A/N: I got my 15 reviews, although not completely. I got 14 reviews and a note from one person on the bottom of their story because they had computer issues and couldn't leave a review (perfectly understandable). But it was like pulling teeth to get the 15 reviews and I noticed that a lot of people just stopped reviewing altogether. What is this guys?So, myangry eyes are still on. That also kinda worrys me. Do people not really like the story? I need a little reassurance here people. And this time, I am definitely not updating until I get my 15 reviews, hopefully with a little oomph. I don't care if I wait 3 months for oomph! ERRR! And now on to thanking the 15 nice people who actually care or were that desperate to shut me up that they left a review.
SuzieQ8487- I'm glad that you've been forgetting that Meg really isin't their daughter. That's exactly what I want my readers to think!
journeyfan01- I'm glad you're liking it! Keep reading!
kaleymc- I hope this was a quick enough update for you this time! It was less then a week, does that count? Lol.
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Elvira- I am so sorry that I dissapointed you. I hope I never do that again! I'm glad you liked this chapter better though, and I'm glad you kept reading anyway!
middiegurl08- I've been watching all the old Journey clips online lately and it does make me kinda wanna rub it in Sonny's face. He can be quite the nutjob!
SVUAngel- Dun dun dun! I love me some cliffhangers! Hope you were able to handle the suspense.
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Chapter 7- As Lucky Would Have It
Jason raced up the stairs quicker than imaginable.
"Carly!" he called, fear racing through him as Sonny ran past him, looking for his wife.
"Oh my god. Jason, come quick" yelled Sonny from the spare bedroom.
Jason ran in to see Carly out cold on the floor, a trickle of blood running down her forehead. Sonny was standing over her, cradling her body in his arms as he tried to revive her. As much as Jason loved Carly, she wasn't his main concern. He stepped over her and Sonny and his heart broke. The occupant of the room was gone. The cradle holding Meg was empty.
"Sonny, Meg's gone" said Jason, trying once again to hold back his tears. "The meeting was a fake tonight. It was meant to get us out of the house so that they could take Meg"
"Meg?" questioned Carly as she began to come to.
"Thank god. Carly, are you ok?" asked Sonny.
"I think so" she said softly as she put one hand to her head.
"Did you see who took her?" asked Sonny as Jason kneeled down beside her.
"I couldn't see his face. I'm so sorry Jason. I tried to fight the guy off, but he must have knocked me out" said Carly as the tears ran down her face.
"Hey, it's ok. I don't blame you" said Jason in an attempt to comfort her.
"Come on, I want to take you to the hospital" said Sonny.
"What about Mikey and Morgan?" asked Carly.
Before anything else was said, Jason darted from the room. He returned moments later with a sleepy Morgan in his arms.
"Where's Michael?" asked Carly as she became hysterical.
"He's fine. He's still asleep though. Morgan, however, was awake, so I figured you would want to see him" said Jason as he handed her the baby.
She and Sonny cuddled the baby to themselves and Jason watched Sonny jealously. His wife and child were kidnapped by some psychopath somewhere.
"I'm going to take Carly to GH now" started Sonny.
"I'll stay with the boys" said Jason, finishing Sonny's sentence for him.
"Thanks man" said Sonny as he helped Carly stand up. "We'll find them both" said Sonny softly in Jason's ear and Jason could only muster up a weak half of a smile.
"I hope so" he said as Carly handed him Morgan.
"We will" she said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Feel better" said Jason.
"Thanks" she said, her hand absentmindedly flying up to the gash on her head.
Jason walked down to the living room and sat with Morgan on the couch. He looked at the little baby and smiled in spite of himself. Morgan and Michael always brought smiles to his face. He just wished he had Meg there to complete the perfect picture. And having Courtney with him wouldn't hurt either. Jason had only been sitting with Morgan for a few minutes, desperately trying to get the baby back to sleep, when Michael came running down the stairs.
"Uncle Jason! Where's dad? Where's mom?" he asked in a panic.
"Hey, come here, its ok. Calm down" he said, motioning over to the couch where the little boy joined him, a look of terror on his face at waking up with his parents gone in the middle of the night. "Mom and Dad needed to go out for a little bit"
"Are they ok?" he asked.
"They're ok" he soothed.
"So you're going to stay with me?" asked Michael.
"Yes, until Mom and Dad come home. Ok?" he asked.
"Ok" said Michael.
"How bout we all go back up to bed?" asked Jason to the two little boys.
Morgan gave him a little smile and then shook his head no before he started saying the word.
"With a mother like Carly, I should have figured one of your first words would be 'no'" mumbled Jason.
"I think Morgan speaks for us both" said Michael with a cocky grin similar to Sonny's.
"Alright" said Jason, not having the heart to fight with them. "Let's just watch TV" he said as he flipped it on.
"Hey Uncle Jason?" asked Michael.
"Yeah Buddy?"
