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Title: Bring Me to Life

Summary: What started as a good relationship turns ugly when Lucky discovers a secret that Elizabeth has never told anyone and uses that to keep her away from Jason. Lucky turns more violent when he blackmails her to stay in the relationship. Will Jason uncover the secret in time and rescue the woman he loves from her tormentor before it's too late? AH. Rated 'MA' for violence/sex/language.

Chapter 10

(The next day at work, Elizabeth, Emily, and Abby are at their stations working on their paintings. Emily tilts her head as she studies her latest creation. A smile creeps up on her face as she decides she was satisfied with the outcome. She sets her paint brush down and turns her head to face Abby. She couldn't help the slight giggle as she watched Abby look a little puzzled on her painting. Abby sighed as she tries to determine whether her project was worth keeping or if she was better off tossing it in the garbage that was located in the corner of the room. After deciding on a few last minute touches, she finally smiled and nods her head)

Emily: (chuckles) "You're too funny, woman."

(Abby turns her head to face Emily)

Abby: (confused) "You talking to me?"

Emily: (nods & laughs) "Yep."

(Abby looks at her friend weirdly)

Abby: "What did I do to make you laugh?"

Emily: (sighs) "Your paintings are looking good and despite the lovely Kate's opinions, you can be a little hard on yourself." (smiles) "Besides, it's cute to see you squirm in confusion when you're trying to figure out whether or not it's a good painting."

Abby: (shrugs) "Yeah, well, compared to a week or so ago, my creations better be coming along better because if they're not...by the end of the month, I'll be on the unemployment list."

Emily: (sighs sympathetically) "You're too hard on yourself, girl. You're actually reminding me of Elizabeth because her paintings are good too but she tends to be too hard on herself."

Abby: "Yeah, well, there's a difference between us."

Emily: (puzzled) "What's that?"

Abby: "Her paintings have always done well and mine..." (sighs) "Not so much. I mean, yeah, I have made some good paintings, but Kate has never had any issues with hers."

Emily: "You may think she's perfect, Abby, but she's not. Everyone goes through little roadblocks before they are able to prove themselves to others." (sighs sadly) "Unfortunately, you must be going through your own little roadblock at the moment." (hopeful look) "But if it's any consolation, I've noticed you are doing better."

Abby: (smiles) "Thank you."

(Their conversation is cut short when they hear an angry moan coming from their friend. They look at her with concern before facing each other. They shook their heads and shrugged, as if telling each other they didn't know what was going on. They face Elizabeth again)

Emily: (worriedly) "Elizabeth, is-is something wrong?"

Abby: (concerned) "Are you okay?"

(Elizabeth sighs deeply before looking at the two young women)

Liz: "Fine."

(Emily and Abby knew from the way she answered their questions that something was wrong. They didn't know whether to push the issue or to leave it alone as they didn't want to make the situation worse. They decide to prod a little further and if their friend tells them to back off, they would respect her wishes)

Emily: "Sweetie, are you sure because you sound upset over something."

Abby: "If you don't want to talk, we won't push, but just know we're here, okay?"

(There is a long silence between the two ladies and Elizabeth before Elizabeth breaks the silence)

Liz: (sighs) "I-I just can't concentrate today. I don't like my painting."

(Emily and Abby look at each other in confusion before facing their friend)

Emily: "That's weird because your paintings are always awesome."

Abby: "Why can't you concentrate? Did something happen last night that's causing you to lose your train of thought?"

(Elizabeth laughs hard at Abby's question, catching Emily and Abby off-guard. They didn't understand what was so funny about the question)

Abby: "I don't understand. What was so funny about the question?"

(Elizabeth continues to chuckle before finally settling down. She looks at her friends, who continue to look at her weirdly)

Liz: "Sorry. It's nothing."

Emily: "Well, it must be something because you have never acted like this before."

Liz: "I appreciate the concern, but it's nothing. Really."

