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The Flame of Franco

The Aftermath…

"I don't think it was rigged," commented Dante as he looked out the review mirror, glancing at the unharmed warehouse in the background as Lucky drove further away from it. "The bomb should had gone off by now," added the undercover cop as he glanced over at the digital clock in the vehicle. His brown eyes then shifted over to Lucky.

"Maybe," spoke the officer with a shrug, quickly looking over and meeting Dante's eye before looking out onto the road again. Now that they were out of harm's way, Lucky was driving at a normal speeding limit as he turned the corner onto Imperial Street. His heart was still beating with adrenaline but was soon placed with anxiety as they heard of the sound of a bomb going off. He prayed that Jason had gotten Sam out before hand and that when they pulled up, that both would be unharmed.

Josslyne who was still in the protective arms of Dante had quiet down to a soft whimper. "We should call Mac and let him know what happened. And also call Jax and Carly, letting them know that the baby is safe," rambled on Lucky to Dante. He needed to talk. It seemed the more he talked the less his thoughts would run wild with the worst possible scenarios of Sam. Even know that she was his ex, he still cared for her deeply as a friend. And couldn't see her get hurt any worse then she already had been by Franco. "And we should probably get this one checked out at General..." His voice trailed off as the sound of a 2nd bomb went off in the nearby distance as his eyes fell onto the blazing building before him.

Both men sat there, frozen for a moment as they took in the sight before them. It was too late. Quickly, pulling out his cell phone, Lucky dialled 911 and called the fire department before calling up Mac. They needed all the help they needed now.

"Looks like Jason got here," noted Dante towards Lucky as he hung up his phone and pointed out Jason's SUV.

"Well let's hope he will be able to get out alive, with Sam," replied Lucky.

Not even a moment later, a figure appeared from the smoke as he made his way closer to where the two officers' sat in the car, they noticed that it was Jason with Sam in his arms. Both men rushed out of the car at this and made their way over to Jason.

A few moments later, the fire department arrived, followed by the backup that Lucky had called in.

"It's over," spoke Spinelli into the phone as he left the Penthouse in a rush, messenger bag hanging lazily off his shoulder.

"It's over?" repeated Maxie on the other end in confusion.

"Stone Cold has found Faire Samantha. Lucky and Dominic rescued Josslyne. It all over," replied Spinelli to his beloved as his closed the front door behind him and shoved his hand into the pocket of his hoodie, looking for his keys.

"Are they okay?"

"I don't know, to be honest. The Keeper of the Peace did not say that much on the phone. Only that Sam and Josslyne had been found and to meet him at General Hospital," replied Spinelli, "The Jackal had thought that Maximista would want to know that her good friend was out of the clutches of the Deranged Picasso." As he spoke these words, his thoughts drifted immediately towards what had happened to Sam and that DVD. Only him, Jason, Lucky, Dominic and Mac knew that Sam was raped. Spinelli did not have the heart to tell his beloved what had happened to her friend, he knew it would tear her world apart.

"I will meet you there," spoke Maxie. She wanted to be there when Sam arrived at the hospital. She wanted to see her friend.

"You need to be checked out," argued the Paramedic as he tried to get Jason to come into the ambulance.

"I'm FINE!" grunted Jason with frustration, as he pulled his arm away from the Paramedic and walked away. "I don't need to be checked out. I wasn't the one who was hurt," he argued, his blue eyes blazing with rage. He just wanted to get the hell out of here and be with Sam. She had been rushed off to General Hospital a few moments away but Jason was forced to stay behind. They wouldn't let him leave until he got checked out.

His injuries weren't serious, he just had a minor burn mark on his leg and other then that he was fine. His breathing had returned back to normal. He didn't understand why he needed to be looked after, he would live. It was Sam who needed the attention. Carrying her in his arms like he had, it reminded him of the when she had been shot. How her body had been so still and limp in his arms.

He needed to get out of there. Pushing away from the paramedics and the people that stood around him, Jason made his way over to where his SUV was still parked out front of the still blazing warehouse. The fire was yet out.

"JASON!" called out Lucky behind him.

Jason stopped dead in his tracks at this and turned to look at the officer.

"We need your statement," Lucky spoke as he took a step towards Jason, and studied the man's face. He looked like he had been through hell. His blue eyes were dull, he looked ten times older. He knew this was the last thing that Jason wanted to do but they needed it before they could let him go.

