A/N –Thanks for all of the wonderful reviews. Liason102 – Sorry hun. I was off the grid last night and didn't see your comment. Guest – That wasn't a stupid question re: Santiago. Others were wondering as well. Hope you guys like the surprise in this one.

Chapter 25 – Confined

Liz woke up in a small room and when it finally came into focus, she notices that there are no windows, only a bed and a small bathroom. Her head felt groggy and her body ached.

She felt the nausea build up inside of her and she ran to the bathroom and threw up. When she finally finished, she used the tooth brush and toothpaste left for her and brushed her teeth and then laid on the bed, shutting her eyes when the door suddenly opened and she pushed herself up.

A woman entered the room with a tray. She caught a glimpse of a guard standing right next to the door. Elizabeth smelled the eggs and groaned and just made it back into the bathroom. After she was finishing emptying her stomach, she went back to the bed and sat on the edge.

"Please take that away."

The woman nodded and left her some water.

About five minutes later, a voice came through a speaker that is secured in the corner of the wall.

"Elizabeth, darling, I really need you to eat."

She sat up and perused the room, finally locating the camera.

"The smell made me sick."

"I'll have Carmella bring you something else then. Perhaps some toast and fruit?"

Liz nodded.

"Good."

A few minutes later, the woman returned and put the toast on a tray as Liz watched. She is older and she looks like life has been hard for her. The woman moved closer and touched Liz's forehead.

"There are some vitamins under your napkin. You need to keep up your strength." She noted the distrust in Liz's expression. "Trust me."

Liz nodded and watched her leave and then stood, making sure her back was to the camera, so she could retrieve the vitamins from the under the napkin and swallowed them with some water.

She ate the toast and is happy that her stomach had calmed down.

About a half hour later, a doctor entered the room.

"I need to exam you to make sure that you are okay." He sat on the bed next to her. "I promise that I will not hurt you."

The man grimaced as he checked her bruises and cuts. He cleaned out some of them and then continued the exam and when he felt around her ribcage, Liz flinched.

"I think that two of your ribs were bruised. You are very lucky given the seriousness of the accident."

He reached into his bag and pulled out a syringe. Liz gasped and pushed herself away from him.

Her reaction stunned the doctor, but he quickly recovered. "I need to take some blood. You were sick today. If you have some kind of virus, I need to know so that I can treat it."

Liz nodded and held out her arm. To her surprise, he was very good and it didn't hurt at all. She held the cotton against her arm as she watched him leave.

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Jason had also observed the exchange. He had gotten no sleep because he was scared at what could happen to her. Instead, he had spent an hour on the phone with Sonny who is also sending re-enforcements.

There is no audio, but he can tell that she had been sick and it made him worry even more.

He got up to go check on John, knocking on the bedroom door softly. "Come in."

John is lying on his back and Robin is holding a cool compress on his head.

"How's the fever?"

"It's down. The medicine seemed to do the trick."

Jason nodded. "He's going to be okay."

Robin sighed. "I'm worried about Liz. Has anything happened?"

"She was sick twice this morning, once when she first woke up and another time after some lady brought in what looked liked eggs ranchero."

Robin knows what that could mean, but figures it will just kill Jason, so she kept her suspicions to herself.

"Did you review the footage from when she was taken?"

"Yes. I got a partial license plate. Cooper is working on that right now, but at some point, they put something over her head which blocked the transmission."

Robin's heart ached for her friend knowing that she has be terrified. "We have to find her before he..."

Jason closed his eyes. He doesn't even want to think about that possibility. "I know…" Jason's voice broke and Robin scrambled off the bed and threw her arms around him. "It's okay, Jason. You can't keep all of this bottled up inside."

While he appreciated what Robin said, he knows it isn't the time to fall apart.

"I'm asleep for five minutes and you already have your hands on my girl," John said softly.

Robin's head jerked around and she dropped her arms. "John," she yelled running back over to the bed.

Jason smiled. "Payback."

John grunted. "I'll give you payback. Any news?"

Jason updated John on everything and John spoke quietly. "When you were looking at the camera feed, did any of the men in the tape have a tattoo on their neck?"

Jason nodded. "Yes, one of them had what looked like a dragon."

John closed his eyes.

"What John?"

"Luis Sanchez—run that name. Have Logan put a trace on him. He should lead you to where Liz is."

"How do you know this?"

"I thought I saw him at the shoot, but by the time I did a double take, he was gone. I did some asking around and that is the name they gave me, so it confirmed my suspicions. I guess we didn't get everyone the last time we were here."

Jason spun out of the room and started working on the new lead.

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The local media had actually picked up on the story of Liz's disappearance and the wreckage of the car was found. The news started spreading back to the states and soon it was all over CNN.

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The next morning, the same ritual with Carmella continued. Liz was having trouble keeping food down. They could only find a few things that she could handle, toast and soup. Carmella handed her a change of clothes and Liz went into the bathroom to get cleaned up. She made sure to put the pin back on and then quickly got back into the bed.

The doctor came in. Dr. Fuentes only took this job because his daughter is very ill and Santiago had promised him that he would help fly her elsewhere for treatment. He felt sorry for Liz and knows she isn't safe there.

He leaned closer and whispered. "There isn't time. I'm going to examine you and slip you a piece of paper. I want you to go to the bathroom after I leave and read it. I'm not telling him what is wrong with you. I lied and said you have some kind of virus. I don't trust him." Liz held her breath as the doctor continued to feel around her neck and do an examination. As he promised, he slipped the paper into her jeans and then left.

Liz got up and went into the bathroom. She leaned forward like she was looking into the mirror and opened the folded paper.

Jason watched curiously and gasped.

"You are pregnant."

Liz grabbed onto the sink. "Holy shit."

Jason fell back in chair and then got up and threw the door open to John's room.

"Did you know she was pregnant?"

Robin frowned. "No, but I had my suspicions yesterday when you described her sickness."

John watched Jason pace back and forth as he grabbed the bridge of his nose. "Congratulations, man."

Jason stopped and bent forward at the waist and put his hands on his knees. "Holy shit, I'm going to be a father? Sonny is going to kill me."

Robin tried not to laugh. "Sonny is not going to kill you. There might be a shot gun wedding involved and the guys might rough you up though."

Jason straightened out as he stared at her. "What the hell am I going to do?"

"Get your woman back," John said.

"You're really lucky that the baby survived the crash," Robin said softly.

Jason nodded and left the room in a daze.