It had been almost 4 weeks since Jason had seen Stacy. It was almost like she dropped off the face of the earth, deep down inside he was scared. He just let her leave and now no one could find her. He'd spent the whole four weeks at her apartment, Sonny had almost all of his men out to find her, but they all came back with the same thing, 'no traces of her could be found. . . no one knew where she was' the more days passed the more scared Jason became and the more the anger rose in his mind. If someone hurt her, he'd kill the man with his bare hands before making him suffer and beg for death. Staring out at the docks, he closed his eyes listening to the waves crash underneath. He couldn't help thinking about their first time, everything about her. This place held the memory of him rescuing her, and of them seeing each other again.

*Flashback*

"I'm not going to hurt you", trying to reason with her. His eyes quickly left her face to the bruises on her neck. Someone hurt her again, but who he had to find out one-way or another.

"Yeah it's obvious you aren't going to hurt me but I'm late. So please get your hands off of me."

"Testy, can I at least get a name from you since I am the one that saved your life a few weeks ago and since you've been the only thing going threw my mind since." Jason stated trying to sound all nice and sweet, he flashed her his pearly whites hoping she would open up.

"Listen about that Mr.."

"Morgan, Jason Morgan" Jason extended his hand taking hers into his, instantly sparks flew between the two.

".Mr. Morgan, thank you for helping me."

"Your name?"

"Huh?" This was getting fun, for the first time in over a year Jason was actually having fun with a girl.

"What's your name Miss?"

"Oh it's S.Candy, my names Candy". Jason stopped for a minute, were the files wrong on her, he was certain her name was Stacy Tagliati, why did she just say Candy? Maybe she was trying to cover up her real identity, he wanted to play along with this.

"Okay uh, Candy, what did your parents love Candy or something?" Not finding his comments very funny, she gave him a smirk and continued to walk away from him out onto the street waiting for a cab.

Jason hurried over to her. "So what are we doing?" Stacy looked at him, 'what was his problem? Why couldn't he just leave and go about his business?' but in a way she didn't want him to leave her alone.

"I am going home, you on the other hand, I don't know what your going to be doing."

*End Of Flashback*

* I'm standing on the bridge

I'm waiting in the dark

I thought that you'd be here

by now*

He couldn't help but smile, he knew there was an instant connection with them, deep in his heart he did. He could almost feel her, like if she was close to him. Sighing he almost wanted to go back to her place and sleep again in her bed, just to feel close to her.

*There's nothing but the rain

no footsteps on the ground

I'm listening but there's

no sound*

Staring off at Spoon Island, he closed his eyes, dreaming of her coming to him, walking down the stairs and into his arms, safe, unharmed. Hearing footsteps he chuckled, he didn't know his dreams would almost feel real. His heart beginning to speed up he could feel her closer to him. Shaking it off as just his dream he kept his eyes closed.

*Isn't anyone trying to find me

won't somebody come take me home*

He just stayed there, with his eyes closed. She had just planed on coming down to the docks to be alone, but there he was. How could she look at him after everything that happened to her while she was gone? She felt so dirty, holding back her tears she turned back around from him. It hurt just to not feel him near her.

*It's a damn cold night

trying to figure out this life

won't you

take me by the hand

take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are but I

I'm with you

I'm with you*

He could feel her, he couldn't just keep this emotion away, opening his eyes he saw a shadow. His heart beating faster then it was before, he knew it was Stacy; she had come back to him. Hurrying to her, he didn't want to lose her again; the void in his heart was filled. If this was some sort of dream or illusion it was a cruel joke, he knew it wasn't though.

*I'm looking for a place

I'm searching for a face

is anybody here

I know

cause nothing's going right

and everything's a mess

and no one likes to be

alone*

Reaching out he grabbed her by the hand, instantly seeing her face. Suddenly the rage and anger surfacing as he looked at the bruises. He reached out, touching her face, suddenly seeing the fear in her eyes.

