One Dark and Stormy night... Chapter 2 Rated PG
Luke stood at the foot of his son's bed and took the paperwork. "Are you sure?" Asked Nik from where he was holding Lulu.
"Dad, if Michael..."
Tracy saw the look on his face; she had been unable to talk him out of it. She had tried to get a hold of Laura but the blond was already on the jet coming to town.
"This is just putting him out of his misery, you both heard the doctor." He said to Lucky's siblings as he signed them.
Mac was outside taking a breather when he saw the taxi pulling up with Laura Spencer inside. "Mac, has he woken up?"
Taking her inside, he was shocked to realize she had been asking about Cameron not Lucky. "They are still operating. It's been fourteen hours now."
Calling to the station, he found out that Spinelli had been taken back to GH. "Boss, Corinthos crushed his windpipe, should we arrest him."
"Why?" He asked. "The only reason it was him, was he had the quickest reflexes." Mac was numb by now. He had been up almost twenty-four hours, between calls from the Mayor, the press and even the governor; he had nothing left to act as a filter between his mouth and brain.
Laura approached Audrey and asked about Cameron. "Is there anything I can do?"
Audrey wanted to blame the woman, but the simple fact was Lucky was responsible for Lucky. "No, we are waiting on the Red Cross to find more blood."
Laura looked down as Patrick and Monica along with Robin fought to keep the little boy alive. With tears in her eyes she walked to her son's room and hugging a wan Lulu, said "Did you sign them?"
"It's done. I am glad that for once we are in agreement." He said looking into her pained eyes.
"He is my son, we know there is no hope, so we have to be the ones to take care of him." She said. Slowly, she reached out and kissing Lucky goodbye, she walked from the room and saw Holly Sutton. Walking over she slapped the woman and said "Tell Luke the truth, now."
"What?" Asked the silver haired man as his possibly illegitimate son came into the room.
"Luke, there is no way that Robert is this kids' father. I did some checking when I first heard about Ethan. You are his father and this is one more stake through our past. Lulu, do you want to come to Paris with me?" She offered.
Crushed to realize that some part of her was hoping that Ethan wasn't related, she looked back inside Lucky's room and saw that the machines were off and no one was sitting with Lucky. Then she said "After we find out that Elizabeth and Cameron are okay."
Jason was holding onto Elizabeth's hand when she squeezed his tightly. "Elizabeth, can you hear me?"
AS the machines went haywire, Jason was pushed out of the way. Leo came into the room and saw that Robin's patient was waking up. Telling her he would be right back, he saw she was trying to speak. Leaning closer, he went out to call Robin then explained to Jason that Elizabeth had asked him to give the mobster a message.
"What?" He asked.
Leo looked uncomfortable but said "She said for you to leave and go back to your penthouse with your baby endangering whore and the rest of your chosen family."
Jason felt his body go numb, but knew that something had to be wrong. Some thing was mixed up here.
Elizabeth KNEW that no matter what, he LOVED her.
Maxie had been hiding down the hall, slipped into the room while the guard was distracted. "Spinelli, how are you?"
Seeing him nodding and mimicking writing, she realized that Sonny had really damaged his windpipe. "Poor Spinelli here let me get your laptop." She said lifting his message bag.
Sonny looked at the tape again, and wished he had killed the little freak when he realized what had happened. Thanking Max, he said "I want that kid brought to me as soon as the police are done with him. Do you understand?"
Max nodded then said "I have Milo on Michael, Kurt on Elizabeth's door and Cody is looking into something for Jason."
Sonny barely heard him as his eyes stayed riveted on Elizabeth leaving the lobby with her boys while even he could read the geeks lips. Seeing his 'wife' approaching, he said "Tell your brother thank you for his help."
Sonny had heard Epiphany telling Audrey what the younger mobster had said and knew that somehow it had helped the elderly woman accept what Lucky had done and that Jason was the one who wanted to protect his family.
"How is the kid?" She asked. She had dealt with Ric, Michael didn't seem to recall her visits and Sonny believed she was pregnant. Even Morgan was busy with this latest drama. Her secret was safe.
Not believing she cared, Carly replied. "He has been in surgery for almost 15 hours, so what do you think?"
Olivia hung up the phone and thought about the lovely young nurse and her son. Calling
Dante she learned he was nearby with his friends. Instead of being angry, she arranged for him to come to town and donate blood. Even after they were finished operating, the boy was going to need blood and her son had his Sonny's blood type.
