Chapter 1:

Dear Mrs. Hardy:

Attached is something I think you should see.

Nemesis

Audrey was sitting on her front porch, stunned. Looking through the photos the elderly woman went back inside then put the DVD into her player then closed her eyes not wanting to admit what she was seeing.

Entering the house, she pulled out the old photo albums and thought long and hard. Two hours later, she still had no answers but the questions were starting to pile up. Feeling her age, the elderly woman walked upstairs to her bedroom and pulled out her memory box and then looked at the note she had received.

Driving to Shadybrook, she checked in on her granddaughter then went to make a call. Arriving at GH, she went to see Steven and saw him discussing his sister with Nik Cassadine and wasn't happy with what she was hearing.

Oh Steven, right idea, wrong man she thought to herself. An hour later, her mind made up she went to the shelter where she volunteered and unhappy with herself at the irony, she picked up one of the prepaid phones for victims of abuse who had no one to turn to.

Going to the park, she walked around, then read the letter again before she placed yet another call after getting the number from information and asked the man on the other end. "You once said you would do anything to make up for what you did wrong with Elizabeth, did you mean it?"

After making plans with the most devious person she knew, she said "Do we have an agreement?"

The attorney on the other end thought about his past while picking up his newborn son, then looking at the woman standing in the doorway said "Certainly Mrs. Hardy, the house in Martha's Vineyard is empty and I will arrange everything like you requested."

Returning home, Audrey had to restrain her primary instincts which were to to pack up what the boys needed, knowing that she couldn't take even the most innocuous of items. Calling her contact she gave him the list which he gave to his wife then told the elderly woman everything would be taken care off.

His wife took his late father's secret credit cards and went shopping. An hour later they were on a charter jet that was logged to land in New York. His wife had been told all of his past, everything the good, the bad and the obsessive. She had had a taste of it when he had first met her, now she was his talisman, the reason he had finally been able to walk away.

Thinking on it, he made a few calls, then called the elderly lady back and said "It is all set, are you sure this won't scare the boys?"

When Jake entered the room followed by his big brother, all she could think of was what was she going to do. What should she do? Should she follow her instincts and call Mac Scorpio or should she take a chance to make a difference as she looked at was now a careworn letter in spite of arriving at Nine AM that morning.

Turning on the six o'clock news and seeing the Corinthos trial, followed by the story about Ethan Lovett being arrested for hit and run then about how two drug dealers had been shot down by the docks and Audrey made her decision.

"Hey boys, why don't we go on a trip to surprise your Mommy, would you like that?" she asked before loading Jake and Cam in the car with nothing more than their usual accoutrements for a trip some place.

With a quick call, she left Lucky a message telling him she was taking the boys to get ice cream and they would have to reschedule his visit. Not that he showed up half the time, but she wanted cover.

Then holding her breath when the phone was picked up at the second number she had called she asked "I am taking the boys out for ice cream, would you like me to pick you up a pint?"

When the man on the other end said regretfully he had to pass he was going to be at the hospital all night, Audrey silently thanked her husband who had to be looking out for her that evening.

An hour later, Audrey's car was still at the ice cream shop as they closed. "Alex, remind me tomorrow if that car is still here to have it towed." said the owner to the clerk.

Meanwhile the doctors at Shadybrook were leaving for the night. The woman who had made the deal with Helena shook slightly as she signed the papers the elderly woman wanted before leaving herself.

Helena opened up the door to Elizabeth's room with a smile on her face only to scream in rage as her pigeon wasn't there. Making a call she announced. "The pigeon has fled the coop. I want you to find her, NOW!"

Audrey was hoping she hadn't just sold her soul as well as her granddaughter's to the devil as she got off the private jet and asked the attorney standing there. "Any problems?"

"None, if anyone goes looking they will find that Helena commandeered the Cassadine jet, with Elizabeth and you all missing, she is going to be the prime suspect. We both know that a certain person won't look too much further at least not at first. Let's get you settled then I need to head back to Los Angeles."

Following him, she said "The boys?"

"They were carried to the boat, Elizabeth is on it along the with doctor you requested. Are you sure you can trust her?"

