Chapter 18
"How do I know that Mikkos sent you?" Melanie asked.
Sarah approached the house. "I know who the heir is."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
Melanie walked away from the house and towards Sarah. "Who is it?"
~~~
Luke and Laura looked from Lucky and Nikolas to Robert and Sean.
"Nothing," Luke replied quickly.
"We're going to go," Sean said. "We have things that need to be done." He looked at Robert who nodded. They moved past Lucky and Nikolas and left the hospital room.
"What's going on here?" Nikolas asked.
"Nothing," Luke replied again.
"Then why were Sean and Robert here?" Lucky asked.
"They were updating us on the search for Helena."
"Why was Mikkos mentioned?" Nikolas asked.
~~~
Stefan walked into his study at Wyndemere in time to see the passage door close. He rushed over to it and swung it open to find nothing. He stepped inside and began to follow the maze of tunnels that he suspected the intruder to have taken.
~~~
"I think you know," Sarah said. "And I would think that you wouldn't want something so sensitive to be discussed out here."
Melanie lifted her head and looked at Sarah, apprehension in her eyes.
"Very well," she replied. "Why don't we discuss this inside?"
Sarah smiled. "Yes, why don't we." She followed Melanie inside the house and into the office and sat near the window.
"So what are my brothers up to?" Melanie asked.
~~~
Sonny knocked on the door of Alexis' penthouse. He ad been calling her for the past few minutes and had gotten no answer so he decided to go check on her. He knew that she was taking Zander's death hard even if she put on the show that it didn't bother her.
When he got no answer he became even more worried.
"Alexis, if you're in there open up!" He called.
"Go away Sonny," he heard quietly from inside.
"Alexis open up."
"No, go away."
"Alexis..."
"I do believe that she told you to go away, Mr. Corinthos," Mikkos said from behind him. Sonny turned.
"And you would be?"
"Her father." Mikkos pulled a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door of the penthouse. "Now leave, Mr. Corinthos," he replied coldly before her disappeared inside.
~~~
"Did we talk about Mikkos?" Luke asked Laura.
"I don't think so," Laura replied.
"Don't evade the question," Lucky said.
Luke sighed and looked at Laura who nodded. He moved over to the door and placed a chair in front of it to make sure that no one walked in on them.
"Okay, we'll tell you," Laura said. "The car crash that killed your sister...well she wasn't in the car."
~~~
"Mikkos and Victor need you to stop your games with Helena," Sarah said. "They have a plan to destroy her and you are getting in the way."
"Oh really?" Melanie asked.
Sarah sighed. "I'm only telling you what they told me. The are going to destroy Helena and they do not want the rest of the family involved."
"The rest of the family is already invovled."
"But those that are invovled have either been killed or are protected."
"Nikolas isn't."
"He is, Mikkos made sure of that before we arrived. He and the Spencers have guards on them as well as Alexis and Stefan."
"How do you fit into this Ms. Webber?"
~~~
Mikkos entered the penthouse and found Alexis sitting on the floor, her knees drawn up to her chest and her arms wrapped around them.
"Alexis?" He asked quietly. No answer. "Alexis?"
"Why did you stay away?" She asked coldly from her position on the floor.
"I had to."
"Why?"
"Helena and I kept many secrets from each other, I came back to expose them."
"That's not an answer," she said. "Why did you stay away?"
"To keep everyone safe."
"You could have done a better job if you had stayed."
"Maybe."
~~~
The man walked out on the balcony, quietly observing the young girl that was playing near the ocean. He smiled. Inside the shrill ring of a telephone was heard. The man ignored it and continued to watch his daughter playing in the water.
Without warning several gunshots rang out. The man turned at the sound of the screams of his servants, his eyes wide. His daughter. He had to get to her, get her to safety. He looked over the balcony. He could jump, it was almost twelve feet to the ground, though. He looked back to the house. The sounds of heavy footsteps coming up the stairs frightened him. He stepped up onto the concrete railing, and with one last look into the house, he jumped.
~~~
"What?" Nikolas and Lucky demended at the same time. Luke sighed.
"A lot has happened in the past few days. Your mother and I agreed to let Sean and Robert fake Lisa Marie's death along with Zander's, Robin's, and Jordan's. It was simple really. Helena had sent her people out to find them and kill them, only Zander and Jordan beat them to it."
"And you just let Stefan and Alexis believe that Zander and Jordan were dead."
"Appearantly it's the same thing Mikkos did," Laura said quietly.
"I can't believe this," Lucky said. "You tell us that there will be no more lies and you do this?"
"Lucky," Laura said. "We were trying to protect everyone."
"Forget it," Lucky said, storming out of the room.
~~~
He fell onto the concrete patio. He rolled but quickly got his bearings and stood up. He mentally checked his own injuries as he raced towards the beach to his daughter.
"Sabrina!" He called. The little girl of three or four looked up and began to run towards her father.
"Sabrina," he said catching his breath as she ran to him. He picked her up and carried her farther away from the house. "Sabrina, where's Talia?"
"Talia went back to the house papa," the little girl said.
He nodded, his eyes wide as he stared back at the house from where he could hear more gunfire.
"Papa, you're hurt."
"I know baby," he said. "I know."
"What a touching scene Aiden," a woman said from behind them. He slowly turned around.
"Helena." Helena smiled.
"You have a lovely daughter Aiden," Helena continued. "Too bad that she'll have to grow up an orphan."
