Zander & Gia stormed up to Luke & Laura's house, as fast as they could.
They were both panting heavily by the time they made it to the door. They
stopped for a few seconds, but Gia quickly rang the doorbell.
"Be home. Be home." Gia repeated, tapping her foot impatiently.
The door swung open, and Laura was on the other side. They could immediately see that Laura had already been worried before they got there.
"Something's wrong, isn't it?" Laura demanded, Luke walked up behind her, placing his hand on her shoulder.
"Well this is odd," Luke had to comment, "Zander & Gia together showing up at our doorstep? Has the world ended?"
Zander looked annoyed at Luke, "Can we come in? It's really important," he told them.
Laura gazed at Gia, "Something is wrong, isn't it? I just had a horrible feeling awhile ago. Like something bad was happening," She grabbed Gia's arm, "What is it, Gia? Tell us! NOW!"
Gia was shocked by the strong grasp, but she immediately blurted it out, "We think something terrible has happened to Elizabeth and Nikolas."
"Oh god!" Laura cried, her hand flew to her mouth, Luke immediately grabbed her, placed his arms around her to try and comfort her, "What happened? Is he ok? Is my baby hurt? Elizabeth?"
"Please tell us all you know, Gia," Luke spoke calmly, though you can tell he looked incredibly worried. Everyone knew he had a soft spot for Elizabeth, and even though he and Nikolas didn't get along at first, things had gotten better between them lately.
Zander jumped in. "I had this horrible feeling about Elizabeth awhile ago. I had just dropped her off after going out to dinner. And soon after, Gia called saying Nikolas went to check the fuse box, but he was gone for a long time," he started.
"For at least forty-five minutes," Gia added.
"Anyway," Zander interrupted Gia, "I went over to the cottage, we looked all over for Nikolas, he was nowhere in sight. Then we rushed over to Elizabeth's," he took a deep breath, "Her studio definitely had been broken into. Her canvas was tipped over, the glass door was broken."
Laura gasped, her face in shock. Luke clutched her hand, tightly. He looked just as shocked and worried.
"And Elizabeth was nowhere in sight," he finished.
"Someone took them," Gia swallowed. "But we have no idea who."
"Oh God," Laura panicked, she broke from Luke's grasp and turned to look at him, "Who would do this?!" She cried, "Who would take my baby? AND Elizabeth? Who would harm them???" she was nearly hysterical now, tears streaming down her face, as she started shaking Luke's arm, demanding an explanation.
"Baby," Luke spoke, he had been surprisingly calm through all of this so far, "It's gonna be okay. We're gonna find them. Believe me I won't sleep until we do."
"You're right Luke," Zander agreed with him, "We WILL find them- I won't rest either until I find Elizabeth. God, she has to be freaked out right now."
"Nikolas to," Gia trembled, shaking. She couldn't imagine what they were going through at this moment.
"But who would do this?" Laura cried again. "Luke, WHO?!?"
Luke started pacing back and fourth, "Alright. I think we all just need to sit down, and come up with some possibilities here. Then we need to figure out who would be the most likely."
"Helena," Gia softly spoke, "its the only explanation I can come up with." And that suggestion freaked her out even more. There was no telling what Helena would do to them!
The woman was capable of ANYTHING.
"What if, Luke?" Laura questioned, her face looking terrified at the thought.
"Would Helena really have a reason to hurt her own grandson?" Luke questioned.
"If it's to get back at me for something," Laura went quickly, "She'd do it in a heartbeat-you know she would!"
"I wouldn't be surprised," Gia added, "She did threaten to send him away. So why not kidnap him as well? And Elizabeth, well obviously because she was Lucky's girlfriend. Elizabeth is very valuable to the Spencers, and easy to grab."
Zander nodded in agreement, even though he hated the thought of it.
"It's a thought," Luke had to agree, "But let's think of other possibilities. I'm sure there's something obvious that we aren't thinking of."
"Isn't Helena obvious enough?" Laura exclaimed. "Come on Luke!"
"As much as I'd love to nail Helena for this, this is almost to easy of a plan. She'd go through greater lengths to pull something off like this."
"Oh God," Zander suddenly gasped, an idea just hitting him. He looked at the group in fright.
"WHAT?!?" everyone cried, all eyes on Zander.
"What about that guy that raped Elizabeth?" Zander blurted out. He absolutely hated that thought. Even more then the thought of Helena being behind it. Oh God, how terrified Elizabeth must be now if that were true..
"Tom Baker?" Luke remembered the name. "But isn't he still in jail?"
