As they argued, Sarah had finally figured out that her dream of being rich was fast falling apart. Walking backwards, she was almost to the door when she felt someone grab her by the neck. "Where do you think you are going? My mistress didn't say you could leave yet."

"I was planning on taking Lucky back to our room, this doesn't concern us." she said sweating slightly.

"Fine, you do that." said Andre as she took the brainwashed man with her. Once she had convinced him she was going to bath and show him a good time. Sarah slipped out through the bathroom door. With a wicked grin, she went to where the two young girls were looked in and opened the door.

"My sister needs medicine." said Georgie belligerently to the blond. "We have to get her home."

"Well, you are in luck. I am going to set you free." said Sarah who then watched as the seven and ten year olds left the room and stopped.

"How are we to go home?" asked Georgie a bit scared but refusing to show it while Maxie was shivering, they hadn't given them blankets in that unheated room.

"That way, there are tunnels, I will distract them, I promise." she said then watched as they followed her directions. Sneering at how gullible they were, she hurried back to the man room. "Excuse me."

Softly yet again, she said "I saw those girls, they were heading down towards the boats."

Andre heard her, and then got his Queen's attention. The foursome stopped arguing then Nik said "Go and find them, they have seen my face and know they are on my Island. Go, go, go! All of you. Wait, except you." he said to his father.

Meanwhile, Sarah was amused to be told to track them down as well. This worked out well in her plan to escape this stupid place, there was no way she was going to be a handmaiden to that witch Elizabeth, no way now how. No matter what that elderly crone thought.

Georgie meanwhile had ducked into a bedroom further down the hall. The blond had had cruel eyes and she didn't really trust her. Checking the closet, she sighed in relief when she saw sweaters. Handing one to Maxie who slipped it on she grabbed a different one for herself. "They were talking, that mean woman and the man who grabbed us about tunnels, to General Hospital. WE have to find them."

Maxie nodded, she was starting to tire. It was almost dawn on Christmas morning and she had been feeling sick since they had drugged her. Plodding along behind Georgie, she saw they were heading into the basement where her sister ducked into a crevice when she saw two men coming out a hole in a wall.

"There, that is how we get out of here. GH is North, I saw it from our window." said Georgie while Maxie grinned when they got in to the darkness. "Georgie, I found flashlights."

"Yes." said the little girl as they started walking, her feet growing cold. She didn't say anything though, knowing that Maxie was really feeling sick and would offer up her slippers that she still had on. "Turn off the light."

When she was about to protests, Maxie heard the same footsteps. "Georgie what do we do? There is no place to hide."

"Go against the wall, maybe they won't see us." she said desperately as the two silent men came creeping towards them. She was terrified and shaking with nerves when she found herself sniffing in an attempt to hold back tears.

Suddenly she frowned when the two men started to move closer... then she narrowed her eyes and her heart lifted in excitement, but just in case, she kept quiet... then the man was about two feet away and she silently screamed in joy as she threw herself at the man. "Jason, is that you?"

Mac froze, then said "Georgie?"

Turning to the other man, she started to shout then felt Maxie throw herself at their dad. Hugging Jason as Mac hugged Maxie, she said "Can we go home now?"

Mac nodded then said "We have to be quiet, okay?"

Jason lifted the younger Jones girl in his good arm then told Mac "She is is my right arm."

Getting the message, Mac made sure that Maxie was in his non-shooting arm and they turned and quickly went back towards the hospital. A half hour in, Jason suddenly realized that Georgie was shivering then took his gloves out of his pocket and placed them on her feet. Listening as the younger girl giggled, he said to Mac, "We should be there soon."

Sure enough, Taggert and a few others were waiting just as they returned to the hospital room. Mac took one look at Maxie and handed his daughter off to Jeff Webber who asked if she had been ill. Hearing about the heart transplant, the doctor rushed off with the younger girl and said for someone to call Monica and have her meet them on the way up the stairs.

Meanwhile heavily armed guards surrounding her as she waited with her boyfriend's parents in the chief of staff's office, Elizabeth listened as Sonny and Alexis took turns telling them all they knew. Getting the call, Monica just said Maxie before rushing off to help.

Jason carried Georgie into the room while Mac called the station where Sean and Felicia were waiting and manning the phones. As the blond rushed to see her daughter, Georgie was telling Jason and Elizabeth all about her adventure then innocently asked "Did Santa Claus come?"

