"So tell me Eve," Kevin began as he sat across from her on the small jet Chris had sent in for the trip to fly out to New York City, "How have you been really?"


"That's a strange question to ask considering what we've told you," Chris grumbled in response already hating that he'd brought Kevin into the situation as Kevin had been fixated on Eve in ways Chris was certain he already didn't like.



"It's just polite conversation," Kevin glared in Chris's direction, "Something you clearly know nothing about, Ramsey."


"Oh like you're one to talk wacko," Chris snapped as he threw out an icy glare in Kevin's direction, "Though while we're on the subject of conversation, how's Lucy doing lately after you tried to kill her?"


"How should I know," Kevin wrinkled his nose in response as he focused upon Eve once again reaching for her hand as he lifted it to his lips in a tender kiss, "and why would I care?"


"I heard about what happened with Lucy," Eve felt the tension in the air as she looked between the two men in her life, "Jack told me how you married Lucy and she left you for this Ian character…"


"Lucy and I weren't meant to be," Kevin sighed as he released her hand and sank back into his seat, "but then again I suppose you always knew that, didn't you Eve?"


"I knew you could do a hell of a lot better," Eve nodded in agreement as she thought to the woman she'd spent so many years hating.



"And I did for a brief fleeting moment," Kevin flashed her a sexy smile, "when I was with you…"


"Kevin," Eve felt a heat rise over her features as she felt a memory of her time with Kevin pass through her mind.



"That's it," Chris announced getting up off of his seat as Jack reached for his arm.



"Chris, let it go," Jack urged him hoping to avoid any kind of conflict as he was well aware at how upset Kevin's paying Eve attention was making his brother. "Remember she came to you…not Kevin and we're looking for your daughter."


"Which is exactly why he needs to back off," Chris insisted as he cast his brother one last glance before moving in closer to Eve. He wrapped his arm around her as he squeezed her in closer to him, "How are you feeling, sweetheart?"


"I've had better days, but I'll be better when we find Sarah," Eve explained shifting her eyes up towards him as he urged her in against him.



"Why don't you rest a bit," Chris suggested kissing the top of her head as he threw Kevin a quick warning look, "I'll wake you when we get there."


"No," Eve insisted shaking her head, "I can't relax knowing that our daughter is in the hands of that monster…that she's out there and needing me…"


"We'll find her baby," Chris assured her as he hugged her in against him, "One way we'll find a way to bring our little girl home."


"How old did you say Sarah was again," Kevin piped in watching the two of them with a scrutinizing eye.



"She's three," Eve explained thinking to her missing daughter, "and she'd so very beautiful."


"With you as her mother, well I have no doubts about that," Kevin smiled brightly before a moment of silence passed over them, "Although Eve I hate to ask, but there's something that's been on my mind since I heard about DV taking you and about Sarah's existence…"


"What's that?" Eve questioned leaning her head in against Chris as she saw something pass over his features before he rubbed his hands together.



"Well, being that she's three years old and you were kidnapped at a time when you and I were still together, is there any chance that maybe just maybe Sarah is…" Kevin started as Chris groaned in response.



"Oh hell Collins. Will you get it through your head? Eve is with me now and this is my daughter we're looking for. Your fruit loop daughter is off in Port Charles chasing around a vampire and making everyone miserable."


"Chris," Jack chastised him as he couldn't believe his brother's reaction to Kevin.



"Well it's true," Chris insisted bitterly, "I mean let's be real here…"


"Wait a second," Eve blinked back upon his words, "Chris, what did you just say?"


"I said that Kevin here has a daughter…a real piece of work, but they say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and in this case, it's true as the loony bird clan just keeps on growing at the Collins household."


"Why you…" Kevin's jaw clenched with anger as Eve positioned herself between the two of them hoping to stop whatever was starting before it began.



"Stop it," she pleaded with the both of them, "Chris, Kevin, this isn't helping anything," she paused trying to decipher something for a moment before looking to Chris, "You said something about vampires, didn't you?"


"Yes, I did," Chris hesitated as he thought about his words, "but right now that isn't something we should get into."


"Yes, we should," Eve insisted looking over the group, "Is it true that you think there's some kind of vampires in Port Charles?"


"Eve, it's really a ridiculous thing not worth talking about and…" Chris started uneasily.



"Yes, there is," Kevin blurted out with an ironic laugh, "which means there are more bloodsuckers running around than Ramsey these days."


Eve turned her attention to Jack who nodded solemnly, "There's been a lot of crazy stuff going on and we weren't sure what to make of it, but I was one of them myself once upon a time…"


"Wait a second," Eve tried to take it all in as the moment overwhelmed her and she sank back into her seat, "I don't believe this. He did it…he really did it…"


"Did what?" Chris asked in confusion.



"Who?" Kevin inquired, "Eve, what's going on?"


