Elizabeth was nervous as she rode the elevator up to Sam's penthouse. She knew Jason told her not to say anything, but she couldn't help it. If she was the one who hit Sam, Sam had a right to know. Elizabeth may not have liked her, but she knew what it was like to be hit by a car.

She took a deep breath to prepare herself, and knocked on Sam's door. She heard a muffled scream and then it sounded like a loud scuffling going on inside the apartment.

"Sam? Are you okay?"

Just then the door flew open and Liz was yanked inside. Startled, she looked up into the face of…Diego Alcazar?

Sam lay on the couch, struggling to catch her breath. Diego had been strangling her when Liz had knocked on the door. Liz was thrown down next to her, and was practically shaking in surprise and terror.

"Well look what we have here," Diego drawled. "Here I was thinking I would have to come after you later, but you're making it easy for me. This way, I can punish Morgan" he practically spitted out the name, "doubly. Won't this be fun?" He smiled eerily and sat down on the coffee table in front of them. "Now, how should I start?"

Sam gasped for breath and said, "Killing me won't punish Jason. He and I are no longer together, and he hates me Diego. Leave Elizabeth out of this. She has children to care for, and hasn't done anything to make you hate her like I have. Please, let her go."

Liz was slightly shocked at Sam sticking up for her, and reached over and clasped her hand. Diego shook his head and laughed evilly.

"You think you can fool me Sam? I know all about Morgan and Elizabeth here. You think me killing her wouldn't do any good? It would hurt him more than killing you would, that's for sure." He smiled at the tear that slid out of Sam's eyes at that comment. "Ahh but you know that quite well don't you? You know, killing Elizabeth would probably hurt your precious boyfriend-cop Lucky more too. You're nothing Sam, and you deserve to die." Sam was shaking with silent tears. She knew he was probably right. And as shocking as it may seem, she cared more about Lucky's thoughts than Jason's. Knowing that she might never be able to reunite with him, she silently cried even harder.

Elizabeth could hardly believe her eyes. Sam, always the strong one, was weak and defenseless at Diego's comments. She felt her heart ache for Sam.

"Diego, STOP! Please, let us go. We won't say or do anything. Please. Just let this go." Elizabeth pleaded with him, knowing that it probably wouldn't make a difference. This guy was crazy.

He smiled at her, and waved some rope in front of their faces. "Oh no, I won't stop. But I can't continue this here. It's a little too risky for my liking. I'm going to kill both of you, but I'm going to do it on my terms, and the way I want to…slowly and painfully."

He reached out and roughly grabbed Sam's hands. He tied hers together, and repeated with Liz's. Grabbing them both, he forced them onto their feet, and out the door of Sam's apartment.

Sneaking down back stairways, he made it out to his car that was hidden without any interference. The women were silent, each wondering how they could get out of this, and if the men they loved would be able to rescue them.

What they didn't know was that inside Sam's apartment, Sam's phone was ringing, with LUCKY flashing on the screen. In Liz's bag on the floor of Sam's living room, her phone vibrated with JASON flashing across the screen. And so it began.

All they could do was hope and pray that they could get out of this.