A new face out of the race
Chapter 25
Lucky heard a gunshot go off and prepared for the worst, but it never came. Shifting Emily in his arms he turned to look at Zander. Zander laid there unmoving with a puddle of blood slowly getting bigger. Lucky looked down at Emily still sleeping in his arms. That was a good thing. The last thing Emily needed to see was Zander's unmoving body. Lucky turned around to see Jason and Luke standing there in the doorway. Lucky's eyes widened in disbelief when he saw Luke holding a pistol.
"No one shoots my son." Luke said and handed the gun back to Jason. Jason then hid it in his pants pocket.
Lucky just nodded and pushed his way from the room. Jason closed the door quietly.
"What happened up here?" Jason asked grimly after a glimpse of Emily resting in his arms.
Luke interrupted the answer as Lucky opened his mouth to give a short summary of what happened. "Not here. Lucky can explain everything in the car. Helena didn't hear us but the guards probably did; even if they could care less about Smith."
Jason nodded and Luke led the way back to the car. Lucky took a silent glance to the door where inside Zander lay, dead or just unconscious, he doesn't know. No matter what Zander did, didn't do, or could have done he felt no hatred surprisingly. Just pity of what happened to Zander throughout his life. He was neglected and unloved, but when he fell in love with Emily he was desperate for her to share the love. He couldn't blame him for that at all, but that didn't rationalize his actions. He was probably part the blame, but mostly it was just fate. Fate said that Emily was supposed to fall in love with him.
"Lucky? You coming?" Jason asked from down the hall.
"Yeah, just analyzing some stuff." Lucky said shifting Emily into a comfortable position in his arms. Emily gave a small sigh as he started walking toward Jason. He followed Jason and found Luke opening a staircase door for them. Jason went through and Lucky did the same. The three of them then walked down the stairs, out another door and into a vast central room. Luke led his way down the right side of the room and down another corridor. Lucky heard Jason and Luke whisper something to each other, but didn't catch what they said. Next thing Lucky knew he was being pushed out of another door and into fresh air.
He walked a few steps from the door and looked around. They were in a small abandoned town, it looked like. There were large, old buildings surrounding the one Emily and him have been held captive. It was a good idea of Helena to make it look like an abandoned building, having the inside to be elaborate. Draw her enemies away because they knew she would have never have stayed at such a place or owned it.
"It was a good plan on Helena's part wasn't it?" Luke asked and put his hand on Lucky's shoulder.
"Yeah, she's not as stupid as she looks." Lucky said and looked over at his father. Luke was smiling and looked kind of tired. "What happened to her anyway?"
Luke chuckled. "Well, when we went into the office Helena wanted Jason to leave, but I said he comes or we both go. Helena gave in because she wanted to get business out of the way." Luke explained and led Lucky away from the building.
"What business did she have with you?" Lucky asked and walked by his dad down the deserted street.
"My final disposal of course. I figured as much when she went to all the trouble to get Emily to get to you." Luke answered unwaveringly.
"Yeah, she got me good huh?" Lucky asked with a sharp sigh. It hurt to know that someone had finally made him feel vulnerable.
"Women have always been a Spencer's weakness, don't worry about it." Luke said as they reached the car.
"Mom must have freaked when she saw me gone huh?" Lucky asked as he finally realized how his sudden disappearance must of worried his family.
"You could say something like that. She phoned her mom and your cousins, and then got them all worried. So your mom phoned me and asked me to check it out, I went to Jason, found some stuff out and here we are." Luke said motioning to the silent streets and buildings.
"It's been a long few days for all of us then." Lucky said, settling Emily into the backseat of the car and sat next to her.
Luke got into the driver's side and started the car. "You could say that." He said and pulled into the street.
Lucky got settled in the backseat and leaned his head against the head cushions. "What happened after all that then?"
"So the Cassadine yapped about the past and I interrupted her not really caring what she had to say about it. So she pulled out the gun ranting about something I didn't understand and then played my tricks and got it out of her possession and used it on her. Died muttering about the past too." Luke shrugged confused, and continued to drive.
"The past is a killer, isn't it?" Lucky muttered and rubbed his temples after glancing at Emily's sleeping form.
"I was right about Emily reliving the past?" Jason asked, finally in the conversation. He had been thinking about that when Luke and Lucky talked about the occurrences in Helena's office.
"She didn't exactly say it out loud, but her actions spoke louder." Lucky answered.
"I take it you and Smith didn't get along too well." Luke asked, pulling onto a highway and stating the obvious.
"Not well enough. It made Emily even more upset and fatigued than she was." Lucky explained, realizing how tired and exhausted he was. Lucky tried keeping his eyes open, but they felt so heavy and finally closed.
"And the result of the whole situation was someone was killed and the two hostages about to collapse with exhaustion." Jason concluded, staring out the window. "You're going to have to tell us the whole story with that conclusion."
"I will, just not now." Lucky murmured as he fell asleep.
"We'll expect it." Luke said and watched his son fall sleep in the rearview mirror. He got a look at Emily's and Lucky's exhausted forms and sighed with relief. The two love birds were going to be okay.
Author's note: Hey, guess what? It's my birthday! So this chapter is my birthday gift to you. I hope you liked it, I don't think I'm ending it too well, but that's not important. It's what you think. I was going to write out the Helena, Luke, and Jason scene, but it didn't really fit so you got a summary. I will write what happened if you really want though, just ask me to and I will. I have nothing else to really say, but to please review. It would be appreciated to know that this chapter wasn't as bad as I thought. Advanced thanks.
