Alexis was counting the days as she sat by Molly's bedside. When she first came up with her plan, from the moment she had found out her eggs were still fertile, all she had thought about was how Sonny and Sam's child had saved Kristina from this exact same disease.
She thought about the time she had spent, sitting by Sam's bedside, telling her how she would be a hero for saving her sister. She couldn't help wondering if she had contributed to this mess. When the results had come back, that the same stems that saved Kristina would work for Molly, she had begged, borrowed, and finally stole what she needed to save her little girl.
The day that Kelly Lee had told her that she couldn't carry the child, the day she had hatched her desperate plan, the day the doctor she had hired confirmed that it was Molly's best chance. Alexis had finally seen for the first time her Cassadine roots. Molly wasn't as sick as Kristina had been, but they knew it was coming and she wasn't going to lose her daughter, not when there was a way to save her.
To protect Drake, Lee and the staff at GH, she had contacted Claudia Zachara, gave her Sonny's mental health file in exchange for the name of the doctor who would do what she wanted, no questions asked.
The Italian woman had surprised Alexis when afterwords, she had told her that she would have helped without the file, but that she appreciated it. That no one would ever learn what she had given her in exchange. Thankfully the woman died, Alexis wasn't sure she believed her, but it had become a moot point with her death.
That day she had gone to her friend Kate Howard; the day the woman had agreed to seduce her ex fiancee as revenge for all that he had done to her. Now, Sam was yet again pregnant with Sonny Corinthos child. Alexis had already vowed to take care of the little girl she was carrying, the child would be her granddaughter, her other daughters both niece and Kristina's half sister.
She had had Sam's eggs extracted, then the sperm that Kate had gotten implanted within them. Finally, her rather shady doctor Devlin had implanted all four eggs within Sam, only one had taken and now within days, her only chance of saving her very sick daughter was within reach.
Kate had gone to see her cousin who was a patient at GH when she saw Sam McCall, awake and wondering around. "Shouldn't for the safety of your child you still be in bed?"
"I was thinking about that." Sam drawled, the child she was carrying had convinced her that this world, this reality was the dream. Because if she had been unconscious as long as her mother claimed, there was no way she was four months pregnant. Shuddering because if she was pregnant from before the ball, the father would be Lucky Spencer. Sam just breathed a sigh of relief then said "I have a question for you. Did you get shot at your wedding to Sonny?"
Escorting Sam back to her room, then sighing at what she was doing for Dante's sister and Alexis' daughter, Kate helped her back to bed then let her mind drift.
Sonny had been keeping secrets, big ones that had cost her so much including the child she had been carrying.
Back in 2008; Johnny was at Jake's when he saw two men conversing then one slip something over to the other in an attach case. Later, outside, he saw them again, this time what was clearly diamonds from the glint off the stones were exchanged.
Calling Morgan he said "I think I just saw a hitter get paid to take a shot at someone."
Jason hung up and told Cody and his other men to be careful. "The Russians more than likely hired themselves a hitter."
"What about Sonny?" asked Cody. All were wondering the same. Sonny wanted the power back and in a bid to get it, had made a deal with a Russian drug dealer by the name of Karpov, he and his attorney Sasha Donev were causing small problems all over the state.
Hesitating, Jason said "I will go and talk to Sonny, yet again. Maybe he will finally get that this is no longer a game."
Once he was gone, Cody looked at the men remaining and said "Sonny is going to get us killed."
Meanwhile Jason was entering the mansion after warning Max what he had seen. The guard had taken the reeducation well, had even admitted later that he had had doubts about grabbing that sweet Jones girl but with Sonny's temper, he had been worried what the man would have done if he hadn't kidnapped her while Mikey had been gone.
They discussed the new set ups and what Max had agreed to in regards to be allowed to still protect Sonny, then Jason entered and heard his former partner talking to a dark haired woman. He saw the dimples come out and knew that this woman was going to be the man's next conquest, hell he hadn't even married Kate yet. Their wedding was the very next day.
"Jason, this is Kate's cousin, Olivia Falconari." Sonny acted the congenial host, while both of his guest could care less who the other one was.
