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Chapter 2

It took the guys fifteen minutes to get to where the ladies were stranded. "Tell me everything that happened." Jason demanded once he saw for himself that everyone was okay.

"The guy who took Elizabeth hit us. He had a gun when he tapped on her window. He told us to get out of the car, and took our phones. He tied Elizabeth up and put her in the back of his truck. Before driving off and tossing our phones out the window." Emily was worried about her friend.

"Tell us about the guy." Johnny looked at the trio of ladies. The only person besides Liz that was missing was Milo's girlfriend. He had gotten a call from her when she got home. He said he had no idea why Georgie wasn't with everyone else but if he had to guess he figured it had something to do with Robin.

"And the truck." Francis added on. He was the only one of the guys out here right now who hadn't been at Sonny's playing poker. He had been home with Diane, who was nursing a cold.

"The guy was about six feet tall, dark blond hair, and brown eyes. He had an accent but I couldn't place it." Carly had been telling herself to remember what he looked like.

"Texas." Nadine said from her spot next to her guy. "You don't mistake that accent for anywhere else."

"He had on jeans, dark blue. A grey t-shirt and boots. Like the kind construction workers wear, they were scuffed." Carly finished up. "I didn't see any tattoos."

"The truck was a Ford 150. Black." Nadine let them know. "None of us could see the license plate." She said looking at the guys.

"Liz's car wouldn't start so we couldn't see which way he went other than towards town." Emily told her brother.

"None of you should be driving." Jason looked at them. He knew Elizabeth was the designated driver for tonight's outing. "Did you see him at The No Name?" While it wasn't guaranteed that was where they picked up their tail it was the most likely place. The odds of the guy just hanging out on the road waiting for them to drive past were so slim he was discounting that for now.

All three ladies shook their heads no. "I wasn't looking around." Carly told her brother in-law.

"Plus we were in the booth all the way in the back. Not much to see unless you go to the bathroom." Nadine knew the guys would understand what she meant.

"Get in the SUV. Milo will take you home." Cody told the ladies.

"Can I stay over?" Nadine wanted to know.

"Yeah." Cody had already told Milo to take her to the Towers.

"Call me when you find her." Emily normally wouldn't ask this of her brother, but she needed to know her friend was okay. That her brother would find Liz was not even in doubt.

"I can do that. Go." Jason tilted his head toward the truck. They watched while the ladies got into the SUV. Milo pulled off with Hank following him. "Let's go." Jason said as they piled into the car Johnny was driving. Kyle and Chris were waiting to follow them.


Jason walked in and the manager immediately came over. "Do you know off the top of your head if any of your regulars drives a black Ford 150, with four doors?" The enforcer wanted to know. He was ready to lock the door and start busting heads until somebody talked.

"No." Gary told his boss. "I'd lay money that it's one of the dock workers though. Most of them drive trucks." He pointed to the group over by the last pool table. "Those guys over there are the only non-regulars in here tonight and one of them is gone."

"Run the security footage, look for a truck matching that description." Jason instructed looking at the group. When Gary moved off Jason turned to his crew. "Anyone over there recognizable?"

"No." Francis shook his head.

"No." Johnny was one of the enforcer's for the organization. Part of his job was to know who worked for the other families. It was impossible to know all the low level guys, and informants, but the major players he should know.

"No." Cody, the other enforcer, was the last to answer. "But the guy in the green shirt is either current military, or ex-military." He looked at the guys he came in with. "Like recognizes like."

Jason nodded before walking over. He was fully in enforcer mode and everything about his face and body screamed that he was ready to dish out some pain. "We want some information."

"I want to be a millionaire." Cal said mouthing off. He knew who was in front of him and wanted to show off for the woman who was standing at the next table. "I don't see either of those things happening anytime soon." He said putting down his beer bottle.

Jason didn't even respond. He just reached out, faster than Cal could move, grabbed the man mouthing off by the hair and slammed him face first into the table. The entire bar went silent and then the sound of chairs moving could be heard as folks left. "I'm sorry what did you say?" Jason asked in a lethal tone. "It sounded like what came out of your mouth was what can I help you with Mr. Morgan. Unless I was mistaken."

The other guys went to move and found themselves staring down the barrel of three guns. "Don't be stupid like your friend." Johnny warned them. "What you should do is listen to the questions my friend is about to ask and then speak up if you have something to share."

The other four men simply put up their hands.

"Who left early?" Jason wanted to know.

"Logan. Logan Hayes." Cal had no idea pain like this existed. His nose was broken, actually more like smashed, and he had blood coursing down his face.

