A/N – Elizabeth is 20 and Jason is 28. This one is intense for a while and then takes a good turn. I hope you like it.
Chapter 1 - Shocked
Jason drove down the road to Vista Pointe as the scenery blurred by his head. Colors bleeding into one another as the wind whipped all around him. It had been a while since he had left Port Charles. It was kind of hard coming back. He liked traveling around and not having to be at Sonny and Carly's beck and call every five minutes. As the enforcer for the Corinthos organization, he was one of the most feared men on the East Coast. His skills were legendary and he was well known for his lethal stare, stealthiness, and sharp shooting abilities. The only reason he had returned was because Faith Roscoe, a rival, was back in town which usually meant she would do something stupid. His only regret was not offing her the last time she had decided to test them. As usual, Sonny couldn't keep it in his pants and bedded her, leading to an all-out war when she was ultimately rejected and tossed aside. Now that she was back, Sonny was of course panicking because once again his past was haunting the organization. Jason just wanted to find out what Faith was up to and then leave again. It would be too painful to stay; too painful to have to watch the woman he had fallen for with someone else.
As he came around a corner, his jean clad legs hugging the bike as he leaned, something caught his eye on the side of the road and he slowed down and doubled back. Parking the bike, he ran towards what looked like a body and realized it was a female. Rolling her over he gasped when he realized it was Elizabeth. He made sure she was still alive and then grabbed his phone and called Johnny, telling him to bring the car and Francis so someone could ride his bike back. He also told him to have Cody get the doctor and bring him to the safe house nearby.
"Elizabeth." He said loudly trying to wake her up. Quickly, he looked over her body and didn't see any bruises or cuts. It was like someone just dumped her out of a car and went on their way; something he could not fathom. He tried to remember the last time he had seen her. It had probably been a little over six months since he looked into her beautiful sapphire eyes. Her hair was longer with highlights and she looked noticeably thinner. Pulling her into his arms he cradled her and spoke to her softly telling her about all the places he had been. She seemed so tiny in his arms and he said a silent prayer that she'd be alright.
It took about 10 minutes before Johnny got there. Jason stood with Liz in his arms and carried her to the car. Johnny opened the door. "Who is that?"
"Elizabeth." Jason said as Johnny's mouth dropped open.
"I'll bring your bike. Francis will drive you."
Jason nodded and Johnny took the keys from his hand as he slid into the back of the car. This was all wrong. Whoever hurt her would pay dearly. Francis quickly turned around and headed towards town.
"Do you know what she's been up to since I've been gone?"
Francis briefly looked in the rear view window and saw the undercurrent of anger below Jason's surface. "She's been hanging out with Nikolas, Emily, and Lucky."
"Are her and Lucky together?" He asked hesitantly; not sure he really wanted to know the answer. Lucky Spencer was not even close to being his favorite person. In fact, his feelings for the younger man bordered on intense hatred.
"They aren't together now. However, they are friends. Recently, Helena was somehow involved with them. You should ask Luke for details. I never managed to drag it out of Elizabeth."
Jason didn't say anything but he was pissed that she had gotten in the middle of the Cassadine/Spencer feud. They had developed a friendship after Elizabeth had found him shot, lying unconscious in the snow. Truth be told, he had fallen for her hard. No one affected him like the woman he held tightly in his arms. There weren't too many people that really got Jason but she was one of them. She saw past the dangerous life that he led and saw something Jason wasn't even sure truly existed. But he clasped onto that goodness that she saw there for dear life; never letting his job take that away. Without it, he didn't think he'd ever stand a chance with her. Leaving town was not something that he did lightly. But in the end, he knew that she'd never choose him over Lucky and he just couldn't bring himself to stay and watch them together.
Lucky fucking Spencer had been gone for a year and Elizabeth and Jason had bonded while he was gone. And right when Elizabeth had been hinting that she was ready to try with him, Lucky came back and for six long months Jason watched him hurt her and be emotionally abusive. But Elizabeth refused to give up on him. She felt like she owed the little bastard. When everyone finally realized he was brainwashed and they got him help, she stood by him even after all he had done. It was like an unbreakable bond that ripped his heart out. Looking down at her, he frowned. She still hadn't moved a muscle and it frightened him. Losing her was not an option.
They pulled up to the safe house and Francis opened the door and they went inside.
Jason took her to the master bedroom and carefully laid her down.
"I'll wait for the doctor downstairs." Francis said. He had lunch with Elizabeth at least once a week. But the past two weeks she hadn't shown up. Now, he felt guilty that he didn't look for her harder but Emily had said she was fine—clearly she had been lying.
Jason pushed her hair off of her face and was deep in thought when the doctor walked through the door. He stood and moved back and let him know how he had found her.
As the doctor began to examine her, Elizabeth suddenly woke up screaming. The sound of it was torturous and it killed Jason that she was so scared.
Jason ran to her side. "Elizabeth, it's okay. You're safe."
Liz looked around the room wildly, not recognizing her surroundings. "Jason?"
"Yes. I found you unconscious on the side of the road. Are you okay?"
She started to cry looking around the room again as if she was searching for something only she could see. And the more her eyes frantically scanned the room, the more panicked and agitated she became. "Oh my god, did you find my baby?"
Jason was stunned. He felt like he couldn't breathe. The idea of Elizabeth having someone else's child scorched him. "What baby?"
"My baby, Jason you have to help me find him. Helena must have taken him." She said gripping his arms.
"You had a baby?" Jason asked incredulously. His mind was in overdrive. When he had seen her six months ago, she was not pregnant. Francis would have told him if that were the case. Something wasn't right.