"Mr. Morgan." she drawled out, not wanting to deal with yet another mobster. Olivia was in town for one reason and one reason only to convince her cousin to keep quiet about her son. Kate however had been begging Olivia to release her from her promise to keep her son a secret.
Nodding he said "Sonny we need to talk."
Kate walked in then said "I thought your father was going to be your best man."
She had seen Jason and assumed he was there for the small dinner they were throwing for wedding party after the rehearsal dinner. Kate looked at the other man, it was the first time she had seen him at the house since Sonny had so royally screwed up and married her assistant.
She had let him sweat it out, after the annulment, made him work hard to get her back and now that she was back, the mob had to stay gone, or else.
"He is." Sonny was sweating a bit, he had promised Kate he was out, after what had happened when the guards had screwed up the kidnapping of the Jones girl. When he had talked to Karpov he had made a mistake in that the man wasn't a normal businessman, he didn't play by the rules.
Jason was refusing to fix it for him, had told the Russian to his face he wouldn't do business with him and now he found himself caught between a rock and Jason Morgan. Looking at the woman he had wrapped all his future plans of respectability up into, he said "Jason just stopped in to wish us, well, isn't that right Jason?"
Deciding that Sonny was on his own, Jason just smiled then approached the dark haired man then whispered, "You pissed off Karpov and he hired a hitter. I told you not to mess with the Russians, you are on your own."
Kate had just said I Do when Sonny heard something then saw her fall forward. Shouting out for help, he fell to his knees as blood spread from the back of her gown. When he realized he wasn't hit, and that it meant the bullet was still inside of her, he looked around and saw Max's face and he knew that this time Jason Morgan wasn't coming to his rescue, not without incentive.
At the hospital, Olivia went off on Jason who was there with Elizabeth planning their time away in Italy. When she slapped the man, Elizabeth had had enough, even more so when Carly showed up and started to blame Elizabeth for what she considered Jason abandoning them.
"Carly, shut up. You are right, I am responsible." she snapped then seeing the others looking at her in astonishment she looked at Jax who had remarried the blond to get legal custody of Morgan and then at Olivia and said "Because if I had told Jax or Kate how you showed up at Jason's office last month, worried that the two of you had had unprotected what was it you called it to excuse your behavior, I know, redo sex in the limo when you dumped your son off at the nearest rehab facility, there wouldn't have been a wedding today."
"YOU BITCH!" shouted Carly while Olivia looked at the blond with distaste as she recalled her verbally attacking her cousin for kissing Jax on the night that had happened. "How dare you, you had no right, none trying to turn this around and blame it on me. I am not at fault. Besides, we were married at one point, that makes it okay."
Snorting, Elizabeth saw Patrick coming down the hall. When he asked if the marriage had been finalized, there was a resounding no. "Fine, Ms. Falconari, I need you to sign off on surgery for your cousin. We have to remove the bullet which is lodged millimeters from her spine."
Taking the papers, she signed then slapping Sonny then Carly ordered them away. Calling Dante she listened to his voice mail message and left one of her own. Hearing the doctor ordering the brunette into scrubs, she said "Is she really the best choice to be in there?"
Patrick looked at the woman then said "Yes, she is."
Six hours later, Jason who had gone home to be with their boys hung up the phone when the guard called to let him know Elizabeth was done for the day. Once they were in bed, he called Cody to get what his men had found. "It was them. Jason, we saw Sonny talking to Karpov, he was a little high strung. If Harper hadn't shown up, I think he would have killed him right then and there."
Meanwhile Sonny had gone to Jason's house and been turned away by what he considered his own men. Promising retribution, he drove to the one place he knew he would find someone who would want access to the territories. "I have a deal for you."
Claudia looked at him then leaned back in her brother's chair and said "You have nothing I want."
"Wrong again. I know that your brother and Jason have been negotiating regarding the piers 27 and 31 docks. I can get them for you; at no cost if you do one thing for me." he bluffed.
