Reliving The Past
Chapter 37
So the kids, Sonny and Laura all go to Mary and Jeff's house. The correct house. They want to see if the kids would like it there. It was a pretty house. It's big enough for the boys to each have their own room. Mary fixes them all dinner. Then while the Aidan and Jake play and Cameron works on his computer, the adults talk.
"So do you think they will be ok here?" Mary asks Laura.
"I don't know. They seem fine. But kids usually are until bed time. That's when they seem to get a little iffy. I can't tell you how many times I had to go get my daughter Lulu from the neighbor's house because she was too afraid to sleep there. Some times were ok. But others she would just through a fit. But she was much younger than the boys are now. So I guess we will see. We can stay until they go to sleep. Wait a little while if you are ok. When I know they are ok, we can go back to the hotel. We will stay overnight and leave tomorrow. Just in case they have an issue. They are pretty much just used to being at Audrey's or camp. Maybe a friend's house. But never this far away." Laura gets a little emotional.
"I completely understand. I can't imagine what these kids have been through. I can't imagine being a single mother like my daughter is. And of three boys. She really is a special one, my Lizzie. I didn't want to scare Sarah and Lizzie about those poor kids going missing in Colorado. I should have just sent both of them to Audrey's. When Lizzie is out of the hospital I am going to call and talk to her. That poor child. What was she thinking? What was I thinking? I should have never left my girls. I should have just moved to Port Charles. I don't know why I let Jeff talk me into Bosnia and then here. My girls were at an important time in their lives. Sarah was about to go off to college. And Lizzie was just really starting to do all the high school stuff. She just got to be a handful." Mary clears her throat as she gets emotional.
"I understand Mary. I have three sons and two daughters. And they are each special in their own way. But they also seem to know just how to worry me. My daughter Kristina was in an abusive relationship. Put in the hospital a few times. But still wouldn't tell me or her mother what was going on. I guess all kids fear letting their parents down. Or having them be mad at you for making a mistake. But that is just part of growing up. I've known Elizabeth for quite a long time. She keeps telling me she's not the same girl she used to be. But there are a few times that she just gets me mad and I know that she's more like she was when she was younger. Most of us in Port Charles only know she was the Liz post attack. The shy, standoffish girl. Toward the time we thought Lucky died, she was becoming a sweet young girl. With hearts in her eyes and a smile all the time. Liz and Lucky were just wonderful together. You would be so proud of her. Becoming a nurse. She's a surgical nurse too. She has saved so many people. She even got arrested for saving Sam McCall-Morgan. Her mother didn't want her to have the surgery. But Jason Morgan, her boyfriend at the time, soon to be husband. Again. The doctor and staff felt if she didn't have the surgery, she might die. So they went against her mother's wishes. She never wavered. And when they thought Jake died, she gave permission to give his organs. My step daughter Josslyn got a kidney. Even though your daughter and my wife didn't get along. We will never forget her sacrifice. I know now that it wasn't his kidney. But still, when she was in all that pain, she gave to a child. A child of a woman she despised. I can't tell you how many times I have held your daughter while she cried. And I would never take any of them away. Each and every time she made it through and was stronger because of it. And when I go back home, I will hold her again and tell her how strong she is." Sonny says, even getting a little emotional.
"Thanks you. But I have missed so much of her life. I can't believe the things I've been hearing. I guess I need to hear each and every one of these stories directly from my daughter. I know she was married to Lucky. But who else has my daughter be involved with?"
