Chapter 22

"Luke?" AJ said nervously.  "This is AJ Quartermaine.  Please don't hang up."

"You have two minutes.  What do you want?" Luke asked.

"Sonny asked me to call you.  He and Jason need your help."

"What kind of help?"

"They need your help to get rid of the man who is behind all the trouble Jason has been having.  He's captured all three of them."

"All three of them?  Who's the third person?" Luke asked.

"Gia."

"Why does Sonny think I would be able to help?"

"Because you've dealt with this man before," AJ said.

"I have?  Who is it?"

"Stavros Cassadine."  There was a long period of silence.  "Luke, are you still there?" AJ asked.

"Yes, I'm here.  Where should I  meet you?"

"I'm at a motel right inside Clarksville, New York.  Meet me here and I'll take you to where Stavros is holding the others."

"I'll be there as soon as I can.  Don't move," Luke said.  He hung up the phone.

***

A short while later, just outside of town, Jason was still sitting on the cot next to Gia.  She still hadn't woke up.  Sonny was pacing the room  Every few minutes he stopped to check his watch.

"I hope AJ was able to get in touch with Luke," Sonny said as he stopped in front of Jason.

"I just hope we can trust AJ to make the call," Jason said

"He knows the consequences if he doesn't make the call."

Gia groaned and began to move.

"Gia?" Jason said.  He got off the cot and knelt beside it.  "Gia, can you hear me?"

She groaned again and opened her eyes.  "Jason," she whispered.

"It's me.  I'm right here," he said as he smoothed her hair with his hand.

Gia managed to sit up with Jason's help.  "How did you find me?" she asked.

"We didn't.  Stavros' men grabbed us too," Sonny told her.

"Are you all right?" Jason asked.  "Did Stavros hurt you?"

Before she could answer, two of Stavros' men came in the room.  They were both holding guns which they pointed at Jason and Sonny.

"Over there," one of the men told them.

Jason and Sonny slowly moved to the spot the man had indicated.  Gia started to stand up to follow them.

"Not you," the man told her.  "This will be over in a minute."

"What will be over?" Gia asked nervously.  "What are you going to do?"

"We are going to do what Mr. Cassadine ordered us to do.  We're going to kill Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos."

The men raised their guns and pointed them directly at Jason and Sonny.  Gia started to get up again.

"Gia stay back!" Jason yelled.

She stopped where she was.  "I… I love you Jason," she said as tears formed in her eyes.

"I love you too," he said.

Gia turned her back.  She couldn't watch what was about to happen.  A few seconds passed, then she heard two gunshots.  "No!" Gia yelled as she fell to her knees crying.