She woke to find herself on a bed. The last thing that she remembered was being taken to jail for the woman and Sami's murder. Now she was lying on a bed in a strange place. The shades were drawn and she could tell that the sun was still out. Then she became frightened. What if the killer had kidnapped her? How was Hyde ever going to find her? She slowly got up, still sore from the other night, and opened the bedroom door.
She could tell that she was in an apartment by how small the place was. The living room was just as dark as the bedroom. She didn't see anyone so she went straight for the door. As she reached for the door handle she felt a hand grab her shoulder and turn around. She was now facing a tall man. She looked at him nervously before speaking.
"Mr. Roberts why am I here in your apartment?" Jackie asked Lucas.
"I know you didn't kill Sami. I also know that you didn't try to kill my mother. I also know that your life is in danger." Lucas said.
"How do you know that my life is in danger?" Jackie asked him.
"I knew about your fight with the killer in the cemetery." Lucas said.
"Well, I have to get back to Steven right away. He has to know that I am alright." Jackie said.
"You can't go back. I'm sorry; until the killer is found you can't go back." Lucas said.
"So then my husband has to sit there and wonder where I am. Is that what you're telling me?" She asked Lucas.
"Yes that's exactly what I'm telling you. You're lucky that I got there when I did or you would be in the killer's hands right now." Lucas said.
"Well do you really think I'm safer here in you apartment right across from a crime scene?" She asked him.
"No I don't that's why when the sun goes down I'm going to take you to a safer hiding place. We have to be careful thought. I want you to stay in the back bedroom until I come back from visiting my mom." Lucas said.
Without giving her time to talk, he pulled out a gun and handed it to her.
"Use this as protection. Shoot anyone that comes into this apartment. I'm going to bolt up the door. Whatever you do don't look out any of the windows." Lucas said.
Lucas was soon gone and once again Jackie was left in a could dark place all alone.
Lucas can't believe that he was listening to his mother. She had told him that she was sorry for what she had said about Sami earlier. She told him that she pretended to play dead when Jackie Hyde had arrived to confront the killer. She said that she could see a woman in the distant watching the whole scene be played out while she was being taken into the ambulance. It was now up to Lucas to save her and keep her out of harms way. It was also obvious to him that the killer had people working for her. Who could be so powerful, that they could afford to hire someone? He soon realized who could be powerful...Nichole.
Nichole laid out on the pool deck sunbathing. The day had gone real rotten after she had found that she had eaten Sami Brady for lunch. It was enough that she had to deal with the stupid bitch now she had to deal with the fact that she had to digest her as well. The sun was beginning to get to warm for her so she decided to take a dip in the pool. The water felt refreshing on her very warm body. She swam around the pool a couple of times. No one was around; Victor was inside his study and Brady had moved out. She truly believed that Brady was falling for her and soon they would be happy together; until Chloe lane came back and ruined everything for her. One look at her had done it for Brady. He was back in love with her and once again and Nichole was soon out of the picture; this time for good. She didn't want to ponder on this anymore. All she wanted to do was swim around for awhile and forget about everything. A light breeze began to blow through and Nichole soon dug her whole body under the water. She began to hear footsteps approach her and she ignored them taking it as sign that they were just Victor's.
"What do you want Victor?" She asked him.
"For you to rot in hell with Sami." The woman said.
Nichole turned around to face the woman and a look of horror came over her face. The killer smiled and picked up the radio the radio that was sitting next to the pool and dropped it in.
Victor was sitting inside his study when he heard the vicious screams coming from outside. He sprang up from his chair and ran outside. The scene was way too grotesque for him to bear. He saw a woman standing over Nichole smiling; while Nichole lay in the pool frying to death. He ran back inside and dialed 911, then he hung up the phone and ran back outside to confront the killer. Without turning her head to look at him, the killer shot victor in the stomach and walked off.
Lucas pulled up to Kiriakis mansion to find the place swarming with cops. He saw two men come out with a body bag. He walked up to the house and could smell burnt flesh. The smell made him sick to his stomach. He saw two more men come out with a body bag and he began to wonder who had died. He then saw Mrs. Hyde's husband come up to the front entrance. There was worry and despair written all over his face. He felt so bad that he had to do this to him but that's the way it had to be.
