I am glad that you are enjoying my story. I want to make Emily stronger than she is and she will be taking Port Charles territory over from Sonny. Johnny will help her become someone that she didn't know she could be and that is something that will stay with her long after her brother comes back.
Jason was getting finished with cleaning the fish and crabs for dinner. Elizabeth had the seafood on the fire and dinner was ready for the two of them. "When we get off this island, I think that I will not have any seafood for a very long time."
Their life on the island was simple but also something that they would not trade for anything. They talked about what they wanted to do after their rescue. Elizabeth wanted to go back to painting and Jason wanted to open up his own business. He was thinking about moving to Italy or France and starting a vineyard. He wanted to grow something and know that it is his. Being in the mob was something that he didn't want any more but he knew that he could never truly get away from it.
The first few months, things were going smoothly and then Elizabeth started getting sick in the morning. She knew that she hadn't had a period since just about the time they got there but she realized that once she started getting sick that it was probably she was pregnant.
She knew things that could happen to her on the island and that scared her about being pregnant. There was no way to stop it because she was not on any birth-control from either herself or Jason.
"Jason, I love you but I am scared being here on this island and being pregnant. If it is a normal delivery than we will be fine but if not, then we could lose our baby. I can't handle that. I love you and I love this baby already."
Jason felt the same way as Elizabeth but he couldn't show her that he was scared. He just held her tight and made sure that she had plenty to drink and fresh fruit to eat. He fished a couple times a week but not every day. The fruit was great, there were berries, pineapples and bananas.
Jason longed for an apple or an orange but there wasn't anything like that on the island. He also found some nuts in one of the trees. The coconuts were the best because of the meat of the coconut and also the milk from it. The only wild animals that he saw were smaller animals and they were not the type that would hurt a person. He was not sure about a baby though. He knew that he needed to start cutting down some trees to make a raft for the family. He had to be sturdier than the life raft they came in. The life raft was taken away in one of their bad thunderstorms. Their shelter was at the edge of the woods not close to the shoreline because of the tides. The last major storm they had pushed the waves almost to their hut.
Emily was taking self-defense classes with Johnny and Francis. She learned a lot from the two of them and also from the Giambetti family. Maximus and his wife had moved into town and watched over the young woman like she was their daughter.
Emily's plans on being a doctor were put on hold for the time being. She was taking management classes at the university and learning about being in the "family" from the ones that know. She also was the one that gave the order for Sonny to be sent to the island.
Sonny realized quickly that he didn't have any friends that could or would protect him. The men that helped rig the plane were killed to send a clear cut message to Sonny. The five families decreed that Sonny must leave or he would be taken down. They agreed with Emily taken over the area and especially with help from Johnny and Francis.
Carly did not want to leave with Sonny but she did because the Quartermaines got enough dirt on Carly to take Michael away from her and bring him home to his father AJ. This made the Quartermaine family happy except for Jason and Elizabeth to be gone. Emily still believed that they were out there somewhere and prayed that he would come home.
Carly was not happy when she lost the one thing that she believed Jason would never take away from her. She loved her son and her life with Sonny but she was more upset about the fact that Jason got married and especially to Elizabeth. She knew that she had to leave with Sonny or they would kill her. She watched as AJ and the family took Michael away from her.
Michael would grow up and realize what his mother had done to keep him from his father. This did not make him want to see her any more than anything that was told to him about his mother and stepfather.
Emily saw an opportunity to do good with her new found money. She established a trust in the memory of her brother, Jason and his wife Elizabeth. She knew how much Elizabeth loved to paint and so she started a scholarship fund for students who didn't have enough money to go to art school. They had to have talent like Elizabeth did and also the drive to succeed in a world that is very hard to get in but they just don't have the money to do it.
Once Emily started the fund, many of the patrons who loved art and charity also put money into the fund. The Giambetti family put money into it as well as the Quartermaines. This was one thing that Lila loved to do and she knew that Elizabeth would want this. She had a few of the painting.
Johnny and Emily learned to trust each other. She learned a lot from him and he realized that she was a really good fit for the life. She took her job seriously and even though she was not the front person she did a lot of the things needed in the background.
The first time she had to meet the five families, she was a wreck. Johnny gave her a shot of whiskey to get her nerves under control. She knew that she could only speak when spoken too and not to do anything to get herself in trouble. She hated the way women were treated in this respect but she also realized that this was the way it was always done so she had to go along with it.
"I would like to introduce you to our newest member, Emily Quartermaine. She is Jason Morgan's sister and will be in charge of his territory. I will be helping her learn the ropes. We still have hope that he is alive somewhere and that he will be back."
The families listened to both Johnny and Maximus. They liked that she had good people helping her learn the ropes. They looked her in the eye and she looked right back at them but no words needed to be said. They already knew that she was not a threat and that the men would be taking care of everything.
Elizabeth loved the feeling of being pregnant after the initial morning sickness went away. There were other changes in her body that Jason loved. He saw her as someone that was like an angel to him. She loved him, no matter what he had done in the past. She loved everything about him and she was his future.
Elizabeth felt the first tickle of her baby growing in her. She put Jason's hand on her stomach and he could feel the fluttering of the baby. He wanted so much to get off the island but because he didn't know where they were, it would be impossible to figure out how to get back home or even in what direction to go in. The summer was beginning to start and the weather was just a touch warmer but the breezes made it feel that much better.
