A/N – Thanks for the comments! kcke2pen – I'll think on who to pair JZ with. * ilovedana53 – I think OB doesn't need help. The Sonny situation is going to be very interesting.

Chapter 5 – The Endless Road

Taggert pulled into a rest stop and dialed Faith's number.

"Hey baby. Spinelli is here. I'm going to put you on speaker."

Spinelli shuddered. Taggert scared the shit out of him. The only reason he was doing Faith's dirty work was because they had threatened his grandmother. In order to keep her safe, he did whatever they asked and hoped to God that he'd never be arrested. And now they were making him hunt down Elizabeth and he felt bad for the woman, wondering what their plans were for her. Ah, the radiant Elizabeth. Spinelli had a huge crush on her. That is why he hadn't found a way around Stan's virus. It wasn't that he couldn't because he was after all the ace of cyberspace. It was because he was trying to thwart T's progress. But, he had to give them something. So, he hoped the information that he was about to spill would somehow give Taggert pause.

"Spinelli you better have something good." Taggert said; his voice deep and lethal.

Spinelli started to almost choke on his spit and Faith patted him on the back.

"Baby, go easy on him. You know he can't speak when he's scared shitless."

Taggert smirked. He liked intimidating the geek. It was so easy. "Speak Spinelli."

"I—I hacked into some security cameras at the godfather's abode and he met with one of Alcazar's goons."

"Really?"

Spinelli nodded even though Taggert couldn't see him.

"What do you think?" Faith asked before munching on a barbecue chip.

"I think that I'm going to need to hop a plane."

He gave his coordinates to Spinelli so he could find the closest airport. They were going to South America and he happened to know about one of Alcazar's landing strips in the states. He'd get there before them and lie in wait. Morgan wouldn't know what hit him.

James smirked. He had bugged Taggert's car the last time he stopped to go to the bathroom and get gas.

"Did you get all that?" He asked another agent.

"Got it. I'll send you the new coordinates. You can catch a plane and head there too."

James smiled. Taggert and Roscoe were going down one way or another after all of this was said and done. He'd make sure of it.

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Jason had taken over driving so they could get there faster. He looked in the rearview mirror and watched Elizabeth laugh at something OB said. Rolling his eyes, he focused on the road again wondering what would happen to Elizabeth once he delivered her to Sonny. He couldn't imagine that Carly would be very happy. The discovery of Elizabeth's existence had blown her world apart. Sonny was obsessed with Elizabeth and he knew from what Max had said that Carly hated her. And he wasn't so sure what Sonny would do once Liz announced she was going back home, because he was almost certain that she would. It was going to be a shit show and one he didn't want to see or participate in. Not to mention there was still Zacchara and Faith to tend to. He had an idea on that front though.

"Johnny, I need you to do something."

"What?" He asked turning to look at him.

"You're going to have to check in with your father."

"Hell no."

"At some point in time, you're going to have to tell him about Taggert. He's not going to take it kindly that T is hunting us."

"He'll have a fit. I know where you're going with this, but he might blame it on you. The man is twisted."

"Why mention me at all?"

Johnny frowned. "What do you have in mind?"

"Give me a few more exits. I'm still working out the details."

Jason wanted to use Anthony to get rid of Faith and Taggert.

Johnny smirked. He had a feeling that this was just about to get really interesting.

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Anthony slammed the phone down. Johnny wasn't answering him. "What the fuck." He yelled. "Jimmy, get the fuck in here."

"Yea boss."

"I need you to find Johnny. I don't know what the hell is going on but it's like he disappeared."

"You got it boss."

His son could be dead somewhere. "I swear on Maria's grave if Morgan hurts my son, I'll use whatever's left of his body as mulch for my roses." He yelled in fury. "Fucking Corinthos."

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Elizabeth was tired of the drive. If she had to see one more cow, she was going to grab Johnny's gun and shoot it. She was done.

OB noticed that Liz's mood had soured. "Hey Jase, why don't we stop off somewhere and get some food? I need to walk around before I go stir crazy."

Jason turned and looked at him like he had lost his mind and OB nodded towards Liz. He looked up in the mirror and saw she didn't look happy. Growling, he took the next exit and headed towards a diner.

Liz held on when Jason made the sudden turn and looked over at OB and mouthed thank you.

He winked at her and then started to hum which made Jason want to kill him again. Throwing the car into park, he opened his door and slid out. They were in the middle of east bumfuck and he wasn't in the best mood. He wanted this whole trip over with. Slamming the door, he walked towards the diner that everyone else had begun to enter.

They were shown to a table but Jason walked over to eat at the counter.

Liz slid into the booth and Johnny slid next to her. OB flopped across from them and then blatantly flirted with the waitress who was old enough to be his mother.

Johnny rolled his eyes and looked over to Liz and whispered, "OB likes older women. He says younger girls annoy him."

Actually, OB said it way more colorfully but Johnny wasn't going to repeat it.

Liz chuckled.

They looked over the menus and placed their orders.

"So, what's Jason's problem?"

Johnny smirked. "We don't have enough hours to go into that."

OB chuckled. "He's a loner. Jason isn't a bad guy, he's just…."

"Moody—cranky—bossy." Johnny added.

Liz grinned.

"Jason has had a hard life. He's just closed off." OB said quietly. He admired Jason more than anyone else he'd ever met. But, his friend was miserable and it was hard to watch year after year.

Liz really wanted to know what could have made Jason behave the way he was acting and figured the guys probably wouldn't tell her. So, she let it drop. "So, OB, who was your favorite conquest?"