"She has been one of my best friends for years, so yes. Thank you, I know that when they eventually get past Helena your name might come up, thank you for standing up to protect her." she said before Ric handed her onto the boat.

Watching it sail away, he turned to his wife who had joined him and said "Marianna, did you take care of it?"

"The boat doesn't exist. Not any longer." as she watched her husband's ex-wife, along with her kids and grams float away. "You do know that they will eventually show up on the Island looking for her, are you sure you will be safe?"

"Yes, Morgan isn't going to look, he is doing the same self screwed up things he did before after they broke up, this time however... however, this time he went too far and I almost feel sorry for the fool. She won't take him back after this one. Let's go home."

Kissing him, Marianna thought about the woman she had met all those months ago in Port Charles and wished her well.

Ric made the call, some small part of him taking satisfaction in knowing that at some point someone was going to come looking. Too bad he was not going to have any answers, he would have taken great pleasure in seeing Jason Morgan's face when he found out his son was lost to him forever.

The next morning, Steven passed out on the sofa as soon as he walked into his grandmother's house, he wanted to hear the boys when they came down so he could spend the day with them.

Meanwhile at the ice cream shop, the owner was glad the sedan was gone, they only had ten parking spaces and it was supposed to be a nice and sunshiney day.

Lucky had gone to work, after a quick visit with Jason. He was in a good mood after Jason had told him that Elizabeth had always loved him. The man was a moron, but he was good for Lucky's ego. Walking into the station, he did his usual work, talked to Ethan promising to help clear his brother of the charges against him.

At the end of his shift, he drove over to the Hardy house after getting the message from Audrey to do his daily duty to the boys. He was whistling as he walked onto the porch, then looking to the side, grimaced when he saw her car was missing and only Steven was here.

Leaving, he was a bit pissed, Steven was strictly on his brother's side and he wished the man would leave things alone. If he did, soon his Elizabeth, the girl he had come to love that night in the park would be back and he would have all he had ever wanted. Her complete total devotion to just him, just like his mother had loved his father. Forever, endlessly, she had proven that by not being able to live with out him.

It's why his mother was in Paris, she would never get well without his father, because there was no Laura without Luke nor no Liz without Lucky.

When Steven woke up, he realized he had to have been more tired than he thought if he didn't hear the boys wake up. Going outside, he checked the mail then returned a bit drowsy. Seeing his letter in the kitchen next to the coffee pot, he grinned. Right on time, he thought to himself before going to shower.

Calling his grandmother, he frowned a bit when he realized her phone was off just as the house phone rang. Answering it, he asked "Could you please repeat that?"

"This is Officer Elmers of the Hay's Landing police department, we are looking for an Audrey Hardy."

"That is my grandmother, she isn't here right now, may I help you?" Steven's face turned white as he asked the man to repeat what he had just said.

"Sir, we have your grandmother's Lincoln Continental, I am afraid that it was totaled last night. We have the two boys who stole it but I was a bit surprised when it didn't pop up on the stolen vehicles report."

Steven mechanically announced that he would find out what was going on then called Lucky only to get his voice mail. Calling the station, he asked to speak to Mac Scorpio and had the call forwarded to the Commissioner who was having dinner with Alexis and her two girls.

"I am sorry, Steven, I know nothing about Audrey's car getting stolen, have you asked your grandmother?"

"No, and I can't find her either." he said before voicing his fears. "Mac the Hays Landing police said the car was stolen from the ice cream shop last night, and I can't find my grandmother or the boys."

Thinking on the rumors he had heard, Mac let Alexis know he had to leave then went to Shadybrook just in time to see Nik throwing a tantrum when they refused to let him in to see Elizabeth. Lainey Winters was assuring the man it was at Elizabeth's request.

"I need to see her, Dr. Winters." said Mac who saw the doctor stiffen then seem to scramble mentally before saying "As her doctor, I have to say that it isn't a good idea for you to be talking to her now, Commissioner."

"It is only to see her, face-to-face, no talking involved." he said getting a bad feeling when she still tried to insist on keeping him away. "Dr. Winters, now?"

Lainey was shaking and almost passed out before sitting down and admitting. "She isn't here."

"What?" he asked.

