A/N: Glad you remembered to breathe, Gracie. I knew you would be one of
the Awian's that got upset. I am glad you are enjoying the story still-you
are enjoying it still, right? I'll post now before anyone starts to
hyperventilate again worrying about Alison. Ya'll are the best-Until next
time-PCGirl.
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Jack drove up seeing them putting Alison into the ambulance and Caleb standing there with his hands covering his face, "What in the hell have you done, Caleb?"
"Me? I didn't do anything. We heard her scream, and went to check on her. I had gone up to call the ambulance when Olivia disappeared."
"Livvie's gone? Great, this day is getting stranger by the second. First Alison says some name that makes no sense and now Livvie is missing."
"What name did she say?" he said trying to regain some sanity.
"Annette. She said Annette and then screamed."
"What? That can't be right," he said as he saw Jamal walking up.
"I just called Medea-she did see Rafe yesterday, and had a woman with the name Karissa come by the day before. She can't find my cell phone now either," said Jamal.
"So now we just have to figure out how Karissa and Annette are tied, oh yeah we already know the answer to that. It's Caleb," glared Jack.
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Livvie tried to pull out of Annette's grasp as they came up to the Monastery. Her heart was racing with fear because she knew, as well as everyone else, that this place burned down before, "How did you do this? Why did you do this?" she asked.
"What? Why did I recreate this place? Because I figured everything needed to come full circle. Where else could that happen but the beginning of it all. So why don't you come in-you won't be alone, Olivia-Rafe is here too," she said as she shoved her in the chapel and slammed the door shut.
Livvie turned around, taking in how everything was whole again-this was definitely coming full circle, but she was damned if she let anyone die- especially herself. She looked and saw Rafe lying on the floor near the front, "Rafe," she said running up to him and crouching down next to him.
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Ian checked her pupils for the third time now and watched them dilate, "Why are you not waking up?" he asked an unresponsive Alison. "Is it because Rafe isn't here? You know when he does get here he's going to be upset with us for letting you get in harm's way," he said as he pulled the medallion she wore out from under her shirt and looked at it. "He knew there was something not right about Karissa, but he never knew she was going to go after him and not you," he said as he went to call Lucy and tell her the news.
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Elizabeth sat at the table at the Grille waiting on Alison, "What is taking her so long?" she said looking at her watch. She was starting to get worried, it wasn't like her daughter to be this late for anything-even a simple dinner date. She got her cell phone out and dialed Alison's number again-and again there was no response. "Where are you?" she asked out loud.
"Elizabeth," said Chris as he came up behind her.
"Oh, hi," she said getting up and giving him a hug. "So you decided to join me and Alison for dinner? Well, that is if she ever shows up."
"That's why I came to get you-Alison is at the hospital."
"Is everything ok? What happened?"
"I'll explain on the way," he said as she grabbed her purse and left with Chris.
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The three men sat in the waiting room to find out Alison's results just staring at each other. Nobody had said anything when they came in, and they didn't feel like saying anything yet. Everyone was pointing the blame on someone else, and Rafe's whereabouts were still a mystery. They heard Chris' voice as he walked in with Elizabeth, his arm around her shoulder. It was obvious she had been crying. Jack got up and gave Elizabeth a hug and she sat down.
"I'm going to check on what Ian has to say about Alison," said Chris who walked away.
"Listen, for what it's worth-I'm sorry Elizabeth. This was never supposed to happen. Nobody was supposed to get physically harmed or disappear."
"An apology is not what I need right now. What I need is the truth Caleb. What did you do to my son-in-law?"
Caleb just laughed, "Let me say it again. I did nothing. I never set up any fake call from Jamal for him to go to Alabama. Maybe if Jamal had actually called someone and said where he was for the past two and a half months then we wouldn't think he was still there."
"Don't you dare put any blame on me. Nobody in this town takes care of me but myself. If I want to go drive across the country and not call anyone then that is my business," shouted Jamal as he stood up.
