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"How's it feel to be back?" Dante asked as he sat across from Lucky. After submitting a ton of paperwork, Lucky was finally back as a detective for the PCPD.

"Strange," he said. "I didn't think I'd be back in Port Charles to stay."

"You worried?"

"I don't know," he shrugged. "I've got my boys to think about, I can't let them down."

"You won't," Dante reassured him. "I'll keep you in line."

"Thanks," Lucky laughed. "You and your partner get along?"

"Nathan's a good guy," Dante nodded.

"You get along well with any other employees here?"

"Lulu told you," Dante sighed and Lucky nodded. "It's over between me and Valerie."

"I know, but just remember you broke my sister's heart," he said. "Spencer's are known to hold grudges."

"Can somebody help me?" Hayden asked when she walked over to them, interrupting their conversation. "You're a cop?"

"Yes," Lucky said, wondering what brought her down here. Dante had walked away, not wanting Lucky to continue his conversation and rip him a new one. "What can I help you with?"

"I don't know if you're the best person for me to talk about this with," she said, looking around the station for someone else, but coming up empty. "Can we talk in private?"

"Sure," he said, leading her into the interrogation room. "What's up?"

"I was shot a couple months back and went into a coma, and there's a man in prison for shooting me who I don't think did it," she told him.

"What makes you think that?"

"I have a suspicion," she said vaguely. "I don't think the bullet that was taken from my head matches the one that came from Shawn Butler's gun."

"Butler is one of Sonny's men, it's not unlikely that he shot you."

"Sonny isn't the person who wanted me dead."

"So who did?"

"I don't know if I can tell you that," she said, rifling through her purse and pulling out a ziplock bag that held a bullet. "Run a test."

"I can't do that unless you want to open a case, why don't you bring this to Samantha Morgan?"

"Please, Lucky," she said. "I know we don't know each other very well and I'm just the random new girl who's married to your brother, but I need your help."

"Why me?"

"You don't have ties to Jason Morgan, and because I went to tell him who he was I was shot. You're a smart guy, who didn't want him to know his identity that already knew," she said before walking out. He sighed as he pocketed the bag, deciding to help her.

Elizabeth was sitting on the couch in her living room, the book Helena left her closed on her lap. She's read through it hundreds of times and didn't know what to make of it, and was horrified over whatever Helena did to her son. She was startled when she heard the doorbell, the book dropping to the floor when she stood up quickly.

"Hello Elizabeth," Nikolas said as he walked in. "How's everything?"

"Good, I supposed," she said, walking over to the couch. "You?"

"Coming up empty on my uncle's whereabouts, unfortunately," he said, leaning down to pick up the book. "I thought you would have burned this."

"She did something to him, Nikolas. I don't know what, and I don't know how to find out," she said, taking the book back from him. "My son was held captive by that woman for years and who knows what's going to happen. He's fine now, but what if in a couple of years whatever she did activates."

"She's tormenting you, like she's tormenting the rest of us," he said. "Jake is back home with his family and he's doing well."

"For now."

"Have you spoken to Jason recently?"

"No, he ignores my calls. I had the bad luck of seeing him and Sam together on a date and I haven't seen him since," she sighed. "This didn't play out well for either of us."

"It never does," he sighed. "I shouldn't have listened to Helena and I should have told Sam that Jake was really Jason, this entire mess would have been avoided."

"And Sam still wins."

"She's his wife," Nikolas tried to reason with her. "I know Jason has a special place in your heart, but sometimes some people aren't meant to be."

"Because he was always in the mob and lived a lifestyle I hated. This was our time, he had no ties."

"He's still not working for Sonny, and he's still with Sam," Nikolas said, knowing this wasn't what Elizabeth wanted to hear but needed to. "I'm not just saying this because Sam is my cousin, I threw away that relationship when I lied, and I kept the secret for you because you were happy. But, it's time to accept the reality of the situation."

"I don't know if I can give him up," she said quietly.

"You're only hurting yourself if you don't," he said, resting his hand on her knee. "You deserve to be truly happy."

"Thank you," she said, wiping at her eyes. "So do you."

"I think my happiness died that night with Emily," he sighed. "I truly loved her and have been unlucky ever since."

"You'll find someone," she said, patting his hand. "I have to head to work."

"Yes, I have to find where my wife went off to," Nikolas said as he stood up.

"You think she's up to something?"

"Of course," he said, opening the front door. "She wouldn't be my type if she wasn't hiding something from me."

"Spinelli!" Maxie yelled out as she walked into his apartment with Georgie.

