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Book Two~ The Battle Now Waged
Alexander Hamilton's POV
President Washington and I started to ride back to the house while the sun just broke over the horizon. Washington's jaw dropped, I looked at him confused while he stopped the carriage and looked over at me. "Why is there smoke?" He asked and I felt my heart rate grow faster. We rode quickly to the house and we stopped in horror. The plantation was burnt to the ground.
"Eliza!" I yelled as I ran towards the smoke and the amber filled house where I saw nothing. Everything was gone... "Eliza! Where are you!" I screamed as I nearly tripped over the burnt remains of the house.
"Hamilton!" Washington yelled, I turned and saw him holding a basket that was crying loudly. I ran out of the house and saw him holding my son. I took him out of the basket he was laying in from Washington and I looked at him.
"My son…" I said breaking down as he looked up at me with tear filled eyes as I brushed away his tears. "Where is your momma?" I asked him knowing that he won't give me an answer.
"Someone burnt down this house…" I said as Washington picked up abandoned torches. I looked at him.
"Do you think whoever did this, took Eliza?" I asked as he nodded.
"Possibly. We need to go and find help." Washington said as I looked at him and back at my son.
"Okay…" I said as I held him close to me and we got back to the carriage. Washington got the horses moving and I looked down at my son. He started to cry as I started to rock him but he kept crying. "Why can't he stop crying?" I asked Washington as he shook his head.
"He must be hunger." Washington said and I looked down at Philip.
"That is normally Eliza takes care of feeding him… We could try to give him cow's milk?" I said as Washington nodded.
"I'll try to find us a farm." Washington said as we rode to a small farm and got down. He ran to the door and knocked on the door as a woman with a child on her hip opened.
"Can I help you sirs?" She asked as I nodded.
"Please do you have some milk? My son is hunger and we can't find his mother." I said as she opened the door widely.
"Of course, Come in sirs." She said, putting her child down and letting us in her house. "Here let me get one of my daughter's old bottles." She said grabbing a glass bottle and put a rubber cap on it after it was filled with milk. "Here you go little lamb." She said as she looked at Philip and handed me the bottle. I put the bottle at my son's hunger lips and he took it happily.
"What happened to the boy's mother?" The woman asked as I shook my head while still looking at my son.
"We don't know. My home where she was staying was burnt to the ground. We were taking my wife to see her sister before we headed to Philadelphia. We came back to grab our other supplies but my home was burnt down and she was gone. The boy however was not harmed." Washington explained as the woman at us with a confused looked.
"You're the owner of the house that was sentence to burn?" She asked as Washington nodded and looked at her confused.
"What do you mean sentenced to burn?" He asked and the woman closed the cabinet and looked at her children.
"Go find your father please." She said as she hurried them out of the room. She turned back to us and pushed a piece of her hair behind her ear nervously. "Samuel Seabury and an older gentleman came by early yesterday evening. Asked if they could water their horses in our barn. They had a gaggle of men with them sirs. When my husband invited them in. The older gentleman explained that they are on their way to free his daughter. She had been kidnapped and forced to have a child with the owner of the house. I felt bad for her sirs, and I was happy that they were going to save her sirs. My husband went with them because he felt for the girl. Mister Seabury said that they were going to save the girl and take her back and that they were going to punish the man that took her by burning his home." She said as I felt my heart beating out of my chest.
"May we speak with your husband ma'am?" I asked as she nodded.
"I will go see if he is up." She said and walked out of the room. I turned to Washington as he looked at me, cold faced.
"Seabury burnt down my home… That man should be killed." He said as the woman walked back in with her husband.
"What is this all about Rose." He muttered and his wife pointed at us and the man walked in.
"Can I help you gentlemen?" He asked and Washington stood up from his spot.
"Yes. Why did you join Samuel Seabury and burn down the home of the President of The United States?" He asked as the man's eyes widen in terror.
"Jack what did you do?!" His wife exclaimed scared as I looked at him.
"Where is my wife? You helped Seabury kidnap her." I said as he looked at me.
"I am so sorry sirs. I was helping Seabury and the older man because they asked for more assistance in seeking passage on a ship that was London bound." The man said as I held myself back from lunging at the man.
"Why did you help him?" I asked him as he looked down.
"They still have control in England. Our families are still there. They threaten to hurt them." He said as I sighed. "I am sorry sir. But I needed to protect my family from the King." He said when a little girl came running into the room. "Go play Betsy." He said as the little girl looked at me.
"He has a baby, Mama." She said point at Philip, who was soundly sleeping in my arms.
