A/N – Thanks for the comments! I know that was a hard read last chapter! * ilovedana – You'll at least get through all the drama before I go on vacay. I just don't want to rush the ending. Thanks!

Chapter 66 - Aftershocks

Francis had heard the scream and he counted to three and Kyle kicked the door in and Liz grabbed the gun and held it up. Seeing Francis, a horrible sobbing like sound came out of her mouth as both men stood there stunned.

Johnny appeared in the doorway. Liz had Jason's blood all over her and the fact that she didn't have a shirt on was not lost on him.

"You have to help him Frannie. He's dying."

Kyle saw Liz's shirt and grabbed it and handed it to her while Frannie tended to Jason.

Johnny helped her put it back on. "Where's Jake?"

"Next door," Liz said.

Johnny and Jordan ran to the room and kicked open the door and Jake was sitting at the table eating cookies. Johnny put his gun away and grabbed him. He was worried that the cookies were poisoned. "Are you feeling okay Jake?"

Jake smiled. "Cookies good."

Jordan smiled. "We should take him outside. The ambulances should be here. He'll need to go to the hospital."

Johnny nodded. "I'll ride with him. Tell Liz he's fine." He really didn't want Jake seeing all the blood or Jason hurt.

Jordan watched them walk out and then headed back into the other room.

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Julian headed towards Alexis's house. When he found out what happened, he just wanted to make sure that the kids were fine. There was a guard outside, but he knew better than anything that things could wrong.

He parked and pulled out his gun and motioned to the guard he was with and they got out and moved towards the door. They found their guard dead on the side of the house. Julian looked through the window and saw an older man with a gun on Molly.

"Shit," he muttered.

Someone started shooting at them and unfortunately hit Julian's guard. He ran and called for backup. There was only one exit and entrance to the house, but then he thought about how Alexis left her bedroom window open so he made his way there.

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Molly held onto a sleeping Danny as the old man babbled. She could hear gunfire and was scared to death.

"I don't want to hurt the child. I just want you."

"Why?"

"Because I'm going to use you to hurt Alexis. You have great genes. Ric is crazy and so are the Cassadines. It's a great combination."

She was standing at the entrance of the hallway and Danny was starting to get heavy.

"Put the boy down."

"Promise you won't hurt him."

Edgar smiled. "I won't."

Molly laid him down on the floor.

Julian opened Alexis's door as quietly as possible and stepped into the hallway. He could see Molly but not the man. He eased his way down it.

"So, shall we go?" Edgar asked.

Molly was scared to death. Hearing gunfire outside, Julian knew backup had arrived so he ran at Molly and pushed her out of the way. Edgar fired and Julian hit the floor hard. The men from outside ran into the room and fired several rounds into Edgar who dropped to the floor dead. They rushed towards the others, checking to see if Danny was okay first.

"He's sleeping."

Molly had passed out but they shook her awake and she panicked.

"It's okay. We work for Julian."

Molly started to cry and crawled towards him. A man was putting pressure on his shoulder wound.

"We can't wait for an ambulance. I'll take the kids. You guys get Julian into the car."

The man picked up Danny and Molly followed him, hoping that Julian would be okay. He had saved her life.

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Jordan had called in a helicopter for Jason which had already taken off. He was barely holding on. Elizabeth was battered but she was fine. Cam was traumatized though and they wanted to make sure that he was okay because of the amount of drugs that he had imbibed earlier. So, they put both of them in an ambulance with Dylan. Francis had gone with Jason.

"No sign of the bitch?" Mac asked.

Jordan shook her head. "No." She got a call and Mac watched her closely. "Are they okay? Alright, we're on our way to the hospital." She ended the call. "We need to go. Some man tried to kidnap Molly Davis. Julian rescued her and was shot. This isn't over."

Mac got into the car with her. This was going to be a long night. He had a sneaky feeling that Jason had already dealt with Helena. She usually liked to flaunt her wrong doings and she was nowhere to be found.

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The helicopter landed and Monica met them on the roof. Jason was pale and had coded in the ambulance. He needed surgery right away. Patrick and Epiphany scrubbed in. They both had been cleared and were not suffering any ill effects from the drugs.

They were informed that a police officer will be standing outside the door and will accompany them to the OR.

Blood was ordered for Jason and a nurse started the transfusion.

Jake and Johnny arrived and Kristina and saw him and ran towards the gurney and they hugged. "Is he okay?"

Jake smiled. "Hi Krissy."

Kristina grinned. "Hi Jake."

"Will you come wif me?"

She smiled. "Of course."

Robin directed them to a bay and a doctor began to check on him. She rushed off to see what was going on when she heard Alexis yell Molly's name.

Molly fell into her mom's arms. Alexis squeezed her tightly. "What happened? Where's Danny?"

