Chapter 6:

Claudia's POV

Well, it's been three weeks since we were kidnapped by my father. I'm now 32 weeks pregnant. I can't believe it's already been this long. I miss Sonny, and Sam, and Maxie, and even Jason. I need to get out of here.

He keeps us in this room with no windows. But it has a fridge, microwave, food, a toilet, and some beds. It's so boring. We're all terrified, just waiting for when he's going to finally lose it.

I cried the whole first week we were here, but then I realized I shouldn't waste my tears on him. He's a useless, no good asshole.

The kids aren't doing so well. It's hard because Jake isn't super familiar with Carly and I, so he gets a little depressed and cries sometimes. And poor Emmy, she misses Sam so much. She's a huge Mommy's girl and I just don't know what to do. Josslyn is okay because she has Carly, but she's even different from when we were at home.

Anthony is probably going to kill them after all of this. He has no reason to keep them around. If I would have just stayed away from them, this wouldn't have happened. I knew I was in danger, and I didn't think about anyone else.

I just want to be home in bed with Sonny, our baby girl between us. It's not fair that right when we get it all, we lose it.

Carly and I have been planning on a big escape. We have been monitoring all the times that the guards switch. In the middle of the night, for about thirty seconds, the doors unlock because the guards are switching. We're thinking that will be our best time to get out. I don't know how we'll do it with me being so pregnant and we'll probably have to carry the kids. It's going to be hard, but it's our only chance. I won't let Anthony have my baby.

Sam's POV

I sat on the floor of the bathroom, both of my hands clutched over my stomach. Morning sickness sucks.

I feel like a terrible mother. I've been so excited for this new baby. It's like those thoughts are completely taking over my mind and I want to focus on getting Emmy and the others back, but I just can't.

Jason knocked on the door before opening it up. "Hey, you okay?"

"Yeah, I think I'm done." He reached a hand out and I grabbed it, letting him pull me to my feet. He hugged me close to him and out of nowhere, a flood of tears streamed down my cheeks.

"Hey, you're gonna be fine."

"Jason, it's been three weeks!" I yelled. "What if we never see them again?"

"We're doing everything we can."

"But it's not enough. I need her here! She always wanted a little brother or sister and I was so excited to come home from Hawaii and tell her and Jake. Now I don't even know if she's alive!"

"Don't say that." Jason scolded. "We're gonna get them back." He pulled back. "We've gotta get to Sonny's. Spinelli, Maxie, and Jax are probably already there."

I nodded, wiping at my cheeks. "Okay. I just need to brush my teeth."

"I'll go get our stuff ready." By 'stuff' I knew he meant weapons, so I just nodded.

I'm kind of surprised by the fact that Jax is actually helping. But I hate that he brought Brenda back. Turns out the little boy that was with him is her son, Alec. His father was some creep that Brenda killed and Jax has been helping her get over the pain. Yeah, that's real nice, especially since he abandoned Carly and Joss to do it.

Years ago, I never thought I would say this, but I honestly miss Carly. She's my best friend and it's hard not knowing what happened to her.

I went downstairs and saw Jason had two black bags with him. I nodded at him, telling him I was ready, and then we left the penthouse.

Sonny's POV

I don't understand how Sam and Jason stand Spinelli. I can barely comprehend half of what he's saying. All I know is he's babbling on about cameras or something.

"Hold on." I interrupted. "Can someone translate because I don't understand a thing this idiot is saying!"

"Calm down." Sam told me. "He said he's been hacking into security cameras all over New York and he's trying to tap into footage and look for any sign of them."

Then, the phone rang. I rolled my eyes, annoyed by the interruption, but went over and picked it up anyway.

"What?"

"Now, Mr. Corinthos! That's no way to speak to the person who holds the life of your wife and child in his hands!"

Anthony. Zacchara.

"Let them go!" I automatically shouted. The others were dead silent, all of their attention on me. Sam ran over, attaching something to the phone (a bug, maybe?) and motioning for me to keep going.

He laughed. "That's funny. This child rightfully belongs to me. He is the heir of the Zacchara family!"

I knew I had to play along or else he would hang up. "What about the rest of them? They're innocent, Anthony. Just let them go."

"I could never! The blonde one is just too spunky! And the kids, well I suppose I could, but where would the fun in that be? I'd rather send you their heads!"

