Chapter 27

Robin was watching the morning news when Anna came downstairs, "Oh good you're still here, I checked your room and you weren't there so I wanted to make sure you hadn't left. Would you want to hang out here with us today? I'd really like to have you and your dad close to me today."

"I think that sounds like a great idea. I talked to Patrick and he's going stop by after work," Robin said then smiled at Anna. "I didn't want to leave yet either."

Anna went and joined her on the couch, "What are you watching?"

"The news, there'll be a report about yesterday's shooting after the commercials. Jason told me about what they saw on the surveillance video so I was kind of curious how they will report it. If they would try and make him and Sonny out to be the problem and the ones that started it. Where's dad? He might want to see this too."

"He's just in the shower. He told me Sean had told him about the video, Robert knows what happened. Where is Sean this morning?"

"He already left for the station he said he wanted to talk to Holly and Putnam today." Robin looked at her mom and smiled, "I'm so happy you're home and safe. Putnam was obsessed with the idea of killing you and dad the entire time he was in custody, I was so scared for you mom." Robin had been so worried about her mom while Putnam had her. She knew her father would have done everything in his power to bring her home to them, but that didn't take away her fear. It didn't change the fact that Robert could have been hurt as well.

Anna put her arm around her, she knew Robin had been worried, then they both turned to watch the news. They watched the report in silence, Robin was happy they reported it like it happened and didn't blame Sonny or Jason for any of it. When it had ended they sat and talked for a little longer then Robin offered to make them all breakfast. They were in the kitchen when Robert came down and joined them. "Do I get to spend the day with my two favorite ladies?" he asked with a smile. They both smiled back and told him he did, then they sat and had breakfast together. They spent most of the day talking about happy things, their new plans to open a PI office, the fact Robin and Patrick had finally admitted how they feel for each other. They were just happy to be together, no one was thinking about de Salva and not once did they bring up what Anna had just gone through.

It was late in the afternoon when Sean came back to the house, when he got there he went right upstairs without saying a word. When he came back down he had taken a shower and went and poured himself a drink. He turned towards them and shook his head, "I'm sure you don't want to think about the case today, but I kind of need to talk."

Robert got up, "Why don't we go talk in the office?" he offered. Sean nodded and they left the room together. Sean closed the door after them and sat down at Anna's desk. "What happened today?"

"Where do I start? If they can't get Putnam back on his medication I'm worried the courts will try to say he's not fit to stand trial. He was making no sense today, he was going on about his girlfriend and best friend. I can only assume he was talking about Holly and de Salva. He was saying they would come and bail him out so he can finish the job. He was acting like he's done nothing wrong and he will be allowed to pick up where he left off in no time."

"He's faking it, he was off his meds just about as long as last time and he wasn't acting like that. If we can get him medicated without him knowing it and he continues to act like this we should be able to prove it. If he knows Holly's in custody as well that might shake his confidence."

"That's an interesting theory, now we just need to see if it could actually work." Sean took a few deep breaths before continuing, "Robert I don't know what we are going to get out of Holly. She is still trying to say that Anna was never in any real danger, that she was there to make sure Putnam never hurt her. She believes that she would have been released when the time came."

"Well, we both know that she's wrong about that."

"Could Holly really have believed that though? What if she really didn't want anything to happen to Anna?" Sean wondered.

"I don't care what she believed, she put Anna's life in danger. She can spend some time in lockup after she's been there for a while she might change her tune. If not, we make it clear she's going to be spending a lot of time in prison for her part in Anna's abduction as well as aiding and abetting Putnam during and after his escape. She's not going to want to go to prison so she'll come around soon enough."

"I'm glad you're confident."

"What about those two men that work for de Salva, did you talk to them at all today?" Robert asked.

"No, they've both lawyered up so I couldn't get in to see them. Sorry, I think I'm just frustrated by all of this and needed to let it out."

"We're close Sean. We're going to put a stop to all of this soon, I can feel it."

"I want it over now I'm tired of my best friends being in danger, I want you to get on with your life."

"I couldn't agree more, and right now I want to get back to that life thing. You have no idea how great it feels to just sit and talk about our future. Anna and I now know what we'll be doing, Robin and Patrick have finally committed to their relationship. We've been having an amazing day so don't you spoil it now."

Sean smiled, "I wouldn't think of it old buddy. I'm just going to give Tiffany a call, I should be in a much better mood after that, then I'll come join you guys." Robert smiled and left the office.

Patrick joined them for dinner, then spent the evening there before he took Robin home. Anna had enjoyed the day and hadn't thought about her odd dream once the entire day. The dream was the furthest thing from her mind when she crawled into bed with Robert and fell asleep.

...

Jason had just walked into his penthouse, he had spent the entire day following leads but was getting nowhere, he had just poured himself a drink when he heard his door open. "We need to find him, Jason, I'm not going to have another attack on my home. There has to be someone in the city that has seen him or knows where he's staying. Jonathan de Salva has to be stopped I can't have anyone else hurt." Sonny said as he entered the penthouse. "I won't have that man hurting anyone I care about."

"I agree, we have to find him and his men too. I was talking to a few people today and they saw Munro and that other guy that came here yesterday. The one we don't have a name for, picked up a few things first aid things I guess to try and patch up Munro's wound. I've got the description of the car they were in I'll find someone that saw where they went, I'll get them."

"What are you waiting for?"

"Sonny I need some rest, I'll get back out there in the morning."

"Sorry you're right, I just hate that they came here and shot up the place." Jason offered him a drink, Sonny accepted and walked across the room. "What happened last night? I know Anna was found but how?"

