Toxic Ball
Chapter One
Elizabeth was tired, exhausted really as she went to check on the next patient. Since the night of the fund raising ball she had barely slept more than an hour here or there and now, four days later, all she wanted was to be safe home with her boys.
"Miss Webber, is there anything I can do?" asked the dark haired man who looked as weary as she felt.
"No, Johnny. Why don't you go sit with Lulu, she is going to need you when she wakes up." she said with a wan smile. "We can do nothing else for anyone but wait for the news about the cure."
Johnny stretched and then rolled his shoulders before looking at Elizabeth then said rather soberly "Lulu and I had just ended moments before the security doors crashed down. I feel bad but if I am there when she wakes up, she is going to think I didn't mean it or that I want to get back with her."
Elizabeth sighed then said "I do understand, those Spencers don't get the meaning of the word no, after it's why this is as bad as it."
Johnny said "Have you talked to Commissioner Scorpio, has he had any news?"
"No, just that they can't open the doors to let in the needed staff because of Lucky's screw up combined with Sam's." she said thinking on how her ex-husband had slipped past the containment crew and had caused most of Port Charles to be infected by the toxins. Even if he ever regained his mind, he was going to be facing a long jail term for the loss of the lives that had gotten sick after his selfish rear had forced his way inside the hospital for god knows what reason.
"Sam, has anyone talked to her mother, wasn't Alexis forced to step down as DA over this?" he asked looking towards the sole television that was left on in the hospital.
"Actually it wasn't Sam's actions that got Alexis in trouble, it was running her mouth all over television about how her daughter supposedly didn't cause the fire. How it was all Jason Morgan's fault." said Steven Webber as he joined the two of them.
Seeing the CDC badge still around his neck, his sister asked if he had heard anything?
"No, just more of Alexis on television and now tweeting since the reporters are ignoring her." he said "Oh, did you know that now supposedly she preformed the autopsy that told the CDC what to look for, and she is personally wiping the brow of every single patient in here."
"Steven, I just want to know when we are going to get out of here." she said firmly. "I could care less about Alexis' call for Sam's sainthood or how the press is roasting Nik for not having done basic safety upgrades that every single other hospital in the country has. I just want to go home and be with my boys."
"Elizabeth, we need to talk." Turning Elizabeth looked at the man who was wandering the halls delirious. "Please, you have to talk to me. It is too dangerous for you to be around me, you have to leave this place."
Taking Jason's arm, she led him back to his hospital room, got him back into bed then said lectured him. "Jason, I am a nurse, yes there is danger but this is where I work. If you don't want me around you, then don't come to where I work. As it is, this happened, not because of you, but because Sonny Corinthos couldn't keep his selfish greedy ass home and had to come to a party that he wasn't invited to and brought his equally greedy selfish wife with him."
"Hey, that is my sister." said John who when Jason started to going on and on about how it was dangerous for her, how it was making Jake a target snapped "Morgan, everyone and their sister knows that kid is yours."
That shut the man up, or maybe it was the drugs in the IV push Elizabeth gave him as she walked back to the hallway. "You do know that Morgan and you aren't fooling anyone when it comes to that boy."
"I know that, you know that, but it gives him the ability to sleep at night if he believes the lies he has built up in his head." she said with a pitying smile as she looked back at where the man she loved was lying in his bed, delusional.
Across town, at Graystone, Sonny was lying on the ground dead, his tongue black while Claudia was sleeping with their newest guard a young man named Dominic. Leaving her young lover, hoping she was pregnant, she walked down the hallway and stopped when she saw her father standing there in a standoff with the police commissioner.
Both fired, Anthony's bullet killing his daughter, Mac's taking out the undercover cop who had come on the scene and had tried to protect his bosses wife. Mac fired again, this time taking out the mobster's kneecap, then stepping on his hand, kicked him with his other foot.
When the Italian was unconscious, Mac frisked him, found the antidote and left intending to drive back to GH. But in the drive, he looked around at all the dead bodies, then at the building and knew that for the sake of public safety, he couldn't let the plague spread.
