A/N – Thanks for the comments! Things are going to start to unfold more quickly.

Chapter 21 – New Player

Jason got up early and helped get the yacht ready. His plan was that they start heading back to Port Charles. If something happened along the way, they could dock and he'd fly the rest of the way.

He walked back into the castle just in time to see Elizabeth struggling with her suitcase. He ran up the staircase and took it from her. "You should have waited." He said softly.

"I was trying to help." She said watching him easily carry downstairs. "Michael is ready."

"He's already on the boat." Jason said smiling.

She chuckled.

They finished getting everything on the yacht and they all boarded and started their journey.

"I'm going to miss our bench." Elizabeth said smiling.

Jason nodded. "Me too."

Elizabeth sighed. "I can't believe we're going back."

Jason gave her a hug. "I feel like I've been away for a really long time."

"I can't wait to see my grams."

Jason smirked. "You kind find out about all the trouble her and Lila caused."

Liz laughed.

"Come on, let's go inside."

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Edward grumpily walked into the main house. "Do reprobates read the newspaper?"

Carly rolled her eyes and tossed it to him.

"Interesting, I would think Sonny would get tired of seeing his mug shot on the cover."

Lila cleared her throat. "Edward, please don't start this early in the morning."

Audrey came downstairs. "Good morning."

"Morning." Carly called out. "You want some coffee?"

"I would love some." Audrey said sitting down.

"Why are you so chipper?" Edwards asked.

"Because my Elizabeth called me bright and early and said they are heading back this way."

Edward's eyes sparkled. "Good, because I need to speak to my thug of a grandson."

Carly shook her head. "Edward, you are delusional if you think Jason is going to have anything to do with ELQ."

Edward scowled. "I'm not trying to woo him back to ELQ. My God, with his reputation, it would probably ruin the company. I'm going to bargain for face to face time."

Carly looked at him like he was crazy. "You want Jason Morgan to hang out with you?"

Edward smiled. "Precisely."

"And where exactly are you going to hang out? Because Jake's is really not your speed." Carly said.

"He'll come here and spend some time with the family."

Lila shook his head. "You can't make him spend time with the family."

"His job put all of us in danger. I would say that he owes us and I am going to ask for his presence as payment."

Carly looked over at Audrey. "This I've got to see."

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Joe joined Ric at the dining room table.

"Anything good in there?" Joe asked as Ric looked up from reading the newspaper.

"Not really."

"Do you think we could get Baldwin back in office?"

Ric smirked. "I doubt it. I think those days are over."

"Too bad. We could have ran the city easily."

"True."

"I seem to not be able to locate my piece of shit son."

"What are you going to do if you find him?"

Scully threw down his fork. "He betrayed me for the last time. So, I'll do what needs to be done."

Ric sucked in his breath and looked back down at the paper. "When do we head to Port Chuck?"

"Tonight. I have a place for us to lay low and then we strike tomorrow."

"What do you need me to do?"

"Relax Ric, you won't be doing any of the dirty work. You're not trained in that anyway. You'll hang out the house while I go handle business. When I take over, we'll get whatever evidence they have against you thrown out and you'll be district attorney again."

Ric smirked. "Sounds good to me." He was just glad that Scully didn't expect him to take place in the actual shoot out.

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Cody called Jason. "Hey, you guys headed back?"

"Yeah."

"How soon can you get here?"

"Is something wrong?"

"I just have a bad feeling."

Jason closed his eyes. "We just started back. But, if we have to, we can hop on a plane."

"Alright, I'll keep you posted."

Jason motioned for Francis and Milo to follow him and he went down to his bedroom.

"What's wrong?" Francis asked.

"Cody has a bad feeling."

"Jason, I really think you should stay here. If need be, Milo and I can go back."

"It's my family Francis. I think that I should leave you guys and go. I can make it safe for everyone and then you can bring them home."

"I don't know."

"Scully is going to strike soon Francis. That is why he took Emily in the first place."

"I still think that Cody and Johnny can handle this."

Jason was getting nervous. Something was about to go down, he just knew it."

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Scott smirked as he left Mayor Floyd's office. He wanted some payback and the law was about to come down on Corinthos Morgan.

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Cody pounded his fist onto the table. "The PCPD just raided Warehouse 49."

Johnny rubbed his face. "Shit. It's a good thing we already loaded the shipment."

"Our mole said they are going to be relentless. I'm not sure if someone is just trying to throw us off our game or what."

"Maybe they are trying to distract us. In any event, we need to make sure everything is clean right now." Johnny said firmly.

The office door was thrown open. "Johnny O'Brien and Cody Paul, you are under arrest for illegal trafficking."

They looked at each other as the officer read them their rights. One of the workers called Francis to let him know what was going on.

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Francis called Diane and had her meet the guys down at the precinct.

Jason was livid. "Fucking assholes. They have no evidence. I wonder if Joe is behind this."

"The newly appointed mayor is no better than Baldwin."

"If he uses his influence on a judge, we'll lose Cody and Johnny for up to 48 hrs." Jason said. "We can't afford that. Scully will definitely use it to his advantage."

"What do you want to do?" Francis asked although he already knew the answer.

"I'm going back."

Elizabeth walked up to them. "No."

Jason whirled around. "Elizabeth."

Francis excused himself and Elizabeth sat down next to him.

"Elizabeth, we are two men down right now. I have to go."

"Then I'm going with you."

"You can't. You need to stay here with Michael. No one knows you are out here and they won't be able to hurt you."

"Jason, I don't think that I can just sit here while you are out there risking your life."

Jason took her hand. "I'm sorry but this is the way my life is and I can't change that. There are too many lives at stake right now."

"What about yours?"

Jason sighed. "I'll be fine."

Elizabeth was scared for him. "Suppose you don't come back?" She asked softly.

He pulled her into his arms. "I will. I have to. Can you try to trust me?"

Elizabeth didn't answer at first. It wasn't that she didn't trust Jason, but there were too many people coming from all sides. He was just once person. But at the same time, she knew his mind was already made up.

"Okay." Elizabeth said softly. "When do you leave?"

"Today. I'm going to get dropped off and then drive to the nearest airport. You'll go on with Francis and Milo."

Elizabeth was doing her best not to cry. She wanted to show him she could handle it but the truth was that she was going to miss him so much.

"I love you Jason."

He looked down at her. "I love you too." He said kissing her gently.

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Diane walked into the PCPD. "Gentlemen, where are my clients?"

"In the room." Dante said.

"Do you have evidence this time or were you just bored?"

Mayor Floyd walked up to Diane. "Ms. Miller, we are currently searching one of Corinthos's warehouses and I'm sure something will turn up."

"So let me get this straight, you arrest my client's without one shred of evidence, bribe a judge to get a warrant, and then you are either going to plant the evidence you need or hope that something shows up."

The mayor rolled his eyes. "You're so dramatic. We can hold them for just cause. It's how the system works."

"Actually, the system should work based on the truth and you should all be abiding by the law not twisting it to your own advantage."

Garrett laughed. "You are representing criminals and you're going to make quips about the truth? Give me a break."

"You don't even have probable cause."

"They are criminals. That's probable cause enough. Besides, we got a tip so that is enough to hold them until probable cause can be established."

Diane rolled her eyes. "We'll see what the judge says about that." She said turning to go track him down. There was no way she was going to allow Garrett to get away with this.

She dialed her phone. "Spinelli, find me everything you can about Garrett Floyd. We need to take him down in the next 24 hours. If that asshole wants to play dirty, then we will too." She said ending the call; still pissed that her shopping was interrupted.

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Garrett went back to his office and made a call. "It's done."

Joe smiled. "Good."