Reliving The Past
Chapter 50
The boats come back and pick up the friend and family of Elizabeth. By the time they arrived the FBI and police where bringing out the members that Jackson had tied up. Mac tells them to stay in the main house. And if anyone wonders off they will be arrested. So they go to the living room and all sit. It's so quiet. No one talks. Not sure if it's from nervousness or awkwardness. All they can hear is the ocean wind hitting the windows. Then they hear a loud scream. This is when Jason and Franco slip out of the room and down into the belly of the house.
They go room to room searching. And after a while, they still don't see anyone from this cult. They finally get to this big room. They believe it's used for storage as there are boxes and furniture. They go slow and look behind and under things. They come to another door. As they step through the door. They continue to look. They find three men on the floor. Lots of blood around them. Jason feels for a pulse on each one. They are all dead. Then they continue. They go a little farther and find another man on the floor. He seems to be moving slightly. They check his pulse. He's alive, but Jason doesn't think he will last much longer without help. That's when they hear a moan and whimper. Franco knows that it's Liz. They rush in the direction they heard her. They find Elizabeth under a man twice her size. She's trying to hold him off her. They notice she's in a red dress. Her hair is shorter and done a why they haven't seen her wear. She turns her head to their direction.
"Help me." She manages to get out. Jason and Franco rush to her and get on both sides of her. They pulls him off her. As they get him far enough away from her they see an object sticking out of his stomach. Once they lay him on the floor, Jason checks for a pulse. He's dead. When they look back at Liz, she's holding her stomach and crawling away. She looks confused and bruised all over. She catches Jackson in her sights and crawls to him.
"Help him please! This is Jackson. Kevin's and my friend from Boulder. He saved me the first time and he was here saving me again. He helped by tying up some of the members. He was taking the numbers down. And when they were going to inject me with something, he switched it. Half sedative and half saline. He made sure I would be able to save myself." Liz says.
"Jason, go get help." Franco says.
"No, you. I can stay and protect Elizabeth." Jason says.
"STOP IT! I am so tired of this macho crap. Jason, go get help or so help me, Sam isn't going to like how you get home tonight." Liz says, giving Jason a look. Jason has never seen that look before. He takes off.
"Wow, that's my girl. May I says that it's very attractive to see you like that?" Franco says, smiling.
"Franco, I'm having trouble staying awake." Liz's head goes forward. Franco grabs her.
"Ok, let's lye you down." But before her head is to the floor, she passes out. Franco gently places her head on the floor. That's when he notices blood around Liz. He couldn't tell because the dress was red. So he takes off his button up shirt and balls it up. And presses it onto her stomach. This wakes her.
"Ahh! Franco that hurt." Liz says, kind of out of it.
"I'm sorry. Why didn't you tell us you were hurt?" Franco asks.
"I guess I didn't feel it as much. So worried about Jackson and getting Tom off me." She says. Looking over at Tom. She can't help but smile. Then she passes out again. Just then Jason, Jeff and two EMT's rush in.
"What's happened to her?" Jeff asks.
"She apparently got hurt with Tom. She didn't tell us. She was worried about Jack." Franco says, still holding the shirt on her stomach. The EMT's work on Jackson.
"Franco, I'm going to need your help to treat her. I'm going to cut her dress around the wound. Then we are going to try and stop the bleeding. Can you help me?" Jeff asks.
"Yes. Let's get to this." Franco says, taking his shirt away from her stomach. Jeff cuts a whole in her dress. And then starts to clean it. He notices the other wound.
"What happened here?" Jeff asks.
"Oh that was the gunshot wound. They must have ripped her stitches out." Franco says.
"Well it was mostly healed. Minimal bleeding." Jeff is able to get the bleeding to slow down. The EMT's get Jackson stable and put him on a back board and carry him out first. Liz wakes up, still kind of out of it.
"Daddy, when did you get here? Franco, I'm seeing things." Liz says, crying.
"No you're not honey. I'm really here." Jeff says, rubbing her arm.
"Daddy, I'm sorry." Liz says through tears.
"You have nothing to be sorry about. How did you get hurt?" Jeff asks, just before Liz passes out again. Jason goes and looks at the object sticking out of Tom's gut.
"What was it?" Jeff asks, needing to know for medical reasons.
