Sam bobbed her head to the music coming out of her earbuds as she jogged through the park. She hadn't gone for her run this morning because she had a lot of paper work to get to and she wanted to get it done. Spinelli was off trying to get Maxie to marry him and because she loved the kid like a brother, she told him not to worry about work until he was ready. Sam smiled at the thought of Spinelli and Maxie getting married. Sure, she didn't think that Maxie was the marrying type but she saw first-hand how much she loved Spinelli. She didn't know how it would all turn out but she knew it would be ok.

As she ran up the stairs her mind wondered to Michael. He had been awake for a few months and was doing great physically but his anger was still an issue. Not to mention the police now the police and Michael himself thought that he was the one that ran Claudia off the road a few nights ago and made her miscarry her baby. Sam's heart broke for the teenager. She knew he had to be so confused at everything that had changed around him while he was in the coma, the last thing he needed was something like this over his head. And despite the support he had around him, she knew he was struggling. She was glad that he had Jason though. Jason had been where Michael is now and will hopefully be able to reel Sonny and Carly in when they start to crowd him. Jason told her it was already happening. Which is why he told Carly to let Michael go and live with the Quartermaine's.

Sam was a little shocked when he told her that is what he wanted. Monica was always there for him but as much as Sam adored Edward, his stubbornness always got to Jason. Which shocked Sam considering Jason was the same way. Sam smiled at the thought of telling Jason he was just like his grandfather. He would probably never speak to her again. And considering that that is what she thought for so long, she wasn't going to take the chance. Thinking about Jason, she was incredibly grateful that they had somehow come so far from last year. Being in a place that they can be friends and rely on each other again meant a lot to Sam. Last year, she was so consumed with hate that she couldn't see anything else. Sam was ashamed of her actions but she was also ashamed of the fact that she allowed herself to be so weak. The old Sam would have never let herself become that way. In a way, she as grateful for what she had been through because it made her stronger. She learned from what she did and she would never go back to the place again.

As she turned the corner of the sidewalk, she saw some of the people that had made last year bearable. And the one that caused it all. Lucky, Elizabeth and the boys were all sitting down on a blanket as they laughed. Sam smiled at the site of the happy family. When she looked at Elizabeth she no longer felt angry. She hadn't for a long time now. Sam respected her as the mother she was to the boys. A part of Sam would always feel animosity toward her but not because of what happened with Jason. It was because she had asked him to give up his son. While Sam knew at the end of the day, Jason wasn't forced to give him up, the fact that Elizabeth guilt tripped him into it stung for Sam. Jason should have a place in his son's life and Sam hurt for him that he didn't.

Jake looked up as she was running and smiled big. He got up off the blanket and made a dash for her. Lucky got up to go after him until he saw who he was running to. Sam pulled her earbuds out and changed her path and jogged toward Jake.

"Sammy!" "Jakey!" the two said as she bent down and lifted him up into the air before settling him down in her arms. "How have you been, buddy?" she asked. She smiled at Lucky and Liz as they came up to them with Cam. "Good." Jake said. Reaching for her earbuds to play with them.

Sam looked down to Cam and smiled "And how are you?" Cam walked over to her and hugged her waist. Sam wrapped her arm around him and pulled him close. "Good. We miss you Sammy." He said against her, a little down.

Sam looked at Lucky and Liz and pouted her lip at them causing them to laugh. Sam kneeled down and sat Jake to his feet on the ground and said to Cam "I miss you guys too. But I hear that you, big guy, are going to be starting pre-school in the fall. Are you excited about that?" she said wanting to get him happy.

It worked as a smiled spread across his face "I'm going to school like the other big kids." He said. "Wow. But I think that you are going to have a leg up because you are already so smart." She poked him in the stomach softly as he blushed.

"Since when do you run at night?" Lucky asked.

Sam stood up to her full height and looked to the couple. "Just today. I was swamped with paper work and I wanted to get it done ASAP."

"But doesn't Spinelli help you?" Elizabeth asked.

"Normally, he does. But…" She looked around and said "You can't repeat this but Spinelli is planning to propose to Maxie so he has been a little preoccupied. I told him I would take care of the office."

