Alexis stormed up the Spencer's porch steps, she stopped however when she
saw Gia sitting on the swing, crying. Gia looked up and noticed her.
"Hey," Gia whispered through her tears.
Alexis gave Gia a look of sympathy, as she moved over to sit by her, She took her place on the swing before saying anything.
"Hey," Alexis returned, she gently placed her arm around Gia, "No word yet?"
Gia shook her head in frustration, "Nothing. There is absolutely nothing new on Elizabeth or Nikolas. Alexis, it has been a few days already! I can't take this anymore. I'm going crazy. If this is what it's like to live without him, I don't think I can go on forever like this! I just can't survive without him! He is EVERYTHING to me!"
"Believe me," Alexis sighed, "I understand. He is everything to our family too. I don't know what Stefan or I will do without him."
"How is Stefan doing?" Gia asked shakily.
"He's falling apart," Alexis answered, grimly, "Nikolas is his whole reason for living, and if something happens to Nikolas.."
"It's the worst not knowing," Gia stared out at the lawn, "Not knowing if they are alright, or if they are even alive. It's horrible not knowing if I will ever see him, or hold him again. Or taste his kisses."
"I guess you just have to believe," Alexis looked up into Gia's eyes, "I keep trying to tell myself that, 'That you have to have faith that they are ok and they will come home safely.' Just keep praying and hope that God delivers your request."
"I don't think I've ever prayed as much as I have been the last few days," Gia commented.
"That helps," Alexis nodded, "That helps a lot. And in situations like this, that is the best thing you can do. is pray."
"Then I guess I will have to keep doing that," Gia sighed. She looked up at Alexis with a determined look on her face, "Because I will do anything in my power to bring him home. Anything."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So, that's how we met Zander and Gia," Emily was telling Lucky as they ate dinner at Kelly's. Lucky sat back in his chair.
"If I didn't know you so well, I would think you made up the whole thing," Lucky stated. Emily chuckled. "Well at least everything turned out well. Until now, that is."
Emily nodded. "When you first see Elizabeth and Nikolas, because you WILL, what will you say to them?"
Lucky thought for a minute. "Probably just that I love them. There's so much else I want to say, but. that's the most important thing, and I think all that really matters, you know?"
"I know."
"What will you say?"
Emily took a deep breath. "I'll apologize for wasting so much time. Before I broke my back I was spending so much time with Zander that I neglected them. I wasn't a good friend. I've regretted that ever since I left Port Charles."
Lucky nodded his understanding. He regretted not letting them know he was alive as soon as he escaped Helena. At the time he hadn't wanted Helena to find him, but now it might mean that he would never be able to see them again. "Well, I think I've had as much of this burger as I can take," Lucky sighed. "Let's go back to my place."
The two left Kelly's and, since it was a nice night, decided to take the long way back to the Spencer's. It would give them time to talk some more just the two of them.
"Lucky, do you think Zander would-" Emily turned back to Lucky, who had fallen a few paces behind, to realize he wasn't there. "Lucky? Lucky? Okay, REALLY not funny, so just come out already. All right? Before I really freak out! Lucky?!? LUCAS LORENZO SPENCER, JR!" Emily almost reached a full squeal before she was met with a sharp pain in the back of her head. She didn't feel herself hit the ground.
*************
"No time for the police," Rafe told Jack. "By the time they get here, Tom will be long gone." They had spotted Tom stuffing Lucky and Emily into his car. "Besides, their blaring sirens will detour him and we need to find out where Elizabeth and Nikolas are. My bet is he is planning on taking these two to the same place. We'll call the police on the way. Get in the car."
Jack quickly got into the passenger seat of Rafe's car. Rafe was in the driver's seat just as quickly and within minutes they were following Tom. "We should probably wait a little while longer to call the police," Jack decided. "We don't want them catching up too quickly." Jack paused. "You really think Nikolas and Elizabeth are still alive?"
Rafe paused. "I was sure earlier, but. I think they still are alive, for now. We need to get to them quickly. I don't think it was a coincidence the two of us happened to see what we did."
"I don't either," Jack replied. "You know Allison will kill us both if we get hurt doing this."
