Chapter 15* A/N: In this chapter, I included the original storyline. There are a lot of flashbacks and just to let everyone know, Alky isnt stalking my girl Carly. He just liked her more than Court. & I didnt include in the first chapters, any of this stuff so, just kinda bear with me, i hope its not confusing...
"Emma, could I talk to you for a minute?" Alex Lansing asked politely.
"Uh, sure Alex. I think Morgan has to go to the library anyways..." Emma replied, while hinting for her cousin to leave.
"Yeah, I have to study for my English test next period... my cell's on Em, if you need me..." Morgan said, also hinting to Emma.
"Bye, see you at home!" Emma shouted after Morgan.
"So, Emma, I just wanted to tell you how nice you look today," Alex said as his eyes swooped down her body.
"Uh, thanks Alex," Emma said nervously. She looked down, she was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans...
"Do you think that maybe you could come over to my house on Saturday? We could catch up on that studying for Geometry together, if you want to..." Alex suggested. Emma had no reason to believe that Alex Lansing had some vendetta against her. She was brought up to treat everyone equally. There was no reason as to why she couldn't give this boy who was so smitten with her a chance.
"Sure Alex, but I don't think my father would want me to go to your house, because of well you know, mainly your dad. Maybe we could study at my place, my dad could meet you and he can see that your not anything like your father," Emma suggested.
"I dont think my dad would let me over your house either. He isnt too fond of Jason," Alex said matter of factly.
"The library?" Emma asked.
"The library sounds good to me, see you there at around 5:30. Is that good for you?"
"5:30 on Saturday, perfect. See you there," Emma said as Alex got up, gave her a kiss on the cheek and left.
"What am I getting myself into?" Emma silently asked herself. She knew that she would have to ask Michael to drive her, and as much as she wanted to confide in her parents about this, she knew she couldn't. For whatever reason, the Lansing's and the Morgan/Corinthos' hated eachother. Emma was at a loss, she had no idea why there was so much hatred. She knew that Ric was the DA, but that was no reason for her father and her uncle to hate the whole family. Emma would ask them tonight at dinner. She wanted to know what happened before she was born. And she would find out, no matter who she had to go to.
"Mom, Dad, I have to ask you something. It's kind of important, and Daddy... please do not freak out when I tell you why I'm asking," Emma asked at the dinner table. They were having Chicken pot pie tonight.
"What's going on honey?" Courtney asked her daughter.
"Dad, promise you'll listen," Emma pleaded. She knew he couldnt resist her big blue eyes, the ones that reflected his own.
"I'll listen," Jason said, concern filling his voice. This could be what was bothering her yesterday.
"Why do we hate the Lansings so much?" Emma asked, genuinley curious.
Their reactions weren't at all what Emma had expected. Her mother almost spit out her drink. Her father had an icy glare, as he stared at his wife.
"Me and Morgan have been wondering this for a while now, and whenever we bring up the name Lansing or Ric, or even Police, you guys go and change the subject, or like you just did Mom, spit out your drink."
"Emma, there's a lot of history between your Uncle Sonny and Ric," Courtney informed her.
"Like..." She asked.
"Courtney, no. We are not discussing this with her right now," Jason said as he took another drink of his water and got up and began to pace around, preparing himself for an arguement. And sure enough, one was coming.
"Dad, you can't be serious. I just wanna know what happened. It can't be that bad. I can handle it," Emma said looking straight into her father's eyes.
Jason's features softend a little when he looked at his daughter. He didn't want her to have to know about Ric Lansing and all that he had done to hurt their family. He didnt want to put her through that, but she was his daughter, and she wasn't going to give up.
"Come on, we're going to Sonny's," He said as he grabbed hold of his daughter's hand and led her out the door.
As Jason and Emma entered PH4, they saw Michael sitting on the couch with Carly.
"Hey Mikey!" Emma greeted her cousin.
"What's up Emma?" Michael replied. He then saw the look on his uncle's face and realized that everyone was about to have a serious talk.
"Carly, guess what my daughter just asked me?" Jason said, his hand still in Emma's.
"What Jase, did she ask you to bring her to the mall or something? Jason Morgan she is old enough to take care of herself. Did you talk to Courtney? I'm sure she feels the same as me," Carly said, immediately jumping to conclusions as usual.
Sonny then appeared out of the kitchen.
"Carly, if he doesnt want Emma going to the mall by herself, she isnt going! Don't argue with him!" Sonny yelled at his wife. Michael was on the couch and looking at Emma, who was rolling her eyes.
"Sonny, Emma asked me why we hate Lansing," Jason said.
"What? Where did this come from?" Sonny asked, staring intently at his niece.
"Look, Uncle Sonny, I just want to know why. That's all," Emma told her uncle.
"She's too young Sonny, I told Courtney that when she decided to try and explain that bastard to her," Jason said, letting go of his daughter's hand.
"Sonny, Jason," Courtney said as she walked in.
"Courtney, you were gonna tell her?" Sonny asked, bewildered.
"And why shouldnt she?" Carly chimed in.
"Because she's too young!" Jason yelled.
"I'm 15 Dad!" Emma yelled, furious because her father still thought she was 7.
"I'm aware of how old you are Emma," Jason replied, still looking to Sonny for support.
And right on time as usual, Morgan came walking down the stairs, unaware that anyone else was there besides Michael.
"So Mikey, what do you think about this whole, Lansing kid following around Emma thing? Kinda we- uh oh," Morgan said as she turned to see the furious faces of her father and her uncle.
"I think I should go back upstairs now, see you later," Morgan said, trying to escape.
"What did you just say Morgan," Jason asked, looking at her.
"I uh... I said to Mikey here that uh..." Morgan, for once, was at a loss for words.
Emma looked over to her father and he looked back at her. Jason then spoke again,
"We have no choice Sonny. They need to know." Jason walked over to the couch and sat next to his daughter. Everyone gathered round the living room and took seats. Jason was sitting on the couch next to Emma, who was also sitting next to Michael, Courtney was sitting on the arm of the couch next to Jason, Carly had gotten up from her seat and went to sit in the chair, Morgan sitting on her lap. And then there was Sonny, standing up.
"Ric Lansing is my half-brother," Emma and Morgan gasped when Sonny said those words. "Girls, dont interrupt me, because I might change my mind about telling you the whole story,"
Jason put his arm around his daughter's shoulder and held her close, he also put his other hand on his wife's knee. Courtney hated reliving this.
"Here it goes, Ric Lansing has an ongoing vendetta against this family, he hated me because when I was a little boy, I accidentley made my mother fall down the stairs while she was pregnant with him. She gave birth to him and then ended up choosing me over him, and she left him with his father. I never knew this until Ric decided to come to town. He was at first, trying to become all friendly and get close, even then, I did not know that he was my brother. But I wasnt really looking for another sibling. Just a year before that, Courtney came to town, she and I have the same father, as you already know. So here's how it went, Jason hated Ric since the first time he laid eyes on him. Jase didnt trust him, and Jason has the best instincts I have ever seen in my entire life. I should have listened to him, but I didnt. And thats when it started getting out of control..." Sonny said as he explained the beginning.
"Daddy?" Emma asked.
"Yeah?" Jason replied.
"Never mind, Uncle Sonny, Dad, I'll explain after,"
"Okay, well it all started when Ric had drugged Carly and took her to some house and told her the next morning that they had had sex, when they didnt," Sonny said, getting more and more angry as he explained to his daughter and his niece the sick and twisted man he had for a brother. "Well, Carly got pregnant with you, Morgan shortly after that, and she was afraid that you were Ric's and not mine," Sonny told his little girl, who wasnt so little anymore.
"But you are my Dad right...?" Morgan asked, sounding scared and concerned.
"Yeah, you were mine," Sonny reassured her.
"Phew," Morgan said with a smile.