"Both of you stop," said Lucy as she walked up to where they were. "Fighting and pointing blame is not going to get Alison to wake up or tell us where Rafe and Livvie have vanished to. We just need to sit down and think. Livvie and Rafe are both smart-if they have some way of telling us where they are then they will do just that."
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"Hey. Are you awake?" said Livvie shaking him lightly. A grin appeared on his face, "Faking it, I see?" she said as the grin got bigger then went away as he moved his head to the side. Standing back up she saw Annette was now entering the back doors, "What did you do to him?"
"Oh, we just had a tussle earlier and then I gave him some very strong pain relievers. But you, my dear are going to finish him off."
"Really?" she said as she felt Rafe's hand grab her foot then let go. She leaned back over him and placed her hand around his throat. She could tell he didn't have the energy to fight her, but even she didn't have the energy to kill him. "I can't do it," she said as she stood up.
"You can never do anything right," commented Annette as she stomped up to the front. She leaned over Rafe's body, and with the energy he still had he pushed Annette against a far wall. Livvie looked back down at Rafe and his eyes opened, "Run," he said groggily, knowing she was the only way to save him now.
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"How is the patient?" asked Chris as he walked into the holding area where Ian was still working.
"She's asleep Chris and she won't wake up. That's the best way I can describe it. There is nothing textbook about this case."
"Is there anything ever textbook about this town?" he laughed. "So I guess this will just be a wait and see thing then, huh?"
"Yeah, but how long are we going to have to wait? I'm going to get her a room, but this floor is full, we'll have to put her on the fifth floor."
"Ok, well let's go talk to everyone out there. They look like they are about to kill each other."
"What's new," he said finally laughing for once in the past few hours.
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"Well, Alison has brain activity, and there seems to be no damage to the baby. It's just like she's asleep and dreaming," said Ian as he walked up with Chris to the rest of their friends.
"Can I see my little girl?" asked Elizabeth through tears.
"Yeah, come on-we'll go see her together," said Lucy as she gave the men an evil glare as Chris took the two ladies to Alison's room.
"At least the baby is doing fine," said Caleb as he took a look into his empty styrofoam cup. His cell phone rang and he answered it. "Caleb here," he said with a sigh.
"Caleb! We need your help, or Rafe does," said a frantic Livvie.
"Sweetheart, where are you?" he said looking at Jack and nodding that it was Livvie.
"I'm at a payphone by the highway. It's near mile marker fourteen. It's Rafe that's in trouble. Somehow, someway the monastery is back-Annette has him drugged in there."
"First calm down," he said smiling that he knew she was alright. "Second, Jack is here with me, and he's going to get you. I'll go deal with Annette."
"Be careful," she sighed.
"I will, don't worry about me. I'll see you when I get back, ok?"
"Alright, my love," she said hanging up the phone.
"I'm going to save Rafe," he said getting up. "Olivia is on the highway near mile marker 14. Can you get her Jack?"
"Yeah, but where is Rafe?"
He just shook his head, "The monastery. Don't ask me how, or why-but that's where he is."
"I'm going with you," spoke Ian who had be quiet for most of the time.
"Me too," said Jamal now standing up.
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"Chris how long will she be like this?" asked Elizabeth as they finally wheeled Alison into her room.
Chris took a sigh, he hated to be professional with friends. The fact that they were friends made it harder to tell the truth, "We don't know. It could be just a few more hours or it could be days."
"So much for a Merry Christmas," sighed Lucy as she went and fixed Alison's hair. Like Ian she saw the medallion on the chain and took it in her hands, "Rafe," she said as her eyes filled with tears. "They are never going to get their happily ever after. Of all the couples in the world these two deserve it the most. And instead of enjoying their first Christmas together as a family she's here sleeping and we have no idea where he is. What is it that the Universe is trying to tell us? I know it wants them together, he wouldn't have been able to come back if they weren't," said an upset Lucy.
"What do you mean he got to come back?" asked Elizabeth.
"It's too long to explain, he was supposed to leave Port Charles and go somewhere else-to fight more Vampires, and instead they let him come back here," she lied. "I just want to them to have happily ever after, that's all."