Rafe nodded. "Well-," Rafe was cut off by a gunshot and the windshield shattered in front of them. Rafe's car skidded off the road.
***************
Elizabeth heard the grumbling of her stomach and groaned. They had not eaten in days. She could feel herself weakening from not eating. They needed food, they needed their strength to survive this. She looked over at Nikolas.
In a trembling voice, she spoke, "He's just going to leave us here to die. Starve us to death." It was the horrible thought that had been rolling around in her mind. Nikolas wanted to tell her not to think like that, to stay positive. But in reality he knew that was the obvious. Instead he responded, "I hate to say it, but I think that is the plan." "How much longer can we live without food or water?" Elizabeth worriedly twirled her hair as she spoke, for she had been doing that an awful lot whenever she became really nervous.
Nikolas looked down at the ground, "I don't know. not very long though, I imagine." There was an awkward silence between the two. There were a lot of moments like these, in the last couple of days, where they would sit in silence after saying something awful for a while.
The silence drove Nikolas nuts.
"We have to do something," Nikolas suddenly stated, determinedly, "I have to get home to Gia and you have to get home to Zander, we have to get out of here. We need to escape before we let him starve us to death."
"Zander," Elizabeth whispered softly, "God. he must be going crazy."
"And Gia," Nikolas nodded, "We were so in love. engaged. and then this happened. Tom can't destroy the future we dreamed about, I won't let it happen."
"Zander and I had just fallen in love, we were happy." Elizabeth sighed, "For the first time since Lucky's death, I was finally starting to move on. I still love Lucky, but I am able to love Zander now to. And now, that life is starting to be whole again, Tom will take that away from me."
"He WON'T Elizabeth," Nikolas reassured you, "You can't let Tom win. If anything, you should do it for Lucky. Lucky wouldn't want you to give up. He is probably watching over us right now, and he is waiting for you to fight back, to show that wonderful courageous strength of yours."
Elizabeth looked up at Nikolas, "But how? How can we escape? How can we fight back?"
At that moment, the door turned open, causing the two of them to jump in fright. Elizabeth always trembled whenever Tom entered the room. But this time, he was standing there, with that evil grin on his face holding a tray of food and water. Elizabeth couldn't help but sigh with relief, but at the same time she was also worried about taking food from Tom.
"So you decided to feed us," Nikolas spoke up, starring straight at Tom.
"I decided against starving you to death," Tom laughed, "I figured it would be more fun to have you suffering slowly down here longer, wondering if you will ever get out, having me torment you, rather then die quickly and get it over with."
"Thrilling," Nikolas muttered, not sure which of those options were better.
They both watched as he placed the food in front of them. He sat down on the stairs and pointed to it.
"Eat," Tom demanded.
"How do we know it isn't poisonous?" Elizabeth wearily looked at it, then up at him. "I'll try first," Nikolas quickly offered, he picked up a sandwich, and started eating fast. Suddenly, an idea popped in his head.
Elizabeth watched nervously as Nikolas took a bite of his sandwich. He was shoving it down his throat very fast. Suddenly, however he started coughing. His face became pale. He held onto his throat, as if he were choking. Elizabeth looked at him in fright, not entirely sure what was going on.
"Nikolas. Nikolas!" She cried, "What did you do to him?" She cried to Tom, Tom was immediately on his feet, and he reached to grab Nikolas, at that motion, Nikolas winked at Elizabeth while Tom wasn't looking. Realizing what was going on, Elizabeth quickly started to make a run for it and started to run up the stairs.
She was barely able to make it halfway up the stairs before Tom came up from behind her and shoved her all the way down, she screamed as she went flying down the stairs, she fell hard onto the floor. Nikolas barely caught her as she flew to the ground. She looked up dazed and in bewilderment at Tom. Nikolas grabbed her from his position and they held onto each other tightly.
He pulled his gun out and pointed it at her as he spoke, "The next time you try to escape, the other one will wind up dead. And I certainly don't want you escaping tonight. Tonight is when the fun will begin. So I advise you not to go anywhere, or you will be dead."