"Where's Meg?" he asked, a confused look on his face.
'I wish I knew' Jason thought. "She's somewhere safe" said Jason, praying that he wasn't making himself a liar.
Courtney awoke from her not so peaceful sleep to the sound of the door opening. She immediately jumped up and was surprised to find some of the usual guards bringing in some baby things. Courtney's heart caught in her chest. She knew what that meant. They had gotten Meg. Sure enough, her captor soon walked in to the room, Meg screaming her head off in his arms.
"Hello Mrs. Morgan. I have a rather loud surprise for you" said the man with a smirk.
"Give me my baby" she snapped, snatching Meg from his arms.
Meg calmed down almost immediately as Courtney held her close to herself.
"You're a sick freak, you know that?" she asked.
"Courtney, Courtney, Courtney. Don't bite the hand that feeds" taunted the man.
"How'd you get her?" asked Courtney. "Hmm? Who'd you have to hurt?"
"Just your little sister-in-law"
"What the hell did you do to Carly?" asked Courtney in fear.
"It's just a little bump on the head, I wouldn't worry" sneered the man. "I don't know why you're so bitter" he said with a sarcastic smile. "I think I've been treating you rather well" said the man.
"Treating me well would be releasing me and my baby" she bit back.
"Not until your precious husband gives me what I want" said her captor. "It's late. You should get some sleep. Sweet dreams" he scorned as he left her and Meg alone again, a single tear slipping down Courtney's face.
Courtney adjusted Meg in her arms, looking down at her baby.
"It's ok Meg" she soothed. "Come on, let's go to sleep" she said, bending over the crib that had been brought into the room and putting Meg inside.
She pushed the crib closer to the bed and made sure that she could see Meg at all times and that Meg could see her. Courtney lied down in the bed and let her thoughts immediately wander over to Jason, as usual. She was sure that he was wreck by now. His wife and daughter missing would certainly be taking its toll on him. She wished that there was some way that she could let him know that she was ok. She wished that there was someway that he could just find her and Meg.
Sonny and Carly came back from the hospital at around 3 in the morning. Carly didn't need stitches or anything, and the bleeding was stopped rather easily. She would just have a little cut on her head for a few days. As they walked into the penthouse, they couldn't help but smile at the sight in front of them. Jason was curled up on the couch with Michael and Morgan, the three fast asleep as the TV blared on. Their smiles faded though when Jason suddenly woke up with a gasp. They knew what he was dreaming of. He was dreaming of having a missing wife and child.
"Hey, its ok man" said Sonny as he went over to Jason on the couch.
Jason rubbed his face with his hands and took a deep breath, followed by a sigh.
"How do you feel Carly?" he asked.
"I'm fine" she answered in a whisper as to not wake the children.
"That's good" said Jason, looking at the two kids asleep on top of him.
"We better put these two in their beds" said Sonny, leaning over and taking a still sleeping Morgan in his arms.
Jason stood up and picked up Michael. The two carried the boys up the stairs and put them in their respective beds before heading back downstairs where Carly was waiting for them on the couch.
"You ok?" she asked Jason, getting up to give him a hug.
"I don't know" he answered truthfully. "I just want to find them both and make whoever took them pay"
"We will" said Sonny. "For now, go get some sleep. You're going to need it"
"I'll try" said Jason as he left the Corinthos penthouse and headed to his own.
But as hard as Jason tried, sleep didn't come until the early hours of the morning. Jason was barely asleep for two hours when he was startled awake by a crass knocking on the front door. Stumbling out of bed, Jason stole a glance at the clock to see that it was hardly 7 o'clock. Pulling on a pair of jeans over the boxers he had slept in, he walked down to the door and opened it without looking at who was on the other side.
"Lucky?" he asked in confusion.
"Jason" he said with a little nod at the man in front of him. "Is Courtney here?" he asked.
"She's out" said Jason.
"Out?" questioned Lucky. "At 7 in the morning?"
"Yup" said Jason, unable to say more. He couldn't lie, and as long as he didn't give away the whole truth, he was ok.
"Jason, what's going on? Where's Courtney?" asked Lucky. But Jason didn't answer him. "Alright, fine. Where's Meg? I need to check up on her, make sure she's ok. I've had pressure from Mac about finding the baby's mother soon. He's not happy that this little girl is staying with a mobster"
"Meg's out too" said Jason.
"She's with Courtney?" questioned a confused Lucky who once again, received only a glare. "Did you and Courtney get into a fight? Did she leave you and take the baby?"
"Nope, no fight. Bye Lucky" said Jason as he closed the door on Lucky's face.
Lucky was about to leave when he saw Sonny Corinthos come out of his penthouse. The man strode purposefully to Jason's door and knocked. Lucky hid around the corner, carefully listening in.