"Carly had met the woman that helped take her, apparently they bonded over the fact she dislikes Anna as much as Carly dislikes Robin." Sonny grinned and shook his head, that sounded like Carly. "I knew they were looking for this Holly because of Robin and when Carly told me about knowing her I took her down to talk to Robert. She agreed to set up a meeting with Holly, then the cops brought her in when she showed up to meet Carly. Robert and Mac talked to her for some time after she had been arrested, then Robert came out and announced he was going to get Anna."

"I'm glad Carly help them, I think she still feels bad about how she was treating Anna and Robert. What was um, what was her name, Holly charged with?" Sonny asked.

"Aiding and abetting Grant Putnum before and after his escape and I think with abduction as well, Robin wasn't sure of it all. She did say Robert looked extremely angry when they went into the interrogation room, they had talked to Holly in Mac's office first then arrested her. She's apparently the same woman that wanted to ransom the antidote for the outbreak earlier this year." Jason went on to explain everything else that happened last night and how they found them in the secret room. "When they got the door open we saw Putnam standing there with a knife in his hand waving it at Anna, the door hadn't opened enough for me to see Anna and Robert had already lunged at him. Robert was on top of Putnam beating on him before the guy knew we were there."

Sonny smiled, he knew that he and Scorpio would never really be friends but he had to respect the man, he was good at what he did and would do anything to protect his family. Jason told him a little more about the night before, then Sonny said, "When you find out where de Salva's staying I'm coming with you, we'll show them how it's really done. None of this hiding in the shadows having someone else do the dirty work." Jason agreed. Once they were done their drinks they called it a night and Sonny left.

...

Anna was in the same room with the odd shade of green walls again. She looked around and thought she was alone, her body ached and her head would spin any time she moved to fast. She got up to look around the room but her head spun so much she fell to her knees feeling nauseous. What had happened that she was here? She laid back down and tried to think, why couldn't she remember how she got here? Why couldn't she even think of what her name was, what had happened to her?

She lay on the bed with her eyes closed for some time then a few flashes of memory started coming. At first, she was in a hospital bed she had been injured and the man she loved was there. Then the scene changed and the same man was in a hospital bed his head was bandaged and he was unconscious she was there holding his hand, just willing him to wake up. Why couldn't she think of his name? A tear rolled down her cheek, she loved him so much. She touched her ring finger to play with her rings but they weren't there. She was married she was sure of that, and that man was her husband. She stayed still afraid if she moved she would feel ill again. Then there was another flash of a memory, she was by some barrels when they exploded, there was a pain in her face then the memory was gone. When had that happened, she touched her face but it was fine. Why were her memories all so sad?

"Why are you crying?" came a voice, "you should be happy that you're alive."

Anna opened her eyes but saw no one, someone must be watching her from that other room she had seen light coming from before. She sat up and a sharp pain shot through her head and she grimmest, who was here and why would they let her suffer like this? She laid back down hoping the pain would subside. "Who are you? Why are you doing this to me?"

There was hatred in his voice when he answered, "Because I can. Now stay in that bed I don't think you're ready for another visit from the boys." Then he started to laugh at her.

Anna woke up, why was she having these dreams and what did they mean? Like the night before Robert was right there beside her. She cuddled up closer hoping to put the strange dream out of her head. After a little while she drifted off to sleep and thankfully she didn't dream about the odd colored room again.

...

Mac had requested that Robert and Anna come down to the station, he wanted to get an official statement from Anna about what had happened. The day before the police had been showing the pictures of the two men that got away after the shooting at Harborview Towers on the news, and there had been several reports about one of them being seen at a pharmacy after the shootout. Which had now been confirmed by the woman that had been working, she said he had bought a lot of gauze and a bottle hydrogen peroxide as well as a few other first aid items. Mac was now positive Munro had been injured during the shooting. They had checked all the hospitals and clinics and no gunshots wounds had come in. Taylor had been able to identify the man with Munro, he was Maurice Bennet also from Miami. He was able to find a long list of charges against him. There were now arrest warrants out for both men. Mac and the police department were also being more open about what was happening in the hope that the public would be more willing to come forward with any information they might have.

When Robert and Anna arrived they were surrounded by the media that was waiting outside the station. As they walked towards the door the reports yell out questions to them, Robert was trying to hurry Anna inside but she stopped and turned and faced them. "I will not answer any questions at this time. I will tell you that Robert Scorpio and myself are working with the PCPD to stop a group from a southern state that wants to make Port Charles part of their organization. We have both been targeted by this group in what we believe was an attempt to keep us distracted so we couldn't aid the PCPD in their investigation. We have identified many members of this organization are getting closer to stopping them. With the continued help from the public, the PCPD will be able to put a stop this soon. Thank you." Then she turned and they both walked inside.

Once inside Anna walked right over to Clayton's desk, "Let's get this over with. I want to get this done so I can get to work on stopping them."

Clayton looked at her and smiled, "You never did like wasting time." Anna told him all that she could think of, from the time she got to the tea house to when Robert and the other officers arrived. Putnam was the only one that would come in the room with her and she had only seen Holly once while she was their prisoner, but Putnam would talk about her so Anna knew she was there. She told him the only time Putnam had threatened to do bodily harm was the night they found her. She did say that she believed Holly had stopped Putnam from doing anything to her while Holly was in the house with them. Just as she finished giving her statement she saw Holly getting lead out of the interrogation room. She stood up and glared at her, Clayton stood up as well, "Don't waste your time chief, she's not worth it. We're letting her sweat it out, for now, no one but her lawyer will talk to her."

