"Sonny?" Carly asked unsurely as all eyes flew to the man beside her. It couldn't be true Sonny though, there was no way. But as he stared down at her bruised and bloody form he knew what had been tugging at his subconscious since he first met the fiery brunet five years ago, the very reason he felt so protective over her.
Jason was stunned. Elizabeth Webber the girl he'd met five years ago at Jake's. The girl that had become his best friend, his confidant, the girl he'd fallen for years ago, she was pregnant, with his child and to top it all off, she was Sonny's Daughter. Why had she never told him. What if she had, where would they be now? He could remember it like it was yesterday.
"Your only Sixteen, you shouldn't be at a place like this." Jason began.
"Where should I be?" Elizabeth demanded.
"Home, with your family." Jason replied.
"I don't have a home, or a family." She said sadly. "I woke up one morning and found out my whole life was a lie. My parents, not that they were great ones, they weren't my real parents."
"You were adopted." He shrugged.
"No, I was kidnaped." She sighed. "Well not really, sort of. My uncle, he took me from my real father."
"Why?" Jason asked.
"Because, he killed my mother." She replied bluntly. "Or so he claims."
"Maybe you were better off, with him." Jason replied.
"Better off with a man that hated me because of my father, who treated me like crap for sixteen years, let me believe I was his, and then comes out and tells me I'm not, that I'm worthless, just like my father." She spat furiously. "I couldn't even go back if I wanted to, he threw me out."
"Why?" Jason asked confused.
"Because he found out I was trying to find my father." She sighed. "Maybe my uncle is wrong." She said hopefully. "Maybe I'll find him and he'll be a good man. Maybe he'll even love me. Or maybe I'm just a fool."
"I can help you." Jason offered. "Track him down, check him out. If you want."
"You'd really do that?" She asked stunned.
"Sure." He shrugged.
"I don't know." She began unsurely. "I mean I want to find him, but part of me is scared to."
"You don't have to decide right now, how about I show you how I get away." He said offering her his hand.
"Ok." She smiled taking it.
"Who's her mother?" Sonny asked turning to the young blonde.
"I think you already know who." Lulu sighed.
"Sonny?" Carly repeated nervously.
"Lily." Sonny whispered closing his eyes painfully. "How?"
"She survived the explosion, her brother paid them off to tell you she was dead, he was going to have her moved, take her away but, she was hurt to badly. She gave birth right before she died. So he left the body, letting you think the child had died too. He knew even if you figured it out you'd never find her because..." Lulu trailed off.
"I'd be looking for a son, not a daughter." Sonny nodded painfully.
"Obviously someone misread the sonogram." Lulu shrugged. "I played your game, now let me help her."
"Fine." Mr Craig nodded as the guard let her go rushing to Elizabeth's side. They all watched painfully as Lulu reached out touching the motionless girls arm.
"NO!" Elizabeth screamed her eyes darting terrified as she awkwardly crawled backwards until her back hit the back of the couch. "Stay away, don't..don't touch me, stay away." She repeated brokenly rocking herself back and forth.
"Talk to her." Jason said swallowing painfully. "You need to talk to her, get her to talk to you." Lulu nodded turning back to her friend.
"Elizabeth." Lulu called tearfully as she slowly approached her.
"No, stay back." Elizabeth pleaded. "Don't hurt me, don't hurt my baby."
"I'm not going to hurt you." Lulu promised ignoring the tears that rolled down her cheeks as she tried to get the brunet to meet her gaze. "You need to calm down." She pleaded as she continued to rock slamming her head back into the hard back of the sofa repeatedly. "Every things ok, it'll be ok."
"Stay away!" Liz screamed as she moved closer.
"It's me, it's Lulu." Lulu said softly not moving any closer. "I'm not going to hurt you."
"Lulu?" She said weakly her eyes focusing briefly on the young blonde.
"Yeah, it's just me." She sighed relived as she slowly sat next to her friend careful not to touch her.
"I wanna go home." she whispered.
"I know, me too." Lulu said blinking back her tears.
"Why me?" Liz asked brokenly. "Why is it always me?"
"I don't know sweetie." Lulu said tearfully tentatively putting an arm around the brunet, relived when she moved into the embrace.
"I want..." She trailed off her gaze becoming less focused.
