Chapter 6
"Jody, you need to stay awake." Michael said as a guy came in. After a minute he left. Michael looked down and saw Jody had her eyes closed.
"Jody, Come on. Wake up. My dad and Uncle Jason are on their way." Michael said as the sound of gunshots came from downstairs.
"See. They're here." Michael said. He sat and listened to her breathing. Suddenly, he couldn't hear her breathing. He checked her pulse. She didn't have one.
"Jody, don't leave me." Michael said as he started CPR. After a few seconds, she started to breath again. The gunshot sounds stopped. Michael held Jody closer as he heard footsteps in the hallway going from room to room. Finally someone came into the room.
"Michael are you in here?" Sonny asked.
"In here." Michael replied as Jason opened the door and carefully lifted Jody up in his arms. Sonny picked up Michael and the four of them quickly made it out of the house and into the limo.
"Michael, are you OK?" Sonny asked as he put Michael down on the seat.
"Ya. I'm worried about Jody. She already stopped breathing once." Michael said as he sat down on the floor next to where she was laying on the seat.
In no time at all the were at the hospital. Jason lifted Jody and Sonny picked up Michael and rushed inside the hospital. Someone immediately took Jody from Jason.
"Dad, you don't need to carry me. I'm fine." Michael said as Monica came over.
"Monica, can you look at Michael. He was held captive with his girlfriend Jody. She was shot and I want to make sure he's alright. The blood's Jody's." Sonny said. Monica took Michael with her to the trauma room.
"OK Michael. Let's clean this blood up." Monica said as she cleaned him up. After all the blood was gone, a little more started to come out from his leg.
"Michael, we need to get an x-ray. You've been shot too." Monica said as Sonny and Jason came in.
"Sonny, we need to get an x-ray of his leg. He's been shot as well. Monica said as beepers started to go off on the other side of the curtain. Michael looked and saw it was Jody.
"JODY!" Michael screamed as he went to get up. Sonny and Jason grabbed a hold of him. He fought them for 10 minutes then Monica gave him a sedative. They took him up to x-ray and then put him in a room.
"NO!" Michael screamed as he woke up. Sonny was right there.
"It's ok buddy. It's over." Sonny said as Michael calmed down.
"Where's mom?" Michael asked.
"She's at the island with Morgan, Sam, Danny and Lila. Max had to drag her onto the plane because she wanted to be here with you." Sonny said as Alan came in.
"You're awake." Alan said with a smile.
"I want to see Jody." Michael said.
"You can't see here because she in NICU. She just came out of surgery. You were shot in the leg. Thankfully it just grazed the skin and we only needed to stitch it up." Alan said.
"I didn't even feel it." Michael said.
"When you're really scared, that sometimes happens. The good thing is you are fine." Alan said as he left. Jason came in.
"Well, good morning sleeping beauty." Jason said as he kissed Michael's head.
"Your uncle Jason and I are very proud of you. You were very brave. You knew exactly what to do. I'm sorry you had to go though it though." Sonny said. Michael smiled as Mac came in.
"Michael, I'm glad to see you're awake. Are you up to answering a few questions about what happened?" Mac asked. Michael nodded.
"Just take your time. You don't need to be nervous." Mac said.
"I went over to Jody's house. She's my girlfriend. She took me upstairs and showed me her room. All that was in there was a cage. I took her and we were going to sneak out the door but Manny caught us. He threatened to kills us and then bodyguards came through the door. I grabbed Jody's hand and we were going into her room when one of the guys shot at us. She was shot. I didn't realize it at the time but I was shot too. I pulled her into a closet and that's where we stayed until dad and Uncle Jason came and found us." Michael said.
"Can you tell me why Manny got so angry?" Mac asked.
"I know why he got mad but I can't say." Michael said.
"Michael, it's ok. Manny can't hurt you, Jody or your family again. He's dead." Mac said. Michael's eyes got wide.
"Don't arrest Dad or Uncle Jason. They didn't kill him. I did." Michael said.
"Mac, can I talk to you outside?" Sonny asked. Mac followed him out.
"Michael, you don't need to say that ok. Mac doesn't want to arrest us. He knows we did it in self defense. Jason said.
"Oh no. Now I'm going to go to jail." Michael said as he started to cry.
"Mac, can you edit out that last part? He said it only because he thought Jason and I were in trouble." Sonny asked.
