Jason entered the warehouse as calmly as he could. Seeing Max waiting for him, he sat down his keys and looked at the guard.
"Jason what's going on?"
"I need an answer to a quick question. Did you take Carly to visit Sonny today?"
Blinking at the strange question, he replied "Yes, she needed to speak to him about something."
"I was quite specific that any visits to Sonny by any of us had to be approved by me."
"Jason, she's his ex-wife, she said it was urgent." he said looking at his boss trying to figure out why he was so angry.
Max got the feeling Jason was furious and Carly was just an excuse, but the next part scared the guard. "What did you speak to Sonny about after she went outside?"
"Nothing, we just talked about his safety inside." he said bewildered. Yes, Sonny couldn't be trusted with the business, but Max would never discuss that with his former boss.
"Really, care to explain how my wife's parentage was any of his business, I specifically told you that was to be a closely held secret. Top tier only." he stated.
"It wasn't business, Sonny needed to know, so he could protect himself. You know how crazy that man is." protested Max.
"And the drugs?" Jason asked.
"I didn't give him drugs, I just passed on a note." he said.
"Really what did it say?" asked Jason.
"I don't know, I didn't read it." he said. "I would never invade Mr. C's personal privacy."
Jason grabbed him by his tie and throw the large man into the wall, "Well we did, you want to know what the note said? Do you?"
"I told you--" Max didn't get a word out because Jason had his fingers crushing his windpipe.
"It gave him the news that Georgie Jones is pregnant and the way to take down the Zachara's is to go after the mother of Johnny's kid. THAT was what was in that note. Now I suggest you tell me who gave it to you."
Max turned white, then said "Spencer, it was Luke Spencer. He said it was to help out an old friend."
Turning away, Jason said to the two men who had silently entered the room. "Take him to one of the new safe houses while I do damage control. Max, if Georgie Jones so much as gets a hang nail, your life is forfeit, do you get what I am saying."
Max went quietly with the two guards, sitting in the locked room, he couldn't help wondering what Jason was going to say when he found out the rest of things that Sonny had asked him to do.
Taking a piece of paper from the drawer, he wrote a note detailing all he had done to help his former friend while he was locked up and then sighed it. Going to the bathroom, he carefully pulled out his keys and using the small kit on them, unscrewed bars.
At three in the morning, he was free. Wondering where to hide and how to contact Milo who they would be watching by now, he decided to head to the relative safety of Sonny's estate. Entering through the French doors, he was heading up the stairs when he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
"Madam, who do I do with him and should we cancel are plans." asked the tall blond as he carried the heavy man up the stairs and tied him to a bed.
Helena sighed then said "We wait, figure out what he was doing here, then take care of him. For now, let our contacts know I am back in the country."
Monica knocked softly on the door to Elizabeth's house. When her son let her in, she gave him the news. "I will tell her."
Coming down the stairs, Elizabeth said "Tell me what?"
Sitting her down, Monica gave her the bad news. "Audrey died yesterday."
Crying softly, Elizabeth asked "How?"
"Blot clot to the heart, from the stroke she had about ten years ago. Were you aware that a young med student operated on her with a drill?"
"Yes, Joe Scanlon, he had no choice, there was a blackout or something right?" she asked.
"Yes, well while he save her life, there was severe damage. When the doctor looked early this morning, they found it was putting unseen pressure on her memory core and was causing her emotions to fluctuate. Added to the dementia, if she hadn't had another stroke, she would have died painfully in the next couple of years."
Holding onto Jason as she shook, she said "What happens now?"
"Your Uncle Tom is bringing her for burial, Elizabeth she was asking for you after the stroke. She told your uncle to tell you she was sorry for the pain, for the trouble she had caused you." said a tearful Monica.
Thanking Monica, Elizabeth called her Uncle who sounded awful. "She was at peace, the stroke broke whatever memory she was locked into. I am going to bury her next to Dad. I called the family, I know that they are going to give you a bad time, but..."
"But they are family." she finished.
"If you need me before I arrive on Friday, call." he said hanging up then walking over to where the coroner was signing off on the death certificate. "Thank you for this."
"She was a sad woman, those last few minutes before she died, she seemed finally at peace. Did her granddaughter forgive her." he asked.
"She did when I had someone tell her, before Mom died, no." he said. "I don't want to believe something so simple as a piece of drill bit caused this. Thank you for leaving that out of the report."