She looked up and a guard got out of the elevator, one she recognized. Danny's head was lying on his shoulder and he smiled when he saw his grandma.

Alexis said a silent prayer of thanks. Julian's body was wheeled in. "Oh my God."

"Gunshot to the shoulder, lost some blood, but he's stable."

Alexis grabbed Julian's hand. "Thank you for saving her. I won't leave you."

"I love you."

She smiled. "I love you too."

They wheeled him away and Alexis took Danny and sat down with Molly was glued to her side.

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Victor, Nikki, and Paul showed up at the hospital. Spinelli had been giving them updates. It was just after midnight so they had stopped and got everyone coffee.

Georgie was sitting in the waiting with Jake passed out on her lap.

Nikki sat down next to her. "Is he okay?"

"Yes. They ran blood work and he's fine. Elizabeth is bruised but she's okay. They just took Jason into surgery. It doesn't look good."

"Where is Elizabeth?"

A tear ran down Georgie's face. "They put her in an on call room with Cameron. He's pretty messed up."

"Did Lucky hurt him?"

"He forced Cam to help him shoot Jason."

Nikki gasped. "Oh that poor little boy."

Dylan walked up to them. "Cam just fell asleep. I'm going to stay in there with them."

Georgie nodded.

Nikki got up and they hugged. "I'm so glad that you're okay."

"I can't believe you came."

"Spinelli was telling us what was happening so I couldn't stay away." When she had found out that Dylan had been drugged, she had almost lost her mind.

"Thanks mom," he said, making her smile.

He gave Paul a hug and shook Victor's hand. "I'll be back in a few hours. You should go to a hotel and sleep."

Nikki shook her head. "We did on the plane. I'm fine."

Monica walked up to the group. "Georgie, I found a bed you can lay down in with him."

She stood up and followed Monica.

Victor and Paul sat down next to Nikki.

Alexis had taken Molly and Danny to Julian's and then came back to stay with him. He didn't require a long surgery so he was already in recovery.

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Patrick sighed. The bullet had torn into Jason and lodged into his spleen rupturing it. That is why he had lost so much blood. It was a miracle that he was alive. He had coded once already and it was like they couldn't pump enough blood into him which could cause other complications as well. "I found the bullet," he said, with a smile.

Epiphany breathed a sigh of relief. "Good."

They heard a thump and the doors burst open and Nikolas walked inside holding a gun.

"Patrick, whatever you're doing stop. You're going to let him die."

Patrick ignored Nikolas. He almost had it.

Nikolas fired near Patrick who flinched but kept trying to stop the bleed.

"Have you lost your mind?" Epiphany yelled, trying to distract him.

"I'm thinking quite clearly actually. Patrick, I need you to stop or you'll die with him."

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Nikki gasped as several cops ran through the room. "Something is wrong," she muttered.

Paul got up and grabbed Mac. "What's happening?"

Mac had no idea who Paul was. "Who are you?"

"I'm chief of police in Wisconsin and Dylan's father. I'm the one that alerted you that something was wrong in the first place."

"Someone tripped the silent alarm in the OR. There's an officer down."

Nikki gasped.

"I'll come back and update you later."

He took off and Paul sat back down with Nikki. This was not good.

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Jordan, Francis, and Johnny moved down the surgical wing. They could see the officer's body and were happy to see him move. Francis quietly grabbed him and dragged him down the hallway and around the corner. From there, they grabbed a gurney and two officers took him away.

"We need to find out who is in there," Jordan said.

They moved closer and then heard Epiphany say, "Nikolas, you're taking this too far. If you leave now, you can get away."

Francis was done. This needed to end now and he was going to do it.

Patrick had clamped the splenic artery but he needed to remove the bullet and repair the spleen. From what he could tell, it was only a partial rupture. They didn't have a lot of time to be playing around but he stopped and held up his hands.

Nikolas smiled. "Let him die. How long will it take?"

"A few minutes."

"Good."

Francis looked at Jordan and she knew the look. She shook her head and made a motion. She and Johnny took a few steps backwards, and then slid into the doorway, like they were sliding into home base.

Nikolas spun around, firing wildly, and then Francis stepped into the doorway and blew a hole into his chest. A shocked Nikolas fell backwards, gasping for air.

Patrick started working on Jason. "Get him out of here," he yelled.

Francis and Johnny pulled Nikolas into the hallway which was soon flooded with people. Francis watched as hospital personnel tried to revive the Prince to no avail. He was pronounced dead and Francis breathed a sigh of relief.

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Mac walked towards the Newman's and Alexis.

"What happened?" Alexis asked.

"Francis shot Nikolas who had made Patrick stop operating on Jason."

Nikki's eyes grew big. "Is Jason fine?"

"I'm not sure, but Patrick is continuing the surgery right now."

