A/N:  Hey girls—I'm back : )  This is a long chapter—mainly because A) I had a lot I wanted to put in—and some stuff got added in without my knowledge (in other words--It came out of my head and I didn't delete it because it sounded good) and B) Gracie hasn't had anything new to read in a week, and my fiancé told me last night to hurry up and update so she'd have something to read. LOL  Enjoy!  Until next time—PCGirl.

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PC: 2020

"Hey again," said Rafe as he looked up from his and Eddie's kick boxing practice to see Ian walk in.  "Eddie, this is Ian Thornhart, an old friend."

"Hi," waved Eddie shyly.

"Wow—you look just like your dad," laughed Ian.

"Thanks," he grinned as he grabbed a towel and then went up the steps.

"He's too much like me sometimes—Alison says when he finally falls in love he's going to fall hard," laughed Rafe.  "So what have you been up to all day?"

"Well, I talked to Lucy for a bit—and then after that not much at all," he said as they walked into the old apartment that was now set up as a little sitting area with two couches, and a table where Kate seemed to be studying.  He could hear the running water and knew Eddie must have gone to take a shower.

"Hi again, Mr. Ian," smiled Kate as she looked up from her bok.

"Hi.  Where is Alison?"

"She went to go pick up Lizzie and Leslie from school," replied Kate.

"Wait—Leslie still lives in Port Charles?" he said under his breath to Rafe and got a nod from him.

"So I guess you want to hear the latest, hmmm?" laughed Rafe.

"Yeah, that'd be nice."

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PC: 2010

They had all arrived and settled into Lucy's living room—Jasmine and Imani had gone to watch the kids while the rest began the discussion.  An awkward silence of where to begin seemed to be hanging over them when finally Jack began to speak, "We've got an extra crisis also—maybe one of you two can speak to Jasmine about this, but she feels like she's useless," he said towards Rafe and Caleb.

"Why would she feel like that?" asked Livvie—other than Lucy she was the only female in the room at the moment, Alison had taken Lizzie and gone to talk to her mother before her and Caleb had arrived.

"Because she's used to being able to help when people are missing.  That's her power—her gift—and for her to lose her gift, well that could bring down ones self-worth a lot," spoke Rafe.  "I'll talk to Jasmine later—ok?  First let's figure out when this guy is probably going to strike next.  Where is easy—it's wherever we work at."

"Give me the journal," said Caleb as he reached out and got it off the table in front of him.  The page where the first mentioning of Jamal was marked, "This thing is useless," he said as he threw it back onto the table.  "I mean the only names in here that he hasn't attacked yet are Olivia, myself, Alison and you—how do we know who he is going to go after next?"

"We are not at a dead end—we have to think here.  Jack—you know Jamal the best, what is going to be his possible reasoning as to why Joshua had to die."

"He wanted to marry Alison—that and the fact he thought he was going to get rid of the stupid curse."

Livvie spoke up, "Is the word vampire ever used in the book?"

"I haven't seen it—why?" asked Rafe.

"If the word is never used, then JT doesn't realize it's a possibility.  If Caleb were turned to a vampire—then we could give him a little slide show of his bad deeds."

"I can give him a slide show he'll never forget also, but I don't think telling him everything his father did is going to change his mind much."

"Yeah, but something even better—if I've got my powers and you have yours—we could really screw with this kids head," said Caleb.

It was now Lucy's turn to speak up, "We're getting ahead of ourselves.  First we have to watch our backs, and then somehow get him under our power before we screw with his head."

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but Caleb needs to have the teeth back," said Jack as he put down his head and then looked back at Caleb.  "That's the one thing JT isn't realizing yet—that Port Charles seven years ago and the one now—are two different places.  I mean then how many of us and our friends were vampires, or had been recently?  Now we are vampire free—or will be for a few more months, I assume."

"So, I'll become a vampire—then what?"

"Then I think you and I need to have a little chat with him," said Rafe.  "But first things first—and that's you need to get a flight to Daia."

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PC: 2020

The story was interrupted with the door opening and Lizzie, Leslie, and Alison walking in, "Hey Ian," smiled Alison.

"Hi—you must be Lizzie and Leslie," he said as he noticed Leslie had deep green eyes that reminded him of Jasmine's.

