Switching Places

We see what we want to see, not what is actually happening.

Lucky rolled the dolly over to the dark end of the garage, avoiding the cameras. Hearing Elizabeth squirming, he patted the top and said quietly after bending down, "Just relax, I will have you out of there in a few minutes."

Inside Georgie took out the cell phone she had been given and tried to call out. Nothing, but at least she had the phone, she thought. When she heard him call her Elizabeth, she went from scared to amused and pissed all at the same time. The man had to be blind; she was taller and weighed about twenty pounds more than Elizabeth. What an idiot.

Feeling the car pull out of the garage, Georgie kept track of turns and sounds, knowing that the "brain surgeon" driving was sure to give her a chance to call for help at some point. When they came to a stop ten minutes, later she heard Lucky talking to a familiar sounding voice, then a gun shot. Finally nothing but silence. Great, so either Lucky was shot and she had heard or Lucky had killed someone.

Jason slowed down and turned of the engine easing to a stop a few hundred feet away. Telling Elizabeth to stay with AJ, he turned to his brother and said "Keep her safe."

"I'm coming with you." He said stubbornly.

"No, listen, we are going to secure the building, then search for this panic room. We have no idea exactly where it is. I know there is one, but not where it is or how to open it."

"Fine, but call my phone so we can help search." He said getting into the SUV with his sister in law. Watching as Jason and the guards entered the home; he asked Elizabeth how she could be so calm.

"I know Carly is in there, and I trust Jason and his men to take care of themselves. We will get in there, find her and take her to the hospital. Then Sam, Ric and this John-"

AJ answered the ringing phone, listened then handed it to Elizabeth. Grabbing her medical kit, she hopped out and rushed into the house. "Where?"

"Bedroom, you deal with him. See if he is alive, we will keep looking." Jason said grimly.

Elizabeth went into the bedroom and checked on the man lying still on the bed as she could hear the four men tearing the house apart. Walking out to the living room, she started talking. "Carly if you can hear or see us, please let us know. I know you are here. Lansing is in a coma; we have no one else to ask."

Ten minutes later, Jason was growing frustrated as he searched the basement and second floor. According to the report from Stan panic rooms were usually there. Walking up the stairs he asked Elizabeth if Carly had ever told her more about this room.

"Just that she would watch me so there had to be cameras. She said I found her, and that I then passed out." She replied just as frustrated. Then she said "Look for a remote. She said there was one."

Ian Devlin was approaching the street when he saw the two dark vehicles parked in front of the house, heading closer to take a look, he found himself pulled back. "Don't go in, Sam McCall was arrested tonight. She was with Elizabeth Webber beforehand, so there is a good chance that is Morgan."

"What do I do now, Capelli? Where is Durant?"

"Leaving town as soon as the jet is refueled. Come with me." Said the corrupt officer. Leading him back to the scene of the attack on Lucky, he silently showed the doctor the bleeding body and said "I found him like this, looks like Sam was a busy girl, help me load his body."

"Sure, what happens after that?"

"We get on this plane and never come back."

Ten minutes, later a patrolling squad car drove down the street, seeing the car with its hood open and the door ajar. Turning on the siren and lights for the few minutes it took to arrive, he slowed down when he saw no one. Stopping he called it in then went around to the front. "Oh crap."

Reaching for the mike on his shoulder, he called to the station and said "We need someone help down by Mulberry Street. Two bodies. One is Cadet Spencer; the other is a John Doe. No id that I can find."

Walking back to the car, he could hear a pounding on the trunk and realized there was someone inside. Calling he asked for instructions just as Taggert arrived at the scene along with the FBI.

"Open the damn trunk." Said an exasperated agent. He had spent the night reading the files that the head of Homeland Security had brought personally to town. All he wanted was to wrap up the kidnapping case and chase down John Durant so that he could strangle the man. Thanks to his lies and misrepresentation of the facts, the newly minted Special Agent in Charge had been demoted.