"It's wooden." Jason says, then looks to a nearby chair. One of the legs is gone. "I think she used the leg off this chair. The bigger part is in Tom. So if she was injured by this, then she got the smaller side of it. But it is the side that touches the floor. So it might be pretty dirty." Jason says, coming back to them.
The EMT's come back to get Liz. Franco grabs her hand and vows to not let go. They get her upstairs. Maxie cries at seeing Liz so different. Lucky is in shock and cries. She looks just as she did that night all those years ago. The red dress being dirty and ripped. Her hair short and pulled back. But also disshelved and messed. Bruises everywhere. The only difference is she's not wearing any shoes. It's like he's been hit in the stomach so hard that he was thrown back into that night. Then she's taken out of there and loaded onto the boat. She rides with Jeff and Franco to the docks and then to the hospital in the ambulance. Franco never letting go of her hand.
At the hospital. Dr. Fin and Jeff work on Liz. Griffin and Monica work on Jackson. When Griffin and Monica are in the OR, Jackson flat line's twice. But they manage to save him and get him in recovery. Liz is taken care of and stitched up. But they didn't want to risk giving her meds for pain or sleep. They drew blood to test to see what meds where in her system. Liz sleeps for hours and Franco sleep right next to her bedside. She starts to wake up. She squeezes Franco's hand. This wakes him up.
"Hey beautiful. How are you feeling?" Franco asks, brushing her hair back.
"Ok. What happened?" Liz asks, still unsure of what happened.
"Well, you got hurt. You got to stop doing that. I don't like to see you hurt. And I told you to hide. SO you wouldn't get hurt. We have got to work on our communication skills." Franco says, unable to look away from her. The sight of her bruise and swollen face, cuts him deep.
"Well, you are going to have to wait until I get my legs back under me. I am still have a little bit of a memory lapse here. I barely remember getting taken. I guess in time I will remember what happened." Liz looks away. Tears in her eyes. She can feel the injuries to her face. And see the hurt in Franco's eyes at her looks.
"You will remember when you need to." Franco says, as the door opens.
"How you feeling sweetie?" Jeff asks, walking into the room.
"Daddy! When did you get here?" Liz's face lights up as much as it can.
"Honey, I've been here for a while. I helped save you. You have a pretty bad belly wound." Jeff says, patting her arm.
"Which one? The gunshot wound should be healed mostly." Liz puts her hand on her stomach. And winces in pain. "Oh boy."
"I just got the tests back from the blood draw we did. I think that you might have a fuzzy memory for a while of the time you were on Spoon Island. The two medications they gave you have a bad reaction. But don't worry, the fuzzy memory will fade and you will remember what you want to. We have flushed the meds out. Would you like a pain reliever?" Jeff asks.
"NO! No more meds. I will never touch another pill again!" Liz tries to sit up and winces.
"Honey, don't move. It will only hurt you more and you don't want to open those stitches." Jeff says, sounding more the doctor then the father.
"When is mom coming?" Liz asks, wanting to see her so bad.
"Well, they are still missing 5 or 6 cult members. So until they are caught, they want to keep the kids in Mr. Corinthos's island." Jeff says.
"So you've met Sonny?" Liz asks with a smile.
"Yes. Very nice man. As is Jason Morgan. And Lucky Spencer. And this guy isn't so bad either." Jeff says, shaking a thumb at Franco.
"I'm just a lucky girl to have had so many men care for me. How are my boys?"
"They are good. They love your mother. And Laura is great with them. I'm so sorry we stayed away for so long sweetheart." Jeff says with regret.
"It's ok dad. I understand the misunderstanding. I'm sorry." Liz starts to cry.
"Hey, you have nothing to be sorry for. No, you need to sleep. I will be back soon. I love you. Franco, may I have a word with you in the hall please?" Franco and Jeff step out of the room. Liz falls asleep drying.
"I want to thank you for your support of my daughter. I just don't feel comfortable leaving her alone. So if you would like to go get something to eat or anything, I can stay with her." Jeff says.
"I'm good sir. Thanks. I don't ever want to leave her again." Franco says, giving him a pat on the arm and goes back into the room. Jeff walks off. Franco goes back in and sits next to Elizabeth's bedside. He just watched her sleep. Admiring her beauty.
A/N: Hope you all had a wonderful Labor day! Hope this chapter was to your liking. Can't wait to hear what you have to say. Thanks for reading.