"But anyways, so he had made Carly think that he had raped her. He held that over her head for months. Blackmailing her every chance he got. The only other person who knew besides Carly, was Courtney. Courtney had saved Carly's life one day when she fell through thin ice while skating with Michael. Courtney pulled her out of the freezing water and called 911. There, Carly decided to have a DNA test done on the baby, you Morgan, and everything turned out like we expected it too. I was the father. So, Carly told me about what Ric "did to her" and when I asked her why she didnt tell me, she said that she didnt want me to think she was dirty. I wanted to kill Ric for putting her through that. But I didnt, and I should have. The next part, is when Ric tried to get Courtney to marry him,"
"What??" Emma interrupted.
"Just listen, you wanted to hear this..." Jason told her while giving her a reassuring kiss on the head. Sonny continued.
"She agreed only because Ric had a tire iron with Jason's prints on it. If Courtney didnt "marry" him, he would have gone to the cops and turned him in. So, after Jason found out he was furious because he didnt want your mom to get hurt and we all knew Ric was a psycho by then. But things got really bad when he kidnapped Courtney. He took her and when Jason got to his house to rescue her, he had a gun to her head....
Flashback-
Ric: Hand over the gun. I'll shoot her Jason. Come on. That's it. Nice and easy. Thank you. You tell Sonny, Martha's Vineyard.
He then knocked out Jason and took Courtney and left her to die in a mineshaft that he named after my mother.
Flashback-
Jason: Courtney? Courtney, hang in there. Just hang on.[checks pulse] Oh thank God. Can you haear me Courtney? Can you hear me? Just hang in there okay?
Courtney coughs.
Courtney: Jason--
Jason: No, no i'm right here. I'm right here.
Courtney: Oh--
Jason: It's ok. We're ok. Take it easy.
She coughs again.
Jason: It's ok. Just take it easy. What hurts? Where are you hurt?
Courtney: I ache. I don't think I broke anything.
Jason: You think you can climb out of here?
Courtney: Yeah, yeah-- just help me.
Jason: You okay?
Courtney: Jason?
Jason: Hey, hey you okay?[helps her sit up]
Courtney: It's--
Jason: What? What hurts? [she coughs again]
Courtney: I can't breathe.
Jason: Okay. Just slow down. We're okay, just sit up. Is that any better?
Court: Yeah, a little. Oh my God, I think it's my ribs.
Jason: You think you can climb the ladder?
Court: What ladder?
Jason: Ah. [gets up to get ladder and debris starts to fall again.]
Court: Jason?
Jason: We got to get out of here.
Court: How'd you find me?
Jason: Ric owns this mine. He named it after Sonny's mother.
Court: Why would he name a mine after Sonny's mother?
Jason: I dont know. He's crazy. Come on. Come on let's go. [he helps her stand]
Court: Oh wait.
Jason: Be careful.
Court: Did Sonny meet Ric?
Jason: Yeah, in Martha's Vineyard.
Court: Sonny's alone?
Jason: Well Ric didnt leave him much choice. Come on, we got to get out of here. Hold on, hold on. [He shields her with his body from more falling debris.]
Court: Ok.
Jason: You ok?
Court: Yeah. Lets go.
[He helps her up the ladder]
Jason: Be careful. Ok, hold on to something. Courtney hold on!
[She coughs]
Jason: All right, all right. Hold on.
"I brought your mom to the hospital next. Until Carly got there and took over for me so I could go help Sonny," Jason told his daughter and his niece, who were both listening very intently. They hated this family for hurting theirs'.
"Dad, you saved Mom's life? That's so romantic!" Emma said truthfully.
"Believe me, I saved her butt a few more times and it was anything but romantic!" Jason laughed.
"Hey! You liked playing hero if I'm not mistaken Mr. Morgan. But, we're not even at the good part yet..." Courtney said as she hit her husband playfully in the chest causing him to look at her in alarm.
"Alright so anyways, I went to Martha's Vineyard to find Sonny..." Jase continued...
Flashback-
Jason: Sonny, Courtney's alright do it!
Ric: Do it.
Jason: Shoot him!!! Your sister could have died because of him!
Sonny: I can't do it.
Jason: I'll do it.
Ric: Okay Sonny, tell him.
Sonny: No.
Ric: You better tell him Sonny.
Sonny: That scum is my brother.
Jason: He isn't mine.---
"Did you shoot him Dad?" Emma asked, she was so amazed at all her parents had gone through.
"No, Sonny moved my arm, I missed," Jason said. "But I did manage to get him in a choke hold..."
Flashing Back((again))-
Sonny: Leave him alone!
Jason: Let me finish him!
Sonny: Leave him alone. My brother doesnt die!
Jason: Sonny, i'm sorry if it's your brother -- if it is and it's not another lie. But either way, he almost killed courtney and he raped carly. He needs to pay!
Sonny: Leave him alone, jason. [yells] Leave him alone!
[Ric coughs]
sonny: Ric. Ric! Get out. [Ric leaves]
Jason: Sonny, how could you -- how could you let him walk out of here alive? He raped your wife.
Sonny: He says he didn't, jason.
Jason: And you believe him? What about carly?
Sonny: Carly thinks that he did. I don't know.
Jason: Sonny --
sonny: What do you want me to do?
Jason: This is crazy. Ric has been working against you. He teamed up with faith. We know this for sure. He wants you dead!
Sonny: Not dead. Destroyed. He wants me alive --
jason: Who cares what he wants?
Sonny: My mother does! He says she's his mother, too.
Jason: Then why is he trying to destroy you?
Sonny: Because she chose me and not him. You may not understand this, but I cannot kill my mother's son.
Jason: So you're going to let him destroy everything that you have, hurt your sister, rape your wife? What will it take? What does ric have to do before you put him into the ground? ---
"Dad, I''m sorry that he's your brother. But honestly, you should have let Uncle Jason kill him, and you should have helped," Morgan said.
"Morgan, wait until you hear about what that bastard did next," Sonny said to his blonde-haired daughter. "You're gonna wanna kill him yourself, this had everything to do with you, it was Jason and Courtney's wedding day and I was a nervous wreck, I wanted everything to be perfect for my baby sister and it was going great until we couldnt find Michael..."
Flash-
Carly: Michael? Michael, are you in here? Hey!
Michael: Aunt courtney can't get married.
Carly: What? Hey, what's wrong?
Michael: I dropped the ring. Now aunt courtney can't get married.
Carly: Sweetheart, she was just teasing you. What happened?
Michael: I lost her ring!
Carly: Ok, you dropped it? Where did you drop it? You look over here. Where did you drop it? Under here?
Michael: Over there.
Carly: Ok, I'll check under there for you. [Gets on the floor to look for it]Ok. Oh -- michael? I got it.
Michael: You did?
Carly: I did. Right here. Now let me see -- show me that other ring. You hold on to this, ok? You hold on tight. You do not let go until the priest asks for them, ok? You understand?
Michael: Don't worry, I won'T. I promise.
Carly: Ok. Now, let me see you get all straightened up. You're a little bit messy now.
Michael: Thanks for not getting mad.
Carly: Oh, sweetheart, we lose things, we find things, life goes on, right?
Michael: Right.
Carly: I love you, michael. [They hug]
Michael: I love you, too.
Carly: Oh, ok. Now we got to get out of here.
Michael: Why?
Carly: Because the wedding is about to start.
Michael: For real?
Carly: Yes! Go!
Back of the Church
[Pachelbel's "canon" plays]
Mike: I'm so proud of you, sweetie.
Courtney: Thank you.
Mike: And I never would've imagined that I'd be in my daughter's wedding with my son as best man.
Courtney: Well, things have a way of working out.
Mike: I wish carly would get back here with michael.
Courtney: I know. People are going to start to wonder what's going on.
