A/N: This one took longer than I had planned. I got another laptop and it is a MacBook. I have always used PC's so it took some getting used too. Also my oldest sister is starting a new business and as the graphic artist in the family I am helping her get her marketing materials together. I already have the next chapter outlined so hopefully I will have it posted by this weekend.

Chapter Five

First of August

Ellie looked down at the notes that Drew had shared with her in an email. She excitedly picked up her phone and started a video call with Drew.

"Your wife is a genius!" Ellie exclaimed when he answered the video call. "I am supposedly the smart one and I never thought of this. I mean, at first it wasn't possible because it was too expensive to create more than a few of the sunglasses but now we can create as many as we would need. I may be able to use the intersect in the small portions to get the rest of Sarah's memories back."

"So you think this is possible to do?" Drew asked not wanting to get his hopes up.

"I want you to get new scans right away and get them to me." She answered. "After I review them to check what kind of scaring you have from your previous surgeries then I can send you the first download. After the first one I can determine how many you will need to complete the process."

Drew looked at the brunette practically vibrating she was so happy. He just didn't share her enthusiasm. "Ellie," he began in a cautious voice, " I love all that you are doing to help me but some of the memories I need back are not in my service records, they are on that missing flash drive."

"What memories?"

"I was kidnapped several months before Jason," he began. "What happened during those months are not in my service records. I want those memories back even more than the others because then I might be able to determine what actually happened to Jason."

"Then we need that flash drive for you to completely get your memories back." Ellie told him somberly. "I'm just the brain doctor, I leave the spying to people like you, Chuck and Sarah."

"I get it Ellie," Drew said with resignation. "I am going to confront Peter soon. I just don't want to tip him off to anything."

"Just be careful." She was emphatic. "Too many people have died that I care about because of these people. Shaw murdered my father right in front of me. He has to be stopped."

"I am sorry about that," Drew said. "I will contact Maddox to get him to put the orders in for the scans and see if we can't get them done today."

Drew sent a text to Andre and headed to his office. He became lost in thought and didn't remember making his way to his office. He found himself staring at his computer screen trying to read the service records but he couldn't concentrate on what was in them.

He looked up when he heard a knock on the door. He got up quickly and put his fingers on his lips telling Sam to not say anything yet.

"Greta," Drew said. "Let the press know that I will be down to look over the magazine before we send it out to the customer."

Sam watched as he placed the bugs in the little box that Chuck had left with him. Then for good measure he swept the room just to be sure something else hadn't been snuck in.

"There," Drew said as he put everything on his desk. "Now it is safe to talk. But I thought we were meeting at Alexis' house tomorrow for lunch like usual?"

"I just overheard something at the hospital and wanted to come talk to you about it." She had a haunted look in her eyes.

Drew pulled her in his arms, "What is it? Did something happen at Danny's check-up?" He was worried about her answer.

She pulled away from him. "Are you really going to be Franco's best man? I figured it was true because why would Elizabeth and Franco say you were going to be his best man while they were discussing their upcoming wedding if it wasn't true."

"I guess I need to start with a story about two little boys who were being raised as brothers and how things quickly went badly when their adopted Mom started dating Jim Harvey."

"When I fell down the stairs," Drew looked at her sadly as he continued, "Franco was trying to save me from Harvey."

Drew continued painting the disgusting story of what Harvey had been doing to Franco and how Drew didn't understand why Harvey always brought Franco toys and spent more time with him than Drew.

"This was the one and only time I went back on the rule of staying out of the editors way on how to cover a story. I told them to take the story from the police reports from Harvey kidnapping us to when I shot him to save Franco. I had Jordan redact the part of the police report that had the motive for Harvey coming after us. Franco remembered and Harvey had to keep us quiet. She understood we didn't want that information out there. It would do more harm than good especially to Betsy."

"But why did you agree to be his best man?" Sam asked with anger.

