Hey folks….I'm back with I hope is another enjoyable update…I know this has been slow going, but the muse is not cooperating very much. I've been watching old Liason YouTube videos from 2006 to get inspired…so, I hope this works but still fits into the story, and I've got some ideas for the next chapter, which I'm already working on, so stay tuned….I hope to have the next chapter posted sooner, rather than later!

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Since getting out of the hospital, Jason has been spending large amounts of time working with Spinelli on trying to find out what his friends, ex-wife and ex-girlfriend have been doing for the last four years. Trying to come up with a pattern to their movements, unfortunately, it has been very slow going. In order to avoid detection, the computer kid is working more slowly to ensure that he doesn't tip off the organization's computer tech to his digging. Not wanting the kid to get caught, Jason has been biting back his impatience and letting him work as slowly as he needs to, no sense in borrowing trouble. He'll have plenty of time to seek justice once he knows who he needs to deal with. He's replaced all of the tampered medication in his penthouse and is only taking the things that are kept at Elizabeth's. In the meantime, he and Elizabeth have been spending all of their free time together. Today, however, Elizabeth had to work a double shift, although Jason's not too thrilled about that. Unfortunately, a couple of the nurses were out with the flu, so she was called in to help cover for her sick colleagues. Now, he was finally going to be able to sit down and have that conversation with his sister that they didn't get to have the day he was admitted to the hospital.

Opening the door, Emily breezes in, hugging her big brother, "Jase, I'm so glad you're okay. I can't believe what Lucky did to you."

"Well, I won't say that I'm shocked he attacked me, he's done it before."

"How's everything with you and Elizabeth?"

Smiling at the thought of the petite nurse, "Great, actually. I'm glad for whatever powers in the universe that gave me this second chance with her."

"Yeah, well, I'm hoping for a different ending to my story, too."

Closing his eyes, not wanting to remember how he felt at Emily's untimely death, "Me too."

"So, we just have to make sure that things turn out differently."

"Alright, how do you propose that we do that?"

"Well, obviously we are already making changes to the future. We know what's supposed to happen and when, so we need to discuss how to minimize the damage of each of those events. You've already changed the outcome of Jake's paternity, and people are already finding out that he's not Lucky's son."

"Yeah, but that's just put a target on Elizabeth's back, so we may have a different set of problems come up from that change alone."

"True, but I know that you are going to do everything you can to keep them safe. So, the next big event is the MetroCourt hostage crisis. Do you think there is any way to actually prevent that from happening?"

"Probably not. My guess is that it's already in motion. I'm sure that Alcazar is currently making the deal, or has already made the deal, for the microchips. And the fundraiser has already been planned. So, unless we can get something moved up or changed to another venue, we probably can't stop them from happening."

"Okay, can we make sure that no one is in the lobby?"

"No, but we can try to make sure that no one pushes the silent alarm. If no one pushes the alarm, the vault won't close and there would be no reason for Jerry Jacks and his team to stay at the hotel."

"So, one of us will have to be in the lobby that night."

"Yeah, me."

"Why you, Jason?"

"Because I'm used to dealing with this kind of thing."

"Okay, but what if something does go wrong? If you are already in the lobby, there will be no way for you to get in to rescue anyone. You won't be able to overpower any of the guards without causing Jerry to detonate the C-4 he had placed around the lobby."

"Yeah, like I did such a great job at that last time anyway."

"Jase, don't. Seriously, it has to be me. I've already been through it, so I know what to expect. You have to be outside, just in case. I know you don't want to put anyone at risk, but there's no way around it. Besides, I'm the only one of us qualified to do the surgery if Robin gets shot again, or anyone else, for that matter."

"I don't like it. And I don't want Elizabeth involved. You know that if you're in the lobby, that's where she's going to be."

"Not necessarily, last time she was waiting with us in the lobby for Lucky. If you are there with her, she can safely be upstairs at the fundraiser. Or, you two can just avoid going to the fundraiser altogether. We all know how much you hate those types of parties."

"But then why would you be in the lobby? And, if Elizabeth wants to go, you know that I will go to make her happy."

"God, this is more complicated than I thought it would be. What about just cutting the wires on the silent alarm? Is there a way to do that, so none of us have to be in the lobby?"

"I don't know, but maybe I'll have Spinelli look into it. If there's a way to do it without tripping the alarm beforehand, that actually might work."

"Okay, so we'll go with that unless we need to think of something else. Then there's Jake's birth, you killing Alcazar, your trial, the Black and White Ball, Nicholas' illness, the Text Message Killer, the list goes on and on."

"You do realize that we are not going to solve everything in one day, right?"

Smirking at her big brother, "Yeah Jase, I know. There's just so much that happens between now and then."

"And several things that we don't know about because of all the things that we are going to try to change," he remarks, drily.

"Well, there is that. I guess we are just going to have to take things as they come. Try not to get too far ahead of ourselves."

"That's probably a good idea. I know I've got some damage control because of not following up on Diego's so-called death, too. I have to try and figure out how to keep him from becoming the TMK. My main concern is keeping you alive, so I need to decide how to handle that."

"Can you avoid killing Alcazar?"

"I don't know. Probably not, and I really shouldn't be talking to you about that."

"Please Jase, it's not like I don't know what you do for a living."

"Anyway, I'd still rather not have you involved in my business."

"I get that."

"Sonny's order isn't really the only reason for getting rid of Alcazar, I also did it to help Skye and Lila Rae."

"Really?"

"Yeah, Lorenzo had taken her away from Skye as a punishment. After she got her back, I had to help protect them from him. She came to us for help."

"Okay, so if you have to get rid of Alcazar, you either have to get rid of Diego first, or after, but before he goes on a killing spree."

"I'll worry about him after the hostage crisis. I'm going to have to figure that one out on my own, I really don't want you involved."

"Sure, Jase, whatever you say."

"Seriously Em, stay out of it."

"I will, I promise. I don't wanna wind up dead again. Okay, look, I'm gonna get outta here, head back to Nicholas. Call me if you need anything."

"Yeah, I will. I'll let you know what Spinelli thinks about the silent alarm at the MetroCourt." Getting up and walking her to the door, he hugged her before she left, promising to be careful.