Chapter 6: Soap Opera Turn Around

Jason dropped his phone. It broke on the floor of his apartment. With out even thinking he ran out of his apartment.

'How could I leave her alone' he thought, ' I'm so stupid'

Jason hopped on his motorcycle. Every second he took meant Sam could be in even more danger.

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Sam held her arms out in front of her stomach as she was shoved to the floor to protect her baby. As soon as she hit the floor she rolled right onto her back.

"Why are you doing this?" she asked crawling backward, " not just to me but to every woman you have come in contact with?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"Wait...your voice," Sam stared at the masked face of the text message killer.

"Don't worry you won't have time to tell anyone who I am.

He walked to her as Sam struggled to get something anything to fight with. She once again felt the same cord wrap around her neck. With one pull she fell backwards at his feet.

"Goodbye Samantha."

"Please...don't..." Sam started to cough. She could feel the same dizzy feeling she had the last time, she knew she was on the verge of passing out. Sam started to close her eyes letting the tiredness take control, but then the sound of a gunshot pulled her back to reality. The killer dropped her to the floor.

"Sam?" Jason turned her over on her side, "Sam please talk to me!"

"Jason..."

"Sam are you okay?"

"Jason...my baby...please," Sam said before passing out.

Jason didn't need to be told again he picked Sam up in his arms and rushed out of her apartment. He knew he could have had the killer but right now Sam was more important than that.

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Elizabeth stood by the elevator in the hospital. She had tried calling Lucky a good 13 times and Jason 30. She knew something was wrong, Jason just would answer a call, Lucky maybe but Jason no especially when she called.

"Hey Jason it's me again please just call me when you get back, I really need to know your okay."

Liz hung up the phone and decided to wait a while.

"HELP! I need help!"

"Jason?" Liz ran up to him, " Jason what happened?"

"The killer," Jason took a deep breath placing Sam on the gurney rushed over by Dr. Drake, " He attacked her at her apartment, when I got there he was strangling her."

"Jason how long ago did Sam pass out?" Patrick asked checking her pupils with the flashlight.

"About 10 minutes ago, she hasn't woken up since."

"She's hardly breathing," Patrick stated putting away his stethoscope and putting his head to her chest, " her chest is barely rising."

"What does that mean?" Jason asked nervously.

"It means we need to put her on a ventilator."

"You mean a tube down her throat?"

"Yeah, it might be a little difficult because her throat is closed a little from the strangulation, but we need to if she has any chance of survival."

"What about the baby?"

"We won't know anything until Dr. Lee can get her, we just called and she's rushing over now," Patrick noticed the fear in Jason's eyes, " I'm going to do everything I can Jason."

"Thank you," Jason said as they wheeled Sam away.

"Jason it's not your fault," Liz said pulling him into a hug.

"I wanted to stay for a while longer and make sure she was okay, but i didn't."

"Jason you know haw stubborn Sam is she would of kicked you out physically."

"I know but if that baby dies, Sam won't be able to live."

"Jason I have suffered two miscarriages, trust me baby loss isn't easy but you deal."

"No Liz, not like Sam," Jason stepped back and took a deep breath, " When she first got pregnant, she wanted to get an abortion, but I told her no Sonny needed to know he had a child, she agreed. I should of let her choose for herself...I mean maybe if she did she wouldn't be through all this pain. Sam didn't believe me when I told her her baby was dead, she hit me and yelled...her exact words were ' that is the cruelest thing you could say to a mother'."

"It is Jason, but you couldn't wait to tell her."

"I know. After all of that she healed, then she was ready for a baby, we were ready for a baby. But then she got shot, and found out she wouldn't be able to carry children."

"Jason that was a accident," Liz said grabbing his hand.

"Manny was trying to shoot me, and he hit her. When I confronted her about the men she hired in the park she yelled, she said that because of me she got shot, and she couldn't have a baby of her own," Jason looked Elizabeth in the eyes, " and she was right Liz, it is my fault, and if Sam looses this baby it's gonna be my fault to."

Elizabeth looked into Jason's teary eyes. She knew he was hurting, but why over Sam she didn't know, Liz thought he was over her after all Jason did threaten to kill Sam if she went near her and her kids. All Liz knew was she had to get Jason's mind of of Sam and back onto her and Jake.

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The killer fell against the wall in the stairwell. He grabbed his side and fell to the floor.

'Just because Jason shot me Sam doesn't mean you'll be safe from me' he thought. He pulled his hand away to access the damage. Jason had shot him in his side. The bleeding wouldn't stop but he knew he couldn't go get help, that was just what Jason had wanted. But he had to fix himself, which meant getting someone else to take the fall for the attack on Sam so he could go get a little medical help. And he knew just the right person.

The door at the bottom of the stairwell slammed open. The killer sat up and pulled his mask off to face the person coming up.

"I know you don't I," Lucky said not being able to even stand up straight, "Why are you here?"

"It's a free country cop."

"Have you seen Sam?" Lucky leaned against the wall for support, "she lives here and I need to talk to her."

"What's wrong drinking a little too much?"

"No that would require a lot of liquor, all I have is pills."

"So... if I shot you right now you probably wouldn't be able to tell anyone I did it."

"Why would you..." the sound the gun fire echoed in the stairwell. Lucky put his hand on his side and pulled it back to see the blood, "What did you do..."

"Saving myself Detective Spencer."

Lucky stepped back and tumbled down the stairs. He hit the bottom landing head first. The killer stop at Lucky's head and stared at the cop, dropping his ski mask and gloves by his hand, then stepped over him to get to the exit.

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Jason sat shaking in the waiting room. He had been sitting there for almost two hours. Liz had left to start her shift so Jason was left sitting,waiting alone.