"She asked to be released on her own, since she committed herself, there was nothing I could do to stop her." she said weakly only for Mac to request the video footage. When they tried to stop him, he made a call and got a subpoena.

Lainey found herself handcuffed when Mac saw the tapes. First of her meeting with Helena then the sight of two men carrying Elizabeth out the back door. "Dr. Winters, I hope you have a very good attorney."

Mac had the two uniformed officers who arrived mirandize the doctor before taking the tapes with himself so they didn't disappear. Nik made a call then watched as Mac drove away.

As the man drove towards town, he saw a sight on the side of the road that stunned him causing him to drive into the guard rail and over the cliff road. An hour later, Lucky walked into the station and talked to Lainey before getting the officers to let her go when Mac still hadn't arrived by midnight.

Jason drank some more than finally fell asleep next to Sam, grateful she had stood by him after all that had been happening. She might not be his dream, but at least she was willing to be there, to accept that he wasn't going to change.

His dreams woke him up and finding the woman he was sleeping with gone, he took a shower, then went for a drive. As he explored his new paths, he ached for his old but knew he had put away any chance for that life almost a year ago in Mexico.

Seeing the town of Hayes Landing, he was surprised to see Nik Cassadine with Luke Spencer but then dismissed it before racing home for another bottle of pain reliever.

Luke and Lucky were sure that Nik was involved with Helena grabbing Elizabeth but they knew they had to cover this up, otherwise they had no chance of rescuing the woman and her sons.

Luke because he was hoping that this would finally end his son's obsession with playing daddy to other people's spawn. Lucky because he was glad to have the chance to rescue Elizabeth, to take them back to where they should have been. Nik however was just covering up his own involvement, not in the kidnapping but in the altered tests that proved Lucky was the father of her child.

Meanwhile Mac was rushed to GH with a head wound. When he woke up, he had no memory of what had gone on that week. Arriving at his office, he saw the two officers waiting for him then when they asked about Lainey, he said "I have no idea. I know I was interested in what she knew about Michael Corinthos, that must have been what it is about."

Steven was in his office, worried sick, Helena had his little sister and his only hope was her grandson stepping up to take her down like he had promised. When Lucky had visited, it took all Steven had in him not to punch the self righteous bastard when he said that Elizabeth had brought this onto her self by sleeping with his brother.

CHAPTER 2:

Dear Sir

Attached is a video you need to see.

Nemesis.

In Port Charles, Mac Scorpio was looking at files, then seeing Dr. Winters entering asked "Why was I at Shadybrook?"

"I was treating a patient, you came looking for me." she said then went to leave.

Mac got the feeling something was off, but his daughter rushed in and said "Dad, Spinelli and I are going on a trip together."

Shaking his head, he watched her go, not understanding the appeal of a man who drooled over a woman like Sam McCall to his daughter.

Luke and Lucky were making calls when Ethan showed up at the Haunted Star, when they clammed up, he just said "I have bigger problems but if you need my help, let me know."

"How is Elizabeth?" he asked then winced as Lucky went on a ten minute tirade. Leaving quickly, the Aussie just rolled his eyes when Lulu came on board and said "How are you doing?"

"Fine, the mob wants to kill me for something I didn't do and our brother is an idiot who has completely forgotten his own past. Now if you will excuse me, I have work to do."

Meeting up with Johnny he asked the man why he was so pissed. "Trevor had some credit cards set up that were active lately. They lead back to Corinthos. I shut them down but he is going to pay. How do you feel about taking down a shipment?"

With an easy grin, the Aussie said "When and where?"

Tom Hardy got off the phone with Steven and asked his wife her opinion. "He is lying about something, but what?"

"I don't know, but I am going to keep trying my mother. There is no way she would go on vacation with Elizabeth and the boys if Elizabeth was really this sick."

Spinelli was grinning as he closed his laptop, turning to see the Goddess entering along with Stone Cold. Things were back to the way they should have been all along. After taking his bag, he asked. "Are you sure you don't need me?"

"No, go enjoy your cruise." said Sam with a grin as she thought about seven days of being Spinelli free around the penthouse.

Sonny entered just as the geek left. "Jason, you need to to go Chili, our shipment was just lifted."

