Reliving The Past
Chapter 35
Nathan calls Dante to have him call Sonny and let him know about the guards. Then Dante calls Sonny.
"Corinthos." Sonny answers his phone.
"Hey Sonny. This is Dante. I just got word that Elizabeth has been drugged. She's fine, but it was while the guards were on duty and orders to not let anyone in. I hear it was pretty bad. Hallucinogenic. Griffin Monroe got it out of her system as fast as he could. But Elizabeth freaked out pretty good. And Franco had been arrested for accosting a nurse. So he could be with her. Do you have a guard you trust? Just one that you trust hands down. If not, we are going to have to get her to a safe house. Where only Nathan, Lulu, Franco and I know about. We don't know how far this stalker or stalkers goes." Dante says, sounding too much like a cop.
"Well, with three shooters and God knows how many more, we can't be too careful. Has Elizabeth come up with anyone that she can think of?"
"I have yet to talk to her. I just had Nathan call me to let you know about the guards." Dante writes down what clues Sonny has given him.
"I will have Carly send over Max. He's known Liz for years. And I know he's not part of this. Have him tell the others to go to the coffee warehouse and guard that. Make sure there are camera's on them at all times. Have them followed when they leave. Have Max try to convince Elizabeth to go to a safe house. Then have Max stay there with her. There should only be 6 people that knows where she's at. Nathan, You, Lulu, Franco, Max and Liz. No one else. This is the only way we can guarantee her safety. And give her time to get some rest so she can go back in her past and try to figure out who these people are." Sonny goes quiet for a second. Then Mary gets on the line.
"Detective, there was a lot of things that went down in Colorado. There were kids going missing and kids that were brutalized pretty badly. That was one of the reasons we were trying to get out family out of there. I was actually going to see if my Father could take Lizzie. Before school started that is. I mean I didn't want her staying in that town past the summer. So it was only going to be for a short while. A month or so. Until I could find a place for her. But my mother-in-law called and said that Lizzie was there and that it was ok for her to be there. If it was alright with us. We thought that if Lizzie and Sarah didn't kill each other than that was fine. But she never really said why she left Colorado. But then I haven't really spoken with her after she lived with Audrey. Audrey says people in Port Charles loves Lizzie. So I would look back into Colorado. Start with the Hogan's. They would know more than anyone." Mary says, feeling like the world's worst mother.
"Well Mrs. Webber, she was having these flash backs. My partner said that she was spending time with a therapist Doctor Maddox. So I think that there has been some progress. But we will keep you all informed. Just tell Sonny that I will call him later with details and info. It was nice talking to you Mrs. Webber. Sorry it was under such bad circumstances. You have a great daughter. You step son also dated my mother for a time. He is a good man too. Bye." Dante hangs up. Not sure why he said the last part. Dante calls Carly and tells him what Sonny says. And gets right to work on getting Max to the hospital to relieve the guards. And the send them to the coffee warehouse. And to find a good safe house.
Franco gets Elizabeth to her hospital room and lays her in bed. Covering her and tucking her in. He watches her for a few moments. He thinks how beautiful she is. How she takes his breath away. Just being in the same room with her is too much for him. He remembers how it felt to have her body lay up against his chest. She smelled like heaven. Flowers and cookies. Any time he thinks of flowers or cookies and he will smile and think of Elizabeth. He realizes he's never smiled as much in his whole life as he has with Elizabeth and Jake. They meant the world to him. He admits to himself that he would die for them. Then Elizabeth starts to stir. And then mumbles.
"No. Mmmm, no. Stop!" Elizabeth bolts straight up. Eyes wide open. Fear etched on her face.
"Hey. You're ok beautiful. Calm down. I'm here and no one is going to get to you." Franco goes and puts an arm around her and kisses the top of her head.
"When did you get here? How did I get here?" Elizabeth seems a little confused.
"I got back with Doctor Monroe a little while ago. You fell asleep in Doctor Maddox office. I brought you back. Don't worry. I'm here and I am not going anywhere. Are you ok?" Franco can feel her trembling ever so slightly.
"I'm ok. Just a nightmare. It's ok now." Elizabeth tries to play if off as nothing important.
"Ok. Do you want to talk about it?" Franco looks into her eyes. He can see she's holding something back.
"No. So what happened with the police?" Elizabeth tries to take the attention off her. Not wanting to think about the dream.
"Nothing much. That nurse is pressing charges. She slacks on the job, but I get arrested. But Griffin was pretty cool. He's offered to talk to the nurse and see if he can't get her to drop the charges. They let me go because you. I'm sorry I wasn't there when you went under hypnosis. So why don't you tell me about it." Franco says, trying to be gentler about get the info from her. It's obvious that what came out was very upsetting to her.
"Hey, you couldn't help being get arrested. And it was because of me." Elizabeth looks like she's wrestling with guilt.
"Elizabeth, I can tell something is bothering you. What is it?" Franco asks, looking for any sign of what she might be going through.
