Switching Places

Chapter 66

Lincoln: The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire

Jason screeched to a stop in front of the lit up building. Seeing the fire truck and police cars, he quickly tried to get inside. "Morgan!"

Ignoring Taggert, he kept moving towards the building. "Morgan!" Jason didn't even stop, shoving him away. "Anger boy; listen to me. Elizabeth is coming down the stairwell, she is fine."

That got his attention. "Your man Francis called us when he couldn't reach you. Elizabeth along with a large contingent of guests are slowly coming down the north staircase."

"I am going to meet them."

"Listen, we need to talk first. Spencer is loose in the building, armed with Mac's service revolver. He is more than likely strung out. Here, take this."

Jason turned stunned as Taggert handed him a bulletproof vest. "Now go, but don't let the fire marshal see you."

"Thanks, Taggert." Justus arrived at the scene along with Edward as Jason rushed into the building with Taggert still talking to him.

"Just go, but remember what I said, he is armed. Thornheart is working on Mac over there, bullet wound and severe burns. Smoke inhalation as well."

Skye and Lorenzo were walking with Elizabeth both concerned with the young pregnant woman's ability to make it down all twenty flights. Seeing Monica monitoring Alan, she called out "Is Dad okay?"

"Fine, just breathing heavier than normal. Have you seen Nik and Emily?"

"They were with Luke Spencer and Bobbie."

Hearing the sound of footsteps, they saw people coming up the stairs. "What are you doing, go down." Called out Carly.

"We can't. The seventeenth floor is blocked. We were going to up and try to cross over to the west staircase."

Skye mentally went through the blueprints and said "The fire is on that side of the building. Someone call down to the fire marshal and ask them to send up a crew to help us."

Francis called, only to be told that the West staircase was indeed on fire. "They want us to return upstairs, they are going to try and land a helicopter on the roof."

Slowly trooping back up the two flights of stairs, Elizabeth moved slowly worried about her daughter. Seeing Francis answering his phone, she moved closer only for him to hand it to her. "Elizabeth, are you okay?"

"We are fine, Jason. Promise me you won't try and get into the building."

"I can't do that, Elizabeth." He said reaching the fifteenth floor and breaking the window entered the hallway to cross over to the west staircase. Stopping to break into a hotel room, he wet a hand towel and wrapped it around his face, before continuing up the stairs.

Carly realized that Michael was getting tired, but that between AJ and Sonny, he would be fine. Neither man would let anything happen to the little boy. Please, please don't let this get as bad as last time." She thought.

Johnny could not find his friend, and then realizing the cell phones were working called him. "I am with my mother on the eighth floor; we are heading down with two firemen. Where are you?"

"Still in the ballroom." He said grimly. Then noticing a small noise, he looked up and quickly stuck his cell phone under a plate dome and hoped for the best as the sprinklers kicked on.

"That's not good." Said Skye.

"Don't say things like that." Said Luke Spencer, but then he asked "Why?"

"The system was recently rewired, the whole hotel was. The sprinklers aren't suppose to kick on unless the fire is in this room."

"Or unless someone holds a lighter to them." Said Lucky as he entered the room holding a gun. "Now why don't all of you toss your cell phones into a pile right now?"

As they all complied, Luke asked "Cowboy, what are you doing?"

"Taking back what belongs to me." Then he pointed his gun at Francis and fired.

Elizabeth saw Monica rush to treat her guard, but all Elizabeth could see was the gun pointing at her stomach, and the glazed look in Lucky's eyes. "Monica, how is he?" She asked without taking her eyes off her obsessed former boyfriend.

"Not good, the bullet is still in him." She said. Emily had gone to help her but Lucky waved the gun at her and said to back off.

"Spencer!" Called out Jason as he entered the room. "Don't do it. That is Elizabeth, do you realize that, you are holding a gun on ELIZABETH!"

"You're correct, it is. My faithless bitch of a girlfriend who tossed me over for the first rich man she saw."

Nik knew that Lucky was high and could see from the look in Zander's face that he knew as well. "Lucky that isn't true. You know that isn't why she is with him, she loves him."

"She can't love him if he is dead. Morgan, throw down your gun. Prove how much you love my slut of a girlfriend."

"JASON, DON'T YOU DARE!" Said Elizabeth never taking her eyes off of Lucky. She could see in his eyes that he wanted to shoot her husband.

"It will be fine, I promise." Jason told her. Seeing her trembling but standing her ground terrified him. Jason took his gun into his left hand and placed it on the floor.

Lucky waited until he was bending down and shot at his back, while Elizabeth screamed. Seeing Jason not moving, Lucky told everyone to stay where they are when Emily and Alan started to towards Jason.

AJ turned Michael's head into his shoulder, while closing his own eyes. Lucky Spencer had just shot his brother in the back. Hearing the little boy whimpering he saw Carly start to move, but Alexis had her by the arm and was whispering into her ear calming the blond.

"Lucky, come on, you don't want to do this." said Zander edging closer.

Lucky grabbed Elizabeth, saying "You are coming with me. I doubt that Morgan's men will kill me if I take you with me and the police won't shoot at a pregnant woman. Not that you will remain that way for long. That spawn in you is not going to breathe life as long as I am alive."

Luke tried to grab onto his son, shocked at what he was witnessing. Seeing Sonny trying to sidle closer to Lucky, he hoped that Corinthos realized taking a shot could possibly hit Elizabeth. Seeing the man stop, he saw him nodding. Not sure, why, he just nodded back.

Elizabeth kicked off her shoes, as Lucky tried to force her towards the doorway.