Sam wasn't thrilled but at least they could get away together. That smile went away when Sonny added. "The Bodelli's will be expecting you."

"Great, I will go and pack our bags." said Sam only for Jason to frown and say "Sam you have to stay here and help your sister."

"She is going to be fine, we talked about it." she said only to see both Jason and Sonny frowning and snapped "What? Why can't I go?"

"They don't allow women on their hacienda, you can't go." he said gently then to help soften the blow added. "When I come back we can get away for a few days."

An hour later, Jason was on the jet, wishing he wasn't leaving. He was in the middle of investigating what had happened to Kristina and he couldn't help thinking Sam's past was getting in the way of what her sister needed.

Sonny took the call then went to see Sam as his hands started shaking. "Er, Sam, we have a problem."

"What, is it; Jason?"

"No, I mean yes. I just talked to Chili, they never sent their man to request a meeting. The jet went off radar ten minutes after it took off and I have no idea what is going on."

Sam froze, Spinelli, she needed Spinelli. Looking around, she couldn't find the paper he had written down the number for the spa or even it's name. Calling Kate Howard, the PI huffed and puffed after the woman hung up on her.

Trying Lulu who had been in the middle of a make out session with Dante cursed when Sam insisted on getting the name immediately in exchange for trying to get her mother to drop the charges against Ethan.

Arriving at Crimson, Lulu took the paper and went to find Sam. Handing it to her, she said "Here and you better do as I asked."

Arriving at Dante's, she was pissed to see a brunette talking to him. "Who are you?"

Turning Brooklynn couldn't resist, "If it isn't my step aunt who slept with my uncle, so Lulu, what was it like sleeping with your stepbrother who was married to you so called friend?"

Lulu looked at Dante who seemed confused and she quickly offered an explanation that just dug her hole even deeper. "I think we should call it a night."

"But Dante... she can't stay here if I leave."

"Why not?" asked Brooklynn, "He invited me over to talk, I am going to crash in the guest room."

"Over my dead body, why don't you go to the mansion?" she snapped only for Brooklynn to pause as if thinking.

"No, I don't think so, at least until it has been fumigated. Too many bottom feeders have been hanging around my family lately." she said with a grin. "Speaking of bottom feeders, how is your dad?"

The man from Albany drove to the State Police barracks and said "I have to talk to a Trooper Daniels, I am here to meet the Attorney General."

An hour later, at almost eleven pm, Lucky Spencer answered a knock on the door and said "YES?"

"Lucky Spencer?"

Looking at the trooper, he said "One minute." Then went to get his badge only for the man to call out to the men with him. "Gun! Gun! Gun! Down on the floor, Spencer."

"Hey, I am a cop, look, here!" he said reaching for his badge only to be shot in the arm that was reaching for his credentials.

When he was handcuffed and being transported to the hospital, he was pissed to see it was County not GH. Protesting, he was told to shut up. "What are you arresting me for?"

"Domestic battery among other charges." snapped the man while Lucky was whining about wanting to call his boss and his attorney. Reaching Alexis, he was pissed when she hung up on him after suggesting he try Diane, saying she wouldn't represent anyone related to Ethan.

Reaching Mac, the man promised to come as quickly as possible. When he arrived with Claire, he listened to the trooper then went to the State Police Barracks. There he was told that Detective Spencer had been using his badge to cover up abusing his ex-wife for years.

Looking at the first tape where a pregnant Elizabeth was shoved in Kelly's, then the report about the incident with his misfire, Mac said "This is being taken out of context."

"And this, is this out of context?" Mac watched as first Lucky then Lulu Spencer berated Elizabeth Webber while people stood around and watched. Shaking his head when he saw Robin and Patrick on the one tape, he was even sicker when he saw the last tape where Lucky was saying how he missed the rape victim Liz Webber had been as a kid.

"I agree that is bad, but you have nothing to charge him with if his ex-wife doesn't press charges." said Claire as she worried about her case against Sonny Corinthos going away.

Only to be shown Maxie stealing drugs from GH and then handing them off to Lucky, what appeared to be an incident where Jason Morgan saved Spencer's wife and finally the one that broke the straw, Spencer making a deal for drugs, dated a month before.

