Shadow- Yeah, they cut all those people from the show, or those people opted not to renew their contracts when they expired. I believe that was the case with Zander, Lucky and Scott. The rumor-mill has said that Brian Presley (Jack on Port Charles) might be replacement Lucky. There is plenty of stuff that will happen with Kyle. Plenty of stuff indeed.

Story-

Maxie turned her eyes towards Kyle, the boy she thought she had loved. Her face showed her disgust as he continued to walk closer to her. It was good that she did not have any feelings towards crying, it showed that she was stronger than she thought she was. "No, Kyle," She started, "I didn't."

"Why don't I believe you?" Kyle wondered, with a smirk that showed he was only trying to get Maxie angry, "Maxie, you used to cry for days when I wouldn't call you every other hour, remember?"

"Maybe I've just grown up more than you ever could," Maxie shot back, losing her temper.

"You're still so into me that you're just lying to yourself," Kyle grabbed her by the shoulders, "Admit it!"

Maxie struggled to get out of his grip, but he wasn't going to let her go, "Stop it, Kyle, you're hurting me!"

"Admit it!"

"I believe she asked you to let her go," Damian said.

Kyle took a quick glance before ignoring Damian, "You got a new boyfriend already?"

"He's not my boyfriend," Maxie continued her attempt to squirm out of Kyle's grip, "I just met him today."

"I always knew you were loose, but this surprises even me," Kyle pushed down even harder and Maxie seethed in pain.

Damian, not being one to let a woman be abused right in front of him, forced Kyle off of Maxie by flinging him back. Maxie was thrown back as well, onto the bench she was sitting on. "Are you okay?" He asked, concerned. She looked like he was really hurting her, and he wasn't going to stop.

She brushed a few tears of pain from her eyes, "Yes, Damian. Thank you."

Kyle pushed himself off the ground and rushed over, forcing Damian around, "Hey, why do you have to get yourself mixed up in this?"

"You were hurting someone because your small mind and huge ego could not take the blow of being rejected by someone who doesn't have the maturity of a child," He looked at Michael, "No offense." Mike just shrugged his shoulders.

"You've got a lot of nerve, you know that?"

Damian rolled his eyes, "I'd ask you to quit while you're ahead, but since that is not possible unless you can somehow return to your mother's womb and come out without growing up into a jackass I'll just ask that you stop digging yourself even deeper into the hole."

Kyle punched Damian in the face, "Dig yourself out of that!"

"Kyle!" Maxie yelled, "Stop it!"

He quickly turned over to her, "You didn't have any control over me when I was using you, what makes you think you can order me around now?" Maxie slapped him across the face before he could blink. All it did was make Kyle even more irate, "You shouldn't have done that!" He pulled his fist back, only to have it grabbed from behind. He turned around again, but this time it was his own face that was punched. Kyle fell backwards and onto the ground, wiping his nose that had started to bleed. He got up, "This isn't over!"

Maxie was visibly shaken. Kyle had almost hit her. She could never be in love with something like that. She felt a hand touch her hand and pulled it back without looking. "Maxie, it's okay!"

Her hand still shaking she pulled her head up and saw Damian, "I thought," She stopped herself.

"Don't," Damian began, "He's gone and he can't hurt you."

She saw the lower part of his mouth bleeding a little bit, "Are you okay?"

Damian nodded as he wiped away the blood, "I'm sure it'll be a bit sore for a day or two, but given the alternative it's worth it."

"I was scared," Michael said, "I've seen mommy and daddy yell at each other but it was never that bad. Daddy never hurt mommy."

"Maxie, I don't want to impose on you, but would you like it if Michael and I walked you home?" She turned her eyes up to him, "Don't feel that you have to say yes, if you don't want to that's fine. It's entirely your choice."

She had to admit that she felt safer when she wasn't alone, especially since Kyle was the type of person who would be following her around. "I'd appreciate it very much, thanks."

Morgan Household-

Jason and Courtney sat on the couch together, wrapped in one another's arms. They both wanted to go over to Sonny and Carly's, but they also knew that this was something they needed to work out alone. Neither could believe what had happened, that Sonny had another child. Jason stroked his wife's hair softly, "Courtney?"

"Yeah?" She replied as she leaned against his chest.