"Maximista!" he said nervously, slamming his laptop shut. "What brings you here at this time?"

"I thought we could hang out," she shrugged. "Whatcha looking into for Sam?"

"It's unimportant," he said, taking Georgie from her. "Is all well in the fashion world today?"

"We sent another issue to the printer and I'm praying this time it comes out like a normal magazine. I don't know how Nina and I would spin a third disaster."

"I am positive you would come up with something creative, you're brilliant," Spinelli said fondly. Maxie smiled and remembered when they used to be together, then quickly remembered her current boyfriend and felt guilty.

"When is Ellie coming?"

"Her arrival to Port Charles is still to be determined," he said, noticing Maxie's shift in demeanor. "She is an essential member of the lab and they're unwilling to let her go."

"I really appreciate it that you moved back so I could see Georgie grow up," Maxie said. "I know that wasn't the only reason, but it's the most important one for me."

"Yes, well," he stammered. "I am very glad to be back to the normalcy of Port Charles."

"Normal? Port Charles? Really?"

"I grew accustomed to the ways of this town, and my expertise in private investigating was not in high demand in Portland," he explained. "It feels good to be a part of the McCall and Jackal team again."

"Since you are back, what mystery are you looking into?"

"Nothing of importance," he shrugged, hoping Maxie would drop the subject but knowing that wasn't likely.

"Please, with the insanity caused by Helena's will reading? I know they were there, Lulu told me that Helena had some creepy message about the Spencer bloodline living on."

"Well, the Vicious One was not wrong. The Small Stone Cold is in fact not the offspring of Stone Cold, but a young Spencer."

"Yeah, but Lulu? How would she know unless Helena stole her eggs."

"I think we should not dwell for long upon the ways of Helena Cassadine," Spinelli said. "Shall we get lunch, perhaps?"

"I was supposed to meet with Nathan, but Georgie and I are starving," she said, getting up from the couch and grabbing Georgie. "I just have to stop back in my apartment. Meet you in the hallway?"

"Yes, of course," he said, shutting the door behind her and quickly pulling out his phone.

"Spinelli? What's up?" Sam asked.

"I discovered extremely sensitive information. I will be at Kelly's with Maximista, so come to my apartment and take my laptop. This cannot wait."

"I'll be there in a little bit, can you wait there?"

"Alas, I cannot. Maxie has been asking questions and I fear your arrival would create more questions and I vowed I would not say anything to her."

"This has to do with Nathan?"

"Affirmative."

"Would you like me to break in or can you leave a key?"

"Discreetly break in, please."

"Things were always more interesting with you around," she sighed. "Stop by my place later tonight to pick it up."

"Who was that?" Jason asked. They were sitting in his apartment looking at Legoland prices. He really wanted to go to Hawaii with Sam, but Danny had no interest when they brought it up again.

"Spinelli. I have to break into his apartment, you want to come?"

"I'm learning things are never dull with you," he smirked, shutting his computer. "Legoland in California looks like a good option."

"Good, now we just have to convince my family to come so they can bring Danny home and we can fly to Hawaii from there," she smiled. "Come on, let's go steal his laptop."

"Any particular reason we're doing it the illegal way? Or is it just more fun?"

"He's with Maxie and she can't know," she explained. "But it is more fun this way."

"Let's go."

Jason was keeping watch as Sam carefully picked the lock to Spinelli's apartment. He smiled in amusement, figuring this was a normal thing for them.

"Got it!" Sam said excitedly as she stood up. "Let's get the laptop and get back to my place."

"What do you think Spinelli found?"

"I don't know," she shrugged. "Must be something important."

"Why don't we look now?"

"They could come back any minute. The last thing we need is for Maxie to find out her boyfriend is involved in this mess. She's not exactly subtle."

"Whatever he's into, you think he realizes?"

"I don't know," she said as she slipped the laptop in her purse. "Maybe he knows to an extent, but I'm sure whatever the full story is he has no idea."

"Nathan! There you are," Maxie said in the hallway. Sam and Jason froze, looking at each other trying to come up with a plan.

"We're trapped," she said as she heard the door open.

"Fair Samantha and Stone Cold, what brings you to my humble abode?" Spinelli asked nervously.

"Just wanted to check out the place," Sam said and Jason nodded. "We'll be leaving now."

"You two totally had sex in here as payback for Spinelli and me having sex in Jason's old place," Maxie accused them.

"Where did that even come from?" Sam asked, actually shocked of what came out of the blonde's mouth.