Finding the keys, the uniformed officer, did as ordered. The crate inside the hatch-backed trunk was locked; he went to his own vehicle and found a crow bar and pried it open. Inside was a pissed off brunette who when she saw Taggert asked. "Did I hear Lucky's murder or Lucky murdering someone else?"

The medics were helping the medical examiner load the bodies, when he saw Lucky's foot moving. Stopping the man from wrapping up Spencer, they rushed the dirt bag to the hospital.

AJ was passed scared and had gone to terrified, what if they were too late. What then. This was his fault. His child was paying for all the bad things it's father had done over the years. Picking through the trash in the bedrooms, he grimaced as he realized that the wastebasket he had dumped had several condoms in it.

Still nothing, where could this remote be? They had now been searching for almost two hours, but the only clue that they had was the fact this thing existed. Jason had figured out from the building and room dimensions that the panic room was downstairs but the problem was getting to it without harming Carly.

Elizabeth had gone over the bookshelf several times, even going so far as to call Stefan Cassidine to join them. When the man arrived ten minutes ago, he had quickly joined in the search.

Taking his wife aside, Jason asked why Stefan. "With all the secret passageways and hidden rooms on the island I figured he would be of some help."

Finally annoyed and worried, Elizabeth tossed the ugly statue at the wall, hitting the bookshelf. Hearing a hollow sound, she looked around the room. Finally shouting for Jason, she said "This isn't a built in unit, can we move it?"

The men moved the heavy unit out of the way, and then she saw it. A little white button that would have been barely reachable, praying as she pressed it, Elizabeth could see the wall separating and told Johnny to run and get her medical bag. Inside standing as close as the shackles would allow was Carly. "What took you so long?" She said before hugging her friend.

"I thought you might like a little vacation, and figured being held by lunatics and chained to a wall would give you a rest." Said Elizabeth as she hugged the woman. "How are you feeling, and why are you wet?"

Carly soon found herself freed of the chains and escorted to the living room, while she told them about faking having the flu and who had grabbed her. "There was one guy; I never saw his face. However he was wearing a Port Charles Police Badge. John told him to take care Sam and Lucky while the doctor went with us." Looking at Elizabeth she shook her head to get her attention.

"Why did he grab you?"

"I don't know. I never heard him say why. However, he wasn't in this to begin with. That was Sam and Ric."

"How did he get involved?" Asked AJ as he shut his phone after calling Mac Scorpio.

"He just showed up here, I heard him talking to Sam. She got him involved through an old contract. Ric was knocked out when he realized that I was not where he thought I was."

Mac was standing in his office, listening to the interrogation of Sam McCall by the head of the FBI. His own officers had been searching for days. Capelli and Taggert had not gotten much sleep in weeks, and this was going to be wrapped up because Elizabeth Morgan had almost been mugged.

Hearing the buzz of his phone, he listened to Taggert and said "I will be right there."

Arriving at the scene with the head of the FBI, the head of the state police and the Attorney General, he found his daughter leaning against a patrol car, while a medic treated her. After hugs and assurances that she was fine, she asked soberly. "What about Carly?"

"Nothing yet. We found a house they were using as a hideout."

"Miss Scorpio, could you please tell us how you ended up in the middle of this?" Asked the FBI boss.

Looking at Mac with a quick grin, she was going to let being called Scorpio pass, until she saw someone taking official notes. "My name is Georgiana Mariah Jones since you need that for the records. I was spending the morning with Michael, Carly's son. We were working on his science project. When we returned to the towers, I went to change before dinner at Elizabeth's place. We stay there when helping out with Michael."

"That would be Michael Corinthos the seven-year-old son of the victim and Jason Morgan's wife?"

"Yes, I was letting myself in, since the guard had gone downstairs to check on a disturbance by a reporter. I was hit from behind and placed in that crate. I was knocked out and came to as Lucky placed me in the trunk of his car. I could hear him talking saying he would let me out in just a few minutes."

"Why did he grab you? Did he say?"