Hyde reached the front door and looked over at Lucas. He looked guilty for some odd reason. It wasn't that he looked guilty about the murders it was he looked guilty about something else.
"Detective we found the bodies of Nichole and Victor Kiriakis by the pool. Victor was shot in the chest; and his wife suffered a more disgusting morbid death." The police officer said to Hyde."
That was all Lucas needed to hear before taking off into his car. Hyde turned around and saw him take off. He said thank you to the officer and told him to take them down to the city morgue. He would come by for the autopsy report. He got into his car and began to follow Lucas. His phone rang and he picked it up hoping that it would be Jackie.
"Hey buddy how's it going?" He heard the familiar voice say over the phone.
"Not good; the killer has killed four people since I just moved here and Jackie's missing. Not to mention she's a murder suspect in Sami Brady case and now a possible murder suspect in this case." Hyde said.
"You don't think she did it do you?" He asked him.
"No of course I don't think she is the killer you moron. Someone busted her out of jail. I don't have a clue as to where she is or what she's doing. I hope that if she has any sense left in her brain she'll call me and tell me where she is." Hyde said.
"Wait what do you mean call you? Hyde I don't know how you expect her to call you when the killer could possibly have her or worse she could be dead." He said.
"She's not dead and I know exactly where she is?" Hyde said.
"How do you know where she is?" He asked.
"An officer told me right after the bust that he saw someone carrying a woman out to his car. The woman fit Jackie's description and the man fit someone else's description. The officer didn't think too much about it, as they all seem to do here in Salem, and carried on his way." Hyde said.
"Well, if you know where she is than why aren't you busting down his door." Eric asked him.
"Don't you get it, I just can't go busting down his door. If I try to play hero with her, she'll get mad at me. I know that this goes against my better judgment, but I have to let her get herself caught." Hyde said.
"Wait a second...this has nothing to do with playing the hero, it has to do with saving her life. She'll understand that." He said.
"No she won't. I don't think she wants to be saved." Hyde said.
"So you think that she orchestrated this whole "bust out of jail" thing?" He asked him.
"Yeah I do think that she had her hand very much in this whole plan. I just don't understand why he would be carrying her." Hyde said.
"Well, I better be going now. I hope everything works out with you and Jackie." He said.
The man got off the phone and went over to his wife. He smiled at her and picked up his little girl, Ashley, from her playpen.
"From the look on your face I can tell that the conversation must have been that bad." She said.
"Yep you bet. I'm going to put in a transfer at the station. We're leaving for Salem tonight." Eric Foreman said to his wife Donna.
Hyde kept up his slow and steady pace behind Lucas Robert's car. There was no way that he was going to let Jackie go that easily. He knew that she didn't kill anyone but there was no way that escaping out of prison was going to prove anything. He had to find her and make her understand this. Their marriage had been falling apart for over a year now. She was upset that she couldn't have any kids of her own and she began to take it out on him. He tried to ignore it for both their sakes but maybe she was busting out of jail to runaway and escape from not only the killer but from him as well. He pulled the car into the parking garage and waited for Lucas to get out of his car and make his way slowly up to his apartment. Once he was inside he got out of the car and followed Lucas up to his apartment.
Lucas made it inside his apartment without anyone seeing him. The sun was beginning to go down and it was almost time to put their plan into action. Jackie had barricaded herself inside of the bedroom just like Lucas had told her to do. He was going to have her come out but then he heard a knock at the door; it was detective Hyde.
Hyde stood outside the door holding a search warrant out in front of Lucas's face. He could see that he had a worried look on his face.
"Detective I am in no mood for your games." He said.
"Well that makes two of us then. I am in no mood for your games either. Now where is she?" Hyde asked.
"Where is who? I don't know what you're talking about and I don't have to let you in here. I'm not a suspect no more and I don't have to submit to a search warrant unless you give me reasonable cause." Lucas said with a smug look on his face.
