Part three
Kelly was sitting at her desk when Rebecca came to see her. "Dr. Lee, that sample you brought me, they couldn't use it for Michael. Did you find out the patient's name, you might want to inform her she is pregnant?"
"What?" Asked Kelly looking up stunned. Claudia had blackmailed her because the woman had insisted she wasn't pregnant. Claudia had pictures of her having sex with Jerry Jacks on the pier last year, and she didn't want them to become public knowledge.
"About four weeks." Replied the blond as she handed over the results before leaving.
Kelly shook her head thinking of all the trouble she had gone through to cover for this mob princess. Faking drawing blood, using a sample from a young woman who chose to abort her baby for Ric's people to test, and in the end, it hadn't been necessary.
Calling Claudia, she ordered her 'patient' in to see her after lunch today.
Jason had gotten a few hours sleep then spent most of the night talking to Cameron, reassuring him that someone was there by the sound of his voice and by holding onto his taped down hand. He found himself recalling all the times he had pushed Elizabeth away, worried about the danger. He couldn't help thinking about what Carly had told him, about her jealousy of Elizabeth and its cause, as well.
He had created that, unintentionally by being unaware of how bad Carly would push things. The stuff she had admitted made him wonder what she hadn't told him about. He knew Carly, she would only tell him half the stuff, it was her way. To think of the damage she had to have wrought onto his relationship with Elizabeth, still blew his mind, beyond what damage she had done to the boys.
Hearing Elizabeth moving around, he helped her move over so that she could sit with Cameron. "What time is it?"
"About eight-thirty." He replied. "Michael got caught in here again, this time by Epiphany."
Leaning her head into his shoulder she said "I know about your talk with Carly, are you okay?"
"I just wish you had told me about some of this, Elizabeth." He said upset at himself for not noticing it as well.
"Jason, Carly and I have been arguing for years, it was nothing new. Finding out the reason, that was a bit of a shock. I still don't get that. Why on earth would she think I would possibly be interested in Sonny? I mean Sonny, I think short of your grandfather or Luke Spencer he is the last man I would see in that light." She asked shaking her head in disbelief as the man standing outside talking to the guard found himself feeling a little undone at her remark.
Seeing the slight smirk on Max's face, Sonny growled as the guard tried not to laugh at his disbelief. "Shut up, Max."
"Didn't say a word boss." He said looking straight ahead while mentally planning on showing Diane Sonny's expression.
Sonny heard his name and turning he saw Dr. Drake coming down the hall with Robin.
"So, I hear the patient is doing well."
"Yes, actually, I hate to admit this, but thanks to Carly. We are only at the beginning of finding out the possibilities of what stem cells can do. So we think that since Cameron is doing so well is that there was something more than just a blood transfusion going on."
She said with a soft smile when she looked in and saw the couple with their little boy.
"Drake, I needed a copy of Michael's physical therapy appointments." He said. "He wants to stay with the Quartermaines, he thinks we are smothering him but I was hoping I could have a copy as well."
"Both Carly and you will receive one, as well as Monica. You do know that his first one was today, right?"
"Yes, he was up when I arrived in his room. I gather this morning's didn't go so well."
"We knew it wouldn't. He is the one who wouldn't listen, he thought he would start getting command over his legs today." Said Robin. "But will power is half the battle and from talking to him, I think he will be fine."
Johnny saw Maxie coming his way and ducked into the alley next to his garage. When the blond had passed, he realized he had locked himself out via the side door and had to go around to the front. Once there, he saw the very young girl standing there with a cigarette in hand and said "No smoking here, there are flammable liquids all around."
"Like I care." She sneered.
Taking the lit cigarette, he dropped it then put it out saying. "You are too young to be smoking, and let me assure you that cough shows you haven't done this much, so stop before you hurt yourself. Smoking can cause cancer."
"Oh please, my mother has never smoked a cigarette in her life and she got lung cancer, I know more about that than you do." She sneered as she walked over and pressed her body against him like she had seen Sam do to guys. "Since you won't let me deal with my oral fixation my usual way, how about another way.
"Little girl, acting like this is only going to get you in some really big trouble. Now back off." He said firmly. Wondering where that woman he hired to do his books was, he turned and said "Go home and wash off all that junk. Put on some decent clothes before someone mistakes you for a hooker."
"I'll have you know that these belong to my big sister." She said.
"Nice try, but from the way you talk, I know you don't belong down here. Why would your sister be wearing those things?"
Stamping her foot, Kristina said "Well if you aren't interested, then I will find someone who will be. It shouldn't be that hard in this neighborhood."
