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Chapter 9 - Intercepted

Elizabeth picked up the ringing phone. "Hello?"

"Yes, this is Dr. Diederich calling for Ms. Scanlon."

"This is she."

"Hello, I have the results of your blood work."

"That was fast."

"We have our own lab here."

"So, am I okay?"

"Well, you're slightly anemic but everything else looked fine."

Elizabeth smiled. "I'm relieved. Thank you so much for letting me know right away."

"Ms. Scanlon, there's one more thing."

"I'm sorry that I interrupted. Please continue."

"You're pregnant. We figure you're around 3 months into your pregnancy."

All the color left Elizabeth's face as she stood there stunned. Johnny looked up at her and rushed to her side.

"Okay."

"I take it that you're surprised. But, considering you have been throwing up and feeling nauseous, it now makes more sense."

"I don't even know what to say right now."

"You need to take some pre-natal vitamins. I called it in to the pharmacy next to the clinic."

"Thank you doctor."

"You're welcome. Have a great day."

"You too."

Elizabeth dropped the phone.

"Elizabeth, what's wrong?"

She looked at Johnny and began to burst into tears. He pulled her into him and held her as she sobbed. Feeling her legs start to give way, he picked her up and carried her upstairs to his bedroom and placed her gently onto the bed. He was scared.

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Elizabeth cried herself to sleep. Johnny was pacing the room. She looked pale and he was beside himself with worried. When she finally stirred and rolled over, he was relieved to see her look up at him.

"You okay?"

She shook her head no. Getting up, she went to the bathroom. She wanted to tell Johnny but at the same time, she was scared that he wouldn't let her participate if she did. Counting in her head, she figured she wouldn't show for at least another month or maybe even more considering that it was her first pregnancy so that would give her some time to hide it. Sucking in a deep breath, she went back into the other room.

"Are you going to tell me what's wrong?"

She sighed. "My grandmother is sick."

He walked up to her and pulled her into his arms. "I'm sorry."

She hugged him tightly and felt completely guilty that she had lied to him. Pulling back she sat on the bed. "I need to talk to Spinelli. Can you send him up here?"

Johnny nodded and went downstairs to get him.

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Elizabeth was scared. Raising a baby without Jason was not something she wanted to do and she had no proof that he was still alive. She was sad and happy at the same making her feeling really unbalanced. Taking a deep breath she tried not to think about it and convince herself that Jason was fine.

Spinelli walked into the bedroom. "You rang?"

"Shut the door and come here."

Spinelli shut the door and walked over to her and sat down.

"I need you to do something for me. And it has to be top secret. You can't tell Johnny or anyone no matter what happens. Can you do that?"

All sorts of things were running through Spinelli's head, like Johnny was way bigger than Elizabeth and carried a big gun. "I….I don't know….I mean…"

"Spinelli. Please, I really need you on my side here."

"Perhaps if I knew what the Avenger had in mind I could make a better choice?"

Liz groaned. "No matter what, I need to help find Jason. If Johnny finds out something, he won't let me be involved and it would kill me Spinelli."

"Are you ill?" He asked softly.

"Not the way you're thinking."

"Then what."

"Do you promise not to tell?"

Spinelli sighed. "Your wish is my command." He squeaked out.

Liz took a deep breath. "I need you to go to the pharmacy and pick up some medication for me. It's under the fake name I used at the clinic."

"Okay. May I ask what this medication is that you are so prudently trying to hide from Hitman?"

"They are prenatal pills."

Spinelli's lipped quivered. "Avenger are you saying what I think you are saying?"

Liz nodded.

"Oh my God, a little Stone Cold."

Liz wiped a tear away.

"He's going to be so happy." Spinelli said smiling. "Congratulations."

"Thank you."

"I don't think it's wise to keep this news at bay, but I will respect your wishes."

Liz hugged him. "Thank you Spinelli. I just want to be there when we find him."

"But, you have to also protect little Stone Cold."

Liz smiled. "I know. I promise that if it gets too hairy, I'll back away."

"Good."

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Jason watched as Britt entered the room.

"I thought that maybe you'd be hungry." She said sitting some food in front of him.

"Thank you."

She busied herself checking the monitors. "I have a break soon. I thought that maybe we could play cards."

Jason looked up at her curiously. "Sure. It's not like I had anything else to do."

Britt smiled. "I kind of figured that."

"Your mother hasn't visited me lately."

"That's because she had to go out of town briefly."

Jason nodded.

The door opened and a nurse came in. "Time for his meds."

"I'll do it." Britta said taking them out of her hands.

"Are you sure?"

