A/N: Alright, I'm putting this up right after the last one so I don't know anyone's response to what's happening yet, but anyway, here's the next one . Hmm..this is odd, I'm putting up a chapter and I don't have anything witty to say…kinda makes me sad. Oh well!

Ch. 6 Barriers

"Let go of me! Let me go Damn it!" her demands fell on deaf ears as the two orderlies dragged Courtney back to the room she'd just exited. If it were just one, she was sure she'd be able to take him. But she was struggling against not one, but two men and it was useless.

She saw that doctor again. Price-that was his name. He stepped aside out of the way while they brought her kicking and screaming into the room. Once inside they finally put her down, dropping her on the bed and quickly striding out of the room. Courtney got up and ran after them in time to have the door close in her face. The lock clicked and she stared out the small window into Price's wrinkled face.

"I'll be back in a few moments with your medication." his voice came, slightly muffled.

"I don't need medicine!" she shouted at the glass. "Let me out! I'm not crazy! There's nothing wrong with me!"

Her anger grew when he walked away as if he hadn't heard a word she said. Unable to control her emotion, she began to pound furiously on the door.

"I'm not crazy!" she repeated. "Let me out of here!"

She continued to violently band on the barrier, taking all of the rage she felt out on it until her energy was drained from her body. Leaning against the door, she sank to the floor and pulled her knees to her chest. This couldn't be happening. She didn't belong in this place. It didn't matter though, because she wouldn't be there much longer.

Courtney looked down at her bare left hand. Whatever was really going on, it would be alright. He would find her.

"Carly calm down." the man told her.

"No, Sonny! Something isn't right with this. Don't you see? She wouldn't just leave."

"Says who? If she wants a life away from here, away from the danger, then we should wish her luck and let her be."

"Without a goodbye? And what about clothes?"

"Clothes?" he repeated in a confused tone.

"She didn't take any of her clothes or anything."

"Fresh start. Leave everything behind and start over." he dismissed.

"Sonny Corinthos you're impossible. Not to mention cold. You don't care that you're sister "left" without so much as a good bye and you're best friend is in pain." she turned to leave.

"Carly-" he was cut off by the slam of the front door.

Finally by himself, he went over everything that had happened. Despite what his wife seemed to think, he did care. It had taken him a while to accept the Jason and Courtney were together but now that he had opened his eyes, he thought they could all make strides towards becoming one big family.

But she didn't want to be in their life anymore. Why was he surprised? How many people had he scared away because of his life? Now he'd done it to a sister he didn't even get the chance to know. At least it meant she could get away before she was hurt by it.

'What about Jason?' a voice in his head asked. As much as he'd refused to see it at first, the two were genuinely in love. They had just gotten engaged. So what had happened between them and now? Was Carly right? Was there more to it?

'Stop it Sonny.' he told himself. 'You just want it to be something else so you can fix it and you can all be a happy family.'

He did wish that he was as cold and unfeeling about it as he appeared. But he would get over it, or attempt to. Jason on the other hand, he knew was a different story.

Jason sat on the bench and waited. He was supposed to meet Robin and go over the latest on this that's been stalking her. Stalker. The word brought up memories he didn't want to think about.

While he was waiting, he spotted a couple walk by laughing hand in hand. They seemed happy. He wondered what it would be like. To be able to have a normal life. No guns or middle of the night phone calls. No more Jason the enforcer or Jason the martyr, putting everyone's happiness before his own.

He closed his eyes and erased the image from his mind's eye. There was no point in thinking like that. It wasn't going to happen so he should just get over it.

"Where's your girlfriend?" an annoying voice asked. He didn't look up, he knew who it was..

"Can I help you with something Elizabeth?"

"If she's not going to show up for her shift, she could at least call. I have my own life and I don't need to waste it working for her."

Jason didn't answer her, he didn't want to. He hadn't thought about how many people would be affected. How many people would wonder where she was. How many times he'd have to say she left him.

"Earth to Jason." he blinked back into focus at the brunette in front of him. "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." She looked at him, trying to read his face. For an split second she thought she saw a flicker of pain cross his face before it returned to the usual empty stare.

"Oh my god." she put her hand to her mouth to cover the smile that crept across. " She left didn't she?"

Elizabeth took his silence as an answer and did her best to hide the happiness in her voice.

"I'm so sorry. I know you cared, she broke your heart. Are you ok?"

"I'm fine." it came out bitter and harsh but she didn't care. She continued to push.

"She didn't deserve you, you know. I said it from the start that she wasn't for you. Do you want to talk about it?"

"No I don't want to talk about it. I have business to take care of." he answered trying to get her to leave him alone.

"Should you be working? Maybe you should talk to Sonny, take some time off to…." her voice trailed off and she stared at the figure coming their way. "Did you know she was back?" she whispered.

He turned his head and turned back around sighing slightly.

"What took you so long?" he asked not looking back at her.

"Sorry, I just got caught up in something." Robin answered. Elizabeth looked from him to her, then back to Jason.

"Business? Sure. When you want to talk, come find me." she left the two alone.

"Did you find anything?" she quizzed.

"The trace showed that the call came from a payphone. So we can't know who made it." he answered.

"I guess I could stop answering the phone. That should be an interesting challenge." she joked. Obviously he was not in a joke mood, because he continued as if she hadn't said a thing.

"I'm going to put a guard on you and your place. Where are you staying?"

"Port Charles Hotel."

"Alright, I'll assign you a bodyguard and go over everything with Sonny. I'll give you a call."

"Great."

She got up and left. It was going slowly but surely. She was well on her way to getting everything she wanted.