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Chapter 2

Elizabeth was lying on her back and staring at the ceiling. Hospital beds were designed for support, which meant they weren't really that comfortable. She was telling herself to go to sleep before one of the doctors decided to just drug her. Probably Robin. That was so something she would do.

The boys were at the mansion, which meant they were safe. So Liz didn't need to worry about them. The guys had made sure Nadine got home safely, which was another worry lifted. She didn't want her friend out alone at night, just in case the freak running around decided to change his MO.

The last few months were just crazy. First Sonny was killed at his warehouse by Claudia wanting revenge for the mob boss beating up her brother. Michael had come close to being injured but Kate ended up taking the bullet that might have hurt the little boy. The fashion editor had made a complete recovery and still lived in the harbor town.

Things were quiet for like a second before Jerry Jacks showed up again and threatened to poison everyone, now they had a serial killer running around. It was just insane. This was a summer for the books. That was why Jason had said they couldn't have any contact outside the safe house right now. Both Anthony and Jerry were still on the loose. Both men hated Jason, so things from that end were still dangerous. Liz was just happy he didn't try to walk away. Been there, done that, not going down that road again. Jason was definitely getting the short end of the stick with this arrangement, he hadn't seen the boys, except in passing, in months and she felt horrible about that.

Her cell phone rang and she grabbed it thinking it might be Steven, but it wasn't. The number was blocked, and she hesitated briefly before answering. According to the papers the TMK used a blocked number, but he didn't call his intended victims. "Hello?" Liz answered tentatively.

"What are you wearing?" The male voice asked in a seductive whisper.

Liz laughed, but then settled down. "White cotton with little pink flowers all over it. The latest in hospital couture."

"You got little flowers?" Jason asked smiling. "My gown was sickly green, no designs."

"I did. Jealous?" Liz asked leaning into her pillows.

"I'm in sweats and t-shirt, so not really." Jason had items brought over for him. "I have an extra t-shirt if you are interested." He was smiling which she would hear.

"Really?" Liz replied starting to smile too. After the night they'd had this silly conversation felt great. "I don't suppose you would send it over to my room."

"Nope." Jason didn't hesitate to answer. "But you could come get it."

"Are you asking me to sneak out of my room and into yours?" Liz asked pretending to be outraged. "That's against hospital policy."

"I know." Jason was smiling wide now. "That's what makes it so much fun. Come on Webber, live a little. The guards will let you know if the coast is clear." Since they were so close there was one guy standing between their rooms and one standing across the hall from him. "Did I mention that I'm wearing one of my light blue shirts?" He tried to always wear one when they were together.

"I'll be right over." She loved him in those shirts.

Liz got out of bed and only winced a little at how cold the floor was. She wished she had her socks, but the police had taken her clothes when she got undressed after coming upstairs. While they were probably compromised from the ride in and the exam, they could still yield a possible hair strand or skin tag from the TMK killer. Sam's body would give them a better shot at something usable, when they pulled the car back up.

At the door she opened the wooden panel a small crack and peeked out. Hank grinned at her before looking down the hall one way and then the other. Since the coast was clear he nodded. Quickly Liz ran from her room to Jason's, past a grinning Ritchie who was also on this shift. "Hi." She said once the door closed behind her.

"Come here." Jason said sliding over and lifting the blanket.

"I was promised a t-shirt." She pointed out.

"It's hanging in the bathroom." He told her. He would love to have her strip down right where she was standing, but hospitals were a public place. He didn't want to have to kill someone for seeing his girl naked because Ritchie let them walk in.

Liz was grinning wider when she got under the blankets after changing, and spooned up. "This is heaven right here." She said letting out a sigh.

"Yeah, it is." He said rubbing his cheek on her soft hair.

"How do your wrists feel?" She asked quietly.

"Numb. They came in and gave me some shots. I can't even move my fingers much." He told her.

"How did you call me?" Liz looked over her shoulder.

"I had Ritchie dial for me." Jason said laughing. All the guards that would be with him in the hospital knew he was seeing Elizabeth. "Can I ask you for something?"

"Sure." Elizabeth turned over to face him. She noted his hospital bed was bigger than hers, and would bet money that was Monica's doing.

"Is it possible for you and the boys to come with me to Seattle?" Jason wanted to know. "Can you get time off of work?"

"I can. Your mother actually hired me for that very thing earlier tonight. Piph isn't going to clear me for hospital work, but I'll be deemed well enough for certain types of private care." Meaning a job that didn't require heavy lifting. "So I am going to be your nurse."

"I was actually just wanting you to go as my girlfriend." Jason told her. He wanted to be able to walk down the street and hold her hand.