Still looking at Holly, "Who's her lawyer?" Anna asked.

"Right now she has a court-appointed lawyer but I think she's trying to get a different one. The commissioner said he'll talk to her tomorrow to explain everything she is being charged with and when she get arraigned he is going to request bail be denied. He is making the same request for everyone that is connected to de Salva."

"That's good, any of them could vanish quickly if they are let out," Anna said as they watch Holly get lead away.

...

Jonathan had been watching the news very closely for the last 24 hours. He was sure that Pauly and Maurice would both have arrest warrants out for them now, their faces had been all over the news. He didn't like what he was hearing about knowing the threat was from a southern state or that they had names of people. He knew the men that had been arrested had been from Florida and if they had names for Pauly and Mo, they would know they were Miami as well. Maybe they were just trying to shake him to see if they could scare him into making a mistake.

When they had first come to Port Charles Jim had rented three apartments, the one he and Jim were using, the one where some of the men stayed and one that only he and Jim knew about. Pauly was still in this apartment recovering, he had lost a lot of blood and was still weak. Earlier that morning he and Jim had decided to move to the third apartment, from there, they should be able to go unnoticed if Pauly and Mo had left a trail that could lead the cop to this apartment. As much as he like him, if Pauly got picked up he would be on his own. Once they were sure they had everything they needed Jonathan and Jim left the apartment.

It was late in the afternoon when Maurice walked into the room Pauly was in, "Hey Mo, coming to make sure I'm not dead yet?" Pauly joked.

"That and to make sure you're eating." Mo went and sat in the chair beside the bed and handed him a sandwich, "Who's all here in Port Charles? I think we're in trouble and unless I'm wrong Jonathan and Jimmy boy have gone into hiding. It looks like they've left us here."

"Shit, I think there might be six more of our men here but I'm not sure which ones right now. There's almost no one left in Miami and we are getting picked off here. We need to move, to get out of this town."

"Our faces have been all over the news how are we going to leave and not be seen?" Maurie asked.

"We use my car this time and we drive out of town in the middle of the night tonight. I have seen it happen enough if they've left us here we are on our own. Get me some clean clothes and then we'll make our way down to the car, hopefully unseen, then leave here when we think it's safe. We'll hit the road as soon as it gets dark." Maurice got up and left the room he was back about twenty minutes later with two bags.

When he walked into the room, Pauly was already up, he was checking his bandages, "Here's a shirt," Mo offered. Once they were both ready Mo picked up the bags and they headed for the door. "Are you sure we have everything?" Mo asked.

"We have what we need to go on the run, now let's get out of here."

When they turned towards the door, it flew open. "Where are you two going?" There standing in the doorway was Sonny Corinthos, Jason Morgan and a few of their men. "This is how you come to take care of unwanted trash." As Sonny spoke they noticed the other men all had their guns pointed at them. "Where's Jonathan de Salva?"

"He left a few hours ago," Maurice told them. "They were gone when I got here."

"So Jim Conners is gone too." Pauly couldn't believe Corinthos knew who they were. "So what am I going to do with the two of you?"

Pauly and Mo looked at each other, they knew there was no getting out of this. "I assume you're going to kill us," Pauly said.

"That might be how your boss works but not me, you are much more usefully alive. If not to me, to my new friends at least. Did de Salva really think we wouldn't figure out that he was behind the attacks on my business and what was happening to Anna Devane?" They exchanged another look before Sonny continued. "Who was the genius that blew up Rodney Blake and tried to kill Robert Scorpio? That was a big mistake. Jason was watching that warehouse as well, he saw that happen and then we knew it was a trap meant for him."

"There's no way you could have know we were going after them as well," Pauly insisted. He knew they weren't getting away from them so he didn't care what he told them.

"The day Scorpio got out of the hospital he requested a face to face with us and since we were all thinking the same thing we knew there was only one party behind everything that was happening. Jonathan de Salva is an idiot, we've been working together since." Pauly's jaw dropped hearing Corinthos' admission. How could de Salva have been so wrong about what was happening here, he had no idea what kind of people he was dealing with. Sonny turned and spoke to the men behind him, "We're taking these two down to the police station, I want one of you here to make sure no one comes into this apartment." Pauly and Mo were grabbed roughly, checked for weapons then led out of the apartment, Sonny and Jason following behind.

...

Robert was sitting with Anna and Sean they had been at the station for hours. They had gone over the reports that had been coming in, some seem legitimate but others were too odd to be true. There were several from the area around the pharmacy, but not many after that. There were officers out following up on these tips and they were hoping they would find something that would help. They were talking when they saw Sonny and Jason enter the squad room followed by a few of their men who were holding onto Pauly Munro and Maurice Bennet. "Well, what do we have here?" Sean asked as the three of them stood up.

"I thought you three might like to talk to these men," Sonny answered.

"Yes, we would," Robert agreed with a smile, "Where's Jonathan de Salva?"

"He took off, we don't know where they went," Pauly answered.

Robert looked over at a couple officers, they came over to take Pauly and Maurice from Sonny's men. "See if Mac wants to talk to them tonight if not book them, I think they can wait until the morning to tell us their stories. Oh and boys there's surveillance down there, we'll know if you've cooked up some story to tell us."

"We left one of our guys at the apartment we found them in, to make sure no one goes inside before it can be searched," Sonny told them. Robert called Lewis over and told him to get some officers together to go over to the address Sonny gave them, they should search the apartment and ask around if anyone saw de Salva or Conners leave.

