The radio picked up Jackson's words and Lorelai began crying again.
"...sedate her..."
She heard Rory's scream and fell into Luke's arm.
"My baby..."
"Sh, honey, we'll get her back," Luke stroked her head.
"..no fighting now," they heard Jackson tell Lisa. Max lept up.
"What is he doing to her?" he shouted. "We have to find them!"
"Shh," the policeman hushed him.
"Nice try, Lisa." That was all they heard before a horrible crunching sound, and then an earsplitting siren-like noise.
"He broke it," Luke stated flatly. "The fucker broke the machine."
"Now what?" Sookie sighed.
"Now, we send out further search parties to nail this bastard," the officer stood. "I'm going to go back to the station and get to work. You folks going to stay here? We'll call you with any news we get."
Lorelai sighed and chewed her lip. "I guess. Not much else we can do, I guess."
He left, and Max, Luke, Lorelai, Sookie, and Dean remained in the kitchen of the Gilmore home.
"I'm going to call Mom," Lorelai said dazedly. Luke nodded sympathetically.
"I'm going to call Jackson," Sookie sighed. They all jumped at the name. "My husband," she added.
"I'm going to go find Lisa," Max pulled on his coat. Luke frowned.
"What?" he snapped. "You can't. The cops will."
"Well, I'm not going to sit around here," he spat. Dean stood alongside him.
"I'm coming too," he looked Max straight in the eye. Max sighed and surrendered.
"Fine. Luke?"
"What about Lorelai and Sookie?" he nodded at the girls in the living room.
"They can't come. They'll get hurt," Max stated firmly. Luke pondered this, and then agreed.
"We'll leave a note, and get out of here."
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"I hate you," Lisa informed Jackson as he ushered her to a seat.
"Aw, really?" he replied sweetly as she begrudgingly sat. Rory's unconscious body sat behind her with Jess.
"She's just a kid," Lisa pleaded. "Let her be."
"Let it be, let it be," Jackson sang the Beatles tune, giving Lisa further reason to throw up. Once he received a suitable glare he really did let it be. "No can do. I need Jess, Jess needs Rory, I need you."
"What do you need me for?"
Jackson didn't answer, just fiddled with the Fresh Air magazine.
"What do you need me for?" she repeated.
"Did you know that they sell cocktails on this flight?" he informed her with interest. "You want some vodka, or something?" Lisa gripped his arm, her nails digging into his skin.
"WHAT DO YOU NEED ME FOR?"
He sighed. "If you must know, I've grown quite smitten."
Lisa drew back. "With me?"
"With you."
She shuddered. "What do you want me to do? Just leave Rory alone. I'll do anything."
Jackson raised an eyebrow. "Really? Hm. That offer is tempting. But my boss'll be pissed if I let Jess go. And he said no way, Jose, unless he gets Rory."
"For long does he want her?"
"Well...till death do them part."
"What?" Lisa cried. Jackson shushed her.
"Sh, sh. He hasn't popped the question yet. Well, its not really a question, since she doesn't have a choice. But yeah. That's the plan."
"I hope you burn," Lisa snarled. "Soliciting this poor innocent girl like this. It's nothing more than slave trafficking."
"Basically...yeah," he admitted. "But she's not legally a child. Definitely not poor, or innocent. I don't feel bad about it."
Lisa became shocked with realization. "You're...you're not..."
"Oh no," he replied cheerfully. "I'm not into that. That legal crap. Jess is, though. Once he's tied the knot with Ms. Gilmore, she's legally obligated to him."
"Well, when can I go home?"
"Never."
"I thought you said..."
"I said I didn't want to marry you. I didn't say that I wasn't a strong supporter of premarital sex."
Lisa slapped him across the face. "Bastard!"
He slammed her wrists down to the armrest. "What's wrong, can't take the nitty-gritty? Well, get used to it. And to me. We're going to be together for a long, long time."
And Lisa wished, more than anything, that Max was sitting next to her instead of this coldhearted monster.
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Lorelai hung up the phone and turned to Sookie as she shut her cell phone.
"Davie's still asleep," Sookie said as the clock chimed three. "Jackson's going to come by when he wakes up, for support."
"That's great of him," Lorelai admitted. "Mom's coming over soon. I tried to tell her not to, but she's convinced that she's obligated to. You know, as the grandmother."
"Of course," Sookie blinked. "Was she upset?"
"Frantic," Lorelai agreed.
"I can't imagine how you feel," Sookie said sympathetically.
"No, I doubt it," Lorelai said simply. "Want some coffee?"
"I'd love some."
"You guys, want some coffee?" Lorelai shouted to Max and Luke as she walked into the kitchen. "Guys?" She stopped dead and snatched the note from the counter.
Went to find Lisa/Rory. Too dangerous for you guys. Love from Max, Dean, Luke
"Those assholes," Lorelai cursed under her breath.
