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Chapter 24 – Abducted

Maxie banged on the apartment door several times before a disheveled Spinelli opened the door. "Where have you been?" she growled.

"What is troubling the Maxinista tonight?"

Maxie plopped onto the couch. "Did you come up with anything on Marcus? I need to know where he is?"

"I'm sorry but I have had no luck on locating him yet. Pray tell why you are so insistent on procuring his whereabouts," Spinelli asked.

"Spinelli, before I spill, I need to know that whatever I say won't go beyond these four walls," Maxie said.

Johnny smirked as he listened in.

"You know that you are my fashion goddess. There is no way I would betray you," Spinelli said as he crossed his fingers.

"Good. I've been helping Susan Banks try to find EJ. She's very upset that her son is missing and I feel really bad for her."

Spinelli smiled. "Underneath all your harsh undertones, I know that you have a good heart."

"Yeah, whatever, the bottom line is that I need to find EJ."

"Why?" Spinelli asked curiously.

"Spinelli, I know this is hard for you to understand, but I truly believe that EJ is my soulmate."

Maxie watched as Spinelli's face dropped. "Don't be sad. You know how much you mean to me."

Johnny rolled his eyes. "God, she is so freaking obnoxious," he muttered as Enzo smirked.

"Alas, as disappointed as I am at your revelation, far be it for me to stand between you and true love. I will make it my utmost mission to bring you and the troubled one together," Spinelli said.

Maxie grinned and then kissed him on the cheek. "I knew I could count on you."

Spinelli blushed and pretended to get to work.

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Johnny picked up his phone. "Hello?"

"Hi, do you remember me?" Susan asked.

Johnny frowned. "Susan?"

"Yup. You got it at the first try."

"Where are you?" Johnny asked.

"I can't tell you that," she said cryptically.

Johnny grinned. "Why not?"

"Cause I'll get in trouble," she said sipping on her drink.

"Why don't you meet me for lunch tomorrow?" he asked. If he had to flirt with the weird woman to get some information, he'd take one for the team.

"You want to see me—tomorrow?" she asked.

"Is that a problem?"

Susan looked at around the bar, "Um—no."

"Good. Meet me at Kelly's at 1:30 P.M."

Susan smiled, "It's a date."

She hung the phone up and started to hum. She just had to lose the guards and the green eyes hunk was hers. "Port Charles here I come," she said with an awkward smile.

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The next day, the real Susan showed up a little early for her date with Johnny and to her astonishment, she saw Kristen dressed up as herself inside Kelly's getting some food to go. Her mouth dropped open. "You naughty girl. What are you up to?" she muttered. That Kristen was just mean, mean, mean. She decided she would follow Kristen the first chance she got. That was the only way she'd find out what the woman was up to. She ducked around a corner and waited for Kristen to leave and then a few minutes later she saw her Johnny and smiled. Smoothing down her skirt, she hurried to the door of Kelly's and took a deep breath before going inside.

Johnny saw her and smiled. "Hello Susan," he said pulling out a chair for her.

"Well aren't you the biggest gentleman," she said.

Tammy looked at Susan quizzically, but didn't say anything about the fact that Susan was just in here, with a different outfit on.

"What can I get ya?" Tammy asked.

"I'll have a coke with a straw please," Susan said.

"That sounds good," Johnny said.

"I came a long way to have lunch with you," she said.

Johnny looked at her funny. "The Metro Court is just down the street."

She blushed. "You have a point."

Johnny chuckled. "Besides looking for EJ, what have you been up to?"

Susan frowned but quickly recovered. "I like watching the Price is Right."

He grinned. "I was on the show one time."

"Get out," she said dramatically. "When?"

"About six years ago. My mom came to visit and they had a New York edition and she dragged me to it," he explained. "She actually made it on stage and almost squeezed Bob to death."

Susan smiled into her hand. "That must have been so much fun."

"It was."

They gave Tammy her order.

"So, have you figured out where EJ is?" he asked curiously.

"Nope. He hasn't called either," she said wondering why Kristen was looking for EJ in a place like this.

"He'll turn up eventually."

"Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place," she said softly.

"Maybe." Johnny said.

Susan just didn't understand what was going on but she was going to find out, that was for sure.

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The next day, Kristen showed up at the hospital, dressed as Susan, during Elizabeth's shift.

"I remember you," Susan said to Liz who smiled.