Sam gasped from behind me and I glanced at her, seeing she was crying. Jason pulled her into his arms. I've never seen him look angrier in the entire time I've known him.

"What if we can arrange some type of deal?"

"What do you mean?"

"We get the cops off your back, tell them that this whole thing was a false alarm and we found Claudia. In exchange, you can keep the baby. Just give us back Carly, Claudia, and the other three kids."

Anthony laughed again. "You think I'm giving Claudia back? She's nothing but a useless waste of life! After this child is born, I'm done with her! You have no hope of ever getting her, or the child, back. The others, I may consider, but I'm going to need a lot better of a deal than that. Like your territory." The line went dead.

"Did you get the location?" Jason demanded.

Spinelli nodded. "They seem to be in the middle of the water. How is that possible?"

"Lemme see." Sam turned the laptop towards her. "That's Volkmann's Cave. I used to salvage near there, until someone bought the land. I guess that was the Zaccharas."

"Do you know how to get there?" Jax questioned.

"Yeah. It's gonna be hard though. The cave itself is on the middle of an island. There are a lot of rocks and the ships that try to get there usually wreck. And if you do manage to get to the island, you have to climb up the huge mountains to try and get there."

"Have you done it?" Maxie wondered.

"A few times, yeah."

"Can you get us through?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"Wait. We can't risk the baby." Jason told her. While I'm happy Sam and Jason are having another child, we have five and a half people to worry about here!

"Jase, I'm not going to give up on them for the baby. I know I can do this. We have to do it."

"Fine." Jason sighed in defeat. "Anthony most likely knows we were tracking the call. We're doing this tonight."

Carly's POV

We're doing this tonight. Claudia and I finally decided that it's time for our escape. The trouble is with the kids though. I don't know if we'll be able to get all of us out in time. Claudia's huge and the kids are too little to really run by themselves, so I'm gonna have to be the leader in this mission.

We searched through the pile of clothes Anthony had left in the room for us three weeks ago. I picked out clothes that I thought would be able to withstand any damage from water or anything like that. After all, we don't really know where we are or how we're going to get home once we leave this room.

Claudia and I got the kids to sleep, just like any other night. Josslyn went down easy. Emmy cried in my arms and Jake cried silently on the little bed we had given him. It's so hard to see these kids falling apart. We have to get out of here, for them.

After the three of them were sleeping, we searched through everything we had. Claudia managed to find some type of carrier thing that she could attach to her back and carry Josslyn in, which meant I would be carrying Jake and Emmy. It's gonna be tough, but I'm going to try as hard as I can.

"Car?" Claudia said quietly.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think we're actually going to be able to do this? Won't it be worse if they get us?" she sighed. "Maybe I should stay behind. It's my baby that he wants. If you guys left, I doubt he would try that hard to find you."

"Claws, it's all or nothing, we've already talked about this. We're all going home."

I got Josslyn situated into the carrier on Claudia's back and I picked up Jake and Emmy, sitting near the door. It's almost time.

Sam's POV

I carefully maneuvered my boat through the rocks surrounding Volkmann's Cave. It's a good thing I have so much experience doing this kind of stuff or we'd be screwed.

"Sam, Maxie, Spinelli, the three of you need to stay on the boat." Sonny said.

"No." we all objected in unison.

"Sam, you know we would normally let you go. But you need to think about the baby." Sonny told me.

"But I know my way around better than any of you do." I pointed towards him, Jason, and Jax. "My daughter is in there and I don't care what you say. I'm going."

Jason sighed. "Sam, can you please just stay?"

"No. I'll be careful, but I'm going in there." I reloaded my gun to make a point. Jason gave in, just like I knew he would. "Maxie, Spinelli, you guys need to stay here. Someone has to stay with the boat so we can be sure no one will take it, and we need Spinelli to have his computer to help us navigate through everything."

"But Sam…"

"Maxie, please don't fight me on this. I'm already scared enough. I can't be worrying about you guys too."

She gave in quickly. "Fine. But you better not do anything stupid!"

"I won't." I hugged her. "You guys ready?" Jax handed me a bulletproof vest. They all know how much I hate wearing these.

"You need to, Sam. For the baby."