Sonny nodded yes, then left the room feeling old at the way the young girl seemed more worried about a man in a red suit than that armed men had grabbed her and her sister. Seeing Jeff Webber waiting while Alan explained to Felicia was was going on. "We are concerned about hypothermia. I took Georgie's temp before we left, and checked her over discreetly, she is fine. A bit cold and tired but fine."

Monica came out of the room, took off her mask and said "She is warming up nicely. So far there appears to be no damage but we are going to have to monitor her closely over the next few days."

Meanwhile Sean had sent one of his divers over to the Island. The man was getting the recon needed when he saw the blond trying to escape. Deciding that she might have information they could use, he hesitated when he saw the two stopping her. "Sarah, where do you think you are going? Do you really think those girls got this far? The one wasn't wearing shoes."

"Lucky, she can borrow shoes." snapped Sarah before moving closer to the cliff's edge. Finally Lucky moved over next to her and lifted his binoculars grumbling that this was a waste of time. With a good shove, Sarah pushed him over into the water fifty feet below. Turning to run, she saw the outline of a man and panicked only for him to announce. "Come with me, if you want to be safe."

Stealing a boat, he knew the minute he started the engine they would be found out, so lifting the canisters in it, he tossed them towards the island. "Help me, we need to get rid of some of this weight."

Sarah and he were soon speeding away just as shots were fired. "they are shooting at us..."

"I noticed." snarled the man as they hit his tank that had been left behind on the pier. Calling his boss, Sean went over to where Mac was talking to Monica and said "There were blast doors in the basement right?"

"Yeah, why?" he asked then swore. "We need to close them."

Taggert and a few of the agents were sent down to lock and close both sets of blast doors then Sean made a decision. Calling back his man he asked "Did you manage to set the blast caps?"

"Yes, should I set it off?" he asked then hearing the answer, said "I have that blond you told me to be on the look out for.

"Do it." said Sean as he moved to the window. Expecting a medium size blast he watched as the night sky was lit up bright enough to convince you it was noon. "How much did you use?"

The man docking felt the ground trembling and larger waves hitting the shore. "Just what you told me. Crap, those barrels."

Looking at the blond he said "What was in the barrels we tossed off?"

"Just fertilizer, they were seeding something." she said shrugging his question off. "So, can I go find my family?"

At the hospital, Elizabeth and the others watched as Spoon Island seemed to tremble then collapse in on itself. Hearing Alexis gasp, she moved over to her mother. "What is it?"

"Stefan, I don't know how involved he was with this, but we were close once." she said sadly as she embraced Elizabeth. When Jason arrived into the room, he saw them along with Georgie standing there watching as the fire raged and seemed to sink into the harbor.

Turning, Elizabeth went over and fiercely hugged Jason. "Thank god you weren't there. What was that?"

"Tentatively, they think it was the same stuff that took down that courthouse in Oklahoma." he said grimly. "Looks like the Cassadines were intending to grab you and level Port Charles."

Horror stricken, Elizabeth looked at him and said "What?"

On Spoon Island, Nik died instantly, his face swelling and gripping his throat unable to breath while Stefan had shot Stavros thinking that the explosion was a diversion, then furious to realize that there was no escape. Helena and her man were running through the tunnels, but felt the fire coming towards them. There was a sudden groaning and then the tunnel in front of them crumbled.

There was no going back and no going forward. The evil queen died 800 fathoms under the Port Charles Harbor, her only company a dying man. Meanwhile Lucky had swam towards Port Charles. Floating up to the docks, a blond young woman with strong arms pulled him out of the water.

Taking him back to her hide away, she thought to herself what a wonderful Christmas gift, a man of her very own...

Christmas morning dawns and Sean sent people in hazmet suits out to the Island while dealing with the screaming of Bobbie Jones who said she was going to sue them for letting her nephew die, that she had warned them he was on that Island and to bring him home safe.

Mac had ignored the whole situation and took home his girls. Maxie was going to need some care for a while mainly as a precaution but Monica had agreed to let her celebrate the holidays with her family. Alexis had gone home to her penthouse, mourning her lost brother... while Sonny had been making decisions.

Elizabeth woke up nice and cozy in her studio apartment. Smiling when she saw her tree with a few presents underneath it, she realized she didn't hear Jason. Then there was the sound of keys in the door and he was standing there with snow in his hair and a soft smile on his face. "Hey, I thought I would be back before you were up. Stay there." he said then came over and set up the picnic basket.

As she gave a joyful giggle, he said "I woke Sonny up, asked him to cook breakfast for us. I have never seen a grown man so excited to get up out of bed and do a chore."