Carly was standing in the window remember all her terrible memories of living in this penthouse, from the night she slept with Sonny losing Jason to the day before when she had found the records proving how unfaithful Sonny had really been.
Walking to the kitchen, she saw the wedding invitation and sighed. Thank god for Jax. When he had suggested a big second wedding to replace the one that had gotten ruined, she had pointed out they were already married, but he had just kissed her and said that he knew it was what she had really wanted.
This weekend, she was getting that second chance wedding without a multitude of divorces like it would have taken with Sonny. Now all she needed was her best friend back, but Jason had been avoiding her for days. He had been angry with her before, but this time she was worried it was not going to go away with just time.
As she went through her list, she saw the Quartermaine's hadn't RSVPed and neither had her hospital guests. Deciding today she would call them, she went to see if the guard had brought the newspaper.
Opening the door, she asked the man who was standing there, surprised to see yet another new guard. "Hi, did the papers arrive yet?"
"Wouldn't know ma'am. You will have to go downstairs from now on, Mr. Zachara requested no deliveries be allowed upstairs without being searched. Including mail and the papers." He said.
"Well, I need my paper now, so go down and get it. It's urgent." she stated.
"Ma'am, my job is not to leave this door. I am Miss Jones body guard."
Gritting her teeth, she said "Where are the ones Mr. Morgan assigned to my sons and I?"
"Don't know anything about that. I work for Mr. Zachara. No other guards have been stationed here since I started earlier this week."
"Well, my guard was here, yesterday. Tall good looking kid with green eyes."
"That would be Mr. Barrett, Mr. Morgan lent him to us yesterday. I was not told about any other guards allowed on this floor ma'am." Then when she slammed the door saying she would call down and arrange for the paper to be sent up."
Carly placed the call only to be told that the guard couldn't leave his post. "Mr. Morgan's orders, Mrs. Jacks. He said we were not sent to work here to fetch things for you."
Swearing as she hung up, Carly went to the elevator and down to the foyer. Seeing the guard wearing a name tag and a uniform, she said "I will be reporting your insouciance to Mr. Morgan."
Just turning to greet the person coming through the doors, the guard immediately phoned his relative and said "Francis, the Obsessive witch just left with her panties in a twist."
"I 'll take care of it." he replied then went back to tracking down Max.
Georgie was telling Cam about the horses on her grandmother's ranch while Johnny seemed to be rummaging through some boxes he had dragged down from his room.
"Need some help?" she asked as soon as Cam was eating breakfast, excited by the idea of escaping daycare that morning.
Looking up, Johnny hid the instant reaction to her sleep softened face and tousled hair. "Just looking for a couple of pictures for Elizabeth." He said showing her the ones in his hands.
Georgie moved his thumb then started laughing. "You know, I bet those exact same curls made Elizabeth cute as a baby, but honestly, is your face underneath all those curls. You look like Cam but with a lot more hair."
Resisting the urge to kiss the smirk away, he said "My mother would cut it, then two weeks later, I would look like that all over again."
Sitting down next to him, she went through the pictures, then saw one that drew her attention. "Wow, in this one, your mom looks a lot like this new student nurse at GH. She keeps finding new ways to flirt with Patrick."
"Dr. Romeo?" he asked looking at her. "Yes, that's mom when dad first meet her. Before he was forced to marry Claudia's mother."
"Your older sister you haven't seen since you were eight, right?" she asked. "See I pay attention to more than my problems."
Leaning over he kissed her quickly on the cheek then said "I have to get moving but do you want me to take Cam with me this morning. I know you have to take those tests at school today."
With a bright smile, she said "Yes, but do me a favor, I want a copy of that one." she said picking up the picture of Johnny sulking as he stood in a suit while his mom straightened his tie.
"Why?" he asked suspiciously as he looked at it.
Not wanting to admit the real reason, Georgie said with a breezy grin as she grabbed it and ran up the stairs, "Maybe I want to morph it with one of mine. See what our future kids might look like."
"Uh, okay." he said instead what he was thinking. She could just wait a little under eight months, they would find out together. But with a grin at the idea of her thinking like that, he grinned as he went to take Cam with him.
"What was Charlie up to today, Cam?" He asked carefully placing the photos of Isabelle and him along with their mother in the glove box before putting his nephew in the truck car seat. Nearly all the vehicles, minus his 'Cudda had them in it now.