After a little searching he found the plastik and then detonation caps. Within moments Sonny's ego booster of a home was a giant fireball as the police commissioner called the Mayor and said for the sake of public health he had burnt down the Corinthos mansion.
"Good, good, now how long before you return to the hospital." he replied as he dealt with a sick wife who he hoped wouldn't make it. After all a tragic widower would get lots more tail then a cheating politician would.
"It is going to be a bit." he lied knowing that the Mayor wanted his wife to die. Arriving at his next destination, the Spencer house, Mac entered and found Nicolas Cassadine who had been sequestered there. "We need to talk."
Nik who was tied up, listened shocked at what the man had to say. "No, I won't let you do that."
"I gave you a choice, Cassadine. If you won't make it. I will." he replied then left to return through the tunnels to GH. Fifteen minutes later, he got the call about yet another fireball and said "Thank you for the news, Harper. I will be sure to let Spencer know when he wakes up."
Seeing Elizabeth Webber talking to John Zachara, Mac hesitated then looked at the vials he had found where Zachara had said they were. He didn't have enough for everyone but who deserved to live and who should die.
Starting in the first room, Mac saw Carly Jacks and in the bed next to her, Jasper Jacks. Looking between them, he walked back out thinking if he had enough, he would come back and treat Lady Jane's son, but for now, he would take care of those he knew deserved help.
Finding Lucky Spencer and his father in the next room, Mac continued on. Seeing Bobbie, he felt he owed her for what she had done for Maxie, so he gave her the dose. Seeing Lulu, he hesitated then gave her a shot.
Seeing his niece and her husband lying in the next room, he soon had administered the shots for the two of them then continued on down the hall. Tracy Quartermaine and her granddaughter were in there, Mac took care of the two of them and then Edward who was in the next room.
Looking around for Monica, he was a bit surprised to realize he hadn't seen her around town much nor was she there as he moved on. Matt Hunter was given a shot, but Sam McCall, well that one was a no brainer, same with the geek who for some reason's very existence annoyed the man. Both of the younger Davis girls, yes, the middle Corinthos kid, he debated on the Giambetti brothers but gave them the anti-virus anyhow.
Going back he gave Jasper Jacks a shot and then after much debating Damian Spinelli.
So it continued until all Mac had left were two doses and four patients. Sam McCall, Lucky Spencer, Jason Morgan and Carly Jacks. Part of him was thinking he should give it to Lucky and Carly after all they were parents but at the same time, Carly used her kids to bludgeon others and Lucky was going to be facing major charges if he lived.
As he sat there, staying unseen by the two Webbers and the Zachara kid, he heard Elizabeth go into Jason Morgan's hospital room. A few minutes later, his decision made for him, Mac went to give it to the right people, then slipped away unseen again as the patients began to wake up.
~~~~Part 2~~~~
The great plague was what the papers were calling it, Elizabeth noticed as she drove home from GH. Her brother had collapsed right onto a hospital bed, but she wanted to see her children, no, she needed to see her kids.
When a shaky Audrey let her in, Elizabeth hugged her grandmother then went straight to the room her boys were sharing. Kissing both Cam and Jake, she then went to what was her room as a teenager, grabbed her robe then went to take a shower.
Falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow, she missed seeing Audrey turn on the television as the press read the very long list of those who had died. A bit surprised to see that other than Jason Morgan, every single mobster in town was dead, Audrey just clicked the off button and went up to bed, grateful that Lucky was alive and her grandsons wouldn't grow up without a father.
At GH, Jax sat there, holding his almost dead wife's hand and then asked Robin with tears in his eyes. "Why? Why did some of us live and others will not?"
"We truly don't know Jax." she said laying her hand on his shoulder as she thought about it. Walking into the hallway, she saw Jason talking to Spinelli who was bawling over the impending death of Sam McCall.
"Jason, there is something you should know." she said soberly. "Uh, Sam, uh, you might not recall but patients were delirious during some of this. Sam made a confession that you need to see."
Spinelli was nervous, looking around a bit, he said "No, please Stone Cold, stay with me, the goddess is gone, there can be nothing left that anyone needs to know."