Jason rubbed his face with his hands as he heard the knock on the door again. He didn't think he could handle dealing with Lucky right now. If Lucky found out Courtney and Meg were missing, it would be big trouble. The police would get involved and screw everything up. Plus, Meg would be taken from them without a doubt. Jason just needed to handle things on his own.
"Jase, open up" called Sonny from the other side of the door.
Realizing that it was his best friend and not the cop, Jason got up and answered the door, glad to see Sonny.
"I got a call from the kidnappers" said Sonny once Jason answered.
"Did they say anything about Meg's disappearance, or just Courtney's?" questioned Jason.
"Meg and Courtney were kidnapped?" asked Lucky in disbelief as he rounded the corner, coming face to face with the two mobsters.
"What the hell are you doing here Lucky?" asked Sonny.
"I came to check on Meg. Because if anything happens to that little girl, my ass is on the line. And now I find out that she's been kidnapped!" yelled Lucky.
"Lucky, you need to keep your mouth shut and stay out of this" warned Sonny.
"I'm an officer of the law. It's my duty to alert the precinct and get officers looking for Meg and Courtney. I knew it. I knew it was a bad idea to let Meg come live with you. I mean, Courtney's fine, but you're a mobster. Anyone who touches you gets kidnapped, or hurt, or even killed. It's your fault that both Courtney and Meg's lives are on the line" sneered Lucky.
Jason snapped. He grabbed Lucky and threw him against the wall, holding him there by the neck.
"Jason, stop, come on, let him down!" yelled Sonny as he tried to get in the middle of the two men. "Jason, come on. Easy does it. There you go" said Sonny as he tried to pry Jason off of Lucky.
Jason released Lucky and he started gasping for air, massaging his sore neck. Jason glared at him, as if warning him that he would snap again at any moment.
"Jason, go inside. Go inside and wait. I'll be in there in a few minutes" said Sonny as Jason walked back into the penthouse, still angrily glaring at Lucky.
"I should really press charges you know" said Lucky once Jason was inside.
"Look, you're Luke's son, and I respect that. I respect you for that. But there is no way in hell that you can come into my home and into Jason's home and threaten him like that. There is no way that you can belittle him, and say what you said. Now, here's the thing Lucky. You will be quiet about Meg and Courtney's little 'disappearance'. Got it?"
"Are you threatening me Sonny? I'm a cop, remember?" spat Lucky.
"Lucky, go home to Liz. For all you know, Courtney and Meg are home safe with Jason. No one else will find out about this, and no one will know that you were here. Do we have an understanding?" asked Sonny.
"But-"
"Remember. Only because you're Luke's son. Do we have an understanding?" asked Sonny one more time.
"Fine" said Lucky, massaging his neck a little more as he stalked off, his eyes narrow and staring at the door to Jason's penthouse.
Sonny sighed and walked into the Morgan penthouse, knowing that he needed to keep his anger under control. He wanted to yell at Jason for being stupid and attacking a cop, but he understood why he would do it. Plus, if he was Jason, he definitely would have done the same thing. His wife and child were missing, and Sonny was going to do everything in his power to help his best friend and bring his family home.
"Jase?" questioned Sonny as he walked into the empty penthouse.
"Coming" he said as he tore down the steps, a shirt covering his once bare chest.
"What happened?" asked Sonny, referring to the incident with Lucky.
"He came here, demanding to see Meg and Courtney. I couldn't lie to him, but I told him that they weren't here. And then, you saw the rest. He hid until he heard us talking. Sonny, we can't let the cops get involved. They'll screw it all up, and then they'll take Meg away from us" said Jason. "I need to focus on getting my wife and daughter back for good".
"And we will. Don't worry about Lucky. I took care of it. He won't go blabbing to anyone about the kidnapping."
"Good" said Jason. "Now you said the kidnapper called you?"
"Yeah. We were right about last night being a distraction for him to take Meg. He wants to set up another meeting to negotiate their release tonight at midnight again"
"Does he think we're stupid?" asked Jason.
"No, he thinks we're desperate. Which is true" said Sonny.
"We can't go" said Jason.
"What do you mean?"
"What if it's just another trap? What if he goes for Carly or the boys this time?"
"We'll have extra protection put on them. We have to go to this meeting. Unfortunately, he's the one with the bargaining chips. We stand to lose a lot more than he does, and he knows that. So, we need to go to this meeting and do everything we can to get Courtney and Meg back" said Sonny.
"Alright, tonight at midnight" said Jason with a sigh.
"It'll be ok" said Sonny.
Jason just sighed again and shrugged his shoulders, knowing that it in fact wouldn't be ok.
A/N: I personally love the next chapter, and I find the one I just posted a little boring. So, to get to that one, remember to review. (Refer to above note)
Also, I don't know if everyone does this, but read what I write to everyone. The individual comments are important, even if they're not to you. Sometimes I give away valuable information in them, or I suggest a good Journey story to read that you may not have found yet, like I did in this chapter.