"Well, my son was her first love. She says she loved him from the first time she saw him. At the time he was madly crushing on Sarah. But they were friends. Then after her attack, they were together almost all the time. More together then apart. If fact it drove Audrey completely crazy. They ran away together. My son would have never let anything happen to Liz. But in the end, she went back. She and Audrey made some rules they could both live by. But Liz and Lucky always looked after each other. Liz always trying to get Lucky to forgive me and my ex-husband. And Lucky trying to help her find her attacker. But after the fire, Liz seemed ok. So I am told. I kind of had a break down. So I get told she seemed fine. After that she was with Jason Morgan as a friend. Then with Lucky when he came back. Zander Smith was friends with her and I believe they dated. They stayed mostly friends. Then she married Ric Lansing. When she found out she was pregnant. But right after they married, she fell down some stairs and miscarried. They were off and on again. She had a one night stand with Zander and," Laura points discreetly over to Cameron. "But before she gave birth they divorced again. She ended up back with Lucky when she let Cam and him bond. They got married. Had their troubles. They split and then got back together when they found out she was pregnant. But not before Elizabeth ran to Jason when she found Lucky in bed with another woman. And they had a one night stand," She then points to Jake discreetly. "But she tried to make it work with Lucky. But she tried to keep Lucky clean of his addiction. They married again. But he found out that Jason was Jake's father. They divorced. She was with Jason. After that it gets a little iffy. I know she was with AJ Quatermaine, Ewen Keenan, and Nikolas Cassidine which is my other son and now she seems to be spending her time with Franco Baldwin, A.K.A Franco the artist. He's having a good effect of Elizabeth and Jake. Ric and Elizabeth seem to be ok friends. In the relationships, they may have problems, but she always seems to be friends with her ex's. Which sometimes can be very good. More so if they have kids together. But I can tell you how beautiful she is when she's in love. How she lights up and will do just about anything for her friends." Laura says smiling. Remembering the first time she met Liz.
"I know my baby would be a good friend. I just never thought she would marry and divorce so much. I guess not having her parents around and her attack didn't give her the best start into the man- woman relationship." Mary looks disappointed.
"Mary, if you would have seen Liz and Lucky together that first year after her attack, you would have melted. I am not saying this because of them being our children. I am saying that anyone who was around saw them from afar and could see the special relationship they had. Liz being afraid and jumpy. Lucky always made sure people didn't get close enough to touch her. It was beautiful. They couldn't live without each other. Most married couples don't have that. Things happened beyond anyone's control. It might have been stressful for Elizabeth. Maybe even confusing, but she's mostly happy. Healthy and look at what she's got in her life." Laura smiles and points to the boys. "She's told me many times that she would never change a thing if it meant not having one of her boys. She's a great mother Mary. Be proud of that. We all make mistakes in life." Laura hugs Mary.
"Thank you for telling me Laura. Your Lucky sounds like a special young man." Mary says. Laura's phone rings.
"Hello?"
"Hey mom. It's Lucky. I was wondering if I can fly there and see the boys. Frisco and I were going to go to Port Charles. But I thought, England is kind of on our way home. And I wanted to see the boys and check on how they are doing with the Webber's. Then thought maybe Sonny would let us catch a ride back to Port Charles with you guys." Lucky says, with hope.
"I can't see a problem with that. I don't think Sonny would say no to you both riding back with us. Since we had the boys and guards with us. When will you be getting here?" Laura asks.
"I get released any time now. Then we are booking a flight to London. I can call you when I am at the airport so you know what flight we are on. I have some info to share with you guys. Frisco used a source and we have some useful info to help Elizabeth. But I have to go. Talk to Sonny and we will talk to you soon. I love you mom." Lucky says, then hangs up.
Nathan arrives at the hospital, a small box of files and papers. He knew this was going to be difficult for Elizabeth to digest. But she had to know what's going on and try to protect herself against what could happen. Nathan is not happy with what he found. But relieved that he found something to bring to Liz. He gets to her room. He finds a talk, burly man at the door.
"Hi. I'm Dante's partner. You must work for Sonny Corinthos." Nathan holds a hand out to shake his hand.
"Yes Detective West. We have met before. I'm Max. I have been with Mr. C for the longest. And I have known Ms. Webber for almost as long. I just need to look in the box, then you can go in." Max waits for Nathan to open the lid. Then he looks. Shakes his head. "Sorry about that. But no one is off my list of suspects. And I can't be too careful with Ms. Webber. You may go in now." Max says, opening the door for him and stepping aside.