"Oh, I disagree with that, Mr. Spinelli." said Mac as he approached. "Mr. Morgan, we need to talk. There are a few things you need to know about the woman you used to be engaged to and that you were letting hang around you."
Spinelli pretended to grow weak, then when he had been put in a wheelchair, insisted on going with them. Trying to reach the equipment, he was prevented from even getting a hold of it as Mac hit play.
Jason heard Sam talking about watching Jake get kidnapped, about seducing Lucky, about the two men in the park, but the part that particularly got his attention was how she admitted to leading the Russians to Liz's house, knowing that they had found out from Lucky and her talking about his dating Elizabeth.
Spinelli let out a sigh of relief, not knowing it was premature until Mac gave him an ironic bow then hit play again as Sam confessed to working with Spinelli so that the FBI would catch on to his hacking so that she could play the hero after it had worked so well by rescuing Jake.
Jason looked at the geek, then at Mac before coldly thanking the man. "Spinelli, we will talk later, but right now, I have to go fix the mess you created."
"Uh, Jason; did you hear about Carly? About Sonny and his wife?" asked Mac needing to delay the mobster a few minutes.
"Bobbie told me that she didn't get the virus." he said then added "Anthony Zachara was the one who had the balls."
"Yes, it looks like when Sam shot you, one of them was dropped and it was why so many people died. Alexis was fired, the Mayor has seen the footage of that incident." said Mac awkwardly then just throwing caution to the wind said "Zachara's kid, he is the one who put an end to it. But the old man escaped, I followed him but it was too late. He killed his intended targets in spite of their leaving the hospital."
Looking down then up at the enforcer/mob boss he said "We had to fire bomb the estate, unlike the hospital which has air purifiers and cleaners, his estate didn't. The Spencer house and the two blocks immediately surrounding it are now a CDC site as well."
"The Spencer house?" he asked blinking a bit at that one. "Why?"
"Cassadine and his brother were here, then Lucky left, taking the air born disease with him. The only place we found it at toxic levels was his mother's house. Cassadine was there, infected." he lied not wanting to start a war by telling the man how Nic and his grandmother had been behind the Russian mob push into Port Charles.
Helena was dead, now Nik was. Grimacing a bit as he recalled the man's son, he said "Spencer, his boy was sent out of the country just before this began."
Jason got the unintended news, checked on Elizabeth and her boys discreetly then went to find out what was left of his business. Getting told that Raynor had used his preoccupation to destroy Sonny's and his business, he was told by Bernie. "Your money is safe, your property and the legit business are fine."
"Spinelli, his games gave the man access." he admitted reluctantly. "There was a female geek, my guess is Raynor used him to distract Spinelli."
"Uh sir... it looks more like Ms McCall was the one using the geek. Raynor just used Carly's and Spinelli's plan to get you back with Sam to move in on the business."
"Sam? Why would they think I would get back..." Jason thought about the day he had seen Elizabeth at the hospital, her scornful expression when she saw Sam with him and knew that he had major damage control to do, especially if Elizabeth had believed they succeeded.
Thinking on how he had recently seen Maxie at GH, he got that this conspiracy had had yet another partner.
"What do you want me to do with your money, we have to get it into something before the feds come looking, I have an idea, but I just need your permission. Are you aware that thanks to Tracy and her marriage ELQ is ripe for a takeover."
Jason nodded then went back to GH. There, he was walking past the room containing Sam and found himself grabbed around the waist. Still feeling a bit weak, he looked down at the happy girl then around at the smiles and said "Molly, I have to be someplace, you need to let me go."
"No, Jason there is very good news. Sam, my sister Sam woke up." she said with a blinding grin. "Carly too. Isn't that great?"
Jason who was already feeling weak, almost stumbled when the geek came bouncing out of the room and hugged him saying. "Stone Cold, the miracle we prayed for, it came true. Sam. The Fairest goddess of them all is awake."
His knees were giving away as Jason heard someone shouting his name at a distance, then nothing... nothing... then blackness.