"Since you are a has been, I can't think how you will do that." replied Claudia. This man, this little man had called her a slut, a whore, said she was nothing for doing nothing more or less than what he had. Yet, because she was a woman, he had tried to make her feel bad for having sex with him. She was going to make him pay for that, one way or the other.
"Grab Morgan's wife, make it seem like it was the Russians. Put her in a small space. She was grabbed years ago." Claudia froze, then looked at the man who suddenly smiled and said "Yeah, now I have your attention. As I was saying kidnap her, then send him tapes of her being held."
That this little man, this bastard would even suggest such a thing. Claudia thought about the truce her brother had with Morgan then said "I will give it some thought but what do you want?"
"My old territories back and when Jason hears Elizabeth begging and pleading for her life. He will toss them back in my lap. Trust me, Elizabeth Webber could make Jason do whatever she wanted." sneered the Cuban.
Claudia knew that Sonny was sick, after all she was the one driving him over the edge, but this, to set up his own partner's wife. That, that went beyond sick and into selfishness and power hungry.
"Wouldn't it be easier to grab one of the kids." she asked. Seeing his frown, she said "You have no problems with suggesting emotional torture, when you suffer from the same problem but kidnapping a kid for a few hours."
Sonny had no intention of letting it go that far, just enough to get Jason on his side again, but she didn't need to know that. "Jason loves Elizabeth because she gave him a kid, nothing more. But kids, kidnapping them. He won't stop until he burns the town down. Besides, I have seen you looking, with the wife gone, Jason will be vulnerable, he always is when without a woman."
When the man had left, Claudia said "Did you hear all of that?"
Coming out of the corner fixing his belt, Jerry said "Yeah, word of advice, don't fuck with Morgan."
"Find out what I need about your brother's business, then we will talk about your own plan." said Claudia who then went looking for her brother. She found him beating the hell out of a man in their father's playroom. "What did he do?"
"He was the hitter; rumor was they were looking at you as well." he said then told his people to get rid of the body. "You were right, but sending Jacks after the Russians, are you sure you trust him."
"No, but I have something for you to watch." Showing him Sonny's visit she asked "What do you think?"
"He is dangerous to our truce. I will go to Morgan, for now watch your back." he warned.
Kate looked at Sam who just smirked from her prone position in the bed. "Anyhow, Jason and Elizabeth had already left for Italy to protect their kids. It sent Sonny over the edge and he shot Karpov, then Carly stupidly gave him an alibi."
Sam knew that this had to be a nightmare, after all there was no way that Jason would abandon Sonny, just no way. "What happened next?"
Certain that Sam didn't want to know her own family's drama, she left out about a drunken Johnny and her cousin but her own mind went to what she had been told.
Olivia asked for another drink then swallowed the shot whole. "Wow there little lady, you might want to slow down some."
Looking at the bartender in the rundown little bar she had found, Olivia snorted then said "Just keep them coming. I won't be driving."
Her mind went back to what Dr. Drake had told her. Kate had been pregnant, that she had miscarried. Drinking the next shot; her fifth, she looked around for a diversion and saw the man entering the bar. When he sat down two stools from her and ordered a drink, she listened as yet again the bartender stuck his nose in private business.
"Are you sure you should be drinking?" Johnny thought back to what he had seen earlier that evening, Georgie dressed up; laughing in the diner while talking to the man he knew was Dr. Matt Hunter. Then the two of them still smiling and laughing as they left to go to the movies.
He had gone to take care of business, then had looked at the blood on his hands and decided that tonight was going to be the night he got over this because clearly she was not interested in him. Ignoring his heart which kept sending him back, he just glared at the greasy man and said "If you can't mind your own fucking business, just leave me the bottle."
"He is rather nosy." said Olivia taking a good look as she moved to the bar stool next to him. "Are you out to have some fun or to drink your troubles away?"
Glancing at the older woman, his first instinct was to tell her to fuck off but then thought about it, why not take her up on what she was offering as she reached out and ran her hand up his leg. Looking down, he watched, detached from reality as she cupped him under the bar.