"I can do both. I'm not letting anyone else give you a sponge bath." Liz said with a wicked grin.

"That's so wrong to plant that image in my brain when we can't do anything about it." He told her. They both had injuries so no sex, but thankfully hers were less severe than his. "I don't think I need a sponge bath though. I had use of my fingers before the shot. It just hurt some to move them."

"I know you have a high tolerance for pain." Liz told him. "So does Patrick. He probably wanted you numbed up so you don't do more damage before the surgery. Speaking of which, hold on." She got out of bed and winced again at the cold floor. She tapped on the door and waited for one of the guys to answer. If someone was in the hall she didn't want them to know she was in here.

"Yes?" Hank asked her.

"I need to be back in my room by five." Liz knew they would come for Jason around six for his seven a.m. surgery. So one of the nurses would be in around five-thirty to administer any pre-op drugs that were necessary.

"I know. Nurse Johnson told me. She said to tell you that she would be up in about two hours to change Jason's IV bags." Hank said grinning. "And that you don't have to hide in the bathroom."

"Good to know." Liz said heading back and sliding into bed. "Wrap your arms around me and turn it off for the night. Did they bring you a sleeping pill?"

"I declined it." Jason hated those things, the anesthesia would be bad enough. "Besides I don't need it now that you are here. I sleep really well with you curled up next to me." His body was already relaxing. "I love you." He had lost a lot this summer, and wasn't going to lose anyone else.

"I love you too. Night." Liz would turn her brain off, and hopefully sleep peacefully.

Johnny walked into his apartment and told himself to let the day go. Which was going to be easier said than done. It had been a long one. In terms of hours and emotions. He had spent a few hours on the edge of panic when they realized that Liz was gone, and that the lunatic who was killing women had her. The security footage of her kidnapping had been chilling to watch. While his friend had survived a lot in her life, he wasn't sure she was going to make it through this. They got a happy ending, now they just had to find the asshole who took her.

"Did you find her?" Georgie asked walking down the hall.

"Hey, I wasn't expecting you to be here." Johnny said smiling, he was glad she was though. She had her own place, and while she did stay here often, during the work week was rare. She said he provided too much distraction from her getting sleep. His girl took her job as an occupational therapist seriously. She was completing her Fellowship this summer which was the only reason he hadn't put her on a plane to somewhere safer. She was young to have such a position, but she was also outstanding at her job.

"Did you find Liz?" Georgie would discuss her being here next. She was worried about her friend.

"We did, she's okay. They are keeping her overnight at the hospital." Johnny explained walking over to where she was standing and wrapping his arms around her.

"Good. Although I hope this isn't one of Robin's nights to be in the building. Liz doesn't need the aggravation." Georgie was aware that the two women didn't like each other. She was also aware that Robin's attitude about Jason was the reason why. Her cousin was being a bitch. Even Maxie had pointed that out.

"Robin left for the night an hour ago." Johnny passed along. He left out that the small doctor had pretty much stomped out of the building after being denied access to Jason's room.

"Okay. How are you?" Georgie knew he had to be tense.

"Better because you are here." He said grinning at his girl.

"I moved in. You can throw me out after you catch the serial killer. If you want." Georgie tacked on.

Johnny kissed her telling himself to let the tension from the night go. "How much of your stuff did you bring?"

"All of it." Georgie told him. "I figured it was easier on the guys if I didn't have to keep running over to my apartment. Because the law of averages says that whatever I need I would have left there." She still had the space under lease in case he wanted her to go back. "My stuff is in boxes in the empty second bedroom."

"Good. I'll ask Diane to break your lease tomorrow." Johnny said with a wicked grin. "Now that I have you here I'm not letting you get away again. If you don't like living in the building we can get a house when things calm down. Feel free to redecorate."

"I like apartment living." Georgie didn't want him worried about that. "Besides your place is huge compared to my last place." She had a tiny efficiency. It was all she could afford when she first moved out. Then she just got used to it. Now she could get something bigger, but with her being so serious with Johnny there was no point in moving. If she hadn't moved in today it was still going to happen soon. Probably before the end of the year.

"Liz and the boys are moving in too. So you can go visit." Johnny passed along. "Although I think she's going to Seattle with Jason first."

"Why is Jason going to Seattle?" Georgie asked confused.

"Come shower with me and I'll bring you up to speed." Johnny said linking their fingers. Then he needed to go to sleep. Tomorrow was going to be a long day too. It would start with a fight with his girl when he told her she was getting a guard.

"Hello?" Liz wasn't really awake when she answered her cell phone.