Elizabeth was well rested when Audrey gave her what she considered terrible news. "I am sorry but Grams he shouldn't have done what he did. I can't standby him. Lucky was told by Mac, by the doctors to stay. I begged him for the sake of the boys to stay away once he was out. He didn't listen and now... now he must face what he did."
"How can you be so cold?" she asked shocked at her granddaughter's reaction to Lucky being arrested by the feds. Elizabeth sat her down and told her in great detail how she had asked Lucky for the sake of her boys to stay away, how he had rejected her request, how he had claimed she had no right to ask him to do that.
Audrey felt a bit uncomfortable as she got that Lucky had put Lulu and his friends over his own son and then said "Oh dear, I didn't know that, Elizabeth. So she came into the hospital with him because she heard that this John Zachara was there with Maxie."
"Yes, so Lucky and Lulu endangered Jake and Cam for no reason." she stated.
Hearing her phone ringing, Elizabeth listened then gave a bit of a laugh at Steven's rather reluctant request. "I will be right there, where are your clothes?"
Getting his answer, she explained to her grams that Steven needed clothes, that he was going to be done at GH in about two hours. "My dear, why doesn't he wear some scrubs, it is a shame for you to have to go out in weather like this."
With a giggle, Elizabeth leaned in and said "He has been wearing the same underwear for the last four days grams."
"Yuck and that was more than I needed to know, Elizabeth." she said with a straight faced that evolved into a smirk. Arriving at GH, Elizabeth heard the clarion call of Spinelli's voice as he spun his tale of Sam's recovery and how Stone Cold had fainted when he had heard the news.
Seeing her brother along with her friends, she was greeted with hugs and thanks as they went over the very long list of people who died. Robin was telling them about Carly and Elizabeth was polite but thinking that of course she hadn't died, vampires needed staked.
Mac who had just left Lucky's room where he had nodded at the two feds guarding the door as he began to wish that he had given him one of the vials with the virus as he heard about Sam and Carly. He was a bit annoyed as Robin explained that she had used the antibodies from Bobbie who had recovered first to make some for the two women.
Elizabeth flinched when two days later, after a discreet visit from Diane Miller, she said "Can you make it look like Monica has the POS. The attorney looked at her and said "Are you sure?"
"Yes." she said firmly as she thought about everything else she was going to have to deal with. Jason Morgan who according to Robin and Patrick was in a deep vegetative state was taken to a small well funded hospital in New York city and put in the same room as his nephew while around town many mourned openly at the idea of the mobster now in a deep sleep.
One, one women wept privately as she traced the name on the letter she had received in the mail. It had come to the wrong house, then her neighbor had tucked it in her mailbox Saturday afternoon two hours after Elizabeth had agreed to what Monica was doing. It would be another forty eight hours before Elizabeth would go through her mail and find the letter, a letter that would always be close to her heart even as she shadowed all decisions made about the man she loved...
~~~~Part 3~~~~
In Port Charles, things moved on. Funerals were held for Claudia and Anthony Zachara, with few in attendance. Elizabeth and Steven had come to support the young man who had helped save so many at the hospital in spite of no medical knowledge.
Sonny's funeral had been a three ring circus, ending with Olivia confessing about the man who had died at the house being Sonny's son with her. That alone had set off Carly who had been sick to realize Jason wasn't there to support her. The Corinthos kids, standing in a line had been a picture for the press, as they also discussed the ones who were no longer alive.
His will had been what was expected, minus the share that as his wife Claudia earned since she had outlived her husband according to the coroner by twenty minutes, thanks to a bribe from Johnny. The young mobster had been amused as Carly had fumed upon being told the news. She had been livid to learn that Sonny's prenup had only protected his business interests, not his personal ones. That Johnny as Claudia's heir received a good healthy share.
Trevor had been cremated by his son who had after hearing Molly's tale of a reserves sleeping beauty in regards to Sam and Jason, had sued Alexis and gained custody of the obviously impressionable teen. Ric had taken his father's ill gotten gains and moved to LA with her, certain Molly wouldn't be any more warped there then in Port Charles.
Things had been ugly for the Spencers, Lucky had been found guilty but had received only probation. He had however been sued and would be paying wrongful death suits the rest of his life. Too bad he didn't have a job with the police department anymore.