"Jason."

"Yeah," Jason said jumping up to meet Dr. Drake, "How's Sam?"

"Well she had it a little bit rough, she stopped breathing for a bit, but she's doing okay now, we gave her something an hour ago to reduce the swelling in her throat and it worked, she just needs an oxygen mask."

"How's the baby?"

"The baby is fine, Dr. Lee gave her the clean bill of health."

"Her? Sam's having a girl?"

"Yeah she is."

"Is she awake?"

"Yes, but Jason."

"I need to see her," Patrick tried to stop Jason but he just ran to Sam's room. Patrick stood there knowing this wouldn't go well.

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Jason opened her door to see her staring out the window.

"Sam?"

"Jason," she said sitting up, " I need to ask you something."

"Okay anything."

"Is...is Sonny mad at me?"

"Why would he be?" Jason asked really confused, but the look in Sam's eyes told him she was serious.

"Because I was careless Jason...I put my baby in danger... I put Sony's little girl in danger," Sam said tears starting to form in her eyes, " does he want to take her away from me now?"

Jason didn't even know how to answer that. He didn't know what was going on, was she messing with him?

"Jason," Patrick said standing at the door, " I need to talk to you outside."

"Jason don't be long," Sam said turning back to the window.

"What's happening," Jason said closing Sam's door behind him.

"We think it's the brain damage form earlier."

"So what's going on?"

"She doesn't remember the last few year Jason, Sam's still stuck in the year she was pregnant, everything else is gone."

"So her being shot and being hit by the car and everything?"

"Yes."

"Will she remember?"

"It's hard to tell with this kind of injury, it could last a day, week, or for a few years..."

"Or be permanent like mine."

"Yes."

"So what do I do?"

"I hate to say it but any stress especially something like this, Jason you have to just go back in time with her."

"Why, she needs to know the truth."

"That could cause her stress and could only make it worse and in danger the baby."

"So just pretend she's carrying Sonny's child and what else?"

"You need to go back in time with her, whatever she was doing, living and dating back then."

"For how long?"

"Just until I know how long this is going to last."

"Okay."

Jason watched Patrick walk away. He turned back and looked into Sam's room, she laid there rubbing her stomach. How could Jason do this? With all the history they had, the pain they went through, it was gone. Jason walked back into the room.

"Sam."

"Jason," Sam sat up on the bed, " did you talk to Sonny?"

"Uh...yeah."

"Is he mad."

"Why would he be mad Sam?"

"Because I didn't listen to him...or you Jason," Sam held her breath for a second, "I almost got our baby killed. Sonny might use it to take her away Jason I can't let that happen."

"Sonny won't take her away."

"Can you be sure Jason? After he took Carly's kids away. Can you promise me he won't take her from us?"

"Yes Sam," Jason turned toward the door for a moment, " Sam I need to go and do something real quick. I'll be back later on tonight."

"Okay."

"I'm gonna have men at your door till your released."

"Bye Jason."

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Elizabeth tried calling Lucky for the fifteenth time.

"Lucky please call me back."

"Liz."

"Jason," she said turning around, "what are you doing here?"

"I came to check up on Sam."

"How is she?"

"Not to good."

"Hopefully she'll be let out in a while."

"Yeah."

"Jason I'm worried about Lucky," Liz said putting her clip board down.

"Why?"

"I've been trying to call him ever since he left last night."

"You said he was going after Sam but he wasn't there."

"You didn't see him at all?"

"No, I got there and saw the text message killer strangling Sam and I shot him."

"You didn't kill him though did you?"

"No, he was hit on his side and ran out."

"He might come back."

"It's going to be easy to find him."

"Why?"

"Because Elizabeth I shot him on his left side," Jason paused, "if anyone in the surrounding hospitals goes in for a gunshot wound he's the killer."

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Jason walked into the Sonny's office. He was sitting at his desk rummaging through files.

"Sonny."

"Yeah," Sonny said not even bothering to look up.

"I need to talk to you."

"Not now Jason."

"Yes Sonny now...it's important."

"What happened?" Sonny asked noticing the look on Jason's face.

"It's Sam... she was attacked by the killer again."

"Is she alright?"

"No," Jason closed the office door and stepped up to Sonny's desk, " she doesn't remember Sonny."

"What? The attack?"

"No, well that to, but everything," Jason ran his hands over his short hair, " the first thing Sam said to me when I walked into the room was 'Is Sonny mad at me'."

"Why...why would she ask that."

"Because Sonny Sam doesn't remember she thinks she's back in 2004," Jason paused waiting for a response.

"So you mean.."

"She thinks she's pregnant with your baby and that she's staying with me to cover it up."

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Elizabeth opened Sam's door as f expecting her to throw a lamp at her or something but instead she just sat there.

"Sam," she said walking into the room a little more, " are you alright?"

"Elizabeth," Sam said turning to her and smiling, " I didn't know the had you running check ups on me."

"Well it wasn't my decision. If it was up to me Sam I'd stay clear like we agreed on."

"What?"

"Remember you told me to get other nurses to check on you because we hate each other."

"What are you talking about?" Sam asked confused.

"Sam are you okay?"

"No...I'm not."

"If you don't mind me asking, what's going on?"

"Jason told me not to worry, but how can't I...Liz I think Sonny is going to try and take away my baby."

"Why would he do that?"

"Because I almost got his daughter killed! He trusted me with just this and I almost killed his baby."

"Sam," Elizabeth walked to her bed very puzzled, " what's today?"

"Uh June...the days just seem to melt together."

" What year?"

"2004, what year do you think it is?"