Elizabeth was at the airport, waiting for an unknown aunt and cousin at the request of her father. Jeff had called her explaining he was arriving tomorrow while this Annie and her son Phillip were coming in today.
Offering to pick them up, Elizabeth had heard her dad's pleasure at her suggestion and had been glad to help out. "Elizabeth?" she heard.
Turning she saw Stephen standing there. When her brother hugged her and asked how she was doing, all she could say was that she was unsure.
"I heard what grams was doing. Then what that witch did when you were a kid. I wish I had known before." he said hugging her. "I have to go get my rental. Will I see you later at grams?"
"No, Stephen, grams house is closed up. Where are you staying?"
"I arranged for a room at Kelly's. I didn't want to inconvenience anyone. Who are you waiting for, I think it's safe to say it isn't Sarah or Carolyn."
After explaining she said "They are coming."
"Yes, Sarah called and left a sobbing message on my machine. Full of crocodile tears in between of course, she bragged about her rich ass boyfriend who is flying over with them."
"I won't say a word." she said with a shaking heard, hearing them announce the arrival of the flight, she asked Stephen to stay with her.
When Annie got off the plane, she saw the twosome. Walking over, the tall brunette said "You look just like your father." to Stephen. Then turning to Elizabeth said "You on the other hand, I have seen tons of pictures of, over the years."
"From who?" asked a puzzled Elizabeth.
"Bobbie Spencer, long story. We were rivals when younger, but as we aged, we mellowed. She invited us to stay with her. Here comes my son, Phillip." After introducing the tall red head to them, she said "Thank you for meeting us, I told Jeff I could have arranged a car, but he said with the new highway system and other things, you would be the safest way to her house."
Arriving at the Brownstone, fifteen minutes later, Elizabeth was enjoying hearing Annie's stories about her great Aunt Lucille and her grams. As they entered the quiet house Elizabeth heard the dulcet tones of Bobbie trying to calm an angry Carly.
"Well, I have to head home. Nice to see you, Annie, Phillip."
"Same here. Maybe next time we meet, you can explain the guard." said Annie with a laugh.
When the petite young woman had gone, Annie walked into the kitchen to hear her old friend telling her daughter to stop exaggerating. "Elizabeth hasn't ruined your life. You did that, every time you ignored Jason's wishes. Carly, he may be your best friend, but what was the last friend-like thing you did for him that didn't do something for yourself?"
"I can't believe you are on her side." she said storming out the side door.
Bobbie sighed then said "My daughter, she is getting married on Saturday but won't face that Jeff's daughter Elizabeth isn't the root of all evil right now. She is friends with Elizabeth's fiancee Jason. Jason cut that friendship off because Carly won't respect his boundaries."
"Anything like us?" she teased.
"No, different situation. Carly doesn't want Jason, not that way. She just can't stand for anyone else to be first in his life. Elizabeth has been there for years, Jason just realized the damage Carly has been doing. It's going to get ugly before it gets better."
"Who is this Jason?" she asked sitting down at the breakfast bar. Seeing Phillip falling asleep in the living room, Bobbie said "You weren't kidding, he is tired."
"Anyhow, Jason is Susan Moore's son with Alan Quartermaine. I told you about him, before. He lost his memories years ago, went to work for Sonny Corinthos. Well, now he is in charge since Carly's ex is in a mental institution."
Dillon knocked on the door, ignoring the guard who was glaring at him. When Georgie answered, he quickly entered and closed the door leaning against it. Looking around he saw the changes and said "Wow this looks good."
Seeing the neutral colors and the greens and browns, Georgie said "Part of it was already here, I just added a few things and donated the stuff Carly placed here to the charity auction. What was so important I had to wait for you."
"Mom okayed my leaving for LA, as soon as I finish my last exams today."
"Good luck." she said hugging him. "I know you will do well. But we have to go, my first test is in a half hour."
Walking out together, she was telling him about Skye's surprise for her. "I hung them in my room, they are incredible. I wish I could hang all of them."
"How many drawings were there?" he asked then looked back and said "Is the guard really necessary, he gives me the creeps."
"Apparently so." she sighed. "I'm not thrilled with it, but Elizabeth and I discussed it, for now I am not going to fight it."
Lulu was leaving Spinelli's place with him, waiting on the elevator. When it arrived, Georgie's guard had sniffed Spinelli then said fine, they could get on with Miss Jones. She narrowed her eyes as she listened to the two of them as Dillon greeted her but had gone back to discussing his cousin with Georgie.