He had shown up at Audrey's, trying to get back with Elizabeth, certain she would fix things for him, only for Audrey to block his every well known maneuver. The older woman hadn't wanted Elizabeth and her grandchildren to live in poverty as they paid of Lucky's debts.
Audrey however had no idea it wouldn't have worked anyhow. Elizabeth went to work, made a call each day and then went home to her boys as she lived in a bubble of love, one that gave her the strength to go on living.
Then had come the news of how Nik's will had been divided up. Spencer as his son had received the largest part of it, while another nice chunk had gone to Alexis and the two younger girls with a caveat that not a dime could be spent on Sam.
The last half had been placed in an endowment of GH, with Elizabeth and Robin to serve on it's board. Lulu had whined but a judge had agreed it was legal and the blond had taken her small share of Cassadine funds to move into an apartment with Maxie Jones who was also suddenly single again.
Sam and Spinelli had had the brain fart of opening a PI office, one that since she had a criminal records and that since neither of them had bothered to obey state regs had been quickly shut down. Now, Sam was doing undercover work chasing down cheating husbands since she could legally do that without a license and Spinelli was hacking, unaware that Mac was watching, waiting for a chance to arrest him.
Raynor had been promoted to the cops disgust, he was now working in Washington DC, while Mac had gained a Detective Dimestco to replace Lucky. As the unnamed doctors, nurses and other innocent victims were buried as they had lived with grace and dignity.
That July in a hospital room a man was waking up, looking around, he saw the IV attached to him, then at the patient in the other bed, some red headed kid who looked in bad shape.
Feeling how badly he ached, Jason struggled to reach the call button. Grasping it finally, he hit for help then rested. The minute the nurse came in, he said "May I have some water?"
Getting him some, she said "It's going to be fine, Mr. Morgan. Let me get your doctor."
"Mr. Morgan? I think you have the wrong patient. My name is Jason Quartermaine, doctor Jason Quartermaine." said the blond man as he settled back down onto the bed. "Whose that?"
Looking over, she frowned and avoided telling him what she had heard. "Let me get Doctor Burns, he will reach Doctor Drake for you."
"Noah Drake?" he asked swallowing another sip of the cold water. "I thought he was a drunk?"
Backing out of the room, she rushed to find Doctor Burns who came in and asked the patient how he was feeling. Jason's answers had him frowning for a bit, then he said "I need to ask a few questions. Can you tell me your name and your parents names."
Jason promptly looked at him and said "Jason Quartermaine. Alan and Monica Quartermaine, my biological mother was Susan Moore. I have a brother named Alan Jr we call him AJ and a sister named Emily."
"Jason, there is no easy way to tell you this but today is July 4, 2009." stated his doctor.
Blinking as the dates hit him, Jason looked at the man and said "Can you call my family, please."
Doctor Burns called Patrick Drake, then looked at the number for Monica Quartermaine. Counting to ten, he called and asked to speak to the woman who said she would be right there.
Four hours later, Monica arrived with Patrick and Robin who after talking to Doctor Burns got that she wasn't the best person to be visiting with Jason. Meanwhile one of the nurses who knew that Jason was the father of the little boy in with him, called the child's mother.
"Mrs. Jacks, your ex, he woke up." Carly hung up the phone, forgetting to cancel her lunch date with Jax as she quickly drove to the city. Pulling into the garage, she barely braked before rushing out of the car.
Entering, she demanded to see Jason only to see Robin standing there looking at her with a smirk yet worried eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I am here as one of Jason's doctors. Carly, you might want to sit down. I don't think you will like what you are about to hear." she said with a chuckle. Seeing the blond trying to push past her, she said "Uh huh, no going to happen, Carly."
Jason who was staring at the nurse, demanded to speak to his mother then ordered her to leave. When Monica returned, he demanded the truth. "Is that boy my son?"
Looking at Michael, she said "No, that is AJ's son, Jason. Remember what I said that you were awake for years. That is part of the story I still have to tell you. I will send the nurse back in to help you dress."
