Show: General Hospital
Title: Las Vidas de los Corinthos'- Chapter 23
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
A/N: The feedback for the last Chapter has been amazing! Can't believe how many of you
actually weren't lazy and clicked that little blue button in the left corner! **Does dance of joy!** So
once again, my heartfelt thanks to ALL my amazing reviewers… you guys ROCK! Oh to Shadow
Phoenix: (blush, blush) it was a simple grammatical error. SSShhhh! Don't tell anyone else, my
Spanish teacher would kill me, and my aunts and cousins…. Damn it! I'm rambling! LOL! On with
the show…enjoy!
*~*~*~*~*~*
Jason's heart froze, the icy fear spreading throughout his veins. Who ever had said that the
Enforcer felt nothing was wrong. Deathly wrong – he felt pain, and love and now, fear.
"Who took her?" he asked fiercely.
Liz looked up, her blue eyes shining with tears. "I don't know," she replied shaking her head.
"They came out of no where, and hit Max. There were three of them and he tried to fight back, but
one of the men hit him over the head with his gun. I was so scared I didn't know what to do. So I
ran inside to get Kristina and hide." Liz paused remembering what had happened after that.
"One of the men grabbed my braid and spun me around… he had his gun pointed to my head. All
I could see was this tiny laser light and these cold, empty black eyes," Liz shivered and Jason
rubbed some warmth into her arms. Liz flinched at his touch, and if the situation hadn't been so
harrowing, she might have blushed.
"He told me to get down on my knees. I was so scared, Jason, I didn't know what to do. I wanted
to run, but I knew he wouldn't hesitate to shoot me. I did as I was told…." Liz paused again and
turned to her sister's bassinet. She lightly caressed the soft yellow border and her lip trembled.
"They were looking for her," she announced, her voice cracking. "I was silently willing her to keep
quiet. She didn't… and the man ordered one of the others to go get her…. I tried to fight back,
Jason, I did…" she cried her shame in being unable to protect her sister cowing her in his
embrace once again. " I tried to get up but he grabbed my braid again and threw me to the floor
and told me not to move. He told one of the men to get Kristina and the other to tie me up.
"I bit him, and he slapped me…." Liz's voice ran off at the murderous expression in Jason's eyes.
"What else happened?" he asked, through clenched teeth.
"I was stunned, but I tried to crawl towards the man who was picking up Kristina – his name was
Tony, the other man said it out loud – and then someone kicked me in the stomach," Liz started
to hyperventilate at the memory.
"It was the same man who grabbed my braid. I remember him asking, 'You wanna fight, little
girl?'. He kicked me over and over, till I wanted to die, and then the other – Sean – he tied me up
and then he bit me on my shoulder." She pushed down the collar on her T-shirt to show the angry
red teeth marks marring her creamy skin.
"He asked if he could shoot me," she whispered, recalling how he had kicked her in the face and
raised his gun to her face. She told Jason this, pointing to her bloody nose. "I was so scared, I
was screaming… begging him not to.
"The other man said no, and told them they had to leave. Kristina was screaming, and I was so
scared. He kicked me again, and the man Sean spat on me as he walked by. I remember hearing
his boots pausing on the landing. The he opened fire, spraying bullets everywhere! I was so
scared, I screamed and screamed and I begged for death…."
Elizabeth was shivering, and she couldn't breathe properly, but she felt safe. With Jason she
always felt safe. But she was ashamed. Ashamed that she hadn't fought harder to protect her
sister. She told Jason so.
"No Elizabeth," he scolded, burying his hand in her hair and forcing her turbulent blue eyes to his.
"You were *not* weak, Elizabeth. You tried. There was nothing else you could do."
Liz was amazed at the depth of emotion in his voice. He hadn't spoken to her like that in years.
She was suddenly conscious of her position. She was nestled in his lap, her lips mere inches
away from his. "I shouldn't have let them take her. I should have protected her," she whispered
fiercely.
They paused, breathing in the same air, their breath mingling together. Liz ignored the pain in her
side that made it hard to breathe and stared at him, unable to break her gaze.
"And who's going to protect you, Liz?" he asked huskily, stroking her injured cheek.
Liz swallowed hard, but didn't reply. "I can protect myself…." She stated after a few seconds of
silence, breaking their gaze.
"You shouldn't have to," he answered fiercely.
Liz's eyes swung up to meet his. She moved to say something else, when a sharp pain jack-
knifed through her side. "Oh! God!" she gritted her teeth through the pain.
"Elizabeth!" Jason exclaimed. "What's wrong?"
His concerned image swam before her eyes. She couldn't see or feel anything but the crippling
pain in her ribcage. She was finding it difficult to breathe as she clutched her side. "I can't –"
Elizabeth's voice abruptly cut off as she pitched forward into Jason's arms.
"Elizabeth!" Jason cried out in panic. "Elizabeth!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Chaos raged at Casa Corinthos later that night. Gino, their inside man in Taggliatti's operation
had just saved Jasper Jacks and Skye from being murdered and the three were on their way to
the Penthouse. Sonny had immediately ordered that Carly, Michael and Courtney be taken out of
PC, but when he'd personally called to inform Max and Francis to do the same with Alexis and
the girls but all was obviously not so good.
