Taking Over Me
Chapter: 1
Pairing: Robert & Holly
Rating: PG
March 2nd 1992
Cesar Faison paced back and forth in the dimly lit, damp, cold warehouse. He was finally going to have Robert Scorpio exactly where he wanted him. Anna was stashed away safe and sound aboard his yacht that was docked the Port Charles marina and he knew that Scorpio couldn't and wouldn't resist playing hero. Which was precisely the reason he grabbed yet another distraction for Robert.
He slowly stalked across the room. "What's going through that pretty little head of yours?" he asked. "You look so deep in thought." When he received response he threaded his fingers through her thick, dark, curly hair and yanked backwards, causing her to cry out. "Come on, Holly. It will be so much easier for you if you just cooperate with me."
Holly flinched away from his touch. "Don't touch me!" she yelled. Faison had kidnaped her in the middle of the night, breaking Robert and Sean's security system and then brought her to the abandon warehouse, tying her to the cold metal chair.
Faison raked his hand through her hair and then brought it up to gently caress her face. "I know what you were thinking." he told her. "You were thinking about Robert weren't you? Rather or not he's going to come and rescue you or not. So what have you decided? Do you think that you mean enough to him that he could be distracted enough to stop looking for the mother of his child to come and rescue you?"
"I don't need to be rescued!"
"Really?" he laughed. "Do you honestly think that you can get out of this all by yourself? You may be a con artist but no one is that good."
"You already have what you want." she said. "Why can't you just go?"
"Because that's not the way it works, Holly." Faison replied. "It's all part of the game and the game isn't over yet. I have several things planned for Scorpio's demise and it starts with you."
"What ever you have planned for me you can forget, Faison." Holly told him. "Robert will come after Anna and he will come after Robin, but he won't come after me. You're wasting your time."
"Are you trying to distract me?" he asked. "Because it's not working. Do you honestly think I would have wasted my time on you if I knew I wasn't going to get what I want in return? My plans are foolproof and Scorpio hasn't been able to stop me before now and he will never be able to now."
"He's not going to come after me!" she insisted. "He has a whole other life that doesn't include me and hasn't in a very long time."
"Do you honestly believe that the almighty Robert Scorpio is going to just leave you here with me to die?" he asked. "I believe that would tarnish his very shiny, impressive reputation."
"I'm sure he'll send someone after me, but he won't come himself."
Faison shook his head. "I left specific instructions." he replied. "And those instructions are for Robert and noone else."
"What makes you think he'll come to get me?" she asked.
"Because I told him I'd kill you if he didn't come himself and completely alone." he explained. "I told you I had a foolproof plan."
Holly just looked at him blankly. "Its been hours." she pointed out. "He's not coming, at least not by himself."
"Well if he doesn't then you'll know the truth won't you, Holly?" he asked. "That Anna is the only woman Robert has ever loved, the love of his life, and you don't matter at all. You never really did." he said, knowing that his words were having an effect on her. "You were just a way to pass the days whilst he was waiting on Anna."
"If you already know the truth, Faison, then why do you have me?"
"Scorpio likes a challenge." Faison said. "And you and I both know that he'll show up."
"And if he doesn't?" she challenged.
"Then I'm going to kill you." he said simply.
"Then kill me." she replied, unfazed by his threats. "Because you and I both know that I'm not leaving this warehouse alive."
tbc...