Jason nodded, then looked at the clothes they had for him with distaste. Jeans that were baggie and a dark t shirt. "Let me help you, Mr. Morgan."
A bit frustrated as she steadied him, Jason heard her again refer to Michael as his son and snapped. "I don't know who is telling you this, but that isn't my kid. That is my brother AJ's son."
"Well his mother told me that..." she turned and saw the freezing anger in the man's eyes and said "Okay, fine he isn't your son."
Leaving, she went to find the blond and said "Mrs. Jacks, he isn't doing well. He is refusing to accept that Michael is his son, he claims that he is his nephew."
"I have to see him, now." she demanded as she grasped the nurses arm. "Take me to him."
"I can't, he walked out with his mother." she reported while Carly got a deep sense of foreboding, knowing she had to stop Monica if not knowing why. Hurrying off, she arrived just as Patrick came through the large french doors.
"Carly, come with me." he said as he refused to let her escape. "Look, Jason won't know you, he is missing memories."
"No, he will know me, Jason would never forget me." she said wrenching her arms out of his grasp. "You will see."
"Carly stop." tried Robin who when the blond pushed forward, she said "Let her go, she will learn the hard way."
Monica saw the blond rushing towards them like a speeding train and said "Here comes the blond I was telling you about."
Jason turned and saw the tall woman with the desperate expression on her face and said "Thanks for the warning."
When she came forward, he stopped her from tossing herself into his arms and said "Carly."
"I knew it, I knew she was wrong. There is no way you would ever forget me." she said smugly.
"Oh I only know your name because my mother told me." he said and saw her look at him like he was crazy.
"Jason, that isn't very funny." she tossed out there as she put her hands on her hips and said "So, I am glad you are no longer asleep. You have no idea what you have missed. Sonny is dead, things in Port Charles really suck. I need you."
Blinking, Jason turned and said "Mom, when can I come home?"
"As soon as Patrick gives you permission." she replied while Carly left, going to make plans to get Jason's place ready for him.
Monica looked out around then said "Wow, that is the easiest I have ever seen her leave."
"Maybe she gets that I don't know her." he said with a shrug. "Anyhow we were up to my working for Sonny and that Christmas."
Monica told him the rest of what she knew about his life, then said "That is pretty much all I know. I uh, there are a few things. I uh, about a year ago, I thought you were dating this young nurse, Jeff Webber's little girl, but nothing ever came of it."
"The one from the trial, whose marriage I ruined." he said brooding as her words settled onto him.
"I was hoping you were with her, but it wasn't true." she said sadly. "And her husband, well Lucky Spencer was or rather is no happy choice."
Jason stood, walked over to the window his mind still reeling, his grandmother dead, his father dead, his brother dead, his sister dead. Some part of him wanted to run, wanted to forget like he had apparently done so before but then he looked at his mother, saw her loneliness and knew he couldn't. "Mom, what am I going to do, with the rest of my life?"
"Whatever you want." she said softly. "Jason, you have your whole life in front of you. I only hope that you don't fall back into old patterns."
The man in front of her, with his back to her, could only imagine what his alter ego would have done. He really, really didn't like the sound of this Jason Morgan. As he turned around, he said "I have no idea, I wanted to be a doctor. That dream has sailed. Maybe I will talk to Grandfather, see if he could use my help."
With a sad chuckle she said "I think he would be pleased, Tracy on the other hand, has been relaxing, thinking there is nothing between her and your grandfather's chair."
Patrick returned, saying. "I looked at your results, Jason. Everything looks normal. I would like to recommend you talk to someone, there are going to be moments when you feel lost in your new life while other things are going to seem so familiar."
"The kid, what is his medical issue?" he asked. Hearing the answer, he said "This Carly woman, she is going to want me to know and while I don't care for her, I do care for AJ's son."
"Jason, you need to be careful. You are going to be giving her what she wants." warned Monica. "Carly is someone who needs boundaries and if you even hint at this, she will be around, constantly there."
"If it helps her son..." he trailed off as he recalled what she said "Oh my god, that is how she got me before, isn't it."
"Yes." said Robin as she entered the room. Seeing Jason's eyes widening, she said "Uh, I am a doctor now. Patrick and I are married with a daughter."
