Recap

Troy tore up the note and threw it on the ground in anger. This man would stop at nothing. His anger came to a halt when Gabriella cried out to him.

"Troy! Troy, he's taken dad's papers, the ones with the symbol on it!"

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The next morning, Gabriella sat on the bed, distraught over what had happened the night before, while Troy was on the phone. He came into the room once he was off and walked over and sat down by her.

They sat in a suspenseful silence for a few minutes, until Troy finally spoke up.

"Well, the only real solution is to find that symbol before Casmir does." Troy explained.

When Gabriella didn't respond, Troy continued, "But the problem still remains that we don't know where it is. I'm going to go the office today and do some things. And I think it would be better if you stayed here." Troy said, saying the last part a bit more hesitantly.

Gabriella immediately came to life when he said this. "No, Troy! You can't just leave me here, what if someone comes, or something happens?" she said frantically, jumping off the bed in outrage.

"I've already arranged for Tyler and Alex to come here. Sam will stay with me." Troy said looking at his feet.

"If anything happens, they'll be here." Troy added. Gabriella crossed her arms and turned her back to him. Troy sighed. I knew this was going to happen. He walked over to her and touched her shoulder.

"Gabriella?" he said softly. "I'm only trying to protect you."

After Troy said that, the tears started coming for Gabriella. All of the exhaustion, adrenaline, and other emotions caught up with Gabriella. Troy, seeing that she was crying, turned her around toward him. Gabriella just fell into his warm, muscular arms and cried into his shirt. Troy rubbed her back and talked soothing words to her.

Once she had more control over herself, and his shirt was soaked to the skin, Gabriella looked up at him.

"I'm sorry Troy." She said simply. Troy took her chin in his hand.

"There's no need to be." Then he kissed her lovingly. He pulled back, only because there was a knock at the door. He kept her in his arms.

"That will be Tyler and Alex princess." He said softly, hugging her to him. Gabriella smiled on his shoulder. She eased herself out of his embrace, wiped her eyes, and went to the door.

She opened it, and Tyler and Alex walked in looking fresh and alert.

"Good morning boys." Gabriella said as cheerfully as she could. Tyler and Alex smiled at her.

"Good morning sis." Tyler said happily. They had started calling her their sister when Gabriella mentioned that she never had any siblings. Gabriella loved them like brothers.

Troy came in then and put on his shoes. "Well, keep the place in one piece before I get back. Call me if anything happens." He gave Gabriella a quick kiss and nodded his head toward the other two. Then he was gone.

Gabriella sighed, and then turned to Tyler and Alex. "You're welcome to anything, since the CIA is paying, so you can do whatever and I won't care in the least." Gabriella said with a smile.

"I'm just going to be in the bedroom reading. If you need anything just holler." Gabriella said walking into the bedroom. She walked over to the bed and flopped on top of it. Then she pulled out her dad's journal and continued her reading in it.

She was about three fourths of the way through it when something caught her eye. The page in front of her contained the symbol, nothing new, but there was also writing next to it. Writing that was very useful.

"Tyler! Alex! Look at this!" Gabriella said, running into the other room. Tyler turned off the TV, and they both jumped off the couch.

They looked at it with wide eyes. "We need to call Troy and Sam." Alex said, pulling out his phone. He dialed the number and told them to get here fast. Five minutes later, Troy burst through the door, with a confused Sam behind him.

"What is it? What happened? Is Gabriella ok?" he said quickly worrying. Gabriella came over to him.

"I'm just fine. But look what I found." She held up the book to him. He read it closely then looked back at Gabriella in bewilderment.

"Is this really what I think it is?" he said hoarsely. Gabriella nodded.

"It is. It really is the location to the symbol."

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"The Swiss Alps huh?" Troy said in amazement the next day on the plane. They weren't going to waste anytime getting to their destination.

"Yep, the one and only." Gabriella said proudly. She had been greatly acknowledged for discovering such a big thing. And she felt proud of it. But Troy was still in amazement.

"Well, I'm glad you found it princess. We might have been looking for ages." Troy said kissing her lightly. Gabriella smiled at him tenderly. Troy then leaned back and closed his eyes, trying to get some sleep. He kept wiggling around, trying to find a comfortable position. Gabriella watched him, giggling at his unsuccessful attempts. After watching him struggle enough, she spoke up.

"I've heard laying down helps." Gabriella said, pointing to her lap. Troy smiled in agreement. He moved the armrest between them and laid his head on her lap. He smiled up at her and pulled her head down to his and covered her mouth with his. It wasn't a very long kiss, but it meant a lot. Troy sighed as he lay against her and closed his eyes. Gabriella ran her fingers through his velvety hair. Troy leaned his head into her hand, as if telling her he liked it.

Meanwhile, Alex was a few seats back watching National Treasure next to a sleeping Tyler, and an eating Sam.