"Nothing. Did someone contact Sonny about Frick and Frack?" She points to the door.
"Yeah. Nathan was calling Dante when I left the police station. So I am sure Dante is talking to Sonny right about now. So I am sure by the time they release you, you will have a few new guards. So what do you want to do then you get out of here?" Franco tries a new approach.
"Well, I want to go home and clean my house. Then maybe go to Grams and clean her house. So when she's released she has a house to come back to that isn't riddled with glass and debris." Elizabeth says, thinking of all the things she needed to do.
"Elizabeth, Sonny had workers come and fix her house up. Round the clock workers. It's all been done. Besides, I don't think Griffin would want you doing anything too hard when you get home. You are supposed to rest. No pulling stitches on my watch little Missy." Franco tries to sound cute. Which he was, but not to Elizabeth right at that time,
"Franco, I'm going crazy. I mean stir crazy. I have to do something. I just can't sit around while…I just can't sit around. It's a waste of time. I have to keep busy. I have so many things that need to be done." Elizabeth is near tears. She diverts her face so Franco can't see her eyes.
"I thought you were going to take this time to come up with a plan to catch these bad guys?" Franco says, knowing exactly what she's doing.
"I am. I just need to let what…I need to let the info I have sink in and then come up with a plan." Elizabeth wipes at her face.
"Ok, we need to talk about the elephant in the room. Tell me what Doctor Maddox got out of you? No more dancing around the subject. Just tell me. We can handle this together." Franco says, not smiling anymore. He wanted answers. He needed to know what they were facing.
"No. Doctor Maddox has already put his life in danger. I can't do that to you. Of course when I asked you to be there, I had no idea that anyone's life would be in danger. This is all so out of hand." Elizabeth goes off in thought.
"Wait, it was that bad?" Franco is in shock.
"It was worse than bad." Elizabeth says in a low, sad voice. She drops her head. "Anyone who knows could be in danger. Real, life and death danger." She can't look at him.
"Hey, you're talking to Franco here. I can hold my own with the deep bad guys. And don't you know by now, I would do anything for you? I would do anything for you and your boys. Anything. If anything were to happen to you or the boys, I would cease to exist. Please, tell me what happened." Franco goes to her and grabs her left hand and kisses it. He crouches down and looks up through her hair that is hanging down.
"I'm scared Franco. He threatened me. Although I still can't figure out why they followed through on that threat. I didn't say anything to anyone." Franco sees the tears drop to the floor.
"Honey, you are not the same person. You are a mother of three very special boys. You are a nurse. You have been married and divorced. You have been through all kinds of hell. But the only difference is you have me there to help you. Help you with life and help you battle whatever boogeymen there are out there. If you lack in anyway, which I doubt greatly, I will be there to pick up the slack. I can hold my own. No worries. I have your back. If anyone is crazy enough to mess with you, they mess with me. You got that?" Franco lifts her head. He sees the red eyes. And the terror in those red eyes. Elizabeth shakes her head yes. Then Franco hugs her. Rubbing a comforting hand up and down her back.
"Before I left Colorado, I witnessed a girl being gang raped and then I believe they killed her. I was told if I told anyone that they would hunt me down and do the same thing to me." Elizabeth cries on Franco's shoulder. Franco can feel her shaking. Just at the memories of what happened. He couldn't even imagine her being there watching. The fear that must of racked her body.
"So you think that these stalkers are part of this gang that raped this person?" He's trying to wrap his mind around this.
"Yes. I just don't understand why they had me raped not long after I got here. I didn't even remember. I didn't remember how I got here. Or why I left Colorado. And what does Tom have to do with the group?" Elizabeth says, between sobs.
"But if they gang raped this person, why were you only raped by Tom? Wouldn't it have been many guys?" Franco asks, realizing how gruesome it sounded after it left his mouth.
"What? Oh yeah. I only got a small taste of what Jessica went through. That poor girl. After I was raped. Days after, I remember wishing I had died. It was so awful. I didn't think I could live without feeling his hands on my body. Or get his smell off me. Now I'm glad I didn't die. Who else is going to put these people away for hurting and killing Jessica? Franco, would you do me a favor?" Elizabeth asks.
"Sure. Anything in my power. What would you like?" Franco says, smiling.
"Would you climb up here and hold me while I sleep. I need to rest. And I keep having dreams. I think that you holding me would chase those awful dreams away." Elizabeth blushes, a little embarrassed at how it sounds.
"Sure. I would love to be your bad dream chaser. If you feel uncomfortable, you just tell me." Franco says, waiting for her to get over in the bed and get into position. Franco climbs in behind her. Arms wrapped around Elizabeth every so gently. His head nestled next to hers. He can smell her hair. Vanilla and lilacs. He never smelt anything as wonderful before as they drift off into slumber land.
A/N: Thanks to all that read and reviewed. I'm so glad you also far think that the story is good. I am trying to make sure that it stays that way. Thanks a bunch. The next chapter will be up soon.