With that, he laughed evilly, as he climbed up the stairs and shut the door on them once again. Leaving both of them scared for the rest of the night.
"Hey," Gia whispered through her tears.
Alexis gave Gia a look of sympathy, as she moved over to sit by her, She took her place on the swing before saying anything.
"Hey," Alexis returned, she gently placed her arm around Gia, "No word yet?"
Gia shook her head in frustration, "Nothing. There is absolutely nothing new on Elizabeth or Nikolas. Alexis, it has been a few days already! I can't take this anymore. I'm going crazy. If this is what it's like to live without him, I don't think I can go on forever like this! I just can't survive without him! He is EVERYTHING to me!"
"Believe me," Alexis sighed, "I understand. He is everything to our family too. I don't know what Stefan or I will do without him."
"How is Stefan doing?" Gia asked shakily.
"He's falling apart," Alexis answered, grimly, "Nikolas is his whole reason for living, and if something happens to Nikolas.."
"It's the worst not knowing," Gia stared out at the lawn, "Not knowing if they are alright, or if they are even alive. It's horrible not knowing if I will ever see him, or hold him again. Or taste his kisses."
"I guess you just have to believe," Alexis looked up into Gia's eyes, "I keep trying to tell myself that, 'That you have to have faith that they are ok and they will come home safely.' Just keep praying and hope that God delivers your request."
"I don't think I've ever prayed as much as I have been the last few days," Gia commented.
"That helps," Alexis nodded, "That helps a lot. And in situations like this, that is the best thing you can do. is pray."
"Then I guess I will have to keep doing that," Gia sighed. She looked up at Alexis with a determined look on her face, "Because I will do anything in my power to bring him home. Anything."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So, that's how we met Zander and Gia," Emily was telling Lucky as they ate dinner at Kelly's. Lucky sat back in his chair.
"If I didn't know you so well, I would think you made up the whole thing," Lucky stated. Emily chuckled. "Well at least everything turned out well. Until now, that is."
Emily nodded. "When you first see Elizabeth and Nikolas, because you WILL, what will you say to them?"
Lucky thought for a minute. "Probably just that I love them. There's so much else I want to say, but. that's the most important thing, and I think all that really matters, you know?"
"I know."
"What will you say?"
Emily took a deep breath. "I'll apologize for wasting so much time. Before I broke my back I was spending so much time with Zander that I neglected them. I wasn't a good friend. I've regretted that ever since I left Port Charles."
Lucky nodded his understanding. He regretted not letting them know he was alive as soon as he escaped Helena. At the time he hadn't wanted Helena to find him, but now it might mean that he would never be able to see them again. "Well, I think I've had as much of this burger as I can take," Lucky sighed. "Let's go back to my place."
The two left Kelly's and, since it was a nice night, decided to take the long way back to the Spencer's. It would give them time to talk some more just the two of them.
"Lucky, do you think Zander would-" Emily turned back to Lucky, who had fallen a few paces behind, to realize he wasn't there. "Lucky? Lucky? Okay, REALLY not funny, so just come out already. All right? Before I really freak out! Lucky?!? LUCAS LORENZO SPENCER, JR!" Emily almost reached a full squeal before she was met with a sharp pain in the back of her head. She didn't feel herself hit the ground.
*************
"No time for the police," Rafe told Jack. "By the time they get here, Tom will be long gone." They had spotted Tom stuffing Lucky and Emily into his car. "Besides, their blaring sirens will detour him and we need to find out where Elizabeth and Nikolas are. My bet is he is planning on taking these two to the same place. We'll call the police on the way. Get in the car."
Jack quickly got into the passenger seat of Rafe's car. Rafe was in the driver's seat just as quickly and within minutes they were following Tom. "We should probably wait a little while longer to call the police," Jack decided. "We don't want them catching up too quickly." Jack paused. "You really think Nikolas and Elizabeth are still alive?"
Rafe paused. "I was sure earlier, but. I think they still are alive, for now. We need to get to them quickly. I don't think it was a coincidence the two of us happened to see what we did."
"I don't either," Jack replied. "You know Allison will kill us both if we get hurt doing this."
