A/N: First attempt at fan fic. First 4 chapters cover GH history we all know retold from individual POV for my feel of their mindset. Chapter 5 is where the story really takes off. All history matches the show until October 16th, 2006 when Ric's listening device picks up Elizabeth confiding the possibility that her baby might be Jason Morgan's.

Summary: Jason and Sam have reconciled after the night of the blackout and are trying to get pregnant. Ric blames them for his troubles and has a plan for revenge that includes marrying Elizabeth. Will their love be enough to survive the forces and obstacles working against them?

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in this story and all credit for any writing borrowed directly or paraphrased goes to GH and its respective writer.

Love Endures All Things [NC-17]

Chapter 1: The Mission [Ric's POV]

Ric was on a mission. Jason Morgan would not beat him down like some animal and get away with it. Alexis may have forced Ric to drop the charges threatening to go public with Ric's infidelity, but this wasn't over by any means. Jason was out of control. He'd gotten away with murder for years, literally, as mob enforcer to Ric's own brother. Now, Ric was made to endure the public humiliation of his bruises and broken bones.

Unable to hold the attempted murder charges he'd brought against Jason, yet again, made him appear and, even worse, feel weak to all of Port Charles. It was Ric's duty, as District Attorney, to ensure the safety of all of the community by sending thugs like Morgan to prison. By God this time he'd do whatever it took to see that happen.

Morgan used Elizabeth in her time of crisis when all she'd wanted was a friend. The thought of Jason Morgan's murderous hands on his sweet Elizabeth made him physically ill. Ric and Elizabeth were beginning to slowly rebuild a real friendship. Now Jason was twisting and confusing Elizabeth into believing Ric was still the same man that had lied to her during their marriage.

Admittedly, kidnapping his brother's pregnant wife to give Elizabeth a replacement for the child they lost...was his darkest hour. Still, he couldn't be held responsible really. He wasn't a man that would kidnap and threaten a pregnant woman and try to steal her child. He was a Harvard Law graduate for God's sake. What else could explain his behavior other than a complete and total mental breakdown?

It had taken time, but Elizabeth was beginning to understand and actually forgive him. Although he was happily married to Alexis before Sam, he'd never loved her as deeply as he'd loved Elizabeth. Elizabeth was his light and when that light threatened to extinguish completely after she lost their child, his world became very dark. The threat of losing his light forever had pushed him to near insanity.

It was Elizabeth that set him off again. He'd been willing to push the boundaries of ethics while dangling on the right side of the law provoking Jason into a physical confrontation, but Alexis had forced his hand by saving Jason of the charges.

The possibility of losing another child, in his divorce to Alexis, and also the small light of friendship Elizabeth still bestowed on him pushed him back into the darkness. Alexis would not take his daughter away from him, cancer, or no cancer. As for that slut, Sam, he had a special pain in store for her.

Sam was the reason his life was turned upside down. All he'd tried to do was support her during her recovery. She'd nearly died from a gunshot wound courtesy of her fiance, Jason Morgan's, lethal lifestyle. He'd welcomed his wife's new-found adult daughter into his home and now she had torn his family apart and killed any hopes of a reconciliation with his estranged brother, Sonny.

Elizabeth was spending too much time around Jason Morgan. Ric could just hear Morgan warning Elizabeth against him. How dare Morgan try to turn Ric's innocent concern for her well-being into something perverse and unnatural?

Ric's concerns were validated when his listening device picked up the most unexpected and alarming news. Ric had almost vomited when he'd overheard Elizabeth discussing the possibility of her baby being Jason's.

It was at this moment Ric knew what must be done. Ric had to save Elizabeth. Neither Lucky or Jason deserved her. It wouldn't be easy, but he had to find a way to get both of those men out of her life for good.

Page 2 of 2 Created: 2009-12-09 Updated: 2012-05-10 Words: 773