"This is a search warrant for Jackie Burkhart. An officer described a man carrying her out of jail. He fit your description and this is a search warrant to search your home for her. Now if you don't get out of my way I'll have you arrested instead of her. Oh and you better hope that you're not harboring a suspect." Hyde said then pushed Lucas out of the way.
He walked around the house carefully. He searched every room but there was no sign of her. He was about to leave in despair until he remembered that he hadn't searched the bedroom yet. He turned the handle and...
Jackie sat in the bottom of the shower in Lucas's bathroom. She was nervous that Hyde might find her. She knew that life had been tough for them over the past year but this was not the way she wanted to end it. She knew that he blamed her for the bust out of jail. He always did seem to find away of doing that but if he did find her here then she knew for certain that their marriage would be over. She could hear him in his room. Then she heard him start to talk in a calm quiet voice.
"Jackie please come out here. I know that you're in here somewhere. I know everything and I know you're sorry for busting out. Please Jackie I won't hurt you. I won't let them put you back in there. Now please come out her sweetie; please." Hyde said in a desperate toned.
Jackie however would still not budge. He did blame her for the bust and she wasn't going to leave this shower now. Hyde bowed his head down in defeat and walked out. Once he had left Lucas's, Lucas came into the bathroom breathed a sigh of relief, and told her it wasn't over yet. He turned on the water and told her to keep calm. Hyde opened his door and came back in. He realized that he hadn't searched the bathroom in Lucas's room. He came up to the bathroom door and heard the shower on. He then realized that Jackie wasn't in there. He still had this feeling that she was there though and he was determined to prove it. He went out to the living room and pretended to shut the door. He then hid in Lucas's apartment. Lucas came out of the room with Jackie following close behind.
"Well you see. I told you he would eventually go away." Lucas said.
"Yeah well I'm glad. I was really thinking about coming out but then he blamed me for busting out when you kidnapped me." Jackie said to Lucas.
"Yeah well I'm sorry about that." Lucas said.
"It's okay. I'm actually very grateful that you did. I don't know how I'll ever be able to repay you." She said.
Jackie then looked up into Lucas's eyes and for some reason she felt happy. She smiled up at him and kissed him on the cheek and then hugged them. Hyde heard and saw everything. He looked on as Jackie looked up at Lucas again and this time kissed him passionately. He finally understood it all; their marriage was truly over. Jackie Hyde would never come back to him.
She could tell that she was in an apartment by how small the place was. The living room was just as dark as the bedroom. She didn't see anyone so she went straight for the door. As she reached for the door handle she felt a hand grab her shoulder and turn around. She was now facing a tall man. She looked at him nervously before speaking.
"Mr. Roberts why am I here in your apartment?" Jackie asked Lucas.
"I know you didn't kill Sami. I also know that you didn't try to kill my mother. I also know that your life is in danger." Lucas said.
"How do you know that my life is in danger?" Jackie asked him.
"I knew about your fight with the killer in the cemetery." Lucas said.
"Well, I have to get back to Steven right away. He has to know that I am alright." Jackie said.
"You can't go back. I'm sorry; until the killer is found you can't go back." Lucas said.
"So then my husband has to sit there and wonder where I am. Is that what you're telling me?" She asked Lucas.
"Yes that's exactly what I'm telling you. You're lucky that I got there when I did or you would be in the killer's hands right now." Lucas said.
"Well do you really think I'm safer here in you apartment right across from a crime scene?" She asked him.
"No I don't that's why when the sun goes down I'm going to take you to a safer hiding place. We have to be careful thought. I want you to stay in the back bedroom until I come back from visiting my mom." Lucas said.
Without giving her time to talk, he pulled out a gun and handed it to her.
"Use this as protection. Shoot anyone that comes into this apartment. I'm going to bolt up the door. Whatever you do don't look out any of the windows." Lucas said.
Lucas was soon gone and once again Jackie was left in a could dark place all alone.
Lucas can't believe that he was listening to his mother. She had told him that she was sorry for what she had said about Sami earlier. She told him that she pretended to play dead when Jackie Hyde had arrived to confront the killer. She said that she could see a woman in the distant watching the whole scene be played out while she was being taken into the ambulance. It was now up to Lucas to save her and keep her out of harms way. It was also obvious to him that the killer had people working for her. Who could be so powerful, that they could afford to hire someone? He soon realized who could be powerful...Nichole.
