Vargas hung up the phone and looked at Audrey. "You're a smart girl. That's good because stupid people get hurt." "You must be pretty scared then because you can't outsmart my dad and…" She stopped before she said his name. Vargas caught on to her apprehension so he decided to provoke her. "And who…Noah, your boyfriend?" "Noah is not my boyfriend but he is just as smart and just as dangerous as Jason." "Well you better hope they can follow instructions. Your life depends on it." Audrey gave him a look as cold as ice. Anyone who saw her at that point would know she was Jason Morgan's daughter. "You don't scare me." "One hour, little girl, Morgan gets to decide what you're worth to him. Now, you better pray he cares enough to do what I want. Otherwise…" He paused for dramatic effect. "Well I think you know." Audrey scoffed at him. "Don't underestimate the lengths a father will go to for his daughter."
Vargas rolled his eyes and left Audrey alone in the dark again. She was losing her patience and her hope. She needed someone to find her, and soon. "Come on! Somebody help me! Please, anybody help me! Can anyone hear me? No. Come on." She was trying furiously to get out of her restraints. She needed to be free before she could come up with a plan. And being restrained was driving her nuts. "Come on. Come on, think. Think, think, think. Oh. Come on, just a little bit more. Damn it!"
Jason was going insane. He had no leads and no clues on where to find Audrey. It's like she disappeared. No one saw him take her. "When you spoke to Audrey, did she give you any clue as to where she was?" Noah was just as upset as Jason was about Audrey being gone. He felt so bad about what happened to them right before she was taken. "She said she couldn't say." "Did you hear anything in the background? Was she close? Far away?" "I can't say." Jason slammed his fists down on his desk. "Damn it!" Noah had never seen Jason like this. He was always so calm and collected. "It's okay Jason…" "No it's not okay! We got nothing to go on!" "Taking Audrey was smart. She's easy to grab. Once they have her, they have you. You're the key to Sonny's whole operation."
Jason thought about what Noah was saying. He had been through this so many times. People he loved were always being kidnapped. Sam had been kidnapped more than once, as had Courtney. He had always managed to find them though. He remembered when he found Courtney after Alcazar had taken her. She looked so frail when he found her in the clinic. Alcazar had broken her. He would make sure that no one would ever break someone he loved again. He came out of his thoughts and began to think of what someone would want with Audrey. "So they must want something only I have. You know once they get it, they're going to kill her." "You need to get in touch with Sonny so you can get to her before something happens." Jason nodded and left the penthouse.
He drove as quickly as he could to Sonny's house. He hoped that Carly had been able to tell him what was going on. He didn't have time to explain the situation. He pulled up to Sonny's house and jumped off his bike. He burst through the door, nodding at Max before going into the living room. He walked in and saw Carly and Sonny talking on the couch. They turned to look at him and Carly excused herself before she got kicked out. She stopped in front of Jason before she left and kissed him on the cheek.
She closed the door on the way out and before Jason could explain what was going on Sonny was all ready talking. "Do you have any leads of Audrey yet?" Jason hung his head. "Not yet. I have to find her, she's counting on me." "You have never let anyone down and you're not going to start now. She knows you won't give up on her." "I just came to check in. I have people to talk to. I'll check in later." Jason was out the door before Sonny could stop him. He hoped this was all going to work out. Jason and Audrey needed each other.
The door opened and Audrey looked up to see Vargas walking in. "How are you holding up in here?" "Like you care! But just to humor you, I'm going nuts. Please don't leave me alone in here. My wrists are killing me. I just want to move my arms." Audrey was pleading, but she didn't care. She was coming close to her breaking point and if he didn't let her move around she was going to break. "Do you think I'm that heartless?" "Please let me walk around the room! Please, you can stay in here just untie the ropes." Vargas contemplated her request. "All right, I'll untie the ropes and let you have free reign over this room and the bathroom. Don't double cross me." "Thank you."
It was exactly one hour since he last talked to Audrey that Jason's phone rang. He looked at it before frantically answering. "Audrey?" "Wrong. Are you alone?" Jason grimaced. "Yeah." "Good. Now, what you're gonna need to do is steal the business away from Corinthos, again. The deal is once you get it you give it to me. And if you don't, your daughter here will be worse off than she all ready is." He put the phone up the Audrey's mouth. "Be good now. Say hello." "Dad, please help me. I'm…" "Bye bye." Vargas hung up the phone and left Audrey alone in the room. "Please. Come find me."
Jason hadn't told Sam what was going on yet. She was still angry at him for the whole Courtney discussion. He wasn't in the mood to talk to her right now. He needed to focus all his energy on finding his daughter. He needed to go back to Sonny's and give him an update. He turned to leave the docks and saw Courtney walking towards him. He didn't know why but he felt himself relax just knowing that she was around. She smiled at him as she walked up to him. "Hey, Jase." "Hey." She eyed him suspiciously. It looked like something was bothering him.
They had been on good terms lately so she decided to ask him what was wrong. "Jase, are you okay? You look like something's bothering you." He nodded. She knew him so well. She could tell just by looking at him that something was wrong. Sam couldn't do that. "You know that surprise daughter that I was telling you about?" She nodded so he continued. "Well, she's been kidnapped." Courtney gasped. "Oh Jason, I am so sorry. But I know that if anyone can find her…you can. She'll be okay knowing that you're looking for her. I always was." He smiled at her confession. "I didn't always get to you in time though." She sighed. He still blamed himself for her losing their baby.
"Jason, the only reason I survived Alcazar was because I knew that you were looking for me. And that you wouldn't give up on me no matter what. I made a decision and it was the wrong one but it was not your fault. Just concentrate on getting to her and if you need to talk to someone, you know you can call me. I would love to help you." She kissed him on the cheek and quickly walked past him. She brushed up against his shoulder and he felt a familiar fire in his heart.
He pushed the thoughts of her out of his head for the time being so he could concentrate on finding Audrey. He would get back to Courtney later. He ran up the stairs of the docks and took off towards Sonny's house. Sonny was on the phone when Jason pulled up. "Anything on Audrey Morgan? All right. Jason's going to be checking in. I need you to stay on it, Stan, because, you know, they grabbed her for leverage and I don't want her hurt in somebody's else's fight. Thanks." Just as Sonny hung up the phone, Jason flew into the room. "I know what Vargas wants." Sonny looked at him expectantly. "What?" "Everything." Sonny shook his head and began to pace around his living room. "This is bad. Any idea where Audrey is?" "No, they cut me off too soon." "What about Noah? Where is he?" "I have him searching everywhere she could possibly be." "So they want my organization in return for Audrey?" "Yeah, so far." Sonny nodded and rubbed his chin. "It's started."