"DV," Eve explained lifting her eyes up to the men that surrounded her once again, "He'd been playing mind control games before I was kidnapped," she turned to Kevin, "You remember what he was doing there in trying to drive me crazy about my son…"


"Yes," Kevin nodded in response, "He made you believe that your son was alive and showed you what you thought was a real, living breathing version of your child…"


"Kevin, I wanted to believe so hard that boy was real, but when I touched him, well, it seemed like it was happening, but I learned after that it wasn't real…" Eve bit on her lower lip thinking to the trick that had been played on her, "DV had this way of manipulating people…using mind control and with a few tools he could maneuver a situation to his liking. He'd make people believe that they had someone around who wasn't really there. You could be talking to someone who never existed and you could feel them, but it was all in your head…in your mind and the reality was that it wasn't real at all…"


"Eve, I know that he did a lot of things to screw with your mind, but this time with the vampires," Kevin began sympathetically, "As much of a nightmare it's been…"


"There's a man named Michael Morley," Eve insisted seeing the surprise that filled the small area they'd been seated in, "He is the alter ego to whatever creature of the night that's been stalking everyone…"


"Caleb," Jack nodded in response, "Yeah, that's him, but how do you know…"


"He's not real," Eve blurted out shaking her head as the deliriousness of it all hit her hard, "I mean he's real, but he's not. He's a projection that DV worked on in his labs. He was so sure he'd find a way to get revenge on everyone in Port Charles when he came to town, but when sabotage didn't work, he started upping the ammo. He created this thing based on fears and…"


"Eve, as crazy as it sounds the vampires were real," Chris began to explain as he reached for her hand, "We were all touched by it and when he went after the baby that your look-alike was having…"


"Chris, I'm telling you that they weren't," Eve argued with him, "Nothing about vampires is real except for the things we read in fiction and what we have in our imagination. I'm sure that you also believed in angels and witches, right?"


"Actually," Jack gave her a sideways glance, "Eve, sure this all sounds completely nuts, but we were all a part of it. I was bit by Caleb and…"


"Do you remember being attacked by this so called vampire?" Eve questioned eagerly, "Do you remember all the details or was some of it hazy?"


"It was a nightmare," Jack offered up in confession, "and I was in this race and I died…but then I was alive…"


"You were never dead," Eve answered with a heavy sigh, "and knowing what I know about DV and about Henry, my guess is that you were targeted because of your relation to Henry. When DV was injured, well he took a profound interest in the psychic projections and the alternate realities he could be god in. The only problem was the to do such a mass hypnosis, they needed something that would work, something that could transmit all the signals needed to make the hysteria seem real…"


"I don't believe this," Chris shook his head in response, "I mean sure believing in vampires is bad enough, but now you're telling me that Henry and DV created them."


"Chris, you have no idea what they are capable of," Eve looked to Kevin poignantly, "and your breakdown--you were drugged weren't you?"


"Yes, I was, but how did you…" Kevin started before finding himself at a complete loss.



"DV was out to get you Kevin," Eve offered up with a sigh, "He didn't like how you stood in his way and he was trying to get back at you. In fact I'm willing to bet that this Ian guy that Lucy is with works for Henry…"


"Whoa, back up," Chris shook his head, "You're saying that my father brought Ian Thornhart into Port Charles."


"Think about it…really think about it," Eve focused her attention on him, "You said it yourself that the version of me you were faced with ignored you. She turned her back on both you and Kevin and ran to this Ian guy. Then when the timing was right, you all lost her. You watched her die and then this Ian guy moved in on Lucy, which clearly at the time Kevin was with her, yes?"


Kevin's jaw clenched in anger as he nodded silently.



"This guy strikes me as one of the men who could've worked for the project. I mean it only makes sense considering all else that's been going on. More than likely Ian's a man of power, influence and plays a heroic part that plays into his grandiose feelings of importance, yes?"


"More than you know," Chris muttered with a huff.



"Ian's the poster child for pain in the ass and saint wanna be rolled into one," Kevin grumbled in response, "He always thinks he can find a way to have it all…"


"And my guess is he was programmed to believe he can."


"So you're saying that Ian's not real?" Jack asked in confusion.



"No, he's probably real as DV and Henry needed people to help play the parts they created if they planned to pull them off over a long period of time. My guess is that the men that were brought in got a little too adjusted to the role and with DV gone, well they could be whatever they wanted to as they manipulated the town to do what they wanted…"


"That explains a lot," Chris remarked offhandedly, "Though that still doesn't answer a lot of the questions…"


"It's not supposed to and maybe in Port Charles the answers will become clearer, but first I need to find our daughter. If Henry disappears or finds a way to sneak off to some place like Port Charles where it's easy to manipulate the citizens, well then there's no telling what will happen to Sarah. We may never see her again and I can't bear the thought of that happening…"


"It won't happen," Chris promised her, "We'll find our daughter and when we do, we'll find a way to put an end to the nightmare my father has worked so hard to create once and for all."



"I hope you're right, Chris," Eve sank into his arms hoping above hope that this lead to New York City would bring her closer to holding her daughter in her arms once again.