"As much as I still hate him for what he did to you and Michael," Drew signed and grabbed her hands to hold her close. "He did save me from a fate worse than death as far as I am concerned."

Drew bent down and looked into her eyes. "He is not and he will never be my best friend, but we had already promised we would get along for Jake's sake. I just can't only see him as the monster he became as an adult especially not when Harvey helped create that monster. He is going to spend the rest of his life trying to overcome the horrible things he did and I don't think I need to try to make it worse."

Sam still looked a little haunted but it wasn't because of Franco. "Why didn't you tell me this story before now. I mean, I know we were estranged during that time but I thought we were working on being closer. This isn't the only story you haven't told me about since we made the decision to put our family back together."

"I'm sorry, I really am," Drew told her as he pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head. "I don't know why I haven't been telling you things. This story though, I just wanted to forget about it and pretend it didn't happen no matter how unrealistic."

"As long as you don't invite him to dinner especially for Thanksgiving or Christmas, I can get over it." Sam told him as she hugged him back. "You are going to have to work on keeping me in the loop about things. I didn't like finding out about this the way I did."

"It is defiantly something I can work on," Drew said. "But with things being the way they are we don't get the chance to discuss much but our current situation."

"I maybe have some good news," Drew looked at her with a smile. "Ellie said something I already knew. After looking over your notes she said you were a genius. I am waiting to hear from Maddox when there is an opening to get some brain scans. She wants to look them over to determine how small the downloads need to be to prevent any damage."

"Did she seem hopeful that it would work?" Sam asked. She was excited that Ellie liked her idea.

"She was practically vibrating," Drew smiled at the memory. "But I hate to put a damper on your enthusiasm like I did hers. My service records do not contain the memories I need the most."

"The flash drive is the only way I will get the memories back of what happened to me after I was kidnapped." Drew continued. "Those memories may contain the information that will give us the answers we need about Jason."

"Well the surveillance is up and running at 'Jason's' place," Sam confirmed. "Peter hasn't shown up there yet but I just have a feeling he will soon."

"I'm not going to wait," Drew said firmly. "I am going to go to him and ask him point blank were the flash drive is and see if I can get anything out of him. Then we can look into what he tells me if anything. It may be a dead end but I need to do something because this is driving me nuts."

Sam didn't say anything to discourage Drew from confronting Peter. She knew it would be a waste of time just like it would have been a waste of time for Drew to argue with her about setting up the surveillance on 'Jason'.

Drew pulled Sam closer to him and kissed her passionately. He was tired of having to let her go. "I need this over as soon as possible. I am tired of hiding my feelings for you and not being able to act on them."

Sam pulled away from him in a daze, "I am going to leave now before we clear off your desk. You have a scan to get done. Let me know how that goes."

Sam stopped at the door and looked back at him, "I love you so much!"

"I love you too!" Drew had to hold himself back from pulling her back into the office and taking her against his desk. He shook the explicit images from his head. He had a scan to get and Peter to confront.

Later That Night

Drew went to the Floating Rib to get something to eat before he went to the Quartermaine's. He still felt strange being there but He was spending more time with Monica and he was able to keep an eye on Michael and Danny when he was there.

He was looking at the secure server on his phone willing for Robert to contact him so they could get started on Robert's part of the plan. He looked up when a shadow fell over his phone.

"How are you doing Drew," Peter asked. "Did you find the flash drive?"

"I haven't been looking for it." Drew told him. "That hotel room was searched after you disappeared and no one found it."

"It could have been over looked." Peter shrugged. "I can just tell you where I had it last if you don't want to follow up on the information that is your choice."

"I am curious about something," Drew changed the subject. "How are you able to start your own media company? Did the 'Powers That Be' let you keep all of your ill gotten gains you made when you worked for your father and then against him?"

"I was smart." Peter said smugly "I stole funds out of my father's accounts for years and had it hidden away."