One the ground floor, she was gratified when he offered her a ride to school, and gave Georgie a smile that said "Ha ha, he likes me better."
Seeing the geek looking downcast, Georgie said "You can ride with me. I wanted to see if you were okay after yesterday."
Johnny was careful to make sure that Sam couldn't see him as he followed her on another publicity run for her new job. As she talked to the reporter, he saw an angry Carly approaching and slipped out of sight.
When Carly snarked at Sam, then walk then walked away, he placed a call to Jason and let him know what was going on. "I'll deal with her." he said then hung up as Elizabeth joined him at the studio.
Pulling her down onto his lap, he said "So how are we doing?'
"With?" she asked leaning her had against his shoulder.
"Your grams, our wedding the baby?" he stated with a smile as he rubbed her still flat stomach.
"Grams is being buried tomorrow evening. I wish I felt bad, Jason, but all I feel is relief. I just can't find it in me to be sad." she admitted. "I loved grams, but learning about the things she did, over shadows everything else."
"I wish I could help, but only you can figure that out. How are the wedding plans coming?" he asked kissing her neck, as she moved her head back giving him better access.
"Fine, we scheduled it for Sunday night, if that's okay with you?" she asked then moaned as he kissed a particular sensitive spot. "I even already have a dress thanks to Emily. And our baby seems to be behaving. No morning sickness, yet. No bloating, no aches in cer-- certain places."
Jason was sliding his hand under her shirt when they both heard the knock at the door. Opening it, they saw his father and Cameron who looked a little worse for wear wrapped in a very large towel. "Sorry, but we need a clothing change."
Letting them in, Elizabeth was taking Cam upstairs enjoying as he told he about his day. "Crusher and I went for a swim, but Grandpa Alan said I can't swim there, yet."
"Cam, who is Crusher?" she asked. That was a new one to her.
"The turtle we found living under the docks when Johnny and I went down there this morning. We went to visit the ships before he dropped me off with Grandpa Eddie. Mommy, Grandpa Eddie said I ownded all the ships I saw except the ones that belong to the blond Aussie, is that true? And can I visit them?"
Slipping Cam into a quick bath then dressing him, Elizabeth tried to figure out why Edward would tell him that.
Downstairs, Alan was explaining about the turtle and the fountain in front of ELQ headquarters. "So anyhow, Cam tried to give the turtle a drink, but he dived in so Cam followed."
Jason felt his lips twitching as he tried to control the need to laugh. He could just picture his grandfather's starched up assistant trying to convince Cam to get out of the water.
Kurt checked the door, he saw the woman who lived next door, storming into the house and called Francis, "Mrs. Spencer just returned. We got the trash, you can tell Johnny he's correct but the stick isn't there. Just the box. So we have no idea whether or not she is pregnant."
Francis went over the list of items he had for them then continued to speak. "There is going to be another article in the paper about Spencer today. Watch, see how they react."
"Yes, sir. I heard there was some sort of confrontation between Carly and her at the Metrocourt today." He said then looking out the window added. "Spencer is home."
"Good kept an eye on his reactions especially. As for Mrs. Jacks, she is good for something at least. I would love to bust her for what did back then, but I don't want to rock the boat with Jason and Elizabeth."
"They are going to find out at some point, it might be better to come from you." he warned him.
"No, it won't. Because I should have been more wary then. I just didn't think anyone else knew of Max's raging crush on her. When I find him, he is going to pay, he might not realize what it is he knows, but he still caused a lot of this."
"Gotta go, Spencer has company." said Paulie coming into the room. "A delivery guy just dropped an envelope off. I don't even need the bug to hear this fight."
Edging closer to the Spencer house, they listened as Lucky accused Sam of sleeping with her producer. "So who was it supposed to protect this time, Sam? Tell me, do you really think I am that big of a fool?"
"Lucky, sweetie, really those were fakes." she said breaking a slight sweat as she saw her husband knock her knickknacks of the mantle. "Calm down, just listen to me."
"My sister was right, you are a whore." He said taking one of the pictures and tossing it at her. "Give me one good reason to believe there is an excuse for this."
Sam saw herself on her knees behind the desk with the producer of her show. From the angle she knew the camera had to be have been above him in the light. "Look at the back Sam."