Mac swore then said "I don't know how he is doing it, but I require him to be drug tested every week."

"I don't care the how, all I know is we have him on a whole slew of charges, as well as quite a few accusations we can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. However there is enough circumstantial evidence to convict him on all of this as well as conspiracy." replied the AG as he entered the room. "To combat the usual shenanigans that usually go on in cases in your town, we are filing felony charges and I am taking charge of the case personally."

Mac knew this was bad for his department when he left the Barracks, as other officers had been named including two of Spencer's former partners. Arriving at work, he saw a familiar face and asked "What are you doing here?"

"I was brought in to help with the investigation of Spencer, since I knew the town and the family." said Frisco. "Frankly, I can't imagine what you were thinking letting Lucky Spencer be a cop. By the way, they are pressing charges against Maxie, so perhaps we should sit down and have a talk about what she has been up to lately since they have her on tape talking about someone named Jacob Spencer getting kidnapped with a slutty looking brunette. They were laughing and the brunette was talking about how she had almost let the kid die until she realized rescuing him was a way of winning back Morgan, so what skank is he seeing now?"

Elizabeth woke up to hear her little boys playing, moving to the window, she saw her grams and Gail Baldwin outside. Walking to the door, she asked "Where are we?"

"Someplace safe, Elizabeth. Someplace where we can get you some help without everyone interfering and trying to make you do what they want. When you leave here, you get to make the choice." said Audrey who saw her granddaughter close down.

Gail looked up and said "We are only here to help you. I am here to talk, to listen and to give you the safety you need to make healthy choices for your sons and the baby you are carrying."

Touching her stomach, Elizabeth felt her stomach roll as she thought about the mistakes she had been making over the past year and how the father was the second to last man she wanted. Walking to the water's edge, she said "I have to let everyone know I am okay."

"Elizabeth, there are no phones here, no way to get messages out." she said knowing the petite nurses first instincts were going to be to call Lucky.

"I have to let them know I am okay, you don't understand, I HAVE TO!" she said then went to where her boys are, the only reason she was living, the only reason she kept moving was for her boys and so that someday... someday, Lucky would forgive her for her mistakes.

Jason woke up tied to a bed. Seeing the other prisoner, he asked "Where am I?"

"Hell if I know." said the man grimacing in pain. "I was on a flight to visit Easter Island when I woke up tied here."

"Do you know how long I have been here?" he asked as a headache started.

"A couple of days, you have pretty much been out of it. You kept worrying about letting your lady friend know where you are. Insisted on it, actually to the point they beat you pretty good." he said wincing as he felt the blood in his own mouth.

"Do you know who they are?"

"No, all I do know is that they were rather eager for you to wake up." said the man in rags who asked "What date was it when you left wherever you were?"

Jason thought about it, then said "I don't know. I can't remember."

The guards came in and dragged him out, when Jason was dumped back onto his bed he had fresh bruises and contusions, and was holding his head. He screamed in pain when they forced his hands up to the headboard and tied him back to the bed. The pain in his head was worse than it had been in a long time. He needed to contact doc even if he didn't remember who doc was, Jason knew he needed his help.

Sam was worried, it had been a few days, at least she was getting somewhere with the charges against Ethan she thought with a vicious grin only for Mac to show up and asked to speak to Alexis who looked at the video he showed her and start to cry.

"What did you say to my mother?"

"That we have proof she ran down your sister's boyfriend and that this Keifer was the one responsible for the beating Kristina took." Walking out the door, he made a call then said to her. "Cheer up, at least one Spencer is going to jail for assault. Lucky is facing felony charges relating to abusing Elizabeth Webber, and then his badge to cover it up."

"You can't arrest him, I mean, you know what Elizabeth was doing, she was cheating on him." she protested. "She whored herself out to his brother, how could she do that to him and not expect him to be angry."

Looking at her he said "Doesn't that make you a bit of a hypocrite, weren't you just this morning on the news crucifying an innocent man saying that anyone who beats a woman deserves to be strung up. What happened to there being no excuse for hurting a woman."

