So just to rest some inquiring minds: Robin did not have anything to do with Emma and Sabrina's kidnapping. In my story, she's in Rome still with Brenda. In my eyes Robin isn't a villain but she isn't right for Patrick anymore. Another thing: Sabrina and Patrick will get their happy ending but like I said, it's a journey. Thank you everyone for reading and sticking by the story.
Ch.17
~General Hospital~
Patrick, Felix, Lucas, and Anna stepped off the elevator of 10th floor in the hospital. They immediately saw Sonny waiting outside an examination room. "Sonny where is Emma?" Patrick immediately asked when he approached him. "She's in there with Olivia getting examined by Epiphany. If everything checks out, they're going to send her up to Pediatrics." Sonny explained. Patrick rushed into the room and met Emma's eyes. "Daddy?" Emma asked with tears running down her face. "Yes its daddy sweetheart." Patrick said walking towards her. He was unsure of himself because he had no idea what had happened to her and he didn't want to frighten her. But Emma reached for him and it was the only confirmation he needed. He picked up his daughter and held on to her tightly. "I'm so happy that you're ok sweetheart. I love you Emma." Patrick replied over and over. Olivia walked out to give him some privacy.
Back outside, everyone else finally reached the 10th floor. They listened at Anna questioned Olivia and Sonny about how they found Emma. "Ok, the cops came by the restaurant and told us about the kidnapping and to call the PCPD if we heard anything. After they left, Olivia and I talked for a few minutes and decided to come help look. When we stepped out of the restaurant, Olivia and I was nearly run over by a black SUV pulling out of the parking lot. We got up and went to the parking lot and saw Emma huddled into the corner, crying." Sonny explained. Anna had to keep herself together as she heard this. "Did you two see anything significant about this black SUV? Perhaps a tag number? Maybe you got a glimpse of the driver?" Anna questioned. "No sorry, we didn't. Sonny threw us on the ground when the car almost hit us." Olivia stated. "I have camera's set up at the restaurant now. Spinelli is looking at that and trying to pinpoint which streets they got on and see if there are any traffic cams that picked them up. You also need to try and talk to Emma Anna." Sonny suggested. Anna nodded. "Thank you both for taking care of my grand-daughter." Anna stated with tears in her eyes. Sonny and Olivia nodded.
Patrick suddenly came looking tired and frustrated as ever. "What happened?" Lucas asked. Patrick walked away from the room. "Emma is not saying anything about what has happened. They only she keeps saying is 'sorry'. I don't know how to get her talking about what happened. Do we know anything else that can help us find Sabrina?" Patrick said in a discouraged tone. "She might be traumatized by what happened to her Patrick. Can I try talking her?" Lucas suggested. "Yes please." Patrick stated. Lucas went in and hoped his expertise in Pediatrics could help him when he needed it the most. Anna told Patrick everything Sonny told her. Patrick looked at him and Olivia. "I know you have no reason to help me but thank you so much for finding my daughter and bringing her here Sonny." Patrick said his voice breaking. Sonny grabbed his shoulder in comfort and said "You're going to get through this Patrick. You just have to believe you will. I will do anything I can to help find Sabrina and your kids." Sonny declared to him. Patrick nodded and said "Thanks." He never thought that he would ever need Sonny for anything yet here he was helping him even though he knew Patrick was not fond of him. Lucas walked out of the room. "Emma is traumatized from tonight's events Patrick. Epiphany and I are going to transfer her to Peds. Get her settled into a room and try talking to her then. I think Dr. Lewis, the child psychologist is here so we should have her paged. Maybe we could get Sonny or Olivia to try and talk to her." Lucas explained. "With all due respect Lucas, Emma needs her family right now." Mac stated. "Yes in any normal situation, she would Mac. But there is nothing normal about this. Since Sonny and Olivia got to her first after this entire ordeal, there's a level of trust there. Emma is keeping what happened to her inside because she's scared. We need to make it ok for her to talk." Lucas explained to the crowd. He turned to Patrick. "Patrick I think we should also get some of Emma's favorite things from home and bring them to her room to familiarize her with things that she knows. Maybe get her coloring. Then we can try talking to her again with Sonny and Olivia present." Lucas stated. Patrick looked at Sonny and Olivia. "Whatever you need us to do, we'll do it." Sonny said with no questions asked. Patrick nodded in agreement and said ok. Patrick didn't want to leave his daughter ever again, but he knew this was his only chance of also bringing Sabrina and the twin's home safely. "We'll watch over her. Be safe and hurry back." Felix assured. He went home and picked up some of Emma's things. As he drove home, he thought of Sabrina. "Please be ok." He whispered.