"He talked the whole time he was driving. He thought I was Elizabeth. They used to date years ago and he still wanted to get back with her. How he made the mistake thought, I have no idea. Elizabeth does have a similar coat, but hers is red."

"Thank you, did you hear anything once he stopped the car?"

"I heard him get out and greet someone. Then they talked for a few minutes. A shot, then a second one. Then silence. About forty minutes later, I heard another car. I thought it was a police car at first."

"Why would you think that?" Asked the Attorney General.

"Police cars have big engines; they had a different sound to them. I have grown up listening for the sound of my dad's car to arrive home at night. This car sounded the same."

"What happened next?"

"Two sets of footsteps, then someone talking to the guy with Lucky. Then another gunshot. The car hood and a door opened before the sound of a car driving away. Also the gun had on a silencer. The sound of the shots was the ping of that."

"May I ask how you know that sound?" Asked the Mayor who had arrived. "Unless you dad uses a silencer which is against regulations."

Georgie had finally had enough of the man, so she snarked back. "Actually it is from my dad. My biological father. Frisco Jones. He is with the WSB, along with my godfather Sean Donnelly. My Uncle and Aunt also used one. Robert and Anna Scorpio."

The Attorney General didn't want to get bogged down in local politics so he said "Thank you Miss Jones; we will talk to you some more later. You seem to be our only lead in the murder. Are you sure that this Spencer guy didn't shot the second man?"

"Dad, find out who did this. I don't think that Lucky shot the second guy. I just want to know why the man who was here both times didn't realize Lucky was still alive?"

Hugging her he promised he could. "Now I have to send you to the hospital with--"

"Commissioner, AJ Quartermaine just called. They found Carly Corinthos." Said an officer as he ran up to the men.

"Where and who is they?"

"I didn't ask. All I know is that an ambulance is on the way as a precaution. Here is the address."

Turning to Taggert, Mac said. "Takeover here. I will go and take care of this."

"Dad, I want to go with you. I can ride with the ambulance to GH." Said Georgie.

Sneering as the man gave in, Floyd got into his limo and called his contact. "Yes, I have good news. Carly Corinthos is fine."

Carly was getting ready to argue with Elizabeth, when Mac and Georgie entered along with a whole slew of suits. Whispering to Elizabeth, she said "Let's go to the hospital, let them deal with this."

The medics checked her out, then took the paper Elizabeth handed them after the FBI head refused to allow her to leave with the other. "Sir, I am a nurse as well as her friend."

"I want this wrapped up now. " He said as the second ambulance took Ric away.

After listening to their shortened version of the truth, he said "How did you know about this house. This isn't the first time you have found a kidnap victim Mrs. Morgan."

Mac was going to suggest getting Alexis when a red head walked in and said "I am Mrs. Morgan's attorney. I would suggest you change you attitude since it was someone working for you behind this."

"Mrs. Morgan, how did you know to come to this place?" Asked the Mayor. "Get a vision?"

Jason tensed, until Elizabeth placed her hand on his arm. "Actually, Carly looked at this place when she was buying a house. The panic room is part of the selling points. We read the files that Lucky had about Sam McCall and when I was talking to her, she gave it away." She lied.

"How?"

"She said we would never find Carly. That no one had seen her. Plus she was walking when at Kelly's. We are only a about a half mile away from there."

"And this led to the idea of this place."

"Leticia Juarez, Carly's nanny thought she saw her, your men took the report. I knew the route and that this house was close to where she broke her arm."

"I still don't understand?" Said the Mayor, pissing off the head of Homeland Security.

"It's simple. Panic room, a house listed in the name of Laura Spencer was rented close by. Laura Spencer is in no shape to rent anything. Unlike Luke, I doubt Helena Cassidine has any interest in Carly. So that left Sam and Ric."

"What about them?"

"Sam is vindictive and blames Sonny for her child dying. Ric is Sonny's brother and a nut job. Toss in my ex boyfriend and they all get what they want by distracting us. Plus Carly has been looking for her biological father. We had the name John Durant. However since he was a federal prosecutor, she didn't keep looking at it any further."