"Monica gave me the highlights." he said. "From the sounds of it, I owe you an apology."
"You did, but that was years ago." she said bluntly. "But then I made mistakes too."
The two acknowledged what the other said then Monica asked Patrick if that meant she could take him home. "Yes, but I want to see you at GH, Jason. We are going to have to monitor you for a few months."
In Port Charles, Carly went to the penthouse, called around and arranged for it to be cleaned while she waited, then made a few calls. Getting all Jason's favorites she then hurried home to find an angry husband. "I am sorry I was in New York."
Jax let it go knowing that since she found out she was pregnant, Carly was worried about Michael. Offer to get dinner, he missed hearing her call Spinelli then hang up when he mentioned Sam's name.
She was already plotting, Elizabeth was done, she would stay away, Sam was her big worry when it comes to Jason. As she gathered her problems to tell Jason, Carly got ready for dinner, wanting nothing more than return to where Jason had to be waiting.
Jason at that very moment was walking through the front door of the Quartermaine mansion, feeling a sense of familiarity while at the same time he felt strange. "Jason?"
"Grandfather." he said reaching out to hug the man who had tears in his eyes as his grandson, a man he hadn't seen in over fifteen years held him tightly in his grasp. The three of them sat down, talking for hours while around town, thanks to Patrick talking to Matt the rumors about Jason were spreading quickly.
"Maxie, what is it?" asked Sam as she joined her friend at Jake's.
"Jason woke up." she offered. "Patrick told Matt that he has some memory issues. He is missing the last few years."
Sam felt her smile grow, that meant Jason didn't remember that woman nor her child. This might be her chance. "Thanks Maxie."
"No problem." she said then told her the rest. "I went to talk to Robin, but overheard her speaking to someone, Carly already knows."
Two hours later, Sam had showered, shaved, gotten her hair down and was now knocking on Jason's door. Getting no answer she thought about it, then decided that meant he wasn't home just yet.
Taking out her keys, she tried the locks, grimacing when she remembered that Diane had had the locks changed when Spinelli had moved out. Finding her kit, she picked the lock, then let herself in. Seeing how clean it was, she was happy that the attorney had been paying for a housekeeper as she took the bag she had with her to the kitchen, then made a call for some Chinese food.
Looking around, she got things ready, paid for the food when it arrived, then set up the candles, put on music. Changing into one of her lessor outfits that she used for her undercover cheating assignments, Sam draped herself on the sofa and got ready for her man.
At dawn, Jason looked around his room, then dressed in the clothes he found in his closets. While they weren't the latest fashion, they would do. Downstairs, he sat down and ate breakfast his mind on all he had discussed with Edward.
Greeting his mother as she joined him, he asked about driving to GH. "I have to go in and check on my patients so I can take you."
"I can't wait until I am allowed to drive again." he said then with a sideways glance he admitted. "Plus a part of me wants to know if I recall how to ride that bike you were talking about."
"Don't let your grandfather hear you say that, he is so excited at the idea of you coming to work for him, but that bike, he has always feared it getting you killed almost as much as your working for Sonny Corinthos." she told him.
With a slight frown he said "Mom, I am not sure how much of me is this other Jason, but that bike, its part of me. I can't completely walk away."
"I know, you know that, he is going to find it tough not to worry." she told him as she pulled onto the parking lot of the hospital. Seeing him frowning a bit, she said "Oh, that's right you didn't know as either version. The toxic incident caused us to make major changes to the hospital."
Jason was waiting when Patrick entered his office. "Are you ready for this?"
"What kinds of tests will you be running?" he asked then followed Patrick down the hallway as he saw a nurse in the distance, something about her making him ache. Shaking it off, he was soon being giving all sorts of coordination tests.
Three hours later he was now working on mental tests as he walked back to the office. Jason was once again on edge as Robin Scorpio joined him. "Jason, I was hoping you wouldn't mind doing a word game with me. I am going to give you a random word generated on this devise, you tell me what comes to mind."
Rolling his eyes, getting a bit short tempered, he was a bit more helpful after she told him it was last test. "Fine, give me a word."
