Chapter 18

After seeing Kim to her car, Drew texted Chuck about the situation. He went directly to the Sonny's construction site.

He stared down the hole where Sam had put Sonny. He didn't understand how or why it was still here. Maybe Sonny decided to abandon his plans after what happened between him and Sam here.

He moved over to the shadows and waited for her to arrive. She was going to learn she wasn't up to playing these dangerous games.

Then he heard her yell out, "Sonny, are you here? Why did you want to meet here?"

"I thought it would provide us the privacy we need to have a little chat." Drew said menacingly from the shadows. He saw her jump as she watched him come out into the open to stand before her.

"What are you playing at Drew?" Carly asked. She was not very successful of covering the fright in her voice and face.

"I want to know what you are playing at, Carly?" Drew said in such a calm voice it was scary. He held up his phone with the video taken of her outside his office listening in on his conversation with Kim.

"I couldn't hear anything," She assured him. "I just want to know what is going on with the search for Jason."

"I think it is much more than that." Drew said calmly. "Why would I discuss the search for Jason with Kim? Oh no, you wanted to hear something that you could use to blackmail me so I would tell you everything."

She jumped back a little when he reached out and grabbed her wrist. He pulled her back closer to him and dropped the small objects in her hand.

She looked down at the bugs that she had one of the maids' plant in his office over a year ago.

"Was your plan to find out something you could use against me to get Sam to leave me. Leaving her free to be with 'Jason?'" Drew said sarcastically. "Your mistake was leaving them in my office after Sam and I broke up."

Carly decided not to deny it. "What do you want Drew?"

"What did you overhear?" Drew snapped.

"Nothing," Carly insisted. Then she went on with more confidence. "So, there was something you two discussed that you don't want Sam to know about."

"Don't project what you would do on what I would do." Drew told her. "I don't keep anything from Sam. We tell each other everything."

He felt like she didn't hear what he and Kim talked about, but he was going to act like she had just to be on the safe side.

"Carly," Drew said with a menacing grin. "Before you cross me, try to get a hold of Spinelli. You are not going to be able to find him. Sam had him disappeared and don't think we will not do the same to you if you interfere with this investigation or tell anyone what you may have overheard. If the wrong person finds out what Kim and I discussed I will know how they found out and I will act accordingly."

"Drew," Carly insisted. "You won't take me away from Joss. She needs me. I have to be there to help her deal with what is happening with Oscar."

"Don't worry," Drew said as he started walking away from her. "Just keep your nose out of the investigation and you don't have anything to worry about. You want to be here for Joss then be here for Joss instead of getting in every bodies business."

"What is going to happen when you find Jason?" Carly asked him in a taunting voice.

"What do you mean, Carly?" Drew asked as he turned back to her.

"Don't you think that Jason is going to want to be with his wife, Sam, when you get him back." Carly pointed out in a smug tone.

"I guess you were not paying attention," Drew started just as smugly. "Sam and Jason are not married, and they never were."

"What do you mean Jason and Sam were never married?" She looked at him in confusion.

"I guess you were still in shock finding out that Jason was really A.J. to have been paying close attention to what Sam and I found out. I am Danny's father and it was me that was with Sam during the time of the wedding. We found a journal that Faison kept that documents all the times that we were switched for his experiments."

"Yea," Carly said shell shocked. "I guess that went out of my mind as soon as I found out he was A.J. I don't know if I trust you to find Jason though. Him and Sam were connected and shared a bond."

"I should send you over the report that proves that statement is false." Drew said to her. "I will find Jason and get him the help he needs because he is my twin brother and Monica deserves to have all her sons around her."

She walked away from him without saying a word. When she thought she had put enough distance between them she pulled out her phone to make a call to her IT specialist for the Metro Court.

Mid-April 2019

Texting conversation between Sam and Drew

Sam: "Are you sure you want to do this. You don't have too. You should be at home with Oscar."

