A/N: I got an overwhelming number of reviews, making me a very happy camper. The next chapter is going to be the most intense chapter I think I have ever written. I was actually unsure of what was going to happen as I was writing it, even though I really knew everything. That's how intense it was; for me at least. But this chapter is the chapter where everything gets clarified. Anyway, lets get to the thanks and read the bottom authors note for your special treat. I only got 19 reviews, although one unnamed person tried to trick me by sending three of the same review (cough cough britchic cough cough). However, I decided to give you guys a portion of the little treat that I was planning anyway.
Seth Cohen's girlfriend- Sorry that I confused you. But I'm glad that you cried, as mean as that sounds. It's just a writer's self-esteem boost.
jordananne- I thank you for reviewing random chapters to show support. Youra true fan! I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter.
dee- Thanks for the review. Don't worry, I'm giving you the treat, regardless of the number!
journeyfan0- Thank you so much. Another crier! Yes! Sorry again, that sounded insensitive!
tydavislover- more tears! Have fun on vacation, The whole story may be posted by the time you get back.
preppypunk1991- You may be right. Keep reading to find out. And, for everyone's information, we had more tears from this reader! Score one for me!
CrazyJay- I thought Jason would make Courtney promise him something like that on the show. It's very Jason like. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, keep reading and reviewing!
journeyghlover- Thanks for the review! I'm so happy that you like the story.
luvthemorgans- There's something special about you Bre. You leave me a review like that and then end it with 'bright smiles'. That was a slow clap moment. I'm glad you're so into the story, and don't worry, I'll 'hold that horse'. Oh Bre, you make me laugh!
britchic- It was a little heartbreaking. But I thought it was noble and Jason-like all at the same time. And just out of curiosity, how many reviews did you send you big cheater? lol, just kidding.
SuzieQ8487- Yes! Another crier! I'm so glad that you think it was such a great chapter. To render you speechless (with the exception of the word 'wow') is quite a task and I'm glad I was able to do it!
Eaglesgirl- Everyone seems to get bits and pieces of what happened. But you're the only one who remembered that tiny fact. If you compared notes with nearly any of my other readers, you definitely would have been able to find out what happened. Congratulations on being the only one who remembered what you did!
sexyt- That is such an amazing compliment. A writer's goal is to be able to make the readers imagine what they are reading and for you to be able to see that chapter played out on tv is incredible for me. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Cait- I'm so glad that you reviewed again. That's a yay! Keep reviewing, 'Puhlease!' lol.
middiegurl08- Another one who's confused! Keep reading to get the answers to your questions and I'm so glad that you enjoyed the last chapter.
flipperjlw- Another new reader! That's a major yay! I'm glad you like the whole story. Keep reading and reviewing!
SVUAngel- I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the chapter. Its good that you thought I captured the Journey connection.
Journeylover062- We just have to have faith in Courtney and Carly. Keep reading to find out if they can do it!
emmalee05- That was the longest review I have ever recieved. Kudos to you! There were so many incredible compliments in there that I don't even know where to begin so I just want to give you an all around thanks.
And now, without further ado...
Chapter 19- Saving Private Morgan
"CARLY" shouted Courtney, running full speed into the penthouse. She couldn't imagine why Carly wasn't picking up the phone when she called her.
Courtney stopped short when she looked at the somber sight in front of her.
"What is it?" she asked, looking from face to face from Monica to Emily to Carly to Sonny.
"A date's been set for Jason's execution. His appeal's been denied" said Monica, her face pale.
"What are you talking about?" asked Courtney, her own face becoming pale as well.
"Durant has contacts. He pushed for it. He wants to make Jason an example. To show that he's a no nonsense DA" whispered Carly.
"When's the date?" asked Courtney slowly, afraid to hear the answer.
"Tomorrow at sunrise" said Sonny, prompting another onset of tears from the three women standing in front of him. Courtney just stood there in shock. "This whole thing has been a wake up call. I was too stubborn to believe my best friend, and now it's too late" he said. "I can't believe I thought for a second that Jason could do this. I can't believe I doubted my best friend"
"This can't be happening. This can't be possible" said Courtney, tears running down her face again. "Sonny, this isn't the greatest time to tell you, but I'm pregnant" she said.
Sonny gaped at her in shock.
"Does Jason…"
"Yes, that's what I went to tell him today. Sonny, we can't let him be executed. And I know how. But I need your help. All of your help" she said.
"What can we do?" asked Carly.
"Everything" said Courtney, snapping into action and control. "Carly, think long and hard. What did Jax order at Kelly's the other day?" asked Courtney.
"I don't know? Why is that important?" she asked.
"It just is. Tell me, what did he order?"
"Some fries, some drinks, three burgers"
"Three?"
"Maybe he was hungry. Why is this important?"
"What kind?"
"What?"
"What kind of burgers?" asked Courtney, desperate to hear if her memory served her correct.
"Regular. Wait, just a second. He ordered one veggie burger, which I did think was a little bit strange at the time" said Carly.
"Oh my god" said Courtney. "It's true" she said.
