Chapter 22

Surfland, Florida

Bobbie stood in the airport with Lesley, Nikolas, Sonny and Roy.  She wasn't sure where they should go now.  She had spoken to Hutch one more time after his initial call.  He told her to wait in the airport and he would contact her.

She looked around at all the people in the airport.  She wondered if she would even recognize him when she saw him.

She saw the worry on Lesley's face.  She reached out to grasp her hand, but someone bumped into her and knocked her backwards.  The man jammed a piece of paper in her hand and ran off.

Nikolas helped her to her feet.

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine," she said.

"I ought to go after that guy," said Sonny.

"No.  I fine.  Really."

"What is that paper?" asked Lesley.

Bobbie unfolded it and read it out loud.

"Meet me at noon, in the alley behind the building at 145 Elm Street. Hutch."

"It's 11:45 now, we had better get a move on it," said Roy.

They left the airport and got two taxis.  A few minutes later they pulled up in front of the building.  Nikolas paid the driver and they walked around to the alley.  It looked deserted.

"Bobbie?" a voice whispered.

"Hutch?"

Hutch emerged from behind a row of garbage cans.  He smiled at Bobbie.

"It's good to see you again, Bobbie," he said

He gave her a hug and turned to Lesley.

"Hi Lesley.  Don't worry, I am sure that Laura is alive, wherever she is."

"Thanks Hutch," she said.

He turned to face Roy.  His mouth dropped open.

"Roy?  I thought you were dead," he stammered.

"Yes, that's what everyone thought, but I'm still around.  Good to see you again," said Roy.

"Good to see you again too."

Hutch looked at Sonny and Nikolas, then he looked back at Bobbie.  She realized that he didn't know them.

"Hutch, this is Sonny Corinthos."

"Hello," they said at the same time.

They shook each other's hand.

Hutch turned to Nikolas.  Bobbie stepped forward to introduce them.

"This is Nikolas Cassadine.  He is Laura's son."

Hutch just stared at him.  He couldn't believe that Laura could have a son this old.  It made him realize how long he had been running.

"Nice to meet you Nikolas," he said shaking hands with him.

He looked around at all of them.

"We have to hurry.  I think Luke and Laura are still alive, but we have to find them before Jennifer and her men do."

"Where do we start?" asked Bobbie.

Hutch pulled a large piece of paper out of his pocket and unfolded it.  He laid it on the ground and they all knelt around it.

"I have a map.  The red X is where they found the boat that Luke and Laura were in.  There are four islands within a ten mile radius of that spot.  I know Laura had an inflatable life raft in her bag.  If they left the boat in that, they might have been able to reach one of those islands.  My plan is to rent a boat and check all four islands."

"Agreed," they all said.

"We have to move now, because I think Jennifer is already looking for them."

They all nodded and started out of the alley.