"He could have friends," Laura spoke quietly, "And that's a definite possibility. He probably grabbed them as revenge."
"Emily," Zander suddenly jumped, at the the possibility, "What if she's in danger to then?!" he became even more afraid then he was before, "I'm calling the Quartermaines," he started to race to the phone. If Emily was in danger, he had to warn her and make sure she was okay. He wouldn't forgive himself if something happened to her too.
"I think we need to start making some phone calls," Luke went glumly, "Mac Scorpio, the Quatermaines, Audrey Hardy."
"Audrey!" Laura exclaimed, "She needs to know! And Luke, I know you won't be thrilled about this, but Stefan DOES deserve to know his nephew is missing. Along with Alexis."
Luke groaned. "I'll call Alexis, but I refuse to speak to Stefan. Sorry."
Laura shook her head in annoyance.
Everyone watched as Luke picked the phone up, "Hello- Mac? Hey, Listen bubba... I'm afraid we have some bad news and we need something looked up."
***************
Nikolas stood in front of Elizabeth as they both stared in shock at Tom Baker. He was advancing towards them with his gun, backing them into the corner of them Elizabeth stood behind Nikolas, shaking with fear. "You can't be here," she whispered, her voice meek.
Tom chuckled wickedly. "Yes, I can be," he told her. "And I am. I mean, who else would take the two of you? Unless you've made other psychotic enemies since I last saw you."
"What do you want?" Nikolas asked tentatively.
"I want revenge!" Tom screamed maniacally. "The four of you lousy kids put me in that lousy place. Do you have any idea what it is like in there? The hell I went through there? I vowed to myself that I would get out of there somehow and make you all pay. And I never break my promises. It doesn't even matter that there are only two of you here. The other two got what they had coming."
"You bastard." Nikolas wanted to punch Tom but Tom swiftly moved his aim with the gun from Elizabeth to Nikolas, reminding the Cassadine prince who was in control.
Tom grinned menacingly at Elizabeth. "We have so much to catch up on." Nikolas backed up farther and he and Elizabeth found out that they had backed up completely into the corner, with no room to back up further. Elizabeth hid behind her best friend, not wanting Tom to see just how much he was getting to her.
But Tom knew. He laughed cheerily. "Unfortunately now is not the time. We can catch up later. Don't enjoy yourselves too much between now and when I come back." Tom slowly backed up to the staircase, keeping the gun pointed straight at Nikolas' chest. Don't try anything. I've secured this place. You two aren't going anywhere."
Nikolas waited until Tom had gone, locking the door behind him, before turning to Elizabeth. She sat in a ball on the floor, trembling and sobbing.
"Elizabeth." Nikolas gathered Elizabeth in his arms. "Ssh. It'll be okay."
Elizabeth looked up at Nikolas. "No, it won't be. Don't you get it? We're dead. We are dead, Nikolas. He is not going to let us out of here. He brought us here to kill us, among other things."
"We'll find a way out."
"There is no way out, and you know it!"
Nikolas sighed and sat back up against the wall. There was no point in trying to make her feel better. She had already accepted their bleak situation, and she could at least say it aloud, unlike him.
"When he gets back, he's going to." Elizabeth's voice trailed off.
"I will not let that happen," Nikolas said firmly.
"You can't stop it. He has a loaded gun; he will shoot you. Okay? When he comes, just turn away and plug your-,"
"What the hell? Elizabeth, I am not going to just turn my back. You don't even know that he will--,"
"Yes, I do. And I don't want you getting yourself killed for me, all right?"
"No. That is not all right. Stop trying to be a selfless martyr. We are in this together."
Elizabeth smiled as she grabbed his hand and moved to the wall, sitting next to him. "I'm so glad you're here with me. I know I don't say this enough, but you are my best friend. And if I have to go through this, there's no one else I'd rather go through it with. Besides Lucky and Emily you are the only one who truly knows what I went through."
Nikolas squeezed Elizabeth's hand. "I'm glad I'm here with you too. At least neither of us has to face this alone." Nikolas looked around the dark, isolated basement. The windows were boarded up. The cement floor wasn't at all welcoming to sleep, but it was apparent that they would have to sleep on the floor. There wasn't much in the basement-nothing that could be used as a weapon. For the most part it was completely empty. "Good thing we ate so much at the grill," he commented. "I don't think that Tom has in mind to feed us anytime soon."
"I wouldn't trust anything he gave us anyway," Elizabeth stated. Nikolas just stared back at her. There was a long moment of silence. "Nikolas, be honest with me. Do you think we'll get out of here?"
Nikolas continued to stare at Elizabeth. "I don't know."