Sam read the note then turned white. "Lucky, they are lying."
"Why would they do that." he scoffed. Hearing his phone ring, he listened to the dispatcher then hung up. Turning to Sam he said "I have to go to work, I want your nasty ass out of my house before I get back, or these go public."
Taking the photos with him, he stopped at the entrance and said "If you trash this place, I won't be the one you are dealing with. Since you aren't a real Cassadine, just let me give you a hint. I love my mother, accept her for who she is. But Nik, he had just gotten close to her, this was the first place he connected with our mother you ruin that, he will be the one coming after you."
Sam waited until he left, then called the man from the diner. He had been helpful earlier that day at Metrocourt after Carly had attacked her. "You said you would help me since you loathed the blond bitch, right?"
The reporter on the other end, thought bingo. "Yes, the witch fired me then you heard her today, she refused to give me my final paycheck."
"How would you like to be paid by me. Remember how I told you I was married to her cousin. Well he just attacked me. Smashed all the things I brought into our house to make it a home." she said pretending to cry. "I know she is behind this, she hates me."
"I'm sorry, but you said your husband was a cop, I can't bring that kind of heat down on myself."
"I don't want to do something to Lucky, I want you to help me fix something she did. I want you to tell my husband that the photos he has, that you doctored them for a woman. You can leave the description vague. You can say that when you learned he was a cop, that you couldn't go through with it."
"You are going to have to give me a complete description of the photos, the man involved and how they arrived to him. A copy of them would be nice." he added.
"I only have one." she said. "My husband has the rest. Go to the station, his partner, Det. Cruz should know where he is."
Bingo! He thought as he clocked out then turned to his boss. "Penny, I have to go to the station, stop a friend of mine from making a big mistake."
With a smile she looked around at the slow day and said "Fine, I can handle things."
Seeing Georgie Jones entering looked wiped out, she offered her a cup of chili and a soda only to be told "No, how about some milk, oh better yet, a milkshake, strawberry and a salad with Italian dressing."
Sitting down, she tossed her books onto the table then went to the jukebox. "You know, I don't know what kind of music you like?" she heard.
Turning around after hitting a few songs, she said "All kinds. But the reason I love this box, Luke Spencer has a lot of soft blues in it. There is Billie Holiday, Koko Taylor, Etta James and even a few more modern singers like Bonnie Raitt and Cassandra Wilson."
"Luke Spencer, wait that club of his." he said making the connection. As the sounds of Bonnie Raitt wailed softly he sat down and asked "How did the exams go?"
"Great, but I gave Spinelli a ride to school this morning. My mind kept going to what he told me at unexpected times." she sighed. Then with a giggle said "Johnny, he is over his crush on the blond one, he has a new favorite."
At the point the giggles got slightly louder then she said "He likes Maxie. I spent the twenty minutes it took to get to school to listening to him talk about the festival and how he has gotten past his overwhelming feels for Lulu and someone he called to goddess to see the true goodness that is my sister."
"Georgie, did he saw anything else about the goddess." he asked as casually as he could.
"No, I think it is Sam McCall, anyhow. She hurt his feelings last night, something about asking Lucky if they could leave the annoying baggage behind. That she would she couldn't deal with him and his stupidity."
Johnny winced then said "Kid is an idiot, mooning over that woman. But maybe we should give him help with Maxie. He might be her Prince Charming."
Getting her food, she looked at him in horror and said "What has Spinelli ever done to you to deserve that. Maxie would chew him up and spit him out."
As they talked and ate, Johnny maneuvered the topic around to the baby only for Dillon to enter the diner. "There you are, I have been searching for you every where. Now I don't have enough time to say goodbye."
Standing, Georgie hugged him then said "Good luck."
Swallowing the lump in his throat, Dillon said "Thank you. I wish you would change your mind and come with me. We could raise this baby together."
Johnny gripped the edge of the table to keep from slugging the kid, as Georgie gave him a slight smile then hugged her stomach. "Dillon, I think you kind of need to mature a bit before considering fatherhood. I will miss you, but like I do, Serena or Brooklynn. I hope you find want you are looking for."
Hugging her, Dillon said "I already did and lost her."
Watching him leave, Georgie wiped the tears then said to Johnny. "I feel like part of my childhood just walked out that door."
Knowing he had to offer, he asked "Do you want me to try and stop him."