Francis, of course had told him that he had taken Alexis for a walk when she couldn't get to sleep,
and that Max was guarding Elizabeth and Kristina. But when Sonny put through the call to Max's
cell phone he was greeted only with the recorded voice informing him that the phone was
currently not in service.
As the phone slipped from his hands, the front door opened and Francis and Alexis rushed in. At
Sonny's shell-shocked look, Alexis stopped in her tracks. She'd wanted to return to the house for
her daughters first but Francis had had his orders to bring her straight to Harborview. Now she
could tell something was wrong, terribly wrong.
Francis shut the door to allow them some privacy. "What's wrong?" she whispered, moving
forward slowly to stand before him.
He looked down at her, amazed at how calm she appeared to be on the outside when she was
probably falling apart. "Max's phone is dead," four simple words that crushed her, though by all
appearances she handled it all pretty well.
"Maybe he just turned it off," she said, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she knew the
absurdity of her statement.
She was starting to hyperventilate. Efficient as ever, he produced a paper bag from seeming thin
air and handed it to her. She snatched it from him gratefully.
He waited until she was sufficiently calm before he delivered the rest of the news. "They took Jax
and Skye from his cottage. Apparently they were on their way to tell me about Taggliatti being
involved with the Quartermaines." Alexis sat down in shock, the wind knocked from her sails.
"Oh God! Why is this happening to us?"
Sonny sank to his knees and pulled her into his arms. "Oh God, Sonny. What if they took the
girls, too? I don't know what I would do if they –"
"Ssshh," Sonny cut her off with a kiss. It was tender and achingly sweet. "I promised you before
that I wouldn't let anything happen to our children. I'm gonna keep that promise to you, Lexie."
Alexis swallowed hard and wished she could look away. His eyes were saying yet again what his
mouth wouldn't. Alexis moved to say something when the shrill ring of the telephone shattered
the ensuing silence.
Their head simultaneously whipped towards the telephone. All night it had been the bearer of bad
news. Neither Alexis nor Sonny knew how much more bad news they could take. Slowly, Sonny
rose to his feet and hesitantly picked up the phone.
"Corinthos," he said shortly.
"Sonny!" it was Jason.
"Jason! Jason, where are you?"
"I'm in an ambulance! Elizabeth stopped breathing!"
TBC…
A/N: I hope you guys don't hate me too much because of the cliffhanger. R&R though people, tell
me what you thought. I look forward to hearing from you. Ciao!
Title: Las Vidas de los Corinthos'- Chapter 23
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
A/N: The feedback for the last Chapter has been amazing! Can't believe how many of you
actually weren't lazy and clicked that little blue button in the left corner! **Does dance of joy!** So
once again, my heartfelt thanks to ALL my amazing reviewers… you guys ROCK! Oh to Shadow
Phoenix: (blush, blush) it was a simple grammatical error. SSShhhh! Don't tell anyone else, my
Spanish teacher would kill me, and my aunts and cousins…. Damn it! I'm rambling! LOL! On with
the show…enjoy!
*~*~*~*~*~*
Jason's heart froze, the icy fear spreading throughout his veins. Who ever had said that the
Enforcer felt nothing was wrong. Deathly wrong – he felt pain, and love and now, fear.
"Who took her?" he asked fiercely.
Liz looked up, her blue eyes shining with tears. "I don't know," she replied shaking her head.
"They came out of no where, and hit Max. There were three of them and he tried to fight back, but
one of the men hit him over the head with his gun. I was so scared I didn't know what to do. So I
ran inside to get Kristina and hide." Liz paused remembering what had happened after that.
"One of the men grabbed my braid and spun me around… he had his gun pointed to my head. All
I could see was this tiny laser light and these cold, empty black eyes," Liz shivered and Jason
rubbed some warmth into her arms. Liz flinched at his touch, and if the situation hadn't been so
harrowing, she might have blushed.
"He told me to get down on my knees. I was so scared, Jason, I didn't know what to do. I wanted
to run, but I knew he wouldn't hesitate to shoot me. I did as I was told…." Liz paused again and
turned to her sister's bassinet. She lightly caressed the soft yellow border and her lip trembled.
"They were looking for her," she announced, her voice cracking. "I was silently willing her to keep
quiet. She didn't… and the man ordered one of the others to go get her…. I tried to fight back,
Jason, I did…" she cried her shame in being unable to protect her sister cowing her in his
embrace once again. " I tried to get up but he grabbed my braid again and threw me to the floor
and told me not to move. He told one of the men to get Kristina and the other to tie me up.
"I bit him, and he slapped me…." Liz's voice ran off at the murderous expression in Jason's eyes.
"What else happened?" he asked, through clenched teeth.
"I was stunned, but I tried to crawl towards the man who was picking up Kristina – his name was
Tony, the other man said it out loud – and then someone kicked me in the stomach," Liz started
to hyperventilate at the memory.
