Have A Little Faith In Me

Chapter Four

Jason,Sonny,Michael,Sam,Alexis,and Maxie rushed over to the grass behind the warehouse quickly. They searched with their eyes for a sign as to where Kristina and Spinelli were buried.

Maxie's eyes fell on a fresh mound of dirt that had obviously just been dug not to long ago and she ran,not checking on whether the others followed as she fell to her knees,not caring that she was ruining her fashionable black skirt. She dug into the earth,not noticing her bleeding,dirty nails as she tried desperately to find where Spinelli was.

Michael fell to his knees beside the petite blonde and dug into the dirt as well,feeling his father,uncle,Alexis,and Sam join them. He could feel something cool underneath his palm and started digging even more desperately.

"Oh my god." Sam mumbled,staring in horror at the little black box that was attatched to the glass container. It was a bomb. Inside,she could see Spinelli and Kristina. They appeared to be passed out,not moving a bit and Krissy was leaning limply against Spinelli,hand over his chest.

"Damn it!" Jason snarled as his eyes landed on the box. A cold fire was in his eyes,and it was then that the nickname that Spinelli had dubbed the hitman with fit more than it ever had before.

"Is that what I think it is?" Alexis asked in disbelief,clutching at Sam's arm in fear.

Sam didn't say anything in answer.

"Sonofabitch!" Sonny cursed. "Can you disassemble it Jason?" He asked.

The hitman nodded and deftly pulled out a pocket knife and looked for the correct wire to cut. Finding it,he sliced through it quickly. The bomb shut off at five seconds and everyone let out sighs of relief.

"We're all gonna have to help open this container." Michael said as he studied it carefully,his blue eyes wide. He put his hands on the lid as did Maxie and Sam. Alexis moved over to hesitantly place her hands there as well. With some trouble,the six managed to slide the lid off just enough to get Kristina and Spinelli out.

When Kristina was pulled out,Alexis checked for a pulse and found one,although it was a bit faint. She took in her daughter carefully,looking at where she'd been stabbed with the syringe. Her hands smoothed her daughter's hair as tears overwhelmed her. Sonny crawled over to stare down at her as well.

Sam looked on for a moment before helping Michael and Jason pull out Spinelli who was grabbed into Maxie's arms immediatly.

"Spinelli!" The Blonde cried tearfully,pulling him against her and burying her head in his shoulder. He wasn't moving but she didn't seem to notice,all she seemed to need was contact with him. She could feel his heartbeat against her,although it was faint and she thanked god that they'd gotten there in time.

"You need to let him go Maxie." She heard Jason Morgan say from beside her.

She lifted her head,blue eyes red rimmed and swollen and dirt clinging to her clothes and her hands. Then she lowered her head to Spinelli's,kissing him softly on his lips and whispering into his hair as the tears fell that she loved him.

An ambulance was suddenly heard coming up a turn as was another.

Sam reached in to pull Maxie away so Spinelli could be loaded onto a stretcher and placed in the first ambulance. At the desperate look on Maxie's face at being parted from Spinelli,Sam's eyes darted to Jason,asking with her eyes for him to say something.

"Hey!" Jason yelled at a paramedic,watching as the ambulance with Kristina and Alexis drove off.

The brown haired paramedic perked up at the yell. "Yeah?" He asked as he loaded Spinelli onto the ambulance.

Jason pointed to Maxie. "Can she go with him to the hospital?"

"Sure. But just her. We don't have enough room for more than her." The paramedic explained with a shrug.

The blonde fashionista let out a strangled sob and threw her arms around the stunned mobsters face,murmuring a thank you before bounding onto the ambulance and taken Spinelli's left hand in both of hers.

Sam studied Jason carefully,noting the coldness his eyes held. The same cold look they got whenever someone or something he loved was hurt. She knew just by looking that he and Sonny were hell bent on revenge. "Hey Michael?" She asked turning to the seventeen year old. "You want me to drive you to the hospital to see Kristina?"

At his nod,she leaned in to squeeze Jason's arm knowingly before taking the teenager to her car.

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It was dark. She could barely breathe and she felt panic seaze her. Her gaze fell on Spinelli who lay,slumped against the container,the knife in his hand dripping blood. Blood pouring from the wound on his neck,taking his very life source from him. She let out a whimper and crawled over to him,searching desperatly for his pulse. DAMN him! Damn him to hell for being so selfless. She knew why he did it. It didn't take a genius to figure it out. He'd wanted her to have a chance on living so he'd killed himself to give her more oxygen to breathe. She wrapped her thin arms around him weakly,stroking his hair and kissing the top of his head which rested on her chest,letting his blood seep into her clothing with no mind. She was going to die here.

"NO!!" Kristina shouted,shooting up in the bed,pain shooting threw her. "NO! Don't die Spinelli! Don'tdieDon'tdiedon'tdie!" She mumbled,arms waving dangerously,feet kicking. Her brown eyes were open but she seemed to be seeing something other than the hospital,hallucinating.

Michael,who'd been given time with his sister immediatly ran to the bed and pinned down her wrist. "KRISTINA! Krissy wake up,wake up." He muttered urgently,patting her soft cheek. "Your okay! Spinelli's okay! Your having a nightmare."

Her movements stopped and she rested her head against his shoulder in exhaustion. Then she lifted her head to meet his eyes,pleadingly. "I need to see him." She croaked out,clutching at his hand,nails sinking to his flesh as she let out a barely contained sob. "Please.

Next Chapter:Kristina goes to see Spinelli and tells Maxie something important.