"What are we eating this morning?" she asked then added "Happy Christmas, Jason."

Leaning in, he said "I love you and Happy Christmas to you." Taking out the diced fruit and the thermos of hot cocoa and one of coffee, he handed her the warming tray with an omelet for her and then showed her the muffins Sonny had included. "We have enough food we can squirrel away here until next year."

As they ate, Elizabeth looked at her gift to him a bit worried then said Jason, there is something we have to talk about. Something I just realized last night...

Frowning a bit, he looked up at the serious tone in her voice and said "Elizabeth..."

Taking a deep breath, she said "Thank you, thank you for saving me. That night in the park. I am so sorry that it took this long to realize you were the man who helped me."

Bowing his head, he softly said "I didn't do it for thanks."

With her hand she tilted his head up and then said with a smile, "I know, I am just embarrassed that it took this long. It wasn't until we were in the basement at Kelly's, that I figured it out.

Leaning in, she softly dragged her lips over his then deepened the kiss before whispering "May we open our presents now?"

With a graceful move, Jason took them from under the tree and saw the two with his name on them. "You first..."

She started to protest then said "How about we alternate?"

Nodding, he watched as she opened the jacket he had seen and been excited to get for her. When she slipped her arms through it, he smiled then opened her present. Seeing the painting he looked at her. "E-"

"I know you can't see it, come here and I will explain it to you." she said then pointing out the various items that were part of the whole, she said "Its what I see when I look at you. Love, compassion, and a strength that is your core. But there is also this hint of vulnerability, that you show me and I think only me..."

Kissing her, he said "I love you and it, now open my second gift."

"Bossy much." she said while ripping open the paper. "Jason, what is this?"

"Read it." he said then saw her eyes widen then look at him in shock, worried he started to back pedal scared she wouldn't... but she threw herself into his arms and said "Oh Jason, this is great, I can't wait."

Kissing her, he said "The guide is so you can plan which paintings you want to see." Then with a boyish grin he opened the second gift. Lifting the keys, he asked "Elizabeth..."

"This one is from more than me, I have to admit. But it was my idea." she said impishly. "It's a copy of the bike you drove through the living room at the Quartermaines. Sonny helped with it."

As they kissed, the phone rang. Glaring at it, Jason was going to ignore it when he heard a knock at the door. "Morgan, we were told if you two weren't decent to carry you over however you were dressed."

Opening the solid steel door, Jason glared at Johnny and Francis. "How would the two of you like to end up back in the hospital?"

"There are quite a few people waiting at the penthouse and I think Sonny is breaking out in hives, along with Scorpio, so I was told if you didn't move it, he would let the man arrest you just so he will leave."

Scrambling, Elizabeth went to the closet and changed her clothes, while Jason stood here wondering if killing them would be possible before she exited it. "The answer is no." said Francis humorously as he got what Jason was thinking.

Arriving at the Towers, Jason grabbed the zipper on Elizabeth's coat and quickly pulled her off for a kiss and to say "Let's escape as soon as possible, okay?"

"If I get to drive the bike..." she said trying to bait him into laughing.

Hiding his grin, he said NO then went to follow her into what appeared to be bedlam. His jaw dropped when he saw Sonny feeding the Scorpio girls and Taggert of all people while about a dozen others wandered around. No wonder the man had ordered the guards to bring him back.

Grabbing Marco he asked "What is this?"

"Heck if I know." he shrugged while heading back outside to where it was relatively calm. Today was one of those days he preferred hall duty.

Alexis slipped in the door, she had been waiting patiently for her daughter to arrive. She had already had a great Christmas, and what she had plans to do, made it even better. Thinking on who she had woken up with on her sofa, she gave soft giggle.

Elizabeth heard it and looked at Alexis. The wom- her mother, wow that was going to take some getting used to was practically glowing with excitement. "What is it?"

"I have someone I want you to meet." she said then asked Jason to join them. In her penthouse, Jax came down the stairs and Elizabeth said "I already know Jax."

"I think she means me." said the woman with the red hair who came from the kitchen. "Wow, you must my niece and Jax, you are right, there is no food in this kitchen only popcorn."

Elizabeth's eyes widened as she looked at Alexis who said "Jax has been telling me he was tracking down a surprise for me. I arrived home to them watching the explosion. Kristina, I thought she was dead, like I thought you were."

The red head stood and came over to Elizabeth. "So do you mind having an aunt as well as a mother. She told me everything, and I know this is a lot to have thrown at you..."

