"WOW" was all Dimitri could manage to say when Ethan and Kristina got done telling him their story. "So, let me get this straight, your grandmother kidnapped you to get Ethan to come to her", pointing at Kristina "because she has had a vendetta with your father for years and now wants to kill you because he killed her son" pointing at Ethan "and you are Sonny Corinthos' daughter?, the Sonny Corrinthos'" pointing at Kristina again. "Yeah mate, that is about the jist of it all" Ethan responded back. "WOW" "that is quite a story, why didn't you just go back home, I am sure you would have been safe there?" "It would not have worked out, to much stuff going on there" Kristina replied back. "ok, gotcha, so what is your next move going to be man?" Dim asked him. "well I was hoping you would let us hang around here for a few days so I can get a real plan in motion" Ethan responded. "no problem, you know my house is your
house whenever you need it" he replied back. Later on that afternoon Kristina asked "is there a place around here to buy some clothes? I need a few more things than what we left the with". "yes, there is a little place at the end of the road, we can head out after dark" Dim replied back. They all headed out a few hours later...walking down the road Ethan took Kristina's hand and she felt this heat come over her as did Ethan. Once they got to the shop she said "i will be only a few minutes, why don't you both go get a drink at the bar next door and I will come and meet you?" "are you sure Krissy" Ethan said. "of course, it will all be fine, I know how to blend in". No way you could ever blend in with as beautiful as you are Ethan thought to himself. Ethan and Dimitri found a couple of bar stools and sat down, ordering a few beers. Ethan was looking around the place, he thought it was pretty cool, kinda like a bar he would like to run someday when out of nowhere this very provocativly dressed female came over to both of them. "how would you handsome fellas like to buy a girl a drink" she said. Dimitri laughed seeing that she was drunk already and said "sure, do you want a water?" "oh please boy I am sure you can do better than that" she replied then turned to look at Ethan. "what about you, you know what kind of drink to buy a lady I am sure" rubbing her hand on his arm. "my apologies madam but I am waiting for somebody and she would get very angry if I bought you a drink" he replied back to her. "oh what kind of lady would leave a guy like you waiting" she said. Only the best he was about to reply but he had no time as the lady grabbed him and laid one on him, directly on the lips and it was just at that moment he heard "Ethan!" "what the hell is going on here" he didn't even have to look to know it was Kristina. He saw her with tears in her eyes, he pushed the lady off of him as she turned and bolted out the door. "Kristina, Kristina come back" he yelled after her. Kristina didn't know where she was going, she could barely see anything thru her tears. She started running up the street, she could hear Ethan behind her yelling for her, but she was not stopping. She just could not get that picture out of her head. She could still hear him yelling "kristina come on and stop" and she stopped just about the time that a black van pulled up beside of her. She knew what was going to happen before it did, she looked back at Ethan, he was still to far away to stop it. The van opened up and one of Helena's goons jumped out and grabbed her. She kicked and screamed but it was no use, he was to strong. Ethan saw what was happening and he and Dimitri ran as fast as they could but they got to the van just as Kristina was pulled in and the van door shut, he saw the look in her eyes when the door shut. "KRISTINA" he yelled at the top of his voice as the van drove away, as it did, the man in the front seat dropped a letter out the window. Dimitri went and picked it up. It was addressed to Ethan. Ethan's thoughts were going a mile a minute, the rage building up inside of him, he had to get Kristina back now. "Dim, we have to find her now, I have to get her back, we have to save her. You have no idea what Helena is capable of" he said. "what does the note say?" Dim asked. It read: Ethan my precious, I have something of value to you which I know you want back. No harm will come to her if you show up within two hours to the Castle Inn of New Orleans, but if you do not show, there will be nothing left of her to find later and you know I do not lie, I killed my own daughter remember. Ethan's heart dropped and he looked at Dim..."what is the Castle Inn?" he asked. It is one of the most haunted places in New Orleans. "ok let's go" Ethan demanded "we have to go now, I have to get to Kristina, I cannot let anything happen to her, I can't let her be in that place with her". "ok, let's think this thru man, we cannot just go barrelling in, we need a plan" Dim said as the voice of reason. Yeah right, a plan, Ethan thought. But how can he think of a plan, the girl he loved was just taken from him, he could not deal with the hurt that he knew he had caused her right before and the horror that he knew she was feeling now. He had to get to her, rescue her. He knew he could not rest till she was back in his arms where she belonged. "ok Dim" he said, voice full of desperation "let's figure out a plan"