Hearing laughter, he turned and watched, frozen as the foursome walked in. Georgie and her sister along with that geek and the young doctor. When SHE removed her coat then challenged the doctor to a game of pool, Johnny's eyes followed. "Coleman, can I get some quarters for the tables?"
Johnny sat there frozen, there was a strange woman with her hands on him, making it clear she wanted sex and yet, some part of him knew that all it would take was a smile from this girl. Instead he got an impersonal "Hello."
Turning she seemed to light up with a huge smile, if he had looked Johnny would have seen that her eyes looked in pain and her hands shook as she placed the quarters in the correct slots and asked Matt if he was any good.
Making a decision, Johnny tossed down a couple hundred dollars, he took one of the keys from behind the bar, two bottles of the hard stuff and turned to the woman and said "Are you coming?"
"No, but I certain hope you are up to the job." she whispered as she stumbled up the stairs behind him. Looking back, she saw the girl with the tears in the brown eyes and thought to herself, that besides getting laid, she might be doing some good. Girls like that don't belong with dangerous men like the one she was hoping would make her forget all she was dealing with.
Georgie just thanked god she was leaving the next morning for school in Italy. Hopefully a year there would cure her of this helpless crush she had on a man who seemed to see her as a pal, a buddy, that faithful friend that Spinelli called her.
In Italy, Jason was amused as Elizabeth prepared the room. "You know, normally I don't pay any attention to the color of the rooms for whoever I have house sitting. But hey, if you really..."
Leaning down to kiss his now pouting wife, Jason asked "When is she arriving? And do we have time before the boys returned with Audrey to take a nap?"
Standing, she moved in closer and rubbed his arm. "Are you tired?"
Growling no, he picked her up and carried her down the stone walkway and up to their bedroom. As the happy couple spent the afternoon tucked up in bed with one another, they discussed what was waiting for them in Port Charles in between working on that third child they wanted.
"I really just want to walk away." he confessed. "If it wasn't for the mess I would be leaving behind, I would say call Georgie and tell her we don't need someone to stay here but that our Venice house is available if she wants to use it."
"We can't." she said gently. "Jason, like you said we have too many people we care about still there that can be caught in the crossfire. I just hate that Sonny went this far."
Burying his head in her shoulder, he said "When this is over, we need to consider finding new friends."
Holding onto her husband, her mind on what John Zachara had told him and all she could think was how had Sonny gotten this far gone and what would it take to bring him back to being the man she had once considered Jason's truest friend.
Kate looked up and saw Sam was asleep, leaving the hospital, she saw Maxie Jones talking to Patrick Drake and felt for the man as she recalled what else had happened during that time. Robin, his wife had gone into labor and after giving birth had died.
The man had walked around for several weeks like he was half dead himself. He had even gone so far as to avoid his daughter, convinced it was his fault she was growing up without a mother. It had taken Mac Scorpio locking him in a jail cell with the baby to jerk him back to life at least in regards to his daughter.
Kate couldn't help wondering why women like Sam McCall got to live, yet others like Robin Scorpio who deserved long lives got nothing but tragedy.
In Sam's dream world, she was triumphant. She was going to give birth yet once again Jason was no place to be found. Cursing a bit, she pouted as she finally found him in the chapel of all places. "Jason, are you worried about my giving birth, don't. Dr. Lee promised."
"Uncle Jason."
Sam saw him stand and reached out to grab the kids' arm. "Go away, talk to him later. Why the hell can't you stand on your own for just one day."
Michael ignored her and said "That escort, Candy it went wrong, Uncle Jason terribly wrong."
Sam knew this couldn't be a dream because dammit, nothing was going her way.
Waking up, Sam just looked around, waiting to see what world she was in. When Dr. Webber entered, she said "What do you want?"
"I am here to take your blood pressure." he stated evenly.
"What, like I would trust Elizabeth Webber's brother to be my doctor." she sneered.
Blinking a bit, he replied. "Sam, it's blood pressure and two am. Now, shut up."
"I will make you pay for that." she complained. When he left, she had an idea and stood. Walking down the hallway she saw Mac Scorpio talking to someone outside a well guarded room. "What is that?"