"It was the same man who grabbed my braid. I remember him asking, 'You wanna fight, little
girl?'. He kicked me over and over, till I wanted to die, and then the other – Sean – he tied me up
and then he bit me on my shoulder." She pushed down the collar on her T-shirt to show the angry
red teeth marks marring her creamy skin.
"He asked if he could shoot me," she whispered, recalling how he had kicked her in the face and
raised his gun to her face. She told Jason this, pointing to her bloody nose. "I was so scared, I
was screaming… begging him not to.
"The other man said no, and told them they had to leave. Kristina was screaming, and I was so
scared. He kicked me again, and the man Sean spat on me as he walked by. I remember hearing
his boots pausing on the landing. The he opened fire, spraying bullets everywhere! I was so
scared, I screamed and screamed and I begged for death…."
Elizabeth was shivering, and she couldn't breathe properly, but she felt safe. With Jason she
always felt safe. But she was ashamed. Ashamed that she hadn't fought harder to protect her
sister. She told Jason so.
"No Elizabeth," he scolded, burying his hand in her hair and forcing her turbulent blue eyes to his.
"You were *not* weak, Elizabeth. You tried. There was nothing else you could do."
Liz was amazed at the depth of emotion in his voice. He hadn't spoken to her like that in years.
She was suddenly conscious of her position. She was nestled in his lap, her lips mere inches
away from his. "I shouldn't have let them take her. I should have protected her," she whispered
fiercely.
They paused, breathing in the same air, their breath mingling together. Liz ignored the pain in her
side that made it hard to breathe and stared at him, unable to break her gaze.
"And who's going to protect you, Liz?" he asked huskily, stroking her injured cheek.
Liz swallowed hard, but didn't reply. "I can protect myself…." She stated after a few seconds of
silence, breaking their gaze.
"You shouldn't have to," he answered fiercely.
Liz's eyes swung up to meet his. She moved to say something else, when a sharp pain jack-
knifed through her side. "Oh! God!" she gritted her teeth through the pain.
"Elizabeth!" Jason exclaimed. "What's wrong?"
His concerned image swam before her eyes. She couldn't see or feel anything but the crippling
pain in her ribcage. She was finding it difficult to breathe as she clutched her side. "I can't –"
Elizabeth's voice abruptly cut off as she pitched forward into Jason's arms.
"Elizabeth!" Jason cried out in panic. "Elizabeth!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Chaos raged at Casa Corinthos later that night. Gino, their inside man in Taggliatti's operation
had just saved Jasper Jacks and Skye from being murdered and the three were on their way to
the Penthouse. Sonny had immediately ordered that Carly, Michael and Courtney be taken out of
PC, but when he'd personally called to inform Max and Francis to do the same with Alexis and
the girls but all was obviously not so good.
Francis, of course had told him that he had taken Alexis for a walk when she couldn't get to sleep,
and that Max was guarding Elizabeth and Kristina. But when Sonny put through the call to Max's
cell phone he was greeted only with the recorded voice informing him that the phone was
currently not in service.
As the phone slipped from his hands, the front door opened and Francis and Alexis rushed in. At
Sonny's shell-shocked look, Alexis stopped in her tracks. She'd wanted to return to the house for
her daughters first but Francis had had his orders to bring her straight to Harborview. Now she
could tell something was wrong, terribly wrong.
Francis shut the door to allow them some privacy. "What's wrong?" she whispered, moving
forward slowly to stand before him.
He looked down at her, amazed at how calm she appeared to be on the outside when she was
probably falling apart. "Max's phone is dead," four simple words that crushed her, though by all
appearances she handled it all pretty well.
"Maybe he just turned it off," she said, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she knew the
absurdity of her statement.
She was starting to hyperventilate. Efficient as ever, he produced a paper bag from seeming thin
air and handed it to her. She snatched it from him gratefully.
He waited until she was sufficiently calm before he delivered the rest of the news. "They took Jax
and Skye from his cottage. Apparently they were on their way to tell me about Taggliatti being
involved with the Quartermaines." Alexis sat down in shock, the wind knocked from her sails.
"Oh God! Why is this happening to us?"
Sonny sank to his knees and pulled her into his arms. "Oh God, Sonny. What if they took the
girls, too? I don't know what I would do if they –"
"Ssshh," Sonny cut her off with a kiss. It was tender and achingly sweet. "I promised you before
that I wouldn't let anything happen to our children. I'm gonna keep that promise to you, Lexie."
Alexis swallowed hard and wished she could look away. His eyes were saying yet again what his
mouth wouldn't. Alexis moved to say something when the shrill ring of the telephone shattered
the ensuing silence.
Their head simultaneously whipped towards the telephone. All night it had been the bearer of bad
news. Neither Alexis nor Sonny knew how much more bad news they could take. Slowly, Sonny
rose to his feet and hesitantly picked up the phone.
"Corinthos," he said shortly.
"Sonny!" it was Jason.
"Jason! Jason, where are you?"
"I'm in an ambulance! Elizabeth stopped breathing!"
TBC…
A/N: I hope you guys don't hate me too much because of the cliffhanger. R&R though people, tell
me what you thought. I look forward to hearing from you. Ciao!