"How did you find them?"Anna asked.

"We had a few leads and we finally found someone that saw them go into the apartment building we found them in, the manager told us which apartments they were in," Sonny explained. "Apparently Jonathan de Salva had Jim Conners had left a few hours before we got there."

"I'm glad you brought them in," Robert told Sonny. "I think there still has to be more of his men here in Port Charles but without Pauly Munro, they might not be so willing to do what de Salva wants."

"What did you think they meant by they had left before you got there? Were they coming back to that apartment?" Sean asked.

"I don't think so. We got there just as those two were getting ready to run, I think they were left behind to take the fall."

"That does seem to be de Salva's M.O.," Sean concluded. "I think we have enough people in custody that were working for him that at least one of them will turn on him."

"If there isn't anything else you need from us I think we should go, there could be someone out there that saw de Salva leave that apartment."

"Yeah that's fine if there are any questions we'll be in touch," Robert told them. "Thank you for bringing them in, now we just need one of them to start talking now."

Once they were alone again, "Is there any point in staying here until they're done their search of the apartment and area?" Anna asked.

"No probably not, if they do it right they won't be back for a few hours. Besides you look tired Luv."

"Let's call it a night," Sean suggested. "I think we should be back here nice and early tomorrow to start going through everything that's found tonight as well as talking to the people that are now in custody."

When they got home Anna realized she really was quite tired and decided to go up to bed, Robert followed her up, "Have you been sleeping OK? You look so drained."

"I've been having odd dreams and I guess I haven't been sleeping as well as I could."

"What kind of dreams?" Robert asked as he took her hand and lead her over to the bed.

They sat on the edge of the bed then Anna said, "I don't really know. I'm in some room I don't recognize, sometimes I'm there alone other times I think there are other people in the room but I'm not sure who they are. I don't understand the dreams so I think that's why I'm not sleeping well. Instead of resting my brain is working on making sense of whatever these dreams mean. I'm sure when I'm tired enough I'll sleep without dreaming."

"Is there anything I can do? Do you want to talk about them?"

"I want you to come to bed with me and hold me. I just need to know you're here with me and that I'm safe in your arms."

"That sounds exactly like what I needed when I was having dreams that were keeping me from sleeping. Let's get ready for bed and I'll do my best to make you feel secure," then he kissed her.

Once they were in bed and Anna was in Robert's arms she fell asleep quickly, he watched her for a little while then fell asleep as well.

...

Anna was standing by the bed, she was moving slowly looking around, why would anyone paint walls this horrible shade of green she wondered? There was some light coming from under the door to the other room, but that was it. She was sure she was alone again. She still couldn't remember what had happened to her but she was sure she had some sort of head injury. The more she tried to remember the more her head would hurt, but that didn't stop the flashes of memories that would come to her. The most recent one had been of an explosion, the man she felt in her heart was her husband had come to save her, then there was a massive explosion. As he had run towards her, he had been caught in the blast and thrown over a half wall, she thought they may have been on a boat. She had cried so long when she saw that. She still didn't know his name but she knew she loved him, of course, she didn't know his name she couldn't even remember her own name.

Why was there so many explosion, first she'd remembered a blast that had injured her, then she remembered walking into an office that had been destroyed by an explosion and becoming hysterical, and now this latest one. What did it all mean, then the pain returned and she had to stop thinking about it. "What are you doing out of your bed?" she heard someone ask. She had learned not to move too quickly so she slowly scanned the room the door to the other room was now open, she was no longer alone. There were three men in the room with her, the two mean ones and the one that liked to watch. Why were they back?

"He won't want to shoot the senator, and we all know what happens when he has to be reminded," said the one that watches.

Then she was struck across the face and she screamed in pain, the pain in her head was worse than where she had been struck. Why are they doing this? Then the other man pulled out a knife and held it to her throat, "He should know by now that we have no problem with killing you if we have to, even if we don't you'll never recover from your head injuries." Then he ran the blade down her neck, she could feel it but at least he wasn't cutting her this time. "You will never again see the child you left behind or the man you loved enough to marry twice again."

A tear came to her eye, she had a child. Where were they, what had happened to them? "Why do you keep hurting me?"

The man with the knife leaned in close, she could smell the cigarette smoke on him, "Because I like it," he hissed. "Your husband needs to understand I will kill you."

Then the one that watches stepped into the light, Anna gasped, "I know you."

Anna shot up in bed, she had chills. She had seen them and she recognized one of them. "It was Ross, he was behind it," she said to the night.

"What was Ross? What were you dreaming." Robert had sat up beside her.

"Ross was there, he would watch as I was tortured. They weren't dreams at all, I'm starting to remember what they did to me." Anna looked at him she couldn't believe what she had just seen. "There was three of them, Ross would sit in the shadows and watch while the other two," Anna stopped she didn't want to say it out loud. "You were right, the one that used the knife liked hurting me." Robert's arms were around her. "Even then, I was having little flashes of memories, but they weren't treating my injuries and they would hit me and hit me hard. That had to make it worse. Robert I don't want to remember any more of that." Then she started to cry, Robert held her trying to comfort her.

Anna leaned back slightly, "Now it won't stop it's all coming back, they were vicious, I don't think it mattered to them if I died. Then Burt came he wasn't helping them he was there to look out for me I think, I saw him a few times before we left. I remember I had been beaten and Burt was there bandaging me up then he said something about getting out of there, but I don't know when we left. After a really bad beating, there's nothing, no more memories." She wiped her tears, "My mind as injured as it was, was still trying to hold on to you. I could remember your face, and I knew you were my husband, the man I loved. I didn't know either of our names but at least I knew there was someone out there that loved me and needed me to make it out of that hell. You were what I was fighting for, my reason to keep going."