Carly was going to go and sleep like Jax had suggested, but first she wanted to see her mother. Lucky was holding on in spite of the machines being turned off. Nik and Lulu were sitting with him. Mainly out of obligation, but they were there in part to have him wake up and say he was sorry.
"Momma, what are you doing?" She asked when Jax and her found the woman.
"Finding blood for Cameron. I remember when Dr. Hardy was alive; he had a list of donors, people with rare blood types like himself and his family. I remember we used it when Sonny was shot a few years ago. I was hoping it was still around in some file that we hadn't lost do to the fire." She admitted sounding exhausted.
"How bad is it Bobbie?" Asked the Australian.
"Under normal circumstances, with this type of surgery you go through, eight pints of blood, but with his additional injuries, which they can't treat until after dealing with the glass..." her expression told the story.
"Why not use Sonny's blood?" Asked Carly.
As she explained what was going on, Jax called in a few favors, hoping to find someway to help. "I know that her parents and her are estranged, but what about her father?"
"No, Jeff can't donate blood." Explained Bobbie showing them the papers. "Nik's blood is close and they let him donate another pint, but it is still a drop in the bucket. John Zachara, heck, they gave his father extra phone privileges to donate. Alexis took care of that."
"Momma, you need some sleep." Said Carly.
"I will rest as soon as that little boy is out of surgery." She told Carly.
"What about stem cells, they produce blood right?"
"Yes, with some help." Bobbie told Carly.
"Morgan, he has Sonny's blood type. I had his cord saved at Dr. Meadow's suggestion."
"Let me find out if it can help. Thank you Carly." She said.
Carly had gone to the surgical theater and seen that little boy. Elizabeth had been there for Michael, Jason loved her and she was Jake's mother. There was no way she couldn't help especially after seeing what she had.
"You are doing a good thing, Carly." Said Jax as he held her.
"I hope so, her little boy is attached to all these machines, and you can barely see him under all those hands taking care of him." She said then cursed the pregnancy hormones that in her mind were making her cry.
Walking away from his sister, Johnny saw Jason Morgan. The man looked like hell. Seeing Sonny approaching he eavesdropped and knew that Spinelli was a dead man from the look on Morgan's face.
Knowing he should walk away, he waited until Maxie had left then went in. "The man of the hour, great job, there Spinelli." He said clapping. "You are you big mouth and fantasies are why a little boy is more than likely dying on an operating room table."
Seeing the kid was trying to talk, he said "Let me guess your windpipe is going to be fine. You are already getting your voice back. Too bad that Elizabeth Webber's son is dying because of you."
"JOHNNY, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING? GET AWAY FROM SPINELLI!" Shouted an entering Maxie as Lulu followed.
"Yes, hey Lulu, your pal here is why Elizabeth was out on the roads instead of safe with Morgan."
"What?" Asked the blond.
"Yup, I just overheard Jason talking to Sonny. Turns out your pal here is why Elizabeth didn't come to Morgan to protect her from your brother."
"Enough." Said an entering Jason who didn't even bother to look at Spinelli. "Lulu, Elizabeth woke up. Could you please let your father know? Johnny, this is between Mr. Spinelli and myself. Take Maxie and please leave."
"I am not going anyplace." Said the stubborn blond. Johnny rolled his eyes and picked her up, tossing her out and standing in front of the door. "Go away, before he decides to add you to his list."
"Like I am scared of Jason Morgan." She scoffed.
"You should be." Replied Johnny. Crossing his arms across his chest as he leaned against the doorsill blocking anyone from entering.
Jason picked up chair and smashed it into the wall. "I have the guards packing your things. Mac Scorpio is arranging for a job with the WSB for you even as we speak. As soon as you are out of that bed, I want you out of this town."
Jason found it hard to strangle the kid, but knew he bore some of the blame himself, he should have NEVER let the kid into his life.
"Stone Cold, what is happening?" Spinelli was stunned at the violence and anger in his mentor's face.
Jason grabbed the laptop and showed him the tape from the lobby. "Do you recall this?"
Spinelli saw himself walking across the lobby the previous afternoon talking to someone on the phone.
"That was yesterday."
"Mac Scorpio's people enhanced the audio." He asked coldly.
"Yes, they are back together, I just saw them. Sam and he were making out on the couch when I arrived. With her good news from Kelly Lee hopefully there will be little stone colds running around soon. Isn't that great?"