Mike: Oh, don't you mind that. Just -- my feet are killing me, but I'm afraid to move.
Courtney: I know, so am I. Oh, god, i -- I'm floating. It doesn't make sense. I'm supposed to be all nervous and worried, and i have never felt so calm. This truly is the happiest day of my life.
Inside the Church
edward: What the devil could be taking so long?
Janine: It's kind of romantic.
Edward: Oh, please.
Alan: Don't start.
Emily: Do you think something's wrong?
Nikolas: It is a bit strange.
Sonny: I should probably go check on carly.
Mike: Sonny, jason, get back here.
[They go to the back of the church]
Courtney: Ok, michael, it's going to be ok.
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: Michael -- where'd mommy go?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: We're going to find her. It's going to be ok. Ok?
Jason: Mike, what happened?
Mike: I don't know. We were waiting to start up the aisle, and little Michael wasn't here, so Carly went to go look for him. And a few minutes later, he came back alone.
Jason: Which direction did -- did she go look for him?
Mike: I'm not sure. Maybe the bride's room. I don't --
Sonny: Ok, Michael, we're going to find mom, but you got to help out a little bit, ok? Did you see somebody take mommy away?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: I know, buddy, but we're going to find her, ok? As soon as we can. Do you have something in your hands? Huh? Open them. Michael, open -- open your hands.
Jason: Mike, can you do me a favor? Can you just make an announcement saying that the wedding's been postponed, that there's a complication, it's going to happen, but just not tonight?
Mike: I'll take care of it.
Jason: Ok.
Sonny: Ok, you know what? You're going to -- Michael? You're going to stay here with Courtney for a little bit, ok? I'm going to talk to Jason for a minute. Ok, I'll be right over there where you can see me.
Jason: Ok. The men are covering the grounds and the neighborhood. I found this --
Sonny: Mm-hmm.
Jason: On the path that runs up the side of the church from the bride's room.
Sonny: It's got to be Alcazar's payback for the -- you know, setting him up with the cops.
Emily: Jason?
Jason: I'll find her.
Emily: Are you all right?
Jason: Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Emily: What happened? What's going on?
Jason: You know what? I can't -- I can't really talk about it. Just -- you know, just go home. I got to go.
Emily: Where's Carly?
Sonny: We don't know. Do me a favor -- Nikolas, can you get her out of here?
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah. Let's go home. Come on.
Emily: Sure.
Sonny: Ok, buddy, listen -- Jason went to go find mommy, but you're going to have to help out a little bit now, all right? Buddy?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: I know. Did you see anybody take her away?
Monica: Mike, where is Jason?
Alan: What's going on?
Mike: Look, no one can find Carly. Now, little Michael might have seen something, but it's like he's in shock. He just keeps saying, "mommy's gone."
Monica: My God -- have the police been called?
Mike: I don't know, I don't know. I'm letting Sonny and Jason take care of that. Look, you're both doctors as well as his grandparents. Maybe you can help him.
Sonny: You were with mommy in the church, right? Did you see her talking to somebody?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Monica: Sonny, my guess is that Michael saw something happen to Carly that just has left him so traumatized that he really can't process anything except to say, "mommy's gone."
Alan: Sonny, you know, it might be a good idea for Michael to see a specialist that's used to dealing with children. We've got somebody on staff at G.H., a Dr. Ryan.
Monica: Oh, she's wonderful. She really is. You should let Alan call her.
Michael: Mommy's gone.---
"I was a mess that day huh Mom?" The 18-year old asked.
"I'd say so, everyone was so scared for you that day, not to mention for me and Morgan," Carly added.
"So, Mom you didnt get your wedding?" Emma asked looking sad.
"Not that day nope, but I got an even better one in France after the whole Ric thing calmed down, it was just so beautiful Emma, I hope one day you get a wedding like mine," Courtney said dreamily.
! "I wanna see pictures when we go home, and I wanna hear all about it, and I want Dad to tell me!" Emma said, a triumphant look coming over her beautiful features.
"I'm sure Mom can tell you about it," Jason said, trying to get out of it. If he left something out, he was in big trouble with his wife.
"Nope Daddy, it's gotta be you," Emma said smiling.
"Do you wanna hear the rest of this or not?" Jason asked his only daughter, and also trying to change the subject.
"Yeah, but maybe Aunt Carly should tell this part seeing that it was her that was kidnapped," Emma suggested.
"Okay, this isnt gonna be pretty, but it's what happened girls,"
"We're ready Mom, we can handle it, right Em?" Morgan turned to her best friend.
"Right," Emma replied as Carly began to tell them about her horrific experience.
"The last thing I remember is this cloth over my mouth, and then I blacked out and woke up in this cold, dark, grey room. I felt like I was in a jail cell. There were monitors in the room so I could see what was going on in the living room, and on the outside of the house. I was in the Panic Room, a room Ric had installed into his home, just for me and my baby, you Morgan, he told me that he was going to take my baby when it was born. That he was gonna give it to Liz, because she had a miscarriage and he blamed Sonny, like he did for everything else. He blamed Sonny for the loss of his child, so he decided to take his baby. He was planning on killing me after I gave birth. He was... well is... so twisted. He had to know that your Dad, and Uncle Jason were gonna find me. Then they were gonna kill him. But he didnt seem able to comprehend that his master plan to take everything Sonny had would fail. He even tried to poison his own wife so she wouldnt find me. I was in there, he had my leg chained to a wall so I couldnt make a run for the door, the room was sound-proof. Jason, Jason knew all along that Ric had me. He just couldnt figure out where. My own husband on the other hand...(she shoots him an evil glare)... refused to listen to his best friend. It took months for them to figure out where I was, and it was so painful to miss my family so much. I mean, I was away from Michael, away from Courtney. I couldnt take it. At one point, I escaped. I got to a phone and called Sonny. He was on his way, but before he got there, Lorenzo Alcazar showed up and grabbed me and put me on his yacht. I was there for a good few weeks, he had been actually very nice to me. We played backgammon and other games like that. But I was working him, so bad. He was stupid enough to think that I could actually fall for him. One night, I knocked out a guard and called Courtney. I told her where I was and she flew down to South America, pregnant. Jason didnt know, Sonny didnt know, God even I didnt know. But her father did. Anyways, she found Sonny and Jason down there and told them where I was. They came and rescued me, and Sonny and I got on the plane. Jason went back to get Courtney at the hotel...." Carly said, wiping tears from her eyes. Even a decade later, it was still hard to talk about those things, and for Courtney, the next part was going to be hard as well.
"Wow, Mom, you must have been so scared," Morgan said, amazed at her mother's bravery.
"I was scared, but not for myself. Jason, your wife's part of the story, you tell it," Carly told her best friend.
"Okay, Emma, dont be scared, she wasnt pregnant with you at this time," Jason said, rubbing his wife's knee. He was only telling this for her, because he didnt want her to have to relive it by actually speaking it.
"I'll be fine Dad," She reassured her father.
"Okay. I went to go and get Courtney from the hotel. I was mad at her for putting her life at risk, but I told her when I went to get Carly, that we would talk about it later. So I walked into the hotel room, I was fully expecting to be bombarded with questions, but when I entered the room, Alcazar was there, and your mother was tied up in a chair. That was one of the only times in my life that I was ever scared to death. I was trying to reason with Alcazar..."
Flashing-
Alcazar: Mr. Morgan what took you so long?
Jason: You can let her go.
Lorenzo: Oh. Thank you.
Jason: You all right? [Court nods] Carly's with sonny. The plane already took off.
Lorenzo: Sonny would never leave you and his sister behind. You call him. Tell him he needs to return his wife to me.
Jason: That's not going to happen.
Lorenzo: This is all about leverage. You convince sonny to return carly to me or i'll take courtney. Your choice.
Lorenzo: I've given you a choice, a simple one -- Courtney or Carly. You're running out of time.
