I decided to just finish this story today...mind as well get something done today! Last Chapter of this story...finally!

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Chapter 19

DANTE/JASON

"SAM, SAM" Jason yelled when he noticed her door open

"Where would she be?"

Jason ran his fingers through his hands "Since Franco she locks things up as if she is being stalked. She would never leave the door wide open unless someone took her"

"Alright…check in with Spinelli…let him hack into things" Dante said

Jason called Spinelli and found out Mark pulled her out of her apartment and looked like she was at the hospital

MARK/SAM

"What is going on?"

"We need to talk to Dr. Drake about helping him"

"What is with the dramatics and the gun?"

"I left the gun at your place. And I am just worried…his mother cannot go through this alone"

"Mark, calm down...we will figure this out"

"I wish I could sacrifice myself for those two boys"

"Why?"

"Well, my life has not gone the way I hoped…I don't have you and I do not have a home"

"You have me" Sam smiled "Just not in the way you want"

"I just think those two boys have more to offer than me. If I was as great as you say I am—I would have found a cure a long time ago"

Sam and Mark arrived at the hospital just as it was locking down and realized they were stuck there. Sam ran into Lucky in the hallway and explained what was going on—he asked her if she could lend a hand with getting Spinelli to help. Sam told him she would once mark could get a hold of Patrick—Lucky told him the floor number

As Sam and Mark arrived on the floor, Sam noticed a gun being pointed at her sister and Michael and did what any concerned adult would do and directed the attention to her—but Kristina screamed.

"No, Sam" and Warren turned the gun to her

"Another Davis girl who deserves what is coming to her" he pulled the trigger and fired. Mark pushed Sam out of the way and went to cover her, when he was shot on the way down. When Sam got herself together she noticed Warren falling down to the ground as someone fired at him, then she looked to her side and saw Mac Scorpio lying the ground and Ethan Lovett to the left of him. Then her hearing came back and she heard Kristina yelling and Michael telling her to stay put. Sam felt her body hurt and realized she was bleeding and was covered in blood.

"Mark" Sam said quietly hoping she was wrong about the blood gushing out of him "Come on"

"I am fine…" Mark said "Just do me a favor and find hope. And I love y…" and then Mark stopped talking

"MICHEAL, help, MICHEAL" Sam yelled trying to push Mark off of her. Michael came running over and helped Sam out from under Mark. Once out she tried to find a pulse but it was too late…Mark was gone. "Is" Sam tried to talk but was in shock.

Carly came running over "Michael, Kristina" she yelped "What happened?" She looked over and saw Mac, Ethan and Mark down and Sam covered in blood

"Warren Bauer came into the hospital with a gun and went after Kristina after Mac and Ethan tried to stop him. Then Sam and Mark came up on the elevator and Sam went to make a move to stop him and Kristina yelled when Warren turned to see her. HE fired a shot and we thought it hit Sam but Mark pushed her out of the way and he must have got the bullets" Michael spoke up

"But are you three okay?" Carly said concerned.

Sam grabbed her side and realized the bullet grazed her just enough to hurt and bleed "Michael can you take Kristina into a room and call Lucky will my cell phone…" Michael did as she asked "Carly, I got shot and I need something to put pressure on this" she said calmly

"You are good in these situations"

"Yeah." Sam said and looked at her friend "Just wish I was good enough to have saved Mark"

Dante and Jason arrived at the hospital and got stuck persuading the guards to let them in. They eventually got in and used the stairs to find what floor things were happening on. They ran into a cop on the way up to the floor the shooting happened and the cop explained what he had learned from Lucky. The minute Jason heard Sam's name he shot up the stairs losing Dante in the process.

