BROKEN STAR
She runs and hugs him… The snow was falling slightly and there was a fair amount of dusting on the ground. The air smelled of cinnamon and the party from Mike’s was in the air…Sam could smell it and hear it, so it took her back, back to a place where love was in the air, so much love that it startled her…
The door to Alexis’s house opens….
Sam: Jason….Oh Jason…
“Thank God, you’re okay…” There embrace was so tight and the leather from his jacket mixed with those familiar smells of Christmas that were all around…it had been awhile and Sam had just been apart from him for too long… he placed her down on the floor and she spun around…as much as she knew it hurt Alexis to have her with him…she couldn’t deny that these two were very good together and that the sparkle in her daughter’s eyes was a comforting site. Jason was back and although that meant love and happiness for Sam, Alexis couldn’t stop wondering how long before the next crisis…
Jason: So are you ready?
Sam: Ready?
Jason: For umm, what we talked about?
Sam: Yes, more than ready...(she let her eyes sparkle in love and Jason took note)
They walked through the front door of the Penthouse and the small Charlie Brown Christmas tree was all aglow…the fire was roaring and the candles were placed just so on the tables…it was wonderful…he pulled her close to him…so close she once again could feel his strong chest against her head…it was a glorious feeling….as he let her go he placed his hand in her cheek and he softly rubbed the small stray tear from her cheek…
Jason: Are you okay?
Sam: Yeah, just feeling the moment and hoping for good things…
Jason: Well, good things it is…come…here… (he softly guides her to the couch).
He pulls her close…and he just holds her…
Jason: Sam, so much has gone on…we have hurt each other terribly…it is time to make a new beginning…to learn that we are all each other has…in good times and in bad…when I said long ago that you mean everything to me…you do…I will NEVER love any woman as much as you and this time…I will back that up with actions…you are my one and only….
Sam: I want to say…. I have hurt you too, you know…and that you too are my winter and my spring, my summer and my fall…you mean everything to me too! I love you….
Just then Jason jumped up. He grabbed Sam by the hand….he brought her to the door…Sam thought to herself (…oh great…there I did it now…I scared him and now I have made him not want to face it…things were going so well… and she really felt like she had blown it…) She wanted to cry….no to scream she was sorry…things would be awkward now…
Jason: I want you to leave….meet me at Mike’s at seven tonight…I want to show you something…Please trust me…
He practically shoved her out the door…she left…and that is where they left it….now she was walking towards Mike’s…scared that she had blown it…worried that all these months of sharing and caring were gone…but why would he want her to go to Mike’s…maybe just to change the subject, to get away from the real issue…
She went to open the door of her penthouse and was taken aback by the destruction…Her favorite glass set was smashed not to mention the lamp…she pulled out her 8 inch sheath covered knife…and then it hit her…. Something…made her light headed…something that was behind her…she felt…light headed even more and her eyes fluttered and she was out…
Franco: Ohhhh….what a fighter….no wonder you are with Jason…you have his spirit…his gift for defending and taking out the enemy…impressive…(he smiled his snake smile and in an almost slithery light voice) and very, very beautiful….
Meanwhile, Jason is at Mike’s arranging for his night with Sam…He is ready, to embrace her again…to tell her what he has been longing to say since Mexico…to give her all the joy and all the presents he could…the most important one…a future…
When Sam awoke the room was fuzzy and she couldn’t make out the edges…but she sensed a presence in the dark…
Sam: Who’s there?(…just a chuckle…a very sinister chuckle)
Sam: Who are you? (….another chuckle…)
Franco: You know me….
Sam: Oh, Mr. Franco…(she knew she must play this one at his own game)
Franco: Percisely…
Sam: Mr. Franco…come out where I can see you…so we can talk…
Franco: We won’t be…you are merely a pawn in this game of cat and mouse….