Seeing from the expression on her face that she was determined to get into trouble, Johnny thought maybe a wake up call was necessary. Grabbing her arm and roughly forcing her into the closet where he kept his overalls, Johnny locked it and placed a call.
Mac was talking to the Mayor as the man tried to explain why his secretary had taken a tumble out of a hotel room. When Matt Hunter had lost his patient on the operating room yesterday, no one had even noticed as the drama of Lucky and Sam almost killing Cameron Webber had been center stage, but now Mac was curious.
Hearing his phone, Mac took the call and rushed off, telling the Mayor that covering things up was what got most politicians caught. Seeing the man not even flinch, he left to go and deal with this latest drama. What was it with this town?
Carly and Jax left Kelly's office, the Aussie's face flushed after the very informative visit with Carly's gynecologist. His wife was trying not to laugh at how fiery red his face had gotten while Kelly had explained their options. "Jax, are you okay?" She said trying not to laugh. Seeing his expression, she got control and said "I love you and this baby, do you really think I would do anything that might endanger either?"
"I just read it..."
"I know, but you heard Kelly and face it that woman knows a lot about sex." She said.
Elizabeth watched as Patrick removed Cameron's breathing mask and her son seemed to be breathing on his own. Seeing Jason holding his own breath, she held onto his hand while Cam asked for food.
"I'm sorry, Cam for right now, your food will be coming through this." Said Robin holding up the bag. "I promise if everything goes right, by the day after tomorrow you can have some real food. Maybe some chicken noodle soup and some Jello, how about that?"
Seeing his expression, Jason hid his smile as both Patrick tried to make the meal they were offering sound appealing. When they had convinced him that he needed to let Nadine give him a bath, the foursome went out into the hall so that Patrick could give them an updated.
Nadine stood to the side with the cloth and water, as Cam pouted. "You know, you are a hero. Heroes get sponge baths for a while. Want me to prove it?"
Seeing him nod in spite of the pout she called out to Cody Paul who was waiting with a former military buddy for Jason to be free. "Thanks guys." Said Nadine as the two men joined her in Cam's room.
As Cody explained who his friend was, Cam looked at him and said "You work at the coffee shop."
"Yes, I work for Jason."
"Okay, Patrick talk to us." Said Elizabeth.
"He is going to need some therapy, but only to deal with the pain from his arm and his leg. No sports for a while, but everything seems to be healing nicely. His spleen is intact; we didn't have to remove it like we feared."
"What does worry us, is that he is not going to want to stay in bed until that wound on the back of his head heals." Said Robin.
"He is active." Admitted Elizabeth.
"We have a plan though. The man doing therapy with Michael is going to work with him. That way, he is getting the exercise he needs and getting healthy at the same time while he is kept safe. Is that okay with the two of you?"
"Yes, thank you for performing the surgery with consent, by the way." She said to her friends.
"We had consent." Said Patrick.
"But I removed Lucky and there was no one else who..." seeing the look in their eyes and the side glances at Jason she said what.
"We took care of it. Jason signed." Elizabeth just thanked them again and knew that Jason would give her the scoop later. But when Robin took her arm and led her away from Cam's room, she protested.
"I know this is a shock, Elizabeth. But YOU are my PATIENT. I had to remove blood from where it was clotting on your brain. You need to be checked over as well."
"I am fine." She insisted trying to get back to Cam.
Carly and Jax, along with Sonny arrived just in time to see Elizabeth getting picked up by Jason as she pinched at him saying she was fine.
They all came to the doorway along with Claudia who was curious as to what Morgan was up to. "You are going to let Robin check you out; you are not going to fight her, or else."
"Am I supposed to be scared of you?" She said trying to keep from smiling at the glare on his face as he placed her on the bed and leaned in and started talking.
"I am just thinking about it as fair play. Remember this?" He asked then said "You have been shot Jason, you shouldn't be out walking around in this could. Soup is good for you, Jason. Jason, lifting that book like that might tear your wound open."
"So you are saying you are getting me back for that. For saving your life?" She questioned with a smile. "What's next, soup from Kelly's?"
Jason flushed as he thought of his conversation with Mike earlier. The man had been rather unhappy at his insistence on making Cream of Broccoli soup in the summer. "As soon as it is prepared, Mike is bringing me some. You are going to eat every single last drop." He said punctuating the last sentence with a kiss as Elizabeth tried not to laugh while Claudia stood watching stunned at what she was seeing.
"Okay, that is just wrong." Said a laughing Carly as Jax dragged her away from there. Not bothering to ask, sure he didn't want to know, Jax suggested returning to Michael.
Mac entered the garage to the sound of someone shouting from inside what looked like a closet. When he heard thumps, he turned to Johnny who was standing there with his hands on his crossed arms and said "Who is that and why are they locked in your closet?"