Nichole laid out on the pool deck sunbathing. The day had gone real rotten after she had found that she had eaten Sami Brady for lunch. It was enough that she had to deal with the stupid bitch now she had to deal with the fact that she had to digest her as well. The sun was beginning to get to warm for her so she decided to take a dip in the pool. The water felt refreshing on her very warm body. She swam around the pool a couple of times. No one was around; Victor was inside his study and Brady had moved out. She truly believed that Brady was falling for her and soon they would be happy together; until Chloe lane came back and ruined everything for her. One look at her had done it for Brady. He was back in love with her and once again and Nichole was soon out of the picture; this time for good. She didn't want to ponder on this anymore. All she wanted to do was swim around for awhile and forget about everything. A light breeze began to blow through and Nichole soon dug her whole body under the water. She began to hear footsteps approach her and she ignored them taking it as sign that they were just Victor's.
"What do you want Victor?" She asked him.
"For you to rot in hell with Sami." The woman said.
Nichole turned around to face the woman and a look of horror came over her face. The killer smiled and picked up the radio the radio that was sitting next to the pool and dropped it in.
Victor was sitting inside his study when he heard the vicious screams coming from outside. He sprang up from his chair and ran outside. The scene was way too grotesque for him to bear. He saw a woman standing over Nichole smiling; while Nichole lay in the pool frying to death. He ran back inside and dialed 911, then he hung up the phone and ran back outside to confront the killer. Without turning her head to look at him, the killer shot victor in the stomach and walked off.
Lucas pulled up to Kiriakis mansion to find the place swarming with cops. He saw two men come out with a body bag. He walked up to the house and could smell burnt flesh. The smell made him sick to his stomach. He saw two more men come out with a body bag and he began to wonder who had died. He then saw Mrs. Hyde's husband come up to the front entrance. There was worry and despair written all over his face. He felt so bad that he had to do this to him but that's the way it had to be.
Hyde reached the front door and looked over at Lucas. He looked guilty for some odd reason. It wasn't that he looked guilty about the murders it was he looked guilty about something else.
"Detective we found the bodies of Nichole and Victor Kiriakis by the pool. Victor was shot in the chest; and his wife suffered a more disgusting morbid death." The police officer said to Hyde."
That was all Lucas needed to hear before taking off into his car. Hyde turned around and saw him take off. He said thank you to the officer and told him to take them down to the city morgue. He would come by for the autopsy report. He got into his car and began to follow Lucas. His phone rang and he picked it up hoping that it would be Jackie.
"Hey buddy how's it going?" He heard the familiar voice say over the phone.
"Not good; the killer has killed four people since I just moved here and Jackie's missing. Not to mention she's a murder suspect in Sami Brady case and now a possible murder suspect in this case." Hyde said.
"You don't think she did it do you?" He asked him.
"No of course I don't think she is the killer you moron. Someone busted her out of jail. I don't have a clue as to where she is or what she's doing. I hope that if she has any sense left in her brain she'll call me and tell me where she is." Hyde said.
"Wait what do you mean call you? Hyde I don't know how you expect her to call you when the killer could possibly have her or worse she could be dead." He said.
"She's not dead and I know exactly where she is?" Hyde said.
"How do you know where she is?" He asked.
"An officer told me right after the bust that he saw someone carrying a woman out to his car. The woman fit Jackie's description and the man fit someone else's description. The officer didn't think too much about it, as they all seem to do here in Salem, and carried on his way." Hyde said.
"Well, if you know where she is than why aren't you busting down his door." Eric asked him.
"Don't you get it, I just can't go busting down his door. If I try to play hero with her, she'll get mad at me. I know that this goes against my better judgment, but I have to let her get herself caught." Hyde said.
"Wait a second...this has nothing to do with playing the hero, it has to do with saving her life. She'll understand that." He said.
"No she won't. I don't think she wants to be saved." Hyde said.
"So you think that she orchestrated this whole "bust out of jail" thing?" He asked him.
"Yeah I do think that she had her hand very much in this whole plan. I just don't understand why he would be carrying her." Hyde said.