Sam: (sicky sweet)…and I am the cheese…
Franco: Ohhhh your good…enough for now…meet your friends…they also put up a fight…except one who merely cried….they will share in this game…consider yourselves a fine bouquet of cheese and wines…all part of one man’s mind, heart, and life….a man who refused to play the game…
Just then the room flashed and a light from above, which was blinding, appeared…and the method of capture was revealed…this was one sick and twisted man… in the room there were separate small cylinders all with what Sam believed to be piped in air…each cylinder was attached to another on a round stage like platform…it moved at a very slow pace…so slow that it was barely noticeable…
Sam’s breath caught in her throat when she realized the game…each of the women in each of the cylinders meant something to Jason…this was all a ploy to get Jason…to get him to realize where his devotion lay…
In one cylinder, Carly, was mad as hornet…she was struggling but when she saw Sam she smiled…and she too knew what was on this madman’s mind…in the next was Elizabeth and she was not mad but softly crying…Sam was sure that after months of no contact with Jason, she was sure Elizabeth was crying because she was wondering why she was there, but Sam knew and Carly knew…it was because of Jake…then in the last cylinder was another woman who’s hair didn’t expose her face but her figure and her small frame let Sam know immediately, it was Robin…
Sam knew what he was up to….this vile psycho was going to use Jason’s relationship with each one against him…but she would not give him the satisfaction…she must find a way to get out and to get them all out…
Franco: Each one of you fine specimens is a part of Mr. Morgan’s life…each one of you holds his heart in some way…he will have to choose amongst you to see which one he can do without…
Carly: You are sick and twisted…who would have known that I was standing and talking to a mad man when I met you in the tree lot…you’re going to regret that you even tried to take on Jason…you’re not worth his spit….
Franco begins to clap….
Franco: Bravo. Bravo, bravo Mrs. Jax…you are quite the fighter and champion of your “Jase” as you call him…well ….you will soon see how you rate in his eyes….
A soft cry was heard…
Franco: Ohhhh what is the matter miss Webber…or should I say Spencer… why are you worried….you hold a very important card…the ace….his son…Jake is his name, right? Yes, this is going to get very interesting….
Franco could not see that as soon as he mentioned Elizabeth’s son that those mother instincts kicked in and her crying turned to hatred….
Franco: Ladies, I bid you adu….enjoy your private time…I am sure you have much to talk about…
And with that Franco slammed the door shut behind him and the room was black….
Sam felt around….the chamber was sealed but there was an oxygen source…there was also a slot at the top for which she couldn’t understand what it would be used for…it was small…too small to fit even her small framed body…probably even too small for a child like Cam or Jake….she tried to focus her eyes on the room which was practically bare except for the tall ladder looking step at one side and the outlines of the other tubes…she cleared her throat…
Sam: Carly…
Carly: Yeah…
Sam: Carly, what happened?
Carly: He grabbed me at the store…it was so strange…I was in buying one last thing for Jax when I saw this very nice skimpy nightgown and when I went to try it on to see if it hung right…he was in there…
Sam: In the dressing room…
Carly: Yes, behind the door…he is a sick man Sam…
Sam: I get that, ok, so Robin, what happened with you?
Robin: I was in the tree lot, waiting to pick a tree with Patrick, we hadn’t picked Emma up yet from the sitter…and all the sudden there was this tree…I liked it and he wanted it too…we got to…
Carly: That happened with me yesterday…but he never grabbed me…
Sam: Ok, and then what Robin?
Robin: And then he told me to look at another tree at the back of the lot and then I turned and I was here…
Sam: Elizabeth, you next….
Liz: I was trying to put the boys down for bed and all the sudden when I walked out into the hall he…
She started crying again…
Liz: They are at the house alone…what will happen when they wake up?
Sam: It is ok, they will be ok, Lucky will be by….he always is…
Sam wasn’t sure why she was comforting this witch, after all the crap she had put her through the last two years why would she want to say or do anything…but lately Elizabeth had gotten on with her life and had left her and Jason alone…there was even rumor that she might marry Lucky again, so Sam was glad for her and for Lucky…she was also glad she wasn’t sniffing after Jason anymore…
Sam surveyed the surroundings again. She was sure that there was some way to get out because why else would she have been out in….somehow she would find a way…
The minutes became an hour….and the hour was seven o’clock. Where was she? Jason walked around the room checking everything…he had asked Mike if he could use the restaurant to spend time with Sam and Mike happily obliged…the ten thousand dollars was more than he made in a month let alone a night. He happily gave Jason the key and instructions on how to lock up…Jason had the jukebox ready to play their song and he had the beer on chill…Chinese food was on the menu and the extra string lights gave the place a soft glow…Jason was sure Sam would love it…
But where was she???