"Why didn't you tell me that you met Damian last night?"

"It all happened so fast and I still didn't know anything when I left. I didn't feel like it was something worth telling you about, Jason."

"What were you thinking when you found out?"

Courtney moved away from him and leaned her head back, "I was thinking that it couldn't be true. I didn't believe what he was saying. Sonny's so passionate about being with all of his children that I didn't even think for a minute that he would have one that he didn't know about." She closed her eyes, "I have to admit, I'm a bit disappointed in him. Why would have a relationship with a woman he didn't even know? It was twenty years ago before I even knew my brother, but I'd like to believe that he wasn't into hookers or anything like that."

"I think someone must have made him do it," Jason said, "Sonny worked hard to get where he is now, but everyone starts on the bottom in this business. He worked his way up over the years, but in order to do that he had to take a lot of orders. Some of them he couldn't say no to."

"You think someone made him have sex with Damian's mother?"

Jason nodded, "Yeah, I do."

Courtney looked at her husband, her baby blue eyes filled with worry, "Has anyone ever made you?"

"No, Courtney." Jason said as he moved towards her and hugged her, "No one ever made me do anything like that, I promise."

Scorpio Household-

Michael, Maxie and Damian walked to the front door. Maxie hadn't said much during the walk home, her mind constantly flashing to what had happened. She never wanted to be in an abusive relationship, it was very hard for her to come to the realization that she had been in one, it was just never physically abusive until today. She stopped at the door and checked to see if it was unlocked, it was. She turned the knob and pushed the door open, "This is it. Would you like to come in?"

Damian shook his head, "I think we'd better get back to Sonny's. They might be worrying about Michael by now."

"Okay," She replied, "Well, thank you so much for everything."

"Don't mention it," Damian stated. "Come on, Michael, we should get back."

"Bye, Maxie!" Michael waved before turning around.

She closed the door and looked in the living room. Dillon and Georgie were still inside, watching old movies. They heard the door close and watched the walkway until Maxie walked by. Georgie called out, "Maxie!" She saw her sister jump a bit, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

Maxie walked into the living room and sat down, "Its okay, I was just thinking about something."

"Did you enjoy yourself while you were gone?" Dillon asked, "Because we sure had a great time getting the smoke smell out of the house and cleaning the mess I made in the kitchen."

"Dillon!" Georgie hushed her boyfriend. She could tell that something was wrong with Maxie. "What is it?"

"I," She started to say before she took a breath, "I saw Kyle at the park."

"And?" Georgie didn't want to force it out of her sister, but if it meant that she would talk about it, get it off her mind, then it was for the better.

"He was yelling at me," Maxie started, "Then he grabbed me really hard and kept on yelling." She moved the sleeve of her shirt up to show them the bruises that were left on her arm. Georgie's eyes quickly grew wide, "He tried to hit me."

"I'm going to call Mac!" Georgie stated as she walked up to the phone, "I'm going to make sure that Kyle gets arrested for abusing my sister!"

"Georgie, don't!" Maxie cried out.

"You cannot seriously still be trying to protect him, Maxie!" Dillon said, "He tried to hit you, and he bruised your arms!"

"But I slapped him," Maxie muttered.

"I would have slapped him to, the jerk!" Georgie said, "Did you slap him before he hit you or after?"

"Before. He would have hit me too, except I was talking to someone else and he stopped Kyle."

"Who you were talking to," Georgie walked back to the couch, cordless phone in hand. She'd let her sister tell her the story first before she made any decisions.

"Sonny Corinthos's son."

"Michael?" Georgie asked, "He's just a little boy, how could he stop Kyle?"

Maxie shook her head, "He has another son, Damian."

Georgie thought about it for a moment, "Oh, I didn't know that."

"Neither did I," Dillon concurred.

"None of us did," Maxie finished, "But I'm glad that he does. And I'm glad Damian was there, because if he wasn't I don't know what would have happened."

"I'm still calling Mac," Georgie announced, "He can't get away with doing that to you."

"You don't need to call me, Georgie," The teens all turned around to see Mac standing there. "Maxie, I have to ask you some questions."

"About what?" Maxie wondered.

"About the boy you were with in the park," Mac informed his daughter, "Kyle is pressing assault charges on him."