"Some young girl. I have seen her around the neighborhood recently." He said. "She is looking for trouble, so I kind of thought... well, I was hoping you could do some kind of scared straight thing, maybe help her parents straighten her out."
"How do you know it might even work?" He said as he went to take the key the kid offered.
"Because she is more than likely a good kid is. She acts like she is desperate for attention." He said.
Mac unlooked the door and watched as the young girl landed on her face into the oil spot in front of her. Then she looked up and said "I am going to have you arrested for kidnapping me and locked me in here unless you give me what I want. My dad will ..."
Looking down, Mac took the rag nearby and wiped off her face saying "Hello, Kristina. Why do I think your mother doesn't know you are back in town yet?"
Johnny realized that Mac knew the little kid. But laughed when she sat up in the middle of the oil and grumpily said "Hello, commissioner." Taking the rag she wiped her face and said "Do you have to let my parents know about this?"
"Oh, I think so." He said with a half smile. "Now apologize to the man, then I suggest I drive you home to your moms."
Looking down in horror knowing how her mom would feel about her wearing Sam's clothes, she said "Could I change first. That jerk took my backpack away from me."
Tossing her the pack, Johnny saw her looking around and pointed upstairs. "You can change there."
Once she was gone, he asked "Who is she?"
"Alexis Davis and your brother in laws only daughter." He said. Taking out his phone, he called Alexis and told her what was going on.
Johnny saw the missed call from Olivia as his new bookkeeper arrived and slipped into the back. When he arrived she said "What was all of that?"
"Long story. I will be back in a couple of hours, can you handle the phones as well as work on my books."
"I will be fine. Go do what you gotta do." She would prefer he was gone, it worked out better for her that way. He couldn't upset her equilibrium if he was gone.
Meeting Olivia, Johnny soon found himself naked in bed with a woman old enough to be his mother, but he truly didn't care. For once he wasn't going to be using his emotions, just enjoying good sex with someone who didn't want the emotional baggage either.
He knew that what he was looking for was out there, but he also knew that to find her he had to first find himself.
Sam plotted and planned. She knew that as soon as they declared her well enough to travel, she was going to the station, so her plan had to be put into action that very day. As luck would have it the same student nurse from the day before returned and from asking a few simple questions, Sam got her answers as the gossipy girl filled her in on all the latest information, including Jason's destruction of Spinelli's room.
Michael was getting frustrated as the therapist started working his legs, he wanted to be doing all of that himself. Hearing someone behind him, he turned to see his uncle carrying his son. "Hi Jason, hi Jake." He said as the little boy reached out and tried to grab at him while the therapist bent his legs.
Jason waited until they had stopped working and introduced the two cousins. "How is Cameron?"
"He is awake now." He said. Elizabeth had suggested taking Jake outside since he was trying to crawl on top of Cam, not understanding that he couldn't. Since she hadn't so much as grimaced while eating the freshly made soup, Jason had agreed to be the one to take him out if she got some rest while Cam did.
Seeing Jax coming in with a questioning expression on his face, he asked the Aussie to stay until after the annoyingly perky therapist had left. Once he had done so, Michael grimaced and said "Do you think they only hire people who act that happy. That blond nurse acts like that too."
"Is that what you wanted to talk to me about? The staff?" Asked Jax as he let Michael get himself back into his chair.
"No, can we talk?" He asked looking up at his stepfather. When they were near the pool, he stuttered through an apology but Jax said "Thank you, but I think this should be said to your mom."
"I am not ready yet; it's easier with Claudia and you, than with my parents, well my other parents." He said not sure how to explain. "Besides I wanted a favor, one that I am afraid to ask Mom."
Jax looked up, thinking he was a lot like his mom. "Jax, can you bring Morgan to see me? Please?"
Swallowing the lump in his throat, he said sure, anything else?
"Well, I would love it if you would work with me in the water, before I give in to the urge to drown myself rather than dealing with Mr. Happy all the time." He said with a slight smile.
Jax said that he would be glad to. But that Mr. Hap--Mr. Hoper would have to agree with it. "And please stop calling him Mr. Happy, your mother almost did the same thing when we met the man."
When Elizabeth woke up, she saw Carly sitting in the room with a book and what looked like take-out. "Here." She said thrusting the box at her. Elizabeth opened it up like it was a bomb but inside was only a chicken Caesar salad.
"Thank you?" She said. "What and why?"
"I loathe food nazi's no matter who they are. And I meant what I said, I owe you. This isn't some plot to repair what I broke, just a way of making up for my mistake. This is for Cam; I read it to Michael, when he was in his coma." With that she left as quickly as she had come.
