Chapter 7 Greece: Mikkos' Study

Mikkos: "Natasha!"

Alexis: (shocked/confused/ect.) "Mikkos?"

Mikkos: (to the guards) "Get out, Get out!" He ushers the guards out of the room and slams the door behind them. To Alexis. "My darling girl." He caresses her cheek and pulls her in for a tight hug.

Alexis: (still shocked) "I... I thought you were dead."

Mikkos: "When Luke Spencer locked me in the ice chamber he did a less then adequate job. The chamber preserved me and my doctors discovered a way to revive me."

Alexis: (pulling away from him) "I just can't believe it. Mikkos, I want you to know that I know that you're my father and I know what Helena did to my mother."

Mikkos: "I am so sorry for what she did to you as a child and now... I made a bargain with her, long ago, that if you didn't remember who you were she wouldn't harm you."

Alexis: "Well, now I know."

The embrace again, tightly, remembering all the years that they lost. All the while Ned has been standing there, watching the scene, in amazement. Alexis pulls out of Mikkos' embrace and walks over to Ned.

Alexis: "Mikkos, this is ..." She looks over at Ned. "my friend, Ned Ashton."

Ned: (extending his hand to Mikkos) "Mr. Cassadine."

Mikkos looks him over for a second and smiles.

Mikkos: (taking his hand) "Mikkos, please."

Alexis: "Mikkos, I want you to know that I think its amazing that your alive and that I can get to know you as a father. But I want to talk to you about..."

Mikkos: (interrupting her) "About Sasha, correct?"

Alexis: "How did you know?"

Mikkos: "It is doubtful that you would want to return to the island for any reason, and judging by your reaction moments ago, you did not know I was alive, so Sasha seems to be the only conclusion." A beat. "I was under the impression that you did not know she was alive."

Alexis: "I was. But when she came to Port Charles, Ned saw her talking to Helena and came to tell me."

Mikkos: "I see, and that is the reason you have returned."

Alexis nods.

Mikkos: "Natasha, let me tell you..." He stops because he notices that Alexis shifts uncomfortably. "You prefer Alexis?"

Alexis nods and Ned watches her closely.

Mikkos: (continuing) "Let me tell you, that since I have returned I have spent time with my granddaughter, and she is wonderful. She is extremely intelligent and resourceful and rash. Much like you were at her age."

Alexis: (smiling) "And she's all right? I mean she's been living here with Helena for most of her life."

Mikkos: "I understand your concern my daughter, Helena was never one for children." Alexis' face darkens. "But it would seem that the years with my wife have left her unaffected."

Alexis: "Will you take me to her?"

Mikkos nods, and the three of them leave the study.

The main room of the "Cassadine Compound".

Sasha is sitting at a large table with a young man. Books are scattered all over the table. The young man is obviously Greek because of his dark hair, eyes and skin. He is looking over some papers while Sasha is sitting, with her glasses on, reading a very large book.

Ned, Alexis, and Mikkos peer into the room, unseen. The look on Alexis' face is priceless because she can't believe that she is seeing her daughter for the first time. Ned looks over at Alexis and smiles, he puts his hands on her shoulders.

Young Man: (referring to the papers that he is holding) "Your Latin, French, and Greek are exceptional as always Sasha."

Sasha: (only about half-listening) "Uh-huh." Young Man: (continuing) "But your Russian shows no improvement."

Sasha: (enthralled in what she is reading) "Uh-huh"

The young man, looking rather annoyed, grabs the book that Sasha was reading out of her hands and a comic book falls out of it.

Young Man: (picking up the comic book) "Why do you insist on reading this American drivel?"

Sasha: "Because I like it Dimitri!"

Dimitri: "Wouldn't you enjoy reading your Russian more?"

Sasha: "What do you think?" She reaches for the comic book and takes it back.

Dimitri: (condescendingly) "And what may I ask is a Magneto?"

Sasha: (in all seriousness) "A very powerful mutant, who believes, unlike his old friend Charles Xavier, that the human race and mutants are at war."

Dimitri just looks at her and gives her this "you've go to be kidding" look.

Sasha: (seeing the look on his face) "It won't sound any less confusing to you if I say it again."

Dimitri laughs and continues what he was saying before.

Dimitri: "Now as I said, your Russian shows no improvement."

Sasha: "I hate Russian. I find it a complete bore and I don't understand why I have to learn it.

Dimitri: "Because your grandfather insists upon it."

Sasha: "Not a good enough of a reason... Next!"

Dimitri: (throwing his hands up in the air) "What do you want me to do Sasha? He tells me what to teach you and I do!"

Sasha: "But I find Russian extremely boring. Can't we learn something else today?"

Dimitri: (giving up) "What do you want to learn?"

Sasha: "Anything! Biology, Chemistry, Literature, anything, PLEASE!"

Mikkos: (coming out of the shadows) "What is this I hear about you not wanting to learn Russian?"

Sasha and Dimitri both stand on the entrance of Mikkos.

Dimitri: "Mr. Cassadine."

Sasha: "Grandfather."

Mikkos: (putting his arm around Sasha) "And what are your reasons for detesting Russian?"

Sasha: "I just have a bloc against it, that's all."

Mikkos: "But you do not have a bloc against this?" He picks up the comic book.

Sasha: "No, my mind is completely open to the American comics." She takes it from him and puts it back on the table.

Mikkos: (smiling and kissing her forehead) "Yes, but you must learn your Russian, it is the language of your ancestors."

Sasha: (less then thrilled) "Yes, grandfather."

Mikkos: "Dimitri..."

Dimitri: "Yes, Mr. Cassadine."

Mikkos: "The tutoring session is over for today and Sasha will be given the next week off from her lessons."

Sasha smiles.

Dimitri: (collecting his things) "As you wish Mr. Cassadine." To Sasha. "Study your Russian." He hands her a book.

Sasha: (sarcastically) "Yeah... okay..."

Dimitri: (smiling at her) "Good day to you both." He leaves.

Sasha: "What's the catch?"

Mikkos: (unfamiliar with the expression) "Catch?"

Sasha: "I have never had time off from my tutoring sessions... EVER. Not with Helena and in the past six months certainly not with you. So I ask again what's the catch." A pause and then her voice turns hopeful. "Did Helena die and we have to attend her burial?"

Mikkos: (laughing) "No, no... I just have a surprise for you."

Sasha: (thinking) "The new X-Men comic book?"

Mikkos: "Better then that Czarina."

Sasha: "Better then X-Men?"

Just then Ned and Alexis materialize from the shadows. Sasha looks up and is momentarily confused and then comes to realize.

Sasha: (hopefully) "Mother?"

Alexis: (with tears in her eyes) "Yes..."

They tightly embrace as Ned and Mikkos look on smiling.

A/N: Thanks for the reviews! They are appreciated! Just want to let you know that all the questions do have answers and they will be answered in time... I promise! Hope you guys like the story!