"Does he drive a four door black Ford 150?" Jason wanted to know.

"Yes." Cal just wanted to curl up under the table and hide. He was trying not to cry and failing badly.

"Where can I find him?" Jason wanted to know. Something wasn't adding up. Why would a guy who could be so easily found snatch Elizabeth?

"Cooper." Cal said before pointing to his friend.

"You have something to add?" Jason pinned the younger man to the spot with his blue gaze.

"Logan is my roommate." Cooper said wondering just what the hell his friend had done now. Whatever it was Logan wasn't going to drag him down too. "He didn't say he was leaving or where he was going."

"Cody." Jason didn't take his eyes off the man he was talking to as he gave the order.

"Let's go." Cody pointed to the door. He would take Cooper home and have a look through Logan's things. While that might not be who they were searching for, it was their first lead. "We can talk about your roommate on the drive over."

"Take Chris with you." Johnny told his friend. He had no doubt that Cody could take Cooper, backup was just smart.

"Will do." Cody wasn't insulted by the order. "After you." He told the younger man. "I'll call if I find anything."

"Anything else you want to tell me?" Jason asked Cal.

"Logan's an asshole." Cal tacked on. Whatever his friend did he hoped that his death was painful.

Jason let the idiot go and looked at the remaining three men. "Do you have anything you might like to add? Such as places Logan likes to go, or any other friends he might have?"

"He doesn't have a lot of friends." Joe said thinking he was going to be driving his brother to the ER. Hopefully without injuries of his own that needed to be treated. "He likes to hang out at Jake's. We only came here to shoot pool."

"This is the last time you will do that." Jason said looking down at where Cal was crawling away.

"Not a problem." Joe would be happy to never set foot in this bar again.

"If you remember anything I should know, call the manager. He'll pass the message on." Jason said before simply turning and walking away. If they were dumb enough to attempt to press charges they would regret it.


Gary was waiting by the door. "Here's the footage from tonight." They were old school and used VHS tapes. "The truck was in the lot, it's gone now. The license plate was partially obscured, but I wrote down the four numbers I could see." They were on the post it note attached to the tape.

Johnny took the paper. "I'll call Stan." He said heading out of the bar. This would tell them quickly if they were looking for Hayes or not. If they were Stan would start a background run.

"You need anything else?" Gary asked his boss.

"Did anyone seem to be paying special attention to the ladies?" Jason wanted to know.

"No. I had Jeff watching their table." Gary wasn't stupid. Having his boss's sister and sister in-law in the establishment meant keeping them under surveillance if they came in without guards. Which probably wouldn't happen ever again. "There was some sort of problem at the table. Milo's girl ended up taking her cousin home early."

"The group by the pool table are no longer welcome here." Jason didn't have to say which group he meant.

"I'll make sure everyone knows." Gary had no idea what they did but clearly they had pissed Jason off.

"Mr. Morgan?" Joe cautiously approached the mobster.

"What?" Jason turned and glared at the other man.

"Can I take my brother to the hospital?" Joe wasn't sure they could leave.

"Yes. Don't leave Port Charles, I may have more questions." Jason said dismissing him. "The table they were at needs to be replaced." Blood was not going to come out of the velvet.

"I'll order one tonight." Gary would also wait for the crew that would come to dispose of the one here. After cleaning up the staff could go since the bar was now empty.

Jason nodded before walking out to find Johnny.

The enforcer was ending his call. "We got a hit. The truck in question belongs to Hayes." Johnny passed along. "Stan is tapping into the traffic cameras to see if he can track it. I need to contact Cody and let him know Logan is who we want." A very thorough examination of his belongings would be happening. "Stan told Spinelli to look for a phone number. If he finds one he'll go through the records."

"The ladies are all home." Francis said looking at his phone. "Sonny also wants an update."

"There's nothing to tell him." Jason said letting his frustration come through in his voice. "I have no fucking idea where Elizabeth is!" More than anything he wanted something to pound on. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" Johnny asked as they followed their friend.

"Jake's." Jason said getting into the car.


The drive was short. This was another bar in Corinthos Morgan territory so Jason wasn't worried about trashing the place if necessary. He walked into the bar and headed right to the light switch panel. He hit all three toggles plunging the room into darkness. When he turned the lights back on everyone was looking at him. He didn't start speaking until Kyle pulled the cord on the jukebox. "Logan Hayes." Jason said sweeping the room. "Who can tell me anything about him?"

The silence in the room was thick.

"I know that this is where he comes to relax. I'm sure someone here has something to share. Like where he works, who his friends are, or where he likes to relax." Jason looked over at Francis who locked the door.