"How do I know that Mikkos sent you?" Melanie asked.
Sarah approached the house. "I know who the heir is."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
Melanie walked away from the house and towards Sarah. "Who is it?"
~~~
Luke and Laura looked from Lucky and Nikolas to Robert and Sean.
"Nothing," Luke replied quickly.
"We're going to go," Sean said. "We have things that need to be done." He looked at Robert who nodded. They moved past Lucky and Nikolas and left the hospital room.
"What's going on here?" Nikolas asked.
"Nothing," Luke replied again.
"Then why were Sean and Robert here?" Lucky asked.
"They were updating us on the search for Helena."
"Why was Mikkos mentioned?" Nikolas asked.
~~~
Stefan walked into his study at Wyndemere in time to see the passage door close. He rushed over to it and swung it open to find nothing. He stepped inside and began to follow the maze of tunnels that he suspected the intruder to have taken.
~~~
"I think you know," Sarah said. "And I would think that you wouldn't want something so sensitive to be discussed out here."
Melanie lifted her head and looked at Sarah, apprehension in her eyes.
"Very well," she replied. "Why don't we discuss this inside?"
Sarah smiled. "Yes, why don't we." She followed Melanie inside the house and into the office and sat near the window.
"So what are my brothers up to?" Melanie asked.
~~~
Sonny knocked on the door of Alexis' penthouse. He ad been calling her for the past few minutes and had gotten no answer so he decided to go check on her. He knew that she was taking Zander's death hard even if she put on the show that it didn't bother her.
When he got no answer he became even more worried.
"Alexis, if you're in there open up!" He called.
"Go away Sonny," he heard quietly from inside.
"Alexis open up."
"No, go away."
"Alexis..."
"I do believe that she told you to go away, Mr. Corinthos," Mikkos said from behind him. Sonny turned.
"And you would be?"
"Her father." Mikkos pulled a key out of his pocket and unlocked the door of the penthouse. "Now leave, Mr. Corinthos," he replied coldly before her disappeared inside.
~~~
"Did we talk about Mikkos?" Luke asked Laura.
"I don't think so," Laura replied.
"Don't evade the question," Lucky said.
Luke sighed and looked at Laura who nodded. He moved over to the door and placed a chair in front of it to make sure that no one walked in on them.
"Okay, we'll tell you," Laura said. "The car crash that killed your sister...well she wasn't in the car."
~~~
"Mikkos and Victor need you to stop your games with Helena," Sarah said. "They have a plan to destroy her and you are getting in the way."
"Oh really?" Melanie asked.
Sarah sighed. "I'm only telling you what they told me. The are going to destroy Helena and they do not want the rest of the family involved."
"The rest of the family is already invovled."
"But those that are invovled have either been killed or are protected."
"Nikolas isn't."
"He is, Mikkos made sure of that before we arrived. He and the Spencers have guards on them as well as Alexis and Stefan."
"How do you fit into this Ms. Webber?"
~~~
Mikkos entered the penthouse and found Alexis sitting on the floor, her knees drawn up to her chest and her arms wrapped around them.
"Alexis?" He asked quietly. No answer. "Alexis?"
"Why did you stay away?" She asked coldly from her position on the floor.
"I had to."
"Why?"
"Helena and I kept many secrets from each other, I came back to expose them."
"That's not an answer," she said. "Why did you stay away?"
"To keep everyone safe."
"You could have done a better job if you had stayed."
"Maybe."
~~~
The man walked out on the balcony, quietly observing the young girl that was playing near the ocean. He smiled. Inside the shrill ring of a telephone was heard. The man ignored it and continued to watch his daughter playing in the water.
Without warning several gunshots rang out. The man turned at the sound of the screams of his servants, his eyes wide. His daughter. He had to get to her, get her to safety. He looked over the balcony. He could jump, it was almost twelve feet to the ground, though. He looked back to the house. The sounds of heavy footsteps coming up the stairs frightened him. He stepped up onto the concrete railing, and with one last look into the house, he jumped.
~~~
"What?" Nikolas and Lucky demended at the same time. Luke sighed.
"A lot has happened in the past few days. Your mother and I agreed to let Sean and Robert fake Lisa Marie's death along with Zander's, Robin's, and Jordan's. It was simple really. Helena had sent her people out to find them and kill them, only Zander and Jordan beat them to it."
"And you just let Stefan and Alexis believe that Zander and Jordan were dead."
"Appearantly it's the same thing Mikkos did," Laura said quietly.
"I can't believe this," Lucky said. "You tell us that there will be no more lies and you do this?"
"Lucky," Laura said. "We were trying to protect everyone."
"Forget it," Lucky said, storming out of the room.
~~~
He fell onto the concrete patio. He rolled but quickly got his bearings and stood up. He mentally checked his own injuries as he raced towards the beach to his daughter.
"Sabrina!" He called. The little girl of three or four looked up and began to run towards her father.
"Sabrina," he said catching his breath as she ran to him. He picked her up and carried her farther away from the house. "Sabrina, where's Talia?"
"Talia went back to the house papa," the little girl said.
He nodded, his eyes wide as he stared back at the house from where he could hear more gunfire.
"Papa, you're hurt."
"I know baby," he said. "I know."
"What a touching scene Aiden," a woman said from behind them. He slowly turned around.
"Helena." Helena smiled.
"You have a lovely daughter Aiden," Helena continued. "Too bad that she'll have to grow up an orphan."