"What about Dr. Ian Devlin?"

"Who is that?" Asked AJ. "May I get out of here and go see the mother of my child?"

"As soon as we are finished." Said the Mayor self-importantly.

"Mr. Quartermaine, go ahead. The others will be following soon." Said the state trooper. "So you found the house from Mrs. Corinthos looking at it. I will need to verify that, but one more thing. What do you know about Lucky Spencer kidnapping Georgie Jones this evening from the Towers?"

Seeing the stunned looks and the way Morgan reached out for his wife, he said "Go ahead to the hospital; we know where to reach you if we have any questions."

Feeling Elizabeth stumble, Jason saw she had paled. "Are you okay?"

"Just let's get out of here." She said tired. "I need to talk to Georgie and apologize for what Lucky did.".

At the hospital the chaos of everyone arriving at the same time, created a major headache for Alan as the press arrived as well. "Dr. Quartermaine, if we corral them in the old therapy rooms, we can wait until the police arrive and they can hold a press conference." Said Lainey.

"Fine, you get them there, I will arrange for security up here. AJ, how are you holding up?"

"I've been better. According to Dr. Meadows, she is going to be fine, so far all the tests show our baby to be okay as well. We are waiting for her to return so we can have a sonogram."

"Good, where are your brother and Elizabeth?"

"They were still talking to the police, but they should be here soon. Look, I have to go and talk to Alexis, real quick. Can you keep everyone out of there? Carly only wants her mother and the women let in, Michael is with her right now."

"I will try and keep them out." Promised his father before the younger man went to find Alexis. Seeing her talking to a newly arrived Elizabeth, AJ ignored Jason's glare as he hugged Elizabeth. "Thank you." He said, "Thank god you got angry. I was starting to think we made a mistake."

Elizabeth felt funny about getting thanked for something that could have been prevented but told him he was welcome, then went to see Leslie Webber who had arrived along with Nik.

"Is it true? Lucky was involved." Asked Nik.

"Yes, he also tried to kidnap Georgie Jones, thinking she was me."

Nik waited until Bobbie left the room and turned to Elizabeth saying "Uncle Stefan called. He told me Lucky was in surgery. That one of his fellow kidnappers shot him."

"Yes, I'm so sorry, Nik. This is all my fault."

"It is not your fault, you didn't lead him on, and you told him the truth. You no longer wanted to date him, you made it pretty clear by marrying someone else. Lucky is responsible for this. Not you." He said then walked away. "I have to let Lulu and Laura know."

Jason saw Elizabeth's shoulders sag and went to hold her. "He is right you are not responsible for his actions, he is."

"I know I just feel the need to say I'm sorry. I know it's stupid, but the fact is, I feel like people are going to say it is my fault."

"No, they are not." Said the entering red head. "They picked up Durant at the airport, but he shot himself after a standoff with police. Turns out Carly's kids will inherit some property in Florida. Durant wanted to sell it to developers, but his family had set strict rules in regards to ownership. He could only sell it if he had grandchildren. His family seemed to be believe he would appreciate it more as an adult since the trust has been in place since 1971."

"Why go so far as to arrange for a kidnapping?" Asked an incoming Stefan.

"The property is in Jacksonville. Worth about twenty million dollars as is." Said Alexis as she walked up with Georgie and Maxie. "Durant, needs the ready money. All of his is tied up in trusts or divorce settlements."

"Have you seen Carly?"

"AJ and her are having a sonogram. Georgie, I am so sorry about Lucky." Said Elizabeth.

"I'm not, the way I'm going to look at it, is I must be thinner than I thought." She said trying for levity.

"Stop eating those burgers and drinking those milkshakes, you might be." Said her sister as she hugged the young brunette.

Carly had finally let Michael go the youngster had only briefly touched on her being missing. He seemed to be handling it better than expected thanks to the teenage girls who had been there. In fact he had been a little upset at the ending of his never-ending sleepover.