"Wake up Lizzie, otherwise you won't remember this call." Steven said knowing it was before sun up in Port Charles.

"I hate it when you call me that." Liz reminded her brother. "Steven." She mouthed to Jason who was up.

"I know, that's why I always do it." Steven said laughing. He really loved messing with his sisters. Although Sarah was the easier of the two to provoke. "You called?" He would be kind and keep this short so his sister could go back to sleep. Even if she wasn't working the boys would keep her busy.

"Can Emily come work with you?" Liz got right to the point.

"Absolutely. I would love to have her working here. The last time I came to visit I heard some great things about her. Why is she leaving GH?" Generally the doctors that came to work with the organization were further along in their careers, but they wouldn't turn Emily away.

Liz took a deep breath. "We have a serial killer on the loose, and a good number of his targets are people who were connected to Sonny in some capacity. It might be safer for Em to be out of Port Charles right now."

"You're coming too right. You used to be Sonny's sister in-law." Steven said sitting up straighter. While he and his youngest sister had drifted apart over the past few years, he did care about her.

"But I hated Sonny, even when we were legally family. This guy is only targeting people who were close with the dead mob boss." Liz lied because she didn't feel like getting a lecture about it being time to leave Port Charles. Her Gram had that covered. She certainly wasn't going to tell him that she had been taken. And she was going to ask Em to leave that out as well. Her friend would understand why. "There is no indication I'm a target."

"If that changes I want you on the first plane to California to stay with Gram." Steven laid down the law. If he could he would get on a plane and head to New York.

"I promise." Liz said knowing that she was going to be getting that lecture when he learned the truth. It annoyed her that her family only called to tell her how to live her life. "I'll tell Em to call you, or should I just put her on a plane?"

"Tell her to call me. I'll send the necessary paperwork today. She should be able to fly out soon." Steven told his sister. "Be careful Elizabeth, you have two little boys who need you."

"I have no intention of doing anything that will take me from my boys. Thank you for letting Emily come work with you." Liz hung up. "I know I shouldn't have lied, but right now I don't feel like dealing with pressure to move." She said rolling over to look at Jason. He knew all about her relationship with her family.

"Thank you for taking care of Em." He said giving her a soft kiss.

"Monica wants your sister gone. It will relax you as well. Me too. Steven said it will take a few days to process Em into the system." Liz let him know.

"She can fly out tomorrow and just stay in Malta until it's time to work. That way she isn't dealing with jet lag when she starts. I'm sending guards." Jason didn't care if Steven didn't like that.

"Actually that might be a good thing. Security at the center isn't the best." Liz knew that because her brother's wife, Karen, told Gram they had some thefts recently.

"The guys I send can look into that." Jason would even donate the funds to secure the site.

"Are you going to send Milo?" Liz wanted to know.

"Yes." Jason said trying not to huff. He wasn't all that thrilled that his sister was dating one of his guys, but he had to respect that Milo had come right out and said he was interested in Emily. The guard wasn't seeking permission to ask her out, he just wanted to be up front about things. Since Em was over twenty-one at that point Jason had no right to butt into her private life.

"You're a good big brother." Liz said giving him a kiss just as his phone rang. She helped him answer, then with another kiss snuck out of the room. She figured that was a business call.

"Morgan." Jason answered annoyed that his kissing had been interrupted.

"I need a favor." Steven had called and woken up his grandmother to get this number.

"What?" Jason and Steven didn't get along, but they were civil because of Elizabeth.

"I need you to protect my sister and my nephews. I know she's your friend, but Gram heard that you two haven't seemed that close lately." Steven told the mob boss. He hadn't always been the big brother Liz needed, but maybe this small act would make up for that somewhat. "Guards, security systems, whatever it takes."

"Done." Jason told the other man. He wondered where Audrey got that information, and how she got his phone number. If he had to guess he would say Monica gave his number to the older woman so Steven could make this call. That was fine. Jason changed his number every few months anyway, doing so early wouldn't be that bad.

"What's this going to cost me?" Steven knew he was now in debt to the mob. That wouldn't be the case if his stubborn sister admitted that the harbor town wasn't safe and moved.

"Be here on her birthday." Jason had no intention of telling Steven that he was already protecting Elizabeth, Cameron, and Jake.

"That's it?" Steven asked wondering why the price was so low.

"That's it. You don't have anything I need." Jason said getting to the point. "Is that all?"

"That's all." Steven would make sure he fulfilled his end of the bargain. "Bye." He said as the dial tone sounded in his ear.

Jason just grinned. He needed to talk to his mother. They had a birthday party to start planning.

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