She looked up and Robert had tears in his eyes, "No matter what, we will fight for each other, for our love. I am so sorry you had to remember any of that."

"They must have really hurt me when Burt took me away, that must be why that's part isn't coming back." Robert had his hands on her face then kissed her softly, "It must have been Putnam holding a knife to my throat that unlocked these memories. I don't think I wanted to remember that."

"I wish you hadn't, those memories torment me and it wasn't me that it happened to. Anna, I am so sorry."

"It wasn't your fault, they would have done it even if you did everything they asked the second it was out of their mouths. They got pleasure out of hurting me."

"Tell me how I can make this better." There was a sadness in his eyes she hated to see.

"We go and force Ross out of the WSB. There is no way he should have been allowed to do what he did and get away with it. I don't care what the deal you had to agree to was. I was not a trader, I didn't tell Faison a single thing that entire time he had me. I want Ross to pay for what he did to me, to you and most of all to our family."

"We'll leave first thing in the morning, Mac can handle the investigation for a couple days. I think Sean will want to come with us if we tell him what we're doing."

"Robert, I don't think I can go back to sleep," Anna admitted.

Robert looked over at the clock, it was just after 4 in the morning. "I'll go put the coffee on, why don't you start packing?" Anna agreed and they both got out of bed.

Anna was on the phone and Robert was carrying their suitcases downstairs when Sean came out of his room, "What is going on out here?"

Robert stopped and told him, "We are going to Washington and demanding Ross' loses his job."

"What brought this on?" Sean asked a little confused.

"Anna has remembered what was done to her while they were torturing her to control me. She also remembers who was in that room while it was happening. Ross apparently likes to watch."

"When do we leave?"

"Anna's booking our flight as we speak, I talked to Mac already he knows we won't be in for a couple days. You better get packed," then Robert headed downstairs.

"The car will be here in half an hour, is Sean up?" Anna asked as he came into the living room.

"Yes, he's packing. When should we arrive?"

"Our plane will land just after 9 and then we're going straight to WSB headquarters."

The weather was good and they landed just before nine. Anna had arranged for a car to pick them up as well, so as soon as they had their luggage they left the airport. They were standing in front of the WSB building when Sean asked, "Are you sure about this?"

"You have no idea how sure I am about this. I want to make him pay." Then Anna started walking towards the front doors, and Robert and Sean quickly followed behind her. When they got to the front desk a woman asked who they were there to see and if they had an appointment. When Anna told her, she tried to send them away but Sean step forwards, "Like she said we are here to see Agent Ross and we will see him now," he showed her his credentials as he spoke.

"Sorry Agent Donely, of course, you can go in but your friends will have to wait here."

"You type their names into your little computer there and see for yourself they will be coming in with me. This is ex-agent Robert Scorpio and ex-agent Anna Devane, the best two agents I ever trained."

She didn't bother checking their names, she didn't have to. "Go right in."

A few people noticed them as they walked through the halls towards Ross' office. One person even got up and started to follow them, when they got to his office, they walked right inside. "What is going on here, haven't you heard of knocking?" Ross said as he looked up. "Oh. I take it this isn't a social call. What the hell are you three doing in my office?"

"We came here for your badge, and for your career," Anna told him.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about over two years of torture. I'm talking about you sitting there watching while your goons beat me, while they cut me. While they hit me so are hard that there was no way my head injury was going to heal, instead, it kept getting worse. About you denying me medical treatment for three years."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I'm talking about you treating me like a piece of shit that had no rights. Did the old director know what you were doing to me?"

"You were black boxes, you and Scorpio should both be dead, I saved your lives. I was put in charge of the two of you, I didn't have to tell anyone what I was doing."

"Saved us, is that what you call it?" Anna couldn't believe his attitude. "Did you get off on them torturing me, I know the smoker did."

"You keep saying torture, that's not what happened. We poised you for a few pictures so Scorpio here thought we'd hurt you if he stepped out of line."

"Are you forgetting the video you showed me, I bet the agents I put in the hospital don't. I understood the agreement I had with the WSB, I knew I had to do what was asked of me. Yes, there were things I didn't agree with but to keep Anna safe, to keep Robin safe I did them. There was no need for you to do what you did."

"Look, Anna you were accused of being a trader, you left your husband and ran away with Cesar Faison."

"I DID NOT LEAVE ROBERT! I WAS TAKING FROM HIM BY FAISON!"

"That's an interesting story but I remember the tape that told him not to come after you."

"I had to make that tape I didn't have a choice, I couldn't risk," she paused and looked at Robert. He took her hand and squeezed it then she looked back at Ross, "Faison threaten to hurt me if I didn't agree to make that tape and I couldn't risk losing our baby."

"Your baby? You were pregnant?" Ross asked.

"Yes, I lost our baby while trying to fight Faison off one of the times he tried to rape me." Robert moved behind her so her right hand was in his and he rubbed her back with his left.

"Anna!" The looks on their faces when they looked at Sean told him she was telling the truth.

"You tore apart our family because a sick twisted man is obsessed with me. You force Robert to stay away from me and Robin. You denied me medical treatment, you're sick friends could have killed me so many times. If Burt hadn't taken me away I would have died in that nasty green room. You threatened Robin's health, you would have killed an innocent young woman to make sure Robert went on doing your dirty work."