Sam watched as both of their eyes bugged out at what she said. "Spinelli is going to marry Maxie?" Elizabeth asked a little dumfounded.

Sam laughed at her expression "He wants to. And while I know that Maxie loves him, I'm unsure if she will say yes."

"Wow. That's just…well that is unexpected." Liz said. Sam raised her eyebrows at Liz. Liz gave her a dull look and said "My kids are right here, of course I'm not going to say what I really think." Sam and Lucky both burst out laughing. Liz mock glared at them and shook her head. "You know what…" but before she could say anything, the loud cracks cut her off.

Sam immediately knew that sound as did Lucky. Lucky dove for Liz and Cam, who had moved back over to his mom and Sam threw herself at Jake. The sound was really close and loud but it didn't drown out the sound of Jake's cries. Sam immediately sent a prayer up for the boys to be ok. Sam heard the gun got off two more times and then stop. People started to scream around them as Sam lifted her head and looked to the others. "Are you ok?" she yelled to them. Lucky looked Liz and Cam over as Cam cried in his mother's arms. "Jake?" Sam looked down at the little boy and she saw no blood on him but he was clinging to her tightly. "Buddy, are you ok? Do you hurt anywhere?" she said as she checked for any blood. Her hands came up dry and she tried to sit up but felt a sharp pain in her side and arm.

Liz ran over to them and Sam said "I think he's ok. He's just scared." Liz lifted her son out of Sam's arms and looked him over. Sam once again tried to get up but it hurt to move. She wondered if she broke something when she dove for the ground. "Sammy…" Sam heard a small voice. She saw Jake looking down at her but Sam's vison started to blur. "Sam, hold on, ok? The ambulance is on the way." Lucky said as he knelt down next to her and pressed against her side. She looked up and saw Liz looking scared and worried before her vison got fuzzy again. "Sam, stay with me." She heard Lucky say again. She then felt the sharp pain in her side again and looked down. But she couldn't see anything but red. Blood. She looked back up at Lucky and felt one of his hands on her face. His lips were moving but she could no longer hear him. She could no longer hear anything. Then suddenly she could no longer feel anything either. It all went black.

Jason walked off the elevator at GH. Claudia was coming home today after losing the baby and Sonny needed to talk to him about something. He just really hoped that it wasn't about looking into her for Michael's shooting. He had no sympathy for her. He knew that she only got pregnant because she thought it would save her when the truth came out. He did however feel bad for Sonny. After just finding out that the baby was his, he lost him. Jason new the pain of losing a child all too well. Especially a child that you never got to know. He had never felt that kin of pain in his life then when he held Sam's baby in his arms after she passed away. He loved that little girl so much and he would never know her.

Jason came to a stop when he saw Lucky and Elizabeth in the waiting area. Lucky was pacing and Liz was sitting in a chair. She looked like she had been crying. Lucky looked up and saw him. The worried look in his eyes did not set well with Jason. Liz saw Lucky move toward him and got up as well. "Jason…" Lucky started but stopped.

"What's going on? Is Jake ok?" Jason asked worried for his son.

Liz and Lucky both shook their heads "Jake is fine. But something happened today where he almost wasn't." Liz said. Jason looked to Lucky "We were at the park a couple of hours ago and then…" Suddenly he stopped because Elizabeth darted away from them.

Lucky followed her and Jason turned around. "How is she? Have they said anything?" Liz asked as she rushed up to Alexis Davis.

Jason looked at the DA and saw that she had tears in her eyes and very upset. Alexis didn't answer when she saw Jason standing there. At the look in her eyes, Jason's heart stopped. He knew. He just knew it was her. He shook his head and looked away from Alexis. "Jason…" Alexis said as she walked up to him.

"No, no." He said as he kept shaking his head. He looked back at her and said "I talked to her this morning on the phone. She is fine, Alexis. She was at home and she was going to stay there and work and some paper work. That it where she is. She's fine." He insisted even though he knew it was anything but. The pain he saw in the woman's eyes just confirmed it. Jason turned his back to and ran his hands over his face to try and help calm his emotions.

"Alexis how is she?" Jason heard Liz ask again. Jason turned back around, not wanting to miss anything.