Elizabeth looked at Jason then the nervous young woman and hugged her. "No, I don't mind at all. Jax, nice to see you again."

With a soft smirk, he said "Same here, even if you are dating Morgan. I am assuming I will see you later at the Quartermaines?"

Nodding, she looked at Alexis and then Kristina but before she could even say anything there was a knock on the door. "Elizabeth, the Jones girls are looking for you."

"Come over?" she asked. Alexis said "We will be right there. Jason, a minute please?"

Elizabeth went to talk to Georgie and Maxie who excitedly told her what they got for Christmas before telling her why they were there. "We are talking painting lessons, daddy bought us each sets but he said we couldn't use them until we were with our teacher and you know how to paint right?"

Hugging the twosome, she agreed to teach them then Felicia gave a sideways look at Mac and Sonny then took the girls away. As Audrey talked quietly to Taggert, Jason joined them along with Alexis and Kristina while Sean Donnelly entered from a small ante room as well with Jeff Webber. "We have confirmation, Nik, Stefan, Stavros are dead. Most of the servants too. The tunnels show two bodies, one of them is female."

"What about Sarah?" asked Elizabeth anxiously. In spite of everything she was worried about the girl she had been raised with.

"She is in our custody." said Sean not telling her all the girl had spilled. "Lucky Spencer is missing however. He went over the cliff and we suspect he is dead but there is no body, not yet."

"Elizabeth, we need your permission to search the safety deposit boxes and such as well as Cassadine Industries."

Looking at them in surprise, she said "Why would you need my permission, wouldn't Alexis be the one..."

"No, because Helena made Mikkos specifically disinherit Kristen's daughters." he said then let Alexis explain that it didn't exclude her. The attorney had already given Jason a heads up.

"But-" Elizabeth didn't want it, any of it and let them know it.

"That is fine, but for now, we have to find out what we can and you are the only person who can authorize it." said Sean gently. "I have the paperwork with me, you as the heir apparent, just need to sign the release forms."

Looking at Alexis who nodded her agreement, Elizabeth signed then then asked her newly found mother if they could dispense with it afterwords.

Sonny got rid of the police, then told Alexis "We have had a Lucky sighting so don't go anyplace without security, Elizabeth, I know I don't have to tell you that."

Nodding, she asked "Where was he seen?"

"In the company of a tall blond woman. They broke into a pharmacy and stole medicine before driving away in a beat up old green car." Jeff looked at his daughter then said "Sarah is in jail, Sean is keeping it quiet, but she tried to call me. I told her I wouldn't bail her out..."

Elizabeth and Jason left to spend time at the mansion after opening presents with the people they loved at Sonny's. Slipping in the French doors, Elizabeth giggled as she heard Edward grilling Ned about slipping in regards to his present to her. "You know how she is, if you let one word out..."

"He didn't, so Merry Christmas Mr. Quartermaine." she said hugging the old man before greeting the rest of the festively dressed family. After quietly answering questions from Monica about how Jason and she were, they soon sat down, Jason feeling uneasy until Michael walked over and lifted out his arms.

He picked up the little boy, worried about how AJ would take it only to see his brother smirking for some reason... one that soon became apparent as the toddler climbed over him to get to his most favorite person in the world. Soon he was asleep on Elizabeth after babbling away about what she thought was his presents.

An hour later, Jason had rescued the old man from Elizabeth's wrath over the very expensive brushes and paints then found himself rescuing her from Emily when his sister and she had left. He had slipped into the hallway and listened to them gossiping his eyes widening as he got EXACTLY what they were talking about. With a quiet chuckle, he had drawn his sister off then shown her what was in his pocket.

Emily had had to hide her squeal as she returned to where Elizabeth was talking with the family. Everyone was now aware the truth about her parentage, Alan had been a bit worried but Monica had assured him that she had talked to Elizabeth for a few minutes and the younger girl was learning to deal with it.

After hugging Lila and a now awakening Michael, they took off for a ride. Jason pulled off near Vista Point and after a quick walk to the pine trees asked. "Will you consider moving in with me?"

She looked at him then said with a soft smile said "Maybe we should move into the studio."

"No, I have something to show you. I just wanted to ask first..." he said then asked nervously "Unless you don't want to... is that..."

Kissing him, she asked "Are we talking roommates with separate bedrooms or are we..."

"As my girl friend and hopefully as my future." he said quietly. When she nodded yes, he gave her a hard kiss on the lips then drove to the small house he had found. "What do you think?"