He was to the part where Ben, Riley and Abigail had just figured out that there was a certain time that the shadow of Independence Hall would show them where the next clue was.

As Alex watched this, a sudden brilliant idea hit him. He started pushing Tyler awake, and poked Sam.

Tyler groaned at the sudden rude awakening.

"Dude, what are you waking me up for?" Tyler said drowsily rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah, what's the big idea?" Sam said, wiping his hands.

"I just had a stroke of genius. What if "1:23", the time on that message from Tom Landon, was certain time that points somewhere? The way points at 1:23Think about it, maybe it points the way to the cave." Alex said in a hushed voice, as to not bother anyone else.

Tyler and Sam stared at him, shocked. "You know, you may have something there." Tyler said thoughtfully.

"I agree. It could be the missing link to all of this." Sam said. "Anyways, you should probably tell Troy, he'd want to know."

Alex stood up and glanced up over at Troy and Gabriella. He noticed that Troy was comfortable lying down on Gabriella, sleeping. Alex sat back down.

"I think it would be best to wait for a while. There's still a long trip ahead of us." Alex said.

Tyler and Sam peered over at them as well, and then nodded their heads in agreement.

Tyler settled back down and closed his eyes, Sam dove back into his food, and Alex continued with his movie.

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The next couple of days were uneventful. They traveled safely, touring sites when they switched planes. When they finally arrived in Switzerland, it was quite late at night. And they were all exhausted. They all checked into a first class hotel, and said their goodnights before going to their separate rooms.

As Gabriella unpacked their things, Troy was in the shower, rejuvenating what little energy he had. Gabriella put on her bathrobe, preparing to get in the shower once Troy was finished. When he stepped out, he was in nothing but a towel. His tanned muscular chest was bare. Beads of water were clinging to his powerful arms. Gabriella smiled at him slyly, as she passed him to get into the bathroom. Troy winked at her as she closed the door smiling at him.

As she stepped into the hot water, Gabriella sighed, feeling her body slowly regain liveliness. She washed her hair and then quickly got out. With a towel she dried her hair a bit and then slipped back into her robe. When she opened the door, Troy was on the bed, reading a magazine. He looked up at her and smiled brightly. Gabriella strolled over to the bed slowly. When she got to the edge of the bed, Troy took her into his arms and his lips crashed onto hers. His lips were hot and hungry on hers. Gabriella wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer to him, lying back on the plum, silk pillow. They kissed for who knows how long, until they fell asleep in each others arms.

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The next morning, everyone woke up fresh and ready to go. They got some breakfast, and then headed out for their destination. They rented a helicopter, seeming how where they were going was pretty high up. As they flew through the air, Gabriella looked outside and marveled at the breathtaking scenery. It was a bright sunny day and the mountains seemed to look like a picture from a book. To Gabriella, it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. They landed in the spot where they had previously decided to and got out of the helicopter. The rest of the way would be by foot. As they walked Gabriella read from the journal, specific instructions on how to get there.

"We need to find a tree marked with an X on the base of it." Gabriella said aloud. The men walked around and inspected all the trees. About 15 minutes and a mile later, Sam spotted what they were looking for.

"Here it is. I think?" Sam shouted, pointing to the base of a particularly old maple tree. Everyone ran to where he was and agreed it was what they were looking for. Gabriella continued from the journal.

"Then you need to take 100 steps east from the tree." Gabriella instructed.

"I'll do it." Tyler said, volunteering. He stepped by the base and started walking east, counting his steps.

"…..98, 99,100. Here we are." Tyler said stopping in place. Gabriella read once more.

"Turn right and walk fifty paces." Alex jumped in for Tyler and walked fifty steps.

Gabriella started reading the last part. "Turn northwest and walk another 100 steps. Then it should be right there." She said looking around. Troy took his turn and started walking in the correct direction. He stopped in front of a tall and narrow, pointed shaped mountain.

"20, here we are. Now where's that symbol?" Troy said. Everyone split up and walked around, examining every crook and cranny. Gabriella jumped when she saw a faint drawing on the mountain.

"I found it!" Gabriella said, yelling to the others. They quickly gathered around.

"Yep, that's it. It's got to be. Good job princess." Troy said pulling her into a tight, sideways hug.

"Thanks very much. It helps a great deal." A cool chilling voice said from behind.

The five of them whipped around. Eric Thompson and 2 other men where standing there, guns pointed.

(a/n: and there's that one. I was going to write more on it, but I'm kind of tired right now. I'll update it soon. Tell me how this one was? Did I have too much troyella, or not enough? Was there not enough action? Tell me what you think. I enjoy reading your thoughts. Thanks)

Disclaimer: I don't own Troy or Gabriella or High School Musical. I don't own National Treasure either.