Reliving The Past
Chapter 49
By the time all the police, local FBI, coast guard and Liz's friends and family got there, they hadn't heard from Liz again. Franco was passing the docks. Sam, of all people, tries to calm him down.
"Franco, stay calm for Elizabeth. When she's rescued and wants to run into your arms, you have to be there and calm." Sam says. A shocked Franco could have been knocked over with a feather.
"Thank you Sam." Franco says.
"Franco, this is Dr. Jeff Webber. Liz's father." Sonny introduces them. "And this is Frisco Jones. Maxie's father."
"Nice to meet you both. I want to apologize for what I did to both your daughters in the past. I had a brain tumor. Apparently it was in the part of my brain that made me not know right from wrong. And I feel just awful about it. It was removed and I have been the complete opposite. I care a great deal for Elizabeth sir. And her wonderful boys. And I will do my best to take care of them and protect them. Elizabeth will be delighted to see you." Franco is very personable.
"Thank you for the apology. It's accepted." Frisco says.
"Same here. You have helped my daughter so much these last however many months. My grandson's speak nothing but the best of you. And I will look into your tumor claim. Just what a dad has to do." Jeff says.
"Why are we standing around? They could be in there killing her why all this police and FBI presents is here! If you don't do something soon, I'm going to." Jason says.
"NO YOU WON'T!" Franco gets into Jason's face. "You told Liz you would do it her way. No going off and doing a Jason thing. So get it together! I want to storm in there and get her. But I am trying to control my urge. You do the same. Sam, watch him. Because I won't hesitate to take him down for Liz. I am not going to let you get her killed!" Franco's face gets red and is just inches from Jason's.
"Ok. Break it up you two. My daughter's life is on the line. I have to agree with Franco." Jeff says. "Mac, what's going on?" Jeff says, trying to get some idea what the plan is.
"Well, luckily Jordan is giving me the run of this show. She knows that we all are working together to get Liz back. But the FBI is here too. So it's two different law enforcement agencies. Let me talk with the guy in charge of the FBI. Back in a minute." Mac goes to speak to an official looking guy.
"Jeff, you tell me you want something, I can get the WSB involved. There are too many of these freaks. I can have a satielite to be overhead until every one of these yahoos are caught. Just one gets away and she's not safe. Nor are your grandson's." Frisco says, whispering into Jeff's ear.
"Do it. Just to be extra safe. I want every one of these jerks caught." Jeff says, looking out at the island.
"So you think you can kill me and get away with it?" Elizabeth asks, while being dragged to a room she's never seen before. It looked to be like a boat launch under the house. She never knew it was there. She wondered if Nikolas even did.
"Oh, we will kill you and be out of here with no one knowing where we are. We have a plane standing by for when we leave. Now it's just up to us what we are going to do to you before we kill you." Rick says, placing her into a locker like cage. It seem to be meant for storage of equipment.
"You apparently don't understand who was on the phone. By now there is so much law enforcement agencies out there, that not one of you cockroaches are getting out of here. So when they do take you, you better look at that sky one long last time. Because it will be the last time." Elizabeth tugs on the locked door. Rick has his back to her. But then he turns around real fast that she didn't even register it until he had her arm in his tight grasp.
"Tom wants you to have this." He injects her arm. "You might want to sit down. It's pretty fast acting and you will be unable to move. You will be able to feel, hear and see. But not move." Rick says, smiling. Elizabeth lays down. She's quiet. Rick waits a few more minutes, then opens the door. Elizabeth watches as he stands above her.
"Ok. The coast guard is going to come and pick up the FBI and SWAT team. Once they are on the island and have the place surrounded. They will come back and get us. By the time we get to the island they should have breached the house. Let them do the heavy work. I want everyone's word that they will stay together. No going off by yourself. We need to make sure no one is hurt." Mac says, looking at Franco and Jason.
"I swear." Franco says, holding his hand up like being sworn in as a witness in a court case.
"I swear." Jason says, reluctantly.
"Good. Thank you." Mac says, going to help the teams onto the coast guard boats.
"He didn't see my fingers crossed behind my back." Franco whispers to Jason with a grin.
"Hmm, me too. I guess we are on the same page. Once we get there, let's try to get a distraction going. Then I can take off." Jason says.