Looking at the dark haired man and wishing he felt more than friendship, she said "No, I don't want it back. I want to move on. I just feel an urge to be a kid again, for a few minutes longer."
Standing, he paid their bill then said "I have an idea."
Ten minutes later as they entered the toy store, she laughed then said "Why are we here?"
When security tossed them out fifteen minutes later of the cacophony of sounds, she was laughing. "I have always wanted to do that."
"How long to do you think all those toys will be playing." he said laughing. Then groaned. "What was I thinking, now we are going to have to go to New York City when our baby needs toys. I think that guard used the words permanently banned."
"We are lucky he didn't call my dad." she said hugging him tightly. "Thank you."
Leaning in, Johnny kissed her then said "You are most welcome. Now I have to go to work. You have to visit Diane Miller. Pronto, she called earlier and I forgot to tell you."
Scott was telling his parents about how he was trying to get Logan out of prison, then he drove to visit him in the hospital ward. "Thanks to the evidence disappearing my bribery charge is gone and I was reinstated."
As Scott was let into the prison medical ward, seeing his son with the heavy bandage on his fingers he asked "What happened?"
"That crazy psycho sent someone here to tell me that I needed punished for the jewelry." Lifting his hand, he showed his father the cuts. "I was able to fight him off before he removed the fingers like she apparently ordered."
"Why the hell would you get involve with Helena Cassadine in the first place? Then sleeping with Lulu Spencer on her orders?"
"Can you use this to get me out of here?" he asked lying back down. He was just about to pass out when Scott answered his phone then looked at his son.
"I will make you pay for what you did to my son." He said when he realized who was on the other end.
"How would you like to repay his debt, so that he can walk free?" Asked Helena. "I already own you. How do you think that evidence disappeared?
"What do you want?" he snapped.
"Let;s see, your son was rather good in bed, how about a few rounds, I can give you an honest comparison, Spencer to Baldwin, what do you think?"
Gagging, Scott said "No thanks."
"Shame, when it come to the younger generation, your Logan certainly outstrips Lucky. More stamina, though, Luke's son was rather eager to please." she said then added "I want one thing from you, find a way to toss Luke Spencer in jail. Even if only for a night, you son will be out from underneath my reign."
Looking at Logan after he hung up, Scott said "What would possibly induce you to sleeping with that woman?"
Barely opening his eyes, Logan replied. "Fear and the promise of lots of money."
Scott slammed out of the prison, damn Spencers, now his son was caught up in their mess. Driving back to PC he schemed about how to do as the woman wanted.
Johnny entered the meeting, then asked "What is going on with this guard."
"Here, read." Jason saw his face whiten then said "Are we sure about this?"
"Yes, it is only a matter of time before Sonny finds a way to get this news to your father. Both about Elizabeth and Georgie. You have to find a way to keep her safe until we neutralize the threat."
Going through the various scenarios in his head, he came up with the best one, knowing it just might blow up in his face. "I need to make a call."
Walking back in the room just as Stan Johnson entered, he never got a chance to warn Jason because he said "Call to the police station, lights on at Sonny's abandoned estate. It was that magazine woman and her assistant. Spencer answered the call, hasn't been seen since. What do you want to bet Max is there?"
Jason sat down at the desk then looked over at Johnny. "We go."
"Max knows the house better than anyone. I have an idea." said Jason as they changed into bullet proof jackets and loaded their weapons. Once they were in place around the estate, they saw Spencer's car but not the man in question. One of the guards moved in closer and snapped a picture that gave things a different turn. Helena Cassadine had him tied up in Sonny's study and seemed to be talking to the cop.
Johnny was with Francis as they waited in the woods for the cover of darkness while keeping any eye on the inside. "Why did you leave town, before?"
Looking at the kid, he said "Carly Jacks. She did something she shouldn't have. I am not sure of the complete fallout but if I am right, she screwed with Jason and Elizabeth's lives one time too many and I couldn't figure out a way to fix it. So I ran trying to find the proof."
"Proof?"
"O'Brien had part of it, he just didn't know. Let's just say that Carly set something in motion that she has never faced the consequences of and that it is big, huge in fact."
"Like?"
"I can't tell you. If I am wrong, it could harm an innocent. But I will say Miss Emily Bowen Quartermaine Smith Cassadine is part of it and she doesn't even know it. Her and her travails with cancer and her love life."
Jason saw Max in an upstairs window, then moving over looked at Francis said "You take O'Brien and about half the men, deal with the ice queen.