(Elizabeth's current thoughts are dashed when she has a flashback to last night's events when she and Lucky got into it and he was violent towards her. She shook her head in anger, but knew she needed to cool down being she was at work. She was surprised, to say the least, when Lucky revealed that Jason confronted him about what Morgan got her to admit. She could kick herself because she let Jason convince her to open up. Well, she would be confronting her so called friend about his actions. She couldn't believe he had the nerve to go after Lucky when she specifically told him not to. Well, Jason would pay the price for going against her wishes)

(Elizabeth's thoughts fade when she hears Kate Howard's office door open. As Kate walks towards the ladies, she speaks)

Kate: "So, how are we doing on our latest projects, my ladies?"

(Kate looks at Emily's first. A smirk appears across her face and she can't help the slight blush from appearing. Emily turns to face her boss and starts giggling at Kate's face. She had a feeling that Miss Howard would approve her choice of artwork. Emily looks at the older woman in slight hesitation as she wasn't completely sure if she was reading her boss' thoughts right. Emily can't take the silence anymore)

Emily: (chuckles) "Okay, I'm dying of curiosity here. What do you think of the actor? Or should I say how he's posing?"

(Kate folds her arms as she places her finger on her lips like she's thinking. She can't hide her continued smirk)

Kate: (sexily) "Mm-hm."

(Emily looks at Kate and blushes at her boss's response)

Emily: "Is it safe to assume you approve?"

(Kate nods slowly as she continues to admire the painting. One of her favorite actors was Josh Duhamel. She loved the way he dressed and found him completely satisfying to look at. When she saw pictures of him in magazines, her mouth completely watered. She blushed at pictures of him without a shirt on or when he'd pose sexily. So, when she saw her employer's artwork, she was very tempted to buy the artwork for herself. In Emily's painting, Josh Duhamel is on the beach without shoes on as his feet are in the sand. He is shirtless and bare-chested, letting his toned muscles come out. His hands are in front of his chest together like he is praying, yet there is a hint of a smile across his face. His tan pants fit perfectly against his body, showing his navel. He is standing, but slanted slightly as both his feet are spread across a few inches)

(Kate looks at Emily and smiles in satisfaction before talking to the young woman)

Kate: "This may be your best painting yet, Miss Quartermaine."

(Emily smiles in response before speaking)

Emily: "Really? It's not too much?"

(Kate looks at Emily and raises her eyebrows in a sarcastic glare)

Kate: "Honey, if I was allowed to, I would buy your painting for myself. But not only have you captured my favorite actor in a sexy portrait, but he is flawless and hot to look at. I have no doubt at all that this will sell."

(Kate pats Emily on the back)

Kate: (smiling) "Good work."

Emily: (nods & smiles) "Thank you, Miss Howard."

(Kate walks to Abby's station to see what her creation looks like. Abby fidgets as she knew she was on thin ice with her boss, so she hoped to hell her painting didn't suck. She wanted to do something she has never done before and depending on Kate's reaction to it would determine whether she succeeded or failed at her first attempt on something brave)

(Kate tilts her head and narrows her eyes as she observed Abby's artwork)

Kate: "What possessed you to do this?" (looking at Abby)

(Abby swallowed lightly as she nervously explained her reasoning)

Abby: "I've never painted something like this before and I wanted to try it to see how it would come out. I realize it's a little, you know, out of the ordinary, but I guess that's what I was going for."

Kate: "It's...interesting."

Abby: (sighs in defeat) "I know it probably won't sell being it's a portrait of you, but I thought you may like it." (smiles a little) "When you were talking to a potential buyer the other day, I guess you could say I got inspired to draw your posing position."

(Abby continues to observe her facial expressions, but doesn't get anywhere. She sighs deeply before talking sadly)

Abby: "You don't like it."

(Kate briefly points to the portrait before nodding)

Kate: "No, I do."

Abby: (surprised) "You-You do?"

