Lucky knocked on Jason Morgan's penthouse door. Lucky had news about Siobhan and the Balkan and it sickened him. He loved this girl but she had been playing him all along. Lucky felt like a fool. This was becoming a regular occurrence…he was too stupid to see the truth in front of his face. He stood at the door patiently but glanced down the hallway to make sure that no one was coming that way.

Jason opened the door and said "Come in...I didn't know what to make of your message." Jason closed the door behind him and said "So what is going on?" Jason had a seat on the arm of his couch looking at Lucky. He was at his wits' end about protecting Brenda. The wedding was quickly approaching and he didn't know if he could keep her safe.

"Sorry about being vague on the phone...and sorry for my delay over here. I realized a week or so that Siobhan was acting suspicious and lying to me. So I decided to set a trap for her to flush out her secrets. So that is why I came over here and asked Spinelli about the location of Sonny and Brenda's wedding. I went to Siobhan and gave her the wrong location and then I laid in wait until she went there. I caught her taking recon photos of the bridal suite. I pressed her for the truth and I found out that her secret is that she is working for the Balkan and has been working for him since she was kidnapped and held hostage. The Balkan is planning on grabbing Brenda at her wedding. But what doesn't make sense to me. What game is the Balkan playing at? Why not just kill Brenda?"

"I am sorry to hear that Siobhan was betraying. But it is good that you found out now before something happened that can't be reversed. I don't know why the Balkan wants to kidnap Brenda. She must know something that he wants to know. Maybe he wants to know who killed his son. Or maybe there is something about his son that he wants to know. I have Spinelli working on the Balkan's identity. He is actually making some headway. How does Siobhan get in contact with the Balkan?" Jason knew that Lucky was first and foremost a cop which meant he couldn't just go around killing people. Luckily, Jason didn't have such restrictions on his movement.

"Siobhan's younger sister has been kidnapped. The Balkan is using the girl as leverage to secure Siobhan's cooperation. I blame myself. I dragged a sweet...innocent young woman into the path of an international psychopath. I really don't care how this situation is resolved as long as he is dealt with and Brenda, Siobhan, and Megan are safe at the end of the day. And if the Balkan has to meet his end to accomplish that...well then the world is short one less psychopath. But the question is how do we draw him out there is no way that the Balkan will show his face unless...he knows that he can get Brenda in his clutches. The Balkan calls Siobhan and he also calls her to meet in a church confessional. She's never seen his face."

Jason was surprised by Lucky's response but he could understand the feeling. He would stop at nothing to keep Sam safe. "I am going to have to press Brenda more for the truth. I've been trying to be easy on her but at this point the longer I wait for the truth the closer the Balkan will get to her. We've been speculating for months that he is in Port Charles and now we know for sure that he is here. I know you want to move on this quickly but we need a couple of days to set this up right or it is all going to go to hell and very quickly at that. I need to know what kind of situation we are working with here. How sure are you that Siobhan is telling you the truth?" said Jason.

"48 hours is fine...it will give me some time to dig up as much dirt as I can as well. I might be able to get some information from Siobhan. She might know more about the Balkan than she thinks that she knows. She's been so afraid and lying to me that she hasn't had much time to actually think. I am going to go help her find her sister. Because whether the Balkan gets Brenda or not when this is all over…he is going to kill Megan and Siobhan. He is too smart to leave behind links to himself. there with him and he mentioned that Helena has dealt with the Balkan in the past. Why don't we meet tomorrow over on the Elm St. Pier and we can discuss any new developments?" said Lucky.

Jason nodded. "I'll meet you there tomorrow night around 11:00. Hopefully, we will be able to avoid any prying eyes and it should make it easier to see if either of us has been followed to the location. The Balkan's men have been one step ahead of all of this entire time. I hate playing catch up." Jason walked him to the door.

Lucky nodded and said "11:00 it is." Lucky walked out of the penthouse.

Damian Spinelli sat hunched over his laptop in the pitch black office of he shared with Samantha McCall. Empty orange soda bottles and empty bags of BBQ chips littered the area surrounding Spinelli. Spinelli had been working around the clock for the last three days. With the wedding of Sonny and Brenda quickly approaching Spinelli was under a lot of pressure to find out the Balkan's true identity. The urgency was heightened by the fact that Jason seemed genuinely worried about this wedding going forward. Spinelli had hacked every database he could get his hands on. He was starting to believe that all was lost and that he would once again let down his mentor, Stone Cold. But just when it seemed as if all was lost Spinelli hit pay dirt. Spinelli hurriedly printed out several pages of information that identified the Balkan. Spinelli stuffed the loose pages into his well worn green messenger bag. Spinelli ran out of the office the door swinging shut behind him with a large bang.

Spinelli took out his cell phone and called Jason. Spinelli was literally skipping as he walked. He had cracked the biggest case of his life and most importantly he hadn't let down Jason which was the most important thing to him. Jason was like a big brother, friend, and father all wrapped up into one. Spinelli trusted him with his life and in some ways aspired to be like Jason. He knew that he'd never have the physical prowess but he hoped to learn Jason's analytical and logic skills.