Elizabeth saw the book was a bit out of Cameron's usual range, but she thought he might like it as she read the story a bit. She knew that at some point they were going to have to sit down, so that she could thank Carly for the help with Cam, but for now, she just wanted to stay there with her little boy.
When he woke up, Elizabeth started to read to him about Nemo and submarines, hoping it would help to keep him still. Jason returned and took over so that Elizabeth could spend some time with Jake and Cameron was soon caught up in the tale.
Sam got the chance she had been waiting for. The nurse was to escort her and her police escort to radiology for some tests so that Mac and Harper could transport her to the city jail. Asking the woman to hand her a robe, Sam moved carefully not wanting to injure her ribs before taking her revenge.
Sticking the small revolver in the pocket, she settled into the wheelchair as the nurse moved back so that she could be handcuffed to it. Sam knew that she would have them removed before the x-rays.
As they were moving down the hall, Sam could feel the eyes on her and didn't look up while she plotted how to take advantage of where she going. She saw Elizabeth joining Jake out of the corner of her eye while the guard with the little boy blocked her view.
Claudia and Sonny had their usual stilted conversation as they ate lunch, he had a bad habit of insisting she eat healthy, but since she was lying about the baby, she just sucked it up and let him force her to eat what he wanted. When they separated, she went to see what Kelly's four calls were about, while he went to find out how Jason was handling Carly's confession.
Alexis opened her door and saw her daughter standing there with Mac Scorpio; "Did you pick her up at the airport, what happened to Sonny?"
"No, but I will leave her to tell you the story, then we can talk about it tomorrow. Kristina, I suggest you tell her the truth, not some fable, got it." With that he left and drove to GH. Patrick had called, Sam could be moved to the medical wing if she cleared the tests today.
As Kristina tried to spin being found in Sam's clothes and explaining how she had been in town for a couple of days, Alexis saw that she had damaged her daughter by letting her sister be around during her formative years.
Spinelli was up and walking around, but avoiding Jason. He knew that working for the WSB was not going to be the he had wanted. Something told him he was about to find himself locked away in a little room with very little daylight and more than likely no human contact at all. He got that, he had watched the news the previous evening and had seen the police press conference as well as the reenactment that channel 5 had done of the crash.
Hearing about the speed of the cars and that the car had angled for the boys had sent him into a deep depression. But when Det. Hastings had confirmed that Lucky and Sam had both been asking about killing Jake, he had let go of any chance of staying here. He had no choice but to take the job offered, or like the ninja, he would have to offer up his own life for his mistakes.
Sam was not in a good mood, while the cuffs were no longer on her wrists, she was locked in. Her robe was hanging on a hook outside of the room with the gun in its pocket. So much for taking out the cop and escaping. Seeing the second officer arriving, she grimaced, now she had no chance at all.
Elizabeth and Jake were sitting in the waiting room playing together as she tried to get the slightly confused look to leave his face. He was playing with Cameron's motorcycle, refusing to play with any of the other toys that had been brought over by Monica.
"Do you think he understands what happened?" She asked Lainey when her friend had joined them.
"At some level, I think he knows that Cameron is hurt, but as to the Lucky situation, no." she said. "How are you doing? I heard you were visiting with him, right before he collapsed finally."
"I am fine." Seeing the look of doubt, Elizabeth said "I know its wrong, but Lucky's death, it righted a lot of wrongs."
Lainey moved to the floor when she saw that Elizabeth was serious and played a few minutes with Jake, the little boy did seem obsessed with his older brother's toy, but other than that, he seemed to still be looking around.
Cameron was asleep when Jason saw Audrey coming through the door with a change of clothes for Elizabeth. "She is playing with Jake, right now, but hopefully she will change once she returns. Why don't I sit with him so that you can convince Elizabeth to get some sleep?"
Sam was almost giddy when they didn't handcuff her for the return trip to her room while the student nurse fussed over her patient. Soon they were moving along when officer number one took a call from Mac and stopped to answer his questions.
As they continued, her only worry was the man with the gun walking next to her. She saw him stiffen and move to her front, looking around, she saw that Elizabeth was off to the side while Jake was riding back and forth in a wheelchair with Michael.
Purrfect." She thought to herself practically purring at the set up.
The nurse not realizing he had stopped ran right into the officer and knocked over the wheelchair. Sam gasped at the pain to her ribs. When the officer turned to help, she knocked him out with the butt of her weapon and carefully moved underneath him, so that no one would think she was a danger. She saw Milo was guarding Michael and Jake and grabbing the police officer's gun took a shot at him.