Kate: "Yes, I do. You just caught me off guard by the choice of your art." (nods) "While I agree it may not sell because it's a painting of me, I think it's nice."

(Kate looks at Abby and smiles with sincerity)

Kate: "Thank you for doing it. No one has ever drawn a painting of me before." (smirks) If no one, in the end, buys it, I will."

Abby: (laughs) "You would buy an artwork that has a picture of you?"

Kate: (shrugs) "Why not? Doesn't everyone have a picture of themselves in their office or at their place?"

(Abby can't help but laugh at Kate's sassiness on the portrait. Lastly, Kate goes to Elizabeth and can immediately feel the tension from the young lady, something she has never felt before. She's felt it from Abby countless times, but never from Miss Webber. Kate looks at the young woman before facing the drawing. Showing a confused face, she wonders how the young artist decided to draw what was in front of her. She sighed deeply before speaking)

Kate: "Well, this is...interesting. What made you draw it?"

(Elizabeth shrugs as she continued to look at her drawing. She then realized it was probably not the best thing to draw at work. She chuckles nervously before facing her boss)

Liz: "I know it's not your typical drawing...at least from me."

Kate: "That's true." (to Liz) "But there had to have been a reason why you drew it. What's the story behind it?"

(Elizabeth grew nervous on how to answer the question. She glanced at her painting again, which showed an angry woman fighting off her attacker. Truth be told, she had no idea what possessed her to draw it. Okay, technically, she knew that was a lie because she knew what possessed her to draw that. She was still royally pissed off at her boyfriend over what happened and it's like she had to draw it, like something told her to. She tilts her head as she thinks out loud for Kate to hear)

Liz: "I guess you could say I'm starting to see the world a little differently these days. Accidents happen all of the time. Sometimes people get hurt. I wanted to portray a woman going through that."

(Kate nods in response as she folds her arms)

Kate: "I see. Have you ever personally experienced any of your thoughts or are they mostly just random ideas?"

(Elizabeth briefly looks down as she tried to figure out how to best answer the question. She couldn't admit that she got the idea from her life drama, so she decided to fib a little)

Liz: "I saw a movie the other day about a woman being in an abusive relationship and I guess you could say it got to me. To be honest, it pissed me off how someone could hurt another human being." (winces) "My apologies on the cursing."

Kate: (shakes her head) "Sometimes that's how we get our frustrations out is by voicing them or by painting it. Now while I will admit this isn't like your usual paintings that you draw, I see your reasoning behind it."

Liz: "Not sure if it'll sell, though."

Kate: (shrugs) "Some paintings do, some don't. As long as I feel it is good enough, that's all that matters."

(Kate goes back to her office but can't help the grin from appearing as she thinks of Sonny. She didn't know why he popped into her head, but she chuckles slightly as she thought of his killer dimples. Oh, she knew for a fact that anyone would get lost in those dimples. She shook her head as she closed her office door, but another smile creeps up)

(Meanwhile, at the PCPD, Dante and Lucky are at their desks doing yet another round of paperwork. Dante sighs as paperwork was the least favorite part of his job. It felt to him that's all he did but he knew it needed to be done. As he continued, he couldn't help but glance across from him at Lucky and grew a little concerned. Lucky had his elbow on his desk and his hand rested against his forehead. It was clear he was pissed off about something from his facial expressions, but Dante didn't know what about. He knew everyone needed their space when they're in a bad mood, but Lucky's facial expressions? Dante has never seen his partner this pissed. He decides to see if he can be of any help)

Dante: (concerned) "Hey, Lucky, are you okay?"

(Lucky glances up from his paperwork to meet Dante's face)

Lucky: "What's up, buddy?"

Dante: "You just look upset about something. Is everything okay? You need to talk?"

Lucky: (shakes his head & chuckles) "No, I'm fine, man."

Dante: "I don't think I've ever seen you as upset as you were just a minute ago."

Lucky: (shakes his head) "Nah, nothing's wrong." (chuckles a little) "Just didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night."