Spinelli didn't understand why his master was so angry with him. He had wanted the best for his friends.
"Sam and I were not making out; I wasn't even on the same floor as her. Once again, your imagination created something that didn't happen. YOU just don't seem to get it. I don't WANT Sam, I didn't want Sasha, I didn't want Claudia. But thanks to you, I almost lost what I want most in this world, what I value above everything."
"B-but, I.." He stuttered.
Jason looked at him and said shut up.
"As for having kids with Sam, she is the reason I can't be around Jake and Cameron, the reason that E-eli-Elizabeth and I aren't together." Spinelli knew that Stone Cold was upset, but he still didn't get why. "Spinelli your fantasies, delusions, they have cost me too much this time."
"Sto-" he started to call him back, but Jason said "My name is Jason. Can you remember that, call me anything else, and you will not live to make it out of this hospital."
With that he hit play and walked away as Spinelli saw the rest of tape as the threesome left. The defeated expression on Elizabeth Webber's face told the story.
Johnny slipped into the room and locked the door ignoring Maxie's threats. "You know, I kind of thought you cared for people, that you got that there is good in the world. I overheard Morgan talking, I know that this Sam hurt those kids long before last night. Why would you of all people let someone like that in your life? You aren't me, you weren't born into this world. But you insist on being a part of it anyhow."
"You know, my dad wanted to destroy Morgan, well congratulations, I think that you just did the job for him." He said leaving. "Great job. You had better hope that little boy lives, otherwise I hope it stays on your conscious for a good long while."
Maxie found herself falling into the room when Johnny left. Seeing the look on Spinelli's face, she hugged her friend and said "Don't worry, he is just a little mad right now, why I don't understand. I mean it was Lucky who hit the car, and Elizabeth was stupid to be driving out those roads, I mean what kind of woman takes her kids out on a night like..."
"STOP, just Stop." Begged Spinelli as the tears flew down his face. "This was all my fault. Stone Cold is right to exile me to the deepest bowels of hell, you don't get it. I screwed up. I did this, it was my fault."
"Spinelli, stop saying that. Remember when I blamed myself for Georgie's death, you made me see it wasn't. I am going to do the same for you, I promise."
Spinelli hit play and stopped the picture when he saw Elizabeth Webber's face, and knew. "No, I betrayed Stone Cold. I broke the code of honor. I let my wants send someone I should have been protecting out into the cold cruel night unprotected because I wanted the goddess and my master together. I did this."
"Yes, you did." Said Luke as he entered. Lulu had just told him what they had all learned. "I sent Elizabeth to Jason, forgetting the selfish people that surrounded him."
"You're a good one to talk about being selfish." Muttered Maxie.
"What was that, missy?" Asked Luke. "I suggest you shut up, before someone remembers your part in this little mess."
"My part." She said stunned.
"We can start with your whoring around and giving my son the drugs in exchange for sex, the fake pregnancy, or even your little friendship with Sam McCall, see, I know things." He growled at the blond wishing he had gone to Morgan instead of being so worried about Ethan and Helena possible return.
"I don't think you have any room to talk." She smarted off to him.
"I have some contacts, not many, but I keep in contract with various Russians as a way to keep an eye on the cold bat, Helena. I know that Jake was kidnapped because Sam and my idiot son were running an illegal investigation. It had nothing to do with Jason being Jake's father. I also know you were egging Sam on, encouraging her to chase after Jason."
"WHAT?" Carly screeched, she had come down the hall looking for Jason, but had heard what had been said instead.
When Maxie started running her mouth about Elizabeth not deserving Jason or Lucky. That she shouldn't be allowed to be a mother when someone like Sam couldn't. Carly slapped her across the face and said
"Shut the heck up." She told the younger blond when she started to bitch about Elizabeth.
"You of all people have no room to talk. So why don't you go do what you do best, just go stir up trouble someplace else?" Snarked Maxie back.
"And you should have had the courtesy to apologize to Elizabeth, not blame her for your chasing after her husband." Looking at Maxie and Spinelli with scorn, she said "Sam was a lowlife con artist who came to town and slept with both Jax and Sonny the same night. Not even you are that big of a tramp, Maxie. She got lucky, if anyone shouldn't be parent it was Sam McCall."
Elizabeth woke up again and got the feeling that something was wrong. Seeing her grams sitting there with tears on her face, Elizabeth said "Where are my boys? Where are Jake and Cameron?"
