To guest and everyone else. Thank you for all of the comments, it makes me feel so happy to know that you are enjoying this story.

I believe there are at least 6 more chapters until the first threat is taken care of, but then we have to have him reuniting with the people from Port Charles and one last threat, so I am thinking at least a total of 30 chapters probably more.

I own nothing but the story line, the characters and most places belong solely to General Hospital.

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Chapter 8

Elizabeth and Jason were awoken by a cell phone ringing. It rang though once, went silent and started to ring again. Jason reluctantly removed his arm from around Elizabeth and answered "Yes".

He was quiet for a few minutes before saying, "OK, I will take care of it."

"Now, I know this is for real and not a dream." Elizabeth said with a smile.

Jason gave her a smile in return and replied, "What?"

"We have been here together for more than 24 hours and your phone didn't ring once. I was starting to believe this whole thing was an elaborate dream. I suppose you have to leave now," Elizabeth answered.

Jason kissed her and said, "Not yet, we have to discuss our next steps."

"What do you mean OUR next steps? Usually this is where you leave. I don't ask questions and you don't volunteer any explanations. I know it's to keep me safe." Elizabeth said shocked.

"Well, I told you I don't want to let you go again. I mean it Elizabeth, I want you, I want your boys. I really want to be together, a family, married, and happy. With everything I did for Helena and Jonathan, like I told you yesterday, I can't leave the business. I can't and won't leave you either. I can't tell you everything that is going on for your safety. If you can't handle my business or think the boys are at too big of a risk tell me now and I will let you go. It will kill me but, I will for you." Jason admitted.

"Jason, you seem to think that I am fragile, like I haven't been in a ton of dangerous situations and not just because of the mob. I survived being kidnapped by Manny, a bomb in my studio, I was shot by Zander. I helped Em catch her blackmailer, who was also my rapist, and held him at gunpoint until the police arrived. I survived Helena, thinking I was a better choice for Nikolas so I pretended to die to stop her. I survived my relationships with Lucky and Ric, neither of which were very healthy. I did work things out with Lucky so that we are on somewhat of a friendly ground and Ric seemed to be different when he came back. I have also survived the Anthony Zacchara situation at Wyndemere, where he was trying to kill us. I have been kidnapped more times than I care to count. I shot a Russian mobster to save Sam and my boys. Not to mention the metro court disaster when I was pregnant with Jake. Jake himself was kidnapped twice, held at gunpoint once and we were made to believe that he died in a car crash. Living in Port Charles is the dangerous choice, not loving or being with you. In reality to even be relatively safe we would have to move leaving our family and friends behind. I almost left Cameron and Aiden without a mother because of Jerry Jax and Ewan. I work in a hospital where we have had explosives go off, patients who were carrying bio-toxins in their bodies, and hostage situations, just to name a few. As much as I would love a cookie cutter life with you Jason, I will take you however I can get you. Your job never scared me for me, I was scared for the boys, but after Jake, I trust that we could protect our family and keep them as safe as any loving parents would." Elizabeth confess.

"What we need to do maybe dangerous if not deadly. You may be put in the line of fire, which is very hard for me to allow. Keeping you safe has always been a priority for me, ever since we took that first night at Jake's. Telling you how close I came to killing Jake and how those men who took him died was very hard for me, It was making sure that you didn't want to be with me anymore, I thought it was to keep you and the boys safe. You were shot at and Jake was kidnapped again. If anything had happened to you, Jake, or Cam, I wouldn't have been able to live with myself. I should have gone with you guys and made sure that you were safe or insisted you went to one of my safe houses with guards. That night may not have ended the way it did, had I come with you guys. After I pushed you away that last time I shut down part of me, the part of me that only you could touch. I told you many years ago that the only person I wanted to be with is you and that if I couldn't be with you, Elizabeth, I would rather be alone. Part of my heart was always alone and it always found you. I could be alone in a room and it would find you the second you talked in or were hiding in the shadows on the docks. My heart called out to yours when I really needed you, like on the bridge the night I found Sam kissing McBaine. You have always been it for me I have just been too scared to lose you. Now that I have felt what's it's like to lose you I don't ever want to be without you. We have a job to do and then we will announce it to the world, or at least our friends and family. Jason confesses and asks. Two days ago, you had 4 needle marks on your shoulder. Do you remember anything?" Jason confesses and asks.

"The day Max collected me, I was walking home from work after a double, next thing I knew I was waking up on a park bench. I don't even remember sitting down." Elizabeth was shocked at what Jason had declared. He believed that he really did love her. She just wasn't sure. Jason was always out in the open with his relationship with Sam and was willing to bring her baby into their world but he always said it was too dangerous for Elizabeth and her boys. Elizabeth took her last 12 hour pill, as she was drinking the water she had a flash of masked green eyes and almost dropped her glass.