"Spencer, you are not leaving her with her." Said Stefan. Lucky raised his gun and shot the man not even slowing down. "This is for stealing my mother, it is because of you and your family I don't have a chose, you did this, you caused this not me. Your family and Morgan drove me to this." He was shouting as he shoved Elizabeth towards the doorway almost to where Morgan was laying on the ground not moving.

Johnny was standing next to the annoying blond who had been shouting at Morgan not to shoot her brother that it wasn't his fault. When she started to move forward, he saw the raven-haired girl reach out and pull her back. "Stay." Was whispered.

"I have to go to Lucky, he needs me. I may be the only person who can stop him."

The girl just reached forward and pulled the blond back and wrapped her hands around her mouth saying "Shut the hell up, before you get someone killed. Let the people who know what they are doing deal with this."

"They will shot Lucky, I can't-"

"That is what you are worried about. What about the pregnant woman he is holding? I hope like hell they shoot your brother, it's what he deserves."

Johnny agreed but knew that he was one of the few people here who was still armed and had a working cell phone. Trying to edge back the tray with his phone on it, he found himself maneuvering around the blond and Georgie's stepmother.

Hearing them talk, he knew they were concerned about more than Elizabeth. From the sounds of it, they thought Sonny was about to do something stupid. Finally getting close enough to get a shot without hitting Mrs. Morgan, he eased up and removed his gun from his waistband.

Getting ready to shoot, he heard the sounds of the pop, pop, and pop as Spencer dropped his gun and started falling down. Looking around he saw Morgan shooting from a prone position. As the people in the room started screaming, Elizabeth was trying to free herself from the tight grip of Lucky. Even in death he was refusing to let go.

Johnny reached out and caught her as Lucky fell while his father rushed over along with the shrieking blond from earlier. Luke reached out and pried Lucky's hand from Elizabeth's arm and helped her up. Sonny came over to help Elizabeth reach Jason who was trying to stand.

"Don't get up; let me look for your wound."

Reaching out, he pulled her into his arms and held her as tight as he could. "Thank god; thank god, thank god." Was all she was saying as tears ran down her face.

"I'm fine, I swear." He said between kissing her eyelids and lips. "Taggert gave me a bulletproof vest before letting me come up here."

That got her attention. Elizabeth removed her arms from his neck and wrapped them around his waist feeling the extra protection.

Carly and AJ calmed down Michael who was settling now that he knew his uncle was safe.

Lulu stood and screamed at Jason "You bastard, you killed my brother. Why?"

Bobbie tried to ease her away. "Honey, Lucky was going to kill Elizabeth, he had to,"

"No he didn't; he wanted to kill him. He HATED Lucky, we all knew it. YOU MURDERER!"

Georgie was restraining Sage and Brooklynn as Dillon rushed up to help calm down the hysterical blond.

Skye walked out to the terrace, wondering where the helicopters were. Lorenzo joined her. "Why haven't they landed."

Lorenzo could feel the strong winds and had a good idea what was going on. Heading back in the grim look on his face told the story. "WE might be here a while."

Lulu was swearing to all that she would get Jason charged with murdering her brother, when Guy turned up the television set behind the bar as he grabbed a bottle of scotch.

Maxie saw him opening it and said "You are too young to be drinking."

Looking at her he said "Did you hear what they just said, the helicopters might not be able to land, trust me I think drinking might be the safest thing I do tonight."

Jax and the stragglers that the firemen couldn't reach rushed out onto the top floor, entering the room he saw Monica operating on one of her son's guards and someone covering Stefan Cassidines body. "What happened here?" Nik was holding onto Alexis as Carly tried to comfort her.

Hearing the story, he saw Luke kneel down next to his son, then get up and go hug his daughter. "Lulu, he has been in pain since his return from Helena's hell, this was a release for him."

"You're glad he is dead, one less kid to not care about." She sneered. "Get away from me. Did you know that Jason was alive, is that why you were making plans with Sonny, did you know he was going to kill your son?"

Johnny handed his phone over his phone to Alexis as the woman called down to find out about the helicopters along with her husband's condition. Seeing her crying Maxie and Georgie huddled close. "What is it?"

"Taggert and you dad were arresting Lucky, he fled resisting arrest. Your dad caught him in the basement. Lucky knocked him out by hitting him with a mob and stole his gun shooting him. He is on his way to GH."

Maxie looked around the room and realized all the doctors she trusted were in this room. Hearing the sound of the rotors, they saw the men landing after two attempts. "We can take six people."

"We have a wounded man and a pregnant woman that need to go first. Then we have to get these kids off this roof."

Michael was refusing to leave without Carly, but Jason took him off to the side and said "I need a favor, pal. I need you to take care of Elizabeth for me, until I get down. Can you do that, she is going to be really scared for me, can you keep her calm until I can get there."

Michael dried his tears, then went over to stand stoically next to his dads. "I promised Uncle Jason to take care of Aunt Elizabeth, so I am going to go."

Elizabeth and Jason held each other tight, then she made him promise to get out alive. "I promise nothing is going to become between us. Now go." He said before helping her onto the aircraft. The medic was working on Francis, treating his wound, as they were being strapped in.

They were soon joined by three of the female students, as Michael picked up Elizabeth's hand and squeezed it tight saying "Uncle Jason promised, he always keeps his promises."

"I know Michael, I know." She said kissing him on the top of his head, while tears ran down both of their faces.

Jason watched the helicopter take off, knowing that his wife would be fine. Now he just had to help rescue his remaining friends and family as the hotel fire slowly moved through the walls.