Crystal made a keening noise in the back of her throat and staggered away from Sami, still on her hands and knees. She held her side, where she had just been shot and glared up at Jan.
"You shot me," Crystal said weakly, the expression of disbelief on her face matching Jan's perfectly, "I can't believe you just did that, you little dick snacker. I am going to... to..." the tranquilizer dart was already beginning to take effect and Crystal closed her eyes, falling deadly silent. Jan exhaled and looked down at the gun in horror.
"I can't believe I missed," Jan mumbled to herself, "I had the perfect shot and then Crystal just moved right into the line of fire. And that was my last dart, dammit."
Then a hand seized her arm and Jan shrieked, whirling around to face Shawn. He loosened his grip on her arm and leaned down to whisper in her ear.
"Nicole just let me out," he told her in a hushed tone, "She's letting them all out. We have to leave now or you're going to get put in jail. We can't let the police catch you."
Jan broke into a smile and wrapped her arms around his neck, "You're trying to save me from the big bad cops now, aren't you? That's so adorable."
"I'm glad you think so," Shawn responded hurriedly, briefly pausing to encircle her waist in his arms and kiss her, "But seriously, we need to leave. We can't stay here any longer."
Jan looked behind her to see Sami watching her with her arms crossed over her chest, "Yeah, I think you're right. Come on, let's hurry." As soon as the words left her mouth, Shawn began tugging her out of the room, finally leaving Sami and Lucas alone together. Sami turned around to face Lucas, he didn't look like he knew whether to be amused by the short-lived cat-fight between Jan, Crystal and Sami or just stunned to see Sami standing in the room.
"How did you find us?" he asked slowly, looking like he still didn't know whether or not to believe that Sami was actually here. But his question went unanswered because Sami simply pulled herself to her feet and flung herself into Lucas' arms. Her mouth quickly sought out his and their lips crashed together forcefully, her hands getting lost in his thick, dark hair. At first, she was met with surprise and resistance from Lucas but it lasted all of two seconds before Lucas began to press his lips back against hers, his tongue delving into Sami's waiting mouth and reacquainting itself with every inch of the silky, warm inner cavity. Everything he had been angry at her for before he had gotten kidnapped seemed so small and irrelevant now, all he wanted to do was keep kissing her and make up for all the time they had lost while he had been held captive by Jan and Crystal. Sami opened her mouth wider, letting herself get lost in the sensations Lucas was invoking with his demanding tongue while her nails dragged across his bare chest.
Just before pulling away, Sami let her lips rest gently on top of Lucas', then raised her head to look at him, her eyes full. She wiped at her eyes angrily, cursing herself for being unable to stop from getting emotional.
"Oh, Lucas, I'm so glad you're okay," she whispered, brushing his cheek with his fingertips while he still looked up at her in a daze, "I was so scared that something awful had happened to you. I mean, at first, I thought you had just ran off to scare me so you could get back at me for hurting you-"
"I wouldn't do that to you, Sami," Lucas told her, "I care about you too much to do that."
"I know," Sami responded, taking a deep breath, "Then I realized something had happened to you and I was scared that I would never find you. I was worried that I'd never get the chance-" she had to swallow the growing lump in her throat before continuing, "To apologize."
"Apologize?" Lucas blinked in surprise.
"Yes. After you disappeared, I realized that I had been ridiculous to push you away and I'm sorry. That guy at the Blue Note really didn't mean anything to me and you are the most important man in my life and I do want to spend the rest of my life with you, not anyone else. I just hope that you can forgive me and give me another chance." Sami finished.
"Of course I can," Lucas said softly, his voice husky with emotion, "And you're not the only one who has an apology to make. I guess I kind of overreacted when I saw you with that man. I don't know, I guess I was still so scared that something was going to go wrong between us, I blew the whole thing out of proportion. But I do want to try again, more than anything else."
Sami's mouth formed a relieved smile and she leaned down to kiss him again, the kiss lighter and more airy this time, their lips barely brushing together. She only moved her head back a little bit after the kiss, leaving her lips hovering over his, "Thank you. I love you, Lucas."
He was smiling now too, "I love you, too. But in all honesty, I think I'll love you a little bit more once you let me out of these chains. My arms feel like they're going to fall off."
Sami let out a small giggle and backed up, "Sorry. I completely forgot about your arms." she quickly freed him of the chains and immediately after, he pulled her into his arms and planted another bruising kiss onto her lips. Sami's body relaxed into his arms and returned his kiss with equal enthusiasm. After a few more minutes, Lucas pulled back and gave Sami a lazy smile.
"Nope, I'm definitely not going to miss those chains a single bit." he told her and she laughed. Then she watched him through half closed eyes as his face neared hers again until he made gentle contact, nibbling lightly on the corner of her bottom lip. His teeth moved along the lush flesh, tasting the faint remains of lip gloss and he threaded his finger through her blonde hair, letting her nestle herself against his chest while murmuring softly with contentment.
"I certainly won't," Sami mumbled once their lips had parted, "Although, I do think I'm going to enjoy making up for lost time with you."
"I'm going to have to agree with you there," Lucas admitted, his thumb tracing the outline of her mouth, "I can't get over how good it is to be with you again."
Sami opened her mouth to say something but Nicole cut her off, "Um, can I have a little help here? My grandson refuses to part with this Kewpie doll and Shawn, Jan, Tek, Patrick and Rex all ran away from this house, which leaves only us to deal with Crystal, John, Kate and Phillip, who are all unconscious." Lucas and Sami looked up to see Nicole and Brady standing in the doorway to the room. Brady was kissing the top of a doll's head while Nicole watched him with disgust.
"My mom's here too? And she's unconscious? What happened?" Lucas demanded stepping off the bed.
"How should I know? I wasn't there," Nicole shot back and all four of them moved inside the room where Phillip and Kate were. Lucas hurried over to Kate and checked her head.
"Oh my God, she's bleeding. What the hell did they do to her?" he shook her a little and Kate moaned in her sleep but didn't wake up. Sami knelt down next to Lucas and eyed Kate worriedly.
"I'm sure she'll be fine once she wakes up," Sami told him, placing one hand on his back reassuringly, "But just to be on the safe side, we should get her to the hospital so she can get checked out."
Lucas raised an eyebrow at Sami, "If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were actually concerned for my mom."
"I am," Sami replied honestly, "She's your mother and I know how hurt you'd be if anything happened to her. Before we came in here, the two of us called a truce. I think all of us will be happier this way."
"You really called a truce? And it's for real this time," when Sami nodded, Lucas grinned and gave her another kiss, "That means a lot to me, Sami. Thank you."
"Ugh, so Sami gets her man but mine is too busy with a freaking doll to pay attention to me? This sucks ass," Nicole said emphatically, then looked towards Phillip, "And can someone pull that dart out of Phillip, please? It's looks really gross. I have to go call the cops so they'll come get Crystal. I can't wait to see Bo's big, stupid face when he sees that Crystal was actually the one who kidnapped everyone, not me. Oh and I also can't wait to see the look on his face when I inform him that his son ran off with the woman who kidnapped him. That's going to be fun."
"Maybe," Lucas shrugged and wrapped his arm around Sami's shoulder, "But I think that Sami and I are going to have a lot more fun tonight after we make sure my mom's okay and go home." ignoring Nicole's disgusted squeal and the obvious meaning behind his words, Lucas couldn't resist leaning down to give Sami one last kiss before making a move to start helping his brother and Phillip, leaving Nicole, Brady and Brady's precious Kewpie to help John.