"Hello. Are you still looking for your son?"

She nodded. "Yes ma'am. Do you have any more John Does?"

"I'm sorry but we haven't had anyone else come in."

Susan began to cry and Liz walked over to her. "Why don't you come sit down," Elizabeth said nicely as Cody gave her a quizzical look.

"I'm sorry. I—I just miss him," Susan said blinking away some tears.

"I really do hope that you find him soon."

"Have you ever lost anyone before?" Susan asked.

"Not really," Liz said softly.

"Let me tell you, it's horrible. Poor Elvis. He's wandering around aimlessly like the King. I just hope that he finds his way home so I can tell him that I love him," Susan said.

"Well, I'm sure EJ will turn up eventually. I have to get back to work," Liz said standing up.

"Aren't you just the sweetest thing. Do you have a boyfriend?" she asked.

Liz smiled. "I do."

"He's awfully lucky. You take care now," Susan said getting up and walking to the elevators.

Cody watched her until the elevators closed and then walked over to Elizabeth. "What was that?"

Liz looked up from her chart. "Nothing. I was just being nice."

"To her?"

"Look, I kind of feel bad for her. EJ was an asshole but she clearly loved him," Liz said.

Cody smirked. "Elizabeth, I know you have a big heart but do us both a favor and stay away from her. It's safer that way."

"Okay," Liz said.

Cody walked back to his post. Part of what he really like about Elizabeth is her niceness but he didn't trust Susan at all. There was just something really off about the woman. Just the fact that she was related to EJ gave him pause.

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Marcus walked around the empty locker room. Kristen's distraction worked perfectly. AJ had no problem using Kristen to get what he wanted. They knew her plans; what she was up to. Kristen thought she was in charge but she was just a puppet.

Elizabeth slipped inside the locker room to get her things. She was looking forward to having dinner with Jason. She had one stop to make on her way out. Sitting down on the bench, she changed her shoes, unaware that Marcus was lurking.

Cody went to answer his phone and then he was shocked by an electrical charge as his body jerked and he fell to the ground. A man walked towards him, holding the taser in his hands as he increased its strength and Cody's body reacted. Enzo was on the line and could hear Cody struggling and sent the cavalry by sending out a group text with a code word.

Jason looked down at his phone and cursed as he ran for the door. Elizabeth was in trouble.

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Marcus grabbed Elizabeth from behind causing her to yelp as he put the rag over her face. As the chloroform started to work, she struggled less and less until her limp body fell back into him and he carefully picked her up and put her into a trash bin. Putting a mask over his face and pulling a cap onto his head, he pushed the bin out the locker room where he saw Cody writhing on the ground.

Epiphany came around the corner and gasped. The man torturing Cody held his gun up. "Don't move or make a sound or you are dead," he said menacingly.

Epiphany nodded.

Patrick came up behind her. "Hey baby."

He felt her tense and then looked up and was immediately stunned.

Marcus hurried off and the masked man with the gun ran after him and they headed for the service elevator.

Patrick ran over to Cody and knelt down. He was unconscious and his body was limp. Jason and several men came running down the hallway.

"What happened?"

"They used a taser on him," Epiphany said. "The guy was continuously shocking him."

"Where did they go?" Jason asked.

"Down there to the service elevator. I didn't see Elizabeth. I think they had her in a trash container," Epiphany said as her eyes began to tear.

Jason touched her cheek. "It will be alright. We'll find her," he said before running off with Francis.

Suddenly, Cody bolted up into a sitting position as he gasped for air.

"You're fine," Patrick said, "How do you feel?"

"A little out of it," he said. "Just help me stand."

Patrick helped him stand up and Cody leaned against the wall as he got his bearings.

Jason ran towards him. "Did you see anything?"

"The guy who took her had darker skin. He had a hospital mask on and a hat," Cody said. "I'm sorry. I let you down."

"It's not your fault," Jason said. He was pissed. "Where was Enzo?"

"Elizabeth needed to go down a floor so he went down to check it out. Susan was here about fifteen minutes before it all went down," Cody said.

Jason's phone buzzed and he looked down at the message. "Johnny has a location. Let's go."

Patrick watched them leave and then walked over to Epiphany. "You okay?"

She shook her head no. "If anything happens to her or her baby….."

Patrick gave her a hug. "I saw the look in Jason's eye. He'll find her."

Sarah came around the corner. "Honestly." she stopped when she saw the serious looks on their faces. "What happened?"