"Did you break in here?" Nathan asked, looking at the lock. Sam took a deep breath and looked at Jason with apologetic eyes.

"Maxie was right," she said quickly, grabbing Jason's hand and pulling him toward the door. "I just can't keep my hands off my husband these days. We came to visit and things got a little hot on the way here and it was either in the hallway or on the couch. We're gonna go now."

"I knew it," Maxie said with a smirk. "I bet they were role-playing this time too."

"We were not role-playing when was Jason was arrested for solicitation!"

"Was I soliciting you?" he asked and she nodded. "I'm okay with that."

"We're leaving," Sam said, pulling Jason out into the hallway and quickly hopped into the elevator. "I'm sorry."

"Couldn't think of anything better, Miss P.I.?"

"No, but now since I told Maxie she was right, she'll be focused on that and not that Spinelli's computer is missing or that he's been doing work for me," she explained. "And it's Mrs. P.I."

"I stand corrected," he smiled, leaning down to kiss her. "So when did you transition from prostitution to private investigating?"

"You're not funny."

Robin stepped off the elevator in the hospital and realized she didn't really have a plan for confronting Dr. Finn. She needed to know if he worked on Emily or if she was still stuck in those tanks in some unknown lab.

"Robin, hi," Elizabeth said and Robin internally cursed, knowing she was naïve in thinking she'd just find Finn and no one would stop her. "What are you here for?"

"Just came to see what's going on."

"Okay," Elizabeth said, looking at her questioningly. "When are you guys going back to California?"

"Hopefully soon," Robin said. She caught Dr. Finn out of the corner of her eye and didn't want to lose him. She excused herself and grabbed his arm, pulling him into an empty room.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"I know you know who I am, and I know who you are," she said, crossing her arms across her chest. "I need answers."

"I don't know if I can help you."

"Did you ever work on this girl?" she asked, holding up a picture of Emily and she saw his face soften. "Is she dead?"

"No, I half-saved her. I was able to duplicate most of your research, but I couldn't fully bring the person back."

"What does that mean?" she asked, horrible images flashing in her mind.

"They were never able to regain past memories, the hippocampus was very difficult to get to re-stimulate. I think that's why she was given to me by Helena."

"She specifically gave her to you?"

"You see, Helena had plans to gain control of the Quartermaine fortune and wanted the a viable union between a Quartermaine and a Cassadine."

"Emily and Nikolas were engaged."

"But my dear nephew never followed his grandmothers orders," he said and Robin gasped. "I am Valentin Cassadine. I worked for Helena to allow her to think she had me under her control, but that was not the case."

"You tampered with her immortality treatments."

"You are brilliant, Dr. Scorpio. You were successful in everything you did, but I could not allow you to succeed in that area."

"Where is Emily?"

"She was taken from me when Helena realized I was falling in love with her, but was unable to handle that she was kept from her family and could not remember her past life. I was in love with a shell of a person and I could not live with myself if I followed Helena's plans."

"So who has her?"

"I don't have an answer," he said sadly. "Please keep my identity a secret."

"I can't do that," she said honestly. "I need to find my friend, and my husband and two others are helping."

"Samantha and Jason Morgan," he said knowingly.

"They won't say anything."

"I have plans, Dr. Scorpio. If you are willing to work with me, I believe we all can be much happier in the end."

"I don't like how that sounds."

"I trusted you with my secret, I need you to trust in me," he said before walking out.

Jason and Sam made it back to her apartment without incident, ignoring the text from Spinelli that questioned if the couch he was currently sitting on had been used for fornication purposes. Sam chose to ignore it while Jason laughed away in the passenger seat.

"Glad to see you still have a sense of humor," she smirked.

"Did I not use to find these things funny?" he asked, noticing her tone.

"Oh you did, you just weren't as open about how funny you really did think they were. It's nice not having to figure out what's in your head as often as I used to, although I am a pro when it comes to Jason Morgan."

"I have no doubts about that," he smiled, kissing the top of her head. "Shall we find out what was so important?"

"Moment of truth," Sam said as she opened the laptop and began to look through it. "No wonder why Spinelli didn't want Maxie to see any of this. Nathan was married."

"Didn't Maxie ask you to look into whoever Claudette is?"

"No, but I offered," she said and gasped when she opened the file on Claudette. "It can't be."

"What?"

"Jason, it's Emily," she said, showing him the pictures that came up. "Claudette is Emily."

The big reveal, lol. Let me know what you thought of this chapter, what you may think is going to happen in future chapters, what you think of the actual show's direction, anything lol. Thanks for reading! :)