~Sabrina~
Sabrina tried to keep from Carlos that she was in labor. She hoped that Emma was with Patrick and that she could somehow help him find her by the time the babies were born. She looked through the room and barely found anything useful that would help her with labor. The only thing she found was some old sheets and a drawer. She laid the sheets down on the floor and placed the drawer near her. She took off her jacket and placed laid it neatly in the drawer. She planned on placing the babies in the drawer since there was nothing else. She sat down on the sheets and felt another contraction come. She took a deep breath and got through it. "We are going to be just fine my babies. It's just you and me now. We can do this." She said breathing heavily. She grabbed the necklace that Patrick gave her and held onto it for comfort. "Your daddy will find us and we'll be home soon." She whispered, trying to reassure herself. She felt another contraction coming and this time she yelled out in pain. She heard movement outside and heard them unlock the door. She shook her head not wanting it to be real. Carlos opened the door and said "Damn it! Don't tell me you're in labor Sabrina." Carlos demanded. Sabrina glared at him while she breathed. "I didn't plan to get kidnapped and go into labor Carlos! Get out; I want to have my babies without you being here." She breathed angrily. Carlos scowled at her. "Well if you want your kids to be delivered safely, then I'm all you got Sabrina." Carlos stated forcefully. "They would be safe if it hadn't been for you kidnapping me and Emma! Now I'm stuck giving birth in this dirty place with a kidnapper who claims he loves me!" Sabrina shouted in anger. "I do love you Sabrina!" He shouted back at her. "Prove it then." She yelled breathing though another contraction. "Call an ambulance for me and my kids. Get me to the hospital. Get me to Patrick." Sabrina cried. Carlos kneeled in front of her and said "Like I said Sabrina, I'm all you got." He said stoically. Sabrina felt hopeless and scared because she knew that her kids were coming at any moment and she couldn't stop it. She was scared because she didn't want to think of what would happen after her twins were born.
~Patrick, Emma, & co~
Emma was transferred to the Peds unit and placed into a room. She still hadn't said anything about what happened. As a matter of fact, she was not talking at all now. Patrick and Dr. Lewis were in with her at the moment. Patrick brought some of her favorite teddy bears and dolls and some of her favorite books. Felix, Lucas, Mac, Felicia, Sonny, and Olivia were watching them through the window. Anna went to meet up with Spinelli to see what he found. "This is a nightmare." Felix said. "This shouldn't have happened to Emma or Sabrina. That deranged animal Carlos would've never had a chance to do this had I called the police that night he convinced Sabrina to harbor him in our apartment." Felix exclaimed. Sonny and Olivia looked at each other. "Stop it Fe, this is not your fault. No one knew that this was going to happen." Lucas said comfortingly. Felix shook his head. "Sabrina told us that she felt uneasy about something. I should've listened to her. I should've taken it to heart; I'm her best friend for God sakes. Now she's out there all alone." He ranted hysterically. Lucas grabbed his face. "Felix, don't do this right now. Sabrina is a fighter. She's going to make it through this. You more than anyone have to believe that." Lucas pointed out.