"I need to speak with Liz." Nathan says to Franco and Andre.
"Well, I can respect that Detective West. But we just had an issue. She needs to rest. I would say give her another 15 minutes. Then she would have been resting for 2 hours. Can we help with anything or need to know anything before she wakes up?" Andre says, in therapist mode.
"Well, I guess I could tell you both. She's going to need some support. This is a very bad situation. I found out that Jessica Hogan was found raped repeatedly and stabbed. It was over kill. But the report indicates that this might have been a ritualistic kill. We might be looking at a group of cult kids. Possibly satanic. They were looking into a group of misfits in Boulder. They believe that the group could have had a many as 50 to 100 members. And that is what they knew. It was kids ranging from 14 all the way up to people in their 30's. Men and women. The report I found on this group is so disturbing. Reading there suspected crimes gave me the chills. And I tell you I have seen a lot of things. Someone bank rolls this group. So many and connections are not problem. They can bribe ANYONE. Everyone has a price. So Elizabeth is in greater danger than we thought. I am seriously thinking that it might be better for her to go stay with her parents and the boys. I don't think even the PCPD can protect her. And I don't say that lightly." Nathan has a grim look on his face. "And I just got told that they have a teenage girl missing from the park. She went missing less than 24 hours ago. And we have reason to believe that Nurse Webber's patient did die under suspicious circumstances. We need to figure out what to do to keep Liz safe. And then what we are going to do to catch these nasty people." Nathan says, a little antsy.
"I'm thinking we need to talk to Sonny. He isn't my favorite person, but no offense to the PCPD, he can do things you guys just can't legally. He would know how to get these guys. But they have to get through me to get to Liz." Franco says, standing up and ready to fight.
"I understand. I didn't say this, but I agree. Sometimes the law can hinder someone's protection. That's good that you are ready to fight for Liz, Franco. Because she has one hell of a battle on her hands." Nathan says, afraid for Liz.
"I think we figured out what happened. We think that she saw this group rape and kill Jessica. They found her and threatened her. That was why she left Boulder. She says she doesn't even remember why or how she left. She just remembers being on her Grandmother's lawn chair in her front lawn." Andre says.
"So that means they knew she witnessed a kill. That is worse than I originally thought. I have a rule or guide book that an ex-member had given the police. They are supposed to kill any witnesses. Right on the spot. I'm actually surprised that we found the body of Jessica. She and one other girl are the only bodies we found. It might have been because of Liz. If they were trying to track her, they might have gotten sloppy with the taking care of the body. There was some unknown blood at the scene. Not much. Maybe they could test it against Liz's blood." Nathan is grasping at straws to figure out the clues.
"It's not mine." Elizabeth says softly. So softly they almost didn't hear her.
"What was that?" Nathan asks, coming over to her bedside.
"It's not my blood. I would have noticed a wound on me when I got to Grams. I took a shower. I had bruises, but no cuts or wounds. But I think I know whose blood it is. It's Tom's or…" Elizabeth flashes back to Tom grabbing her. She had her house keys in her hand. She took the key and put it between her fingers. That way how she got away from Tom. And another boy. Shorter and familiar. "Tom grabbed me. I had my house keys in my hand. I remember the lecture they gave us at school. So I put the key in between my fingers and punched him. He let go. I don't remember where I hit him, but he dropped. I went to run. The shorter boy stopped me. I can't place him, but I think I knew him. He…He let me go. He told me to run. Get out of town. God, who is he?" Elizabeth tries to remember. There is a knock at the door. It opens to an orderly wheeling Kevin in.
"I think I might know." Kevin says, head bandaged up and looking very weak.
"Kevin, how are you? Your mom is on her way. I tried to call her as fast as I could. I…" Elizabeth stops mid-sentence. She stares at Kevin in a strange way.
"Do you remember Lizzie?" Kevin asks, his head hanging a little.
