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Title: Once Upon a Liason
Timeline: 2011
Summary: A curse has taken a hold over the people of Port Charles to keep them from ever finding true happiness. But true love can conquer all, with the help from Cameron. Features Liason, Lusam, and others. ThroughTheMirrorDarkly gave me permission to continue it as she chose not to.
Disclaimer: I don't own General Hospital or Once Upon a Time.
A TALE AS OLD AS TIME
Written by silverbellbaby
Part 4 of 12
'A Familiar Soul Resurfaces'
***Emily's Hospital Room***
Emily: "Are you sure that you want to hear it? It's not pretty. Also, I don't want you doing anything you'll regret."
Nikolas: "I just got you back, baby. I'm not about to lose you again by going after Anthony Zacchara or anyone else that's connected to your disappearance." (nods) "Please, tell me."
Emily: (sighs softly) "Okay. Johnny Zacchara has had a thing for me for years. Either Johnny told Anthony or Anthony figured it out. I don't know. As for Paul Hornsby, he needed money…badly."
Nikolas: (confused) "Isn't Paul a lawyer? Usually lawyers make good money."
Emily: (raises her eyebrows) "Unless he's a gambler."
Nikolas: (surprised) "That I didn't know. How did you?"
Emily: (smiles) "I'm getting to that."
Nikolas: (chuckles) "Sorry."
Emily: "Being I didn't feel the same way towards Johnny, Anthony decided I shouldn't be around in Port Charles anymore. I told him Port Charles is my home. Anthony didn't give a shit. As for Paul, my family didn't know that he was a gambler. I guess he hid that part from them."
Nikolas: (snorts) "Obviously very well."
Emily: "Paul asked the Quartermaine's for money. About a million dollars. They were shocked. How did I find out he was a gambler? When you and I were at the casino one time having fun. You weren't feeling well, so you went up to our room. I happened to see him and he was deep in thought on the game. Judging from his frustration, I could tell he was losing big time. I asked him if anyone knew he was there. He said no and I wasn't going to tell anyone, either. I told him it was none of my business what he did with his life. When he eventually asked the Quartermaine's for money, I suggested in private that he get help. He told me to mind my own damn business. I left it alone." (unevenly) "Then, it was the night of the ball." (gulps) "Uh…um…"
(Nikolas takes her hand in his and gently squeezes it)
Nikolas: "It's okay if you can't go on, baby."
Emily: (nods) "No, I need to. I need to get it out."
(She sighs deeply and briefly closes her eyes)
Emily: "Anthony approached me the night of the ball. He told me I shouldn't have come tonight. When I asked him why in confusion, he started walking towards me. As I was trying to get away, he started divulging his plans. Before I could get out of the room, he got me and grabbed me. He starts choking me, and he speaks apologetically that I have to die because Johnny couldn't handle seeing me all the time in Port Charles, especially being I was with Nikolas. He said if only I felt the same for his son, then he wouldn't have to do this." (clears her throat) "The next thing I know, I wake up, half unconscious, and Paul is talking to some kind of doctor. At-At least, I think he was a doctor because he had a white doctor's coat on."
Nikolas: (nods) "Go on, honey."
Emily: "I couldn't make out everything that Paul was saying as I was in and out of consciousness. What I did hear is he must hide me from the Quartermaine's. I can never go back to Port Charles. I was scared out of my mind, but couldn't say anything. When I finally woke up, I was in a white room and strapped to a white bed. There was an orderly in there watching me. I asked him where I was. All the guy said was 'He'll be in here in a minute to see you'. I looked at him in confusion. Paul then walked in. I asked him what the hell was going on. He said 'it's for your own good, Emily'. I told him to untie me, but he said he couldn't do that. Paul chuckled and commented that, because of me, Anthony's son Johnny couldn't be happy. Paul then told me I knew too much about his secret. When I looked confused and asked if it was about his gambling, I told him I didn't fucking care and that it was his own business. He said he couldn't take the risk of me not telling everyone. I asked him how long I was going to be here. He slowly shook his head and said 'You're not leaving here, Emily. This is your new home'. Needless to say, I was scared shitless."
Nikolas: (scoffs) "I would be, too. So, because of the little Zacchara and Paul's gambling, they wanted you to stay dead?"
Emily: (nods) "Pretty much."
(Nikolas gets up from Emily's bed in a hurry and scoffs angrily. Emily worriedly shakes her head and attempts to reach out to him, yet he was so far away)
Emily: "Nikolas, promise me that you won't do anything rash. I just escaped from that hell-hole. I don't want to lose anyone I care about again."
