Ok y'all I'm sorry it's taken so long (school, work, etc..) to continue this. Just please remember that if I screw up some past history stuff that I'm winging it on the whole Connor thing. I came in long after his demise. Oh yeah and I know this post is really slack in a lot of ways. (lol) Thanks to all of you as always for reading and reviewing.

Chapter 27

Emily tried to apologize silently to her friend as they exchanged glances seeing the fear in her in Liz's tear stained swollen eyes. She fought back her own tears as she kicked the driver seat in frustration.

Connor laughed and narrowed his eyes as they focused on her through the rearview mirror. "Do I need to pull this car over young lady?"

Emily answered him with another kick.

"I suggest you save your energy if I were you and I would hate for you to hurt your pretty little feet. You're going to need both of them to get to our final destination."

She slammed her head back against the seat feeling useless. Emily closed her eyes not wanting to give him access anymore of her than he already had trying to calm her breathing as she refocused her thoughts. 'Don't be stupid Em, you have to be strong for yourself, for Liz, oh god the people you love, Sonny.'

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The three men were getting off the elevator on the basement floor of the hospital when Sonny stopped and whispered Emily's name as if he could hear her calling for him.

Jason turned to his friend. "Sonny?"

Lucky looked at both men wondering what was happening.

Sonny closed his eyes suddenly feeling the need to will her his strength, and a silent reassurance that everything would be all right.

Jason told Lucky to go ahead and turned back again to call out to Sonny finally getting his attention.

"Hey come on man. What's wrong with you?"

Sonny shook his head. "I don't know. It was as I felt Emily needing me."

Jason reached out to grab the other man's shoulder. "We will find her Sonny. I promise. We're not going to lose my sister to some psycho."

Just then Lucky called for them from the open doorway of a room down the hall. "You need to see this."

Hospital security already had the tape in question waiting after Lucky had called earlier. Both men ran in to see Elizabeth being forced into a dark sedan. They could see someone else struggling from within.

Jason pointed to the screen. "That's Em. Who's the guy? Do you have a shot of his face?"

Lucky nodded to the security guard who typed in the commands nervously waiting, trying to be calm for his wife's sake praying it wasn't who he thought but fearing the worse as the face came into focus.

"Nikolas!" Sonny said as he slammed his fist down causing the monitor to shake.

Lucky shook his head. "That's not my brother."

Sonny grabbed Lucky by the collar. "The hell it isn't."

Lucky shoved the mobster away from him. "Look that's my wife he's got but it's not my brother that took her or Emily for that matter. It's Connor. Remember what Michael told us. Emily would never be afraid of Nikolas that way. Connor Bishop is alive and he taken them both."

Jason got in between the two men looking at the younger man. "If you're right then where are they?"

Lucky looked back at Jason. "Michael said that they were going back to where it all began. Don't you see? He's taking them to his home, his and Mary's place."

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Nikolas was laughing at something his girlfriend Courtney was saying as he reached the front door of his home.

"I know." Laughing again. "I'll listen to you next time. Hey I'll call you back. Yes I'll as soon as I can. Let me go or I'll never get back on time. Ok. Love you too."

He closed his cell phone and went to unlock the door not noticing it was already slightly ajar until he placed the key in the lock and it pushed open. The young prince walked in a little baffled. "I know locked it when I left." He jumped as an unwelcome explanation answered him from behind.

"I'm afraid that's my fault dear. I was so tired from my trip home I wanted to rest so I had my personal locksmith let me in." Helena motioned to one of her guards. "What else was a poor deprived grandmother to do?"

Nikolas looked at his grandmother with calm anger. She was a ruthless, spiteful woman who had always interfered in his life and the lives of those he loved.

"How did you get out?"

She cut him off. "Oh you mean how did I escape my exile to Switzerland?" Helena smiled all knowingly enjoying watching her grandson squirm. "I didn't have to. Don't you remember? You released me. It was only right that I should come back home to personally repay your generosity."

Nikolas was suddenly surrounded by two more of Helena's guards. "You can't get away with this. I would never have let you go. What's really going on grandmother?"

She motioned for the guards to lead him into the other room forcing him to sit down on the couch. Nikolas noticed the laptop sitting on the coffee table before him it looked like a camera feed from somewhere familiar to him. 'But where?' He looked back at the older woman.

"What's all this?"

She smiled. "Watch and see but in the meantime let me tell you a little story. It started just over a year ago……"

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Connor had finally stopped the car and forced both women out. He kept their hands bound and their mouths gagged as he made them walk ahead of him. It was so dark with only the light of the moon to guide them. Elizabeth stumbled only irritating Connor more. He yanked her up. Causing Emily to flinch at the sight of him treating her friend so roughly.

"Get up. We're almost there."

Soon they were at a place that Emily remembered well. The girls looked at each other and Connor noticed their instant recognition as he forced them inside.

"Welcome to my home ladies."