Amazonia raised her eyebrows.

''My what?'' She asked.

''Your uniform. If you're going to stand by my side, you must look the part don't you agree?'' He smirked before walking inside with her following him.

''Why do you keep me here, what do you want from me?'' She spat angrily and caught up with him and folded her arms while the walked together through the hallway. Nick turned his head slightly so that he could clearly see her in the corner of his eye.

''I have big plans for the future. With you by my side, we are going to rule the entire universe. Both land and seas.'' Amazonia growled angrily and stopped, clenching her hands holding them tightly to her side.

''You won't succeed. Paris and the others will soon find out where I am and rescue me.'' She spat and breathed heavily. Nick chuckled with one of his sickening smirks and walked over to her.

''You have so much faith in your friends. But don't you worry, I except Paris and the rest of your friends attempt some pathetic rescuing plan.'' He brought his hand to softly stroke his fingers against her cheek. Amazonia gulped hard and pulled away.

''So in order for you to stay by my side, your husband and the father of your child… must die.'' Nick added. Amazonia gasped as a hand went over to her slightly swollen pregnant stomach.

O.o! Woooow… wont Nick stop at nothing in order to get what he want? He's getting more psychopathic day by day. Will he really be able to kill Tulio and Paris? And Amazonia lying to Nick about Paris being the father of the baby, will this cause more problem for her marriage to Tulio if it gets out?

Now when Jack knows about Paris building a weapon for Nick, what will this do to their friendship? Will he tell Chel and the others, or will he stay loyal to his best friend?

Next time: Nick sets a trap for Paris and Tulio.