Chapter 19
Sarah sighed. "My place in all of this is of no importantce," she told Melanie quietly.
"I believe it is," Melanie said. "You come in here, claiming to have a message from my brothers, and you won't tell me why or how you are connected to them."
"It doesn't concern you," Sarah said standing and preparing to leave. Melanie crossed the room and grabbed her arm.
"Yes it does."
~~~
Aiden stared at Helena. He knew what her words meant, it wasn't that hard to figure out. He held Sabrina closer to him as he glanced around the beach.
"It'd be a hell of a lot better than being with you," he said hatefully.
"Come now Aiden, it isn't polite to be rude to your Aunt," Helena said.
"Why are you here Helena?"
~~~
Lucky left the hospital and found himself in the park. He couldn' remember how he got there, he was just there. He saw on a bench near the playground where he saw Carly and Micheal playing. He groaned inwardly not wanting anything to do with anyone in his family.
Carly looked up and saw him. After telling Micheal something, she stood up and walked over to him.
"What Carly?"
"Jeez, Lucky, can't I just come over and say 'hi'?"
Lucky rolled his eyes.
"How is everyone?" She asked.
"Don't care," he said coldly.
"Oookay. Why not?"
"My parents said no more lies, then whatta they do, turn around and lie."
"What'd they lie about this time?" Carly asked.
Lucky looked at her. He wasn't sure why he was talking to her in the first place, but it was nice to talk to someone.
"My sister."
"Which one?"
"Lisa Marie." Carly nodded. "Years ago they said she was dead, she wasn't..."
"You can't blame them for that. Helena did that."
"I know, and I suppose that ultimately, Helena is responsible for Lisa Marie's supposed 'death' right now."
"What does that mean?"
"Lisa Marie isn't dead. My parents lied again."
~~~
Stefan came upon another dead end not having found the person who had been in his study. Something was going on, something that he didn't know about. With a sigh, he turned around and followed the tunnels back to his study. When he walked inside he saw a man in standing near his desk talking on the phone. Stefan moved back inside the passage and watched the man closely.
"There is no way that any of Helena's people can get on the island. The WSB made sure of that. No. Is there anything else that you need from Wyndemere? Okay. I will contact you if I find out anything else."
Stefan stepped out of his hiding place as the man hung up the phone. In one swift movement, Stefan pinned the stranger against the wall.
"What are you doing here?"
~~~
Mikkos knelt next to Alexis. "Alexis, I made mistakes, I know this. I didn't handle things with Helena like I should have. I should have exposed her after Stavros was born or after she killed your mother or after she tried to kill Melanie, but I didn't."
Alexis stood up and began to pace the room. Mikkos also stood and watched her.
"What else is going on here? What is Helena up to?" She turned to face him. "Please, tell me."
~~~
Melanie stood back, allowing Sarah to leave the room after she had told her everything. She crossed the room quickly. "Sarah, be careful around Helena, she has never liked anyone who could threaten the family and you could destroy it with the information you have."
Sarah nodded. "I know and I will."
Melanie smiled and watched Sarah leave as she turned and walked up the stairs. She approached Fiona's room and walked inside.
"It seems that my brothers have been having fun the past few years."
"How so?" Fiona asked, turning to face Melanie.
"They've been preparing for a war against Helena and they've been keeping their own secrets."
"Oh, you friend in Pine Valley called."
"What'd he want?"
"He needs a safe place to take Zander and Jordan."
Melanie thought for a minute. "The island where Mikkos has been hiding for the past twenty years should be appropriate."
~~~
Helena smiled and stepped closer to him. "I'm here to get revenge on my husband. He betrayed me, many times in fact."
"You helped him," Aiden said.
"It's of no consequence."
"I believe it is. Don't cross him again Helena."
"Who are you to threaten me Aiden?"
"Do you really want to know?"
~~~
Elizabeth and Gia walked into Harborview Towers.
"Your sister is living here?" Gia asked.
"Yeah, I guess so. I wonder what floor she's on, she didn't say anything about that."
"Elizabeth, Gia," Sonny saidstepping off the elevator. "What are you doing here?"
"We're here to see my sister," Liz said.
"Sarah?" Sonny asked.
"Yeah, do you know what floor she's on?"
"She goes by Webber right?" Liz nodded. "Elizabeth, no one going by Webber is staying in this building."
~~~
"What for this time?" Carly asked.
"To keep her safe," Lucky replied with a sigh. He stood up and began to pace in front of her.
"I can understand that. It seems that Helena is on a warpath."