"What is it?" Jason asked rushing to her side.

"I just had a flash, all I can remember is green eyes surrounded by black like a mask." Elizabeth said as she put her head on Jason's shoulder and he embraced her for a moment.

"I am guessing that was probably Jonathan, he would be the obvious choice for Bellingham to send." Jason reacted then gently rubbed her shoulder over where the four marks had almost healed, "I will kill them for this. We have to infiltrate them. I had Milo check your belongings, home, and car. Your home and phone were bugged, your bag and car had trackers in them. I had Spinelli look at the photo album you grabbed and but it was clean."

Elizabeth looked a little sick to think that there were people tracking her movements and listening to her phone calls.

"Elizabeth, here is where you might get uncomfortable. I had Milo leave everything the way it was. I don't want you to be taken again, but we can't have them know that we are onto them. That is why you will have one of Sonny's or my most trusted men on you at all times. They will be invisible to all but able to see you at all times as well. It is possible with your disappearance, they will leave you alone but I want to make sure you understand the danger that you could be in. The boys and Gram have been moved to a safe house until this is over. If you think this is too dangerous for you then I promise you can go to the safe house with additional guards. You will be safe until this is over and I can bring you to back with me and make you a part of my life we can be a family, finally." Jason declares.

"Jason, I will help you, I would always help you all you ever have to do is ask. This is hard for me to say, but I would love to tell you right now that we can have everything we have always wanted, but you have to think about Sam too. You have thought that I was dead in your words for over a year. Every time we get to a point where I believe that we have a future something inevitably happens and you walk away from me, saying it is too dangerous. I know that you love me and you know that I love you, but you also love Sam. It isn't right to make all of these promises me without you having seen both Sam and your son, Danny. You say you can't handle losing me, but I can't handle losing you again. I can't handle you walking away because your life is too dangerous for me and my boys or that you really do love Sam more than you remembered. I can't have you keep pushing me away." Elizabeth admitted.

"Elizabeth, this is one of the reasons why I love you. You are always putting everyone else before yourself. First with Lucky, then Ric, Lucky again, and now Sam. Elizabeth I have loved you for longer than I have known Sam. I am sure I have loved you since you showed me how to look at my painting of the wind. I have never felt for Sam even a fraction of what I feel for you. I told you once that there is no word to describe how I feel about you. I mean that I feel more than just love or lust for you. I love you more than my own life, keeping you safe and now making you happy are the only things in my life that matter. Obviously our boys as well. You make me feel alive, like I can do anything, feel anything, have anything. You once told me that I made you feel free, that is how you make me feel too. I am free be me and hope for a happy future with you.

Elizabeth was taken back by Jason's words.

"Okay so what do we do now?" Elizabeth asks after recovering.

"Do you remember everything I taught you to protect yourself?" Jason asks, Elizabeth nods in answer and he continues. "First Max will come get you and bring you back to your house. You will need to take your car back to the truck stop, get your suitcase from the locker and then go back to living your life like you did before Max brought you to me."

"Will I see you or hear from you?" Elizabeth asks.

"Probably not until this is over unless my plans have failed and I have to come get you. It won't be safe. Right now it is safer if nobody knows I contacted you. It's better if they do not know I have contacted anyone in Port Charles. If anyone asks where you disappeared to, tell them that you needed to get away for a few days after breaking up with Franco. How long was Audrey supposed to have for?" Jason replied.

"Today is Monday, they were coming back on Wednesday, Jas… Jakeson was supposed to take Jake on Friday. Oh My God, Jason, who have I been leaving our son with if he isn't you. How did I trust this man?" Elizabeth starts to panic. Jason grabs her and says.

"Elizabeth you need to try and remain calm about this. He hasn't hurt you, Jake, Cameron, or Aiden and probably won't."

"What if he is in on all of this," Elizabeth answers.

"What if he is not? What if he is just as innocent in this as the rest of us? What if he is just a pawn in this? Jason said paused, and asked. "How would Jakeson react to Audrey keeping Jake longer?"

"I don't know. I think he would be okay with it. How long do I tell him they will be gone?" Elizabeth responds.

"Ask for another week maybe two. If this hasn't been resolved by then, we will have to reevaluate the situation." Jason says and hands Elizabeth his phone and releases her.

"Hi, Jason, it's Elizabeth." She says

"Hey, what number are you calling from, this isn't even a Port Charles number. Where are you?" He asks suspiciously.

"I am out of town. I needed to get away for a few days after ending it with Franco." Elizabeth admitted.

"I am glad he is out of the picture and away from Jake," the Jason on the phone answered.

"Jason, the reason I am calling is that Gram wants to keep the boys for a little longer maybe a week or two. I know you are supposed to get Jake on Friday. Can you wait until he has been back a day or two and then you can take him for your regular time and add a couple of days. Gram said they are having so much fun and she just wants to enjoy them." Elizabeth explained.

