Chapter I: New Places, New Faces
The young man and woman walked into the Metro Court. They stayed close together, this was the first time they ever step foot into Port Charles. They looked from side to side at all the new people that walked in their paths. Suddenly, a middle aged blonde woman walks up to them with a smile on her face.
"You two seem like you need some help." The woman offers. The young man laughs and nods his head.
"I believe you might be right. We don't mean to inconvenience you, we're just very lost. In fact, we had a lot of trouble finding this place." He admits.
"We're also very stubborn. He was driving for at least an hour before stopping for directions." The young woman chimes in. The blonde woman leads them to the front desk. She begins to type into her computer. She looks at them in surprise.
"So, one room?" She asks. The two nod. The blonde then smirks slightly. "One bed?" She questions. They look to each other with eyes wide and awkwardly shake their heads at her assumption.
"No. This is my brother." The girls explains. The blonde laughs and looks down in embarrassment. In her defense, most assumed the two were a couple. This was due to the fact that they looked nothing alike. The girl had long dirty blonde hair that matched her light blue eyes, she also had a rosy pale skin tone. The boy had medium length light brown hair, dark brown eyes, and tanner but still light skin. These two were the definition of fraternal twins.
"I'm sorry for my mistake. So, what brings you two to Port Charles? You look like you're both college age, are you here for school?" The blonde asks. The boy smiles.
"Actually, we're both sophomores in high school." The boy admits. The woman smiles.
"A little young to be out on your own." She observes. The girl nods and begins to search through her bag. She pulls out her phone and shows the blonde her messages.
"Yeah, our mom is going to be getting here tomorrow. She told us to get a hotel room for the night." The girl explains. The woman smiles and puts the information in. She grabs a card key and hands it to the duo.
"Here you go." The woman says. The girl grabs it and offers her hand.
"Thank you for your help Ms.….?" The girl hesitates. The blonde smiles.
"Jacks, Carly Jacks." Carly introduces. Carly shakes the girl's hand before moving to the boy.
"My name is Ellison Scott, this is my sister Tessa." Ellison greets. Carly nods her head as if memorizing before looking past the twins and sighing. They look and see a man with brown spiky hair making his way towards them. They look to each other awkwardly as the two get ready to square off.
"AJ? What the hell are you doing here? Did the Quartermaine's finally gain some sense and kick your sorry ass out? If that's the case, sorry but the Metro Court doesn't house criminals." Carly teases. Ellison and Tessa walk around to watch the confrontation. Ellison for one, did not expect this level of anger from Carly. She seemed like a calm collected woman. The man, AJ, rolled his eyes.
"Look, I just wanted to talk to you about Michael. Not to mention that I was found innocent of Connie's murder. Didn't your oh so perfect Jason kill a bunch of people. He was a criminal, but I bet you would serve him if he were still alive." AJ retorts. Carly's jaw drops at the poor mention of Jason's name. Ellison and Tessa look to each other as the argument continued.
"You know, if this was a fair world, you would be rotting at the pier, not Jason." Carly spits. Suddenly, another man, much more tan than AJ walks up and grabs AJ by the arm with a free hand, his other hand held a cup of Corinthos Coffee.
"Is this piece of garbage bothering you Carly?" The man asks. Carly nods.
"He brought up Jason, Sonny." Carly tells him. Sonny motions to a gun hidden in his pants with the hand that held the Corinthos coffee.
"It's time for you to go AJ I promised Michael I would not hurt you, I won't break a promise to my son." Sonny growls.
"He's my son Sonny, not yours." AJ reminds his foe. Sonny points to the gun again. Ellison gets between the two of them.
"Okay Al Pacino, I think you both need a time out." Ellison suggests. The two men stare in confusion at the stranger. Ellison hated violence and did not understand how anyone could think that this was the answer. AJ merely leaves. Ellison looks to Sonny who eyes him suspiciously. Ellison walks back to Tessa, with Sonny's gaze never leaving him.
Ellison turns to Tessa and they begin talking. Sonny does the same with Carly.
"Carly, who are those two kids?" Sonny asks. Carly shrugs.
"They are just a couple of teenagers in need of a room." Carly explains. Sonny shrugs and points at the two kids.
"I would keep my eye out for them Carly, something about them screams trouble." Sonny warns. Carly laughs.
"Come on Sonny, they are kids, I don't think they have some sort of secret agenda here in Port Charles." Carly assures Sonny. Sonny takes a final sip of his coffee before walking out and throwing it in the garbage.
"He keeps looking at us Ellison." Tessa warns her brother. Ellison laughs.
"I'm not worried about Sonny Corinthos." Ellison assures her. Tessa holds his shoulder.
"Wait a minute, you mean you've heard of this guy?" Tessa asks. Ellison nods.
"Don't worry Tessa. I've done my homework on this place." Ellison answers. Tessa crosses his arms. Ellison sighs. "Okay, fine. Sonny Corinthos is the head of the Corinthos Crime Family Organization." He admits. Tessa's eyes widen as she smacks her twin on the side of the head.
"You're getting us mixed in with the Mob. Ellison, we have to go back home to Brooklyn. We just need to drop this unrealistic quest we've made for ourselves and go back home." Tessa pleads. Her brother shakes his head.
"No Tessa, we can't. We've already come so far, to turn back now would be a waste of three months. Not to mention that we have waited for this moment for our entire lives." Ellison begs. Tessa looks at him in sadness. "So please, can we stay. Just for like a month, then, if we have nothing by then, we'll go back home." He promises. She sighs.
"Fine, but what are we going to tell Mom?" She points out. Ellison shrugs.
"I don't know. I told her that I was given a great college opportunity at Vassar, and that I was bringing you along. Not sure if she believed it." Ellison replies. Tessa laughs.
"You are the smartest person I know Ellis so she probably has no doubt that Vassar is looking into her baby boy. Not to mention she thinks you're a goody two shoes, trust me, she believes you." Tessa teases. Suddenly, Tessa sees Sonny toss his coffee cup in the trash. She points to the trash to get Ellis' attention. Her brother nods and motions to Carly. Tessa goes over to the woman and smiles.
"Hello Carly, so is the room ready?" Tessa asks. Carly nods.
"Yes it is, and do you have luggage that you need carried to your room?" Carly asks. Tessa shakes her head.
"Just the bags on our backs." She answers.
Meanwhile, Ellison scurries over to the trash can that was placed inconveniently by the door. He had little time to waste. Carly was distracted with Tessa. Ellis gave a quick look around before grabbing the cup, placing it into a plastic bag, and placing it into his backpack. He walks back over to the women and grabs the key from Tessa. They laugh as he holds the key over his head.
Ellison was rather short for his age, being 16 yet only standing at 5'5". Tessa was only 5'2" so she was unable to reach for the key. They walk to the elevators and head to their room.
They enter and Tessa flops down onto a bed. She takes a deep breath.
"I don't think we've ever left Brooklyn." Tessa observes. Ellis nods.
"Well, we are out now." He points out.
"So, did you get the coffee cup?" Tessa asks. Her brother nods.
"Yep, with this we can find out if Sonny Corinthos is our father." Ellis confirms. Tessa nods.
"Or, if we are related." Tessa reminds. Ellison chuckles.
"Either way, we will find out who our father, it is the whole reason we came to Port Charles after all." Ellison takes a deep breath as he looks out the window into the Port Charles night sky. "Dad, we are one step closer to finding you."