"She is, which is what I don't understand. Whenever the threat of Helena is looming, we all stick together. Why did they send Lisa Marie away?"
"Look at it this way Lucky. You and your family have dealt with Helena since she came to town, and while Lisa Marie may be a Spencer by blood, she wasn't raised like you. She probably wouldn't know how to fight off Helena."
Lucky stooped and looked at his cousin. "Maybe you're right."
"That'd be a first according to Luke," she said with a laugh. Lucky smiled.
~~~
Helena smiled at Aiden and Sabrina. The girl was still in her father's arms, most likely scared to death.
"You can kill me Helena, and my wife, and every other Cassidine, but you won't win. Our pieces are already in place."
Helena's smiled grew. "Then I guess this is 'Check,'" she said.
A man stood behind Aiden with a gun pointed to his head. Aiden glared at Helena.
"Put Sabrina down."
"No."
"Ari, make him place little Sabrina on the ground."
Ari moved the gun from Aiden's head and placed it behind Sabrina's. Aiden reluctantly placed his daugher on the ground next to him.
"Now Aiden, I want some information," Helena said coldly as Ari continued to hold the gun at Sabrina's head.
"What?"
Helena's smiled turned evil. "I want to know who the heir is, the real heir. I know it's not Nikolas, and it's not Zander or Jordan, so who is it?"
~~~
Mikkos sighed. "Helena wants to destroy the family. She wants to kill the heir."
"Who is the heir? Appearantly, it's not Nikolas, so who is it?"
"A very special person."
"That doesn't tell me anything," Alexis replied.
"It should. I've spent the last twenty years making sure that he was safe from Helena."
Alexis cocked her head to the side. "Is it...?"
Mikkos nodded. "It is."
~~~
"Working," the man replied.
"For whom, my mother?" Stefan asked.
"No, someone else, someone much more dangerous."
Stefan had the man pinned against the wall, his forearm on the stranger's throat.
"Do not lie to me Andreas. I know that you're one of my mother's toys. What does she want?"
"I honestly do not know," Andreas said. "I know nothing of her plans, she thinks I was killed when the WSB stormed the compound last week."
Stefan released Andreas, but kept a close eye on him.
"It's a good thing actually, because she would have really killed me if she knew where my true loyalties lie."
Sarah sighed. "My place in all of this is of no importantce," she told Melanie quietly.
"I believe it is," Melanie said. "You come in here, claiming to have a message from my brothers, and you won't tell me why or how you are connected to them."
"It doesn't concern you," Sarah said standing and preparing to leave. Melanie crossed the room and grabbed her arm.
"Yes it does."
~~~
Aiden stared at Helena. He knew what her words meant, it wasn't that hard to figure out. He held Sabrina closer to him as he glanced around the beach.
"It'd be a hell of a lot better than being with you," he said hatefully.
"Come now Aiden, it isn't polite to be rude to your Aunt," Helena said.
"Why are you here Helena?"
~~~
Lucky left the hospital and found himself in the park. He couldn' remember how he got there, he was just there. He saw on a bench near the playground where he saw Carly and Micheal playing. He groaned inwardly not wanting anything to do with anyone in his family.
Carly looked up and saw him. After telling Micheal something, she stood up and walked over to him.
"What Carly?"
"Jeez, Lucky, can't I just come over and say 'hi'?"
Lucky rolled his eyes.
"How is everyone?" She asked.
"Don't care," he said coldly.
"Oookay. Why not?"
"My parents said no more lies, then whatta they do, turn around and lie."
"What'd they lie about this time?" Carly asked.
Lucky looked at her. He wasn't sure why he was talking to her in the first place, but it was nice to talk to someone.
"My sister."
"Which one?"
"Lisa Marie." Carly nodded. "Years ago they said she was dead, she wasn't..."
"You can't blame them for that. Helena did that."
"I know, and I suppose that ultimately, Helena is responsible for Lisa Marie's supposed 'death' right now."
"What does that mean?"
"Lisa Marie isn't dead. My parents lied again."
~~~
Stefan came upon another dead end not having found the person who had been in his study. Something was going on, something that he didn't know about. With a sigh, he turned around and followed the tunnels back to his study. When he walked inside he saw a man in standing near his desk talking on the phone. Stefan moved back inside the passage and watched the man closely.
"There is no way that any of Helena's people can get on the island. The WSB made sure of that. No. Is there anything else that you need from Wyndemere? Okay. I will contact you if I find out anything else."
