A/N: I really hope we get some good angst in Sunday's episode! Also, Jason might be a tad OOC, but I attributed it to stress!
Prompt: After the bombing in Montreal, Jason is fine, but he can't find Elizabeth anywhere.
Jason sat, bored, looking out the window. Even having Piper there with him couldn't make Montreal exciting.
He sat there, lost in thought, when the explosion happened. All of a sudden, Jason found himself thrown on the floor next to Piper.
"What was that? Are you okay?" the teens asked each other at the same time.
"I'm fine. You?"
"Yeah… I think."
Sitting there with Piper on the floor, faces flashed in front of him. His father, on the same floor he was, in the library. Ali and Stevie not able to come and safe in DC. His mother… where was her meeting again? Before he could even try to remember where she'd said she'd be, DS agents swarmed the room.
"Jason McCord! Piper Boroumand! You need to come with us!"
"Where's my mom?"
"There's no time! You have to come with us. Now. Your father's right outside."
Jason was hurried from the room to his father's waiting arms. Henry looked… sad. All Jason could think about was the look on his father's face the weekend of Ali's 16th birthday. He'd found out later just how bad that weekend really was, of course, but that weekend, Henry had looked to Jason as being so sad. That was a look that Jason really didn't want to see on his father's face ever again.
"Dad! Where's mom?"
Henry wouldn't answer, didn't really have time to. The DS agents were pushing them all down a hallway until they finally reached the safe room at the end of the hall, the one that they'd all toured days ago when they'd gotten there. Jason and his mother had laughingly assured Piper that it was all precaution. But as they were being ushered in by Diplomatic Security (hours? minutes?) after an explosion without anyone being able to tell him where his mother was, Jason felt like curling in a ball and crying or figuring out how take back his laughter.
They entered the room, and Jason thought his heart would break. He'd secretly been hoping that his mother would be waiting with open arms ready to see them and make sure for herself that they were alright. Instead, there was no one. No one was waiting for them. Certainly not a woman with a kind smile, blue eyes, and honey colored hair. Henry clapped him on the back gently, bringing him out of his thoughts.
"Dad? Where is mom?"
"I don't know son."
"Is … Is she… okay?"
"I don't know."
Henry took his son into his arms and let the boy calm himself. Piper looked like she was in
shock, and Jason didn't look much better.
"Look, son… Why don't we just wait? No news right now… I know it doesn't … feel like it… but it is a good thing, okay?"
Jason nodded, though he didn't believe his father in that moment. He stumbled to the small couch in the room and sat down heavily, putting his head in his hands. He felt the couch move beside him on both sides. His father and Piper had joined him.
Hours passed and with each glance at his watch, Jason felt his heart hammering even faster in his chest. Where was his mother? And with each glance at the door to see no one standing there, or at his father to see the shadow on his face grow, his heart broke.
Finally, after 6 hours of waiting and worrying, Elizabeth McCord finally entered the room with her family. She'd been sequestered until they were sure that all the bombers and any undetonated bombs had been dealt with before she could be moved to this safe room on the same floor as her family.
Jason looked up, and before he could say anything, his father was already up and had his arms around his mother. With that embrace, the shadow had lifted completely from Henry's eyes. They were sparkling and happy again. But Elizabeth's still held a shadow until she caught sight of her son. Their eyes locked, and that was all it took for Jason to join his parents. He caught his mother in a hug and held on tight. Finally after all the hours of worrying, the panic that had held him in its grasp had let him go. Now, holding on to his mother, all he could do was cry with relief.