Chapter 9

Liz had her forehead pressed against the cool glass that seperated Lucky from the germs that lurked beyond the ICU. It had been almost six hours since he'd been wheeled into emergency surgery to repair the internal bleeding. He had a 50/50 chance if he made it through the night. Sonny, Carly, Jason, and Bobbie had all come and gone while Luke, Laura, and Nikolas waited to see if he would live to see the next sunrise. The only person that was missing was Courtney. Liz had asked Jason where she was and had been told that she had left town for safety.

Liz didn't buy that for one minute. She knew without a shadow of a doubt that Courtney was behind the shooting. Liz wanted the bitch dead for this. This was her brother laying in there for christsakes. Her orders were not to kill Courtney just to play as bait until she slipped up and was caught. She'd left a message for Frisco saying that if she saw Coutrney the bitch was a goner. As soon as Lucky was out of danger, she was going after Courtney, and she didn't care how mad the Bureau got. She was pulled out of her thoughts by a voice calling her name.

"Elizabeth?"

She turned and saw Luke. "Hey, how are you and Laura holding up?"

"We're okay. How bout' you darlin'? You okay?" Luke asked touching her arm.

Liz gave him a smile, "I'm doin' okay."

Luke smiled, "Good then maybe you could tell me why you were talking to Frisco earlier tonight on the docks."

Elizabeth looked stunned for a second before answering, "How much have you figured out?"

"Just that you have some tie to the WSB and you're very interested in Courtney."

" You're right. I'll give you the condensed version. After the bombing I woke up and Frisco was there. He told me that I had, had a hit put on me by Courtney. The only way for me to stay safe was to work with the WSB to catch Courtney in the act. Several different methods were used to try to flush her out, none of them worked. Finally I was asked to take agent training and bait her. That's what's going on now."

Luke thought for a second and said, "Tonight, Lucky wasn't supposed to get hurt, but you were supposed to be killed." Liz nodded sadly. "It's the Spencer in you that makes you incapable of dying. You're going after Courtney aren't you?" Liz nodded again. "I'm going with you and there's no way you can convince me otherwise because I am still you're father."

Liz gave him a smile before saying, "Frisco should be calling with Courtney's location soon. I'll meet you on the docks in an hour be prepared for a fight." Luke nodded and walked off.

Liz looked back at Lucky lying so still and weak and prayed that she was doing the right thing.