"First, we need to talk. I can't even believe I am here about to say this, but what did you do to Jason?" She asked wearily.
"What are you talking about?" She said trying to recall seeing Jason since going to his penthouse.
"That young man hasn't left your side, until you had him tossed out of here. I left him watching over Cameron since I didn't want him back in here until we talked." She said wearily. "You were deliberately cruel to him."
"Cameron is with Jason? Where is Jake?" She asked still feeling sick to her stomach and not wanting to discuss Jason with her grams, at least not yet.
"He is in daycare. Elizabeth, Cam is in bad shape." She told her granddaughter about the surgery and what was going on.
Seeing her struggling to stand, Audrey stopped fighting her long enough to get a wheel chair. "I will be right back, please just wait for me."
Elizabeth nodded then as soon as she was gone, she wheeled out into the hallway and straight into another wheelchair. "Sorry." She said without looking up.
"Elizabeth?" She heard. Looking up she saw Michael. "Are you going to see Uncle Jason and Cameron?"
"Yes, excuse me." She said as she started to wheel to the operating room. Seeing Jason standing there, Elizabeth stopped stunned. She hadn't believed her grams but seeing was believing. The man in front of her looked like hell.
"Michael, go away." Jason said when he heard the sound of the wheelchair.
"I am not alone." Replied the teenager from behind Elizabeth.
"I can't... not right... now... if I move... I won't. I just won't." He said his voice breaking. Not sure what he was saying at first, Michael felt shame that he would think anyone would want him to leave Cameron.
Elizabeth knew that no matter what, Jason would never walk away from an injured child something she was intensely grateful for. At least Sam wasn't here with her crocodile tears and fake sympathy, thought Elizabeth. "I want to see my son. Would you please help me stand?"
Jason turned as quickly as he could, seeing Elizabeth, he took a deep breath and asked "Are you sure?"
"I need to see him, Jason." She all but begged. Jason helped her stand, as she watched while a weary Patrick closed her son's open head wound.
Michael rolled out of the room and saw the janitor. As soon as the man left, he grabbed the mop and stuck it into the doorway, jamming it so that Elizabeth and his uncle were trapped. Praying that Elizabeth wouldn't relapse; he started to roll away.
"Nice try, Mr. Corinthos, but they can carry her out of there through the operating room, after the surgery ends." Said Epiphany.
"They need to talk." He said simply. He had heard a lot while pretending to sleep. Jax and his mother had discussed the whole thing and he couldn't help thinking that if anyone deserved happiness Elizabeth and his uncle Jason did.
"I won't tell on you, I happen to agree, but next time, just use the lock, it is a lot easier."
She said wheeling him back to his room.
Seeing his parents there, he sighed then said "I made a decision, I am going to stay with the Quartermaine's. At least temporarily. Mom, I love you, and I know that I have been acting like a prick, but frankly, you were never a very good mother. Only since you married Jax have you even made an attempt to be a parent."
Carly flushed at Claudia hearing her son talking to her like that. "Jax, please back me up on this. As for you dad, frankly, you were even worse than Mom was. I love you both, but I don't want to live with either of you. Uncle Jason would be my first choice, but he has his hands full right now with his own family."
"But the Quart--" both Sonny and Carly started to talk but Michael interrupted them.
"--will try to manipulate me." He finished for them. "But that is what Dad's new wife has been trying. I don't know why, but you have. So I am going to do what I need. Lulu won't be there, but that is fine. I need space, and none of you will give it to me."
Jason and Elizabeth didn't say a word as they watched while Monica finished sewing up their little boy. When Elizabeth saw Regina wheeling her son into a recovery room, she said "Thank you, but I want to go to Cameron right now."
She just wanted Cameron, but when they tried to leave, they found the door jammed. "It will be a few minutes, please listen to me while they take care of things, please." He begged.
Wondering if he was about to tell her that he was back with Sam, Elizabeth was stunned when she heard what he had to say about his evening. Hearing a knock on the door, and someone calling Jason turned on his phone.
When it rang, he listened as Patrick gave Elizabeth the good news. "He is going to be a very sick little boy for a couple of months, but he will be just fine." Not adding that it was thanks to Carly. Elizabeth had a lot on her plate and didn't need that burden right then.
Waiting until his family had left arguing, Michael rolled back to the doorway, "Piph, well?"