"He works for the dock master as a floater." A voice from the back spoke up. "He's also an asshole."

"Logan doesn't have a lot of friends. Mainly Cooper Barrett and the Atkins brother." Another person spoke up.

The information kept coming after that. Unfortunately there wasn't anything new being learned. What was happening though was that the guys were getting a better feel for the man they were hunting. Logan had a problem with authority and had a fairly large ego. He had a short fuse that often ended up with him involved in fist fights. The more he learned the more anxious Jason became to find Elizabeth. If one of their enemies had snatched her then she would be treated well, Hayes however was a loose cannon. If he hurt a single hair on her head his death would be ten times harder than what Jason was already planning.


Elizabeth's legs had fallen asleep from being tied up. That meant when whoever the jerk was that kidnapped her cut the rope around her ankles she couldn't kick him in his smug face. Her arms were also asleep and she knew that it was going to really painful when they were released, which would be hopefully soon.

He basically had to drag her to the isolated cabin because walking wasn't happening. The setting reminded her of every single summer camp horror movie she'd ever seen. Not really the thought she wanted to be having. The cretin who took her still hadn't said why all this was happening. Trying to get back at Jason might immediately be most people's first thought, however it wasn't hers. Yes, the asshat did mention Jason, but her kidnapper also mentioned her family. What that brought to mind was her dad's recent cuts at the hospital. He'd gotten a few nasty emails from folks who lost their jobs and a number of threats. While she didn't recognize Logan from the medical center he could have been an orderly who was now unemployed.

Or yeah this could be about Jason. Either way Liz had no doubt that he was going to immediately begin looking for her. Once Em, Carly, or Nadine were able to make a call that search would start. If she got the chance she would help that rescue mission along. While she wasn't ready for any MMA bouts she had taken several self-defense courses. She just needed to pick her moment.

The door opened before they reached it and behind her gag she let loose with a string of profanity. Not only had that asshole cheated on her with someone who was supposed to be her friend, but now he had her kidnapped! The second she could she was going to see that Zander got the ass whooping she should have delivered the night she found him in bed with Gia.

"I don't think she's happy to see you." Logan said stepping into his temporary home, he had not been expecting to see Zander. The cabin was on the run down side, but all that mattered was that it had a bedroom with a sturdy lock and bulletproof windows. He didn't want his pigeon flying the coop.

"You didn't have to tie her up." Zander told the Texan. "Liz isn't a threat."

"I considered asking her to just get into the back of my truck, but somehow I didn't think she was gonna say yes." Logan said dragging her into the back of the cabin. "You take anything that might be a weapon out of the room?"

"Yeah." Zander said following them. "We hold prisoners here, so it's all ready to go. Or we used to. This safe house was decommissioned a few years back. Not many people even remember it." Which made it perfect for them. "I grab the keys from the office. No one will even miss them." They had been in a drawer gathering dust.

In the bedroom Logan removed the gag. "You asshole!" Liz screamed at her ex. "Run Zander. I swear once I get free I will make you pay for this!"

"Yeah, not happy to see you." Logan said laughing as he cut the rope binding her wrists. "Get comfy princess. I have no idea how long you're gonna be here." He said sauntering to the door.

Liz didn't say anything instead she just glared at the retreating figure. The door shut and she heard the lock slam home. Slowly she tried rolling her shoulders and the pain made her hiss. As the blood starting flowing again the pins and needles were almost unbearable. She had been thinking that at some point she would be making a ransom call, but with Zander showing up she wasn't sure now. He hadn't been happy with the breakup and all the things he could do to her out here had her skin crawling.

She looked over at the clock on the table. She'd officially been gone almost an hour. That meant they were near Port Charles but probably no longer in it. That was fine, she could work with that. Zander, and whoever the hell the other asshole was, would regret snatching her. She was going to see to it. Since her legs felt better she walked over to the door and placed her ear against it. While she waited for her arms to feel better she would try to pick up any information she could.


"How are you going to get Morgan's attention?" Zander wanted to know. That was the point of all this. To make Jason come rescue Liz, although since the phone call from Hayes, Zander had been putting together a plan of his own on how to use this situation to break down the walls around Liz's heart.

"I already have it." Logan didn't underestimate Jason. "I'm sure that the other ladies in Elizabeth's group are going to be able to describe me, and my truck. It won't take him long to figure out who I am. What you need to worry about is him learning that you and I know each other." In his role as an informant Logan made sure he wasn't actually seen talking to Zander. That wasn't how that game was played.

