Chapter 7

Sam had finally fallen asleep and slept for a good few hours after her initial nightmares. So, Sonny and Reese had left. Sam was now alone with only George, the guard. She woke up after those few hours passed. Looking down, she saw that she was still in her clothes and even her shoes, but she didn't care. She didn't have the energy to change. Walking down the kitchen, she reached for a glass in the cabinet, intent on getting some water.

"You shouldn't reach for things like that. It's not good for the baby" said a voice behind her.

Sam screamed and dropped the glass, listening as it shattered on the floor. Spinning around, Sam came face to face with…George.

"Oh George, thank god it's only you. You scared the shit out of me" she said with a laugh.

"That was the point" he said as he reached into his pocket.

Before Sam could react, something went over her mouth and nose, and she collapsed from the chloroform into George's arms.

Jason was pacing his cell, back and forth, back and forth. He couldn't stop wondering about Sam and the baby. Looking at his watch, Jason saw that it was more than 12 hours since he had been kidnapped.

Banging on the door, he started yelling for the guard. The brutish guard opened the door and stared at him.

"What, you're not going to even bring me anything to eat?" he asked snidely.

"Oh, we'll bring you something better" said Courtney as she walked into the room, George behind her.

George dumped Sam's unconscious body on the cot and Jason ran over to her in fear, taking her small hand in his and feeling for a pulse.

"Sam, please wake up. Please" he begged as he gently kissed her hand.

"She'll be fine. It's just a little bit of chloroform" said Courtney, her hands on her hips.

"I can't believe you did this" said Jason rising from next to Sam and facing Courtney in anger. "And you George, you were supposed to be loyal" growled Jason

"Hey, I go where the money is" said George coolly.

Jason lunged at him but he was held back by the other man, Pete.

"I'll be back in a few minutes baby. I know you'll miss me when I'm gone" Courtney whispered in what she thought was a seductive voice before walking away with the guards, leaving Jason alone with Sam and the baby.

Jason rushed back to Sam's side and willed her awake. He talked to her and the baby, promising them that he would get them out of there. He was relieved to see her finally stir.

"Jason?" she whispered.

"Shh, its ok, I'm here" he said as he held her tight.

"Where are we?" she asked.

"I dunno. Somewhere. But the point is, you were right. It was Carly. She and Courtney took us"

"Oh my god" mumbled Sam as she still tried to pull herself to full awareness.

"It's ok. I'm going to get us out of here. All three of us" he promised her again as he gently kissed her.

"Jason, I'm due to have this baby sooner than later. If we don't get out of here soon, Jack can be born in a tiny cell" she said fearfully.

"Don't worry. It's not good for the baby. I will handle it" said Jason.

"Oh, don't worry, there's absolutely nothing to handle" said Courtney from the doorway as she walked into their cell, Pete, George, and a few other men in toe.

Pete and George grabbed Jason and held him back from Sam as Courtney strode over to her.

"If you think you can steal my man, you are sadly mistaken" she sneered before hitting Sam across the face.

"SAM!" cried Jason as he tried to struggle away from Pete and George, but their hold on him was too tight. "Don't you dare touch her Courtney."

"Or what Jason?" asked Carly as she walked in as well. "Face it Jason, you made a mistake for ever sleeping with this tramp in the first place"

"Leave us alone!" cried Sam, causing Carly to hit her this time.

"Carly, please, stop" begged Jason. "Think of your children" he urged.

"They hardly even know me anymore. Now that they have Reese around. See, everything started to go wrong when you and Courtney broke up. So, I'm going to fix things. I am not going to let this slut, who got knocked up by my husband, to destroy any more lives anymore" said Carly.

Courtney nodded at the other guards and they came over to Sam. They picked her up easily despite her fighting back and carried her out of the room, while all the while she was screaming for Jason, and he for her. Once Sam was gone, Jason was released from the guard's hold and the door was locked again.

"DAMN IT!" he cried, pounding on the door. He needed to get to Sam. Suddenly, he heard what sounded like knocking on the other side of the wall to his left.