(Nikolas takes a deep breath and looks momentarily at the ceiling as he puts his hands on his hips)
Nikolas: (frustratedly) "Baby, do you know what you're asking me to do? Huh?"
(He faces Emily and raises his voice)
Nikolas: "They took you away from me! Those bastards took you away from me for all these years! I love you and will NOT lose you again!"
Emily: (tearfully) "Don't you think I know that? I know what they did to you because I'd feel the exact same if the same thing happened to you! Trust me, I'd want revenge, too! But, I wouldn't want to risk losing you to do it."
(After both taking a minute to calm down, Nikolas sits on his girl's bed again)
Nikolas: "I promise you this, baby. While I want revenge against Hornsby and Zacchara for keeping you away from me….I won't do anything drastic to make that happen."
Emily: (nods & smiles) "Thank you. I love you."
Nikolas: "I love you more."
(They share a kiss and then hug)
***Alexis' Cottage***
Alexis: (nods) "So, you want a divorce from Jason."
Sam: "Yes." (sighs) "In all honesty, we never should have gotten married in the first place. Our hearts just weren't in it."
Alexis: (puzzled) "Then why did you?"
Sam: (raises her eyebrows) "Truthfully? We thought we loved each other. We realized down the road that we weren't in love with each other."
(As they continue to sit down on the couch and get comfy, Alexis speaks)
Alexis: "If you two are sure on the divorce, yes, I can help you with it."
Sam: "Thanks, mom." (chuckles softly) "The truth of the matter is, I've been in love with someone else and I didn't even realize it. He completes me, doesn't judge me, and has loved me for me."
(Alexis looks at her daughter in confusion before realizing who it is)
Alexis: (nods) "Lucky Spencer."
Sam: "Yes. Granted, he's made mistakes in the past, but so have I. We're not perfect. No one's perfect."
Alexis: "So, where is he?"
Sam: "That I don't know. Jason offered to help me find him, but I said no since I'm a PI. Besides, I'm not 100% sure that he wants to be found. I won't force him to come back to Port Charles." (shrugs) "He might not even feel the same way towards me."
Alexis: (sighs) "I just want you to be happy."
Sam: (nods & smiles) "Me, too. But, in the end, it's up to him."
***Outside Cameron's Hospital Room***
Liz: (shocked) "Are you serious?"
Jason: (eyes widen) "Someone almost got Cameron?"
Nurse: (nods) "Yes, sir. Someone almost injected something into Cameron's IV."
(Elizabeth looks to Jason for comfort. As he takes her in his arms, they face the nurse)
Jason: "What can you tell us about the person?"
Nurse: (sighs) "She had on a white winter coat with a white hood to cover up her face and hair. As I caught her about to inject a needle in the patients IV, she quickly put her hood on and zipped up her coat. However, not before I got a good look at the color and style of her hair."
Liz: (confused) "What do you mean?"
Nurse: "She had wavy blondish hair."
(Both Jason and Elizabeth only know one person with that color of hair…Carly. They face each other in horror as they came to a startling realization)
Liz: "Emily was telling the truth, wasn't she? As was Cameron…."
Jason: "Unfortunately, they were. We now have proof."
(Jason momentarily closes his eyes and sighs)
Jason: "The curse on Port Charles is true."
Liz: "And Carly wants Cameron dead."
Jason: (nods) "We need to protect our son now more than ever."
(Jason has Max guard Cameron's room. Jason also tells Max that if Max doesn't know the name of the person visiting Cameron, they are not allowed in. Jason didn't care about the ID or name tag on the person's uniform as it can always be switched. While Max guarded Cameron, everyone was in Emily's room)
(Emily, Nikolas, Jason, and Elizabeth all talk. They discuss the curse and the dangers it holds for Cameron. Jason, Elizabeth, and Emily face Nikolas while Jason speaks)
Jason: "Nikolas, do you know anything about the curse? I mean, before yesterday and today?"
(Nikolas looks at his friends and the woman he loves. He knew he had to protect his secret at all costs)
Nikolas: (shakes his head) "No, I don't. I knew nothing about the curse. I found out the same time you all did."
Male Voice: "Don't believe a word that comes out of the Prince's mouth."
(Everyone is shocked as hell to see Lucky Spencer in the doorway of Emily's hospital room)
Chapter 4 Done
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