"How are you going to make sure that he learns she's all the way out here?" Zander wanted to know. "I don't want her held for too long."

"Aww, how sweet. You still have feelings for her. You maybe gonna have a sample while she's out here. I'm sure she'd happily trade sex for a shot at freedom." Logan said with a smirk.

"That's sick." Zander narrowed his eyes at the other man. "If I find out you put your hands on her I'll kill you myself." That hadn't even occurred to him when he was agreeing to this plan.

"She's not my type. I like blondes with nice racks." Logan had no sexual interest in his captive. He just wanted to get paid. "Don't you worry about Morgan. I've got my bases covered. You just make sure to keep your ear to the ground. Call me if you hear anything I should know before this is over. Did you bring me a bag?"

"I did." Zander had broken into the apartment with no problem and grabbed some of Logan's things. Enough for a week, which would give him clean clothes when he left town. "I also grabbed all the personal items you told me about." Namely his passport.

"Thanks. I don't think this will take very long. I'll have her make a call in the morning. I'm sure Morgan will come running." With a satchel of cash Logan said to himself. The drop off wouldn't be anywhere near here, but once he had his money then he the directions to the cabin would follow. "You hanging around tonight?" Logan grabbed the book he asked Zander to bring.

"No. I have to be back to help with a shipment." Zander needed to leave soon. "I'll return tomorrow and check on Liz. I put some groceries in the fridge. You can call me if you need anything else." The Texan had a number different from his main phone in case anyone tried to trace the calls.

"That's down right nice of you. I had a burger at The No Name, but I might want a snack later. I'll feed Elizabeth in the morning." Logan could be a good host when necessary. His grandmother had taught him all kinds of manners.

"I need to go." Zander said not wanting to. He looked at the room his ex-girlfriend was being held in and then back to her capture. "Keep in mind what I said."

"I'm not gonna touch her." Logan repeated. "I give you my word as a solider." It was the one thing in his life he had been proud of.

"Make sure you keep it." Zander said before heading out.

Logan locked up and stretched out on the couch. There was a lot of silence coming from the back which he wasn't expecting, he figured she would be yelling threats. He considered going to check, but decided against it. Instead he opened his book and started reading.


"Any news?" Sonny asked walking into penthouse four.

"No. We are waiting for Cody to come back." Johnny answered because Jason was too busy pacing. Their friend was like a caged tiger at the moment. When all the fury was unleased it was going to be frightening.

"We have guys out searching." Francis told his boss. The odds of them finding anything were slim, but just sitting around doing nothing wasn't going to happen. Sometimes lady luck smiled down on them.

"Stan couldn't find any footage of Logan's truck driving through the city, so he may have left the area." Johnny took over the report again. That was a worst case scenario right now. "I reached out to the other families and alerted them to what is going on. If anyone see anything they will call." By anyone Johnny meant their allies. No one expected Sorel to be helpful. They were looking into if he or his partners the Rosco brothers might be involved.

Cody walked through the door as Johnny finished up.

"What did you find?" Jason wanted to know as he stopped pacing. He just couldn't seem to stay still, and he had no clue how he was supposed to sleep tonight.

"Barrett was very helpful." Cody started there. "Some of Logan's items are missing from the apartment. The most important item is his passport." Everyone was frowning at that.

"He can't fly out with her, take a train, or grab a bus." Jason said thinking out loud. "So he'll have to drive or take a boat."

"I'll call the harbormaster." Francis volunteered. The older man was on their payroll anyway. He could get the word out to the other harbormasters in the area.

"Driving would be the smartest way and Canada is not that far away." Sonny knew they were all thinking it. "How long has she been gone?"

"Long enough that he could be halfway to the border." Jason said really wanting to pound of something.

"I'll call the Brown family and tell them to be on the lookout. Stan can send pictures to them." Sonny volunteered wanting to be useful. "Do you want to call the cops?" He would support Jason if his partner wanted to go that route.

"No. I seriously doubt they will be of much help." Jason didn't trust that they would even bother to look for Elizabeth. "However letting Jesse know what is going on might not be a bad idea. He can let us know if anything comes through the station."

"I'll contact him." Cody said getting out his phone.

"I reached out to friends while we were waiting for Cody to come back." Francis spoke up again. "No one has Hayes on their payroll. Or they aren't admitting it." Kidnapping an innocent would bring swift reprisals from Palermo. If another family was involved the Don would need to be notified.

"Right now Logan has all the power." Jason said as the rage started to build once more. "We need to wait for him to make the next move." That was a thought no one liked.


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