That annoying nurse Nadine stopped and said "Oh, that is some model. Someone took a shot at her and Mac Scorpio wants to talk to her about the Russians who were in town this month."
"Russians?" she asked.
When Sam set down, Nadine thought about it then decided to see if she could help her favorite co-worker Elizabeth by making this woman see reason.
"Yeah, Sonny Corinthos supposedly killed their boss two years ago and then things really went haywire."
It was late in the afternoon when Nadine and Leyla were on the roof as saw the fireball then the trucks from down the street rolling. "What was that?"
"Oh my god." said Elizabeth who had come to get them. "That looks like the fire is near Kelly's and the coffee warehouse that belongs to Sonny."
The trucks were soon overwhelmed as the Cannery, also Sonny's property was on fire. Checking with her guard, Elizabeth was assured that Jason was fine at the moment. Heading back to work, she missed seeing her guard call someone. "They are in the laundry room. Bins four and five. Dead."
"Morgan wants to tell Elizabeth himself." he was told as he followed the woman to the Emergency room. Two men, unknowns had tried to grab their charge while she had been changing after surgery, the guards had dealt with them, but Jason wanted to know more.
At the end of her shift, Elizabeth hurried down to the studio where Jason had asked her to meet him. "Jason, what is it?"
"Sit down." he said grimly. "Elizabeth, I have had a guard on Lucky since he got out of jail."
"You are scaring me, did he do this?" she said waving her arm at the fire nearby.
"No, that was the Russians, Elizabeth he tried to grab the boys today." he told her bluntly. "Two men came after you, I think in connection to that."
"OH MY GOD!" she replied as she thought about killing the man. "My babies, where are my babies?"
"Our boys are fine." he said then saw her face Swallowing his anger, Jason said "He had a cabin ready, in the woods."
"Where is he?" she spat out. "I want to face him, to let him know."
"Gone, he fled when he realized he was going to be grabbed." The men's first priority had been protecting the boys, so Jason wasn't angry with them, but he really wished they had grabbed the SOB.
"Why didn't your men shoot him." she demanded then saw his face close up. "Jason, not for me, please don't save that jerk, if he goes for our boys, or endangers us again. Forget our misbegotten past, I have. Take him out. I won't let him."
Holding his trembling wife, he gave her the rest of the news. "Claudia Zachara is at the penthouse."
"Spinelli must be in heaven." she said dryly then asked "Why is she there?"
They hadn't used the penthouse since getting married, the computer geek still lived there when Jason wanted to isolate him, when he needed an office but for the most part it sat empty just in case they had to use it for protection.
"She was thrown in the water. Her brother is bringing her some clothes when it is safe. Right now, she is wearing your old bathrobe." he stated then winced while closing one eye. For the first time in hours, Elizabeth had something to laugh about as clearly Jason thought he was in the doghouse.
"I am fine with that. I think her flirting and hitting on you, is like a cat, sniffing and scratching. It's how they learn things." she pointed out. "Who did this Jason? Did they come after you, or just Sonny?"
"Just Sonny but it was a warning. I want you and the boys to head to safety." He had already started to prepare that, but this mess with Lucky had delayed things.
"Let me get our bags." she replied. Then saw his face. "They are already packed, aren't they?"
"Yes, I am sending you to a safe house." he stated. "I can't send you to Italy, Sonny went to Bernie recently, he might know of our house."
"We should warn Georgie then." she reminded him of the twenty one year old attending school and house sitting for them at the same time.
"She is safe, I am worried about you and now that Sonny has been pushed into corner how he is going to react." An hour later, at the safe house, Elizabeth was nervous, something wasn't right; she wasn't sure what it was but something was off.
Calling Cody she said "It might be nerves, but can you double the guards."
"I already did." he said then listened as she seemed to be counting. "Mrs. Morgan, what is it?"
"I only count four, Cody." There was a scuffle then silence...
Calling Jason on his back up phone, Cody said "The safe house, something is wrong."
Speeding across town, Jason entered and saw nothing. Absolutely nothing. His hands were shaking when he picked up the note. "Morgan, if you want baby's breath and the little ones back, you know what I want."