"You threaten my goddaughter's life?" came a voice behind them. "I knew you were a sick bastard but I didn't think you would stoop that low."

Ross looked up to see who else was in his office, "This is none of your business Jones."

"Yes, it is," Frisco walked into the office. "As the acting assistant director, this is most definitely my business. Anna, Robert, I want a full report on everything that happened to the both of you after the tanker explosion in 1992. Ross, you will not leave your office until I have heard everything they have to say." Frisco stepped out into the hallway and spoke to an agent there, when Frisco re-entered the room two agents followed him. They removed Ross' phone and computer, they even took his personal cell phone, when they left another agent came to make sure Ross didn't leave his office.

Frisco then asked his old friends to follow him. He held the door open as they all walked into his office, then he closed the door and smiled. "I can't believe you three are all here together. I thought I was seeing things when I saw you walk in." He hugged them all before they took their seats. I heard most of what you said to Ross, I want a formal report of what happened to you both, then we can move forward with charging him. There are several of us here working to find enough evidence to have Ross fired because we have suspected him of some very questionable dealings on some of his cases. He will lose his job and may even end up with jail time if there is enough evidence about what he's done to you."

It was a long process but Robert and Anna told Frisco everything they could think of, from Faison escape from the WSB's custody in the fall of '91 to Robert being released from his agreement in 2003. Anna hadn't gone into great detail about what she had remembered but assured Frisco she could if it became necessary. Robert told them of the assignments he carried out after recovering enough to return to the field, both for the WSB and the ones for other organizations, even though he didn't know what organizations they were. He told them about the threats to Robin after Ross finally admitted to losing Anna. He explained that there had been times when Ross must have known Robert wouldn't want to do the assignment so he would open the meeting by showing him a photo of Anna is pain. Frisco and Sean had to ask them to stop talking a few times when they would get to upset at hearing everything that had happened to their friends.

While they were giving their statements, there were other agents searching through Ross' files. The agents were finally able to find what they needed, there was a box labeled Pegasus Missions 1993-2003 and another labeled Pegasus Control 1992-2003, they were shocked by what they found inside the second box. The four old friends were sitting in Frisco's office in silence, Robert and Anna had finished their account of what they been through. Frisco and Sean didn't know what to say so they sat thinking about what they'd heard. Robert and Anna had told them things they had never wanted anyone else to know. There was a knock at Frisco's office door, and two agents walked in carrying the boxes, "We found these. There is some really messed up stuff in here." The agent put the box labeled Pegasus Control down on Frisco's desk and started to open it.

Robert stood up, "Wait, I don't want to see anything in there and I don't think Anna should either." The agent looked at him then at Anna and realized she was the one in the pictures he had seen, and stopped.

"Agent Shannon why don't you take those to the director along with this," Frisco handed him a flash drive with the conversation they had just had on it. "I don't think I should see what's in there until after Ross is out of this building."

Robert was still standing so Anna got up and went over to him, they wrapped their arms around each other and just held each other tight, not wanting to talk anymore. Sean started telling Frisco about what had been going on back in Port Charles and how they believed Grant Putnam holding a knife to Anna's throat had triggered her memories. Sean also told him about Jonathan de Salva and his attempt to take over Sonny Corinthos' territory. As they were talking Robert and Anna had moved over to the small window, they stood looking out at the city. Robert was holding Anna, neither of them had spoken since the men had brought the boxes into the room. They hadn't even noticed when Frisco then Sean were asked to go and talk to the director.

Sean tapped Robert on the shoulder and he spun around ready for a fight, "Easy. The director wants to see you both." They walked down the hall in silence and were shown right into the director office, Robert had no idea how much time had passed since they had finished talking to Frisco.

"Have a seat please." There was a couch in the office so Robert leads Anna over to it, they sat there not wanting to be far from each other, Sean and Frisco took the chairs. "Agent Scorpio, Agent Devane. I have talked to both Agent Jones and Agent Donely about your allegations against Ross. I have looked through some of what is inside the boxes that were brought to me and I watched two of the videos that were in there as well. I have only listened to a small part of what you told Jones and Donely, and I must say I am appalled by all of it. Once all of this evidence is gone through we will know exactly what Ross will be charged with and we will find out who the two men that were working with him were and they will be charged as well. For now, I want to assure you that Ross no longer works for the WSB. I also want to say I am truly sorry for everything that you were both put through."

"Thank you, that means a lot," Robert said still holding Anna.

"I will also be looking into the assignments you were given Robert and the threats made to your daughter's health. It sickens me to think that after she thought she'd lost her parents Ross was willing to risk her life just to make you carry out assignments, especially the ones that had nothing to do with the WSB. Ross was way out of line, the agreement you signed clearly stated Anna would receive medical attention. It said you couldn't contact anyone from your life, you held up your part of the deal. That agreement did not give Ross the right to do what he did to either of you. The first time they hurt you, Anna, that agreement became null and void. I'm sorry it took this long for us to learn the truth about all of this."

"Sir," Robert began, "you called us both agent, you are aware we don't work for the WSB anymore."

"I am and I would like to make you both an offer. I get the feeling neither of you are interested in come back to work here but I would like to give you credentials anyway, you know to get you into places easier, they will also allow you to use our database for any future investigations you may have. You were two of the best agents we have ever had and I know you have both sacrificed a lot for this organization."

"We are going to be opening a private investigation office in Port Charles and we are special consultants to the PCPD already," Robert told him, Anna didn't seem to want to talk.