"Well, I better be going now. I hope everything works out with you and Jackie." He said.
The man got off the phone and went over to his wife. He smiled at her and picked up his little girl, Ashley, from her playpen.
"From the look on your face I can tell that the conversation must have been that bad." She said.
"Yep you bet. I'm going to put in a transfer at the station. We're leaving for Salem tonight." Eric Foreman said to his wife Donna.
Hyde kept up his slow and steady pace behind Lucas Robert's car. There was no way that he was going to let Jackie go that easily. He knew that she didn't kill anyone but there was no way that escaping out of prison was going to prove anything. He had to find her and make her understand this. Their marriage had been falling apart for over a year now. She was upset that she couldn't have any kids of her own and she began to take it out on him. He tried to ignore it for both their sakes but maybe she was busting out of jail to runaway and escape from not only the killer but from him as well. He pulled the car into the parking garage and waited for Lucas to get out of his car and make his way slowly up to his apartment. Once he was inside he got out of the car and followed Lucas up to his apartment.
Lucas made it inside his apartment without anyone seeing him. The sun was beginning to go down and it was almost time to put their plan into action. Jackie had barricaded herself inside of the bedroom just like Lucas had told her to do. He was going to have her come out but then he heard a knock at the door; it was detective Hyde.
Hyde stood outside the door holding a search warrant out in front of Lucas's face. He could see that he had a worried look on his face.
"Detective I am in no mood for your games." He said.
"Well that makes two of us then. I am in no mood for your games either. Now where is she?" Hyde asked.
"Where is who? I don't know what you're talking about and I don't have to let you in here. I'm not a suspect no more and I don't have to submit to a search warrant unless you give me reasonable cause." Lucas said with a smug look on his face.
"This is a search warrant for Jackie Burkhart. An officer described a man carrying her out of jail. He fit your description and this is a search warrant to search your home for her. Now if you don't get out of my way I'll have you arrested instead of her. Oh and you better hope that you're not harboring a suspect." Hyde said then pushed Lucas out of the way.
He walked around the house carefully. He searched every room but there was no sign of her. He was about to leave in despair until he remembered that he hadn't searched the bedroom yet. He turned the handle and...
Jackie sat in the bottom of the shower in Lucas's bathroom. She was nervous that Hyde might find her. She knew that life had been tough for them over the past year but this was not the way she wanted to end it. She knew that he blamed her for the bust out of jail. He always did seem to find away of doing that but if he did find her here then she knew for certain that their marriage would be over. She could hear him in his room. Then she heard him start to talk in a calm quiet voice.
"Jackie please come out here. I know that you're in here somewhere. I know everything and I know you're sorry for busting out. Please Jackie I won't hurt you. I won't let them put you back in there. Now please come out her sweetie; please." Hyde said in a desperate toned.
Jackie however would still not budge. He did blame her for the bust and she wasn't going to leave this shower now. Hyde bowed his head down in defeat and walked out. Once he had left Lucas's, Lucas came into the bathroom breathed a sigh of relief, and told her it wasn't over yet. He turned on the water and told her to keep calm. Hyde opened his door and came back in. He realized that he hadn't searched the bathroom in Lucas's room. He came up to the bathroom door and heard the shower on. He then realized that Jackie wasn't in there. He still had this feeling that she was there though and he was determined to prove it. He went out to the living room and pretended to shut the door. He then hid in Lucas's apartment. Lucas came out of the room with Jackie following close behind.
"Well you see. I told you he would eventually go away." Lucas said.
"Yeah well I'm glad. I was really thinking about coming out but then he blamed me for busting out when you kidnapped me." Jackie said to Lucas.
"Yeah well I'm sorry about that." Lucas said.
"It's okay. I'm actually very grateful that you did. I don't know how I'll ever be able to repay you." She said.
Jackie then looked up into Lucas's eyes and for some reason she felt happy. She smiled up at him and kissed him on the cheek and then hugged them. Hyde heard and saw everything. He looked on as Jackie looked up at Lucas again and this time kissed him passionately. He finally understood it all; their marriage was truly over. Jackie Hyde would never come back to him.