"Holding Out For a Hero" – Bonnie Tyler

Chapter 8 WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD MEN GONE

AND WHERE ARE ALL THE GODS?

WHERE'S THE STREET-WISE HHERCULES

TO FIGHT THE RISING ODD?

ISN'T THERE A WHITE KNIGHT UPON A FIERY STEED?

LATE AT NIGHT I TOSS AND TURN AND DREAM

OF WHAT I NEED

"Ej why did you have to be a Dimera? Couldn't you just have a mother that hated me? I guess isn't stead of a mother in law that hates me, now I'll have a father in law that hates me." She said and looked up at the mansion again.Sami sat outside the Dimera mansion for over an hour before she got the courage to go inside, she just didn't know what to say. Or if they would even let her in, she was a traitor to them. Helping put Tony in jail years ago and knew she wasn't forgiven for that. When she seen someone headed for her car she knew it was now or never. She grabbed her purse, dropping her cell phone and headed to the door, taking a deep breath before knocking.

"Samantha Brady, what are you doing her?" Bart asked, and Sami just pushed her way past knowing he wouldn't be the one she needed. "Where is Tony? I know he's home." She said and headed for the living room to find him sitting on the couch drinking a glass of wine.

"Samantha, what can I help you with?"

"I want to talk to Ej! For some reason he isn't returning my messages that I leave with Mythic and we both know that's because he isn't getting him. Tell me where to find him." She said and made sure to keep her distance, remembering the time he threw her through the French doors.

I NEED A HERO

I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO 'TIL THE END OF THE NIGHT

HE'S GOTTA BE STRONG

AND HE'S GOTTA BE FAST

AND HE'S GOTTA BE FRESH FROM THE FIGHT

I NEED A HERO

I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO 'TIL THE MORNIGN LIGHT

HE'S GOTTA BE SURE

AND ITS' GOTTA BE SOON

AND HE'S GOTTA BE LARGER THAN LIFE

"He gets the messages, he's just too busy with his girlfriends to return them." Tony said and never even bothered to look up at her as he did it.

"We both know that's a lie, Ej loves me and no matter what I said to him, he would always come back to me. You want me to drop this, then he needs to tell me himself he doesn't love me. Then and only then will I let this drop!" She said and began to get the first in her eyes that Tony knew was there, it made him even smirk.

SOMEWHERE AFTER MIDNIGHT

IN THE WILDEST FANTASY

SOMEWHERE JUST BEYOND MY REACH

THERE'S SOMEONE REACHING BACK FOR ME

RACING ON THE THUNDER END RISING WITH THE HEART

IT'S GONNA TAKE A SUPERMAN TO SWEEP ME OFF MY FEET

"Too bad, he's not even in the country anymore. He took off, didn't he tell you goodbye?"

"Of course he told me goodbye, he also told me that he would come back if I asked and I am! Stop withholding my messages from him, and just tell me where he is damn it!" She said and threw the vase off the desk at the wall.

"Look, stop throwing your little tantrum and just go away." Tony said and called for Bart. "Bart, please show Ms. Brady to her new home." Tony said and before Sami knew what was happening Bart put a rag to her mouth and she was put in a secret room in the basement.

I NEED A HERO

I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO 'TIL THE END OF THE NIGHT

HE'S GOTTA BE STRONG

AND HE'S GOTTA BE FAST

AND HE'S GOTTA BE FRESH FROM THE FIGHT

I NEED A HERO

I'M HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO 'TIL THE MORNIGN LIGHT

HE'S GOTTA BE SURE

AND ITS' GOTTA BE SOON

AND HE'S GOTTA BE LARGER THAN LIFE

Sami didn't wake up for a couple hours and Tony was the first person she seen, sitting in a chair and laughing at her.

"Samantha you were right. Ej is still a complete fool for you, starring at your picture and wonders why you never called."

"You kept my messages, I knew it. But why? Wait, Stephano, he did this, he kept us apart. Didn't he?" She said and began to find her bearings again.

"Yes and it was also him that said I couldn't kill you so be grateful. He seems to think that might push Ej over the edge and that's not quite where he wants him, yet."

"What is this, a game? A way to make Ej into something that he's not? He will only be that when he feels like he's got nothing else to loose…" with that Sami stopped, "That's it, you are going to make him think I'm dead just to get him to be what you want. Aren't you?" Sami said and knew she was right.

"You know, you would have made one hell of a Dimera. You always did have that mean streak in you. Sure you don't want to join the family again?" Tony joked and then made sure to turn on the television before he left. "Figured we'd give you a little entertainment, keep tabs on Ej through this and see for yourself what he really is." He said and then left, leaving her to pound on the door screaming.

"Just wait, he'll find me!" She screamed and then returned to the bed crying, hoping he would hear her plea.

UP WHERE THE MOUTAINS MEET THE HEAVENS ABOVE

OUT WHERE THE LIGHTENING SPLITS THE SEA

I WOULD SWEAR THAT THERE'S SOMEONE SOMEWHERE

WATCHING ME

"He'll come for me I know he will and when he does you better hide. Because I can assure you Tony, Ej will find me and when he does. You will wish that you were dead because there is nothing that will protect you from him. Watch, just watch when he finds out I'm gone! You won't know what hit you." She said and walked to the other side of the room, sure that he would rescue her like he always had.

THROUGH THE WIND AND THE CHILL AND THE RAIN

AND THE STORM AND THE FLOOD

I CAN FEEL HIS APPROACH

LIKE THE FIRE IN MY BLOOD