Chapter 20
"What?" Liz asked. "Sarah said she was staying here."
"I don't know Elizabeth," Sonny said.
"Lizzie?" Sarah asked from behind them. "What are you doing here?"
"We came to see you," Liz replied.
"Oh."
"Ms. Micheals?" A young man said walking up to the group. He handed Sarah an envelope. "Someone dropped this off for you earlier."
~~~
"I don't know what you're talking about, Helena," Aiden said.
"Oh I believe you do. Tell me who the heir is, or I will kill your daughter."
Aiden sucked in a breath. "I don't know who the heir is," he lied.
"Oh, I doubt that." Helena nodded to Ari who slowly began to pull the trigger back on the gun.
"Drop it!"
~~~
Sarah nodded and ignored the looks that she got from Sonny, Gia, and her sister and opened the envelope. She pulled out the piece of paper and read it quickly. Her face went white.
"Sarah?" Elizabeth asked her sister. Sarah shook her head and regained her composure as she pulled out her cell phone.
"Victor, we have a problem. She knows where they are."
~~~
"Are you four ready yet?" Frisco asked with a sigh as Zander and Robin emerged from the bedroom. Robin was carrying Rayna.
"Okay," Frisco said, "what about Jordan and Lisa Marie?"
"We're right here Frisco," Jordan said holding Cayla as she followed Lisa Marie out of the room.
"Good, there is a car outside, Robin, Jordan, Rayna, and I will take that one. Zander, Lisa Marie, and Cayla will take the car that will be here in approximately twenty minutes." Zander nodded.
"Where are we going?" Lisa Marie asked.
"An island off the coast of Brazil, a friend recommended it. I have some people checking it out now, we should know what, if any, security measures have to be taken by the time we land."
~~~
"And where do your loyalties lie?" Stefan asked Andreas.
Andreas sighed. "With someone you hardly know, and with something that you couldn't understand."
~~~
"The WSB has people going there," Sarah said into the phone. "Melanie called me and told me that she told Frisco Jones that it was the safest place for them to stay while he came back here to help his friends. I'll call the house."
Elizabeth watched her sister closely. Whatever was going on had her rattled. Her sister was scared to death about something. Her conversation with the man named Victor proved that she was connected to the WSB and to Frisco Jones, but not how or why.
Sarah dialed the number again only to get no answer. With a frustrated sigh she walked over to the elevator and pushed the 'up' button. Sarah and Gia followed. Sonny shook his head and left the building.
~~~
Zander, Lisa Marie, and Cayla stepped onto the private jet. Cayla ran over to Rayna and sat down beside her. Lisa Marie sat next to Robin leaving Zander to sit next to Frisco.
"I have to ask you something," Frisco said quietly.
"What?" Zander asked as the plane began to move down the runway.
"What is the mystery surrounding James Lieman?"
Zander sighed and leaned back in his seat. "No one knows what Lieman really looks like. The only people who've ever seen him are dead just because they could identify them."
"That's extreme. Sean, Robert and I have been working on a profile, but we can't get anything concrete."
"You won't." Zander was quiet for a minute. "I'll tell you this Frisco, James Lieman is a cold-blooded killer. He shows no remorse for what he does and never will. The reason he hasn't been caught is because no one knows who he really is. He could have been sitting right next to you and you wouldn't even know it."
~~~
Ari looked at Helena who nodded and smiled, signaling him to put the gun down.
"Well, it seems that my husband has lowered his standards," she said, glaring at the WSB agents that had shown up.
Aiden picked up Sabrina who buryed her head into his chest.
"Helena Cassadine, you and your men are under arrest," a young man said.
"On what charges? Helena asked innocently.
"Murder and attempted murder."
"I don't think that's necesary Winters," someone else said.
Winters looked up. "Sir."
The WSB director stood in front of Helena. After a conversation with their eyes, Helena smiled.
"Until next time Aiden," Helena said. The director signaled for the release of Helena's men who were uncuffed.
"Sir, what are you doing here?" Winters asked.
"The more important question, is what are you doing here," the director of the WSB asked.
"Jones wanted us to secure the island."
Aiden sighed and shook his head. The director of the WSB seemed familiar to him but he didn't know where he had seen him before.
He issued some orders to the agents before turning to Aiden.
"Mr. Cassidine."
At the sound of the voice so close Aiden knew who it was. He looked up into the cold, calculating eyes; eyes that would never soften; eyes that would continue to get colder. Suddenly everything made sense as he looked into the face of James Lieman.
"Mr. Lieman."
~~~
"How have you kept all of this a secret? Surely there must have been questions," Alexis said.
"There were plenty of questions, but Victor came up with the perfect answers."
Mikkos Cassidine walked over to the windows and looked out over the town he had once tried to freeze. He sighed when he heard someone knock on the door. He glanced at Alexis who walked over to it. He nodded and went into the kitchen.
"Where is he?" Sarah asked walking into the penthouse, Liz and Gia following her.
"Who?"
Sarah sighed and looked around, her eyes landing on the doorway that led to the kitchen.
"I know that you're not cooking in there Mikkos," she said, smiling as he came out of the kitchen.
"Oh really? And how do you know that Sarah?" He walked over to her, immeditely noticing the worried look in her eyes. "What happened?"
"This," she said, handing him the letter.
He read it quickly and then looked back up at her. "It has begun. Lieman has made his move and we shall make ours."
"Melanie has agreed to back off of Helena."
"Very well," Mikkos said. He glanced at Alexis, Liz, and Gia before glancing at Sarah. She shook her head. "I'll call the Director and make arrangements for another island."
"Do you think that's wise, involving them in every move we make?"
"Do you?"
"No."
"Then we won't any longer."