Jason looked at the officer, pleading with him to let him just leave. The two men held each other gazes for a moment or two. Jason's eyes darkening with annoyance before softening and looking away, when he looked back, they were wet. "Please just let me go," he whispered, his voice filled with emotion.

Lucky had never seen Jason like this before, so vulnerable, so broken. But he knew that every man had their breaking points and this was Jason's.

"It will only take a second," commented Lucky. "We just want to know what happened at the studio."

Sighing at this, Jason nodded his head softly. Figuring he didn't really have a choice, he followed Lucky to his car.

"They have found her," spoke Sonny as he sat behind his desk, looking at a very worried Alexis and Kristina who were seated across from him in his office. "Jason found her. She is being rushed to General Hospital now," he explained gently as his eyes swept from the face of his ex over to his daughter. They had only both known for a short period of time that Sam had gone missing. He had just broken the news a few days ago, after Jason had told him of the footage.

However, Sonny had not mentioned the tape to either of them. He didn't want to worry them, no more than they already were.

"How is she?" asked Alexis.

"Jason didn't say. He just said that she is being taken to General Hospital," replied Sonny, resting his palms onto the surface on the desk. He didn't no any of the details but with how Jason had sounded, he knew that things weren't good.

"Is she hurt?" asked Kristina in a voice of panic. "If Sam wasn't, then she would be going to the hospital. She is hurt, isn't she?" She then suddenly burst into tears with the fear of what was wrong with her older sister.

"Kristina, honey. It's okay. Sam is probably fine. She is probably just getting checked out," spoke Alexis in a reassuring voice towards her daughter. But as she spoke these words, her mind was thinking about the worst case scenario with her eldest daughter. She knew that Sam hated hospital and would only go to General if she didn't have a choice. If Sam was really fine, she would have refused a check up. "We will go over there now and find Sam arguing with some doctor that she is fine!" Alexis figured if she said it out loud then it would be true and that her daughter was really just fine.

Rising to her feet, she wrapped her arms around her middle daughter and pulled her into a hug. Looking over Kristina's shoulder, Alexis met Sonny's eye. "I will call you later, I guess."

"I will come with you," stated Sonny as he suddenly rose to his feet. He and Sam had drifted apart within the years but he still considered her a dear friend. She would had been one of the mothers of his children. Plus he knew if something was wrong with Sam, then Jason would be a mess and blaming himself. He would need his support.

Alexis gave her ex a confused look before smiling at him gratefully. "We just need to pick Molly up at the library first," spoke Alexis suddenly remembering her youngest daughter.

Sonny nodded his head at this before putting a comforting arm around his daughter's shoulder and leading her out of his office.

The ER of General Hospital was quiet that night as Epiphany, the head nurse sat behind the desk, catching up on paperwork. She was just finishing the last patient's chart before she could go home when the call came in. Two trauma patients were on their way.

Stand up, she paged the ER nurses, and the two doctors who were on call that night, Robin and another surgeon. The new interns were also paged. The heavy nurse let out a tired sigh as she rested her hands on her hips and rubbed the small of her back. She knew that this meant, she wouldn't be going home anytime soon.

Just then the doors to the ER burst opened and the whole Jax family came rushing in. "Where is she? Is she here yet?" cried Carly as she rushed up to the desk.

"I'm sorry? Who are you looking for?" asked the nurse in confusion at Carly, who was standing in front of her.

Carly's mouth hung open in shock but quickly closed it before speaking. "My Daughter!" Replied Carly, raising an eyebrow at the nurse and shifting her weight to one side, giving Epiphany a little attitude. How did she not know about her daughter, Josslyne? Dominic had been the one who called Jax telling them that they had found Josslyne and that she was coming to General Hospital.

"Carly, sweetie calm down," spoke Jax, coming up behind his wife and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder. He wanted to see Josslyne too and make sure she was okay but yelling at Epiphany wouldn't help anything.

A few moments later, all the people that Epiphany had paged had arrived just as the ambulance pulled up to the hospital.

Sam's eyes opened to the blur and movement of doctors and nurses and paramedics as she was rushed into the emergency room. There were voices in her ear, faces appearing down at her but she couldn't focus. She tried opening her mouth to speak but couldn't, there was a mask over it, feeding her oxygen. There was someone squeezing her but she couldn't make out whom. She felt like a prisoner in her own body.

A few seconds later, she had passed out once again.

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