"Jason are you sure?"
"Yes." he said sadly before moving up to the house. Telling Johnny to track down the men outside, he said "We need as many alive as we can get. I am going after Spencer."
Hearing a shot just as he entered the study, Jason ducked, then looked over at Lucky who was screaming as he reached down and held himself. He could hear the footsteps running towards the door while he cut the cop free. Jason swallowed his bile, no one deserved to deal with this. "Morgan, help me."
Grabbing a curtain, Jason yanked and held it onto the bleeding oozing flesh. Hearing the click of a gun, he froze then heard a man say "Back away from him."
"If I do, he'll die." said Jason.
"Shame about that." said the voice. Jason looked at his gun on the floor near Spencer's body and knew he couldn't reach it fast enough. But he saw Lucky staring at something, then at Jason then back down to his boots.
Jason got it, of course, Spencer carried a throw away gun. Just in case he screwed up. Leaning on his leg, like he was moving back like ordered, Jason found the gun by touch and turned and shot the tall blond man standing there.
As the man lay dying, Jason checked on Spencer and saw he had passed out. Moving to the shooter, Jason checked for a pulse then removed his wallet and keys. Nothing that helped, just a Russian driver's license and cards. Taking them so they could have the geek trace everything, he called Mac.
"Mac, I am at Sonny's. My men saw something out here, Spencer showed up and Helena's man here shot him. We need an ambulance quick."
Mac made the call just as he heard gunfire coming through the phone and Morgan swearing. When he arrived the estate looked like a war zone and Jason was lying on the ground bleeding as he ordered his men to check on the others.
"What happened here?"
"Helena." was all he got out before passing out. Seeing Johnny Zachara walking through the shot out doors, looking bloody and pale he snapped "What happened?"
"Helena f-ing Cassadine." was all he said as he slid down the door and landed into the glass. "There are several dead including a few of our people. Where is Morgan?"
"There." Mac said pointing to the man being worked on by medics. "What happened?"
"Stumbled into a bigger mess than we expected." was all he said as a medic came to help him up.
Elizabeth got the call from Epiphany just as the guards rushed in and said "Mr. Morgan is on his way to GH."
Arriving quickly, she saw Lucky being rolled in and saw the wound. Patrick rushed him off to surgery while Leo started to treat the gun shot victims. "What happened?"
"Helena." was all Cooper managed to say as they rolled him down the hall. He still had a bullet lodged in his leg.
Turning pale, Elizabeth saw another ambulance following Lucky's. Seeing Jason she rushed over to see blood all over him. "Most of it isn't this guys, it belongs to the one who was shot in the balls."
Wincing, Elizabeth saw there was a simple bullet wound in his shoulder but glass was embedded all over the place. Helping Dr. Julian who was doing triage on Jason, she heard him wake up and call for her. "I'm here, Jason."
"Just because I'm shot, doesn't mean you are getting out of your promise to marry me."
With a tears in her eyes, she said "Well you better let them take care of you, or you will be eating soup on our honeymoon."
Holding his hand as they cleaned the wound and sewed him up, she heard him asking something and moved closer. "Spencer?"
"He is going to live, but I saw the wound." she then realized no one had called Sam. She hated to do it, but knew someone had to. She called Lulu, Nik and Luke first, before calling Sam and telling her Lucky had been shot.
Getting dial tone as Sam hung up, Elizabeth went to see Jason just as her brother was brought in. "Johnny?" she asked moving to check on him.
Seeing the anger in his eyes and the wildness as well as pain, she said "What happened?"
"Helena set a trap for Lucky and we walked into it." he said breathing heavily. "Where is Jason?"
"In there." she said. "What aren't you telling me?"
"I have to speak to Morgan." he said not wanting to be the one to tell her. As they went into the room, Jason was getting into a shirt his mother had arranged.
"Alan is dealing with the press. What happened?" asked Monica.
"Helena." said Elizabeth grimly. When Monica had left, she went outside and found Leo.
"How is he?" she asked after explaining to him that she was his fiancee just as Sam showed up.
"Bullet passed straight through, he will be fine. Better than some of the others that came through here tonight." he said before telling Sam her husband was up in surgery.
Jason looked at Johnny then said "What happened to Max?"