Lucky heard a gunshot go off and prepared for the worst, but it never came. Shifting Emily in his arms he turned to look at Zander. Zander laid there unmoving with a puddle of blood slowly getting bigger. Lucky looked down at Emily still sleeping in his arms. That was a good thing. The last thing Emily needed to see was Zander's unmoving body. Lucky turned around to see Jason and Luke standing there in the doorway. Lucky's eyes widened in disbelief when he saw Luke holding a pistol.
"No one shoots my son." Luke said and handed the gun back to Jason. Jason then hid it in his pants pocket.
Lucky just nodded and pushed his way from the room. Jason closed the door quietly.
"What happened up here?" Jason asked grimly after a glimpse of Emily resting in his arms.
Luke interrupted the answer as Lucky opened his mouth to give a short summary of what happened. "Not here. Lucky can explain everything in the car. Helena didn't hear us but the guards probably did; even if they could care less about Smith."
Jason nodded and Luke led the way back to the car. Lucky took a silent glance to the door where inside Zander lay, dead or just unconscious, he doesn't know. No matter what Zander did, didn't do, or could have done he felt no hatred surprisingly. Just pity of what happened to Zander throughout his life. He was neglected and unloved, but when he fell in love with Emily he was desperate for her to share the love. He couldn't blame him for that at all, but that didn't rationalize his actions. He was probably part the blame, but mostly it was just fate. Fate said that Emily was supposed to fall in love with him.
"Lucky? You coming?" Jason asked from down the hall.
"Yeah, just analyzing some stuff." Lucky said shifting Emily into a comfortable position in his arms. Emily gave a small sigh as he started walking toward Jason. He followed Jason and found Luke opening a staircase door for them. Jason went through and Lucky did the same. The three of them then walked down the stairs, out another door and into a vast central room. Luke led his way down the right side of the room and down another corridor. Lucky heard Jason and Luke whisper something to each other, but didn't catch what they said. Next thing Lucky knew he was being pushed out of another door and into fresh air.
He walked a few steps from the door and looked around. They were in a small abandoned town, it looked like. There were large, old buildings surrounding the one Emily and him have been held captive. It was a good idea of Helena to make it look like an abandoned building, having the inside to be elaborate. Draw her enemies away because they knew she would have never have stayed at such a place or owned it.
"It was a good plan on Helena's part wasn't it?" Luke asked and put his hand on Lucky's shoulder.
"Yeah, she's not as stupid as she looks." Lucky said and looked over at his father. Luke was smiling and looked kind of tired. "What happened to her anyway?"
Luke chuckled. "Well, when we went into the office Helena wanted Jason to leave, but I said he comes or we both go. Helena gave in because she wanted to get business out of the way." Luke explained and led Lucky away from the building.
"What business did she have with you?" Lucky asked and walked by his dad down the deserted street.
"My final disposal of course. I figured as much when she went to all the trouble to get Emily to get to you." Luke answered unwaveringly.
"Yeah, she got me good huh?" Lucky asked with a sharp sigh. It hurt to know that someone had finally made him feel vulnerable.
"Women have always been a Spencer's weakness, don't worry about it." Luke said as they reached the car.
"Mom must have freaked when she saw me gone huh?" Lucky asked as he finally realized how his sudden disappearance must of worried his family.
"You could say something like that. She phoned her mom and your cousins, and then got them all worried. So your mom phoned me and asked me to check it out, I went to Jason, found some stuff out and here we are." Luke said motioning to the silent streets and buildings.
"It's been a long few days for all of us then." Lucky said, settling Emily into the backseat of the car and sat next to her.
Luke got into the driver's side and started the car. "You could say that." He said and pulled into the street.
Lucky got settled in the backseat and leaned his head against the head cushions. "What happened after all that then?"
"So the Cassadine yapped about the past and I interrupted her not really caring what she had to say about it. So she pulled out the gun ranting about something I didn't understand and then played my tricks and got it out of her possession and used it on her. Died muttering about the past too." Luke shrugged confused, and continued to drive.
"The past is a killer, isn't it?" Lucky muttered and rubbed his temples after glancing at Emily's sleeping form.
"I was right about Emily reliving the past?" Jason asked, finally in the conversation. He had been thinking about that when Luke and Lucky talked about the occurrences in Helena's office.
"She didn't exactly say it out loud, but her actions spoke louder." Lucky answered.
"I take it you and Smith didn't get along too well." Luke asked, pulling onto a highway and stating the obvious.
"Not well enough. It made Emily even more upset and fatigued than she was." Lucky explained, realizing how tired and exhausted he was. Lucky tried keeping his eyes open, but they felt so heavy and finally closed.
"And the result of the whole situation was someone was killed and the two hostages about to collapse with exhaustion." Jason concluded, staring out the window. "You're going to have to tell us the whole story with that conclusion."
"I will, just not now." Lucky murmured as he fell asleep.
"We'll expect it." Luke said and watched his son fall sleep in the rearview mirror. He got a look at Emily's and Lucky's exhausted forms and sighed with relief. The two love birds were going to be okay.
Author's note: Hey, guess what? It's my birthday! So this chapter is my birthday gift to you. I hope you liked it, I don't think I'm ending it too well, but that's not important. It's what you think. I was going to write out the Helena, Luke, and Jason scene, but it didn't really fit so you got a summary. I will write what happened if you really want though, just ask me to and I will. I have nothing else to really say, but to please review. It would be appreciated to know that this chapter wasn't as bad as I thought. Advanced thanks.