"No, we. We do this together or neither of us do. I know you still hate me. But Liz is making me a better man. I love her. I am sure people thought you were too dangerous for Sam. But you didn't let it stop you from marrying her. Although you claimed to love Liz at one time. But you backed off. Well, I love her. And the boys. I would NEVER do anything to hurt any of them. I don't know why you expected people to look at you as Jason Morgan after your accident. But I can't be like that. After that tumor was removed, I became someone who cares and loves. It's like I was asleep. Now I am awake and see things as they are. Beautiful Elizabeth. Her wonderful boys. I love Jake. He's a great kid. You are lucky to have him as a son. I'm sure Danny is great too." Franco says.
"Ok. Just stop trying to suck up. It's just not you. Yes, both my boys are great boys. So what should we do for a distraction?" Jason asks.
"Once we get there, I'll think of something. I have to see what we have at our disposal. Hang on Liz, we are coming for you." Franco says.
"Ok, they teams have been dropped off. Here the boats come again. Get ready." Mac says, holding on to walkie talkie.
"Hand on baby. Daddy's coming to get you." Jeff says under his breath. Sonny holds Kristina close in a hug. Just grateful for her being safe. Lucky watching, with his heart in his throat. Frisco holding Maxie.
"Honey, are you ok?" Frisco asks.
"Yeah. It's strange. I used to hate Elizabeth for all she did to Lucky. But now I feel for her. I found the man of my dreams and love him. I'm marrying him. But now I can't help but feel for Elizabeth. I guess I used to admire her when I was in high school. But I also had a crush on her boyfriend. So I guess me view of her got messed up. And I see what I did to her. I guess I was the issue. But no matter how bad I hated her or disliked her, she doesn't deserve this. Or what happened to her on Valentine's Day. I feel for her." Maxie says, snuggling into Frisco's chest while they hug. They all wait as the boats get closer.
Elizabeth lays on the floor. She feels a little different, but not much. She lays there thinking that if they think this stuff is working, she can get them to open this door and she can run. She's determined to get to Franco. She wants to feel his arms around her and kiss him again. She's never going to worry about other people's reactions and expectations of her to cloud who she can and should be with. She's done with walking on egg shells and worrying about other people's feelings about her. She's going to be going for what she wants. If that makes her selfish, then so be it.
"Well, I just talked to Tom. And we have the perfect plan for you. And it's great. We are getting things in place. Then I will be back for you." Rick says, leaving the room again. Then someone else walks into the room.
"Lizzie." A man whispers. She turns her head. She sees a man. "Lizzie, it's Jackson. I switched the medicine that he gave you. It's half sedative and half saline. I wanted you to make sure you could still defend yourself. I have been taking down people one by one. I think we are down to maybe a dozen. Tom's legs got broken. Do you know how that happened?" Jackson asks,
"I did it." Liz smiles. "My old friend Jason taught me how. I just grabbed a metal rod and hit him in the knees where Jason told me to. I hope I don't sound evil, but it felt so good." Liz smiles bigger.
"It's not evil. That man and his cowards have tortured you enough. Mostly Tom. I am so sorry to hear that he raped you Lizzie. I never thought they would come after you or follow you. I thought I was doing the right thing." Jackson says, tears filling his eyes. Elizabeth can see the tears.
"Jackson, you didn't know. How could you? Don't take it so hard. It was awful. But I met my best friend. It was awful, but I also learned how loveable I was. I never felt that really. Not until that year. I wouldn't like to relive that fear. But the love and friendship that came from it, I wouldn't change for the world. Jackson, you have been nothing but good to me. Why are you here?" Elizabeth asks, crawling to the cage door.
"I got word from a friend that was a US Marshall. He told me they were held up somewhere close to you. So I did some digging. Then I got in and started to take them down. But by then, they had already gotten to you. So I thought I would at least even up the players. I have them tied up in the main house. All nice and neat for the police. Now I am trying to get you out of here." Jackson says, unlocking the door. He opens it and Elizabeth comes out and hugs Jackson so tight. Then just as they are about to leave, a few man walk in and block the door. Liz and Jackson look at each other and then back at the men.
A/N: thanks for reading and review. Hope you all are having a great holiday weekend. Hope you all like this chapter. Can't wait to hear what you think.