Spinelli was coming to see Elizabeth when he saw the melee then felt a pain in his stomach, looking down, he realized he had been shot. But by who? He thought to himself as he looked around. Sam looked unconscious, as did the officer on top of her.
Then he heard the second shot and saw Milo go down from in front of the boys.
Sonny had just ran into Kelly who had asked where his wife was. "We have an appointment for an ultrasound, she didn't show up."
"She said she was on her way. Dr. Lee, I know you can't breach confidentiality, but is my wife really pregnant?"
Sonny was stunned by the honesty he received. "Normally I couldn't tell you, but Claudia agreed that I could keep you up to date on her pregnancy. Yes, she is, the thing is she might not be as far along as first suspected. That is why we need to run the ultrasound."
"I will find her." He said. As he came around the corner, he heard the gunfire and rushed to see what was going on. Arriving he saw that Milo and Spinelli were both down, with blood flowing as Robin and Patrick arrived at the same time.
Looking around for the shooter, he saw that Sam was down, but he didn't turn his back as he tried to make his way to the boys. Seeing Claudia arriving with gun drawn, made him nervous until he saw the look in her eyes. She was staring at the two bodies lying on the ground. Sam and the officer.
When Sam saw her shot was blocked, she ignored the pain and pushed the officer off and saw Elizabeth moving towards the boys. "Don't take another step, or I will shot the little bastard."
Freezing, Elizabeth saw Sonny move in front of her. "Get to the boys, Sonny."
"I have them." Said Claudia from in front of Jake and Michael. "Drop the gun, Sam."
"This is rich; the woman who got Michael shot, defending him and Jason's son. Who do you think you are kidding?" Scoffed Sam as Jason arrived at the same time as Carly and Jax.
"Sam put that gun down." He said then stopped moving.
"C'mon, we know that she took the hit out on Sonny, do you really think she is going to protect your son?"
Jason saw the look on Claudia's face while watching Carly out of the corner of his eye as she realized that Sam was telling the truth.
"Unlike you, Miss McCall, I made a mistake. I hired someone to hit Sonny, then tried to cancel it when I found out that Michael was going to be there, but it was too late. I
NEVER deliberately endangered a child."
"Same result." She said with a shrug.
Carly wanted to kill them both, but knew that she had to help protect those boys. She saw Elizabeth slowly inching closer while Sam was distracted. "Actually, it isn't." She said drawing the attention of both of women holding guns.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Sam. "Don't move Jason, or I will shot straight through Claudia and kill one of them. You won't take that chance; will you?"
"Miss McCall, we can talk about this." Said Lainey.
"No we can't." She said and fired at the doctor in the hub, missing and hitting Sonny who collapsed. Elizabeth bent down and saw the wound, calling out for Patrick, she said
"Head wound, it went in deep."
"Sam let me take care of him." Said Robin who worked around the long way to get close to Sonny.
Claudia saw Sonny pulling Elizabeth down, and saw the younger woman turn white as his head went limp. Whimpering, she tried to keep from taking the shot, knowing that Sam was in a perfect spot to defend herself. With the sun shining on her, it would be hard to get her with one shot.
Jason saw the look in Elizabeth's face and heard Robin from a distance announcing that Sonny didn't make it. He saw Carly trying to gain strength, while Jax moved around to grab the boys and pull them to safety.
Elizabeth took Sonny's hand, but knew that Robin was telling the truth. "Sam, there is no way out of here. What do you want?"
"You dead, but I know that won't happen. You just never die, do you?" She whined. "So instead I am taking away what means the most to you, to Jason. I am taking Jake."
"Sam, I will not let you harm my son." She said firmly picking up Sonny's dropped weapon. Making sure the safety was off; she held it on the woman. "Back away, now."
"Or what, Saint Elizabeth going to kill me. Look, Claudia doesn't frighten me and she has killed people with intent before, why would I be scared of trembling little Lizzie Webber."
"Because I am the one holding a gun on you and you know that I am a good shot." She said then screamed as Sam fired through Claudia like she said she would.
Not even thinking, Elizabeth fired on her, emptying the gun of all thirteen of its bullets before Jason got behind her and removed it from her hand.
Mac and Harper arrived in time to see Patrick checking on the kids, while Leo Julian declared Sam dead, not that there was any doubt. Covering her with a sheet, Leo saw that Kelly Lee and Robin will helping Claudia onto a gurney as Sam's nurse begged for forgiveness because she had let the woman talk her into not having cuffs on.
"We have to check on her baby." Said Kelly as Johnny showed up looking for Mac. Instead he arrived in time to see his sister being wheeled into a room.