"Why not?"

The older woman crossed her arms. "I guess it's okay." She said before walking out.

Britt walked over to Jason's IV and pretended to inject the drugs for the cameras.

She disposed of the needle and smiled. "I'm going to check on the others."

Jason watched her leave. Now that the drugs weren't going to slow him down. He needed to think of a plan. The problem was that he had no idea what condition Alan and Maxie were in. He needed to find out.

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Elizabeth spent the rest of the evening in her room. Johnny had brought her something to eat and Spinelli sat with her a while as he researched.

There was a knock on the door.

"Anna." Elizabeth said smiling. "It's good to see you."

"It's good to see you too. I wondered if I could speak with you."

"Of course, Spinelli will you excuse us for a minute?"

Spinelli smiled. "As you wish radiant avenger." He said leaving.

Anna sighed. "Are you pregnant?"

Elizabeth frowned. "Are you spying on me?"

"I'm sorry but I'm trying to make sure that you stay alive."

Anna had been told that Elizabeth had shown up at the clinic and she accessed the test results via laptop.

Elizabeth sighed. "Yes."

"Elizabeth, it's not safe for you to be here."

"There is no way in hell I'm going anywhere. If Jason is still alive, I want to be here when he is found."

"How far along are you?"

"Three months."

Anna was quiet for a minute. "We got another lead on Jason."

Elizabeth's eyes grew wide. "Where is he?"

"I'm not sure, but we think he might be in Switzerland."

"Why there?"

"There are a lot of experimental clinics there. So, it does make sense. The problem is getting enough information to determine which one he's in. But I think if we combine our skills, that shouldn't be a problem."

"We'll do whatever we need to."

Anna handed her a piece of paper. "Go to that address. There's plenty of room for all of you and it can easily be secured."

"Thank you Anna."

"I think we both will end up getting something we really want. You will get Jason and I will finally be able to stop Jerry Jacks from hurting anyway else."

Elizabeth nodded. She just hoped that they would get to Jason in time.

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Sonny frowned and looked at the information that Stan had provided. "Elizabeth is in Germany?"

Stan nodded. "She has several guards with her including Milo, Johnny, and Francis."

"Unbelievable. What the fuck are they up to?"

"I don't know. There hasn't been a lot of activity."

"See what else you can find out. She might be mad at me but I could never live with myself if something bad happened to her."

"You got it boss."

Jerry frowned as he listened in on their conversation. What was Elizabeth Morgan doing in Germany?

"Claude, I need you find Elizabeth Morgan. She's in Germany. Bring her somewhere secure. I need to find out what she knows."

Hanging up the phone, he sighed. He really didn't want to hurt her, but there was no way he'd let her derail his plan.

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The next day, Elizabeth got in the car with Johnny and they drove towards another clinic. It was the last one on their list and they hoped to get some sort of lead regarding Jason's condition.

Johnny looked up in the rearview mirror. "We're being followed."

Elizabeth turned around to look. "Who do you think they are?"

"It could be Jerry's men."

"Can't you go any faster?"

"I could but then they'd know we're on to them. I'm going to try and get to the next town. There will be more people and hopefully we can get away unnoticed. Call Spinelli and have him tail us in case something happens."

Elizabeth grabbed her phone and dialed.

"Greets Avenger."

"Spinelli, we're being followed and I need you to track us."

"Do you have your watch on?"

Elizabeth nodded. "Yes."

"Good, I'll use the tracking device inside of it. Be careful." He warned.

"We will. Let Francis know. I think we're going to need some backup."

"You got it."

A helicopter came from out of nowhere.

"Shit." Johnny muttered. He pressed down the accelerator as the car advanced. The helicopter came down and tried to block their way and Johnny maneuvered around it. "Hold on."

He put up the hand brake and pressed on the brake pedal and then gunned the accelerator into a turn. Elizabeth held her breath and scrunched her eyes closed until Johnny steadied the car. The helicopter came down again and settled onto the road and Johnny pressed the brake and turned the wheel and they went into a ditch. "You okay?" He said reaching over to Elizabeth. She was pale and just nodded, trying to catch her breath.

Johnny kicked open the door and pulled his gun and came face to face with five men who were very well armed.

Claude smiled. "Mr. O'Brien, I would put that down if I were you. It appears that you are totally outnumbered. And you wouldn't want us to hurt your passenger."

Johnny cursed under his breath and lowered his gun.

"Throw it onto the ground."

He did so and he immediately felt a prick on his neck. "Son of a bitch." He said as he heard Elizabeth scream his name and he fell to his knees as everything faded to black.