Sam was getting more and more intense by the minutes…she has tried every way she could to get out…
Calry: Don’t bother…I tried…it is useless…
Robin: Look maybe if we all…
Carly: Robin, just forget chiming in because we didn’t ask you…
Robin: Look, I am just as unhappy to be spending time in this cylinder torture chamber as you…cut the crap…you have never liked me and I am sure that these tight chambers won’t help matters much…
Carly: You little witch, look I just don’t want Sam to try something foolish and take us all out with her…
Sam: Oh, that is nice, coming from someone who needs Jason at every turn and doesn’t at least try some things for herself…afraid you’ll bust a nail?
Robin begins to laugh…
Sam: Look, Carly, I am sorry, I guess I am just a little punchy, I just want to get out of here; just like I am sure we all do…
Just then the door opens and Franco enters. He is carrying a platter of food. He moves over to the ladder and slides it over to a cylinder…he proceeds up with the platter…
Franco: Feeding time at the zoo…. (With a sing song type voice)
Sam: You are one sick puppy you know that…and I kind of like that in a guy…
He slides the opening and drops food down into Carly’s chamber. Then he slides the ladder over to Robin’s…he says nothing…
Sam: Hey could we talk because I think you’re playing this all wrong…you see I am not sure you picked the right women to be here…granted we all are important to him but there is someone who is more important and she isn’t here…
Franco gets down from the ladder again…
Franco: Oh and don’t attempt to escape from your enclosure…if one tries to go...BOOM!!!
He laughs his sickening laugh…
Franco glances sideways at Sam…he slides the ladder over to Elizabeth and he drops her food through the small opening…then he heads for Sam’s…
Franco: This is all you will get little animals…little tiger cats…until tomorrow…so enjoy….
He opens Sam’s top hole and she jumps up grabbing his hand with precision so much so that Carly gasps…she is able to grab him throwing his balance off slightly but the hole is too small and the grasp wears thin…he tears free and snickers….
Franco: Ohhh this one has claws and maybe even fangs…I must remember that…
He climbs down the ladder…and heads toward the door with the empty platter…
Calry: Ummm, art guy, Mr. Franco, I need to go…
Franco: It is in the floor…under you…get creative…
With shear horror, Carly looks down only to notice for the first time the small grated opening in the floor of the chamber…
Jason was really getting worried and his expression was definitely showing it through the glass of Mike’s window…surely she wanted to come, he hoped he hadn’t read it all wrong…he wasn’t very good with expressions and even worse at verbal cues…
Just then he spotted Lucky walking by and he seemed frantic….Jason lunged at the door.
Jason: Lucky, uh have you seen Sam at all?
Lucky: No, I am looking for Elizabeth, I was supposed to meet her at her house and, and she wasn’t there and frankly I am very upset, the boys, she left the boys alone, and that is not like her and…
Jason: Are they okay?
Lucky: Jason, I know we have never been on good terms but this is not like her and frankly I…..
Jason: Franco! Lucky, I need your help….
Lucky and Jason headed to the loft of Franco and found the loft had been cleared out…and Jason was surprised that it was empty…no pictures of him…of crime scenes…as a matter of fact it was almost too clean…he began to worry…no Sam was one thing…she always took care of herself and that was why he fell for her so much..she was self reliant and very able defend herself against anyone… but Elizabeth…she was a different story…Jason shuddered at the thought of how Elizabeth would handle it…not that he loved her anymore but that he cared for her as a friend and as the mother of his son…but where were these two unlikely willing participants in Franco’s game…
Just then, they heard a turn of the knob and Jason drew his gun with Lucky shortly after him….