"Its over, you don't have to pretend anymore." She was telling Kelly. Kelly bent down and whatever she was telling Claudia, had the woman in tears as she clenched her stomach where the bullet hole was. "Oh god, oh god, save my baby, please."
Getting her into the room, Robin called for Matt and had him start to remove the bullet while Kelly turned on the ultrasound, showing Claudia her small but there embryo.
Outside, Elizabeth was shaking as Jason held her and Jake in his arms. Jax had shoved the boys out of the way, just as Sam fired and he was shot in the arm for his troubles. Carly had rushed to check the boys and discovered the bullet wound when she had gone to hug her husband for saving them.
He was now getting the wound taken care of as Mac and Harper took care of the crime scene. Walking over, Mac took Sonny's gun from Jason and suggested getting Elizabeth sedated. "No, I want to be there for Cam." She said insisting on staying awake.
Jason just held her; his mind kept replaying the scene as he shook himself. He had not carried a gun; it was still in the seat of his bike. Now he was regretting the move as he held Elizabeth while Jake just kept saying that he wanted his toy.
They took Spinelli and Milo off to be operated on as ever more medical personal rushed onto the scene.
Michael picked up the bike, and slid it under his legs, knowing that if his uncle saw the bullet hole he would go crazy at the close call his son had had. When Carly and Jax returned and started to hug all over him, he just shrugged them off, "Mom; you have to get to Morgan."
Shocked to realize that she hadn't stop to think about what Sonny's death would mean, she froze and looked over at the body under the white cloth. "Mac, is it okay for me to look at Sonny? For the boys."
Jax wasn't thrilled, but he helped her move the white sheet. After a few minutes, he turned to Michael who had a sad look on his face but no tears. Walking over, he embraced the teenager who returned the tight hug, then asked if he wanted to move closer to his dad.
"No, I am fine." He said before turning to an entering Robin. "What about Claudia and her baby?"
Carly wanted to protest his asking, angry that she was the reason her son almost died, but she could not get the picture of the mob moll stepping in front of her little boy while Sam held a gun on him.
"She is in surgery, but we don't think we can save the baby." She told them.
"Robin, can you keep us up to date?" Said Carly then turned to Jax and said "You have to go tell Alexis. I will make sure that Momma is here for Michael while I go home and tell Morgan."
When Bobbie arrived, Carly explained what she had to do, but she had one stop to make first. Going to Elizabeth, she asked "What did Sonny say?"
"He told me to tell Claudia, he forgave her." She told the blond waiting for the outburst. Then she added, "He also asked me to tell his kids that he loved them." Not adding he had passed the same message on for someone unexpected.
Nodding, she told Jason that she was going to see Morgan, then said "Michael went to see Cameron. Momma was going with him. Elizabeth, thank you."
Looking at Sam's body as it was being hauled away, she said "For everything."
Elizabeth and Jason answered Mac's questions just as Diane arrived. When Alexis rushed in, Mac took her off to the side and showed her the camera angles from the scene and held her as she lost the contents of her stomach.
When she was seated, she asked if the boys were okay and how about Elizabeth.
"She is fine, Sonny is on his way to the morgue and Claudia is in surgery even as we speak." He told the woman.
"Do we have any audio of the incident?" She asked drying her eyes she hadn't been able to see what Claudia had been saying, but got the feeling that something had been left out.
"No, but Hastings talked to the student nurse, she was the one who asked that Sam not be handcuffed. Since she had broken ribs the officers didn't view her as a threat."
"Threat." She said shaking her head. "Mac, obviously this was self-defense but I want those officers disciplined, they should have handcuffed her and where did the second gun come from?"
"It is registered to Sam. We think it might have been in her purse, the nurse gave it to her unaware that it is against procedure."
Shaking her head, Alexis went home to mourn her daughter and to help Kristina who had been trying to reach Ric since they had found out. She knew that he had been heading up to some cabin, but had no idea where it was, so all she could do was support her daughter emotionally. Later they would deal with the clothes and attitude.
Johnny was outside his sisters room when he felt a soft hand touch his arm. Turning he saw Elizabeth Webber standing there. "Have you heard how she is doing?"
"No, not yet." He said still staring at the doorway.
"Would you like me to find out?" She asked.
"Why would you want to, she was the reason Michael was shot?"
"Yes, she was. But today, she stood between those two boys and a gun being aimed by a mad woman while pregnant herself. It doesn't erase what she did in the past, but it does matter." She said gently. "If it weren't for her, my son would be dead."
"Elizabeth is right." Said Jason as he joined her. Mac had detained him long enough to find out if he knew why Spinelli had been there. "She did save their lives. She will have to face what she did, but I do owe her for saving Jake."