"Then these credentials should come in very handy. There is no way we can change what happened to the two of you, but I'm trying to say we are very sorry and want to help you any way we can."

Robert looked at Anna before he spoke again, she nodded without him having to say anything. "We want all the information you have on Jonathan de Salva, his father was Ronald de Salva."

"Consider it done. How long are you staying in Washington?"

"We weren't sure, it depended on how long it took to deal with Ross," Robert told him.

"Well please stay at least one night, we will have the information you've requested tomorrow along with you new WSB ID's."

"They aren't going anywhere tell tomorrow, Felicia would kill me if they leave without coming for a visit."

"Then it's settled, I'll see you three tomorrow say around 10." They agreed then left the directors office.

They had a wonderful time visiting with Frisco and Felicia. They found out Frisco and Felicia had only been in Washington a couple months and were only going to be there while Frisco was the acting assistant director. As soon as Felicia saw Anna's engagement ring she started asking all kinds of questions that Anna happily answered. After the day they'd had it was nice to talk about something as wonderful as their engagement. Anna told her all about how Robert asked her, and about how they had gotten back together. Anna was really enjoying spending time with Felicia who knew nothing about what they had been going through. It was a great distraction from everything that was happening in Port Charles as well. Anna told her all about Robin and Patrick and how cute a couple they were and that she really hoped they would get married someday. The men were getting caught up as well, none of them wanted to talk about what had brought them to Washington. They talked till about two in the morning then decided to call it a night. The house the WSB had provided for Frisco had three bedrooms and Felicia had insisted that they stay with them.

When Anna and Robert got into bed she turned to him, "I'm afraid to go to sleep, I don't want to dream tonight, I can't relive that again."

"Your mind isn't trying to remember it anymore, you already have and you've dealt with it. I think you should sleep quite well tonight. Now come here, I'm going to hold you close and you are going to relax and fall asleep in my arms."

"That sounds wonderful," she smiled and gave him a kiss before he wrapped his arms around her. He was right she didn't dream about the green room or anything that had happened there that night.

...

It was late in the afternoon when they got back to Port Charles but they still wanted to check in on what had happened with the investigation. They hadn't looked at the information that the WSB had given them about de Salva either and were anxious to see what was all there.

Mac was heading into his office when he saw them walking towards him. "Well how was the trip to Washington, did you get what you wanted?" he asked and gave Anna a big hug when they got to him.

"We got what we wanted, Ross has been fired and will be facing charges. They have to go through all the evidence first to see what all he gets charged with, and they are already working on finding out who the two men that were working for him were," Anna told him.

"That's not all little brother, we now have all the information the WSB had on one Jonathan de Salva."

"You're kidding, that's great. What did they know, and why did they give it to you?"

"I'll explain why later." Robert held up a briefcase, "We don't know yet, it's all in here so tell us what's been happening here and then we'll take a look at what in this."

They followed Mac into his office and they all got comfortable before Mac started talking. "We now know of a website that is used by individuals that are looking for people with skills that would be frowned upon by the legal system. Holly is singing like a canary. We have the contact number for de Salva and where they met, which is the apartment Sonny and Jason found. Holly said she was paid $100 000 to help Putnam escape that was the job she took initially, she said she didn't know about his connection to the two of you. She got another $50 000 to help him kidnap Anna and another $25 000 to keep Putnam in line. She apparently had to stop him from going in the room to hurt you a few times. She still swears that she didn't believe that Anna was ever going to be killed. Holly has identified Jim Conners as the man she met with first then he took her to meet Jonathan de Salva here in Port Charles a day before they went back to Miami. We now have a full account of what she was asked to do and what she did for them."

"She wasn't offered a deal was she?" Anna asked. She was still very bitter about Holly's part in this.

"No, when I met with her she just started talking. I think she regrets her part in all of this."

"She can regret it all she wants that doesn't change what she did," Anna told him.

"We need people to testify against de Salva and she will, her lawyer will expect her to get some time off of her sentence."

"I know, I just don't want her to walk away with nothing more than a slap on the wrist."

"That won't happen, Anna," Mac reassured her. "She's not the only one talking, he knows he's been hung out to dry so Pauly Munro has started talking too. He has already admitted to killing Rodney Blake on de Salva's orders, he believed Rodney would talk if he was picked up. Munro is willing to tell us everything he knows about the organization and what they've been doing here. Lisa has come in and identified all the men we have in custody as men that work for her husband as security. Oh I almost forgot, they found de Salva's fake passport in the apartment, I think Conners left it there on purpose, Pauly Munro told us he has been doubting de Salva's choices and they were actually fighting lately about him going after the two of you."

"That is interesting. What about Putnam?" Robert asked.

"He's not talking, he is taking his medication now and seems to be calm but refuses to say anything about what he's been doing," Mac told them.

Robert lifted the briefcase up, "Well I think it's time to see what's in here." He opened it and started pulling out files, handing them to Anna and Sean. There were two flash drives as well so he handed them to Mac. They all started reading through the new information they had, making notes of anything of interest. Jonathan may have hidden who his father was from the public and that he was once about to join the DVX, but the WSB knew all about it and they had a lot of information about him as a young man. His mother Janet had died when he was a young boy and he was raised by his father and a long string of nannies. He was close to his father and had wanted to follow in his footsteps. The WSB had found that he had worked with a jewel thief and that was how he had made his money. When he went out on his own he had started as a small-time crime boss whose heartlessness had earn him a reputation to be feared. If anyone crossed him they would end up missing or dead. What puzzled them the most was the fact he had been able to bury all of this information from his personal history. About sixteen years ago he just seemed to recreate himself and had started a life as a nightclub owner with no real past other than doing well at Florida State and slowly building up the revenue he needed to open his first club. What the public didn't know was de Salva was trafficking drugs into Miami through his clubs. The WSB saw him as small-time and would use the information they had on him to go after bigger fish. Nowhere in any of the files did it mention wanting to stop his operation in Columbia. Robert had been right, it was a different organization that had sent him to wipe out Fred Robson.