Twenty words later, nothing had triggered anything connected to his old world. Robin went through four more words, then came across the word light. Jason gave a slight frown then said "The light is different in Italy."
"Okay, that makes a bit of sense, Jason Morgan spent a lot of time in Italy." she said as she wrote a few notes down.
"But it could be from my other life." Jason told her. "When I was at school, I spent a lot of time in museums."
"Oh." she said a bit surprised as she hadn't known that. "Jason, other than the time you are going to need to spend with Lainey Winters I think you are going to be fine."
Standing she was at the door when she said with a smile. "I am glad to have the real Jason back. Jason Morgan had seemed lost the last few years. Actually since I returned from France."
With that, she left and ran straight into Carly who was waiting, trying to listen in on the
session. "Carly go away."
"Not without Jason." she said stubbornly. "He needs me."
The tall blond came to the door, looking at Robin he said "I will be fine, I think that Mrs. Jacks and I need to have a talk."
"Jason, what the hell are you wearing?" she asked taking in the chinos and polo shirt. "We really need to get you to the penthouse, so you can change out of those rags."
"Carly we don't need to do anything. You however need to leave me alone." he tossed out there. "I am not Jason Morgan, I am Jason Quartermaine. You need to accept that the man you knew isn't coming back. I am not going to be your manny, your confidante, your confessor or your bitch. That is at an end."
"Don't you dare talk to me like that." she said her voice growing lower. "You owe me."
"I owe you nothing. You on the other hand, you owe Jason Morgan everything you have. I don't know why, but from the moment I saw you, I have felt the need to run away. I am in the same room with you and I want scream. What you thought you had with Morgan, it was clearly one sided."
"Y-you have no idea, all you know is what your bitter mother, your family is telling you." she said her voice tight as she tried to keep from crying.
"No, see my mother purposely avoided telling me anything more than the facts. They along make me wonder how bad the brain damage was, but these emotions, they are coming from me. From who I am and who I was. I guess I just let you run roughshod over my life because of a promise I made years ago, but for some reason I find that that bond is broken. When I look at AJ's son..."
"Michael isn't AJ's son, he is mine." she snapped. "Mine and Sonny's."
"Either way, he is not my child, and right now, I am finding I have these deep feelings of loss and I know what it isn't connected to and that is you or your child."
Carly's mind was working fast as she got that he was thinking of Jake and there was no way she could allow that. With some fast thinking she said "Then it must be the woman you loved, it must be Sam. I am sorry, I thought you would have contacted her by now."
Jason had seen the calculating expression on her face and knew that there was something missing. Something that Carly wanted to keep from him. His guard up, Jason walked away from her, ignoring her comments about this woman Sam.
Carly quickly left, called Spinelli and then Sam. "Get to Jason's place now."
"I am already there." Sam said while Carly's eyes narrowed. She didn't like the sound of that but Sam was easier to manipulate than Elizabeth who she could see at the hub working. When she saw Jason going down the stairs at the other side of the hospital without seeing Elizabeth, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly hurried to the
penthouse, knowing she had to make sure that they knew who was in charge.
Elizabeth meanwhile had heard from Patrick Drake about Jason's illness and how he had no memories of his life as Jason Morgan. Keeping control of her emotions, she said say that she was sure Monica and Edward were happy about that.
"They seem to be." he said then went back to work, he had an interesting case and then there was the file that Jasper Jacks had sent him regarding Michael Corinthos.
At the end of her shift, Elizabeth picked up her sons and was on her way home when she had a run in with Lucky who was now working for his father on the Haunted Star. After hearing about how he needed her help, how his father had another son. She had told him to grow up and deal with his life.
She was in no mood to deal with him, part of her felt heart broken and yet another part was wondering if she should tell Jason about Jake. There were so many thoughts running through her head as she arrived at the park.
Watching her sons run around, playing on the equipment, Elizabeth overheard Spinelli telling Maxie that Jason and Sam had been together the night before and she thought about the letter he had written to her and knew that whatever else was going on, that was one place Jason hadn't been.
TBC