She held onto her daughter tightly as the six year old cried on her mother's shoulder. The only reason Claudia wasn't crying was because she knew her daughter would not be able to handle that. She was silently thanking God for having Izzie spend an extra year at school, it meant that she was away from Jerry's clutches. Claudia lightly kissed her daughter's head.

"Why hasn't Uncle Jason or daddy found us yet, mom? Spin should've already found us. Why haven't they saved us?" Carina cried.

"Shhh, baby. Jerry is extremely smart and he knows how to dodge being traced. Give daddy and Uncle Jason a little bit more time and I promise they'll come and rescue us. But until they do, come with me."

Claudia got up, pulling her daughter with her. In the warehouse they were locked in, there were big rows of shelves, like they had in the grocery store. Claudia decided she was going to hide Carina behind one of the shelves. She was hoping that Jerry wouldn't look for Carina.

"Momma what are we doing?"

"You're going to hide here until I say it's okay. I need you to stay quiet, please."

"Mommy stay with me, please stay with me." The six year old begged.

"Baby, I can't. Jerry will find us both. Just stay here." With that sentence Claudia left her daughter and went to the front of the room again. She didn't even flinch when Jerry made his dramatic entrance.

"Now, I could've sworn that I kidnapped two members of the Corinthos family. Because we both know in the end Sonny would let you rot."

"No, he wouldn't. He didn't the first time you took me. When he finds you Jerry he's going to tear you apart limb by limb."

"Claudia, darling, this tough is very, how shall we say it? Endearing. But you aren't puling me any further away from the subject at hand. Where is your beautiful daughter?"

"None of your damn business." Jerry walked over to the end shelf and pushed at it until it fell. This caused a complete domino effect, all of the shelves bad huge noises as they fell.

"Carina!" Claudia screamed, hoping to hear some response out of her daughter. Claudia held her breath until she heard her daughter scream and then saw her running that way. Claudia caught her daughter, when the girl jumped into her arms.

"Mommy, there was a spider." Claudia had to stifle a laugh. Carina didn't run because the shelves were going to crush her, she ran because there was a spider. Both of them snapped out of their reunion when they heard Jerry clap.

"Good try Claudia, very admirable, but it will take a lot more than hiding her on the other side of the room for me not to kill her." He told them.

Claudia set Carina down, and pushed her daughter behind herself. There was no way Jerry was going to hurt her daughter.

"Jerry just let us go, Sonny will pay you whatever you want and they'll let you go alive. Please, at least let Carina go." Jerry burst into laughter.

"The plea for you child was sweet, it almost made me feel sorry- well no it didn't never mind. I will give you some time to say you final goodbyes. But don't worry I'll be back." Jerry told them, spinning the gun on his hand, and leaving the building.

Just as he left, Carina burst into tears. Claudia picked her daughter up and tried to soothe the little girl.

"Baby I won't let anything happen to you. I will die for you. And that will give daddy a little more time to save you."

"Mommy, I don't wanna go anywhere without you."

"Sometimes, you have to say goodbye, and that's what you're going to have to do. I'll always be with you though." Carina shook her head.

"Nothing's going to happen to you." She cried.

*********

After a few hours, Carina cried herself to sleep. Claudia didn't want to move, she just wanted to gaze at her child for the time she had. In her mind she knew if Jerry wanted to kill the both of them he would have no problem with it. She was hoping that by him killing her, it would save her baby girl. She knew the plan wasn't perfect, but she had to have hope in something. Claudia laid Carina down, and got up to explore the warehouse, hoping and honestly praying that there was a way out of here.

There were no windows and there was only the one door. Claudia realized that fate had just dealt her a bad hand.

"Mommy, where are you?!" She sounded startled as she yelled, Claudia ran back to the front of the building.

"I'm right here baby." Carina grabbed onto her.

"Don't leave me please." Claudia sat down next to her six year old and welcomed her again into her arms. Carina had never handled stress well and this was just way too much for her.

"I will sit here with you the whole entire time if you need-"

Claudia was cut off by the door being kicked down.

"Carina! Claudia!" His familiar voice sounded. Carina was out of Claudia's lap in two seconds.

"Daddy!" Carina screamed, running into his open arms.

"There's my girl. Thank God you're okay."

Claudia slowly walked over to her husband. When she made it to him, her arms wrapped around his neck and his one arm(the one that he wasn't holding Carina with) wrapped itself around her waist. She didn't want to cry, but it was an immediate reaction to her daughter and her being safe.

"Jerry?" She whispered into his ear.

"Jason's taking care of him, he's never going to bother our family again."

Her only response was to kiss him, which he returned hungrily.

"Well girls are we ready to go home?" Sonny asked, a famous Corinthos smile beaming on his face.

"Yes!" Carina yelled, making both of her parents smile.

That night:

Claudia laid in her and Sonny's bed alone, because he was putting Carina to sleep. They had called Izzie when they got back to tell her that they were both okay, then Jason had called to tell them that Jerry had been disposed of. Claudia was so deep in thought that she jumped when Sonny's muscular arms wrapped around her and he kissed her neck. She smiled at him.

"You just proved to me that you didn't cheat while I was gone." He looked at her questionably.

"I don't get it."

"You're acting like a man that hasn't had sex since his wife has been gone. You know what, just kiss me." She commanded and he happily agreed.

*******

She cuddled into him as he slept, she always seemed to have the ability to tire him out. Her eyes got wide as she looked at her bedside table. There an unopened condom laid, the one they were going to use tonight.

Two weeks later:

She walked swiftly into General Hospital, hoping that her two best friends weren't here, they didn't need to know, neither did Sonny. Not yet at least. She made her way up to Kelly's office, where she knocked on the door.

"Kelly, it's Claudia Corinthos." She called, Kelly opened the door, almost immediately.

"Come in, come in." Claudia sat in the chair in front of Kelly's desk. "What's the matter?"

Claudia couldn't look at her, after her pregnancy with Carina, where she had been in and out of the hospital, Kelly told her about how dangerous another pregnancy could be. To both her and her baby. She didn't want to go through that again. She couldn't handle another miscarriage.

"Claudia, as your doctor, I need you to tell me what's wrong."

"I think I might be pregnant." Kelly just looked at her.

"Please say something, Kelly." Claudia begged.

"I'm not going to say anything, until we do a blood test and make sure that you are pregnant."

Well what do you guys think of the prologue?