"Hi," they said softly.

"You two start your homework," said Alison as she motioned for the two men towards the door.

"What's going on?" asked Rafe as he closed the door.

"I don't know, but those two were giggling like—well school girls about something in the back seat.  I think it has to do with her crush."

"Oh great—it's bad enough I have to deal with Kate and him."

"He has a name—it's Mark, remember?"

"Yeah, well I'd rather forget it.  He's not right for her," he said scratching the back of his neck.

"Nobody will be right for your little princess," she laughed as she put her arms around his waist.  "Do you and Maeve have this problem with Claire yet?"

"No, but I'm sure it won't be long," laughed Ian.

"I'm really not sure which is worse—my husband here and his constant dismissal of every male that looks at his daughters, or the fact that poor Leslie's boyfriends are going to get double interrogation with both Chris and Jack."

"So she still has a relationship with Jack?"

"Oh yeah," she smiled.  "They are both her dad's—and she won't let anyone believe otherwise.  She has a lot of Ramsey in her—at times I see some of Jasmine coming through, though she'll deny that until the day she dies probably."

"Speaking of Jasmine—where is she?"

"She's—well I think Chris would be a better person to talk to about her.  Just make sure Leslie isn't around."

"Is that because she doesn't know who she is at all, or because of resentment?"

"Remember how I was towards Elizabeth when she came to town?  It's the same exact thing with Leslie and Jasmine."

"Speaking of Elizabeth—what's up with money missing from KayCee's accounts before?"

"Oh—that," she grimaced.

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PC: 2010

"Hey mom," said Alison as she walked into her and Chris' place.

"Hey sweetie, and hello Lizzie," said Elizabeth as she came over and gave Alison a kiss on the cheek and then took Lizzie from Alison.  "How are you doing today?" she asked Lizzie as the little girl became fussy.

"Let me take her mom—I think she's getting a cold," she said taking her daughter back and then sitting on the couch.  "So how is everything going with the company lately?"

"Oh it's wonderful—I was just working on some new sketches," she said getting up and going over to the desk and began to shuffle through papers.

"Kiss. Kiss," said Lizzie as she saw Chris walk into the room.

"Oh, ok—go see Chris," said Alison as she put her on the floor and watched her daughter wobble over to where Chris was waiting to pick her up.

"Hey there, missy—and where is your little shadow today?" he said as she smiled at him brightly.

"Lesie at Lulu's," she said in her little voice and pointed towards the door.

"Lulu?  Lucy must love that," he said laughing.

"I don't think she's ever called her that—but I'm sure Lucy will love it, she misses Christina being small," she said getting the courage up to ask her mom about the money.

"Here they are," said Elizabeth as she came back over and sat down.

"Wow, they are—something.  Oh, Lucy told me something interesting earlier."

"Oh yeah?  What was that?"

"That a large sum of money is missing from the accounts."

"Oh," she said as she began to feel tense.  "How much, did she say?"

"Sixty thousand dollars.  The weird thing is that they are being written in checks to one Elizabeth Tripp," she said looking up at Chris who had stopped playing with Lizzie when he heard the name.

"Well, that is odd—isn't it," said Elizabeth as she kept her head down and wouldn't look at her daughter.

"That's your maiden name mom—your birth name, I remember that woman, Melanie, in London call you that.  I know it was a long time ago, but I'm not mistaken."

"You are right, that is my birth name.  Are you accusing me of taking the money?"

"I never said that—I just thought that maybe you might know something about why someone with the same name as you once had."

"You are right—I had that name, and you know the hell I went through when I did have it.  Why would I use a name that has so much pain and anger behind it?"

"I don't know, but why are you getting hostile with me all of a sudden if you didn't have anything to do with it."

"I guess I just don't like being interrogated is all."

"Well, fine—I'll stop supposedly interrogating you.  But I do know that the accountants are going to find out who this person was.  If you know about it—speak up now Mother," said Alison as she got up and went to take Lizzie back.  "Bye Chris," she said hugging him.

"I'll get it out of her," he whispered in her ear.

"Thanks.  Say bye Lizzie."

"Bye Kiss.  Bye Gamma," she said giving them a wave before leaving.