He pulled Felix in his arms and hugged him. Felix wept silently. Patrick suddenly opened the door. "Sonny, Olivia, we want to try and talk to Emma again." He said. They nodded and walked into the room. Dr. Lewis sat near Emma. "Emma do you know who these people are?" Dr. Lewis asked her. Emma looked up from her coloring and saw Sonny and Olivia. She nodded. Olivia walked towards her and sat on the bed. "Can I color with you sweetie?" She asked Emma softly. Emma nodded and handed her a crayon. They started coloring and after a while Sonny joined them and it was quiet. Sonny looked at the Dr. Lewis who nodded in understanding. "Emma sweetheart, I know that what happened tonight must've been awful right." Sonny began. Emma stopped coloring and looked up at him. She nodded and grabbed the teddy bear that Sabrina gave her this past Christmas. The doctor encouraged him to continue. "What a nice bear Emma?" He said changing the topic. "Who gave it to you?" He asked. Emma's eyes welled with tears now. "Maybe we should stop. I do-" Patrick was interrupted when they heard Emma speak. "Sabrina gave it to me. I want Sabrina back." Emma cried. "You must really miss her." Olivia said soothingly. "She told me to be brave. I didn't want to leave her daddy I promise but she said I had to go." Patrick embraced his daughter. "It's ok baby. You did the right thing. Just please tell us what happened. I'm right here Emma." He said soothingly. Emma continued. "Sabrina said that she wanted me safe and to find you." Emma finally confessed. The psychologist gestured for them to let her continue saying what she had to say without interrupting. "The bad man came to the house and took us somewhere and locked us in a room for a long time." Emma explained with tears running down her face. It was difficult for Patrick to hear this. It took everything in him to not break down right there. He never wanted to see his daughter like this. "Sabrina said she would tell me when to run but I didn't want to. She said that if I could get to you daddy, you would find her. But then the bad man came back. He told Sabrina that I couldn't go with her. She made him promise to take me somewhere safe. Then they took me from Sabrina and drove me somewhere. When we stopped, I got to talk to Sabrina again to tell her that I was ok. Then the other bad men told me to get out of the car and they drove off." Emma explained to them. "You're doing great Emma." Dr. Lewis said comfortingly. Patrick was crying as he listened to what Emma told them. "Emma sweetheart, you doing such a good job." Olivia reiterated. "Emma sweetie, can you tell us what the place looked like where the bad man took you and Sabrina." Sonny asked her. "Sabrina said something about a church but it was old and dirty. There was no there." Emma replied. Sonny looked at Patrick. "You did such a good job Emma. Listen to me, we're doing everything we can to find Sabrina and you just helped us a lot. I can't wait to tell Sabrina how brave you were." Sonny said looking at her. Emma nodded and looked at Patrick who nodded in agreement. "I'm going to step outside ok Emma." Sonny said. Emma nodded.
~Anna~
Anna waited for Sonny to come out and soon after Patrick followed behind him. "According to the video tapes Spinelli and I watched, the only thing we got from the footage of the traffic cams was they were headed north. Besides that we have nothing. Any luck with Emma?" Anna asked. "Yes, Emma said that she thinks they were being held at an old, maybe abandoned church." Sonny pointed out. "An abandoned church? Does anyone know about an abandoned church?" Mac asked looking at everyone. "I don't think there's any in town." Patrick stated. "That's because there isn't." Sonny said knowingly. They looked at him now. "There's an old church a little outside of town going north bound. It's secluded with trees but if you know what you're looking for, it won't be hard to miss." Sonny said. Anna was able to get a map. Sonny pinpointed the location where he thought the church was. "Ok I'm heading there now." Anna said. There were several cops accompanying her. "Anna, I'm coming with you. Sabrina could be hurt." Patrick insisted. "No Patrick that's not a good idea. I don't know what we're up against with Carlos and we don't need any more hostage situations. Stay with Emma and sit tight Patrick. " Anna reassured. Patrick nodded. Felix approached Patrick. "What did Anna say?" Felix asked him. "She went to check out Emma's story. Felix I don't know what I'm going to do if Sabrina is not ok. I don't know what I'll do if they don't find her." He said fearfully. Felix could see the love he still had for her. "Patrick, Sabrina is strong and she's a fighter. Don't count her out yet." Felix said as he recalled what Lucas told him. "Come on, let's go check on Emma." He said. Patrick nodded and followed behind him.