OB smirked. "Hmmmm….let me think." He said sipping on some soda. "I would say it was Bobbie Jones."

Johnny frowned. "You had Bobbie?"

OB made a face like he was in heaven. "She was out of this world." He said smiling. "That sweet dalliance lasted a few months before she had to go away on a trip and she met some guy her age." He said rolling his eyes. "But, it was heaven while it lasted. She definitely is a MILF."

Liz frowned.

"Come on, you have to know what that means." OB said.

"No, tell me."

OB grinned. "Mom I like to F…."

"Fondle." Johnny blurted out as Liz busted up laughing.

Johnny shook his head. He guessed he could see the attraction but damn, he just couldn't understand why OB didn't like women his own age. "What's with the older women?"

"They know what they're doing and they don't play games. Their comfortable with who they are and their bodies and let me tell you, that is an empowering thing."

Liz listened to them banter back and forth. Her body wasn't something she was completely comfortable with. Her sister was the pretty one. She was blonde and had curves for days. Elizabeth was always the plain thin one. It wasn't that she thought her face was unattractive; boys just didn't go crazy for her. But what she didn't realize that she was very attractive to men. Elizabeth was beautiful and smart. Her body was tight and she had a nice ass. There was something girl next door about her. Johnny was totally smitten. He had a feeling that inside that nice girl persona that Elizabeth was all woman whether she realized it or not and he was dying to bring it out of her.

And OB, even though he liked older woman, knew that Elizabeth was one of a kind. She was sweet but underneath that, she was a tough cookie. He could tell she was a fighter and he liked her ever since she had held a gun on Jason Morgan and actually fired it. Of course she missed him, but damn, the look on Jason's face was priceless. And he was going to enjoy every minute that Elizabeth unwittingly drew his friend into her web.

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Carly cuddled into Sonny's side and thought about everything they'd been through. Jason….god she missed him. He mostly stayed away because of Sonny's moods. She hoped that they could resolve their differences, because she really needed him. Wiping tears from her face she sighed. Everything was such a mess. At least Sonny was taking his meds again, although she wasn't sure how long that would last. If Elizabeth rejected him, she wasn't sure Sonny could take it. In fact, she didn't think she could either. As crazy as she was about her husband, she couldn't take another round of him slowly destroying himself and everything he had worked so hard for. It certainly wasn't a healthy environment for Michael.

In the last fight, she had taken sides and had stuck by her husband even though it had killed her. He had been completely irrational and had actually struck Jason. She had never seen Jason's eyes so cold and hateful. After Jason had stormed out, he had demanded that Carly have no contact with her best friend. To keep Sonny in check, she went along. She had seen the hurt in Jason's eyes when he would come into Kelly's and she would not even speak to him. Michael would yell for him and she'd have to intervene and shake her head no at the man who had helped her out time and time again. It killed her. But, she was scared Sonny would have him killed if she disobeyed. So, she tried to convey how sorry she was with her eyes and hoped to god Jason understood. Closing her eyes, she said a silent prayer that things would go back to the way they were. They just had too.

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Andrea and Jeff sat down at Crimson Lights and sipped their coffee.

"I'm worried about our daughter. She's not returning our calls." Andrea said.

"I called the super to see if he'd let us into her apartment but he said he couldn't do that unless she was officially missing."

"Her rent is on automatic deposit. She called the hospital and asked for a leave of absence. I don't think that we can report her as missing."

Jeff sighed.

Dylan walked up to them. "Hi, I haven't seen Elizabeth and I was just wondering if she's okay."

Andrea forced herself to smile. She was aware that her daughter had a crush on the owner and understood why. He was handsome and nice. "She left town for a while."

Dylan frowned. "Really? Did she find her father?"

Jeff was stunned. "She told you?"

"Yes, right after you left, she kind of broke down and we talked."

Andrea sighed. "Sit down."

Dylan sat down suddenly worried that maybe this was worse than he thought.

"How did she seem when she left you?"

Dylan shrugged. "She said she needed time to process everything and Avery and I offered to talk with her anytime she needed us."

"Thank you for being kind to her. I'm really worried. She called the hospital and took a leave of absence and basically left us a text message saying she needed to get away."

Dylan frowned. "That doesn't sound like something Elizabeth would do."

"It's not." Jeff said.

"Maybe we should have Avery or Paul look into this and find out who her father is."

The Webbers looked at each other and nodded.

"Dylan, we'd appreciate any help that you can give us. If Elizabeth is in danger, she'll need all the help she can get."

Dylan nodded. "Done. I can get into her apartment. I'll call Stitch and I'll get back to you on what we find."

"Just be careful." Andrea said watching him get up and leave.

"I hope we're not endangering her by digging this up."

Andrea looked at her husband. "I just hope we're not too late."

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They stopped to rest and shower again. Jason and Liz went up to their room. It had two beds this time. They showered and slept and then got up a few hours later.

"Jason, at some point I will have to call my parents you know."

Jason zipped up his bag and then looked over at her. "You told them you were going out of town right?"

"Yes."

"Then we have time."

"Are they in any danger?"

Jason hadn't really thought about that. "I can't be sure. If Taggert can't get to you, then it's possible that he might go after them. I'll have OB set up a guard rotation."

"I would appreciate that. They wouldn't have to know right?"

"No, he'd be discrete."

He figured he'd send Richie and Mario.

"Thank you."

He nodded and then held the door open for her. Now he had two more people to worry about. He pulled OB aside and told him to send word to Richie as soon as he could.

A/N – Btw – I pictured Bobbie how she looked when she was helping Jason in the boxcar.