I'm extremely unhappy with this chapter and how it came out, which explains why it's so short. It's my least favorite so far, but well. The next one will be better. :sighs: I hope you like it more than I do.

Tony Jones wasn't a very cautious man. He didn't bother to cover his tracks, switch cars, or anything like that.

Slowly and quietly, Jason followed the doctor to a log cabin, somewhere deep in the woods. Good thing he'd called for backup, Jason thought to himself as he signaled for his men to surround the house. He'd save Courtney and the baby, his plan had to work.

"Tony, finally," Sandoval said as he opened the door for the doctor.

"Sorry, I ran into an old friend leaving the hospital. She told me she saw Courtney earlier today, I told her that couldn't have been…"

"You idiot!" Sandoval yelled as he grabbed Tony by the collar of his jacket and dragged him inside the house. Jason could hear no more.

The cabin wasn't particularly large. It looked like it could fit a family of five comfortably. At first glance, Jason was reminded of when he used to play Lincoln Logs with Michael, how the little boy used to say how much he loved building them, how Michael used to smile at him…

Then, Jason thought of his own son. Was he even still alive? The thought snatched Jason's heart right out of his chest. He knew he had to act now.

He signaled to Max to tell the other guards that he was going in.

High heels clicking, her purse swinging at her side, Carly Corinthos marched straight up to Lorenzo Alcazar's door and knocked.

Opening it, Lorenzo was pleasantly surprised. Carly looked spectacular, as always. She seemed to captivate him somehow. She always had.

"Lorenzo, we need to discuss something," Carly said sweetly, rummaging in her purse for something.

"Are you in trouble?" Lorenzo asked, putting his hand on her shoulder and attempting to guide her into his apartment.

"Oh no, not me," Carly said as she pulled out her husband's gun and aimed it at the man who had once made her life hell, "But you will be if you don't tell me where my husband and my best friend are."

"Carly," Lorenzo said, trying to figure out what she was thinking, "I'm working with Morgan to try and find them." He didn't understand what was going on with her.

"Where's Jason now?" Carly asked, cocking the gun.

Lorenzo backed up in shock. She wouldn't shoot him, she couldn't…

"I, I don't know," Lorenzo stammered.

"That's not the correct answer Mr. Alcazar," Carly warned as she advanced into his apartment, locking the door behind her.

"Carly, you're upset. You're not thinking rationally…"

"You want to know what I'm thinking Lorenzo? Would you really like to know?" Carly yelled as she dropped her purse on the ground next to her and put her other hand on the gun, mainly to steady her shaking hands.

"Yes," Lorenzo replied simply as he watched tears fill the broken woman's eyes. He wanted so badly to comfort her, but feared that she'd shoot him in the chest.

"I'm thinking about my best friend. My pregnant best friend. She's due in two months, her pregnancy is high-risk. All she wants, all she wants in this entire world is to be a mother. It's all she's ever wanted. You took that chance away from her once, now she's, she's kidnapped again. Can you even imagine how scared she must be? Can you imagine? It, it hurts me to even think about it…" Carly wiped away the stray tear that had been streaking down her cheek.

"I'm sure she's scared Carly, but we're doing everything we can to…"

"Well everything you can isn't good enough is it?" she screamed. "Everything you can hasn't brought Courtney and the baby home! I'm sitting back and watching Jason fall apart, just watching him go deeper and deeper into himself. Courtney holds him together, she always has."

"Carly, put the gun down, let me help you…" Lorenzo said soothingly as he noticed the brunette beginning to shake.

"No. I'm going to find my best friend. With or without your help. And Sonny, they have Sonny…" Carly said as she took a hand off the cold steel of the gun and placed it on her forehead. "They have my husband, the father of my children… I need to find them. I have to save them."

"Come here," Lorenzo said as Carly turned her head away. She wasn't going to give into him and his charm, not this time.

"I'm not here for your pity, or your sympathy. I'm here because I want to find my husband and Courtney. You can help me do that," Carly said as Lorenzo shook his head.

"No, I can't. I don't have any idea where they are. Morgan hasn't called me since the car accident."

"Then you're useless to me," Carly said, picking up her purse and walking out the door.

Walking down the concrete steps, Carly became even more determined to find her family.

Sonny struggled to move. He knew that the beatings were hurting him internally. He just didn't know how severe his injuries were. Sonny wasn't sure if he was conscious or not, but he heard gunfire, lots of it. He prayed to God that Jason had come, that soon it would all be over…

"It's Morgan!" One of Sandoval's guards yelled as Jason appeared in the foyer of the house, his backup behind him.

"All I want is my wife and Sonny," Jason said as he aimed his gun at the man.

"Well Mr. Morgan," Sandoval said, as he appeared in a doorframe, holding a gun to his pregnant wife's head. Jason didn't think he was breathing. His heart had surely stopped…

"Let her go," Jason said as he advanced towards them.

"Your boss is in the other room, knocked out cold I suppose, he might even be dead. You can thank your wife for that," Sandoval said as he yanked back Courtney's hair, a gasp escaping from her lips.

"Don't hurt her," Jason pleaded. He was about ready to get down on his knees and beg the man to let go of her…

"If Courtney didn't have such a big mouth, we wouldn't have had as many problems as we did. If our doctor on call wasn't an idiot, you wouldn't be here. If Antonio, hadn't had a flashback to the past when he saw your wife in trouble, Courtney would still be in the safe house," Sandoval said as he pushed Courtney toward another guard.

Jason took his chance, and once Courtney was out of the line of fire, he put all of the bullets he had loaded in his gun, into Armando Sandoval.

The only other guard around, the one holding Courtney, fumbled with his weapon, and ended up dropping it to the ground.

"Courtney run!" Jason yelled as she yanked herself out of the grasp of the desperate guard, struggling to pick up his weapon.

More shots were fired, and then Jason heard what he'd been dreading…

Courtney screaming.

Forgetting everything else, Jason dashed outside where he knew she had run, and found her in the arms of…

Author's Note: short chapter, I know. But I promise the next one will be longer.