"Call me that again, you are going to be in that chair a lot longer, do we understand each other young man?" She said seeing something new in the young teenager.
Seeing him nod, she looked around and noticing their audience coming closer, winked then announced, "Certainly, Mr. Corinthos, I will be glad to take you for a roll around the courtyard."
Johnny followed wondering what was up with that odd twosome and followed them into a messy operating room as two nurses were shushing them as they listened to the couple above.
Jason was grateful as they explained that a mop had fallen across the door handle and that they would get them out of there, promptly. Mentally thanking whoever had stuck them together, he asked for her to listen to him.
Sitting down, she said "I don't know what there is to say, Jason. Do I believe you about Sam and Spinelli, yes I do." She just didn't care right now.
Jason didn't get it, why was she being so standoffish, he thought about it, had he missed telling her anything, or had she decided she didn't love him anymore. "Elizabeth, what do you want?"
Smiling slightly sadly, Elizabeth said "I thought we discussed this a thousand times before. I want a chance for a life together, but I don't think I can handle your push and pull anymore, Jason. So I think that the more important question is what do you want?"
Michael listened the two nurses whispered to each other that their co-worker was blowing this.
"I want you, the boys and a life together. Do I worry about the danger, what do you think?" He snapped then felt guilty.
"Well so do I, but every time, I turn you are pushing me away or hanging out with the bitch who ..."
"I know; she just kept popping up with excuses about Spinelli and she was just there. I didn't think about how it would make you feel, but how do you think I felt every time I saw you hugging that loser Lucky Spencer."
Elizabeth took a deep breath to relive the pressure building up then said "Okay; how about we both agree we screwed up, but one last question. Why is it okay for you to be around every other single fricken person in this town, but yet unsafe for us to be near you?"
Jason flushed. "I overreacted, yes I get that, but at the time, I just saw our son almost die in a building because some bastard wanted to hurt me."
"Well so did I, but I was sick of always being the one chasing you, Jason."
"Chasing, CHASING Me?" He said getting louder. "When have you ever chased after me, just once I wish you would have?"
Elizabeth found herself wanting to laugh at his anger, then saw he was serious. "Jason Morgan, you are the laziest man I have ever met. What you only want the woman to chase after you, who do you think you are?"
Jason started to argue, then looked down at the bandage on her head and his hands and said "The man who has been desperately in love with you for almost ten years now. The man who gave you his heart in a small studio, who never wants it back. The man, who has screwed up so many times, but still wants more chances. So how about we just declare a truce and go and check on our son."
Grasping the hand held out to her, Elizabeth said fine but when I am healthy we are so getting back to this conversation.
Hearing the door opening, Elizabeth grimaced as she was placed back in to the wheelchair as they went to check on Cameron. Arriving at his room, they heard Edward bellowing at someone about making sure his great grandson was comfortable.
Jason grimaced and asked "Are you sure you want to get married, we will be dealing with that the rest of our lives."
"I don't recall getting asked." She said with a smile as she rolled into the room and stopping behind Edward said "Mr. Quartermaine, let my son sleep, I will call my grandmother and let her deal with you."
Jason laughed at the fish out of water expression on Edward's face. "I was just..."
"He needs sleep." She insisted firmly. "And as far as more comfortable sheets, unless they have trains on them when he wakes up, he won't care. Now I would like some time alone with my son."
"Our son." Jason said firmly.
"Our son. Mr. Quartermaine, I am not banning you permanently, but for now, we need to be with our sons."
As he left, Edward smiled as Jason moved closer to Elizabeth. "I know that look; whatever you are thinking up, stop it right now. Edward." Said an approaching Monica who looked exhausted.
"You need some sleep; we have a lot to do as soon as you wake up. We have Michael moving in for a while. Elizabeth and Jason are going to need help with those boys." He said steering out of the hospital while rubbing his hands together.
When Jason saw Elizabeth was asleep, he went to ask Epiphany if they could place another bed in Cameron's room just as Robin came down the hall with Jake. The blond reached for Jason, burying his head in his shoulder. "I think your mom needs to see you more than she needs sleep."
Turning he thanked Robin, who just smiled and said "You are welcome. I am off to get some sleep."
"I meant for more than Jake did, I meant for..."
"I know, but she is my friend, as much as she is the woman you love." She said simply as she walked to the doors.