Jason: Don't you get it? It's too late to get Carly back. Sonny's plane's already gone.
Lorenzo: I told you I don't believe that. What I do believe is that Sonny's not going to wait on the tarmac all night like a sitting duck. If you want to save your fiancée's life, call him. You tell him I'm holding his sister at gunpoint and he needs to return Carly to me immediately. That's nonnegotiable.
Courtney: Sonny will never turn Carly over to you.
Lorenzo: You better hope you're wrong. Make sure Sonny understands. He gives Carly back to me or Courtney dies.
Courtney: Jason, Carly's already been through too much. I won't risk her baby's life. Just tell Sonny to take her home.
Lorenzo: Dial.
Jason: Hey, it's me. We got a problem. Alcazar's got Courtney and he wants to trade. Now, he says that Carly is the only hostage that he'll accept, and he's holding a gun on Courtney right now, and he's ready to kill her unless you bring Carly back.
Jason: Are you all right?
Courtney: They're too tight. [he moves to loosen them]
Lorenzo: Get back.
Jason: She said the restraints were too tight.
Lorenzo: Yeah, I heard her. That's the whole point.
Jason: I want to just loosen them. Loosen them.
Lorenzo: And I don't want to have to hurt Courtney. But if I have to kill her to control you, so be it.
Jason: I don't get it. What changed? You were supposed to be so much smarter than Luis.
Lorenzo: Your point?
Jason: My point is this is a real bad way to go about making a deal with Sonny. Or isn't it about business anymore?
Lorenzo: Sonny has nothing I want except access to those docks.
Jason: Then why antagonize him by demanding his wife as a hostage? Think about it -- Carly's pregnant. She's at high risk for premature labor. If that happens, she and the baby both could die. Why would you risk that on your watch?
Lorenzo: I'm touched by your concern.
Jason: This isn't a game. If Carly dies, you will never have access to Sonny's docks and you'll be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life.
Lorenzo: You're stalling. Why? Is that what Sonny ordered you to do? You know what? I'll speak to him myself. [Alcazar dials] You never spoke to Sonny. Maybe you didn't want him to hear my offer. I guess we understand your fiancé's priorities now. Does it surprise you that you're not first on his list?
Lorenzo: Jason's reputation is that of a loyal foot soldier. Too bad his loyalty doesn't extend to the woman he claims to love.
Courtney: You don't know anything about Jason.
Lorenzo: Well, I know he helped Sonny and Carly escape, leaving the two of you here to clean up the mess. Didn't even give you a vote. Well, I'm going to rectify that because I only need one hostage, so that makes one of you redundant. And you get to decide. I prefer to eliminate Jason, but I'll leave it up to you.
Courtney: You can't really mean that.
Lorenzo: What do you say, Morgan? You think I mean it?
Jason: There's no choice. You have to stay safe. Nothing else matters.
Courtney: No. No, Jason, neither one of us can die. Not now.
Lorenzo: All right, let's not waste time arguing a moot point. Figure out which one lives and let's be done with it.
Jason: I love you.
Courtney: I love you, too. Jason, you have to know that I'll fight for my life no matter what –
[Jason jumps out the window and Alcazar fires after him]
Courtney: [screams] Jason! No!
Courtney: Is he alive?
Lorenzo: He certainly looks dead to me.
Courtney: No. No, you murdering bastard! I swear to God, if Sonny doesn't kill you, I'm going to kill you myself. No –
Lorenzo: Morgan's down. He's in the alley. Make sure he's dead. If he's not, finish him.---
"Oh Mom, God you must have been petrified. Did Dad know you were pregnant?" Emma asked her mother.
"No I had no idea, she had tried to tell me before but we were interrupted so many times. She didnt want me to get distracted," Jason said, answering for his wife.
"Mom, I'm so sorry. You lost the baby right?" Emma asked, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Right. Alcazar held me captive for about a week. He discovered that I was pregnant by himself when he offered me a drink and I wouldnt take it. One night there was a storm, and the crew had abandoned ship basically. So I pryed my door open and drop-kicked some guy and took his gun and aimed it at him. I was standing on the railing of the boat ready to jump..."
"Mom! That's suicide!" Emma yelled.
"I know sweetheart, I almost died. The man who I was pointing the gun at thought I was insane. But I jumped and I swam as far as I could. I remember thinking that I, that I wasnt gonna make it. That the baby was gonna die. But I tried so, so hard to swim. The water was just too cold, and my body was too tired. I couldnt do it, and I blacked out. The next thing I knew was, I was in some clinic in South America, the doctors told me I lost my baby. The baby I didnt even tell Jason about. Then the nurse told me that my fiance was coming to get me. But Alcazar showed up and tried to take me away..."
Flashbacking yet again-
Lorenzo: Can you give her something to calm her down?
Doctor: Hold her down.
Courtney: Get away from me!
Lorenzo: I got her, I got her.
Courtney: No! No!
Doctor: Just a second.
[Courtney screams]
doctor: She'll be asleep in a moment.
Lorenzo: Gracias.
Lorenzo: You were foolish to believe you could make that swim and not endanger your child. How could you know? Courtney, all you had to do was stay put and let me trade you for carly and that child would still be alive. This miscarriage was a senseless tragedy of your own making, not mine.
Nurse: Esta prohibido entrar aqui.
[Alcazar holds a gun to a nurse's head and goes into the hall, finding Jason]
[Nurse screams]
lorenzo: Put the gun down.
[Nurse screams]
jason: All I want is courtney.
Lorenzo: Put the gun down!
Jason: Back away!
Lorenzo: Sal de aqui! [he shoots and runs off]
[Jason walks into Courtney's room]
Doctor: Oiga, quien es usted.
Jason: What'd you give her?
Doctor: Lorazepam.
Jason: Can she be moved?
[Jason picks her up]
Doctor: Yes. You're her fiance?
Jason: That's right.
Doctor: She lost it.
Jason: She what?
Doctor: She's lucky to be alive.
[Courtney wakes up on Sonny's jet]
Jason: It's ok, it's all right. It's ok, just take it easy.
Courtney: Jason.
Jason: You're safe. It's all right. I found you -- i found you in the clinic. We're on sonny's plane right now. We're going back to port charles.
Courtney: Oh, how did -- how did you find me?
Jason: It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You're safe. And we're on our way home. That's all i care about.
Courtney: I should have waited. I shouldn't have ever taken that chance.
Jason: Come on. [he holds her] It's ok. It's all right. Everything's going to be fine. We're together. Nothing's going to keep us apart. ---
"And we went home, I hit Liz with my car and Jason and I healed together, after some major fights. We got married in France, and yeah, that's it."
"I hate Ric Lansing, and Alex Lansing," Emma said, a look of pure hatred coming on to her face. She couldnt believe that after all that, she thought about giving that boy a chance.
"So, Emma what was Morgan telling us about this boy...?" Courtney asked her.
"I- I uh, well Alex is in a lot of my classes, and well, I think he kinda has this crush on me..." Emma said slowly.
"Oh man," Jason sighed. There was no way in hell any offspring of Ric's was getting near his daughter.
"Daddy..." Emma said.
"Emma isnt going to tell you the whole thing Uncle Jason," Morgan said, trying to protect her cousin. Morgan had seen the way Alex looked at her.
"What are you talking about Morgan?" Jason asked, looking from his child to his niece.
"Alex follows her around, he calls her all the time, he texts her and asks her over and he, he uhh..." Morgan wasnt sure she wanted to tell them about the kiss.
"He what Morgan?" Sonny asked her.
"Nothing, I'm just..." Emma interrupted her. Her family had to know the truth and it wasnt Morgan's job to tell them, it was her's...
"He kissed me yesterday," Emma said quickly, she knew her Dad was going to blow up.