Drew: "Oscar is with his mother and Joss. I am just going to make a little surprise visit to Shiloh that is all. I just need to find out what his intentions toward Kristina is."

Sam: "I appreciate that, but don't you think it would be more believable if I make the visit since I am closer to Kristina than you are."

Drew: "Maybe, but I don't want you anywhere near him. I haven't gotten all those memories back, but I remember first meeting him. I didn't trust him at first."

Sam: "Any word on when Ellie will have those memories ready for you?"

Drew: "She is not sending any more until I get another scan. With Oscar being in and out of the hospital and now confined to Monica's house I haven't had time to have the scan done."

Sam: "You need to have the scan done soon. Good news is Carly has not caught on yet. She still thinks her tech guy is tracking what we are doing. She is so obsessed with finding Jason."

Drew: "I almost feel sorry for her. She is going to find out real soon that she needs to let go of the Jason she thought she knew. He doesn't exist anymore."

Sam: "How is his progress?"

Drew: "Ellie and Patrick both agree that doing any procedures on Jason will be detrimental to him and will speed up the brain damage. They have stopped it's progression, but any procedures will start the deterioration again."

Sam: "It was wonderful seeing Maxie, Georgie and James reunite with Nathan. Very happy for them. They are still in the safe house in Burbank. Frisco wants to keep them there until Shiloh and his father are in custody."

Drew: "I am hoping it will be soon. I am at The Dawn of Day now. I will call you after I am done talking with him."

Drew looks at the door before knocking. He is really pissed. Kristina is in yet another situation that could put his family in danger. It was bad enough when her and Michael ran off to Mexico when they were teenagers. But know she is an adult and she needed to start acting like it. If it was anyone else but Shiloh, he would be leaving her to face the consequences on her own, but it wasn't.

Shiloh had to be taken care of permanently so all his family would be safe. Then he was going to sit Kristina down for a little talk about being more careful about the company she kept. She had to stop getting herself into these situations. It wasn't like she was all alone in the world because she wasn't. She had a large family that all loved her. Maybe she needed to find out what it was like to have no one to turn to before she got it. She needed an intervention.

Shiloh answered the door with a surprise look on his face. "What can I do for you Drew?"

"I know you gave me some of the details of what happened in Afghanistan," Drew began as he walked through the door. "But I wanted to get more details from you about what happened. Not having my memories is really starting to bother me."

"Are you reconsidering using the flash drive?" He asked Drew, trying to hide his concern.

"Until I can use it safely without loosing my memories of my kids and my mother, I really don't want to take the chance."

"Is it still bothering you having all your brother's memories." Shiloh asked him.

"Yes, it is," Drew sighed, playing along. "It is difficult seeing Sam with Jason and knowing how horrible he was to her in the past. But then again, I hate not seeing her as well. It's a little difficult to avoid her when we have a child together."

"I can't imagine what that must be like." Shiloh said to him. "But I really don't know what else to tell you. I put most of the details in my book that were not classified and I don't think it is a good idea to repeat the secrets I told you when I got drunk that night. I would rather those stay forgotten."

"I guess I can understand that," Drew answered him. "I don't mean to change the subject, but Kristina is like a little sister to me and I am worried about her. She tends to find trouble were ever she goes."

"You don't have to worry about her finding trouble here," Shiloh reassured him. "She is just trying to find her true self. The true self she can't find with her family. Those are her words, not mine."

"I will warn you though," Drew decides to take another path. "You know who her father is?"

"Yes," Shiloh answered. "But it is Kristina's choice to be here."

"Be that as it may," Drew continued. "Sonny is not going to see it that way even if Kristina tells him so to his face. He will never believe it and he will never leave you in peace. This may end with his gun in your face if you are not careful."

Secret hospital, Burbank, California a week before

"What was your name again, Doctor?" Jason asked Patrick.

"Dr. Patrick Drake." He answered him for the third time since Patrick had arrived the day before. "Just call me Patrick like you call the other Dr., Ellie."