When Elizabeth woke she found Jason's strong arms around her and Jake sleeping on top of her. Kissing her son, she looked over at his big brother. She saw that there was shadow in the room and moved towards it. "Michael what time is it and what are you doing here? You should be in bed."
"I think I have gotten enough sleep over the last year." He joked. "I just wanted to meet him. You know they are saying he is a hero, that he got Jake out of the car."
Elizabeth was sad, she was aware of that, but she wished it hadn't been necessary.
"He is a really good big brother." She said with a smile. When she went to sit down, still a little shaky, Michael asked. "Do you remember when I was little and you painted with me?"
"Yes, when your mother was missing." She said not realizing that Carly was outside looking for her son.
"I knew you would be a really good mom even then. I wanted you to wait for me to grow up so that I could marry you." He admitted as outside Carly covered her chuckle.
"Uh, I honestly don't know what to say." She replied stunned.
"I mean, I love my mom, even now when I am mad at her. But you were just there, you waited until I wanted to talk, you answered my questions honestly, but then you left and you always seemed mad at my mom and dad. I thought you hated me. So I stopped asking Grandma Bobbie for you."
Reaching over, Elizabeth kissed his check and smiled when he blushed.
Jason had woken up but kept quiet; this was the first fairly normal moment he had seen from Michael since he woke up.
"When I grew up, I got that something happened, more than likely, my mom's fault." He said dryly as Carly wanted to protest.
"Michael, your mom and I don't really get along, but the one thing we have in common is we both love our children. Parents aren't perfect; for the most part we are just bigger versions of kids with our own insecurities and fears."
Hearing the sound of rustling again, Elizabeth moved over to Cameron as she felt him moving a little more. "Cam, can you hear mommy?"
Hearing his moaning through the ventilator, Elizabeth tried to calm him down while trying to calm herself. Seeing Jason getting up, she asked him to get a doctor.
Mikey moved closer to Jake so that he was out of the way when Dr. Drake rushed into the room. Elizabeth knew that his waking up this early was good news. "Cameron, can you feel my hand?" He asked.
Then testing his reflexes, Patrick looked up and thanked whoever was there to listen as the little boy giggled at having his feet tickled. "Cam, we need to keep you on this mask for a couple more days. So be good for you mommy, okay?" He asked.
Walking over to Elizabeth, he hugged her saying "I will want to run some tests when he is up to it, but this is good news, Elizabeth."
Jason returned to Cam's bedside and gratefully took the proffered hand that the curly haired boy offered. Michael started to leave when Patrick Drake returned to the room. "Mr. Corinthos, what are you doing out of bed. You should be glad I was too tired to realize you were in here before this."
Mike rolled his eyes at Elizabeth as he said that he was glad Cam was going to be okay before following the still complaining doctor.
As they talked to their little boy, Elizabeth realized he was aware that it was Lucky who hit them with his car. Closing her eyes, she wished she could take back ever giving him a chance at being in her little boys' lives.
Jason knew that he had to help deal with this, so he said "Lucky was sick, but he won't be bothering you any more. I promise."
Seeing Cam's eyes staring at Jason with trust as he repeated behind the mask. "Promise."
Leaning, in Jason said "I do, I promise."
When he had fallen back into a natural sleep, Elizabeth felt the tears flowing down her face at the pain her little boy was in because of her poor choices. "You promised to let the past go." She was gently reminded.
"Ours, but the damage I allowed him to do to my little boy, I will never ever forgive myself for that." She said harshly. Jason pulled her into his arms, seeing shadow; he looked up and saw a masked Carly.
"May I come in." she asked awkwardly. Seeing Elizabeth nod, she said "Thank you, for whatever you said to Michael earlier, Jason. It seems to have gotten through to him."
"I haven't talked to him since he yelled at you yesterday." He told her. "This is the first I have seen of him."
Stunned, the blond said "Oh, I thought he said he saw you in the chapel with Jake earlier."
"No, is there anything else."
"There is food waiting for the two of you at the hub. I am going to sit with Cam while you eat." She insisted.
"Carly, thank you but--"
"No buts, you had brain surgery and Robin operated. Trust me you need to keep your strength up." She said.
Jason knew that she would not leave the boys, so he suggested they eat in the room only for Epiphany to nix that idea. "How about I borrow Monica's office, we can take turns?"
Nodding, Carly saw the warning in Jason's eyes and just sighed. Once he was gone, she said "I owe you an apology, I have for a while."
"Carly not now." She said not able to deal with the blond.