"He WHAT??" Sonny yelled, causing Emma to look at him funny. She then looked at her father, who had his head in his hands.
"Emma, could I talk to you for a minute?" Alex Lansing asked politely.
"Uh, sure Alex. I think Morgan has to go to the library anyways..." Emma replied, while hinting for her cousin to leave.
"Yeah, I have to study for my English test next period... my cell's on Em, if you need me..." Morgan said, also hinting to Emma.
"Bye, see you at home!" Emma shouted after Morgan.
"So, Emma, I just wanted to tell you how nice you look today," Alex said as his eyes swooped down her body.
"Uh, thanks Alex," Emma said nervously. She looked down, she was wearing a sweatshirt and jeans...
"Do you think that maybe you could come over to my house on Saturday? We could catch up on that studying for Geometry together, if you want to..." Alex suggested. Emma had no reason to believe that Alex Lansing had some vendetta against her. She was brought up to treat everyone equally. There was no reason as to why she couldn't give this boy who was so smitten with her a chance.
"Sure Alex, but I don't think my father would want me to go to your house, because of well you know, mainly your dad. Maybe we could study at my place, my dad could meet you and he can see that your not anything like your father," Emma suggested.
"I dont think my dad would let me over your house either. He isnt too fond of Jason," Alex said matter of factly.
"The library?" Emma asked.
"The library sounds good to me, see you there at around 5:30. Is that good for you?"
"5:30 on Saturday, perfect. See you there," Emma said as Alex got up, gave her a kiss on the cheek and left.
"What am I getting myself into?" Emma silently asked herself. She knew that she would have to ask Michael to drive her, and as much as she wanted to confide in her parents about this, she knew she couldn't. For whatever reason, the Lansing's and the Morgan/Corinthos' hated eachother. Emma was at a loss, she had no idea why there was so much hatred. She knew that Ric was the DA, but that was no reason for her father and her uncle to hate the whole family. Emma would ask them tonight at dinner. She wanted to know what happened before she was born. And she would find out, no matter who she had to go to.
"Mom, Dad, I have to ask you something. It's kind of important, and Daddy... please do not freak out when I tell you why I'm asking," Emma asked at the dinner table. They were having Chicken pot pie tonight.
"What's going on honey?" Courtney asked her daughter.
"Dad, promise you'll listen," Emma pleaded. She knew he couldnt resist her big blue eyes, the ones that reflected his own.
"I'll listen," Jason said, concern filling his voice. This could be what was bothering her yesterday.
"Why do we hate the Lansings so much?" Emma asked, genuinley curious.
Their reactions weren't at all what Emma had expected. Her mother almost spit out her drink. Her father had an icy glare, as he stared at his wife.
"Me and Morgan have been wondering this for a while now, and whenever we bring up the name Lansing or Ric, or even Police, you guys go and change the subject, or like you just did Mom, spit out your drink."
"Emma, there's a lot of history between your Uncle Sonny and Ric," Courtney informed her.
"Like..." She asked.
"Courtney, no. We are not discussing this with her right now," Jason said as he took another drink of his water and got up and began to pace around, preparing himself for an arguement. And sure enough, one was coming.
"Dad, you can't be serious. I just wanna know what happened. It can't be that bad. I can handle it," Emma said looking straight into her father's eyes.
Jason's features softend a little when he looked at his daughter. He didn't want her to have to know about Ric Lansing and all that he had done to hurt their family. He didnt want to put her through that, but she was his daughter, and she wasn't going to give up.
"Come on, we're going to Sonny's," He said as he grabbed hold of his daughter's hand and led her out the door.
As Jason and Emma entered PH4, they saw Michael sitting on the couch with Carly.
"Hey Mikey!" Emma greeted her cousin.
"What's up Emma?" Michael replied. He then saw the look on his uncle's face and realized that everyone was about to have a serious talk.
"Carly, guess what my daughter just asked me?" Jason said, his hand still in Emma's.
"What Jase, did she ask you to bring her to the mall or something? Jason Morgan she is old enough to take care of herself. Did you talk to Courtney? I'm sure she feels the same as me," Carly said, immediately jumping to conclusions as usual.
Sonny then appeared out of the kitchen.
"Carly, if he doesnt want Emma going to the mall by herself, she isnt going! Don't argue with him!" Sonny yelled at his wife. Michael was on the couch and looking at Emma, who was rolling her eyes.
"Sonny, Emma asked me why we hate Lansing," Jason said.
"What? Where did this come from?" Sonny asked, staring intently at his niece.
"Look, Uncle Sonny, I just want to know why. That's all," Emma told her uncle.
"She's too young Sonny, I told Courtney that when she decided to try and explain that bastard to her," Jason said, letting go of his daughter's hand.
"Sonny, Jason," Courtney said as she walked in.
"Courtney, you were gonna tell her?" Sonny asked, bewildered.
"And why shouldnt she?" Carly chimed in.
"Because she's too young!" Jason yelled.
"I'm 15 Dad!" Emma yelled, furious because her father still thought she was 7.
"I'm aware of how old you are Emma," Jason replied, still looking to Sonny for support.
And right on time as usual, Morgan came walking down the stairs, unaware that anyone else was there besides Michael.
"So Mikey, what do you think about this whole, Lansing kid following around Emma thing? Kinda we- uh oh," Morgan said as she turned to see the furious faces of her father and her uncle.
"I think I should go back upstairs now, see you later," Morgan said, trying to escape.
"What did you just say Morgan," Jason asked, looking at her.
"I uh... I said to Mikey here that uh..." Morgan, for once, was at a loss for words.
Emma looked over to her father and he looked back at her. Jason then spoke again,
"We have no choice Sonny. They need to know." Jason walked over to the couch and sat next to his daughter. Everyone gathered round the living room and took seats. Jason was sitting on the couch next to Emma, who was also sitting next to Michael, Courtney was sitting on the arm of the couch next to Jason, Carly had gotten up from her seat and went to sit in the chair, Morgan sitting on her lap. And then there was Sonny, standing up.
"Ric Lansing is my half-brother," Emma and Morgan gasped when Sonny said those words. "Girls, dont interrupt me, because I might change my mind about telling you the whole story,"
Jason put his arm around his daughter's shoulder and held her close, he also put his other hand on his wife's knee. Courtney hated reliving this.
"Here it goes, Ric Lansing has an ongoing vendetta against this family, he hated me because when I was a little boy, I accidentley made my mother fall down the stairs while she was pregnant with him. She gave birth to him and then ended up choosing me over him, and she left him with his father. I never knew this until Ric decided to come to town. He was at first, trying to become all friendly and get close, even then, I did not know that he was my brother. But I wasnt really looking for another sibling. Just a year before that, Courtney came to town, she and I have the same father, as you already know. So here's how it went, Jason hated Ric since the first time he laid eyes on him. Jase didnt trust him, and Jason has the best instincts I have ever seen in my entire life. I should have listened to him, but I didnt. And thats when it started getting out of control..." Sonny said as he explained the beginning.
"Daddy?" Emma asked.
"Yeah?" Jason replied.
"Never mind, Uncle Sonny, Dad, I'll explain after,"
"Okay, well it all started when Ric had drugged Carly and took her to some house and told her the next morning that they had had sex, when they didnt," Sonny said, getting more and more angry as he explained to his daughter and his niece the sick and twisted man he had for a brother. "Well, Carly got pregnant with you, Morgan shortly after that, and she was afraid that you were Ric's and not mine," Sonny told his little girl, who wasnt so little anymore.
"But you are my Dad right...?" Morgan asked, sounding scared and concerned.
"Yeah, you were mine," Sonny reassured her.
"Phew," Morgan said with a smile.