Alexis had come to the door, feeling drained after what Mac had shown her. He had given her twenty four hours to turn herself in and she was grateful for it. "Sam, Mac is right, no woman deserves to be abused."

"But Eliz-"

Snapping as her emotions overwhelmed her. "Sam, enough, get over it. Elizabeth Webber had more than enough reason to cheat on Lucky and he wasn't a victim, hell he cheated on her with you, with Maxie even with her own sister. Now as someone who slept with my husband, maybe you shouldn't be using words like whore to describe her. Go home Sam, just go home."

Turning to Mac, Alexis said "I have to make a few calls, but I will be at the station in the morning."

Leaving, Mac turned and said "You know, if you had come to me with this when it happened, you wouldn't be facing charges."

Gail and Audrey were stunned at the damage Elizabeth had brought upon herself at not being able to call Lucky. She had broken her own wrist in a dangerous attempt to get away. "Gail, what is going on?

The pale doctor sat down and said "Either the damage is worse than I thought or Elizabeth has had help in causing her to react this way. How involved is Helena in this? Could she have messed with her mind or drugged her?"

"No, at least not the drugs, especially with the baby." said a worried Audrey as Gail took the vials and handed them to the man waiting. "I want this run discreetly, off line at your lab."

"What am I looking for?" asked the grim man as he took them.

"Everything and anything." said the doctor as she checked on her sedated patient. Seeing the white bandage, she went to see Audrey and said "We need some help."

"But who can we trust?" she asked still worried about the danger.

"I have someone in mind, what about Annie?"

"Have someone, not anyone connected to us contact her about being a private duty nurse for a reclusive patient, then I will risk contacting someone to bring her here."

Jason woke up, screaming as his head felt like it was on fire. Trying to free himself, he dislocated his shoulder as he fought against the ropes keeping him tied to the bed. Feeling the slickness of his blood as he bled from his struggles, Jason grinned, knowing that it would help free him from his ropes.

The man outside, looked in before impassively turning to the guard. "Give him another day of going through whatever, then call in doc and find out what is going on in his head."

Leaving he went to make a call, then getting connect said "I have an offer. Jason Morgan alive or dead to anyone for the right price. The auction will begin in seven days."

Chapter 3

Dear Dr. Quartermaine,

Attached is a video you need to see.

Nemesis

Monica watched the screen, in pain and shock then getting up removed it from the living room. She knew better than to leave something this explosive around. Going to Audrey Hardy's house, she was a bit surprised she wasn't there and that Steven was saying she was visiting Gail.

Gail had called her two days prior to inform her she was taking on a private patient and would be out of reach for a while. Looking at Steven, she knew something was up, the problem with honest people was when they lied, the strain of it was a heavy burden.

Deciding she needed to talk to her son, she drove to his building and was not happy to see Sam McCall answering the door. "Where is Jason?"

"He is away, for work." she added then opened the door just as her phone rang. "Jason? Oh, find him. I need his help with something."

When she saw Monica in the doorway, she snapped "He isn't here, you can leave now."

"You might want to lose that tone, or I will take great pleasure in showing you why I was a bigger bitch than you... well that isn't true, you are a bigger bitch, I am just richer and have more class."

Shocked Sam said "You might want to remember your little bender and running me over and think twice about how you treat me."

"I don't think so, in fact I have to wonder... did you do that hoping to get back in Jason's good graces. Yes, I am sure you did. Well, start packing your garbage bags, honey. When I talk to my son, you are done, gone and hopefully buried someplace without a stone."

Monica walked out steaming, she couldn't wait to tell Jason what that bitch had did to his son. How she was behind his kidnapping and had hired two men to terrorize Elizabeth and her sons in the park. The doctor was getting a better idea of why Elizabeth had ended up where she was. That tart and the blond shrieker were going down. When Jason found out the truth, Monica hoped to be there when he made her pay for she had done to his son and the woman he cared about.

Mac had kept Spencer's arrest quiet, but today he was being arraigned and it would soon mean a visit from Sonny Corinthos attorney. Claire was well aware that all the evidence that Lucky had gathered was now tainted. Walking to his office, he growled when he saw Diane was already there. "I think you know why I am here. Why is it that I had to hear about Lucky Spencer from a reporter?

TBC