"She is still in surgery. The bullet lodged into her ribs. The bullet went straight through her shoulder and didn't cause much damage but the one to her side has caused internal bleeding. They want to get that under control before they try and remove it."

Jason was starting to feel light headed. Sam was Shot. She was shot again. "I couldn't stay in the observatory anymore. I just…" Alexis said as her voice broke. She took a deep breath and continued "Mac tried calling me so I am going to call him back and see if they caught him yet." Alexis left the group and walked away.

Jason took a deep breath to keep his cool. Right now he needed to know what was going on. He turned to the couple next to him and asked in a low voice. "What they hell happened to Sam?" He ignored the look of fear that came across Elizabeth's face and stayed focused on Lucky. "We were at the park when Jake saw Sam. She was jogging…"

"Jogging?" Jason interrupted. "Sam always runs in the morning."

"I know but she said that with all the paperwork she had to do, she wanted to get that done first and decided to run later. Anyway, when Jake saw her, he ran over to her and we started talking. A few minutes later Sam and I both her the crack of the bullet. I pulled Liz and Cam to the ground and I saw Sam dive for Jake." Lucky finished.

Jason went numb. He looked down to Liz and then back to Lucky. "Are you telling me that Sam was shot…" the truth he saw in both their eyes told him he didn't need to finish his sentence "saving Jake's life?"

"Jason, when I looked up after the bullets stopped Sam ad Jake huddled close to her and she was on her side. I looked over Liz and Cam and they were fine but when I looked to Sam and Jake I saw that there was blood. I got up and ran closer to them and Sam was trying to get to her feet." Lucky shook his head and Jason saw tears well in the man's eyes. "The blood was pouring out of her side. Liz took Jake, screaming, from her arms and I tried to apply pressure but it was coming out so fast. She passed out a few seconds later." Lucky looked down and then back up "The EMT said that she flat lined on the way over here."

Jason felt his rage build up again. "I need to see her." He said and moved around them without another word. He made his way to the OR observatory room and walked inside. He came up to the big window and saw her. She had a tube down her throat and was almost as white as a sheet. Jason's vison blurred as the tears welled in his eyes at the sight of her. Sam. His Sam. Again fighting for her life. And there was a very good chance she was doing it because of him again. Jason pinched the bridge of his nose as more tears came. He swiped the off his cheeks and looked back to Sam. His eyes caught Robin's as she stood into assist her husband. He sent her a silent plea and got a firm nod in response.

Jason didn't know how long he stood there watching the doctors try and save Sam's life but when he felt a firm hand on his shoulder he turned to find Sonny next to him. The look of sorrow and sympathy in the man's eyes shook Jason. "What are you doing here? Wasn't Claudia supposed to go home today?" he asked his best friend and business partner.

"She is. We had just gotten home when I got the call from Alexis." Sonny turned his eyes to look through the window. "Has there been any change?" he asked softly.

Jason shook his head. "They have been working on her since she got here and Lucky said that she already flat lined once." Jason paused for a second and then said "Sonny, I need to know if she is in here because of me. I need to know…" "She's not." Sonny said. Jason looked to his mentor and said "What?"

"They got the guy. The witnesses gave the cops a good description and they picked him up. He is not a part of our organization any of our enemies. He's a wannabe member of some punk street gang called Silent Kings. Apparently its initiation season."

Jason made a move to the door by Sonny stopped him "Jason, Alexis wants you to stay with Sam. She had to go to the station to deal with this son of a bitch. Sam needs someone here."

The cold look in Jason's eyes even struck fear in Sonny. "He shot Sam, Sonny."

"I know…"

"No, you don't know!" Jason whispered fiercely. "If it were Carly or Brenda, then you'd know. But it's Sam. Sam!" Jason said as the tears came again.

Sonny put his hands on Jason's shoulders "He is not getting away with this, Jason. No chance in hell. But right now Sam needs someone at her side willing her to live. That had always been you, Jason. She needs you more that you need to get revenge. Let me handle this. It doesn't have to fall on you all the time."

Jason knew what Sonny was saying was true. He didn't think he could leave Sam's side even if it was to go and deal with the person who did this to her. He gave Sonny a nod and turned back to look at Sam. All that mattered was Sam and making sure that she survived this. No matter what.