"Elizabeth are you trying to strong arm me into not having time with my son?" Jason accuses.

"Jason, how could you. Gram just wants some more time with them. What if it was Monica asking? Do you think I would have a problem with this?" Elizabeth answers defensively.

"No, you probably wouldn't, but I don't even know where they are. You won't tell me," Jason replied angrily.

"So now you don't trust my Gram? She has been there for me and Jake every time we have needed her. Since you are being so defensive about this I am now tell you and not asking. Jake will be staying with my Gram for an extra week or two. You will see him when they get home and I tell you, you can come get him." Elizabeth explodes and hangs up the phone.

Jason take his phone back and asks, "Are you okay?"

"Yes, he thinks I am trying to take Jake from him, just because I said Gram wanted more time with the boys. I am so happy that you are back and hopefully before Gram and the boys get back, you can come out and claim him. Then I don't have to worry about him." Elizabeth complained.

"Will you be okay to do this? I am sure when he and Sam get back they will come see you. We can still change this and have you go be safe with the boys. Then you won't have to deal with the other me." Jason offered protectively.

"No, I won't hide from him or your enemies. I have spent way too long trying to stay away from your life. I won't anymore. Are you sure my boys and Gram are safe?" Elizabeth refused.

"Yes Elizabeth. Milo is with them right now, would you like to call them? We can arrange for a phone call before Max gets here." Jason offers and Elizabeth agrees.

Jason makes the call to Milo who puts Audrey on the phone. Elizabeth explains the same story Max originally told her, that it is a precaution to keep everyone safe on Sonny's orders. Even though Audrey doesn't like it she agrees to stay. Audrey gives the phone to the boys, Elizabeth puts the phone on speaker so Jason can hear his son. Elizabeth explains to the boys that they get to stay with Gram for a little bit longer and that she and Jason love them. Each boy says that they love her and Jason or daddy too.

Elizabeth hangs up the phone and see the tears in Jason's eyes. She goes to hug Jason and he envelops her into him. They hug for a few minutes before pulling apart when their eyes meet, Jason pulls Elizabeth in for a passionate kiss. The kiss gets carried away as Jason starts to remove Elizabeth's sweatshirt and Elizabeth starts to pull up Jason's shirt. Before either shirt is removed Jason's phone rings he continues to kiss Elizabeth ignoring the phone and it stops ringing only to start ringing again. Jason drags his face from Elizabeth's as he answers the phone, Elizabeth rests her forehead on his chest.

"What!" Jason demands, then waits as the person on the other end answers.

"Give her a minute." Jason answers and closes the phone.

"Max is here to take you home. Elizabeth, I am sorry. I told you, I would wait until after I see Sam and my boys, but I couldn't hold back. I don't know when I will see you again." Jason confessed.

"It's okay, Jason. I wanted to kiss you too. I missed you so much and I am so happy you are back. I want to be with you, but I want you to be sure and not have any regrets. I love you!" Elizabeth said.

"I love you too." Jason replies as Elizabeth zips up her sweatshirt. Before she puts her hood up she kisses Jason again and walks out the door. Jason closes the door behind her and slides to the floor, starting to panic, and thinking to himself.

She is gone and in so much danger. Did I make the biggest mistake of my life letting her go out there alone? Should I have gone with her to make sure she is safe?

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Samantha was looking at Jason as he hung up the phone looking quite angry.

"Elizabeth has decided that Jake is staying with Audrey for another week or two, at some unknown location that she won't tell me." Jason explained.

"Jason, we just got home. Wouldn't it be nice to get settled in with Scout and Danny and then bring Jake to spend time with us. Audrey has never done anything to put the boys at risk." Samantha defended.

"Well no, but it feels like something more is going on, I just want to make sure Jake is safe." Jason answered as Carly entered the room.

"What, why are you worried about Jake?" Carly asked joining the conversation.

"Carly, don't worry about it." Jason answered.

"Maybe it is time to take the little tart to court and get full custody of YOUR son." Carly said, hoping that her suggestion would finally sink in.,

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"Jonathan it has been more than 40 hours since you have had the girl in your sights. You thought she would lead us to Jason and that Jason would be with us again by now. What is going on? If he makes it to Port Charles and sees his old family again or see the other Jason. We may not have to worry about Sonny and Jason, we will have to worry about Helena. This is part of the reason I wanted Jason to take my place and not you. You can't follow a simple, single mother of 3, who is also an overworked nurse. How can I trust you will protect my business interest and keep my daughter safe, in my absence?" Mr. Bellingham yelled at Jonathan, before getting up from the chair, walking to the door and slamming it behind him.

Before Jonathan could react he noticed a moving red dot on his computer's map of Port Charles.

"Gotcha!