Jason knew Jerry Jacks was at the hotel, has been all afternoon. He had had guards on the man since he arrived back in town.
Looking at the note he knew to be fake, then starting to fall apart, Jason saw Elizabeth's wedding ring on the ground and fell to his knees in despair, what he had heard on that tape between Sonny and Claudia making him sick as it played in his mind even months later then he saw it under the sofa.
Reaching down, he pulled it out. A white rose petal. "Find Spencer, now! Tell Spinelli not to leave the penthouse, I want him to look at every single surveillance camera, every single ATM. Lucky that bastard, he has my family."
Just to be on the safe side, Jason called his family warning them that he thought Lucky had grabbed Elizabeth. When Emily showed up at the penthouse he was now using as an office he tried to figure out where the man would take them then made a call.
Dammit he thought to himself, he needed to get his act together. How could he have forgotten that damn cabin, Spencer didn't know they knew about it. "Cody, I know where he is."
When his sister got in beside him, he snapped for her to get out. "No, because Lucky since he got out of jail, he has been a good little boy, something that should have made me realize. I told him that you and Elizabeth were happy, that you were talking about more children. I caused this."
At the cabin, Elizabeth was tied up to a chair as Lucky set the table. She could hear her sons crying and begged to be allowed to go to them. "NO, we are having dinner. See, I brought you flowers."
Hiking in from the road, the men in black, looked in the window and saw the two adults, in back they saw the two children and gave soft chuckles. "Which one is it again?"
"Take the smaller one, that older kid looks like a biter." said the man. Breaking the window, he heard the man in the other room start shouting as he grabbed the kid who was screaming along with his brother and tossed him to the man outside.
When the second boy bit him, he pushed the kid away and said "Annoying little shit, aren't you."
"Don't you dare take my brudder." he was told. Lifting the kid, he was trying to pass him through the window, but the kid kicked him in the groin. "Fuck."
"You said a bad word, my mommy is going to be mad at you." he said and then added "My daddy is going to get my little brother back and you are going to be in real trouble."
Tossing the annoying brat at the bed when he ripped at his hair, the muscle flipped out of the window just as Lucky unlocked the door and screamed at the brats to be quiet. "Shut the hell up."
"Mommy, mommy some men took Jake." he called out. Lucky looked out the window, thinking good riddance until he saw they were stealing his car. "Hey, I just bought that."
Pulling out his gun, he started shooting at the car while Elizabeth screamed something at him in the back ground. "What is your problem?"
"Stop firing, you could hit Jake." she yelled then said "Untie me."
"No." he retorted as he locked and slammed the door to keep Cam inside "And who gives a crap, those fuckers just stole my car."
When he went back to fixing dinner, she looked at him and shouted. "Dammit, Lucky this isn't a game, someone just kidnapped Jake. Get some help, call Jason, for gods sake."
"No." he growled then threatening to gag her said "It was probably him, after all he only married you for the kid."
Cam who was in the bedroom saw a shadow at the window, then grabbed the long stick near the door. As he heard shouting in the other room, he took a swing at the man coming in. "Ouch!"
When the man fell the rest of the way in, Cam lifted the stick again then saw it was Mr. Cody. "Mr. Cody, did you grab Jake?"
His blood freezing, Cody lifted the little boy and kicked down the door just in time to see Jason untying Elizabeth. Emily who had come in with Jason looked at the man holding Cam and said "Where is Jake?"
"The bad men took Jake. Mommy he said a bad word when I bit him." Cam looked at Cody and said "I's sorry I hit you."
"Don't worry about it, little one." he said then saw the expression on Jason's face and knew that Lucky Spencer was a fucking dead man after they found out who grabbed Jake and rescued him.
Elizabeth was hiding her tears, trying not to scare Cam while Emily went to hold her nephew. Jason looked at his enforcer and said "Take my family home, I am going to search."
"I am coming with you." said Elizabeth. When he went to protest he saw her eyes and said "Emily?"
"We will be okay with Cody." then asked quietly as Cody, Cam and she left. "What about Mac, you called him about Lucky."