"Betsy go find your brother." Her mother said and she ran out.
"I am the president of our new nation. I could have protected you." Washington said.
"Yes you are the president to a nation that has nothing to protect them." He said embittered and I stood up ready to defend him but was stopped when he put his hand on my shoulder.
"Thank you for giving us milk to feed the child. We must get going." Washington said as he fixed his hat and we walked out to the carriage.
"Here you go sir. We watered your horses for you." A young boy said handing Washington the reins.
"Thank you young man." He said as I got into the back and put Philip back in the basket and covered him with my coat. "We need to get to get to Manhattan. That's only way they can get out." Washington said as he motioned the horses to go.
"If we miss them then we need to sign the Constitution and fight for Eliza …" I said quietly as Washington looked at me.
"We will try and get to her. I promise you Hamilton." He said and we sat in quiet for hours till the sun started to set and we made it back to Manhattan. I sighed relieved as we arrived at Mulligan's tailor shop and started to rest as Angelica walked out the door.
"George? Alexander? What are you two doing here?" She asked confused, we got out of the carriage and I went to the back and I got the basket. Philip was wide awake and looked up at me with curious eyes as he tried to reach out and tug on my hair.
"Something happened…" Washington said as Angelica crossed her arms and looked at him.
"What do you mean something happened? Where is Eliza?" She asked gravely as I looked down.
"Seabury and your father came to Mount Vernon and burnt down the mansion. Everything is gone… They kidnapped Eliza and they are on their way to London." I said, she covered her mouth shocked.
"Oh no…" She said as I saw a tear fall down her face. "When are you going to save her?" Angelica asked and I shrugged my shoulders.
"I don't know… We don't know where she is…" I said as I felt Philip starting to get fussy.
"Why don't I take him from you. You can go get the horses settled in." Angelica said, taking her nephew from my arms and walked back inside. We walked to the back of the shop with the horses and we untied them from the cart.
"I'll take our trunks in. Get the horses put up?" Washington asked.
"Yes sir." I said nodding and I started to unharnessed the horses and put them in their own stalls. I finished and I latched the door. "Eliza? Where are you?" I asked myself as I looked at the moon shine brightly in the night sky. "I will find you my love. I swear." I said before I walked inside the house.
Elizabeth Hamilton née Schuyler POV
I woke up in a room with only a single candle on the window sill next to me. I sat up and rubbed my head as I got up and tried to pull on the door handle. It was locked as I realized that I wasn't in my room. I wasn't in Mount Vernon with my son… I was locked away in some room far from my child and my husband and that I was taken from those I love. I started to bang hard against the door as my chest heaved harder and hard and my face was stained with tears. I slide down against the door and pulled my knees to my chest. "Think about something happy… Calm down and think something happy…" I said to myself as I closed my eyes and thought about Peggy's wedding.
"Peggy! You look absolutely adorable!" I said as I fixed her favorite flower crown and she brushed off her light-yellow cream dress. "Eliza? When are you and Alexander going to get married?" Peggy asked when Angelica walked in. "Well… Can I confess something to you two?" I asked as Angelica started to fix Peggy's veil. "Alexander and I got married the same night that Angelica and George did." I said. "What?!" Angelica and Peggy said shocked and amazing. "He didn't want to wait and we got married. I know I should have told you after we did but we didn't want to take away from your wedding." I said as Angelica smiled at me. "I'm so happy for you Eliza. Now we must get our lovely little sister here ready to marry Hercules Mulligan." Angie said as Peggy got up and brushed off her skirt again. "Peggy you look fine." I said. "I'm nervous." Peggy said, Angelica patted her hand gently. "I was too but I felt better when I walked down the aisle and I saw George, I know I was making the right choice." Angie said and Peggy hugged her. "Okay, let's go." Peggy said as I handed her the marigolds she was carrying with her down the aisle. "Angie do you think Hercules is nervous?" Peggy asked as we walked out of her room and down the stairs. "I am sure he is." Angie said when the music from the garden started to play. "Ready?" I asked and she nodded. "Let's do this." She said and we started to walk her down the aisle. Mulligan had his navy-blue military coat on and a tricornered hat instead of his normal beanie and long grey coat. He beamed at her proudly as we walked her down happily. He extended his hand to her as she took it with her own shaking. Angelica and I sat with our husbands as we watched our youngest sister become a wife to the man that truly loves her. After the priest pronounced them man and wife, Hercules took her in his arms and kissed her in front of us. We all cheered and then it melted away…"
I smiled at the memory I recalled. I heard the door starting to open and jumped away from the door. I started to shake when Samuel Seabury walked in, he looked at me and closed the door and locked me in with him.
