Chapter 2

Nairobi, Kenya

Twenty year old Laura Webber opened her eyes and saw that she was in a brightly colored room. "Where am I," she thought. She got out of bed and quickly dressed. She walked into the next room and saw her parents.

"Where are we?" she asked yawing.

"Can you believe this?" Rick asked. "She bugged us for weeks to go along with Scotty to Kenya to find his father and now that we're here she doesn't know where we are."

"We're in Kenya? Oh that's right Scott's father disappeared here a few months ago."

"Yes and after Scott said that he didn't want to get married until he found out what happened to his father, you insisted on us going with him," said Rick. "Are you all right Laura?"

"I remember, Dad. I wasn't all the way awake."

There was a knock on the door. Lesley opened it and their stood Scotty Baldwin.

"Are you all ready to go? The cars will be here in a few minutes," he said.

"Yes," Laura said walking over and kissing him.

Rick cleared his throat to remind her that he and Lesley were still in the room. Laura and Scotty pulled apart.

"So Scotty," Rick said. "What is the name of the guide you hired?"

"Luke Spencer. He is supposed to be the best there is. I hope that's true," he said with a far away look on his face.

Laura knew he was thinking about his father. Six months earlier, Lee Baldwin was flying from South Africa to a meeting in Kenya but the small plane crashed before he got there. The pilot had reported hearing a strange clicking sound coming from the plane's single engine. In the last known radio message, the pilot had reported that the engine had failed and that he and Lee were bailing out. There had been no word from either of them since. The authorities had found the wreckage of the plane, but there was no sign of Lee or the pilot. The only sign of hope Scotty had was the report that the planes two parachutes were missing.

Scotty refused to give up the hope that his father was alive. He intended to take every step possible to find him. Even if it meant risking his life on this safari to search the jungle for him.

He just never expected Laura to come along. He had warned her that this trip would be dangerous and told her to stay in Port Charles where she would be safe. Laura on the other hand, had ideas of her own and she had a stubborn streak in her a mile wide. When she made up her mind to do something, she couldn't be talked out of it.

The phone rang and Rick answered it. He listened a moment and thanked whoever was at the other end.

"That was the desk clerk, the car is here."

Laura smiled and took Scotty's hand. "Let's go find your father," she said.

The four of them left the hotel room and went down to the awaiting car.