Liz ran into the room. "What happened? Is Jason alright?"

Francis walked up to them.

"Does he need a lawyer?" Alexis asked. She would call Diane if necessary. While she loved Nikolas and was heartbroken he was gone, she knew Francis had only done what he had to. The truth was that the Prince had been out of control for a while. She wiped a tear away thinking about Spencer.

Jordan shook her head. "No, he's fine."

Francis put his hands on Liz's arms. "He's in surgery. Nikolas had interrupted it, but I took him down. He's dead."

She looked over at Alexis who was crying as the news of his death sunk in, but Liz didn't care about Nikolas. He would have ended up dead anyway, because there was no way her fiancé would have let him live. "And Jason?"

"Patrick found the bullet. He's repairing Jason's spleen right now."

Liz started to collapse and Francis picked her up and sat her down. Nikki put her arm around her. "She's exhausted. It's okay. We'll all get you through this."

Liz cried softly as Nikki held her. Jason was still alive and emotional gravity of the situation was just starting to hit her.

Robin knelt down in front of her. "You are so strong. Let us help you. I'll go stay with Cam for now okay?"

Liz needed to know Jason was fine before she could rest. Cam was asleep but she didn't know for how long. He was having nightmares. "Thank you."

Robin got up and kissed the top of her head. "I'll come get you if we need you."

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Dylan looked up and watched Robin walk into the room. "What happened?"

"She's with your mom. Jason is still in surgery. Nikolas tried to stop it, but he's dead." A sadness overcame her as she thought about how Nikolas had thrown away his life.

Dylan nodded.

"I'm going to lie down next to him. If he wakes up, he'll think I'm Liz and hopefully will go back to sleep."

Dylan nodded and laid back down so that he was facing them. Robin was exhausted. Her shift had ended hours ago but she wasn't about to leave her friends. She closed her eyes and after a few minutes, she fell asleep.

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Patrick closed up Jason. He had made it. He needed more blood and they had already asked people to donate and luckily had found a match. Once his platelet count was up, hopefully, he would be fine. They just had to avoid any infections. He was taken to a recovery room which was guarded by Francis. Cody was sitting outside of Jake's room. He had the prior day off but rushed to assist when he got the emergency text. Johnny was now sitting outside of the on call room with Jordan.

"We got lucky tonight," Jordan said.

"I know. Thank you for having our backs." He wasn't used to working with the cops but Jordan was actually good at her job.

Jordan grinned. "Never thought you'd work with cops did you?"

"Hell no, but you came through for my friends and I don't know how to repay you."

"Maybe you can slip me a few cups of that Moco blend here and there. It's like crack."

Johnny laughed and held out his hand which she shook. "Deal."

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Jason was moved into the ICU. By morning, Elizabeth was allowed to see him. They were all like the walking dead. She had made the Newmans and Paul go get some sleep at the hotel. A tear flowed down her cheek as she walked into the room. He was on a vent and he looked pale. She looked up at the bag of blood and then back down at him and touched his hand and then raised it up and kissed it and then rubbed her face against it. "I need you to fight Jason. We all need you." She didn't even want to think about what would happen to Cam if Jason died. Later in the morning, she planned on having Kevin talk to him. She needed him to be okay. The events of the night started to unfold in her mind and she started to cry. Lucky had said horrible things to her and had physically attacked her. All those years she had covered for him and make unspeakable choices, and to think he was going to rape her.

Michael stood in the doorway watching her and then slowly walked into the room. Elizabeth looked up and saw the pain in Michael's eyes and she stood and they hugged and both cried. Robin had told Elizabeth about Sabrina.

Pulling apart she touched his face. "Are you okay?"

He shook his head. "I had to make sure that he was alright. I couldn't sleep. I just—I couldn't lose him too." He looked down at the floor.

"Look at me."

Slowly he raised his eyes to meet hers.

"I'm sorry about Sabrina."

Michael gasped. "She hurt you and the boys. How can you say that? I feel like shit knowing I brought her into your house."

She wiped away his tears. "Michael, Helena hurt her. She implanted a chip into her head and was controlling her. It wasn't her fault just like it wasn't AJ's fault. They were both victims. I'm so sorry that she lost her life because of that bitch." The Sabrina she had known would have never hurt Avery and so much made sense now.

"I was finally starting to be a little happy you know? I just can't catch a break."

"Please don't do anything rash."

He wiped his face. "I need to get out of here."

"Where are you going?"

"To my apartment."

"I'll check on you in a few hours. I mean it Michael. Don't do anything to hurt yourself. We've all lost enough. Jason and the boys would be devastated not to mention your mom and your family. Promise me. I need to hear you say it."

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I promise."

"Thank you." She hugged him tightly and when he disappeared into the hallway she stepped out of the room and made a call.