~~~
"What?" Liz asked. "Sarah said she was staying here."
"I don't know Elizabeth," Sonny said.
"Lizzie?" Sarah asked from behind them. "What are you doing here?"
"We came to see you," Liz replied.
"Oh."
"Ms. Micheals?" A young man said walking up to the group. He handed Sarah an envelope. "Someone dropped this off for you earlier."
~~~
"I don't know what you're talking about, Helena," Aiden said.
"Oh I believe you do. Tell me who the heir is, or I will kill your daughter."
Aiden sucked in a breath. "I don't know who the heir is," he lied.
"Oh, I doubt that." Helena nodded to Ari who slowly began to pull the trigger back on the gun.
"Drop it!"
~~~
Sarah nodded and ignored the looks that she got from Sonny, Gia, and her sister and opened the envelope. She pulled out the piece of paper and read it quickly. Her face went white.
"Sarah?" Elizabeth asked her sister. Sarah shook her head and regained her composure as she pulled out her cell phone.
"Victor, we have a problem. She knows where they are."
~~~
"Are you four ready yet?" Frisco asked with a sigh as Zander and Robin emerged from the bedroom. Robin was carrying Rayna.
"Okay," Frisco said, "what about Jordan and Lisa Marie?"
"We're right here Frisco," Jordan said holding Cayla as she followed Lisa Marie out of the room.
"Good, there is a car outside, Robin, Jordan, Rayna, and I will take that one. Zander, Lisa Marie, and Cayla will take the car that will be here in approximately twenty minutes." Zander nodded.
"Where are we going?" Lisa Marie asked.
"An island off the coast of Brazil, a friend recommended it. I have some people checking it out now, we should know what, if any, security measures have to be taken by the time we land."
~~~
"And where do your loyalties lie?" Stefan asked Andreas.
Andreas sighed. "With someone you hardly know, and with something that you couldn't understand."
~~~
"The WSB has people going there," Sarah said into the phone. "Melanie called me and told me that she told Frisco Jones that it was the safest place for them to stay while he came back here to help his friends. I'll call the house."
Elizabeth watched her sister closely. Whatever was going on had her rattled. Her sister was scared to death about something. Her conversation with the man named Victor proved that she was connected to the WSB and to Frisco Jones, but not how or why.
Sarah dialed the number again only to get no answer. With a frustrated sigh she walked over to the elevator and pushed the 'up' button. Sarah and Gia followed. Sonny shook his head and left the building.
~~~
Zander, Lisa Marie, and Cayla stepped onto the private jet. Cayla ran over to Rayna and sat down beside her. Lisa Marie sat next to Robin leaving Zander to sit next to Frisco.
"I have to ask you something," Frisco said quietly.
"What?" Zander asked as the plane began to move down the runway.
"What is the mystery surrounding James Lieman?"
Zander sighed and leaned back in his seat. "No one knows what Lieman really looks like. The only people who've ever seen him are dead just because they could identify them."
"That's extreme. Sean, Robert and I have been working on a profile, but we can't get anything concrete."
"You won't." Zander was quiet for a minute. "I'll tell you this Frisco, James Lieman is a cold-blooded killer. He shows no remorse for what he does and never will. The reason he hasn't been caught is because no one knows who he really is. He could have been sitting right next to you and you wouldn't even know it."
~~~
Ari looked at Helena who nodded and smiled, signaling him to put the gun down.
"Well, it seems that my husband has lowered his standards," she said, glaring at the WSB agents that had shown up.
Aiden picked up Sabrina who buryed her head into his chest.
"Helena Cassadine, you and your men are under arrest," a young man said.
"On what charges? Helena asked innocently.
"Murder and attempted murder."
"I don't think that's necesary Winters," someone else said.
Winters looked up. "Sir."
The WSB director stood in front of Helena. After a conversation with their eyes, Helena smiled.
"Until next time Aiden," Helena said. The director signaled for the release of Helena's men who were uncuffed.
"Sir, what are you doing here?" Winters asked.
"The more important question, is what are you doing here," the director of the WSB asked.
"Jones wanted us to secure the island."
Aiden sighed and shook his head. The director of the WSB seemed familiar to him but he didn't know where he had seen him before.
He issued some orders to the agents before turning to Aiden.
"Mr. Cassidine."
At the sound of the voice so close Aiden knew who it was. He looked up into the cold, calculating eyes; eyes that would never soften; eyes that would continue to get colder. Suddenly everything made sense as he looked into the face of James Lieman.
"Mr. Lieman."
~~~
"How have you kept all of this a secret? Surely there must have been questions," Alexis said.
"There were plenty of questions, but Victor came up with the perfect answers."
Mikkos Cassidine walked over to the windows and looked out over the town he had once tried to freeze. He sighed when he heard someone knock on the door. He glanced at Alexis who walked over to it. He nodded and went into the kitchen.
"Where is he?" Sarah asked walking into the penthouse, Liz and Gia following her.
"Who?"
Sarah sighed and looked around, her eyes landing on the doorway that led to the kitchen.
"I know that you're not cooking in there Mikkos," she said, smiling as he came out of the kitchen.
"Oh really? And how do you know that Sarah?" He walked over to her, immeditely noticing the worried look in her eyes. "What happened?"
"This," she said, handing him the letter.
He read it quickly and then looked back up at her. "It has begun. Lieman has made his move and we shall make ours."
"Melanie has agreed to back off of Helena."
"Very well," Mikkos said. He glanced at Alexis, Liz, and Gia before glancing at Sarah. She shook her head. "I'll call the Director and make arrangements for another island."
"Do you think that's wise, involving them in every move we make?"
"Do you?"
"No."
"Then we won't any longer."
~~~