Dante: (smirks) "You and Elizabeth involved in extracurricular activities?"

Lucky: "No. I guess you could say I just had a hard time sleeping."

(Dante nods before continuing with his work. Lucky scoffs silently as he knew the real reason why he didn't sleep worth a shit...because of his lying, cheating, two-faced whore of a girlfriend. He couldn't believe the nerve of her saying she had no feelings for that asshole Morgan. He also rolled his eyes in disgust that she went to that fucker Jason Morgan of all people. He still didn't get what it was about him that turned her on. Lucky actually saves lives versus the thug, he kills people. Now that Lucky thought about it, he believed Audrey even had a soft spot for the mob enforcer. He privately wondered if he would get all that attention if he was as dangerous as Morgan. Would his girlfriend show him more affection than she does that jackass if he was as dangerous as Jason? He admitted he often wondered)

(As Lucky and Dante reach the end of their shift, Dante asks his partner if he wants to go grab a beer, but Lucky politely declines as he explains he needs to check on a lead regarding one of his cases. Dante jokingly asked if that's all the detective did was work. Lucky laughs it off before Dante leaves for the day)

(Lucky looks around the room to see everyone doing their own thing. He gets up from his chair by his desk and casually walks in the basement of the police station. When he reaches his destination, which is a small room that he knew no one ever went in, he opens the door and goes in. He turns on the light and locks the door behind him to be sure no one tried to get in. He highly doubted anyone would, but at the police station, you could never be too sure. He goes to the file cabinet that's against the wall in the corner and takes out the file that he has stashed inside it)

Lucky: "Okay, Elizabeth, let's see what you don't want anyone to find out."

(Lucky sits down at the table next to the file cabinet and begins to look through the contents of the file)

Lucky: "I still don't understand why this file goes all the way back to 1997. What on earth happened to you that there would be a file on you?"

(As he continues to read her file, he is taken aback by what he reads)

Lucky: "Elizabeth Webber assaulted in the Port Charles Park. She was fifteen years old. When her assailant came from behind, putting his hands over her mouth and forcing her into the bushes. Her shirt was torn and pants ripped off from her body." (exhales sharply) "Jesus Christ. Her underwear was pulled down and her legs, as well as her lower area, were full of blood from the force of the rape. Scrapes and bruises all over her body from trying to fight off her attacker. She wanted to shower immediately, but the doctor on call convinced her he needed to examine her first." (shakes his head) "She must have felt so dirty after the rape." (confused) "You would think Audrey would have known about this, but it says the guardian was not notified out of respect to the patient's wishes. I-I don't understand. Being she was under eighteen, you would think Audrey was supposed to be notified. Audrey has never said anything to me about it, so either Elizabeth swore her to secrecy or Audrey has no idea about it."

(Lucky looks further into the files, but shakes his head in confusion)

Lucky: "They never caught him. With DNA evidence, you'd think they would've caught the guy."

(Lucky closes the file and decides to read the rest later. He places the file back in the file cabinet and closes it before looking forward in puzzlement)

Lucky: "Did she keep it a secret all of these years?"

(At Jason's penthouse, he is standing next to the fireplace with a beer in his hand as he stares at a picture of him and Elizabeth posing in an embrace. They were smiling in the picture. He knew they were only friends back then like they are now, but his heart continued to break that he didn't have Belle as his girl. He would love her, cherish her, and treat her with far more respect than Spencer ever could. His thoughts are interrupted when there's a pounding noise at the front door. He looks towards the door in confusion as he wonders who it could possibly be. He puts his beer down on the coffee table before walking to the door and opens it. He is shocked to see Elizabeth standing before him)

Jason: "Belle, what are you doing here?"

(She angrily shoves him, causing him to take a step back from the force. He looks at her in confusion. She responds by glaring at him in deathly rage)

Liz: (shouts) "What the fuck do you think you're doing?!"

Chapter 10 Done

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