Stefan stepped out of his hiding place as the man hung up the phone. In one swift movement, Stefan pinned the stranger against the wall.
"What are you doing here?"
~~~
Mikkos knelt next to Alexis. "Alexis, I made mistakes, I know this. I didn't handle things with Helena like I should have. I should have exposed her after Stavros was born or after she killed your mother or after she tried to kill Melanie, but I didn't."
Alexis stood up and began to pace the room. Mikkos also stood and watched her.
"What else is going on here? What is Helena up to?" She turned to face him. "Please, tell me."
~~~
Melanie stood back, allowing Sarah to leave the room after she had told her everything. She crossed the room quickly. "Sarah, be careful around Helena, she has never liked anyone who could threaten the family and you could destroy it with the information you have."
Sarah nodded. "I know and I will."
Melanie smiled and watched Sarah leave as she turned and walked up the stairs. She approached Fiona's room and walked inside.
"It seems that my brothers have been having fun the past few years."
"How so?" Fiona asked, turning to face Melanie.
"They've been preparing for a war against Helena and they've been keeping their own secrets."
"Oh, you friend in Pine Valley called."
"What'd he want?"
"He needs a safe place to take Zander and Jordan."
Melanie thought for a minute. "The island where Mikkos has been hiding for the past twenty years should be appropriate."
~~~
Helena smiled and stepped closer to him. "I'm here to get revenge on my husband. He betrayed me, many times in fact."
"You helped him," Aiden said.
"It's of no consequence."
"I believe it is. Don't cross him again Helena."
"Who are you to threaten me Aiden?"
"Do you really want to know?"
~~~
Elizabeth and Gia walked into Harborview Towers.
"Your sister is living here?" Gia asked.
"Yeah, I guess so. I wonder what floor she's on, she didn't say anything about that."
"Elizabeth, Gia," Sonny saidstepping off the elevator. "What are you doing here?"
"We're here to see my sister," Liz said.
"Sarah?" Sonny asked.
"Yeah, do you know what floor she's on?"
"She goes by Webber right?" Liz nodded. "Elizabeth, no one going by Webber is staying in this building."
~~~
"What for this time?" Carly asked.
"To keep her safe," Lucky replied with a sigh. He stood up and began to pace in front of her.
"I can understand that. It seems that Helena is on a warpath."
"She is, which is what I don't understand. Whenever the threat of Helena is looming, we all stick together. Why did they send Lisa Marie away?"
"Look at it this way Lucky. You and your family have dealt with Helena since she came to town, and while Lisa Marie may be a Spencer by blood, she wasn't raised like you. She probably wouldn't know how to fight off Helena."
Lucky stooped and looked at his cousin. "Maybe you're right."
"That'd be a first according to Luke," she said with a laugh. Lucky smiled.
~~~
Helena smiled at Aiden and Sabrina. The girl was still in her father's arms, most likely scared to death.
"You can kill me Helena, and my wife, and every other Cassidine, but you won't win. Our pieces are already in place."
Helena's smiled grew. "Then I guess this is 'Check,'" she said.
A man stood behind Aiden with a gun pointed to his head. Aiden glared at Helena.
"Put Sabrina down."
"No."
"Ari, make him place little Sabrina on the ground."
Ari moved the gun from Aiden's head and placed it behind Sabrina's. Aiden reluctantly placed his daugher on the ground next to him.
"Now Aiden, I want some information," Helena said coldly as Ari continued to hold the gun at Sabrina's head.
"What?"
Helena's smiled turned evil. "I want to know who the heir is, the real heir. I know it's not Nikolas, and it's not Zander or Jordan, so who is it?"
~~~
Mikkos sighed. "Helena wants to destroy the family. She wants to kill the heir."
"Who is the heir? Appearantly, it's not Nikolas, so who is it?"
"A very special person."
"That doesn't tell me anything," Alexis replied.
"It should. I've spent the last twenty years making sure that he was safe from Helena."
Alexis cocked her head to the side. "Is it...?"
Mikkos nodded. "It is."
~~~
"Working," the man replied.
"For whom, my mother?" Stefan asked.
"No, someone else, someone much more dangerous."
Stefan had the man pinned against the wall, his forearm on the stranger's throat.
"Do not lie to me Andreas. I know that you're one of my mother's toys. What does she want?"
"I honestly do not know," Andreas said. "I know nothing of her plans, she thinks I was killed when the WSB stormed the compound last week."
Stefan released Andreas, but kept a close eye on him.
"It's a good thing actually, because she would have really killed me if she knew where my true loyalties lie."