Jason and Elizabeth were happy to just sit out under the trees and talk about baby names. They had decided if it was a boy to name him Jacob Martin or Jake for short. If it was a girl, then they loved the name Lila after his grandmother and Rose for a middle name. She was the heart of the family and they wanted their daughter to be the heart of their growing family.
When September came, the bad weather started to come up more often than not. It rained just about every day and Elizabeth was miserable. She hated being stuck in all the time but it could be worse and it could be snow and they would be freezing. They had a fire pit inside of their shelter and also one of the outside. Due to all the rain the outside pit was not used but the inside pit was kept going to keep everyone warm from the chilling rains. They had built the new shelter up high enough that the bottom did not flood with the rain and the waves didn't come close to it. There were trees all around and during thunderstorms Jason kept Liz very close to him. She hated being afraid of the storms but there wasn't much protection from them, just their little shelter.
Elizabeth was also having to make some make shift clothes from the ones that she had brought because nothing fit her. She had made some things to work for them in their shelter, like plates and cups. It was cool the way she could do it. It was like she was the daughter of Mac Gyver. Jason loved the way she could turn lemons into lemonade.
He was the one that built the things that she talked about. He became very handy with taking down trees and making things stay together. He was wondering how everyone was faring back home and praying that they would be rescued before the baby was born.
Emily went to talk to Johnny about seeing if there was a way to find out if there were any islands that they could have gone too if they had a lift raft on board the plane. She had told Johnny about what Jason wanted to do to make light of the trip going over the water but what if, he did have that boat and that is why they haven't found their bodies yet.
Johnny talked to the family and they had decided to see if there was a possibility of that island being there. There were many little islands off the coast of the United States from North Carolina to the Florida Keys. The plane refueled outside of Savannah, Georgia and so it would make since to start looking from there down into the Caribbean where they were going. The plane was found about fifty miles east of Jacksonville, Florida in the Atlantic Ocean.
Johnny, Francis and Emily had decided to start in Jacksonville and find out about where the plane was and if there was any chance of them being stranded on an island that no one knew about or maybe knew but thought had gone completely under.
They found some fishermen who fished in the area and they told them about an island that was probably under water by now. It was once a big island where many people from different countries would go to relax and play. There were many storms off the island and it started to sink. The only thing that maybe left from the island is the top of one of the mountains but most likely it is gone by now.
The fisherman showed Francis on the map where it was located and he told them of different pilots who could take them out there to see if the island exists still. Joe became a good friend of Francis' because of the help he did to find Jason and Elizabeth. The couple had been on the island for seven months by this time and Elizabeth was not able to take care of herself the way she did when she first got onto the island. The fruit was mostly gone and she wouldn't touch the crabs or fish anymore. She just seemed so sad and Jason was very worried about her and the baby.
One day when Jason was trying to get some fish and looked up, he thought that he saw a plane. He ran to their shelter and found Elizabeth's mirror. Elizabeth had lied down to take her daily afternoon nap and didn't even realize what was going on.
Jason rushed outside and saw the plane and used the mirror to let the pilot know that someone was on the island. The pilot and Francis both saw the light from the mirror and then looked down and saw the island. The pilot knew that he would have to get a bigger plane or they would have to get a boat out to the couple. Francis asked if he could drop him off on the island, so he could stay until help arrived. The pilot brought him down low enough and gave him some rope so he could go down and get onto the island.
Francis jumped off the rope and went into the water. He swam towards shore and saw Jason for the first time in over a year. He hugged his best friend and Jason brought him to see Elizabeth.
Elizabeth thought she was dreaming when she saw Francis. "Are you really here or am I still asleep?"
"Lizbits, I am right here. Emily knew that Jason was bringing a life raft as a joke to make you laugh because you were going over water. He wanted to make you feel at ease and I am so glad that he did. She kept telling herself this but she didn't want to raise anyone's hopes or have anyone think that she was crazy. She finally told Johnny and myself and we have been trying to figure out where you have been ever since. We couldn't think that you were both truly gone. Your sister has been doing a great job but she will be glad that you are back. Sonny and Carly have been sent to the island. We know that he hired men to take down your plane. The men he hired are now gone. Michael is living with AJ and your family."
"I want to thank you for looking for us. The fruit on the island is almost gone. Elizabeth is seven months pregnant and she needs to be seen by a doctor. I just pray the baby and she are alright. She hasn't been eating like she should and I know that she will never go near seafood again, at least for a very long time. I can't blame her there, no spices and only one way to make it. It was good at first but it got old after the first three months."
The pilot got back to air strip. Johnny talked to the pilot and they were both very excited that Jason and Elizabeth were found. "I think we can bring a bigger plane and get them, so the two of you can go too."
Everyone got on board the plane and headed to the island to pick-up Elizabeth, Jason, Francis. They found a place to land not far from where the castaways were staying. Emily ran up to Elizabeth and when Elizabeth stood up, Emily was so happy. "I am going to be an aunt. I guess I know what you two have been doing on this island."
Everyone then got back on the plane and headed towards Jacksonville and then home.