"I already have. I know he didn't kill Manny. He was with Jody." Mac said as they went back in.
"Michael, are you ready to continue?" Mac asked Michael nodded.
"Manny got mad because Jody told me the truth about her and Manny. Manny kidnapped her from the group home she was staying at." Michael said.
"Did Jody tell you what the name of the Group home was?" Mac asked. Michael shook his head no.
"Ok. I'll be back later." Mac said as Monica came in and asked to see Sonny outside.
"Can we take him home?" Sonny asked.
"I want to keep him for observation over night. Sonny, Jody's in pretty bad shape. I don't think she's going to make it. Since there's no one here to make the decision, we're going to turn off the machines. Michael can go say goodbye before we do it." Monica said.
"Can you give us at least 15 minutes?" Sonny asked.
"Sure. I'll get Emily to come and bring you up." Monica said as she left.
"Buddy, I need to tell you something. You need to go and say goodbye to Jody." Sonny said.
"Why? Are they taking her away?" Michael asked.
"No. Jody was hurt pretty bad. They did a test to see if she could breath on her own and she couldn't. They're going to turn off the machines and let her go peacefully." Sonny said.
"I want to go and see her." Michael said as he got up. The three of them went to the NICU.
"Michael, you can go and sit with her for a few minutes to say goodbye and then we're going to let her go." Monica said as she got Michael a chair and left.
"Jody, your going to a better place where you won't be in pain. Your going to be with my grandma. She'll take care of you. I love you." Michael said as Monica came in.
"Can I hold her hand while you do it?" Michael asked.
"Sure." Monica said as she turned off the machine. A few seconds later an alarm went off and someone turned it off.
"Michael, would you like a few minutes?" Monica asked. Michael nodded. Monica left.
"Who's going to claim the body?" Sonny asked.
"I've already talked to Alan and we decided that you could. You can give Michael the closure he needs. If we didn't let you take the body, She'd just be another body unclaimed." Monica said.
Thanks Monica. I can't thank you enough." Sonny said as he shook her hand. Jason went in to Michael.
"How're doing bud?" Jason asked as he put his hand on Michael's shoulder.
"I should've protected her more." Michael said as he started to cry.
"Michael, this isn't your fault. You did protect her. You called us and kept her safe until we got there." Jason said as Sonny came in.
"Michael, we're going to take Jody's body with us." Sonny said.
"You mean we're going to have a funeral for her?" Michael asked.
"If that's what you want. Or you can scatter her ashes someplace she liked." Sonny said.
"Can we scatter it on the island? I told Jody about it. She wanted to go so I was going to ask you to take us." Michael said.
"Sure we can. I was going to take you up there anyway so you can have some time to heal." Sonny said as Alan came up to them.
"Michael, have you decided what you want to do?" Alan asked.
"I want to scatter her ashes on the island." Michael replied.
"Ok. I'm guessing you want to get out of here so I'll make you a deal. It's going to take all night to get Jody cremated so you stay the night and then you can go in the morning." Alan said as he lead them back down stairs and got Michael into bed.
"Ok." Michael replied as Alan left.
"Michael, I'm going to go and get everything ready so that we can leave as soon as your ready. Jason will stay with you." Sonny said as he gave him a kiss and left.
"Did I kill her?" Michael asked.
"Michael you didn't kill her. You did everything right. She just wasn't strong enough." Jason replied as he sat down.
"But I did hurt her. If I had just called you and dad instead of trying to take care of it myself, none of this would've happened." Michael said as he started to cry.
"Michael, this isn't your fault. You didn't know what Manny would've done. You wanted to protect Jody and you did. You did the best you could." Jason said as he pulled Michael into a hug.
"Michael, do you want to find out who her parents were? I can help you." Jason asked.
"Her mom's dead and her dad abused her. He's a drunk. I don't think she would've wanted him to know." Michael replied.
"What about the group home?" Jason asked.
"No. She hated that place. She was glad when Manny took her away but he started to abuse her a week after." Michael replied as Emily came in.
"Hi Michael. How are you feeling?" Emily asked.
"My legs a little sore." Michael replied.
"I'm going to give you a shot to help you sleep." Emily replied. Michael's eyes immediately got big.
"I don't want a shot." Michael said.
"Michael, I promise you won't feel a thing." Emily said as she gave him the shot. Michael started to feel tired. A few seconds later he was out.