"Ah you have finally awake my bride." He said as he tried to touch my cheek and I jerked away from him.
"Let me go Seabury." I said bravely as he circled around me like I was a play thing to him.
"Why? I would much rather have some time with my future wife. After all, come tomorrow evening my dear Elizabeth. You will be my wife and you will be submissive to me." He said as he came closer to me. I started to shake harder and harder as he pushed me to the bed and forced himself on top of me.
"No! Let me go!" I screamed as he ripped my night dress off… Leaving me bare in front of him.
"Now my bride. You will listen to me." He said as he grabbed me and my body was racking with tears. I screamed as he slapped me hard across the face. My screams fell silent as he punched me hard in the face knocking me unconscious. I woke up to my body hurting all over and a sheet being tossed over my bare body. I watched Seabury buckle his trousers and toss back on his robes. "Now my dear. I will let you rest till tomorrow morning. Then we will be off to London to the Chapel. Then off to our residence where you will be locked away only for my pleasure." Seabury said as he brushed his sandy brown hair out of his eyes and his dark brown eyes bored into mine while he wore a sickly grin. I trembled in fear as he walked out and left me by myself. I started to cry hard into my pillow as I tried to think of something to make me stop.
"Alexander he is only a month old he cannot roll onto his stomach yet!" I said laughing as Alexander was laying on the floor with Philip on his stomach just like Philip and was talking to him. Sometimes breaks from when he is writing the papers at the Constitution that already in place but was failing was the best part of the day. Alexander would always come straight into the parlor where Philip and I were and would pulled him close to him and would talk and rock him for a time and then would go back to writing. "Look at our boy Eliza! He is so strong!" Alexander said as he got up and bounced around like a hyper active rabbit. "I wonder where he got that from?" I asked with a grin across my face. Alexander looked at me and walked over. He knelt in front of my chair and took my hand. "He learned it from his mother." He said as he kissed my knuckles and Philip started to grow fussy. "Come now young one." Alexander said picking him up gently and handing him to me. I looked at my dark eyed son and at my husband as we sat together in harmony."
I brushed away my tears at that memory. I started to close my eyes as my head hit a hard pillow and prayed that Alexander would find me.
"Oh Alexander please at least have our son…" I said hopeful that my son wasn't harmed and was only just hunger… I fell asleep in pain, cold and hurting. I woke up to someone walking into the room and I opened my eyes to see a young girl carrying in a large dress, a hat and a corset. She put them on the chair and walked out and the door was locked again. I sat up and I started to shake. I looked at the window and thought of jumping out into the cold water but it was the middle of January and I could freeze to death if I did that. I wrapped the sheet around me and walked slowly over to the chair and pulled out the corset. I put it on and started to tie it and then put the shift on along with the large dress. I brushed off the teal fabric and put on the large hat. I am going to find my Alexander and get back to my son. I need to escape. I finished and someone knocked on the door and walked in.
"Ah you have learned quickly Elizabeth." Seabury said as I squeezed my eyes shut tightly as I felt him walk up behind me and squeeze my backside hard. I whimpered at the unwanted contact as he pulled away. "Now, we must hurry. We are on the first boat out of here." He said. He roughly grabbed my wrists and put a pair of shackles on them and pulled tightly on it. "Now my pet. You speak and I will make sure that demon spawn child of yours is kill." He said causing my eyes to widen in fear. I lurched forward as he pulled me down the stairs and out the door into the frigid winter air. He led me through a large crowd and I kept my mouth shut. We made it to the docks when I saw a large looming ship.
"Ah Mister. Seabury this must be your bride." A man said as Seabury nodded.
"This is my Elizabeth. Is the ship ready?" He asked and the man nodded. "
We leave in fifteen minutes, sir." He said as Seabury started to lead me onto the ship. I stopped when I saw Washington in the crowd. I heard him yelling my name. He stuck out like a sore thumb and when he saw me Seabury already had me on the ship.
"Eliza!" He yelled as he tried to get to me. The crowd was too thick and when I fought back against Seabury. He pulled me roughly close to him and slapped me hard enough that I went limp… I cried out in pain and fell to the ground as the captain climbed on board and they plank letting people onto the ship was removed. I heard George yelling for me and I couldn't speak. I felt Seabury grab my hair and pull me towards a cabin. He tossed me in and locked the door. I screamed out in frustration and slide against the door. I'm not ready for this battle.
"Alexander… Please save me." I said as I gave out and fell asleep on the floor.