"But anyways, so he had made Carly think that he had raped her. He held that over her head for months. Blackmailing her every chance he got. The only other person who knew besides Carly, was Courtney. Courtney had saved Carly's life one day when she fell through thin ice while skating with Michael. Courtney pulled her out of the freezing water and called 911. There, Carly decided to have a DNA test done on the baby, you Morgan, and everything turned out like we expected it too. I was the father. So, Carly told me about what Ric "did to her" and when I asked her why she didnt tell me, she said that she didnt want me to think she was dirty. I wanted to kill Ric for putting her through that. But I didnt, and I should have. The next part, is when Ric tried to get Courtney to marry him,"
"What??" Emma interrupted.
"Just listen, you wanted to hear this..." Jason told her while giving her a reassuring kiss on the head. Sonny continued.
"She agreed only because Ric had a tire iron with Jason's prints on it. If Courtney didnt "marry" him, he would have gone to the cops and turned him in. So, after Jason found out he was furious because he didnt want your mom to get hurt and we all knew Ric was a psycho by then. But things got really bad when he kidnapped Courtney. He took her and when Jason got to his house to rescue her, he had a gun to her head....
Flashback-
Ric: Hand over the gun. I'll shoot her Jason. Come on. That's it. Nice and easy. Thank you. You tell Sonny, Martha's Vineyard.
He then knocked out Jason and took Courtney and left her to die in a mineshaft that he named after my mother.
Flashback-
Jason: Courtney? Courtney, hang in there. Just hang on.[checks pulse] Oh thank God. Can you haear me Courtney? Can you hear me? Just hang in there okay?
Courtney coughs.
Courtney: Jason--
Jason: No, no i'm right here. I'm right here.
Courtney: Oh--
Jason: It's ok. We're ok. Take it easy.
She coughs again.
Jason: It's ok. Just take it easy. What hurts? Where are you hurt?
Courtney: I ache. I don't think I broke anything.
Jason: You think you can climb out of here?
Courtney: Yeah, yeah-- just help me.
Jason: You okay?
Courtney: Jason?
Jason: Hey, hey you okay?[helps her sit up]
Courtney: It's--
Jason: What? What hurts? [she coughs again]
Courtney: I can't breathe.
Jason: Okay. Just slow down. We're okay, just sit up. Is that any better?
Court: Yeah, a little. Oh my God, I think it's my ribs.
Jason: You think you can climb the ladder?
Court: What ladder?
Jason: Ah. [gets up to get ladder and debris starts to fall again.]
Court: Jason?
Jason: We got to get out of here.
Court: How'd you find me?
Jason: Ric owns this mine. He named it after Sonny's mother.
Court: Why would he name a mine after Sonny's mother?
Jason: I dont know. He's crazy. Come on. Come on let's go. [he helps her stand]
Court: Oh wait.
Jason: Be careful.
Court: Did Sonny meet Ric?
Jason: Yeah, in Martha's Vineyard.
Court: Sonny's alone?
Jason: Well Ric didnt leave him much choice. Come on, we got to get out of here. Hold on, hold on. [He shields her with his body from more falling debris.]
Court: Ok.
Jason: You ok?
Court: Yeah. Lets go.
[He helps her up the ladder]
Jason: Be careful. Ok, hold on to something. Courtney hold on!
[She coughs]
Jason: All right, all right. Hold on.
"I brought your mom to the hospital next. Until Carly got there and took over for me so I could go help Sonny," Jason told his daughter and his niece, who were both listening very intently. They hated this family for hurting theirs'.
"Dad, you saved Mom's life? That's so romantic!" Emma said truthfully.
"Believe me, I saved her butt a few more times and it was anything but romantic!" Jason laughed.
"Hey! You liked playing hero if I'm not mistaken Mr. Morgan. But, we're not even at the good part yet..." Courtney said as she hit her husband playfully in the chest causing him to look at her in alarm.
"Alright so anyways, I went to Martha's Vineyard to find Sonny..." Jase continued...
Flashback-
Jason: Sonny, Courtney's alright do it!
Ric: Do it.
Jason: Shoot him!!! Your sister could have died because of him!
Sonny: I can't do it.
Jason: I'll do it.
Ric: Okay Sonny, tell him.
Sonny: No.
Ric: You better tell him Sonny.
Sonny: That scum is my brother.
Jason: He isn't mine.---
"Did you shoot him Dad?" Emma asked, she was so amazed at all her parents had gone through.
"No, Sonny moved my arm, I missed," Jason said. "But I did manage to get him in a choke hold..."
Flashing Back((again))-
Sonny: Leave him alone!
Jason: Let me finish him!
Sonny: Leave him alone. My brother doesnt die!
Jason: Sonny, i'm sorry if it's your brother -- if it is and it's not another lie. But either way, he almost killed courtney and he raped carly. He needs to pay!
Sonny: Leave him alone, jason. [yells] Leave him alone!
[Ric coughs]
sonny: Ric. Ric! Get out. [Ric leaves]
Jason: Sonny, how could you -- how could you let him walk out of here alive? He raped your wife.
Sonny: He says he didn't, jason.
Jason: And you believe him? What about carly?
Sonny: Carly thinks that he did. I don't know.
Jason: Sonny --
sonny: What do you want me to do?
Jason: This is crazy. Ric has been working against you. He teamed up with faith. We know this for sure. He wants you dead!
Sonny: Not dead. Destroyed. He wants me alive --
jason: Who cares what he wants?
Sonny: My mother does! He says she's his mother, too.
Jason: Then why is he trying to destroy you?
Sonny: Because she chose me and not him. You may not understand this, but I cannot kill my mother's son.
Jason: So you're going to let him destroy everything that you have, hurt your sister, rape your wife? What will it take? What does ric have to do before you put him into the ground? ---
"Dad, I''m sorry that he's your brother. But honestly, you should have let Uncle Jason kill him, and you should have helped," Morgan said.
"Morgan, wait until you hear about what that bastard did next," Sonny said to his blonde-haired daughter. "You're gonna wanna kill him yourself, this had everything to do with you, it was Jason and Courtney's wedding day and I was a nervous wreck, I wanted everything to be perfect for my baby sister and it was going great until we couldnt find Michael..."
Flash-
Carly: Michael? Michael, are you in here? Hey!
Michael: Aunt courtney can't get married.
Carly: What? Hey, what's wrong?
Michael: I dropped the ring. Now aunt courtney can't get married.
Carly: Sweetheart, she was just teasing you. What happened?
Michael: I lost her ring!
Carly: Ok, you dropped it? Where did you drop it? You look over here. Where did you drop it? Under here?
Michael: Over there.
Carly: Ok, I'll check under there for you. [Gets on the floor to look for it]Ok. Oh -- michael? I got it.
Michael: You did?
Carly: I did. Right here. Now let me see -- show me that other ring. You hold on to this, ok? You hold on tight. You do not let go until the priest asks for them, ok? You understand?
Michael: Don't worry, I won'T. I promise.
Carly: Ok. Now, let me see you get all straightened up. You're a little bit messy now.
Michael: Thanks for not getting mad.
Carly: Oh, sweetheart, we lose things, we find things, life goes on, right?
Michael: Right.
Carly: I love you, michael. [They hug]
Michael: I love you, too.
Carly: Oh, ok. Now we got to get out of here.
Michael: Why?
Carly: Because the wedding is about to start.
Michael: For real?
Carly: Yes! Go!
Back of the Church
[Pachelbel's "canon" plays]
Mike: I'm so proud of you, sweetie.
Courtney: Thank you.
Mike: And I never would've imagined that I'd be in my daughter's wedding with my son as best man.
Courtney: Well, things have a way of working out.
Mike: I wish carly would get back here with michael.
Courtney: I know. People are going to start to wonder what's going on.
Mike: Oh, don't you mind that. Just -- my feet are killing me, but I'm afraid to move.