AJ and Sonny who had brought him had declared a truce while she was missing, but AJ's grin at the comment had caused the Cuban to return to his sour disposition. After he had taken the little boy home, AJ said that he was staying the night.

"Good, then there will be a body in this bed, because I'm not." Said Carly. "As soon as Dr. Meadows gives me the all clear, I want to go home and shower then curl up in my own bed."

As Mac read the latest files he saw Capelli entering with a suspect in cuffs. "Who is that?" He went over to ask "And where were you?"

"I thought I had a lead on Spencer. Someone saw him at a bar on the outskirts of town. This guy decided to take a shot at me."

"Fine, book him, then meet Taggert in forensics. We have Spencer he is getting two bullets removed, along with Ian Devlin who is dead. Durant is at the hospital and McCall is trying to lawyer up."

"Durant? I thought he was one of the good guys?"

"You missed a lot during your joy ride. Spencer kidnapped my daughter thinking she was Elizabeth Morgan, then she heard the kid getting shot, along with Devlin. We have no suspects since she didn't hear much in the trunk. We had a possible lead, but it turns out there was a stolen police car this afternoon from Bedford."

"What about Carly Corinthos any leads?

"She has been found as well. All she could name was Spencer, McCall, Durant and Lansing. Devlin was the doctor. Spencer is our only hope." Capelli could feel himself starting to sweat. Durant and Spencer were possibly dying, if not he could help that along. Lansing had to be dead. So that left Sam McCall and the commissioner's daughter.

McCall was the wild card; she had to be dealt with immediately. After doing his paperwork, Andy walked down to the tombs and said to the woman who had been returned to her cell. "If you know what's good you will keep your mouth shut."

"I will do whatever I need to get out of here." She sneered. Then smiling at him said "I'm not too worried, I know someone who will pay to get me out."

Jason was trying to get Elizabeth to go to sleep, between her feelings of guilt about Lucky and her worries about Carly; she kept tossing and turning. Reaching over he pulled her closer, saying let's talk about it.

"I just hate that Lucky grabbed Georgie that way. I mean after what happened in the park, it has to be upsetting. I don't want to sleep, I know I am going to be having a nightmare about my rape."

Jason froze; he hadn't even considered that part of it. "Is there anything I can do?"

Elizabeth considered it, then said "Get dressed, I have an idea. I just hope my grams doesn't flip out."

As the twosome let themselves into the house on Maple Drive, Elizabeth was shocked to realize that Audrey was up still. "Grams? She asked.

"When I work nightshift for the week, on the spare days I stay up like I would if I am working. What is wrong?" She asked gathering her granddaughter in her arms. "Jason, what is wrong with my granddaughter?"

"Nothing, grams. I just am worried about falling asleep. I was wondering do you mind if Jason and I sleep in my old bedroom."

Audrey thought about the changes she had made to the room and started to chuckle at the image of Jason Morgan, big bad mobster sleeping in that room. "I have no problems with it, but I just finished redecorating it, I turned it into a guestroom for when your sister comes to visit since you said you didn't care."

Groaning as she got the message her grams was trying to send, she led Jason to the room and said "I hope this never gets back to the guards or the ribbing O'Brien took will be nothing." As they looked around, Jason was glad that he was comfortable with himself as he saw all the lavender lace and silk.

"Sarah loves purple." She said as she changed back into her pajamas and tossed the bag carrying their clothes on the chair with the loud purple flowers. Climbing into the bed, she soon curled up in his arms and fell into a dreamless sleep.

When she awoke to the smell of breakfast the next morning, she realized she had been sleeping by herself. Walking down the stairs she saw Jason and Grams talking while her husband cooked breakfast. Listening to them talking she was relieved to hear that Lucky was in critical condition but alive. However Durant had died. "What about the lawyer?"

Jason turned and greeted his wife when she entered. "He is in a coma. More than likely he is not going to wake up."