Rafe nodded. "Well-," Rafe was cut off by a gunshot and the windshield shattered in front of them. Rafe's car skidded off the road.
***************
Elizabeth heard the grumbling of her stomach and groaned. They had not eaten in days. She could feel herself weakening from not eating. They needed food, they needed their strength to survive this. She looked over at Nikolas.
In a trembling voice, she spoke, "He's just going to leave us here to die. Starve us to death." It was the horrible thought that had been rolling around in her mind. Nikolas wanted to tell her not to think like that, to stay positive. But in reality he knew that was the obvious. Instead he responded, "I hate to say it, but I think that is the plan." "How much longer can we live without food or water?" Elizabeth worriedly twirled her hair as she spoke, for she had been doing that an awful lot whenever she became really nervous.
Nikolas looked down at the ground, "I don't know. not very long though, I imagine." There was an awkward silence between the two. There were a lot of moments like these, in the last couple of days, where they would sit in silence after saying something awful for a while.
The silence drove Nikolas nuts.
"We have to do something," Nikolas suddenly stated, determinedly, "I have to get home to Gia and you have to get home to Zander, we have to get out of here. We need to escape before we let him starve us to death."
"Zander," Elizabeth whispered softly, "God. he must be going crazy."
"And Gia," Nikolas nodded, "We were so in love. engaged. and then this happened. Tom can't destroy the future we dreamed about, I won't let it happen."
"Zander and I had just fallen in love, we were happy." Elizabeth sighed, "For the first time since Lucky's death, I was finally starting to move on. I still love Lucky, but I am able to love Zander now to. And now, that life is starting to be whole again, Tom will take that away from me."
"He WON'T Elizabeth," Nikolas reassured you, "You can't let Tom win. If anything, you should do it for Lucky. Lucky wouldn't want you to give up. He is probably watching over us right now, and he is waiting for you to fight back, to show that wonderful courageous strength of yours."
Elizabeth looked up at Nikolas, "But how? How can we escape? How can we fight back?"
At that moment, the door turned open, causing the two of them to jump in fright. Elizabeth always trembled whenever Tom entered the room. But this time, he was standing there, with that evil grin on his face holding a tray of food and water. Elizabeth couldn't help but sigh with relief, but at the same time she was also worried about taking food from Tom.
"So you decided to feed us," Nikolas spoke up, starring straight at Tom.
"I decided against starving you to death," Tom laughed, "I figured it would be more fun to have you suffering slowly down here longer, wondering if you will ever get out, having me torment you, rather then die quickly and get it over with."
"Thrilling," Nikolas muttered, not sure which of those options were better.
They both watched as he placed the food in front of them. He sat down on the stairs and pointed to it.
"Eat," Tom demanded.
"How do we know it isn't poisonous?" Elizabeth wearily looked at it, then up at him. "I'll try first," Nikolas quickly offered, he picked up a sandwich, and started eating fast. Suddenly, an idea popped in his head.
Elizabeth watched nervously as Nikolas took a bite of his sandwich. He was shoving it down his throat very fast. Suddenly, however he started coughing. His face became pale. He held onto his throat, as if he were choking. Elizabeth looked at him in fright, not entirely sure what was going on.
"Nikolas. Nikolas!" She cried, "What did you do to him?" She cried to Tom, Tom was immediately on his feet, and he reached to grab Nikolas, at that motion, Nikolas winked at Elizabeth while Tom wasn't looking. Realizing what was going on, Elizabeth quickly started to make a run for it and started to run up the stairs.
She was barely able to make it halfway up the stairs before Tom came up from behind her and shoved her all the way down, she screamed as she went flying down the stairs, she fell hard onto the floor. Nikolas barely caught her as she flew to the ground. She looked up dazed and in bewilderment at Tom. Nikolas grabbed her from his position and they held onto each other tightly.
He pulled his gun out and pointed it at her as he spoke, "The next time you try to escape, the other one will wind up dead. And I certainly don't want you escaping tonight. Tonight is when the fun will begin. So I advise you not to go anywhere, or you will be dead."
With that, he laughed evilly, as he climbed up the stairs and shut the door on them once again. Leaving both of them scared for the rest of the night.