"Tell him we are fine." he replied then when they left kicked Lucky then asked Elizabeth to show him where the boys had been. He was leaning down, looking at the blood drops when they heard the sound of footsteps.
Elizabeth looked up at Lucky who ordered her to get Jason's gun, well aware she wouldn't shoot him."Now, Elizabeth."
Her hands shaking, knowing she was Jason and her only hope, she lifted the gun out of Jason's waistband, Lucky made the mistake of taking his eyes off the weapon and keeping them on the person he considered the threat. "Lucky."
Looking at Elizabeth, he smartly kept his gun on Morgan, only to feel his chest catch on fire as she fired at him twice then when he fell checked his pulse and finally handed Jason the gun.
Checking Spencer, Jason said "We have to go." Outside, he told two of the men returning to deal with the body, then he helped Elizabeth into the black truck and pulled out. "Tell me what you know."
In Port Charles, Cody took the Quartermaine daughter to the penthouse where Johnny was talking to Spinelli who was excited. "Where is Stone Cold, I have data he needs?"
Listening, the bald man went to the kitchen and called Jason. "The roadhouse and Jason, there was phone chatter between Sonny and Karpov's attorney. An hour later, the hit on Sonny was called off."
At the roadhouse, Elizabeth listened when Jason told her to stay in the truck as he called his men. Within a half hour, there were twenty men all with one mission to save Jake and not shoot anyone until that little boy was back in his mother's arms.
"Elizabeth." Jason helped her out of the truck, then handed her the gun. "Stay close to me, we are going in the back door."
Scared but knowing that her son's life depended on it, she stayed close to Jason then when they were just inside, listened as someone made a call. One word caught her attention... moving closer to Jason she said "Королева (ka-ra-lye-va), Jason that is the Russian word for Queen."
"What?" he asked not sure why that mattered then she mouthed the word Helena Cassadine at him. Getting what she was indicating, he saw Jake sitting on the floor playing with something with only one guard on him.
Hearing footsteps, he heard someone calling to that guard. "Valasily, we will be leaving soon. Make sure the kid is ready to travel."
Jason saw the man walk toward Jake and saw the drink in his hand. Getting nervous, he slipped in and knocked the bastard out. "Elizabeth, take Jake."
Holding her little boy, she was soon outside with four guards just as Jason carried Valasily to the second truck then told his men. "No one, I mean no one gets out."
"Understood." The place lit up as Elizabeth held Jake, then he pulled off the gravel parking lot. At the penthouse, Elizabeth saw Cameron who shouted his brother's name then said "I told that bad man daddy would bring Jake back."
"Daddy sure did." Jake was now awake and looking around a bit. Reaching out for Jason, he was soon back asleep curled up on his father. Jason sat there, his heart beating rapidly at how close he had come to losing his family.
An hour later, they were at the station talking to Mac Scorpio about Lucky, leaving out the fire when Sasha Donev walked in. When she pointed out that it was great they had rescued Elizabeth and the children from Lucky, she tossed out. "And luck was all it was. Who knows what will happen next time."
"There won't be a next time." Elizabeth said coldly then leaned in and said "You can tell that bitch you work for, that if she comes after my children again, I will kill her like I should have last time. Tell your Королева Helena that she made a very bad mistake."
Sasha back off, then went to the docks. "Your highness, Elizabeth Morgan knows you were behind the kidnapping."
"No, you fool, she doesn't. She only suspects." snarled Helena who then made another call. "Take her out, make it look like Morgan did it. Then retreat, we will have to come at this another way. But in the end, Mr. Morgan will do my bidding."
Sam had fallen asleep, now even when in the real world, things weren't going her way. Jason had seen Brenda do something and had married the annoying model. Sam had protested, saying he should have told the police what the woman did, only for Jason to point out that he had covered for her.
Now awake, or asleep, Sam was losing track, she thought about it, then recalled that none of that had happened. She had been the one to rescue Jake, not Elizabeth. She was the one who had shot. Wait, no. Wait, had that been Elizabeth? Her mind was starting to turn to mush.