Touring around inside, she said "It's great Jason."

The day after Christmas, Elizabeth sat down with her newly extended family and told them what was going on. Only Kristina seemed to protest, explaining that she had been hoping Elizabeth would move in with Alexis and her.

"I just never have really had a family..." she explained. Elizabeth hugged her and said "We are still family... and I will be around so often you will get sick of seeing me."

The new year was full of strife and trouble as things were finally drawn to their rightful conclusions. Elizabeth had been called by Sean Donnelly and after a visit with Sarah, felt bad for the blond who truly didn't seem to get that she was facing charges for Lucky's murder.

She had hidden away the money her mother had given her from the trust when Nik had shown up and upon being charged with murder had tried to access it only for Alexis to claim it on her daughter's behalf. Sarah was wearing the orange jumpsuit and on her way to jail the day she pissed off fellow prisoner Carly Spencer and soon ended up in the medical ward.

Carly was having troubles of her own. She had been found guilty of attempted murder, and with her past, she was packed away to the state hospital for the mentally ill. Bobbie had been devastated but Tony Jones had talked her into moving to Tennessee with Lulu.

They were giving things a second chance, the red head in therapy so that she could kept Luke's daughter out of the foster care system and hopefully at some point remarry Tony. Leslie had been shocked at her ex-husband's part in the disaster even as she realized her daughter would never get better. Laura had been committed, she was still in the same fugue state she had been since Luke's death.

Sonny had gotten out of the mob as much as he could, even opening a restaurant. Brenda had returned and spent time with both of her exes before leaving town yet again. Robin who had married the handsome doctor she met in Pine Valley, had gotten her friend to face that she wouldn't be happy with either man.

So the half mobster had gone through a long list women and was now dating a television producer. Alexis had spent a lot of time with Mac and eventually ended up marrying him which worked out well because Kristina had helped Jax deal with his past with Brenda and they were now living together.

Elizabeth and Jason had moved in together, both shocked when they finally gave in to their passion. Elizabeth told him she finally understood what he meant about the difference between love and sex, Jason just began slowly, hopefully plotting their future.

Things weren't always smooth sailing. A dark haired woman had shown up claiming to be the mother of Nik's child, too bad it had turned out to be a con... Elizabeth had sold the entire company, other than the hospital, then used the money to endow the whole thing.

Elizabeth and Jason had gone to Italy that summer, then after a heat wave knocked out all the lights had been forced to drive home from the only open airport in Newark New Jersey. On the way, they had run into a blond woman working in a diner. Hr husband who had shocked them by looking a lot like Lucky Spencer was the cook.

He had kindly greeted them, the when they were leaving asked where they were from. Hearing Port Charles, he felt a slight tinge but upon reentering the diner felt it go away when he saw his wife and kissed her.

"What is it?" she asked a bit fearfully. She had heard the name of the town from the couple and was concerned what he might remember.

But thanks to Helena's programming his need to be with a blond, he just said "Nothing my queen." as he kissed his wife Courtney. "Let's go home."

Elizabeth looked down at the ring on her finger then said just before they reached Port Charles, "Emily is going to be so excited. I still think we should have eloped."

Jason just reached over and enfolded her hand with his then lifted it to his lips to kiss it. "This way we let them have the wedding they are going to insist on, then they can't fight our news."

Thinking on the house they had found, Elizabeth asked "Are you sure?"

At the stoplight he looked at her and said "They might not be happy about the idea for our honeymoon but when they hear about the house, I think between Alexis and Emily they will all get we are returning." They were planning on traveling the word, seeing all the sights they wanted before settling down to raise a family.

So a week after she graduated from college, Elizabeth Davis Webber had become Elizabeth Morgan. The Quartermaines were ecstatic, as were Elizabeth's family... Carly committed suicide by taking an overdose of her pills and Sarah, Sarah languished in prison for a murder she didn't commit jealous of the six page spread in Couture Magazine about the wedding.

Jason meanwhile opened the note Elizabeth had left on his pillow that morning as she went to paint. "You have given me so much and all I have had to give back until this moment was my heart. You have given me your family, your friends and most importantly your soul is the match to mine. Today I am going to be giving you a present you can't actually have for a while. Congratulations you are going to be a daddy in six months.

Sprinting out of bed, he rushed off to find his wife, spinning her around as they joyfully celebrated the news. "We are having a baby."

Leaning down to kiss her, he said "I know."

The end.