Doctors came running and rushed Ethan and Mac into surgery and a nurse checked Mark and pronounced him dead. The nurse tried to help Sam, but she pushed her away and then left. Sam was lying against the wall about two feet from Mark. Carly was trying to help but realized Sam was distracted so she gave her enough supplies and went to sit with Michael and Kristina. "I should have known he was going to do this." Sam said to Mark "I should have known better than anyone"

When Jason reached the floor he looked around to see two puddles of blood near the nurse's station when he walked further he noticed Sam and two bodies nearby. Dante finally caught up to Jason as he was surveying the room. "Is that Sam?" Dante questioned and Jason nodded and ran over. As Jason approached Sam, Dante checked Warren's body

"Sam?" Jason questioned but all she could do was stare at Mark's body.

"He is dead." Sam said simply

Jason saw her holding bloody bandaged to her side and sat close enough to check her wound. Sam let him fix her up. "Looks like it is just a bad graze. How are Kristina and Michael?"

"Kristina is a mess but Michael kept her calm and hopefully shielded her from what happened."

"What happened?" Dante questioned as he checked Mark's body

"He saved me once again but this time he got hurt…not hurt he died…died saving me"

"Who shot Warren?"

"I do not know. Mark fell on top of me and I went out for a minute or two. I woke up as Warren fell but I could not hear anything until a few minutes later." Sam was able to say.

Jason rubbed her cheek and hair "I am glad you are okay. I got worried when you did not show up to see Spinelli…I thought Mark had hurt you"

"I am guessing Dante got a background check on Mark and held it over your head."

"You know about it?" Dante asked at the same time Jason did

"Yeah. But can I tell you later" she started to tear "Can you just hold me" Jason nodded and brought her into his arms and held her close. Soon after she closed her eyes into a restless sleep.

PENTHOUSE…NEXT DAY

Jason, Dante, Lucky and Spinelli were working on finding Franco and Aiden while Sam was upstairs sleeping. She got up and took a shower the minute her eyes clothes she relived yesterday and fell to the floor of the shower.

"Stonecold…the water had been running for over an hour" Pointing his finger upstairs

"I'll be right back" Jason said and went upstairs

"How is Sam doing?" Lucky asked

"I am not sure. When the lockdown was over Sam came back here and went straight upstairs. Jason said she fell asleep very fast. We have not talked to her since"

"It is sad. But a murderer did die" Dante said

"You know nothing about that" Sam grunted coming down dressed but with soaking wet hair, Jason right behind her "Why don't you just do you job with Franco and stay out of my life"

Sam walked into the kitchen and Jason told Dante and Lucky to give him an hour. With Lucky's persuasion Dante agreed to leave too.

"Sam" Jason began to say but she stopped him

"When I was 16 my dad was in a bit of debt and he met someone; Jack Manner, who said he would take care of it if he got to spend time with me. My dad could care less of what happened to me and sent me off to see him. When I got there my suspicions were confirmed and he was going to use me." Jason went to console Sam but she made it clear she wanted to be left alone

"So I ran off to Mark and told him what was happening. He told me to stay with him and just pretend I ran away—but my dad found me and dragged me back. When I got to his house I saw him abusing his two step-sons…more than a slap for bad behavior. Mark ended up following me and told me that he found out some things about Jack Manner and wanted me to leave with him"

"What did you do" Jason asked

"I told him I could handle it…so I went inside. Then he got really angry and went in after me. They guy went after him and somehow Mark had a gun. He cornered him into the back room and shot him—but I guess when the trouble in sued the boys went into the back room too. Mark panicked and set the place on fire to hide the evidence but then realized the boys were in there. He went back but couldn't—so I ended up calling the police and you can predict what happened from there. Mark and I lied to the police but later told the mother."

"I am not sure what to say"

"Mark had protective issues…if he knew I was hurt by someone he would do something about it. His reflexes were too quick and it got him into trouble. But I do not know what would have happened to me if he did not show up. Mark went to visit the mother today and she told him the oldest son is dying. He finally thought about talking to Patrick and we were headed that way when we ran into Warren. He told me that he wished it were him dying—because his life was not what he wanted. He carries the guilt that you don't know how to feel"

"I feel guilty for things" Jason argued

"He feels…he felt guilty for killing a man who hurt his stepsons and bought me" Sam said wiping tears from her cheeks "Mark had problems but I was able to see past them because he helped me out so many times."