Courtney: I know, so am I. Oh, god, i -- I'm floating. It doesn't make sense. I'm supposed to be all nervous and worried, and i have never felt so calm. This truly is the happiest day of my life.
Inside the Church
edward: What the devil could be taking so long?
Janine: It's kind of romantic.
Edward: Oh, please.
Alan: Don't start.
Emily: Do you think something's wrong?
Nikolas: It is a bit strange.
Sonny: I should probably go check on carly.
Mike: Sonny, jason, get back here.
[They go to the back of the church]
Courtney: Ok, michael, it's going to be ok.
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: Michael -- where'd mommy go?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: We're going to find her. It's going to be ok. Ok?
Jason: Mike, what happened?
Mike: I don't know. We were waiting to start up the aisle, and little Michael wasn't here, so Carly went to go look for him. And a few minutes later, he came back alone.
Jason: Which direction did -- did she go look for him?
Mike: I'm not sure. Maybe the bride's room. I don't --
Sonny: Ok, Michael, we're going to find mom, but you got to help out a little bit, ok? Did you see somebody take mommy away?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: I know, buddy, but we're going to find her, ok? As soon as we can. Do you have something in your hands? Huh? Open them. Michael, open -- open your hands.
Jason: Mike, can you do me a favor? Can you just make an announcement saying that the wedding's been postponed, that there's a complication, it's going to happen, but just not tonight?
Mike: I'll take care of it.
Jason: Ok.
Sonny: Ok, you know what? You're going to -- Michael? You're going to stay here with Courtney for a little bit, ok? I'm going to talk to Jason for a minute. Ok, I'll be right over there where you can see me.
Jason: Ok. The men are covering the grounds and the neighborhood. I found this --
Sonny: Mm-hmm.
Jason: On the path that runs up the side of the church from the bride's room.
Sonny: It's got to be Alcazar's payback for the -- you know, setting him up with the cops.
Emily: Jason?
Jason: I'll find her.
Emily: Are you all right?
Jason: Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
Emily: What happened? What's going on?
Jason: You know what? I can't -- I can't really talk about it. Just -- you know, just go home. I got to go.
Emily: Where's Carly?
Sonny: We don't know. Do me a favor -- Nikolas, can you get her out of here?
Nikolas: Yeah, yeah. Let's go home. Come on.
Emily: Sure.
Sonny: Ok, buddy, listen -- Jason went to go find mommy, but you're going to have to help out a little bit now, all right? Buddy?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Sonny: I know. Did you see anybody take her away?
Monica: Mike, where is Jason?
Alan: What's going on?
Mike: Look, no one can find Carly. Now, little Michael might have seen something, but it's like he's in shock. He just keeps saying, "mommy's gone."
Monica: My God -- have the police been called?
Mike: I don't know, I don't know. I'm letting Sonny and Jason take care of that. Look, you're both doctors as well as his grandparents. Maybe you can help him.
Sonny: You were with mommy in the church, right? Did you see her talking to somebody?
Michael: Mommy's gone.
Monica: Sonny, my guess is that Michael saw something happen to Carly that just has left him so traumatized that he really can't process anything except to say, "mommy's gone."
Alan: Sonny, you know, it might be a good idea for Michael to see a specialist that's used to dealing with children. We've got somebody on staff at G.H., a Dr. Ryan.
Monica: Oh, she's wonderful. She really is. You should let Alan call her.
Michael: Mommy's gone.---
"I was a mess that day huh Mom?" The 18-year old asked.
"I'd say so, everyone was so scared for you that day, not to mention for me and Morgan," Carly added.
"So, Mom you didnt get your wedding?" Emma asked looking sad.
"Not that day nope, but I got an even better one in France after the whole Ric thing calmed down, it was just so beautiful Emma, I hope one day you get a wedding like mine," Courtney said dreamily.
! "I wanna see pictures when we go home, and I wanna hear all about it, and I want Dad to tell me!" Emma said, a triumphant look coming over her beautiful features.
"I'm sure Mom can tell you about it," Jason said, trying to get out of it. If he left something out, he was in big trouble with his wife.
"Nope Daddy, it's gotta be you," Emma said smiling.
"Do you wanna hear the rest of this or not?" Jason asked his only daughter, and also trying to change the subject.
"Yeah, but maybe Aunt Carly should tell this part seeing that it was her that was kidnapped," Emma suggested.
"Okay, this isnt gonna be pretty, but it's what happened girls,"
"We're ready Mom, we can handle it, right Em?" Morgan turned to her best friend.
"Right," Emma replied as Carly began to tell them about her horrific experience.
"The last thing I remember is this cloth over my mouth, and then I blacked out and woke up in this cold, dark, grey room. I felt like I was in a jail cell. There were monitors in the room so I could see what was going on in the living room, and on the outside of the house. I was in the Panic Room, a room Ric had installed into his home, just for me and my baby, you Morgan, he told me that he was going to take my baby when it was born. That he was gonna give it to Liz, because she had a miscarriage and he blamed Sonny, like he did for everything else. He blamed Sonny for the loss of his child, so he decided to take his baby. He was planning on killing me after I gave birth. He was... well is... so twisted. He had to know that your Dad, and Uncle Jason were gonna find me. Then they were gonna kill him. But he didnt seem able to comprehend that his master plan to take everything Sonny had would fail. He even tried to poison his own wife so she wouldnt find me. I was in there, he had my leg chained to a wall so I couldnt make a run for the door, the room was sound-proof. Jason, Jason knew all along that Ric had me. He just couldnt figure out where. My own husband on the other hand...(she shoots him an evil glare)... refused to listen to his best friend. It took months for them to figure out where I was, and it was so painful to miss my family so much. I mean, I was away from Michael, away from Courtney. I couldnt take it. At one point, I escaped. I got to a phone and called Sonny. He was on his way, but before he got there, Lorenzo Alcazar showed up and grabbed me and put me on his yacht. I was there for a good few weeks, he had been actually very nice to me. We played backgammon and other games like that. But I was working him, so bad. He was stupid enough to think that I could actually fall for him. One night, I knocked out a guard and called Courtney. I told her where I was and she flew down to South America, pregnant. Jason didnt know, Sonny didnt know, God even I didnt know. But her father did. Anyways, she found Sonny and Jason down there and told them where I was. They came and rescued me, and Sonny and I got on the plane. Jason went back to get Courtney at the hotel...." Carly said, wiping tears from her eyes. Even a decade later, it was still hard to talk about those things, and for Courtney, the next part was going to be hard as well.
"Wow, Mom, you must have been so scared," Morgan said, amazed at her mother's bravery.
"I was scared, but not for myself. Jason, your wife's part of the story, you tell it," Carly told her best friend.
"Okay, Emma, dont be scared, she wasnt pregnant with you at this time," Jason said, rubbing his wife's knee. He was only telling this for her, because he didnt want her to have to relive it by actually speaking it.
"I'll be fine Dad," She reassured her father.
"Okay. I went to go and get Courtney from the hotel. I was mad at her for putting her life at risk, but I told her when I went to get Carly, that we would talk about it later. So I walked into the hotel room, I was fully expecting to be bombarded with questions, but when I entered the room, Alcazar was there, and your mother was tied up in a chair. That was one of the only times in my life that I was ever scared to death. I was trying to reason with Alcazar..."
Flashing-
Alcazar: Mr. Morgan what took you so long?
Jason: You can let her go.
Lorenzo: Oh. Thank you.
Jason: You all right? [Court nods] Carly's with sonny. The plane already took off.
Lorenzo: Sonny would never leave you and his sister behind. You call him. Tell him he needs to return his wife to me.
Jason: That's not going to happen.
Lorenzo: This is all about leverage. You convince sonny to return carly to me or i'll take courtney. Your choice.
Lorenzo: I've given you a choice, a simple one -- Courtney or Carly. You're running out of time.
Jason: Don't you get it? It's too late to get Carly back. Sonny's plane's already gone.