Johnny nodded, then seeing Patrick walking out the door, asked if his sister was okay.
"She didn't make it. I am sorry." He said. "There was too much damage. The bullet bounced around inside of her body."
Elizabeth and Jason sat with their boys as Diane fluttered about, making plans for their future. "Jason, what about that house you have Cody fixing up for you. Will that do until Max gets Elizabeth's place up to snuff?"
"Diane, will you let it go for now?" He said. When Monica arrived with Edward to check up on them, they had Michael along with them. "Mom, can you stay with the boys for a while? Well, Cameron at least. There is something I need to show Elizabeth."
Agreeing, Jason drew her out of the hospital and helping her into the black truck after putting Jake in his car seat, asked if she would be okay on the cliff roads.
"Yes." She said huskily.
When they had arrived at their safe house, Jason saw her tense, but drew her out of the vehicle then went to get Jake. When she saw the keys fit, she realized if she had just tried her keys she would have been safe from Lucky. Seeing the tears, Jason wiped them away, making her promise not to go there.
Walking into the upstairs rooms, Elizabeth saw the room decorated for the boys, and that the master bedroom had been redone. Looking inside at the pale green room, she said
"Jason why did you change things?"
"I, I decided that you should have this place. I wanted a safe haven for the boys and you. So this is what Cody has been working on for me. He hired an old buddy and they have been making changes." He said slightly embarrassed. "Even if we weren't together, I wanted this place kept as a reminder. I saw the studio." He added on softly.
Bowing her head, Elizabeth let the tears flow. "I just hurt so much, and I was all-alone."
"I know," he said before pulling her into his arms. "With Sonny dead, I am back in charge. There is no one else to take things over. Can you accept that?"
"I did before." She reminded him. "Can you promise to talk to me and not push us away?"
"Yes, if nothing else, this has taught me that we are stronger together than we are apart. Marry me, live with me and be my lover."
Smiling softly, she said "Yes, of course and yes."
"We have a lot to deal with, but I promise you one thing, I will never walk away again."
"Good, because I want us to get married right now." She said looking him in the eyes.
"Fine." He said with a smile. Then calling Diane said "Could you take care of that paperwork now."
"Already done," said the ever-efficient attorney. "One more thing, about damn time."
Alexis buried Sam with only Nik in attendance while Johnny took care of Claudia.
Hearing footsteps and what sounded like wheels on the floor of the nave, he turned and saw Carly Jacks arriving with her son.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Michael, he insisted. Fair warning, I think Elizabeth is coming as well."
Johnny sat down, just as he heard two sets of light footsteps and one heavier pair. Seeing Jason and Elizabeth along with an elderly woman he didn't know he nodded for the priest to start the service. When it was over he thanked them for coming.
"Zachara, can you stop by the coffee shop next week?" Requested Jason.
Seeing his nod, Jason left with his wife hoping that Max wasn't wrong. They needed help and Johnny would make a good addition to the team.
Sonny's funeral the next day, was standing room only as many residents turned out for the burial. Most were there because he was notorious but one was there grateful that he had save her granddaughter and great grandson's.
Audrey walked up and lit a candle after the service and prayed. Then added on. "Tell Mr. Corinthos that I said thank you."
Spinelli was quiet as Maxie talked his ear off, knowing that he was going to be leaving soon. "Your father is coming to get me tomorrow."
"I won't let them arrest you, you are a victim." She said.
"I am not under arrest, the parental unit in question is escorting me to my new job working for the WSB in Knoxville, and they have a technical unit there."
"Will I see you again?" She asked.
"I don't know, but I hope so. I have some thinking to do Maxie."
Crying softly, she hugged him while thinking about the offer from Fredrico. "Maybe I will take the job in New York."
"Just be happy, Maxie that is all I want for you." He said.
Milo was enjoying the attention of the nurses as the end of his stay at GH came closer. Seeing Michael and Cameron with Jax in the therapy pool, he was glad that the two boys were doing better.
He saw Carly approaching Elizabeth who gave a small smile then returned her eyes to where her son was taking his first dip since the surgery four weeks earlier. While he was doing better physically, there were times that her son was quiet, like he had a lot to think about.
Michael on the other hand, as he grew more confident, seemed to become louder. He was being home-schooled by a tutor due to the amount of school he had missed, but things at home were still tense. He spent most nights at the mansion and would visit his family on weekends.
"Elizabeth Webber?" Asked Brenda as she walked into the steamy room. "Robin said you wanted to talk to me for a minute?"
Asking Carly to keep an eye on Cameron, she escorted the pregnant woman to the hallway, "I didn't know you were expecting."
"Yes, I married an old friend a few months ago, We didn't tell anyone until recently."