"Yes, now. I called your son's bastards, I'm more sorry than I can ever tell you." She said. "When I saw them bringing you in, knowing that Cameron was alone in that room while they worked on him. All I could think was that Michael, he had you, and he had Robin. He had people that cared for him." She said wiping the tears.
"This should have never happened. And I am part of the reason it did. Maybe not today, but I pushed Sam at Jason a long time ago, out of fear of his feelings for you. I saw the two of you talking, it scared me."
"Why?" She asked simply too tired to ignore her.
"I honestly don't know. But you have always been some sort of threat to me, but when I saw you yesterday, I realized that I was still fighting an old battle. And it wasn't even over Jason." She said laughing slightly.
Seeing Elizabeth turning and stare, she sighed then said "The night I slept with Sonny, the night Jason got shot. I went to him to ask about you. The things he said that night, they have stuck in my soul, for so long. Then Lorenzo liked you, Jax liked you. Everyone in my life seemed to like you better than me, including my own mother. I am sorry. I know it is a little late and you more than likely don't want to hear it, but I am sorry."
Elizabeth looked at her son, hooked up to machines and said "Carly, while I can accept your apology for what you said and have done to me, what you said about my boys, that I will never be able to deal with."
"I get that." She said swallowing the lump in her throat. "He will be fine, you know. He is a lot like you."
Sam lay in her bed wondering why Spinelli at least hadn't come to visit her. Then seeing Alexis standing in the doorway, looking aloof, she said "What is going on, why did they arrest me?"
"That is a new one, playing dumb. No wait you pulled that card before." She said looking at her daughter. "Get an attorney, Sam. A good one."
"What are you talking about?" She asked.
Listening to Alexis as she told her all that had happened, Sam said "You must be wrong. The last thing I remember is finding Jason with my necklace. I went to tell him the good news, that we can have children together."
Scoffing, Alexis said "Why on earth would he even want to have a kid with you?"
"To replace our daughter." She stated confused.
"Then shouldn't you be having the kid with Sonny, because he was her father, not Jason? Something you tend to conveniently forget. Jason is with his family, Elizabeth and their sons."
"They are not his sons!" Shrieked Sam.
"Jason is Jake's biological father. I know the truth Sam. I know that he loves Cameron like he was his own. Jason walked away to protect them, he wasn't going to turn around and have a family with you, no matter what you seem to think."
"He came back to me, he loves me. ME! Not her, he left her for me!"
"No, he didn't." Said Sonny from the door. "Sam, Jason didn't break up with Elizabeth for you, he broke up with her to protect her and their sons. He was killing himself by doing it, but you were a pest who kept hanging around. He put you to work to keep you busy, so that you didn't go off half-cocked and screw things up."
"You have no idea what you are talking about." She snarled at the man.
"I have known Jason for all of his life as a Morgan. And there are three things I am certain of. One, that Jason loves children. Two, that he will be there to make things right, because some part of him knows no other way. And three, I know that a very large portion of Jason's heart was given a lovely young woman who was always there when he needs her. Elizabeth Webber. He walked away, thinking she couldn't handle his life, but in truth, it was that he couldn't handle his life affecting her."
"Right, Elizabeth Webber, gun packing, ride or die chick." She sneered.
"See that it what you don't get. What Jason needs, isn't another person who brings danger in his life, what he needs and wants, is softness and color and someone who can be there when the darkness gets to be too much. I am hoping that this time, he realizes that the darkness he fears is found everywhere."
Alexis saw the old Sonny for the first time in years. When the man walked away, she turned to her daughter and said "You might want to take what he said to heart, he was telling you the truth."
When Elizabeth went to eat, she could barely find a way to swallow the soup waiting for her. She was tired and just wanted to sleep, but when she slept she dreamt that both of her sons were dead. Hearing the sound of footsteps she turned to see Nik standing there with shaking hands.
"How are you?" He asked as he sat down next to her.
"I have been better. How are you?" She asked intently.
"Same here. Lucky is still hanging in. Why I don't know." He said bleakly. Of all involved he was the only one related to both of the assailants. "I talked to the medic he asked if Jake was dead. I am so sorry, Elizabeth." He said his voice breaking.
Elizabeth waited until he left, then admitted to herself that she was glad Lucky was dying. She wanted to kill Sam and him herself.
Jason had returned to Cameron's room and saw Carly sitting with the little boy, as Jake slept on. "Where is Elizabeth?"