"Whatever." I slid it on, then put my leather jacket over the top of it. Jason made sure it was all buckled up right, then he checked my gun. "Seriously? I know how to work a gun."

"We can't afford any mistakes, babe. I was just making sure." He kissed my forehead. "Sonny, Jax, ready?" they both nodded. "Let's go."

Claudia's POV

"Go." I whispered. Carly grabbed the handle of the door, pulling it open slowly. She quickly checked around the corner, seeing that it was clear.

"C'mon." we ran out of the room. I'm really glad Josslyn is sleeping because her crying could tip them off. Emmy and Jake had both woken up right before we ran out and they are dead silent.

We came face to face with a guard, who immediately pulled out his gun. Carly dropped the kids, making a lunge for it, turning and aiming it in his direction instead. He pulled the trigger right as she did, killing himself. Carly grabbed the gun.

"Hurry. We need to go." Jake jumped on her back and she picked up Emmy in her left arm, carrying the gun in her right hand. I followed.

It's kind of weird seeing Carly like this. I mean, I know she was married to Sonny practically fifty times and she and Jason are best friends, but I never really would have guessed she would know all the ways to work a gun and everything.

"It's too peaceful." Carly said as we both struggled to continue. "Something is going on. There should be guards swarming the place by now."

"How do you know how to do all this?" I couldn't help but ask. I had grown up in the mob and I don't even know how to do what Carly is doing. But I guess I always had Daddy's guards and a gun to protect me.

Carly glanced at me. "I had to learn from experience. When I got kidnapped when I was pregnant with Morgan, things got pretty intense."

I completely forgot about that. "Well, I guess that's the only good thing that ever came out of that."

Carly cracked a small smile. "Got that right."

Sam's POV

Jason and I led the way with Jax and Sonny behind us. I'm honestly surprised they haven't killed each other yet. Who knew Jax and Sonny could actually work together?

I don't really understand Jax's motives here. He hasn't been around in months, he started a relationship with Brenda while still married, and now he's suddenly back and all concerned about Carly and the baby. I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach that this only about Josslyn and getting her away from her mother.

"Something's wrong." I whispered.

"Why do you say that?" Jason asked. Before I could respond, someone tackled me to the ground. I looked up and saw that it was Jax. He stayed over me, looking around. I glanced over and saw that Sonny had managed to get Jason down too.

"Sniper." Jax mumbled, explaining himself.

"Well boys, looks like the games have begun." We started moving forward very slowly, being sure not to tip them off to our location since we don't really know where they are.

A bullet grazed the ground a few feet away. "There's at least two. That one was from a different direction." Jason stated.

"Three." Sonny motioned towards where another had hit the ground.

A fourth bullet went near us. "That's still three. Same location as the first." He glanced at Sonny and I. "I've got number one, Sonny you get two, Sam you get three. Go."

The three of us (and Jax) stood, taking out the snipers. Jason got his on the first hit, Sonny got his on the second, and I got mine on the fourth (in my defense, he was moving around a lot). We took off in a full-out sprint towards the mountains, determined to get there as quickly as possible.

Maxie's POV

"Where are they now?" I demanded, staring at the screen. All I see is a big map and some colored lights.

"We're right here." He pointed to two lights, a white one and a pink one. "You're the pink, I'm the white. That's what we attached this for." He touched the tiny device that had been clipped onto my pocket. I looked back at the computer screen. "The purple is Fair Samantha, the black is Stone Cold, the red is Mr. Sir, and the green is the Valkyrie's White Knight…or ex-white knight."

I studied Spinelli and saw that he frowned. "What's wrong?"

"They stopped."

"Why?"

"I'm not sure." He started looking around on the screen. He got out of the one with the lights and into a different one that was almost completely dark.

"What's that?"

"This is the footage from a security camera. I assume Anthony Zacchara had it installed." He switched cameras, but right before he did, I saw a flash of something. "Wait! Go back!"

"Maximista, what is it?" he switched the cameras back and I pointed to the corner of the screen. "It is them!" he turned on the headset he is wearing. "Stone Cold! We've found them!"

"Where, Spinelli? Are they safe? Are…" before Jason could say anything else, there was a loud boom and the whole sky lit up.

"Spinelli, what was that?" I asked, terrified at the answer.

He looked at me. "That, my friend, was a bomb."

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