TBC
*Don't worry, Emily will show up VERY soon as will some other main characters we haven't seen yet.*
"Be home. Be home." Gia repeated, tapping her foot impatiently.
The door swung open, and Laura was on the other side. They could immediately see that Laura had already been worried before they got there.
"Something's wrong, isn't it?" Laura demanded, Luke walked up behind her, placing his hand on her shoulder.
"Well this is odd," Luke had to comment, "Zander & Gia together showing up at our doorstep? Has the world ended?"
Zander looked annoyed at Luke, "Can we come in? It's really important," he told them.
Laura gazed at Gia, "Something is wrong, isn't it? I just had a horrible feeling awhile ago. Like something bad was happening," She grabbed Gia's arm, "What is it, Gia? Tell us! NOW!"
Gia was shocked by the strong grasp, but she immediately blurted it out, "We think something terrible has happened to Elizabeth and Nikolas."
"Oh god!" Laura cried, her hand flew to her mouth, Luke immediately grabbed her, placed his arms around her to try and comfort her, "What happened? Is he ok? Is my baby hurt? Elizabeth?"
"Please tell us all you know, Gia," Luke spoke calmly, though you can tell he looked incredibly worried. Everyone knew he had a soft spot for Elizabeth, and even though he and Nikolas didn't get along at first, things had gotten better between them lately.
Zander jumped in. "I had this horrible feeling about Elizabeth awhile ago. I had just dropped her off after going out to dinner. And soon after, Gia called saying Nikolas went to check the fuse box, but he was gone for a long time," he started.
"For at least forty-five minutes," Gia added.
"Anyway," Zander interrupted Gia, "I went over to the cottage, we looked all over for Nikolas, he was nowhere in sight. Then we rushed over to Elizabeth's," he took a deep breath, "Her studio definitely had been broken into. Her canvas was tipped over, the glass door was broken."
Laura gasped, her face in shock. Luke clutched her hand, tightly. He looked just as shocked and worried.
"And Elizabeth was nowhere in sight," he finished.
"Someone took them," Gia swallowed. "But we have no idea who."
"Oh God," Laura panicked, she broke from Luke's grasp and turned to look at him, "Who would do this?!" She cried, "Who would take my baby? AND Elizabeth? Who would harm them???" she was nearly hysterical now, tears streaming down her face, as she started shaking Luke's arm, demanding an explanation.
"Baby," Luke spoke, he had been surprisingly calm through all of this so far, "It's gonna be okay. We're gonna find them. Believe me I won't sleep until we do."
"You're right Luke," Zander agreed with him, "We WILL find them- I won't rest either until I find Elizabeth. God, she has to be freaked out right now."
"Nikolas to," Gia trembled, shaking. She couldn't imagine what they were going through at this moment.
"But who would do this?" Laura cried again. "Luke, WHO?!?"
Luke started pacing back and fourth, "Alright. I think we all just need to sit down, and come up with some possibilities here. Then we need to figure out who would be the most likely."
"Helena," Gia softly spoke, "its the only explanation I can come up with." And that suggestion freaked her out even more. There was no telling what Helena would do to them!
The woman was capable of ANYTHING.
"What if, Luke?" Laura questioned, her face looking terrified at the thought.
"Would Helena really have a reason to hurt her own grandson?" Luke questioned.
"If it's to get back at me for something," Laura went quickly, "She'd do it in a heartbeat-you know she would!"
"I wouldn't be surprised," Gia added, "She did threaten to send him away. So why not kidnap him as well? And Elizabeth, well obviously because she was Lucky's girlfriend. Elizabeth is very valuable to the Spencers, and easy to grab."
Zander nodded in agreement, even though he hated the thought of it.
"It's a thought," Luke had to agree, "But let's think of other possibilities. I'm sure there's something obvious that we aren't thinking of."
"Isn't Helena obvious enough?" Laura exclaimed. "Come on Luke!"
"As much as I'd love to nail Helena for this, this is almost to easy of a plan. She'd go through greater lengths to pull something off like this."
"Oh God," Zander suddenly gasped, an idea just hitting him. He looked at the group in fright.
"WHAT?!?" everyone cried, all eyes on Zander.
"What about that guy that raped Elizabeth?" Zander blurted out. He absolutely hated that thought. Even more then the thought of Helena being behind it. Oh God, how terrified Elizabeth must be now if that were true..
"Tom Baker?" Luke remembered the name. "But isn't he still in jail?"
"He could have friends," Laura spoke quietly, "And that's a definite possibility. He probably grabbed them as revenge."