Lorenzo: I told you I don't believe that. What I do believe is that Sonny's not going to wait on the tarmac all night like a sitting duck. If you want to save your fiancée's life, call him. You tell him I'm holding his sister at gunpoint and he needs to return Carly to me immediately. That's nonnegotiable.
Courtney: Sonny will never turn Carly over to you.
Lorenzo: You better hope you're wrong. Make sure Sonny understands. He gives Carly back to me or Courtney dies.
Courtney: Jason, Carly's already been through too much. I won't risk her baby's life. Just tell Sonny to take her home.
Lorenzo: Dial.
Jason: Hey, it's me. We got a problem. Alcazar's got Courtney and he wants to trade. Now, he says that Carly is the only hostage that he'll accept, and he's holding a gun on Courtney right now, and he's ready to kill her unless you bring Carly back.
Jason: Are you all right?
Courtney: They're too tight. [he moves to loosen them]
Lorenzo: Get back.
Jason: She said the restraints were too tight.
Lorenzo: Yeah, I heard her. That's the whole point.
Jason: I want to just loosen them. Loosen them.
Lorenzo: And I don't want to have to hurt Courtney. But if I have to kill her to control you, so be it.
Jason: I don't get it. What changed? You were supposed to be so much smarter than Luis.
Lorenzo: Your point?
Jason: My point is this is a real bad way to go about making a deal with Sonny. Or isn't it about business anymore?
Lorenzo: Sonny has nothing I want except access to those docks.
Jason: Then why antagonize him by demanding his wife as a hostage? Think about it -- Carly's pregnant. She's at high risk for premature labor. If that happens, she and the baby both could die. Why would you risk that on your watch?
Lorenzo: I'm touched by your concern.
Jason: This isn't a game. If Carly dies, you will never have access to Sonny's docks and you'll be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life.
Lorenzo: You're stalling. Why? Is that what Sonny ordered you to do? You know what? I'll speak to him myself. [Alcazar dials] You never spoke to Sonny. Maybe you didn't want him to hear my offer. I guess we understand your fiancé's priorities now. Does it surprise you that you're not first on his list?
Lorenzo: Jason's reputation is that of a loyal foot soldier. Too bad his loyalty doesn't extend to the woman he claims to love.
Courtney: You don't know anything about Jason.
Lorenzo: Well, I know he helped Sonny and Carly escape, leaving the two of you here to clean up the mess. Didn't even give you a vote. Well, I'm going to rectify that because I only need one hostage, so that makes one of you redundant. And you get to decide. I prefer to eliminate Jason, but I'll leave it up to you.
Courtney: You can't really mean that.
Lorenzo: What do you say, Morgan? You think I mean it?
Jason: There's no choice. You have to stay safe. Nothing else matters.
Courtney: No. No, Jason, neither one of us can die. Not now.
Lorenzo: All right, let's not waste time arguing a moot point. Figure out which one lives and let's be done with it.
Jason: I love you.
Courtney: I love you, too. Jason, you have to know that I'll fight for my life no matter what –
[Jason jumps out the window and Alcazar fires after him]
Courtney: [screams] Jason! No!
Courtney: Is he alive?
Lorenzo: He certainly looks dead to me.
Courtney: No. No, you murdering bastard! I swear to God, if Sonny doesn't kill you, I'm going to kill you myself. No –
Lorenzo: Morgan's down. He's in the alley. Make sure he's dead. If he's not, finish him.---
"Oh Mom, God you must have been petrified. Did Dad know you were pregnant?" Emma asked her mother.
"No I had no idea, she had tried to tell me before but we were interrupted so many times. She didnt want me to get distracted," Jason said, answering for his wife.
"Mom, I'm so sorry. You lost the baby right?" Emma asked, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Right. Alcazar held me captive for about a week. He discovered that I was pregnant by himself when he offered me a drink and I wouldnt take it. One night there was a storm, and the crew had abandoned ship basically. So I pryed my door open and drop-kicked some guy and took his gun and aimed it at him. I was standing on the railing of the boat ready to jump..."
"Mom! That's suicide!" Emma yelled.
"I know sweetheart, I almost died. The man who I was pointing the gun at thought I was insane. But I jumped and I swam as far as I could. I remember thinking that I, that I wasnt gonna make it. That the baby was gonna die. But I tried so, so hard to swim. The water was just too cold, and my body was too tired. I couldnt do it, and I blacked out. The next thing I knew was, I was in some clinic in South America, the doctors told me I lost my baby. The baby I didnt even tell Jason about. Then the nurse told me that my fiance was coming to get me. But Alcazar showed up and tried to take me away..."
Flashbacking yet again-
Lorenzo: Can you give her something to calm her down?
Doctor: Hold her down.
Courtney: Get away from me!
Lorenzo: I got her, I got her.
Courtney: No! No!
Doctor: Just a second.
[Courtney screams]
doctor: She'll be asleep in a moment.
Lorenzo: Gracias.
Lorenzo: You were foolish to believe you could make that swim and not endanger your child. How could you know? Courtney, all you had to do was stay put and let me trade you for carly and that child would still be alive. This miscarriage was a senseless tragedy of your own making, not mine.
Nurse: Esta prohibido entrar aqui.
[Alcazar holds a gun to a nurse's head and goes into the hall, finding Jason]
[Nurse screams]
lorenzo: Put the gun down.
[Nurse screams]
jason: All I want is courtney.
Lorenzo: Put the gun down!
Jason: Back away!
Lorenzo: Sal de aqui! [he shoots and runs off]
[Jason walks into Courtney's room]
Doctor: Oiga, quien es usted.
Jason: What'd you give her?
Doctor: Lorazepam.
Jason: Can she be moved?
[Jason picks her up]
Doctor: Yes. You're her fiance?
Jason: That's right.
Doctor: She lost it.
Jason: She what?
Doctor: She's lucky to be alive.
[Courtney wakes up on Sonny's jet]
Jason: It's ok, it's all right. It's ok, just take it easy.
Courtney: Jason.
Jason: You're safe. It's all right. I found you -- i found you in the clinic. We're on sonny's plane right now. We're going back to port charles.
Courtney: Oh, how did -- how did you find me?
Jason: It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You're safe. And we're on our way home. That's all i care about.
Courtney: I should have waited. I shouldn't have ever taken that chance.
Jason: Come on. [he holds her] It's ok. It's all right. Everything's going to be fine. We're together. Nothing's going to keep us apart. ---
"And we went home, I hit Liz with my car and Jason and I healed together, after some major fights. We got married in France, and yeah, that's it."
"I hate Ric Lansing, and Alex Lansing," Emma said, a look of pure hatred coming on to her face. She couldnt believe that after all that, she thought about giving that boy a chance.
"So, Emma what was Morgan telling us about this boy...?" Courtney asked her.
"I- I uh, well Alex is in a lot of my classes, and well, I think he kinda has this crush on me..." Emma said slowly.
"Oh man," Jason sighed. There was no way in hell any offspring of Ric's was getting near his daughter.
"Daddy..." Emma said.
"Emma isnt going to tell you the whole thing Uncle Jason," Morgan said, trying to protect her cousin. Morgan had seen the way Alex looked at her.
"What are you talking about Morgan?" Jason asked, looking from his child to his niece.
"Alex follows her around, he calls her all the time, he texts her and asks her over and he, he uhh..." Morgan wasnt sure she wanted to tell them about the kiss.
"He what Morgan?" Sonny asked her.
"Nothing, I'm just..." Emma interrupted her. Her family had to know the truth and it wasnt Morgan's job to tell them, it was her's...
"He kissed me yesterday," Emma said quickly, she knew her Dad was going to blow up.
"He WHAT??" Sonny yelled, causing Emma to look at him funny. She then looked at her father, who had his head in his hands.