"Elizabeth, Jason told me what happened to Georgie. You are not to blame for Lucky Spencer's fits anymore than you are for Sam McCall or this John Durant."

"I just hate what happened to her." She said hopelessly. "I am so angry with Lucky, in spite of his being in the hospital I just want to walk up to him and slap him upside the head."

Carly woke up to see AJ sleeping across the foot of her bed, she laughed at the fact that less than a year ago she would have kicked him for the hell of it. Now she just...hell no, she would not allow herself to go there. Taking out the picture of Jax, she reminded herself why she had changed. This was only the hormones.

Reaching down, she pushed at him until he woke up and sent him home. "I have an appointment with Mac today, so that he can take my official statement. Can you come along?"

"Yes, then I have to head to the office. I have two orders that I need to start arranging for." He said yawning.

Carly was curious and said "Do you ever regret walking away from ELQ now that you can go back?"

"No, I have to admit that when I first left the family I wanted back in, now I just love what I do. Of course working for Samuels is different than when I worked at the warehouse, but I like dealing with the naval architects and the buyers. I love seeing the end product sail away." He shrugged.

"It's strange, but you seem happy."

"I am, but I have to gather all my strength, Jasper Jax is due in for a meeting to order his new boat. He can be a pain in the rear and this one is for his parents." He said.

Carly felt her hear race and realized that she still had the feelings, they had just been buried under the details of everyday life. When the time came, things would be, as they should.

Alexis was holding Kristina when Mac let himself into the house. Seeing how tired he was, she laid the sleeping baby down and asked if he wanted some breakfast. Mac raised his head in alarm at the idea of her cooking for him only to see her laughing as she pulled out a cereal bowl and spoon.

"The Feds left as soon as Durant was declared dead. The rest is my mess. However I get the feeling that the Mayor was part of the reason they left."

"Is he still giving you a hard time?" She asked worried that she was responsible for his sleepless night.

"Not anymore, the attorney general gave me a rather interesting file. Seems like the Mayor has been using city workers for jobs that aren't supposed to be being done. Also he has a rather interesting idea of campaign finance reform." He said with a tired grin. "Floyd Garret will be leaving me alone. If he doesn't the next election will be a shoo in for the other guy."

"Georgie had a restless night, but was up for school this morning. Maxie headed out already. Robin called, it seems like Brenda heard what was happening and called her."

"So after I call Robin, I can shower and head back. Are you coming in for the interviews or is Diane Miller handling it?"

"Diane is handling it. Why?"

"I was thinking we could save water." He said with a sly grin while picking up the baby monitor.

"Sounds good to me. Go call Robin, then meet in my bathroom."

"Why are we pretending to sleep in separate rooms?" He asked as they went to the bathroom.

"Until we move into the new house, this is the way it must be. So move it commissioner." She teased removing her shirt and tossing it at him.

Elizabeth and Jason were back at the penthouse getting her books when he found himself pinned to stairs. "I want to skip class today." She said laughing. "Can you think of anything else to do?"

"How about just skipping your morning class, I have to be at the police station." He said even as he picked her up and carried her back up the stairs. "Are you sure you have time?"

"We can make time. It's been too long since I have felt this relaxed." She said as he tossed her down on the bed and removed her shirt.

Francis let himself in, knowing that Elizabeth had class this morning. Seeing the backpack and two sets of keys on the stairs he left the penthouse grinning. Ten minutes later, Jason was trying to get dressed but could not find his keys or wallet.

"Elizabeth, what did we do with my keys?"

"Down on the stairs with mine, here is your wallet. You know you should not carry so much cash, what if you get robbed." She scolded. Then reached over and pulled his head down. "I love you, but if you don't want to end up back in our rather messy bed, get a shirt on. You are driving me crazy."

"All you have to do is smile, but I have to remove clothes, I must be losing my charms." He teased.

"What happened? Win the triple at the track?" Asked Mike as he knocked on Sonny's door seeing Francis grinning and joking with Johnny.