"Maybe that's just what she's dreaming about, Lucy. Maybe she's dreaming about happily ever after," said Elizabeth as she came next to her as the two watched Alison continue to sleep.
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Jack drove up seeing them putting Alison into the ambulance and Caleb standing there with his hands covering his face, "What in the hell have you done, Caleb?"
"Me? I didn't do anything. We heard her scream, and went to check on her. I had gone up to call the ambulance when Olivia disappeared."
"Livvie's gone? Great, this day is getting stranger by the second. First Alison says some name that makes no sense and now Livvie is missing."
"What name did she say?" he said trying to regain some sanity.
"Annette. She said Annette and then screamed."
"What? That can't be right," he said as he saw Jamal walking up.
"I just called Medea-she did see Rafe yesterday, and had a woman with the name Karissa come by the day before. She can't find my cell phone now either," said Jamal.
"So now we just have to figure out how Karissa and Annette are tied, oh yeah we already know the answer to that. It's Caleb," glared Jack.
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Livvie tried to pull out of Annette's grasp as they came up to the Monastery. Her heart was racing with fear because she knew, as well as everyone else, that this place burned down before, "How did you do this? Why did you do this?" she asked.
"What? Why did I recreate this place? Because I figured everything needed to come full circle. Where else could that happen but the beginning of it all. So why don't you come in-you won't be alone, Olivia-Rafe is here too," she said as she shoved her in the chapel and slammed the door shut.
Livvie turned around, taking in how everything was whole again-this was definitely coming full circle, but she was damned if she let anyone die- especially herself. She looked and saw Rafe lying on the floor near the front, "Rafe," she said running up to him and crouching down next to him.
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Ian checked her pupils for the third time now and watched them dilate, "Why are you not waking up?" he asked an unresponsive Alison. "Is it because Rafe isn't here? You know when he does get here he's going to be upset with us for letting you get in harm's way," he said as he pulled the medallion she wore out from under her shirt and looked at it. "He knew there was something not right about Karissa, but he never knew she was going to go after him and not you," he said as he went to call Lucy and tell her the news.
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Elizabeth sat at the table at the Grille waiting on Alison, "What is taking her so long?" she said looking at her watch. She was starting to get worried, it wasn't like her daughter to be this late for anything-even a simple dinner date. She got her cell phone out and dialed Alison's number again-and again there was no response. "Where are you?" she asked out loud.
"Elizabeth," said Chris as he came up behind her.
"Oh, hi," she said getting up and giving him a hug. "So you decided to join me and Alison for dinner? Well, that is if she ever shows up."
"That's why I came to get you-Alison is at the hospital."
"Is everything ok? What happened?"
"I'll explain on the way," he said as she grabbed her purse and left with Chris.
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The three men sat in the waiting room to find out Alison's results just staring at each other. Nobody had said anything when they came in, and they didn't feel like saying anything yet. Everyone was pointing the blame on someone else, and Rafe's whereabouts were still a mystery. They heard Chris' voice as he walked in with Elizabeth, his arm around her shoulder. It was obvious she had been crying. Jack got up and gave Elizabeth a hug and she sat down.
"I'm going to check on what Ian has to say about Alison," said Chris who walked away.
"Listen, for what it's worth-I'm sorry Elizabeth. This was never supposed to happen. Nobody was supposed to get physically harmed or disappear."
"An apology is not what I need right now. What I need is the truth Caleb. What did you do to my son-in-law?"
Caleb just laughed, "Let me say it again. I did nothing. I never set up any fake call from Jamal for him to go to Alabama. Maybe if Jamal had actually called someone and said where he was for the past two and a half months then we wouldn't think he was still there."
"Don't you dare put any blame on me. Nobody in this town takes care of me but myself. If I want to go drive across the country and not call anyone then that is my business," shouted Jamal as he stood up.
"Both of you stop," said Lucy as she walked up to where they were. "Fighting and pointing blame is not going to get Alison to wake up or tell us where Rafe and Livvie have vanished to. We just need to sit down and think. Livvie and Rafe are both smart-if they have some way of telling us where they are then they will do just that."