"God baby, what happened?" Pushing his anger aside his main concern now was her; she looked so scared it frightened him. Instantly seeing the pain and hurt she tried to block from him. A quiet sob escaped from her lips, not needing to hear her say anything he reached out to her pulling her into him.

*Isn't anyone trying to find me

won't somebody come take me home

It's a damn cold night

trying to figure out this life

won't you

take me by the hand

take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are but I

I'm with you

I'm with you*

Her once quiet sobs now turned into uncontrollable ones. He'd make who ever did this pay, he had to get her back somewhere, away from the cold somewhere he could take care of her. Lifting her up into his arms he carried her back to The Harbor View Towers. He didn't care how far away it was, it was the first place he thought of to take her, this was the only real place she would be safe, where he could protect her from whatever monster was hurting her like this.

*Why is everything so confusing

maybe I'm just out of my mind yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah *

Stepping off the elevator he looked over at Johnny, who stood at his post, seeing Stacy his heart almost stopped. He had only met her twice but he liked her, she was a nice young lady and he had helped more then the other bodyguards to search for her, even looking for her on his days off. No words needed to be said; he knew he had to get Sonny.

*It's a damn cold night

trying to figure out this life

won't you

take me by the hand

take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are but I

I'm with you

I'm with you*

Forgetting to knock he hurried into the Penthouse seeing Sonny on the phone. He looked up at him with concern in his eyes. "Boss, they found her" Instantly Sonny hung up the phone, he didn't care about his phone call, his focus was now on his daughter. They found her, thank God; he followed Johnny to Penthouse 2.

*Take me by the hand

take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are but I

I'm with you

I'm with you

take me by the hand

take me somewhere new

I don't know who you are but I

I'm with you

I'm with you

I'm with you!*

His heart in his throat when he saw her, her face had bruises on it, her lip was cut, her clothes seemed like they had been ripped off. She looked so scared, he felt so helpless he wanted to help her but he didn't know how to do it. He walked over to the couch where she sat, her legs curled up to her chest. Staring off into nothing he knew something bad had happened to her for her to be like this. The only thing he could think of was to stroke her hair; looking up at him she let the tears flow. Putting his arms around her he pulled her towards him, he'd make the person who did this to her pay; he didn't care who it was they'd pay.

She couldn't put her finger on it, she felt a connection with him, she enjoyed this comfort. Like something a father would give to his baby girl when she'd get hurt. That was the only way to describe it, she hadn't felt it when Sammy would hug her but she did when Sonny hugged her now. Pulling away from him she looked into his eyes, she could see his was angry but also concerned. Moving some hair from her face, she cracked a smile showing off her dimples.

"What happened? Who did this to you Stacy?" He wanted to tell her that he thought she was his daughter, but this wasn't the time it would have to wait right now he just wanted to know what happened to her. Standing up she walked towards the fireplace. Suddenly feeling very dizzy, she closed her eyes before she felt herself fall. Opening her eyes she could hear Jason and Sonny talking to her, she could hear them but she couldn't move.

"Oh my god, Stacy? Stacy look at me! Stacy talk to me!" God this wasn't good, she just looked like a statue, they had to get her to the hospital. His concern soon taking over for her. He didn't want to pick her up, he didn't want her to get hurt even more then she may have been. All he could do was look up at Jason who looked even more concerned. Finally the parental instincts kicked in and he took over the situation looking over at Johnny.

"Johnny, call 911!!!" Looking back to his daughter, her eyes slowly closed, feeling her neck she had a pulse, that was a good thing and her chest was moving up and down so she was breathing. He didn't know what was wrong with her; he just prayed that the ambulance would get here soon. Song Credit: Avril Lavigne "I'm With You"

All right guys I hope you enjoyed that chapter; the next one I'll try to write when I get home from work. Wanted to leave you guys wanting more! A BIG thing is going to happen in the next chapter, so brace your-selves!!!!