"Hes dead. I know you wanted to do it yourself for his endangering your family, but he was the one who shot Johnny." he said grimly. "Bullet to the back of the head. He accused Johnny of knocking him out at the house before he shot him though with what appears to be one of Sonny's guns. Then about his being a traitor."
Jason thought that one through. "I wonder if Max even knew about Helena. I doubt it. Shit. I fell right into his trap."
"We all did. We barely got away before Sonny's house blew." said Johnny.
"What?"
"Incendiary bombs." he replied. "They leveled the place. I think there were three different forces there tonight. Us, Helena's and maybe some mercenaries."
"Alcazar." said Jason. "Did we at least get Helena?"
"No, but she is wounded. Francis shot her just before he was killed by her guards."
Jason closed his eyes, Francis and Johnny had come to town to help him, now he had gotten them killed. "How many down?"
"Three of ours, Francis, Johnny and one of my men who hesitated against Helena. She shot him in the face." he said getting how scary this woman truly was. "About fourteen of hers. One of Alcazar's people was found inside the house."
"What about Spencer?"
"Looks like he was Helena's target. The call to 911 was to set him up, but our people we..."
"Were already looking for her, we fell into it too."
Sam sat with the Spencers, smirking inwardly at her luck as Nik told her what Cruz had called him about. She wished she had known about the Emily pictures before, the would have made her story so much better. no one. Emily went to checked on Lucky. Returning she said "It's bad, he was shot at close range in the genital region."
"By who?" asked Lulu.
"Helena's gunman." said an entering Mac. "Thanks to Morgan it wasn't worse than that." Giving them the whole story as he knew it, Nik hugged Emily, for once grateful for her brother's less than legal connections. "Spencer, she was shot getting away, where would she go?"
"No idea." he said then went to see Patrick and Kelly Lee who were leaving the operating room. "How is my son?"
"He is going to live. We were able to repair the damage but he will be in pain for a long time." Not to mention no type of sex life, thought Patrick. At least for six to nine months.
Sam reluctantly went into Lucky's room, this wasn't what she had signed up for, as his family discussed schedules to help Lucky but she had to stay married to the moron. When she had suggested they just a hire a nurse they had all acted like she wanted to put Lucky in the middle of the woods and let him die.
What did they expect, her to be sweet Susie homemaker and take care of the man herself, not in this lifetime. Needing an excuse, she sighed then said "I might be pregnant, we are making plans last night to see Kelly Lee when the phone rang about this case while arguing about those horrible photos."
Lulu wasn't thrilled with Sam's attitude, but she could understand not wanting to be taking care of a sick person if she was pregnant. She still didn't like or trust the woman but she would withhold judgment until they found out one way or the other.
Nik grimaced then said "I hope for you sakes the two of you get what you want." Mainly because he didn't think his brother would get another chance at kids, not after this injury.
Emily just said "Let's see if Kelly is free to run those tests now."
Crap, thought Sam as the med student pulled her over to the doctor. Kelly said "We can run blood tests, get an answer tomorrow. But first why don't we use one of these." she said showing them the latest tests kits.
Sam followed Kelly's instructions not sure whether or not she wanted to be pregnant with this kid. Ten minutes later, Emily said with a strained smile "Congratulations. Lucky, will be thrilled."
Jason broke the news to Elizabeth about Johnny and Francis holding her as she cried for their lost friends. Telling her about Max, he said "I'm sorry, Francis tried to warn me that he would betray me with Sonny. I just didn't believe he was that obsessed with Carly."
"You are not at fault, Helena is, Luke is, Sonny is, but you are doing your best to protect us. We just need to figure out her plan before she hurts anyone else we love."
"I don't think Helena came after us, this was a clusterf—k."
Elizabeth sighed as she held him knowing he was feeling guilt. "What about Max, could he have been innocent?"
"When he shot Johnny O'Brien, he called him a traitor, but it doesn't change what he is doing with Sonny. We are going to let it be thought he died trying to help us." he explained gently. "Johnny is sending Milo over now."
Elizabeth closed her eyes, then asked "Does Sonny know about Johnny and the baby?"
"Yes, we found the note he hid in the container he passed Sonny, our guy inside verified that much. We know know the message came from someone else though." He was going to hold off telling her about Luke as long as he could.
"So, Sonny tells Anthony, then what?" she asked.
"We don't know. That is the part that worries me." he knew he had to get to Sonny, take him out. He had been avoiding doing that, but now it was imperative that the man die.
TBC