During the next couple hours, Felix, Lucas, and Patrick waited for word from Anna. Emma started to be receptive to the rest of her family members and Mac and Felicia spent some time with her. Emma fell asleep but she was in and out because of the nightmares she started having. Mac offered to go get some things from home while Felicia stayed with Emma. Sonny offered Patrick guards to place at Emma's door and surprisingly, he took him up on it. His daughter being kidnapped was all too fresh to consider what Sonny did for a living and throw it in his face as he had in the past. "Thanks for all your help Sonny." Patrick said when he was leaving. "No problem. Please let me know when they find her." Sonny said. Patrick looked unsure. "I know it's hard but just try and stay positive Patrick." Sonny advised. "I'll try." Patrick said. Juan came a little after that. You could see how worried he had been for his cousin. "What I don't get is Carlos had ample time to get out of Port Charles but he had his men return Emma? Why?" Juan asked when they told him the story. "Because having Emma would've caused more problems for him. Problems he didn't want. I think the only person he wanted was Sabrina." Patrick said. He started pacing the room. "Something is wrong, I feel it." Patrick said. Thoughts of Sabrina ran through his mind and all the endless scenarios of what could've happened to her. "Where is Anna? An hour has passed; we should've heard something by now." Patrick stated in fear.
Suddenly they heard Epiphany page Dr. Lee and Lucas. They all looked at each. This was it. They took the stairs to the 10th floor and found Epiphany getting the exam rooms ready. She was barking out orders to the nurses. Dr. Lee came down with four orderlies behind her wheeling in two baby incubators. "Oh my God. It's them. It's the Sabrina and the twins." Felix blurted out. "Epiphany, you had me paged?" Lucas asked. "Yes I did, go wash your hands and get some gloves and a sterile gown on stat." She ordered. Lucas ran and did what was told. Finally, several police officers and paramedic's strolled in with Anna behind them. Patrick held a breath as he watched the scene before him. And then he saw it: two babies being carried by the paramedics. "Patrick it's them! It's the twins!" He heard Felix shout with relief. They brought the babies over to Dr. Lee, Lucas, and Epiphany. But Patrick and Juan continued looking for Sabrina through the crowd. When they saw the expression on Anna's face, they knew something was wrong and now Felix realized it as well. He marched over to Anna and asked "Are those the Drake twins?" Anna nodded. Felix was confused now. "Ok so where is their mother? Where is Sabrina commissioner?" Felix asked desperately. "She's still missing Felix." Anna announced sadly. Felix shook his head in disbelief. "What do you mean she's missing? Those are her kids' right there. How can she still be missing?" Felix asked hysterically. "Where is my cousin commissioner?" Juan asked when Anna hadn't responded. She cleared her throat and looked at each of them. "When we got to the church, the babies had already been born. We found them in a large drawer with these items placed in there." Anna pulled out a plastic bag with pieces of jewelry in them. Patrick took the bag and saw what they were. It was the necklace he'd given her after the baby shower and the bracelet Emma gave to her for Christmas. "We found the children but there was no sign of Carlos, Sabrina, or his men. There was nothing there except the babies and the site that she gave birth. She's gone." Anna explained. "There has to be a mistake. She can't be gone. She didn't just vanish." Juan said angrily. "We have reason to believe that Carlos still has her. I'm sorry." Anna said sadly. Patrick fell to the ground as he listened to what was being said and called for Sabrina. Anna was crying now. "I'm so sorry Patrick. I promise I won't stop looking for her. I'm sorry." She said as she embraced him. But he couldn't hear anything. All he saw was her. All he wanted was her. "Sabrina!" He yelled over and over again. Felix and everyone cried at the bittersweet scene. The reality of situation began to feel real now. Sabrina Santiago had given birth to her twins but she didn't even get to be with them. She was taken and no one knew where she was. Patrick sobs and yells for Sabrina rang throughout the floor.