"Oh God! It was Jackson. He helped me get away. Then you helped me get my bags and get on that plane. How did…" Elizabeth seems confused.
"Jackson was in that cult. He didn't like what was happening. He was trying to help the cops. The cult was getting suspicious of Jackson. So Jessica was a test for him. He saw Tom come after you. He always liked you. He didn't want to see you die. So after he saw what you did to him, he grabbed your hand. Then made you run like mad. He got you to the Hogan's house to grab a bag. He called me to come and get you. Then he went right to the police. He cut a deal to turn in as many names as he could for not being prosecuted. He gave a lot of the lower rung member's names. He was afraid the higher up members would get off on technicality and come for him. But none of the lower member's gave names. So there are about 60 member's still out there. I think the person that knocked me out was one. I am trying to get in contact with Jackson. Thinking that he might give me the remaining names. So we can at least try to track them down." Kevin says, holding his head.
"Kevin, you need to get back to bed. I would feel worse if you got worse because of me. Since you were here and got hurt because of me. Your mother is on her way. Show her how strong you are by getting better in bed." Elizabeth stands up and comes over to Kevin. "Thank you for protecting me like you did. Then and now. I'm so sorry I didn't remember it. Why didn't you tell me this when you and I first recognized each other?" Elizabeth crouches down in front of the wheel chair.
"Because, I didn't know if that was what it was about. For all I know they were all gone. The higher up members were all in the last year of college or out of college. I guess I hoped God would take them out for all the horrible stuff they did to all those kids and you. I was going to tell you just before that member came into the room. I saw him out in the hall before he came. That was why I had you get in the bathroom and lock yourself in. That was all I could think to do." Kevin says, feeling like he failed her.
"Kevin that was the best thing you could do for me. Even Nathan there, said he would have done the same. I just wish you wouldn't have gotten hurt. What did your doctor say?" Elizabeth asks, grabbing his hand.
"I should make a full recovery. That I have a hard head." Kevin chuckles.
"Well I knew that in school! I told you it was true." Elizabeth laughs pretty hard. "And you thought I was joking." Elizabeth smiles as her laugh subsides.
"I believed you. I just loved yanking your chain. You were so easy to rile up." Kevin smiles.
"Oh, thanks! Now Franco knows, and will never stop picking on me. Thanks a lot Kevin." Elizabeth mocks upset.
"Oh you will get over it princess." Kevin says. Looking to see if she remembered her nickname from school.
"Oh my God! Yeah, I'm princess. But you were jock itch. Or was that Jackson. I think that was Jackson. You were athlete's foot." Elizabeth laughs so hard she falls on her butt. She can't catch her breath. Franco comes over to help her up. "No. Oh my goodness. I so forgot that. I always thought I was friendless. That Colorado was nothing to me. But you and Jackson were so funny. We never held back. I mean who would let someone call them jock itch." Elizabeth starts laughing again.
"Well that is an interesting friendship you all had. And I think Liz needed that laugh. I think you need to go back to bed. But thank you for coming to give us this info. We hope you feel better. I will come to check on you soon." Andre says, patting Kevin on the back.
"Lizzie, don't let these people win. Be that spitfire you were back in school. No one ever tangled with you. I see her pop out every now and then. Bring them down for what they did to Jessica. And for making you leave." The orderly wheels him out. Liz stands there and watches as Kevin leaves. She remembers the girl he was talking about. She was a little fiercer than she was now. But not by much. For a moment, the fear turns to anger. Deep, raging anger. She sees red for a brief moment. Just like she did when she stopped being afraid of her rapist and wanted revenge. But this time it was for MANY girls and she was going to make them all pay.
A/N: I hope you all liked this chapter. I keep getting people saying that these bad people need to die a slow and horrible death. So I thought maybe that's what Elizabeth would think too. She might be afraid, but anger is a good motivator too. And you have to get geared up for the fight of your life. I hope you all liked it. Can't wait to hear your thoughts.