"Is my brain ever going to feel unscrambled?" Jason asked Patrick.

"That is the hope." Patrick answered him as he continued looking over Jason's latest scans.

Patrick was still in shock looking at Jason. When Ellie had called him to consult on a case the last thing he expected was to come face to face with Jason Morgan.

Jason Morgan was supposed to be back home in Port Charles like his wife had told him when he had gotten another shock that the man he thought was Jason Morgan was really his twin brother Drew Cain.

Patrick found it unusual that Jason remembered meeting Drew when they had both been kidnapped but didn't remember Patrick, one of his doctors that had preformed many of his surgeries.

Jason remembered Drew and him being tortured with something called the intersect to mess with their memories. It worked better on Drew because he didn't have the brain damage that Jason did. The intersect only partially worked on Jason. It was very inconsistent with which memories it took out.

The Ring had decided to kidnap them both because they were both starting to have memories of the other when they were not supposed to. They were able to remove all of Drew's memories with the intersect but Jason still remembered most of his early adult life especially the times they had kidnapped him and switched him with Drew.

Patrick looked down and Jason had fallen back asleep. He left the room and Ellie was waiting for him outside of the room.

"What do you think?" Ellie asked him anxiously. "I really want to give Drew and his mom good news."

"To be honest," Patrick began. "I don't know what to think. I want to start asking him if he remembers other people in his life from Port Charles, like his employer and friends. I would really like to know if he remembers my wife. She thinks that Jason is in Port Charles and has been for the last year and a half. She has been downright rude about it as well."

"Why don't you ask him your questions when he wakes up next?" Ellie suggested. "He usually doesn't sleep for more than an hour and a half at a time."

Later that afternoon

"O.k., Jason," Patrick began. "I have some questions for you?"

"What kind of questions?" Jason asked curiously.

"Well," Patrick began again. "It may surprise you to know this, but I have been your doctor before. You just don't seem to remember."

"I hate to admit it," Jason stated. "But I don't remember you. Mainly I remember my brother, Drew. Do you know when he will be able to get here?"

"He will be here as soon as he can," Patrick told him. He wasn't sure what he should tell him, but he decided to go ahead and tell him the full truth. "Drew found out he had a teenage son last year. His name is Oscar. The problem is Oscar has an inoperable brain tumor and he is dying. He can't leave him right now."

"Jake," Jason said with sadness as the story of Oscar prompted the memory of Jake.

"Do you remember Jake?" Patrick asked him.

"I remember the night he died after Luke Spencer hit him with his car while he was driving drunk." Jason answered.

Again, Patrick decided to tell him the truth. Patrick pulled out his phone and pulled up a photo he had of Jake and Danny playing together. Patrick figured he might as well get all the miracles out of the way at one time.

"Lots of things have changed since you have been gone." Patrick began as he showed Jason the photos on his phone. "This is going to take most of the afternoon to go through. It is even difficult for me to absorb and I wasn't kidnaped, and my brain messed with."

He wasn't sure how he was going to explain A.J. to him and he was going to have to because A.J. and Monica were going to be there the next day.

"Even though Drew can't come right now," Patrick said as he was not as ready as he thought to discuss Jake and Danny. "Monica and A.J. will be here tomorrow."

"A.J." Jason said with confusion. "A.J. died many years ago."

Patrick sighed. "That is another long story. The same people that kidnapped you also kidnapped A.J. It seems that Faison and his groupies had a thing with doing experiments on the Quartermain boys."

"Why are you treating Jason here?" Robin yelled as she burst through the door. "Why is he here instead of Port Charles? And why would you keep this from me?"

A/N: It is Robin's turn for a reality check.

Sorry again for the long delay in the update. Starting this consulting business has been time consuming and I have just been too tired to look at this much. The last two times I have worked on this I had just drank an adult beverage and got some inspiration so don't be surprised if there are errors that I missed.