"Well, that should be more than enough to bring him in on, never mind what we've been told by Munro and Holly," Mac said after they had gone through everything from the WSB.

"It is, now we just need to find him," Sean agreed. He stretched and looked at his watch, "It's late and I'm hungry, why don't we get out of here?"

"Wait you never told me why the WSB gave you all of this."

"Well if you come with us we'll explain while we eat," Sean offered.

"We're eating at the house. I just want to go home," Anna told them. Mac agreed and they all left together.

...

"Have you secured that warehouse?" Jonathan asked Jim as he entered the living room of the apartment they had fled to a few days before.

"Yes, I have the keys in my room. Why, what are you thinking?"

"We have a few men left here and I think we might have to make a stand. It's sad that Pauly and Maurice got picked up but at least you and I got out of there before the cops showed up."

"Make a stand? We should be thinking about getting out of Port Charles with our lives. The cops are going to be coming for us. You can't believe that of all the people they picked up not one of them has told them something about us."

"If they're smart they won't say a thing," Jonathan insisted. "Even in prison I can get to them, I will not be crossed."

"You're sure, We have nothing to worry about from our people in custody?" Jim wasn't as convinced as his boss.

"I think the only reason the cops found that apartment was because we made the mistake of trusting that Sutton woman. She must have gotten spooked when they raided the house she and Putnam were staying at. I still don't understand how they found them."

"Let's not worry about that now. We have to focus on the task at hand, you said you want to make a stand. Are you talking about going up against Corinthos?" Jim asked.

"Yes, we need to set up a meeting with him and Morgan at our warehouse. Only we will be the only ones that walk back out and then Port Charles will be mine."

"How are you going to get them to meet you there?"

"That's where you come in, they are going to be looking for warehouse space right. I think it's time for you to sell them some real estate," Jonathan explained. "They don't know us and if you call them to say you have a deal on some warehouse space and had thought of Corinthos' because you had read all about the explosion that destroyed theirs. You made sure to get your license under the name Jake Burton right?"

"Of course I did. I'll contact Corinthos and try and set up a meeting with him. You want Morgan there as well right? I'll tell him to bring along any business partners for when we can set up the tour."

...

Anna was sitting in the living room by herself. She had slept well the last few nights but felt very drained this morning. Now that she remembered what had been done and for how long she actually believed she was lucky to have survived at all. For over two years she had lived in fear of when the next time those men would come back. They seemed to let her heal just enough between visits she assumed to avoid permanent damage. There would be someone that might have been a nurse that came to see her but Anna was never given any real medical treatments. The one thing she held onto during her time there she had someone out there that loved her. The man that was in her head the one she knew was her husband, he was the key to finding out who she was, and getting her life back. She knew he was alive because the men would tell her that. They knew where he was and the pictures they took were being shown to him as part of the cruel game they were playing with both of them. They told her if she ended up dead it was because he wasn't doing what he was told to. Anna wiped away a tear as she remembered all of this again.

Sometime close to the end of her time in the green room she met a man that would come in and look at her injuries. He cared and wanted to help her, she now knows that was how she first met Burt. The last time the three men came into her room the smoker was madder than usual. She remembered him hitting her several times then he pulled out a gun. After that there was nothing, she doesn't know what happened to her or when Burt got her out of there but the next thing she remembered was living in the woods with him.

Robert came into the living room with coffee for both of them, he saw the look on her face and knew she was thinking about what had been done to her. "I really hate that you had to remember what was done to you." He touched her face, "I never once refused to do anything they told me to. I might have questioned if it was the right thing. I would make it clear if I thought it was wrong but I never refused. I hate what happened to you, I never did anything to make them do that to you."

"I know that. I do. Even then I knew they were keeping us apart and that whatever they were making you do you wouldn't have done if I wasn't their prisoner. I didn't know who we were but I knew you loved me and would hate what they were doing to me."

Robert pulled her into his arms, "I'm so sorry Luv."

"You have nothing to be sorry for."

"Maybe not but I hate what happened and I hate that you now remember it. I want you to be able to get past this and I want to help you any way I can."

"You just being here for me helps. I know the men that did it are going to be punished and that helps a lot too. It's just that it keeps playing in my mind, I don't mean to think about it. I think it's just going to take a little time to accept actually knowing is all." Anna picked up her coffee and took a sip, "I want to get our PI office open soon, I want something else to keep my mind busy."

"We can do that, shouldn't we get Jonathan de Salva put away first?"

"There are warrants out for both him and Conners, the police and Corinthos are already out there looking for him. We could be out there asking questions trying to find him, but I would rather work on getting on with our life. Robert, I need something else to think about."

"OK, you're right."

"Say that again," she smiled.

Robert grinned, "You're right. Have you thought about where we want to open the office?"

"No, but I think that is how I'm spending my day. I assume you will trust my judgment."

"I could help you. You're right we don't have to help in the search."

"Now you keep saying that, you don't admit when I'm right enough," she told him and they both laughed. They sipped their coffee and started talking about plans for their PI office.