"No, just glad things see to be getting back to normal." He said while leaning against the door and whistling. Sonny opened his door and saw the guard, telling Mike he would be right in, he said "Let me guess Jason and Elizabeth are in a good mood."

"I carry no tales. But my guess is that the muffin soon has a few mini muffins running around The breadbox." Announced Francis proudly not seeing the look of terror on Johnny's face.

"Oh my god! Francis Aloysius Capelli that had better not mean what I think it does." Said Elizabeth as she blushed. "I am going to kill Carly so help me god."

Jason escorted his wife out of the penthouse, not bothered at all. He had heard the guards referring to his wife as a muffin, once he got the reasoning all he had done was laugh but he knew that Francis was now in serious danger of dying today. "Johnny you are on Elizabeth today. Francis has the door."

"Don't remove Francis, I want him to guard me today." Said Elizabeth darkly.

"I'm not removing him for any other reason than to protect him. I think it will be much safer for him to be guarding the door today." Said Jason with a grin while they waited for the elevator. Sonny kept the smile to himself. His former partner's t-shirt was inside out and Elizabeth's shirt looked less than well groomed, in fact it was missing a button.

"I think working, as a beat cop in East LA would be safer today." Agreed the guard ruefully as he tried to ignore the sweet smile Elizabeth was giving him. While Carly was scary, Elizabeth when riled up was downright diabolical.

At the station, Mac waited for Morgan and his attorney to arrive. The so-called evidence from Durant was spread out on his desk along with the files they had about the case. Seeing Garret talking to Capelli he called the Mayor in and closed the door. "Capelli, tell Miss Miller and her client I will be with them in a moment."

When the pale face of the Mayor emerged from the office he quickly fled the building and called his contact to fill him in on the case, leaving his own mess silent at this time. "Your son won't be waking up anytime soon. McCall wants a deal. Scorpio isn't biting."

"What about Corinthos?"

"Corinthos, he is out of this. The kid belongs to the Quartermaine drunk; he is out of the business at least that we can find. He is taking care of Ric's medical but other than that he is not involved."

"I want him brought down, or you will no longer be Mayor." Said the silky voice before the sound of being hung up on told him he was well and truly screwed.

Capelli waited, then went to see Mac. "How is your daughter holding up? Turns out the man I busted had the missing cruiser. Is she up to a voice lineup?"

"She didn't get a good hold on it. All she could say was male. That there was nothing distinguishing."

Taggert entered and said "We have to get someone to GH, Spencer is waking up. Also the forensics is in on Devlin. .38 slug. No identifying marks. It connects to a convenience store robbery last year."

"Taggert you go and see Spencer. Use you contacts with his aunt to get in to see him. Capelli go with him. I will talk to Morgan. Also can you find out from anyone there what the chances are that Lansing will wake up?"

"I called this morning; I disliked Lansing after the thing with Elizabeth and the stairs." Offered Capelli. "He won't be waking up. They are going to have him transferred to a long care treatment facility."

After her missing her morning classes, Elizabeth joined Emily in the quad carrying the bag with her lunch.

"Please tell me that Jason didn't pack your lunch." Laughed his sister as Elizabeth spread out a peanut butter and jelly sandwich along with applesauce and a banana."

"Grams did. Long story. How did it go yesterday?"

"My treatments seem to be working, my doctor is hopeful. Mom looked ready to cry though. I don't know if you want to hear this but I saw Lucky, they are expecting him to wake up some time today."

"Good, how are you with this?"

"I will try to help him for the sake of our past, but he went too far. Nik thinks that treatment will help. He wants to have Lucky plead guilty and go to Shadybrook."

"I just want to smack the heck out of him. I know that he has two gunshot wounds and lost lots of blood, but still I am pissed off at him."

" I saw the file, the one with the list to get you back. He needs help dealing with the loss of you. I think Lucky is stuck back in the past. When we were still kids." Grabbing Elizabeth's banana, she tossed her the chocolate muffin.

Staring at it, Elizabeth took a bite and told her what had happened in the hallway this morning.