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"Hey. Are you awake?" said Livvie shaking him lightly. A grin appeared on his face, "Faking it, I see?" she said as the grin got bigger then went away as he moved his head to the side. Standing back up she saw Annette was now entering the back doors, "What did you do to him?"
"Oh, we just had a tussle earlier and then I gave him some very strong pain relievers. But you, my dear are going to finish him off."
"Really?" she said as she felt Rafe's hand grab her foot then let go. She leaned back over him and placed her hand around his throat. She could tell he didn't have the energy to fight her, but even she didn't have the energy to kill him. "I can't do it," she said as she stood up.
"You can never do anything right," commented Annette as she stomped up to the front. She leaned over Rafe's body, and with the energy he still had he pushed Annette against a far wall. Livvie looked back down at Rafe and his eyes opened, "Run," he said groggily, knowing she was the only way to save him now.
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"How is the patient?" asked Chris as he walked into the holding area where Ian was still working.
"She's asleep Chris and she won't wake up. That's the best way I can describe it. There is nothing textbook about this case."
"Is there anything ever textbook about this town?" he laughed. "So I guess this will just be a wait and see thing then, huh?"
"Yeah, but how long are we going to have to wait? I'm going to get her a room, but this floor is full, we'll have to put her on the fifth floor."
"Ok, well let's go talk to everyone out there. They look like they are about to kill each other."
"What's new," he said finally laughing for once in the past few hours.
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"Well, Alison has brain activity, and there seems to be no damage to the baby. It's just like she's asleep and dreaming," said Ian as he walked up with Chris to the rest of their friends.
"Can I see my little girl?" asked Elizabeth through tears.
"Yeah, come on-we'll go see her together," said Lucy as she gave the men an evil glare as Chris took the two ladies to Alison's room.
"At least the baby is doing fine," said Caleb as he took a look into his empty styrofoam cup. His cell phone rang and he answered it. "Caleb here," he said with a sigh.
"Caleb! We need your help, or Rafe does," said a frantic Livvie.
"Sweetheart, where are you?" he said looking at Jack and nodding that it was Livvie.
"I'm at a payphone by the highway. It's near mile marker fourteen. It's Rafe that's in trouble. Somehow, someway the monastery is back-Annette has him drugged in there."
"First calm down," he said smiling that he knew she was alright. "Second, Jack is here with me, and he's going to get you. I'll go deal with Annette."
"Be careful," she sighed.
"I will, don't worry about me. I'll see you when I get back, ok?"
"Alright, my love," she said hanging up the phone.
"I'm going to save Rafe," he said getting up. "Olivia is on the highway near mile marker 14. Can you get her Jack?"
"Yeah, but where is Rafe?"
He just shook his head, "The monastery. Don't ask me how, or why-but that's where he is."
"I'm going with you," spoke Ian who had be quiet for most of the time.
"Me too," said Jamal now standing up.
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"Chris how long will she be like this?" asked Elizabeth as they finally wheeled Alison into her room.
Chris took a sigh, he hated to be professional with friends. The fact that they were friends made it harder to tell the truth, "We don't know. It could be just a few more hours or it could be days."
"So much for a Merry Christmas," sighed Lucy as she went and fixed Alison's hair. Like Ian she saw the medallion on the chain and took it in her hands, "Rafe," she said as her eyes filled with tears. "They are never going to get their happily ever after. Of all the couples in the world these two deserve it the most. And instead of enjoying their first Christmas together as a family she's here sleeping and we have no idea where he is. What is it that the Universe is trying to tell us? I know it wants them together, he wouldn't have been able to come back if they weren't," said an upset Lucy.
"What do you mean he got to come back?" asked Elizabeth.
"It's too long to explain, he was supposed to leave Port Charles and go somewhere else-to fight more Vampires, and instead they let him come back here," she lied. "I just want to them to have happily ever after, that's all."
"Maybe that's just what she's dreaming about, Lucy. Maybe she's dreaming about happily ever after," said Elizabeth as she came next to her as the two watched Alison continue to sleep.