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Chapter Eleven: It Ends Tonight

Promises...are they all bound to fall apart? Are we destined to break them and forever regret that we did?

Patrick had promised to never let Robin walk away from him but somehow he did again and again. As he watched her tiny figure retreat back towards the cabin he wanted so badly to stop her. But his pride got in the way.

She gave up on us, he thinks, trying to cover his sadness with anger. I might as well too. I don't need her, he rationalizes. I'll be better off. As she leaves he yells, "Go ahead and leave. I don't need you Robin, I never did." She looks back at him nodding her head in the sad realization of how it's going to be between them now. She turns around and continues to walk away from him...from everything.

I was right all along, she thinks, as the snow begins to fall yet again. It all ends eventually and for our relationship, it ended tonight.
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Cabin

After Emily makes her pregnancy declaration, she slowly edges out of the living room and into the kitchen, away from the worried glances of her friends. She looks at them and she knows that despite some happiness for her, they can't help but feel sad for that all she and the others have had to go through. They can't help but wonder what she would do next...

If only she knew. As she sinks into the soft, cushioned chair, she feels no comfort and can't help but wonder where she goes from this. She truly was happy for the second chance for the child she's always wanted but what type of life could she give it?

Maybe Patrick would be there for her and the baby, or maybe he'd leave town with Robin...maybe the baby wasn't even his. It was only once, she thinks. But the awful possibility that her child could be with Nikolas instead of Patrick haunts her. She would always consider him a friend, more than that maybe, but Patrick was still the love of her life. How could she tell him this? Should she?

Maybe it would be for the best if no one knew. Patrick would stay with me and raise our child, and Nikolas could reunite with Robin. All would be as it should have been before. But could she really lie about something so big?

"Emily," Nikolas says, apprehensively walking into the kitchen and settling down near Emily.

"Yes?" She only says one word not wanting to let on to what she is thinking; not knowing the same thing is on his mind.

"I have to know if there's a chance that...that I could be the father of your child," he grips the table tight, full of anticipation of what she will say next, not sure if it will cause him dread or joy. He was going to talk to Robin, after he let her blow of some steam first but he just had to know first.

"No," she lies, "there is no way you could be the father. I'm carrying Patrick's baby," she sees the glimmer of hope he had in his eyes flicker and finally fade away.

"But, are you sure?" He asks softly, searching her for the truth and grasping at any straw he can.

"I'm positive. I'm sorry but it's the truth. It's just not your baby," she says harshly. It's so hard to lie to him but she can't help but think it will be for the best, even though the dread of her lie is already beginning to grow. But she won't let it eat her alive. She won't let it force out the truth.

Unnoticed, Patrick comes in with Elizabeth and Lucky behind him. Robin stays in the next room, not wanting to be near them but also somewhat curious.

"Baby? Whose baby are you talking about?" Patrick asks, searching their faces for an answer.

"Your's." Emily replies, putting on a smile. "I'm pregnant Patrick and in a few months you'll be a father."

Patrick stays stagnant, blown away but what he's just heard, and rendered speechless.

"Can this day get any worse?" Robin lets out from the other room.

Elizabeth instantly replies, "It just did."
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A few hours later Patrick sits alone in his room contemplating everything that has happened tonight. My wife-if you can call her that-is pregnant and Robin just ended what we were beginning to have together. What am I supposed to do now, he thinks, still reeling from the day's events.

It would be so easy to just give up on Robin and go back to Emily. To forgive her and forget all that could have been with Robin. They could have that white picket fence that everyone dreamed of and he could raise his children with a woman that really loved him.

But he didn't want any of that, if he couldn't have it with her. Finally he realizes how important she was to him and the fact that she made life worth living. Robin truly was everything he wanted and never knew he needed.

And it wasn't even the fact that he was beginning to resent Emily more or that she was beginning to strangle him that led him to this conclusion. The simple feeling of loving someone beyond words, without even trying, made him see this.

If only he could have fully realized this before and would have had the courage to just be with her, despite everyone else and what they might think. 'Whatever happened to it being the world against us?' Now it was them against each other.

It wasn't like he could just go to her and apologize again after what just happened, even though he desperately wanted things to work out between them. Even though the thought of losing her again was beginning to break him clean in two... No, he would have to wait, and if they were meant to be together they would.

Never before had one so foolishly trusted fate ahead over their own will to make whatever they wanted happen. Hopefully, this time it wouldn't let him down.
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On the other side of the wall, sat Robin in her room, thinking about all that had happened between her and Patrick. She wondered if she was doing the right thing but was self-assured that giving up on Patrick would be the best, for both of them.

What's done is done, she thinks, trying to hide. Trying to cover up her emotions with logic. I'll get over him quickly. After all the lies he's told me it shouldn't be hard to forget him this time...right?

Wrong, a voice, deep in the back of her mind tells her. You need to go to him now and fix this. You love him and he loves you. What more does there have to be? You two have problems, that's a fact, but loving someone is loving all of them, including their faults. It'll be hard, but you can do this, I know you can.

For once she listens to that voice inside her head and opens her door, venturing out into the hallway, at the same time, for the same reason, as Patrick. They struggle to find out what to say to each other but in their heart of hearts, they know that they've known what to say all along.

Before a word is spoken, Nikolas comes into the hallway and looks at Patrick.

"You need to come with Lucky and I to get some wood Drake. We're all out and since the snows picked up again, we need to heat the house."

"Can't you see I'm busy?" He tells Nikolas but before Nik can respond Robin cuts in.

"Just go Patrick, we'll talk later." Robin tells him and reluctantly, he gets his coat and walks outside of the cabin with Nikolas and Lucky.