"You need to keep her talking." Emily urged quietly. "You need to check and make sure she's not bleeding to badly."
"You want what?" Lulu asked trying to keep her distracted as she tried to check her for serious wounds.
"I want my mom." She said brokenly. "But that's stupid, I don't even have one."
"My mom isn't around either." Lulu replied sadly.
"I know, you told me." Liz nodded. Lulu smiled down at her glad she remembered and seemed to be more coherent.
"It sucks, but there are other people, people who help me out when I need her most." Lulu replied.
"Like who?" Liz asked quietly.
"Well, there's my aunt Bobbie, you know her." Lulu began. Liz nodded slowly. "And Carly."
"Carly hates me." Liz whispered.
"And you, you always listen to me." Lulu continued unsure of how to address her last remark.
"I don't have anyone." Liz said sadly.
"You have me." Lulu assured her.
"Why does everyone hurt me?" Liz asked. "Why do they all hurt me. What's wrong with me? Why can't anyone love me?"
"Hey that's not true." Lulu insisted. "Lots of people love you. Me and Lucky, and my dad, your like family to us."
"Luke's crazy." She replied.
"Yeah, but he loves you." Lulu smiled encouraged by her response. "I don't think he's ever forgiven Lucky for breaking up with you. And you've got Cam."
"Cam." She repeated with a small smile.
"He loves you more than anything in this world. Just you wait, we'll be out of here soon and you can go home and give him a big hug." Lulu continued.
"No." Liz said stiffening. "No, he can't see me like this. I can't let him...He'll be so scared. Promise you wont let him see."
"It's ok, it's ok." Lulu said worriedly. "I promise."
"Oh god Cam." She panicked. "I left him with the sitter, she could only stay until ten. What if she left him? What if he's all alone? He must be so scared, wondering where I am."
"No, he's ok." Jason spoke up. "The sitter called me when she saw the story on the news, apparently I was on your list of emergency contacts." He explained. "I took him to Sonny's."
"Hear that." Lulu said trying to keep her voice light. "He's at Sonny's with Letecia and the boys."
"Sonny's is safe." She said quietly.
"Yeah it is, it's like a fortress, noon will be able to hurt him there." Lulu promised.
"Good." Liz nodded closing her eyes. "I'm tired."
"Don't let her sleep." Emily cautioned. "You need to keep her talking."
"Liz, Liz." Lulu said shaking her gently. "Stay with me." She moved to pull her hand away from where it was clutching her torn dress.
"No." Liz screamed her eyes flying open.
"Ok, it's ok." Lulu assured her. "I just need to know if your hurt." She said taking her free hand.
"It's not mine." Liz said quietly.
"What's not?" Lulu asked.
"The blood, it's not mine." She said emotionlessly staring down at her hand.
Jason looked up studying number four for the first time a small smile appearing on his lips as he noticed the other man's busted lip and the scratches that disappeared into his mask.
"I didn't fight back last time." She continued in the same monotone voice. "Jason said that it wasn't my fault, I was just scared. But I was braver this time. I fought back, just like you showed me." She said for the first time meeting his worried gaze across the room.
"It probably wouldn't have mattered anyways, he was twice my size." She sighed as they sat after they both had been woken by her nightmare. "But I should have tried, shouldn't I have?"
"You were scared, he might have hurt you worse if you fought back." Jason tried to comfort her.
"How could he have hurt me any worse?" She asked bitterly.
"I can show you some things, some ways you can fight back, even if the guy is bigger than you. Just incase you ever need them." Jason offered.
"Your in no position to be giving fighting lessons." She said absently running her hand over the bandage that covered his healing gunshot wound.
"Then we'll do it when I'm better." Jason replied.
"Really?" she asked hopefully.
"Yeah." He smiled. "Now try and get some sleep."
"Ok, thanks Jason." She said slipping into her sleeping bag.
"I didn't do anything." he replied.
"You always say that." She grinned. "But your wrong."
"Goodnight Elizabeth." he replied laying back on the sofa.
"Night." she replied Quickly falling back to sleep. Her turned on his side unable to fall back to sleep as he sat watching her slow even breaths. He reached down brushing a stray curl from her eyes.
"I'm never going to let anyone hurt you like that again." He vowed before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
He tore his gaze from hers unable to look her in the eye knowing he'd broken his promise, even if she didn't know he'd made it.