"Her grandmother insisted on her going to eat. Dragged her off, I think it was more about her getting her away from me than anything else though."
"Bobbie told me, about the stem cells. Thank you Carly." He told his friend.
"You won't be thanking me in a few minutes." She said. Then confessed to all the things she had done to Elizabeth and why. As she watched, Jason had tensed and she had no idea that Jax had done so outside the room. Both wanted to blast the blond, but neither wanted to endanger her pregnancy.
"Carly, I think you need to leave. Please don't come back. Once again, thank you for your help. But honestly in light of all of what you just told, I think it is the least you could do." He said before escorting the blond out.
Elizabeth stood outside the room, watching as Laura and Lulu sat with Lucky. The officer outside let her in when Luke said she could be there if she wanted. "Laura, can I have a minute with him?"
Lulu didn't think it was a good idea, so rushing off, she found Jason and told him that Elizabeth had gone to visit Lucky. Not sure what was up, he asked her to stay with the boys until he returned. Arriving outside the room, the officer did refuse to allow him inside.
Elizabeth saw that Lucky was breathing on his own, shallow breathing but still alive none the less. Leaning in she said "I hope that you can hear me, Lucky. You are nothing but a child in man's clothing, a weak and pathetic person that needs someone to hold his hand through every single step in your life."
She saw that the machine showed his heart starting to race and she kept going hoping she was hurting him as bad as he had her sons. "You were incompetent at your job, a terrible father, and an every worse husband. I hope that you are in pain, the kind my little boy is in. Do you know why you can't feel you legs, its because they aren't there."
"I thank god you screwed this up, just like you do everything else in your life. Jake didn't have a scratch on him. Cameron protected his baby brother. My poor sweet son almost died because of you. But he will live, we will move on."
Jason saw that whatever she was saying was having an effect, the machine measuring Spencer's heart rate was starting to race when she seemed to lean in closer.
Elizabeth gave a cold smile and said "Jason and I are getting married, we are going to raise our sons as a family, hopefully in time we will a few more kids. While you will die with nothing. One last thing; when I leave here, I intend to take Jason to my hospital room, we are going to make love, hopefully repeatedly."
She smiled coldly, then leaned in and said "With Jason, I have never had to fake having an orgasm."
When she walked away, they could hear the racing of the machines, as Lucky's heartbeat seemed to pound out his anger. She left without looking back, not caring as Leo rushed into the room and calmed his patient.
When they were back in Cam's room, she told Jason that she had to see Lucky, had to see for herself that he was walking away from this.
"Why do that to yourself?" He asked shaking his head when he saw that she was trembling.
"I had to, for Cam. Jason, he saw him, he saw the man he thought of as his father drive a car into our vehicle and almost kill us. I had to face Lucky."
Jason pulled her back into his arms, wishing she would lie down, but Jason knew all that he could do was hold her and hope she finally got some sleep in his arms. Audrey had Jake for the night, so all he could do is hope Elizabeth fell asleep.
Just as she settled down, Sonny knocked on the door and took Jason aside. "Spencer died a few minutes ago."
"Good, I will be taking care of Sam, myself." He said darkly.
"That isn't a good idea. Find someone you trust, let them handle it. Then when things settle down, we need to talk."
"Sonny, I could care less about business." He growled.
"This isn't about business, really. Its about Sam, I sent someone to clean out her place."
"Who?" He asked.
"Milo and Max, with some help from Cody. He showed me what he was working on. A house, with a playground. Some part of you couldn't let go, could it?" He asked with sympathy in his eyes.
"He was supposed to be fixing things up, he flies under the radar, I wanted it for Elizabeth as a hideaway." He said with pain in his eyes. When Sonny asked about it. Jason explained what Elizabeth had thought.
"Did you tell her?" He asked stunned.
"Not yet. I will after this is all over." He said before exhaustedly crawling into bed with Elizabeth.
Sam was given the news about Lucky. The student nurse had given her, her personal belongings, saying that no one had came to the ER for them. Going through her bad, Sam gave a slow smile as she put that particular item back into her purse, then plotted and planned.
Elizabeth Webber was going to pay for ruining her life; no one got away with taking what belonged to her. It was too late for Jason, but Sam swore that before she was carted off, she would make sure that that skinny, overblown witch got what she had coming to her.
Wondering how many bullets she had in the gun, she smirked, all she was going to need was one.
TBC