A/N – Thanks for all of the reviews! You'll find out who the culprit is in a few chapters.

Chapter 29 - Targeted

Liz went straight upstairs and lay down in her bed. She already missed Dante. He had been a great friend to her and while she understood how he was feeling, it still hurt to lose him.

Johnny stayed inside the house just in case she needed him. "Boss?"

"Just checking in. How is she?" Jason asked.

"Um…"

"Johnny?" Jason said as fear started to swell in his chest.

"She went to see Dante and it didn't go so well." He hated having to report back to Jason sometimes. On occasion, he feels like a tattletale, but if he omitted the truth, Jason would eventually find out what happened when he got home and then that would create problems.

"What did he do?" Jason asked angrily.

"I think he just told her that he needed some time away from her."

Jason paused. As much as he didn't like Dante, he knew that he had feelings for his wife, but since he had never acted on them, Jason had just filed the information away. "There's going to be a delivery to the house really soon. It's okay. It's from me."

"Okay."

Jason hung up the phone and then dialed another number wanting to put a smile back on his wife's face.

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"Liz, can you come downstairs?" Johnny said into the intercom.

"I'll be right there," she called back.

Liz walked out onto the landing and looked down and the entire entryway was lined with all different kinds of flowers.

"Oh my God," she said smiling and running down the stairs.

Johnny laughed. "Your husband is a bit over the top."

"He's a bit crazy. What the hell am I going to do with all of these?"

"Well, you could enjoy them for a few days and then I can have the guys take them over to GH or a shelter."

Liz grinned. "That's a great idea." She ran back onto the steps and took a picture with her phone.

Johnny felt his phone ring.

"Did she get them?" Jason asked.

"Yes, you're a real hit right now, Romeo," Johnny said.

"Good."

Johnny shook his head and put it back in his pocket. "I have to go let the construction guys in. I'll be right back."

Jason is reconstructing a few bedrooms in the back into a gym. He is also doing something top secret for Liz that Johnny couldn't wait for her to see.

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Later that evening, Jason was just about to leave work and go home when his phone rang. He recognized that the number was the main phone at Claudia's house and picked it up.

"Claudia?"

"Jason," a voice whispered, "It's Tess. I'm alone and the lights just went out."

He heard a very loud bang and Tess scream. "Shit." He ran out of the building and grabbed Max. "We need to get to Claudia's. He tried to call Sonny and a few other guards that he knew were stationed there, but no one was picking up their phones.

They raced to the house and pulled into the driveway and noticed that there were no lights on at all. They got out of the car and checked the perimeter of the house. Max handed him a flashlight and they walked through the open door and quickly moved through the living room. They finally made it upstairs to the guest room where Tess was staying and found that the door was locked. Jason broke it down and saw her lying on the floor passed out. He picked her up and they quickly made it down the stairs.

"Holy shit," Max said looking into the kitchen. Enzo is lying dead on the floor.

Jason looked up and saw the message scrawled on the wall with Enzo's blood. "Next time, she dies."

He continued on to the car and sat in the back with Tess. She woke up about halfway to his house and started to fight him and Jason tightened his grip around her. "It's okay, you're safe."

She looked up at him and started to cry. "Jason, I was so scared," she said sobbing.

Jason tried to look her over. "Did they hurt you?"

"No, one of them grabbed me and I kicked him and ran upstairs and locked myself in the room," she said as she shivered, "They banged on the door and yelled, but you must have scared them away."

"I'm taking you to my house. You can stay there tonight."

She nodded and then relaxed against him. "I want John."

"I'll call him as soon as we get to the house. I promise."

Max pulled into their driveway and parked. Jason carried Tess into the house. Liz came out of the kitchen and saw them and almost dropped the beer in her hand. She quickly put it down and followed Jason.

"What happened?"

"They infiltrated Claudia's house. Enzo is dead."

Liz ran ahead of him and opened the guest room door and pulled back the sheets. Jason gently laid Tess down and Liz covered her up. "I'll stay with her."

Jason nodded and left them. Johnny ran up the stairs. "What happened?"

Jason filled him in. "The phones haven't been working. I think someone is scrambling the signals or took them out somehow. Call John on the house phone and tell him to get here as soon as he can. Send a car if you need to. Max is going to go back over to Sonny's in case he comes home. Right now, we're all disconnected and that could mean big trouble. How many other guards are here tonight?"

"Two. They are outside right now doing a perimeter check."

"When's the last time you spoke with them?"

Johnny thought for a moment. "Fuck. I'll check the cameras and then I'm going to the gun room and get things ready just in case. It's going to be a long night."

Jason watched Johnny run into the surveillance room which was on the other side of the kitchen. A few minutes later, he ran back into the living room and said, "I can see them. I just can't reach them, but at least we know they're still alive. I'm going to give the guard at the gate a few walkies and then I'm locking us down."

Jason nodded.

Liz walked over to the landing. Jason looked up at her. "How is she?"

"She's asleep. I just tried to use the landline. It's dead."

Jason went upstairs and hugged her. "Come on. We're all going to sleep in the same room. We'll drag another mattress into ours."

They quickly finished moving everything around. Jason went into the guest bedroom and picked up a sleeping Tess and moved her. He made sure she was covered up and then got into the bed with Liz. Johnny stood guard outside the door.