"What's true?" asked Sonny.
"Carmen Pareña's not dead. She's with Jax and Sam" said Courtney, a triumphant smile coming on to her face.
"How is that possible?" asked Monica.
"She must have faked her death. We saw Jax and Sam together, and they both have motive to hurt me and Jason. Jax ordered three of everything, not two. And remember what Durant said in his closing statements? Carmen is a vegetarian. Jax and Sam both aren't, and he got a veggie burger" said Courtney.
"Don't you think that's jumping to conclusions a bit?" asked Sonny.
"Sam has been hanging around Jason a lot, and both she and Jax have warned us that we made a bad decision by getting back together. Besides, Jason didn't kill Carmen, and I didn't kill Carmen, and you didn't kill her, and there is no way in hell her own family would kill her. The death was a fake"
"Alright, that explains the murder, but what about the rape?"
"The hair and skin cells were easy enough to get, but what if Jason's semen was never in her? What if someone falsified the evidence and it was all just a setup?"
"How could they have done that?" questioned Monica
"Maybe they impersonated a nurse or hospital staff, got into the lab, and changed the information on the computers. The lab technicians don't know what it is that they're dealing with when they analyze the data, so they didn't know that the evidence was for this case. So when it came up negative in the lab, but positive on the computer, they wouldn't have noticed. No one would. Rachel did it when she was framing me for AJ's murder" said Courtney.
"But who could have been sneaky enough to get into the hospital?" asked Emily. "They'd have to know exactly where they were going, but no once could recognize them. Who could pull that off?"
"That tramp Samantha McCall" said Carly.
"Come on Carly…" warned Sonny.
"I'm serious. She's sneaky, manipulative, and she knows her way around GH"
"Monica, were any hospital ID's reported missing around that time?" asked Courtney.
"IDs are constantly reported missing. Doctors can be scatterbrained sometimes. But come to think of it, Brook Lynn's was missing that day, and then miraculously turned up. And Brook Lynn looks a lot like…"
"Samantha McCall" they all finished with triumphant looks at each other.
"Alright, we're going to need a plan to find this out for sure" said Sonny.
"And none of these you get your men on everything plans Sonny. We will all be involved in this one" warned Carly.
"Alright, alright. Emily and Monica, why don't you two go down to the hospital. I'm sure you two can check to see whose ID was used that night to get into the lab computer room. Carly, you and I are going to pay a little visit to Jax's apartment? Everyone got it? Alright, let's go" said Sonny, walking out and grabbing his coat but everyone just stared at him. "What?" he asked
"And me?" asked Courtney. "What am I doing?"
"You are taking good care of Jason's child and then you are waiting by the phone to collaborate all of the evidence"
"Collaborate?" she asked.
"Yes, collaborate. Now let's go" said Sonny trying to get moving again but everyone just stared. "What now?"
"Sonny, this is my husband. And I think I should go to Jax's apartment with Carly, and you should stay here and 'collaborate'" said Courtney with dramatic air quotes.
"Courtney, it's bad enough that I have to bring Carly"
"Whoa!" said Carly, taking a step back. "Bad enough?" she repeated slowly.
"I didn't mean it like that baby. I just meant that in the beating up process where I beat on Jax to get information, you two aren't going to be as useful, and you'll just be bored" said Sonny in an attempt to cover for his mistake.
"I'm coming with you. There is no way that I am going to let them team you three to two. Besides, you won't hit girls, and Carly and I have no standards and will" said Courtney, grabbing her own coat and walking out as the other girls followed.
"We won't be three to two, I'm bringing some guards. And they don't have class either" said Sonny.
"Is that really getting you out of trouble Corinthos?" asked Carly as they all walked to the elevator.
"No, not really. Fine, but Courtney, protect this baby. Get out if you need to"
"Sonny, I will in no way put mine and Jason's baby in harms way. So don't worry your tiny-little overly-rounded head" she said with a sarcastic pat on top of his head.
"My head is not tiny or overly-rounded" he countered.
"Of course it isn't" said Carly with a laugh as they all walked into the elevator.
The last thing heard before the elevator doors closed was Carly begging them all to pick out a name for their operations. Something like "Saving Private Morgan".
"Carly, you're babbling" said Sonny as the elevator traveled down and Operation Saving Private Morgan began.
Emily and Monica made it to the computer system and were in the midst of looking up just who entered that lab room that night when they received an unwanted interruption.
"What's this?" asked Allen. "What's going on here? I don't think that the information you're looking for has anything to do with your patients"
"Allen, stuff it" said Monica as she got back to typing away at the computer.
"Excuse me Monica, but I am still the chief of staff here"
"And I am still the person holding the deed to the house you so comfortably call home" said Monica.
"Is this still about Jason?" he asked. "I don't know why you insist on defending that mobster. He isn't your son. Your son wouldn't rape some poor girl and then murder her for kicks"
"Jason didn't do that!" shouted Emily, losing her patience at her father. "Why is it that after his death you forgot all of the horrible things AJ did? The horrible things you did to him? You just pardon everything that he did, but now you decide that Jason isn't worthy?" she asked.