Jason brought her into a hug "I am sorry"

"I need to get myself together and let the police take care of his remains. I need to get out."

Sam walked away and Jason yelled out after her "Where are you going?" but she walked out and past Dante and Lucky in the lobby. Sam drove to the cemetery and visited her little girls grave.

DANTE/JASON

"Lucky went after Sam" Dante said walking into the Penthouse

"Why? She needed time"

"They are good friends…he wants to help. Look once we find Franco and the baby you need to go back—I will delay the paper work as much as possible so you can stay with Sam…but we cannot prolong finding Franco"

"I understand. Let's get Spinelli down here and start working

LUCKY/SAM

"I remember you told me that anytime you got sad or really mad you would come here and talk to Lila" Lucky said and sat beside her on the grass "It is peaceful"

"Yeah…Did you hear what I said about Mark?"

"Yeah…I am sorry Sam but there is something you should know"

"What?"

"Mark was not killed by Warren…there were two bullets, the one that killed Mark was from your gun"

"But Mark said he left the gun at my house…I did not shoot him"

"He shot himself…he was recently seeing a psychiatrist and talking about suicidal thoughts…he talked about the two boys and how they died ten years ago when the mom pulled the plug. Sam, he was living in a fantasy world. He wrote things about you and how he was going to be with you if it meant taking out your family and Jason…he was disturbed. This is the letter he wrote to you"

"Did you read it?"

"No"

"Can you read it first and let me know" Sam asked and Lucky read the letter

"It was his plan for Jason and how he was going to kill him and how he wanted to lock you up in his boat…he wanted to use his past to trap you."

"I knew something was off but I did not think this"

"If you are skeptical—I can show you the police files"

"I believe you…you would not lie to me about this or give me the half-truth. That is why you are my friend"

"Well, Dante does not know of this information…I knew it would be something that he would put over Jason and our top priority is finding Franco not a bitch fest" Lucky laughed and grabbed Sam's hand "You are one of the strongest woman I know and I know that you can get through this and if you have any doubt you call me up and we will go to Jake's."

Sam laughed "Sounds reasonable. Now I do believe you, but"

"You would like to see the files?" Lucky interrupted

"yeah…"

"We can go to the station now…I am sure Spinelli will be more of an assist than me"

JASON/SAM

Sam walked into Jason's penthouse late that night to see him half-asleep on the couch "Sorry for waking you"

"Nah, I was not really sleeping" he smiled "did you figure things out"

"Yeah…I did and I am sorry for running out on you it was just all these memories flooded back and made me wonder if I really knew Mark…"

"So what happened with Lucky?" Jason stood up and walked toward her

"He knew where to find me and we talked about the shooting and how Mark pulled the trigger that killed him…there is a lot more if you want to hear?" She smiled skeptically

"Yeah." Jason said and there they laid on the couch as Sam told him everything about Mark. "I think the way he went was okay with me" Sam said "Is that mean?"

"Well from what you told me…you have reason to feel the way you do"

"Yeah…so I want to put it behind me and take care of my family and be with you…as long as I can and just move on"

"I think that I great…but I am not sure when I go back or when I will get out"

"Then we should make the most of the time we have left"

"I agree" Jason said and leaned down and kissed her "I love you"

"I love you too and whatever happens; happens. As long as we can spend this time together everything will be fine." They peacefully fell asleep on the couch in each other's arms after an hour of talking.

HE IS GONE and all is okay with the General Hospital World, lol.

Look out for the sequel...probably called: Take #2

-It will go along with the current storyline and pick up with Jason being out of jail...again story and will contain Spoilers/Rumors!

POSTED: August 2, 2010