Drew had serious doubts that Peter was telling him the truth. Drew was pretty sure that Faison held a tight reign on his money and Peter would not have been able to get away with any of it without getting caught. Drew also knew that Faison's will was still in probate and would remain there for a few years. There were many governments around the world that felt they had a claim to part of his estate because of the crimes he committed within their borders.

"Your word would go much further with me if you dropped the bull crap of a story you and your father told us. I find it difficult to believe that Faison just happen to come across my photo and he didn't know of my existence before then."

"At least that part of the story is true," Peter insisted. "He was doing some recruiting for an organization he called the Ring. I don't know anything about it nor do I want to know anything about it. I just know that when he found you and looked more into your records he found out you had done some field work for the NSA and CIA."

"Really," Drew faked surprise. "I guess that would be in some of the large portions of my records that are redacted."

"Probably," Peter went on. "He knew it was a long shot that you could be recruited to work for The Ring. Even though you were an orphan you were extremely loyal to this country. He was close to taking down the team you worked with in Burbank, California, but you helped them with no hesitation even though the whole team was close to being wiped out. The real reason he wanted to wipe your memories and replace with Jason's was to make it easier to get you to turn. As a Navy Seal you were not going to take orders from anyone outside of your chain of command. He viewed Jason as a robot that would be easier to manipulate to follow his orders but also retain many of your navy seal skills."

"There was a big flaw in Faison's theory," Drew told him. "Jason maybe a bit robotic, but he was and is very loyal to Carly, Sonny and Michael. Also, right before Faison shot Jason he had just gotten back together with Sam. Those memories are what kept me from being so controllable."

Drew's name was called indicating his food was ready. Without saying anything else to Peter he collected his food and went out the door. On his way to his car, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

"Chuck," Drew greeted. "Do you think the Piranha can come out of retirement and get some records from the Metro Court, including who checked into a specific room and any surveillance tape going back several months?"

"The Piranha never actually retired." Chuck stated. "I will do it tonight and have the files sent over to the PI office by morning.

Next Morning

Curtis started his day early to get a head start scanning the surveillance feeds from the Metro Court. He had already determined that the new DA Margaux Dawson was the next occupant of the hotel room. This is the same woman who seemed to be a little too eager to follow Drew around town. It didn't take a genius to figure out what she wanted. Curtis and Drew had already discussed what she was after. Even though Sam didn't like it, Drew was playing along like he was willing to be her friend.

Curtis came to attention as he saw something on the screen that surprised him. He reached for his phone.

"Hey, Drew," Curtis said into his phone. "I think I know where your flash drive is."

Later That Day

"Chuck sent over surveillance tapes of a security camera above the Lost and Found box at the Metro Court." Curtis was explaining as he was pointing to the T.V. screen. "I was also watching the comings and goings of Peter's old room.

"Watch this maid leaving the room," Curtis points at one screen, and then he points to the Lost and Found feed. "Then in this feed, she drops something very small. I think it is your flash drive, Drew."

"It's a long shot," Drew admits. "I will go by there and see if it is in there before I head to the office."

"You don't need to do that," Curtis said as he fast forwarded the feed above the Lost and Found box. "Check this out, I think Ms. Dawson has the flash drive."

They all three looked at the video and watched as Margaux Dawson took something out of the Lost and Found box. They watched her look down at her palm with a flash drive laying in it.

A/N: I felt like Sam and Drew should have a conversation about Franco and what happened with Jim Harvey. Sam was out of town pulling the bank con with Jason and Spin when Drew went though a very traumatic experience. I really think this would be something Sam would want to know about and it was a conversation they should have had even though they were not together. There were other times even when Drew thought he was Jason; he would downplay a situation like it was no big deal. I think as an orphan in a group home he learned to only depend on himself and that is where it comes from. I also find it incredible insulting how dumbed down they make these characters just to drag a story. These are supposed to be smart people and I prefer to write them that way.