"Someone took Elizabeth," Patrick said.

Sarah gasped. "Oh my God. Jason…."

"He's already on it," Patrick said. "Now, we wait."

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Johnny watched the house he had followed Susan to from a wooded area. A car drove up and he watched Marcus get out and carry Elizabeth into the house.

"Shit," he muttered. There were several guards around the property.

And then, to his astonishment, a car drove up and Kristen got out and walked into the house.

"Holy shit." He quickly dialed his phone. "Jason."

"Johnny, talk to me."

"Marcus just brought her into the house. Kristen is here and Susan."

"What?" Jason said. "How many men?"

"At least ten that I see," he said softly. "I hope you brought the big guns."

"I've got them," Jason said. They are armed and ready.

Johnny could tell that Jason was in full out enforcer mode just from the tone of his voice which was good. The last thing they needed was for Jason to react emotionally. They needed him focused.

"We'll be there in fifteen minutes."

"Make it five," Johnny said. "I'm in the woods on the right side of the house. There's a dirt road. Don't pull into the main driveway. We'll need the element of surprise."

Jason ended the call and put his foot down on the gas pedal.

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Elizabeth's eyes fluttered open and she realized that she was blindfolded.

Marcus saw her shift and said, "Hello. I'm Marcus."

"And I'm Kristen," she said smiling.

Liz realized she was in big trouble. "Where am I?"

"Now don't you worry your pretty head over that," Kristen said in Susan's voice.

Liz's mouth dropped open. "You were pretending all of this time?"

Kristen smiled. "You bet your hunky boyfriend I was. These teeth are a bitch to deal with it but in the end, it will be worth it."

"He'll never let you get away with this."

Kristen grinned. "He won't have a choice. We need to go to the next stop."

Marcus nodded and then wandered out of the room when he thought he heard a sound.

"So this is about Jason?" Liz asked.

"Partly. I also know that he was responsible for killing my father and brother," Kristen said.

"No he wasn't," Liz said. "He was tied up at the time."

Kristen rolled her eyes. "Even if he didn't pull the trigger, he was responsible."

"Look, if you let me go now, maybe he'll let you live," Liz said.

Kristen chuckled. "Do I seem afraid of Jason?"

Susan walked into the room with a gun and Kristen tilted her head. "What are you doing here?" she asked wondering why Susan was dressed up like her.

"I came to see my Johnny and then I found out what you were up to," Susan said.

Kristen rolled her eyes. "Please put that down before you shoot yourself."

"No. You let her go." she said looking over at Elizabeth who was struggling to get out of the ropes around her wrists.

"I can't do that. Her boyfriend killed Stefano and Elvis." Kristen said.

"He did not. Stop lying." Liz yelled.

Kristen glared at her. "Shut up."

"Don't tell her to shut up. You are just mean, mean, mean," Susan said loudly.

"Why did I ever let you live?" Kristen asked rushing Susan.

Liz listened to them rolling around on the floor and then Marcus ran into the room and picked her up and ran. He took off out the back door and made a beeline for the woods, knowing that someone had come down the driveway. He and AJ had planned this, giving Susan clues to the house, hoping she would finish Kristen off. He just had to make it a little ways and it get to the SUV he had hidden. He needed to hurry in order to make it to the drop off point.

Johnny had just run into the house with Jason by his side and they heard the two women arguing and ran into the room just as the gun went off.

Johnny's mouth dropped open. "Susan?"

She started to whimper as she watched the shock appear on Kristen's face. "I did a bad, bad thing." she said starting to cry.

"Give me the gun," Johnny said gently.

Kristen, posing as Susan, dropped it to the floor as the real Susan gasped. Kristen scrambled to stand up and Johnny steadied her. "Susan, where is Elizabeth?"

"I don't know." Kristen/Susan said. "She was just here. You'll never find them. Marcus will make sure of it."

"Cover your eyes," Johnny said to Susan. He looked down at who he thought was Kristen. She was bleeding out. Hesitating for a second, he heard the woman whimper and then Johnny shot Susan in the head making the real Kristen flinch. Jason had taken off and ran for the car and raced out to the street.

His phone went off. "Morgan."

"They are headed for the bridge. I just caught them on a traffic video," Spinelli said.

"Good job. I'm on my way. Let Francis know where I am."

Jason drove like a bat out of hell. He had to get to her.