"Emily," Zander suddenly jumped, at the the possibility, "What if she's in danger to then?!" he became even more afraid then he was before, "I'm calling the Quartermaines," he started to race to the phone. If Emily was in danger, he had to warn her and make sure she was okay. He wouldn't forgive himself if something happened to her too.
"I think we need to start making some phone calls," Luke went glumly, "Mac Scorpio, the Quatermaines, Audrey Hardy."
"Audrey!" Laura exclaimed, "She needs to know! And Luke, I know you won't be thrilled about this, but Stefan DOES deserve to know his nephew is missing. Along with Alexis."
Luke groaned. "I'll call Alexis, but I refuse to speak to Stefan. Sorry."
Laura shook her head in annoyance.
Everyone watched as Luke picked the phone up, "Hello- Mac? Hey, Listen bubba... I'm afraid we have some bad news and we need something looked up."
***************
Nikolas stood in front of Elizabeth as they both stared in shock at Tom Baker. He was advancing towards them with his gun, backing them into the corner of them Elizabeth stood behind Nikolas, shaking with fear. "You can't be here," she whispered, her voice meek.
Tom chuckled wickedly. "Yes, I can be," he told her. "And I am. I mean, who else would take the two of you? Unless you've made other psychotic enemies since I last saw you."
"What do you want?" Nikolas asked tentatively.
"I want revenge!" Tom screamed maniacally. "The four of you lousy kids put me in that lousy place. Do you have any idea what it is like in there? The hell I went through there? I vowed to myself that I would get out of there somehow and make you all pay. And I never break my promises. It doesn't even matter that there are only two of you here. The other two got what they had coming."
"You bastard." Nikolas wanted to punch Tom but Tom swiftly moved his aim with the gun from Elizabeth to Nikolas, reminding the Cassadine prince who was in control.
Tom grinned menacingly at Elizabeth. "We have so much to catch up on." Nikolas backed up farther and he and Elizabeth found out that they had backed up completely into the corner, with no room to back up further. Elizabeth hid behind her best friend, not wanting Tom to see just how much he was getting to her.
But Tom knew. He laughed cheerily. "Unfortunately now is not the time. We can catch up later. Don't enjoy yourselves too much between now and when I come back." Tom slowly backed up to the staircase, keeping the gun pointed straight at Nikolas' chest. Don't try anything. I've secured this place. You two aren't going anywhere."
Nikolas waited until Tom had gone, locking the door behind him, before turning to Elizabeth. She sat in a ball on the floor, trembling and sobbing.
"Elizabeth." Nikolas gathered Elizabeth in his arms. "Ssh. It'll be okay."
Elizabeth looked up at Nikolas. "No, it won't be. Don't you get it? We're dead. We are dead, Nikolas. He is not going to let us out of here. He brought us here to kill us, among other things."
"We'll find a way out."
"There is no way out, and you know it!"
Nikolas sighed and sat back up against the wall. There was no point in trying to make her feel better. She had already accepted their bleak situation, and she could at least say it aloud, unlike him.
"When he gets back, he's going to." Elizabeth's voice trailed off.
"I will not let that happen," Nikolas said firmly.
"You can't stop it. He has a loaded gun; he will shoot you. Okay? When he comes, just turn away and plug your-,"
"What the hell? Elizabeth, I am not going to just turn my back. You don't even know that he will--,"
"Yes, I do. And I don't want you getting yourself killed for me, all right?"
"No. That is not all right. Stop trying to be a selfless martyr. We are in this together."
Elizabeth smiled as she grabbed his hand and moved to the wall, sitting next to him. "I'm so glad you're here with me. I know I don't say this enough, but you are my best friend. And if I have to go through this, there's no one else I'd rather go through it with. Besides Lucky and Emily you are the only one who truly knows what I went through."
Nikolas squeezed Elizabeth's hand. "I'm glad I'm here with you too. At least neither of us has to face this alone." Nikolas looked around the dark, isolated basement. The windows were boarded up. The cement floor wasn't at all welcoming to sleep, but it was apparent that they would have to sleep on the floor. There wasn't much in the basement-nothing that could be used as a weapon. For the most part it was completely empty. "Good thing we ate so much at the grill," he commented. "I don't think that Tom has in mind to feed us anytime soon."
"I wouldn't trust anything he gave us anyway," Elizabeth stated. Nikolas just stared back at her. There was a long moment of silence. "Nikolas, be honest with me. Do you think we'll get out of here?"
Nikolas continued to stare at Elizabeth. "I don't know."
TBC
*Don't worry, Emily will show up VERY soon as will some other main characters we haven't seen yet.*