She started to become more distressed and the doctor asked Jason to hold her down. He sat behind her and wrapped his arms around her completely securing her small frame.
"She's been drugged. I can tell by the look in her eyes." The doctor said before drawing some blood.
"Is there a way to tell if she's had a baby recently?"
The doctor nodded as he gave her an injection. "The sedative should start working and then I need you to leave the room so I can examine her."
"Okay." Jason said eager to find out for sure.
Liz started to calm down as she continued to murmur about a baby.
"It's okay Elizabeth. I won't let anyone hurt you again." He said softly.
Jason was going to kill Lucky and Nikolas. This had their family shit written all over it.
The doctor sat down and Jason got up and gently laid her down. Francis watched him walk towards him and they went into the hallway.
"I need you to find those two bastards and bring them to warehouse forty-two. Take Cody with you. Have Johnny bring my bike here and then call me when you find them. I'll leave Johnny here with Liz." He said as his voice simmered with anger.
"You got it." Francis said. He was just as pissed as Jason. They were going to get some answers if they had to strangle it out of the two men. Elizabeth was like a sister to him.
Jason called Emily but he just got her voicemail. "Emily, it's Jason. I need to talk to you now." He demanded before ending the call.
The doctor came out of the room. "She'll sleep through the night. There is no way she just had a kid. The drugs could be some kind of hallucinogenic. I'll know more when I get her blood analyzed."
"Thank you. What about withdrawal?"
"I'll be here first thing in the morning to check on her. If it's not drugs, then I'm afraid they may have done some kind of brainwashing. If that's the case, it's way out of my league." He said clearly befuddled by her condition.
Jason nodded. "I'll see you in the morning."
He went back into the room and sat next to her and gently stroked her face. "What happened to you Elizabeth? Who hurt you?" He asked emotionally. "I know you are a forgiving person, but I can't overlook this. I will not stop until they take their last breath. I promise you that." He said lethally before grabbing her hand. He needed answers and he needed them now.
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Two Weeks Prior
Elizabeth hurried to grab her books. She had a class at PCU and she didn't want to be late. It was a drawing class and one of her favorites. The last 48 hours had been crazy. Helena had come back to town a week prior and all hell had broken loose. Nikolas and Lucky were trying to protect Emily because Helena was upset that Nikolas was dating her. They had reluctantly drawn Liz into it and convinced her to help hide Emily and it had not ended well. Now Helena had started paying attention to her and she was worried about what that meant.
She slipped out of her small studio and hurried down the street. Someone's footsteps started to echo off the sidewalk and if she moved faster, they did too. It was spooking her but she didn't want to look back, scared at who she would see. She went to dart between two cars and the door flung open. Hands grabbed her. Something was placed over her mouth and she knew at that moment that she was being drugged. Her eyes wildly darted around, her mind racing as she felt the light disappearing all around her. Panic was setting in but there was nothing she could do but succumb to the darkness.
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Jason strode into the warehouse. He was pissed and wanted to do some damage. "She's five fucking two Francis. They could have caused her to OD. There could be permanent damage." He spat. Even though he didn't know for sure if she had been drugged or not, he was just so mad that she had been subjected to this shit. "Fucking Spencers and Casadines." He muttered.
He threw open a door and was surprised to see Emily.
"Jason." Emily said standing up. "What the hell is going on?"
She had been talking to Nikolas when Francis showed up, and because the guard knew that Jason was looking for her, he had asked her to come along.
"Why don't you tell me that?" Jason barked making Emily flinch. She had never seen him so angry. God she had missed her brother. She couldn't help but think how differently this would have all gone down if he had stayed in town. Everything was so out of control.
"What are you talking about?" She asked.
"What the hell happened to Elizabeth?" He yelled.
Three sets of shocked eyes looked at him not understanding how he knew.
"Wait, you know where she is?" Emily asked. She immediately felt a sense of relief that her best friend was safe.
"Yes. Now one of you better start talking or do I have to torture it out you?" He asked fiercely.
Emily sat back down and nervously wrenched her hands. She wasn't used to Jason being so angry at her. "Liz disappeared two weeks ago. We think it was Helena."
"Did you report it?" He asked. That had been his worst fear.
Emily nodded. "Audrey did."
"Why does Helena want her?"
Nikolas cleared his throat. "It's our fault. We convinced her to help us hide Emily. Helena wanted to kill her. Then it was like Helena became fixated on Elizabeth."
"Why?" Jason asked soaking the information in.
Lucky spoke up. "Partly to punish me and partly because she wanted her for Nikolas."
"This is insane." Jason said angrily. "I found her dumped on the side of the road. She was unconscious and when she finally woke up, she was begging me to find her baby and said Helena took him."
"What?" Lucky said unable to compute that. "She's not pregnant."
"Are you sure about that?" Jason asked playing stupid.
Lucky grimaced. "Unfortunately yes. She's not dating anyone and when she was, we didn't have sex."
Jason stared at him for a moment. Elizabeth was single and she and Lucky weren't having sex. It was about the only good thing that had come from the entire conversation. He pinched the bridge of his nose and sat down. "I don't know how to help her. The doctor took blood. Tomorrow we'll hopefully know if it's drugs or brainwashing; maybe both." He said softly.
"I want to see her." Nikolas said.
"Hell no. None of you get to see her. Haven't you done enough damage?" He said standing up again. "Francis will keep you updated. I need to get her well. She stays with me."
He decided to walk away before he repeatedly started to bang the two men's heads together.
A/N - Let me know what you think!