The room was dark again…by the soft sighing Sam could presume that Elizabeth had finished whimpering and was settling down…Robin was still and Carly was still kicking the side of the tube with her foot…
Carly was very much like Sam…in the sense that she could protect herself but that is where it ended….Carly was wreck less and needed a man at every turn….Sam was fiercely independent…but she had to admit…loving Jason was making her soft in a good sort of way…
Sam stood up and began feeling the side of the cylinder…
Carly: What are you doing Sam?
Sam: I need to find…
Carly: Sam…I wanted to tell you something…
Sam fidgets with her jean pocket…
Sam: What?
Carly: I wanted to let you know how important you are to Jason…Sam; you are the love of his life…
Elizabeth: Oh thanks Carly, could we not discuss this right now…
Carly: Shut up Elizabeth, you trapped him…you got pregnant to trap him…you just wanted him however you could you could get him…
Elizabeth: You have no idea…
Carly: No, you have no idea…my cousin loves you so much yet you squandered away that love over a fling with Jason when he was at his lowest point…
Robin: Carly, this is not the time! Or the place…
Carly: Oh can it Robin, you betrayed Jason the first opportunity you got, I just thank the heavens you settled in with Patrick and got over your obsession…
Robin: I did love Jason at one point you know…I really did…but things and times changed…
Carly: No, you changed….
Elizabeth: Oh Carly, just shut the hell up and leave both of us alone…you are always after Jason…you bother him and involve him in your life every opportunity you get…I wonder how Jax likes having the backseat to Jason…
Carly: Why you B****!
Sam: Will you all be quiet for one minute…
Just then a click was heard and then a snap…
Sam had unhinged the cylinder with of all things…her nail file….
As the door to the loft opened slowly…Jason and Lucky were poised and ready to take Franco in their sites but something was unfamiliar with the way of the person behind the door…he lifted his gun and Lucky followed suite….
Jason: Come on in Spinelli…it is safe….
Spin: Ahhh Stone Cold…I had to come…please do not be angry with me…
Maxie moves around Spinelli….
Maxie: he has no right to be mad…we are on a mission….Jason you need to help us Robin is missing…no one has seen her since she went to shower after surgery…
Jason: Did you talk to Patrick…maybe she went out shopping…
Maxie: Jason she was on call…it is Christmas Eve…well…by the looks of the sun it is Christmas day…Jason, Patrick is frantic…
Jason: Sam is missing…and so is Elizabeth…
Spin: Ohhh, isn’t it interesting….and what to we owe the exasperation too but the Psychopathic one…because he has snatched our fair maidens in his moment of evil to hold them until the white knight Stone Cold will save them…
Lucky: What is he talking about?
Jason: I am not sure either…
Maxie: He says the ladies have been taken together…and Franco wants you to choose…
Jason: Choose what…
Maxie: I’m not sure but I am sure that the envelope taped to the stairs will tell us…
Over on the spiral stairs there was an envelope…taped to one step…everyone moved over to the step at once and Jason ripped it violently off of the step…it simply said on the outside…
“To a Fellow Artist”
Jason: It is for me.
The note read….
Dear Jason Morgan,
The lair of the fox was sullen and doomed…
Its grave a watery tomb…
The number it read is 65…and the seagulls and the cranes take refuge in its sides…
Franco
Jason: He wants me to go somewhere…to find him…to see what to do next…
Just then his cell phone rang….
Spin: Who is it?
Jason: It’s Jax…
Lucky: It’s Calry….she is missing too…
Spin: It seems the Psychotic one would like you to choose….he has given you all four of the loves in your life…you must choose….
Jason: But where….where do I go next?
Lucky: The note said by the water with seagulls and cranes, he must mean the pier on the dock or near the dock…
Spin: Stone Cold…warehouse numbers…65…
Jason: I know where he has them!
Franco had opened the door…and Sam had not moved any closer out of the cylinder….she had a plan but it must be done at the right time…
Franco: So how are Jason’s sexy ladies today…it is bright and early on this wonderful holiday and I have brought you your morning breakfast as promised.
Sam eyed Franco the entire time…just then a buzzer was heard…and the Franco stopped dead in his tracks…
Franco: Oh my, we have company….
He left abruptly without delivering the food to the ladies…Sam didn’t care …. She knew she must be patient….