Jason answered the phone after a couple of rings. "Do you have something Spinelli?" asked Jason. He wasn't someone that worried but lately he was on edge. It was like all of his senses were being alerted. He knew there was something very wrong going on and he had to put a stop to it if he wanted to save Brenda's life. So far he had not been able to convince Brenda to postpone her wedding. She wouldn't budge on it though. Brenda was always so stubborn, sometimes to the point of stupidity. But Jason was used to dealing with difficult women. Jason had also tried to appeal to Sonny's better sense of judgment but Sonny was too occupied with making Brenda happy. It seemed as if Jason was the only one concerned about keeping her alive. He knew that he had been hard on Spinelli lately. He had been pushing the young man to do his best work to locate or identify the Balkan. The whole situation with the Balkan had disturbed Jason from the beginning. He just didn't understand how someone could be completely invisible. Everyone had to leave some little trace.

"Yes, Stone Cold. I am on my way to you now; I am leaving the office I should be there in a few minutes. You won't believe what I found. I was able to pick up on some of the aliases and I was able to find a couple of connections. I think I've figured out the identity of the Balkan and you will never believe who it is! He has been right under our noses for months!" Spinelli was truly excited by his stroke of genius that had cracked the case. "It was the last person that we suspected...and someone in a position to hurt the Divine One in a most heinous way." As Spinelli was about to hop onto his scooter three shots rang out. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" howled Spinelli hitting the groaned with a thud. His cell phone fell from his hand and slid across the pavement. Spinelli lay on the side walk bleeding from his chest and abdomen. His eyes were wide open as he lay on the ground. His breathing was audible as he attempted to breathe despite the blood currently filling his lungs. Spinelli's eyes latched onto the figure of the man that had just shot him in the middle of the street.

A dark figured walked over to Spinelli and grabbed his messenger bag. "I'll take this off of your hands...young man." The voice was crisp and menacing. The man walked over to Spinelli's cell phone and used the heel of his Hermes shoe to crush the screen of the smart phone. He smiled seeing that the call ended. The figure walked away as calmly as he had walked up to Spinelli. The Balkan would be very pleased that his wire tap and surveillance idea had paid off. He had just stopped the Balkan from being identified and that was sure to get him back into the man's good graces.

"Spinelli!" yelled Jason into the phone having heard the gunshots. "Spinelli!" Jason grabbed his leather jacket and pulled it on as he ran out of his penthouse with his keys in hand. "Stay here with Brenda Milo! Max you're with me!" He rushed down to the garage and got into his SUV and took off toward the office. His heart was pounding in his chest not knowing what state he would find Spinelli in. Jason called for an ambulance and raced over to the scene. He arrived before the ambulance and got out of the car. He rushed over to Spinelli's lifeless body and feared the worst.

Spinelli coughed up blood. He looked up at Jason and his lips moved but no sound came out of his mouth. A stray tear rolled down his cheek as he realized that he wasn't going to make it through this latest adventure. He had struggled to hold on but with Jason there he felt safe to let go...he felt safe to stop fighting. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he lost consciousness possibly for good. Spinelli's eyelids fluttered closed.

Jason looked at his bleeding body only momentarily and before he knew it he was on autopilot. He lifted Spinelli's body into his arms and carried him to the SUV. He hefted Spinelli's body into the back of the SUV and looked at Max. "Drive!" said Jason. He didn't have time to wait for an ambulance. Jason took off his jacket using it to put pressure on Spinelli's wounds. "Hold on Damian…hold on." said Jason.

Max sped to the hospital not bothering to stop at any traffic lights. He pulled up to the Emergency Room doors at the hospital. He hopped out and ran to the back door opening it. He helped Jason carry Spinelli into the hospital. "I need help here! Multiple gunshot wounds…he's not conscious!"

A medical team rushed over moving Spinelli onto a stretcher. The rushed him into surgery after assessing his wounds.

Jason said "The Balkan did this…Spinelli called me…saying that he had made a break in the case. He knew the true identity of the Balkan…I should have had protection on him. But I didn't think he'd need it at the office…increase security on Brenda." Jason walked away needing to be alone at the moment.

The time seemed to creep by as Jason waited to hear news about Spinelli. His black shirt was covered with Spinelli's blood. Jason could feel it drying against his skin but he didn't feel the urge to do anything about it.

Sonny walked over to Jason a couple of hours later. Max had called to tell him about Spinelli. Sonny could see how upset Jason was even though Jason was just sitting there stoically. Sonny said "Any word on Spinelli?"

Jason shook his head. "None. I counted three entrance wounds. Two rounds went into his chest around the left pec and the third round entered his abdomen. Any of which could prove fatal…he lost a lot of blood on the way over. They asked me for blood…after they found out Spinelli and I are the same blood type." Jason gave the report without emotion. It was the only way he could keep control of himself. Because at the moment he felt rage bubbling up inside of him.

"I've got the guys out looking for anyone that might have seen anything…I even have Max looking for a hacker…someone that can get access to the traffic cameras and security cameras in the area…we are going to find the person that did this and they will suffer and we are going to find the Balkan" said Sonny.

Jason nodded but didn't respond verbally he just sat there.