"May I ask?"
"Jagger Cates, is this about Jason?"
"No, this is going to be awkward. When Sonny died he asked me to pass on a few messages; do you want to know?"
"Let me guess he loved me." She said shaking her head. "That's fine. It's all water under the bridge anyhow. Sonny loved as much as he is capable of doing so. Thank you for passing it on, but he and Jax are my past. This is my future." She said patting her belly.
Feeling relived and a little sad for the dead man, Elizabeth went to retrieve Cam, they were supposed to be meeting Jason at Kelly's and she knew that her little boy was going to be too excited to let her help him change. Today he was getting his first ride on Jason's bike and he had been looking forward to it for days.
Hearing the sound of giggling, she turned and saw Serena Baldwin with her new best friend Kristina Corinthos as the one blond laughed as the other girl flushed. Shaking her head at the two fifteen year olds, she knew that Serena's newly developing crush on Michael was sure to upset Scott who had disappeared.
Jason took the disk from Cody and said "She was probably planning on using it against us, thank you. Did you find anything else we need to be worried about?" Max and Johnny had soon joined them to discuss the new pier that they were building.
Finally getting back to the mess Sam had planned on springing on them, Jason asked Max his opinion on Bernie and the missing paperwork. "Do you think Bernie is getting too old?"
"No, but between Spinelli who would have been easier for her to manipulate and Bernie not being there a lot, who knows what she did. As for help, did you talk to Bernie about that?"
"He agreed to start training someone, he also said we need to bring in a bookkeeper for our legitimate operations."
"What about the girl who works for me at the garage?" Asked Johnny thinking that she could more than likely use the money. She lived in a dump of an apartment down by the docks and never seemed to go anywhere's.
Jason ordered Bernie to run her name, then thought about Spinelli and realized he had been depending on the kid, thinking he was indispensable, but without him here, no much had changed.
"Elizabeth, I need help." Said Michael from where he was standing.
"What is it?" She asked worried it was medical.
"Don't leave me alone with them, please?" He said nodding at the two girls. Carly and Jax
had left for their doctor's appointment before the younger man had seen the girls.
"Hurry and you can join us for lunch." She offered as an incentive.
"I can't. I have to work for Jax today to pay for the damage I did to his Jag." He said with a slight grin.
Smiling back, she said "Next time, remember, the brake is the other pedal."
"Thanks, I forgot that." He said not wanting to admit that he had been distracted by Maxie Jones who had been visiting Robin at her pool in a bikini when he had left Elizabeth's house and drove his car into the nearby ditch.
Elizabeth and Jason left Jake and Cameron with Monica as they went for their ride.
Arriving at the spot where the accident happened, he slowed down at her request. "I wish that I had had more faith in you." She said. The tire tracks were long gone, and there was no evidence left of the terror they had gone through.
"You had no reason, at that point." He said kissing her neck. "But we are where we should have been all along."
Stopping at Vista Point, they discussed their plans to take the boys to Europe for a couple of weeks. "Are you sure that Max can handle things?"
"The Zachara kid can. Max took back the head of security job; he prefers that part of it. I was a little worried when I found out he was sleeping with Olivia, but..."
"...but all it is is sex. Yes he told me." She said shaking her head. "We need to find a girl that can keep up with him."
"Just without Maxie or Lulu's annoying tendencies." He suggested knowing that Elizabeth had been worrying about the younger Zachara for a while. At least she had stopped trying to convince Max and Diane to get married.
"Jason, what about Carly's barbeque next week, we have to go, for the boys sakes."
Michael had been spending time with his young cousins and his little brother, while she knew it was because they were related part of it was the result of the determined pursuit of Miss Serena Baldwin.
Groaning, he said "She keeps bringing over baby pictures, I know she is happy, but why did I agree to let her be around again."
"Because she has learned to butt out of our lives." She reminded him. "Besides, this way we know what she is up to and can control the time spent with her even if we can't control the copies of the Kodak moments."
"Fine, but you are dealing with her this time." He said before settling her in front of him on the bike for the short hop to their safe haven.
Jason soon her on their bed in the safe house, wishing that he had remembered the condom, he groaned and told Elizabeth that he had forgotten them.
Seeing her smile as she said "So." He got the idea that she would not be too upset to find herself having another child. At the idea of it, he soon made sure that it was more than an idea as nine months later. An announcement in the Port Charles Herald declared Jason and Elizabeth the parents of a healthy little girl born exactly two years to the day he had proposed and she had finally said yes.
The End
I actually might have a way to keep some of this story going with Johnny and a possible Georgie element. If I do it will be over at fanfiction. net. I will let anyone interest know when that happens.