Jason, Lucky, Maxie and Spinelli walked through the warehouse door and immediately the room…went purple lit…it was hard for all of their eyes to adjust…
Franco: Welcome, welcome….why Jason, you brought me guests…it wasn’t what I wanted or expected…Ohhh, my what do we have hear…the beautiful Maxie…I remember you…our time vaguely…
It was all Maxie could do to hold back from smacking him and Spin could only wait to have his turn…this time he would avenge his Maximista…
Franco: Sooo, why do you think you are hear Detective Spencer?….This could work to my advantage…now if he kills me at least I have someone to protect my interests…but maybe you will play crooked cop and do away with me yourself….
Lucky: Where is she?
Franco: Ohhh, so valiant…and you would save Elizabeth after all she did to you? She made a mockery of you….she got pregnant with his child…doesn’t that just urk you? Come on admit it…Detective Spencer….don’t you just want to hate them both….
Lucky: That is over with…and none of your business….
Franco: Ohhh, but it is my business….because he will choose and are you so sure he won’t choose your ex…no see…I see it in your eyes…you’re not too sure about that…and where will you be then?
Jason: Franco…let’s get this over with….I am ready to chose…
Franco pressed a remote in his hand and the wall of the room slid slowly to one side…what he saw was horrific…all four women were in tubes….cylinders…Sam….his beautiful love was the first one he spied…
Then he looked at each one and his hearted pained him…but he knew which one to choose…
Franco: Jason Morgan choose wisely….this is beauty and art in front of you….each one of these women is a work of art you have enjoyed…each one has had their own beauty scared from you brush strokes…you have killed and stand poised to make a choice that will kill them again….only one will get to live…
Sam: Jason, you must choose Elizabeth, she needs to remain alive…she is the mother of your son…she needs to raise that which is the dearest to you…
Franco: Shut up…the choices at hand are not allowed to speak…so…who will it be Mr. Morgan?
Jason looked at each one but in his heart he knew….he knew it had to be her…because without her … he could not go on living…
Jason: I choose….Sam….
Franco: Good choice…..
Just then he could see the look on Sam’s face…she had a plan and just like so many times before she needed him to read her signals to accomplish the task…
Sam smashed through the side of the cylinder and the tube gave way as the unattached hinge and the top flew off…
Sam shouted: Jason quick…we must save the others…
Just then the shot rang out…and it was from the least expected…Spinelli had done what no one had expected him to do…Franco’s lifeless body was on the ground….the remote rolled out of his hand.
Jason quickly picked it up and released the other women…he hugged Sam immediately…Elizabeth ran to Lucky…. Carly was crying and Robin was hugging Maxie. Spinelli went over to Franco’s lifeless body and did one final thing…he posed it…just like Joey Limbo’s….
Spin: Do you wish to arrest me Officer Spencer?
Lucky: No, I think Jason can handle this one…this time…
Sam bounced back to reality from that awful nightmare of the morning…she was meeting…him….the one who chose her…the one she would spend the rest of her life with…her heart rose with excitement…
As she entered the door of Kelly’s…there are many of their friends there…she sees him….and she runs to him…he scoops her up and twirls her around…then he points up…the mistletoe hung above and they kiss passionately…
Jason: I love you, Sam.
Sam: I love you too…
Montage
To the song: Silent Night…..
Scene 1: Hospital…usual Christmas festivities…You see the whole Q gang…Tracy, Luke, and Spencers one and all…Dominic and Olivia, Jhonny…Monica ushers in Steven Webber to read the biblical story of Christ’s birth…
Scene 2: Maxie , Mac, Scorpios, the Davis girls and Spin at Mac’s house…he lets Spin see that everything is okay…Spin is a hero to Mac now… He even lets Spin place a star at the top of the tree…
Scene 3: The Jax household is happy, they are playing with the baby and the boys are playing with their presents…Michael jumps up and runs to the door…in walks Sonny and Mike arrive with gifts for the boys…
Scene 4: The final scene is of a semi-dark Kelly’s where there are two very special lovers are dancing…. enjoying the quiet….before the next storm….
The End…..
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