As the snow rages outside the cabin, into the forest the men walk, leaving the women of their lives behind. Just a quick run to get wood, they think, nothing could go wrong. If only they knew...
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Cabin- An Hour Later

Emily is sitting on the living room couch, waiting for Elizabeth to finish showering when the lights suddenly go out.

Damn, she thinks, while she searches the house for candles and pulls out a lighter from one of the drawers. While lighting a few candles and setting them about the room, she looks up to find Robin's visage staring back at her.

"The power went out," Robin states and Emily rudely replies, "Gee, Robin, I didn't notice."

"It's been a long night, and for once I really don't feel like arguing with you Emily."

Emily looks at her, noting her sincerity and not wanting to fight either. "Yeah, I'm sorry for being a bitch just now and for the past few days. It's just," she begins, trying to confide in Robin once again, like old times, "the past few days have been rough and I've just found out I'm pregnant with a baby Patrick might not want."

The shock that she would confide in her leads Robin to try and do the same. "I'm sure it's just as hard as finding out that someone you once considered a friend slept with your husband. I'm trying Emily, I really am but knowing what we've done to each other, we can never be friends."

"I know that," Emily says nodding, "sometimes I wish things were different...with everything." They both sit there, thinking, as they've done for most of their time here. The power flickers then goes completely on throughout the cabin.

"Thank God the power's back on."

"Yeah," Emily says, her thoughts elsewhere, "Liz has been up there a long time. I think we should go check on her." Robin agrees and they both go into the upstairs bathroom, only to find it empty, the water running.

Wet footsteps lead into the room she shares with Lucky and they follow them until they reach the door and open it, turning the doorknob.

With horror, they walk in and shocked at what they see they both scream so loud that they wonder if the boys can hear them from wherever they are. Emily tries to stay strong but once again faints at the gore of what she sees.

As the path went on the water had turned into blood, which was now smeared on the floor. That same blood, spelled out on the mirror, "YOU'LL NEVER GET OUT ALIVE" and something inside of them, the same thing that had made Liz sick with the fearful possibilities, made them realize that they weren't getting out of here without a fight.
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Outside

"We can hardly see our hands in front of our faces," Lucky tells the two men beside him, "we have to go back to the cabin."

"We don't even know where the cabin is now." Patrick tells the two men, "North, South, West...it all looks the same to me. The snows too hard."

"I'm sure if we just go that way we'll find our way." Nikolas says, trying to make sense out of the fact that they're lost.

"Stop acting like you know where you're going Cassadines. Give it up man, we're lost."

So consumed with arguing with each other they don't realize that they are walking into a trap. Lucky yells, the pain seething through his left leg, as he walks directly into an animal trap. Blood runs through his leg and slowly...too slow, do Patrick and Nikolas rip the trap off his leg.

They put his arms around their shoulders and drag him into a nearby cave. Patrick gets to work, moving Lucky's pant leg up to access the damage.

It's really bad, he sees and here they are stuck in the middle of nowhere with no proper medical equipment or hospitals around. If I let his wound progress he can get an infection and left untreated his leg may have to be amputated. I'm not bringing him to his wife without a leg.

Stop it Patrick, he thinks. You're jumping do conclusions. Just do what you have to do to help Lucky. He'll be okay.

So Patrick takes off the shirt beneath his clothes and rips it apart to secure it around the wound and stop the bleeding. He puts an open palm out to Nikolas and Nik stares at it in confusion.

"What do you want from me?" Nikolas asks and Patrick gives him a look that makes it seem like the most obvious thing in the world.

"Alcohol. It will help dull the pain and cleanse the wound. Even with all that AA bull, I know you still have some on you."

Nikolas pulls out an alcohol flask and puts it to Lucky's lips. Lucky drinks but even the act of swallowing feel hurtful. "I'm not drinking anymore, I just keep it for..."

"Save it Cassadine. You can drink yourself to death for all I care. The most important thing now is getting out of this storm and getting Lucky some help. We need to find a way to get him to a hospital."

Nikolas nods, agreeing for once. "At least we don't have to worry about the girls. They're safe as can be inside the cabin; there's no way they can get hurt.
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Liz opens her eyes to see the blurred reality of her world slowly sink in into her view.

What happened to me, she thinks and slowly she begins to remember. She was getting dressed when she heard another noise and suddenly something hit her in the head. Then it all went black.

She tries to speak, to scream from the pain that now seared her body but she can't. She can't get the words to come out and can't stop from being dragged into the snow. By who, she doesn't know, and it scared her to find out.

What is he going to do to me, what has he already done? Painful memories of her rape resurface and she bites back tears from the fearful possibilities. 'Am I going to die?' is the question in her head that she cannot silence and does not know the answer to. She looks up to the masked criminal and is dragged behind the bushes when it all goes black.


A/N: Shocking I hope? Just to let everyone know, I'm not going to make this into some horror flick. Its still going to be about couples trying to find they're way back to eachother even though it will be hard. but I had to deliver on that promise that someone would try and stop Scrubs from being together. I hoped you like it and tell me what you think and your guesses to who's doing all this to them. thanks to all the reviewers and readers.

cofeegurl5: Me too, I just finished finals. I'm glad you liked the chapter and I have to tell you that it will get worse before it gets better.

lorilou783: You made a pretty good guess because that us the posibility. and yeah I think it would be great if those couples finally got together in the story but it might take a little time.

jasam2010: Thanks, I'll try and update again soon. :)

carolawn5: Its great to see your still reading this. And yeah there was a lot of drama in the last chapter but I hope i can mae it all work out well. Thanks for the compliment.

bluejaygal: I find it cool that Emily's pregnant in both our stories. I wonder how it will turn out in both. And yeah it might take a while to reveal who Liz saw and who'se doing all this.