Disclaimer:
I own nothing related to or affiliated with Disney, ABC Daytime, or General Hospital. Characters are not mine; they are merely being borrowed.
Background:
This is set several months in
the future. Jason and Elizabeth are together. He was found not guilty
of Alcazar's murder. Hopefully the rest will be explained as I go. As
always if you have questions or comments just let me know.
Metamorphosis
Chapter One
"Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; the Romans did it by killing anyone that opposed them." Sounds like the Romans knew what they were talking about, Jason thought, shutting the book with disgust, the same book had been reading to Cameron a few short hours earlier.
The small boy had just fallen asleep when the phone rang. It was Sonny. He wanted Jason to leave town. Again. It seemed lately that's all he did.
Jason was already restless, and the plane had just left Port Charles. Damn Sonny. Jason was sure they paid people to handle these problems for them, but Sonny had been insistent. Jason had to go.
The business had been his life, once. It was how he wanted things. But lately, things were different. If only Sonny could see that his priorities had changed. This wasn't the first time they had argued and it wouldn't be the last. Jason had done a lot of thinking in the past few months, mostly about the business and how his life had changed. "Of all the stinking timing", Jason thought, he hated to leave her now. Jason picked up his cell phone and hit the speed dial.
"Hello," a groggy voice answered.
The garbled word made Jason smile, "I miss you."
He could hear an amused huff on the other end, "You just left a few hours ago." "I missed you the moment I walked out the door,"
Elizabeth laughed, still a little uncomfortable with this side of Jason, "I miss you, too."
Jason leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. "How are the boys?" "Asleep. It's the middle of the night."
He didn't share her chuckle and instead picked at the armrest. "I hate not being able to say good bye."
Elizabeth paused and he could hear rustling on the other end, as if she were sitting up in bed and untangling the sheets from around herself. "Jake's only ten months old; I doubt he would understand. Cameron won't be happy, but he knows you'll come back."
Jason knew she was right. "And Spinelli?" "He got home just after you left. I doubt he's actually sleeping though."
"I hate this. I hate leaving you, leaving the boys. Especially now and not just because of... everything." "I know, but I'm fine. I promise."
She'd never know how comforting those words were to hear. "I know. I still want to be there. We wasted so much time..." "Jason,
I feel the same way. Look at it this way; the sooner you get done with
whatever it is Sonny sent you out of town for this time, the sooner you
can come home to us."
Jason nodded even though he knew she couldn't see him. "When is your next doctor's appointment?" "Five days. Jason, you're not going to try and make are you?"
He smiled softly. "I promised you when you told me you were pregnant that I was going to be there." "Not at the possibility of risking your life even more,"
"I won't. I'll be careful," Jason promised her never realizing how much she needed it.
"That's all I want - for you to come home safe. I love you." "I love you, too. Go back to sleep. I'll call you when I'm on my way home."
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"It's me." The deep voice on the other end stated.
"This had better be important, its three in the morning. "
"Jason Morgan just left town." The man said simply.
Ric sat up fully alert at the news. "When did he leave?" "About three hours ago." "You're sure he's gone?" "I watched the plane take off myself." "Perfect. Maybe I'll drop in on my ex-wife for a visit."
The man on the other end laughed, "You want me to tail her?" "That's
what I'm paying you for isn't it? Just don't get caught. You don't want
to get arrested for violating the restraining order again." "Elizabeth won't turn me in, Jason is the one pushing it." "Just stay out of sight, Lucky. Neither of us needs the heat. Not when we're this close to getting rid of Morgan for good."