"Jason?" called the muffled voice.
"SAM!" he cried, relieved to hear her. "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. They just took me to another cell. I guess the last thing Carly and Courtney want is to keep us together"

"I am so sorry that this is happening baby" apologized Jason, his eyes welling up.

"This isn't your fault. It's there's" she said from her side of the wall.

"Try and relax, ok?" he asked. "I'm right here" he said, leaning against the wall, wishing he could hold her in his arms.

"I know" she said, and to his relief, she sounded calm.

Jason started to work at the lock on the door, using a piece of his watch to pick it. He had almost gotten it done when he heard Sam scream. But the scream began to get farther away, and Jason knew that they had removed her from her cell. Where she was going was anyone's guess. Working faster, he managed to pick the lock. Flinging open the door, he ran in the direction of the screams, his heart catching in his throat at the sight that he saw. Sam was lying on the floor with a bloody lip and a bruise on her face. Courtney and Carly seemed to be getting their anger out on her.

"Look you little slut" sneered Courtney as she reared back to kick her…right in the abdomen.

Jason shot over there as fast as possible, taking Courtney's kick himself. He hissed in pain as her sharp heal made contact, but he was glad that his wife and child weren't the one who had to take that.

"How the hell did you escape!" cried Carly.

"Are you ok?" asked Jason to a crying Sam as he gently smoothed back some of her hair, but still remained positioned in-between her and their captors in order to protect her.

"I'm fine" she told him as she sat up and leaned against his back.

"Restrain him" snapped Courtney at the guards.

"Wait Courtney! How can you do this? And you Carly? You both lost babies. You both had children growing inside of you that you never got to see. Why would you want to do that to Sam? Why would you want to wish that pain on her?"

"Because she deserves it" snapped Carly.

"No she doesn't! And neither do I! Carly, even if you don't like Sam, I know you like me. Why would you want to see me in that kind of pain?"

"Courtney and I could take care of your pain. We're the women in your life Jason, not Sam"

"No Carly, you are the woman who used me. And Courtney, you're the one who left me. You claimed you couldn't handle my job. The terrible things I did. But I never kidnapped a pregnant woman. That's what you're doing. And you both were in this position as well! Kidnapped and pregnant. You know what it's like, and I would have thought that it was a kind of pain you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy" said Jason as he continued to protect Sam with his body in case Courtney or Carly decided to lash out.

"Sam isn't just our worst enemy" said Courtney stubbornly.
"Yeah, she's worse than our worst enemy"

"Carly, it took two people to have a relationship, Sam and Sonny. And Courtney, Sam didn't seduce me and trick me into bed. She fell in love with me, and I fell in love with her"

"NO YOU DIDN'T!" yelled Courtney in anger. "SHUT UP JASON! DON'T SAY YOU LOVE HER! YOU LOVE ME!"

"No Courtney, I love Sam!" he cried

Courtney lunged at them, but Jason held her back from getting at Sam.

Meanwhile, the guards rushed at them and pulled Sam away as they pulled Jason off of Courtney as well.

"Please, let us go" begged Sam. "If you both really loved Jason as much as you say you do, then you would want him to be happy. You wouldn't want him to hurt. And hurting me or his baby is going to hurt him"

"Jason's strong, he'll recover" sneered Courtney.

"Do you really think that killing my wife and baby's going to win me over?" he asked incredulously.

"Jason, I'm doing this for us. With Sam out of the way, you can accept your true feelings. You can realize just how much you love me" said Courtney with a sickeningly sweet smile at Jason.

"You're delusional" sneered Sam.
"And you're a whore" said Carly. "You just jump from bed to bed. You're just some girl Jason's using for sex until he can get Courtney back"

"Carly, she's right! You are crazy! I love Sam. She's my wife. We're having a baby together. And kidnapping us and holding us hostage is not going to change our minds"

"Fine, maybe that wont. But this will" said Carly quickly as she pulled out a gun and pointed it straight at Sam's stomach.

"NO!" Jason cried out as he tried to once again struggle out of the guard's tight grasp. "What do you two want? Please, I'll do anything" he said, stealing a glance at his trembling wife.

"Anything?" asked Courtney slowly, a morbid smile creeping across her face.