Chapter 31
Nikolas stared at the guns that were pointed at him. "What do you want?" he asked the men.
"I think you know Mr. Cassadine," one of the men told him. "Your grandmother sent us."
"You have Luke and Jack don't you?"
"Yes. The three of you and Miss Campbell will soon be transported to your grandmother's island."
"Leave Gia out of this!" Nikolas yelled.
The man laughed, but he didn't answer. He turned to the other man. "Come on, let's get him in the car."
"What about the girl?" the other man asked.
"Bill wanted to take care of her personally."
The man grabbed Nikolas by the arm and started to pull him towards the stairway. Nikolas tried to fight him. Inside the room Gia heard the thump as the two of them fell against the door of her room. When the sounds outside her room stopped, she cautiously opened the door and saw two men dragging Nikolas down the corridor. She waited until they disappeared around the corner then slipped out of the room.
Gia stayed a safe distance behind them, but made sure that she kept them in sight. She didn't know what she was going to do once they got outside. She didn't have a car to follow them.
The men left the hospital with Nikolas, but they didn't get in a car. They took him across the street and pushed him into an abandoned building. Gia followed them and quietly entered the building. She saw them tying Nikolas to a chair next to Luke and Jack. She quickly found a place to hide and listened to the men talking.
"What do we do now Bill?" one of the men asked.
"Bob I'm putting you in charge. Get these three to the airport and onto Mrs. Cassadine's private plane. Meanwhile I'll go back to the hospital to deal with Miss Campbell," Bill said as he walked out the door.
"You got it," Bob said. He turned to one of the other men. "Where's the car, Charles?"
"Right in front of building."
The men began untying Luke, Jack and Nikolas. Gia knew that she had to do something. She quickly made her way out of the building.
A few minutes later Helena's men emerged from the building. They pushed Luke and the others into the car. The men didn't notice the person slipping away from the car. A few minutes later, Bob noticed the two flat tires on the car.
"How did that happen?" he asked suspiciously. "We need to take them back inside until we can fix this. Charles you go with them and watch them."
Gia watched from the bushes as Charles took the three of them back inside. She waited until the other three had their backs to her and then slipped back inside. She watched from the doorway as he tied them back up.
She took a deep breath and hoped her plan worked. She walked into the room where Charles was holding them. "Hi," she said smiling at him.
Charles turned around looking startled. "Hi. You… you shouldn't be here," he said.
"Awww, now is that anyway to talk to me?" Gia asked. She walked up to him and ran her finger over his chest.
He looked down nervously at her hand. "What… um… what are you doing?" he asked. He started to slowly back away from her.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" she asked trying to make her voice sound romantic.
She moved towards him again. He continued to back away. Gia made sure he was heading for an open door at the back of the room. As they got closer, she saw that it was an empty closet.
Charles was so nervous that he didn't notice where he was going. He backed into the closet. Gia quickly slammed the door shut and slid a table in front of it. She could hear him pounding to get out while she untied Luke. She moved on to untie Nikolas while Luke untied Jack.
"Good work," Luke said.
"Thanks. What do we do now?" Gia asked.
"We have to find that island. Let's go," Luke said.
They went to the door and saw Helena's other three men were still there.
"Did anyone see another door?" Jack asked.
"No, what about one of the windows?" Nikolas said.
"They began checking all the windows on the sides of the building. Finally Gia found one that opened.
"Over here!" she yelled.
"Ok, let's get to the airport," Luke said as he climbed out the window. The others followed close behind him.