"Emily, this is between your mother and I" said Allen.
"No Allen, she's right. AJ, your new golden child, was just who drove Jason to be where he is today, literally. He got behind the wheel of that car, and Jason was just trying to help his brother. And that is why he is working for Sonny. You pitted those two against each other in all of the worst ways when they were younger. You favored Jason so much that it was disgusting. Jason was the strong one, the handsome one, the one who you thought was going to go places. AJ may have been like that too if you just didn't destroy him! So now, he is gone. Fine, we all need to cope with that. But Jason isn't gone. And I for one will not stand here and let anyone take away my son. Especially for crimes that he did not commit" said Monica, staring at Allen so defiantly, that even Emily had to take a step back.
Allen saw Monica in a whole new light that second. She seemed so determined and strong. It was his old Monica back. He wasn't ready to forgive Jason for AJ's death, but he was ready to back off of Monica.
"Make sure to log off when you're done" mumbled Allen before walking away.
"Finally" said Monica.
"Mom, look a match. There it is. That night, 3:07 in the morning, the same room. Brook Lynn Ashton's ID was used. Courtney was right. We have a match" said Emily.
"Follow my lead" said Sonny. "Don't do anything stupid. Just make sure Sam and Carmen don't get away, but don't do anything else. Max and I will take Jax and help with the girls. Got it?" asked Sonny.
"Got it" said Courtney.
"Carly?" asked Sonny.
"Got it" she sighed.
"Good, now let's go" said Sonny, moving aside so Max could kick in the door.
"What the hell?" asked Jax as the door to his apartment was kicked in. "Corinthos, what do you want?" he asked, rolling off of Sam and putting a towel around himself. Sam wrapped herself in a sheet. "Courtney? What are you doing here? This isn't like it seems" said Jax.
"Jax, I don't give a crap if you sleep around with the town whore. But I do give a crap when you try to ruin my life" she said.
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"Where is she?" asked Sonny.
"Who? Sam, she's right here?" said Jax, motioning to her.
"Don't play dumb Jax, where the hell is Carmen?" he asked.
"Carmen who?" asked Jax again, trying to act innocent. "I don't know a Carmen"
"Check the other rooms Max. Now Jax, I am only going to ask you once more nicely. Where's Carmen Pareña?" said Sonny.
"Looking for me?" asked the dark haired girl, coming out of the bedroom with a gun pointed at the four intruders. "Surprise" she said.
"So it's true, you faked your death. And you faked your rape, didn't you Carmen?" said Courtney
"So what if I did, there's nothing you can do about it" said Carmen with a toss of her hair.
"Why?" asked Carly. "Why did you do that to Jason?"
"It was retaliation for my family"
"How'd you do it?" asked Courtney.
"It was simple really. I cried rape, Sam here switched the data in the computer at the hospital and then the rest was easy riding. Jax helped in the cover-ups and the bankrolling that we didn't want traced back to my family"
"What about the murder?" asked Sonny.
"That was just lucky. When Morgan escaped, we saw an opportunity and took it. I faked my death, and more of Jax's money and Sam's stealth made it possible to make it seem real, and frame Jason for it. It was all too easy really. But now, he's going to be gone. In what is it now? Just a few hours" she said with a smile.
"My husband won't be dead. Because you just admitted to faking the whole thing" said Courtney pulling out a video camera that she had been hiding in her purse.
"Oh, don't think it's that simple blondie" said Sam, and with a sickening crack, four guards came up behind them and hit them all on the heads, knocking them unconscious.
"Take the video camera" said Jax. "And make sure you didn't hurt Courtney" he said, kneeling down by her side.
"Jaxie, you don't need her. You need me" said Sam, coming up from behind him and putting her hand on his chest, slipping her fingers inbetween the buttons of his shirt.
"Shut up Sam. Come on, help me tie them up" he said to the guards.
Jax looked at the clock as he tied them up. Midnight. 6 hours and then Jason Morgan would be gone.
A/N: Alright, remember: the next chapter is going to be intense. I don't have a number set for reviews but just to remind you all, Harry Potter has arrived and I will be attatched to that. However, the more reviews I get, the more likely I am to tear myself away from Mr. Potter and post the final chapter of this story before the epilogue.
And now, your special treat- spoilers for both this chapter and Sometimes Wishes Come True.
Trust
"Come on Jax, this is your time. You can be the hero. You can be my knight in shining armor" she begged.
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Jason had one hour left to live. Outside, TV cameras crammed around as the warden of the prison in charge of executions came out and explained just how Jason would be killed. He explained the lethal injection that he would get. He told the reporters Jason's last meal, and he commented that no one in Jason's family came. This was it. It was down to the wire.
Sometimes Wishes Come True
"Daddy, am I going crazy or is a baby crying?" she asked him rather seriously.
"No, there's a baby crying. But that's common Pumpkin" said Mike softly as he realized just how heartbroken his daughter was.
"Dad, I'm serious. Look around. I don't see a baby" said Courtney.