"So let me get this straight, you are the muffin, I am assuming that mini muffins means babies but what is the breadbox?"

Jason walked Carly into the hospital, she wanted to talk to Bobbie about Durant and he knew this was going to be difficult. Asking if she wanted him to stay, he complied when she asked if he would talk to Michael instead about AJ.

"Yes, I think it's time. Sonny is going to hard to deal with." He warned. "Are you sure you want that stress now?"

"It's time. As for the stress, the only thing stressing me is my son who is leaning on my bladder." She said with a wry smile. "Momma and I need to have this talk in private."

Two hours later, Mac was surviving on coffee. Lucky Spencer still hadn't woken up, but Scott had arraigned Sam McCall on conspiracy to commit kidnapping, for accessory to murder and attempted murder, as well as whole slew of other crimes. She was denied bail and the public defender had been quick to point out to her that she was in deep, deep trouble.

"I want a deal." She said.

"No deal, there is nothing you can say that I won't find out elsewhere. It's up to you, do want you want, but I think if I was you, I would plead guilty and throw yourself on the court's mercy."

"I want a new attorney." She told him.

"I want sleep, looks like neither of us get what we want." He said before nodding at the court appointed lawyer and walking out. "Capelli, I want her transferred to the state police lockup. Taggert is waiting for you in the garage."

Nodding, Capelli smiled inwardly. Perfect.

Sam was still complaining when the female officer sitting next to her removed her from the back of the van and turned her over along with her paperwork. "Good riddance."

Carly was sitting in the living room when Georgie and Alexis joined her. "I heard that you postponed your wedding. We have a lot to do if we want to get this done next month."

"Carly you are in no shape."

"I am just fine. Georgie could you please find the list we were working from before I was grabbed." Said Carly as she sent the younger girl to her rooms. "I talked to Momma about John Durant and the past. She just wants to forget. I agreed with her."

"You know that your sons will inherit now don't you."

"I don't want it, none of it. Look, I was wondering when you were moving into your new house?"

"As soon as the wedding is over. Mac and I talked about it. He is going to keep the house in town but rent it out for now."

Hearing the phone ringing, Elizabeth who was entering grabbed it. After telling Bobbie that she would do that, she hung up and turned to the others including a returning Georgie. "Lucky is awake. However he is claiming not to remember anything. He says he doesn't even remember his name."

"Do you believe it?" Asked Alexis.

"No, but they have someone talking to him now. Mac and Taggert are there. Nik called in a specialist from the city."

Capelli walked away wiping away his fingerprints from the gun and tossed it into the waste treatment plant. The woman was taken care of, Spencer didn't remember thanks to the drugs he had given him. He had debated taking out Georgie Jones but it looked like she didn't remember hearing his voice. All was well.

Mac and Taggert were entering the station when they got the call. "McCall is dead. Shot while in the courtyard this evening. They had two prisoners escape around the same time. Turns out one of them had a weapon; they pulled out several slugs from the guards."

"Do they know where they were headed?"

"No but one of the men used to work for Sorrell. Do you have that number for Zander Smith in Florida; he might have some idea where they would go since I recall arresting him with this guy."

Jason closed up the phone and turned to Elizabeth who was entering the hospital, "Sam is dead. I heard about Lucky, do you think he is faking it?"

"Yes, and I swear I am going to prove it."

"Actually he isn't faking. Turns out he was drugged." Said Monica walking up to them. "We are going to give him the antidote but it has a low success rate."

"He is up to something; I want you to stick close to your guards." Jason told Elizabeth, as Carly and Alexis entered. Waiting until Monica left, he said to the three women. "We are in new territory here. Carly who was the cop?"

"Capelli, as for Lucky, you are correct we are on new ground without any maps. What do we do now?" She asked while looking around. The changes had been for the better for the most part but things were happening too fast and changing too much.

Elizabeth held onto Jason, but reached out for Alexis and Carly saying "We work together and protect those we care about. That is all we can do."