Memories Returned

Alcazar had purchased this little cabin a few months ago for him. He knew the man was using him to get revenge on Sonny. That suited him just fine, since he too sought revenge on that man who had killed his brother. "Nobody kills somebody in my family Mr. Corinthos, and gets away with it. I will have my revenge no matter what I've got to do to get it." Manny's thoughts were interrupted when his cell phone rang.

"Yes Mr. Alcazar, I'm here. I have Miss Quartermaine. Oh I understand that you don't want her hurt. I'll take real good care of her, you can count on that. No, nobody knows that I'm working with you. I've left no traces that can lead back to you. I'll wait here until you let me know what our next move is going to be."

Emily slowly woke up. She realized that she was tied up and lying on a couch. She stopped squirming when she heard Manny's voice. "I can't let him know that I'm awake just yet. I need to try and figure out what he's up to and see if I can figure out where I am." Emily slowly opened her eyes and tried to take in her surroundings. She was on a couch in the middle of a big open room. The only other furniture she could see was a large chair with a footstool in front of it. She tried to look around more, but stopped when she heard Manny close the cell phone. She closed her eyes and hoped that he hadn't noticed that she was awake.

Manny walked over to the couch where Emily lay. As far as he could tell, she was still out of it. "Don't you worry Emily, I'm gonna take real good care of you. I told Mr. Alcazar that I wouldn't hurt you, but I'm just not sure I can keep my word on that. I think that I'm going to have a little fun with you." As he said that, he stroked her arm. "Oh yes Emily, I'm gonna have all kinds of fun with you."

As Emily felt Manny stroke her arm, she grew sick to her stomach. His touch reminded her of the way Connor had touched her that night he had raped her. She wished she had never agreed to try and trick Helena into coming back by making her think that Connor was Nikolas. She just had to hang on. Sonny would do his best to find her, as would Jason. She just hoped they got to her before Manny did to her what Connor had. She had barely survived one rape, she wasn't sure if she could survive two. Suddenly it occurred to her that she had remembered so much. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that she remembered it all. She knew exactly who Manny Ruiz was. "No wonder I felt terrified of this man when he showed up before my tests! Why couldn't I have remembered this sooner? He used my memory loss to get to me. He's trying to use me to get to Sonny and most likely Jase too. Dammit! I'm so stupid."

"I see that you're awake Miss Quartermaine. Let me introduce myself. My name is Manny Ruiz. Your man Sonny and your brother Jason killed my brother. I know you are having memory issues right now, so I wanted to bring you up to speed. I'm using you to get to Sonny and Jason since I know they both care very deeply for you. They're both going to regret the day they ever messed with my family. Lucky for me, they don't have any idea where I am, but I made sure they knew that I had taken you. I bet right now the handkerchief I used to subdue you is being tested at the PCPD lab. Everything is falling into place. Now, I'm going to let you get some rest. I have big plans for you a little later. Oh yes."

Emily fought back the tears. She wasn't going to let him rape her. She wasn't sure how she would be able to fight him off, but she was going to do her best. She wasn't prepared the night Connor raped her, but this time she knew it was coming. She'd be ready. She sat herself up and took a look around her. "I know this place! This is where Mary hid Nikolas when she was convinced that he was her long lost husband Connor. If only I had trusted my instincts. I knew Nikolas wasn't dead. Maybe then Mary wouldn't have gotten ahold of him, and then maybe Connor would have never come to town."

She couldn't do this to herself. She wasn't to blame for anything that happened with Mary and Connor. Emily laid back down and did her best to try and come up with some kind of plan. "Please hurry Sonny. I need you to find me."

Sonny and Jason were waiting at the PCPD for the lab results on the handkerchief they found. After waiting for what seemed like forever, Mac came in with the results. "There was chloroform on the handkerchief as well as dna for both Emily and Manny. The man who was in Manny's room at the hospital has been charged with aiding and abetting, and won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon. Do either of you have any idea where Manny might have taken Emily?"

Both Jason and Sonny nodded no. Just then the phone rang. "PCPD, this is Officer Jenkins, how can I help you sir or ma'am? Yes he's here, can you hold for a second? Okay, hang on. Hey Mac, I've got an anonymous caller here. He says he's got a tip for you about Manny Ruiz"

Mac walked over and picked up the phone. Sonny and Jason stood next to him, trying to hear what the guy on the other end of the phone was saying. "This is Mac Scorpio. What do you know about Manny Ruiz?"

"Mr. Ruiz has taken Miss Quartermaine to a small home just on the outskirts of town. I believe Jason Morgan lived there at one time, as did Nikolas Cassadine."

The man on the other end of the phone hung up suddenly. "Do you have any other information? Hello? Hello?" Mac hung up the phone. "Did we get a trace on the guy who called?" "I'm sorry Commissioner, he wasn't on the phone long enough."

Mac looked at Jason and Sonny. "The guy said Manny was holding Emily at a cabin that both Jason and Nikolas had lived in at some point. Do either of you know what cabin he's talking about?"

Jason's face lit up. "I know exactly where that is." Jason gave Mac the address and a plan was made to go out to rescue Emily.

Meanwhile, Sonny stood off to the side. Would they get there in time?

"Hang on Emily, we're coming!"