"Luke..." the voice was definitely getting closer.

They broke apart and waited for whoever it was to make an appearance. Then

through the door she came and Liz stopped breathing. There was no doubt that

she was beautiful. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes that could comfort

you or kill you in your tracks. When she saw Liz she fell into a dead faint.

Luke ran over to her and grabbed her hand. "Laura darlin' wake up." Liz stood

cemented to the floor as Luke carefully shook the woman he loved. Finally

she began to stir.

"Luke? I had the strangest dream that Elizabeth was alive. Luke? What am I doing

on the ground?"

"Darlin' you fainted. But you didn't have a dream. Lizzie is alive and standing

right over there." Luke said waving his hand in Liz's direction.

Laura stared as she slowly got up with Luke's assistance. She shook Luke's

hands off of her and walked towards Elizabeth. Laura tentitively reached

out and touched Elizabeth's hair before enveloping her in a huge hug. When

Laura finally released her they were all in tears.

Elizabeth swiped at her tears with one gloved hand and said "I'm so happy to be

home."

"Well honey we're happy you're home, but why have you let us believe that you were

dead? I just don't understand. If you were in some kind of trouble we would have

helped you, you know that. We would have done everything in our power to help you."

Laura cried.

Liz took her time before speaking. "I never would have intentionally hurt you. Either

of you. It's a long story and I promise to tell you but not right now. Right now

I want to hear what has been happening with everyone these past few years."

Laura and Elizabeth sat down at a table while Luke made the necessary calls telling

everyone that they needed to get to the club now. Elizabeth got the scoop on

everyone. Lucky was single and putting his computer skills to work at his very

own company. Nikolas was head of the Cassadine family and engaged to some model

named Gia. The Quartermain's were the same conning, manipulating people that they

were when Liz left. Elizabeth knew everything about everyone through her contacts

at the WSB but she had to make her story work. Laura had just finished telling

her about LuLu's latest antics at school when Luke finished up on the phone.

"That Corinthos is one suspicious fellow. I had to threaten him into coming without

any information as to why. So Lucky and Nikolas were together on Spook Island so they

should probably be here first. Barbara Jean was helping at the hospital with Caroline,

and Sonny and Jason should be here when they are done with their "business" Luke

said making air quotes with his fingers. "But right now young lady I think you owe

me and Laura and explanation about why we paid so much for a headstone if you weren't

even dead."

"You're right. You guys have been like parents to me and the least I could do is

tell you where I've been before everyone gets here. The night of the explosion,

I walked home from Sonny's and stopped on the docks. Then I went home and when

I got to the front door the building exploded. I don't remember much about the

rest of the night. When I woke up I was in an alley a few blocks from the studio

and I had no idea who I was. It was the scariest thing. I was cut and bleeding

and my head hurt, but I had no idea who I was. I got up and just left. I walked

away from Port Charles and didn't look back." Liz paused and dried her eyes that

had begun to leak as part of her story."I made up a new identity for myself. I

became Michaela Spence. I traveled around the world doing odd jobs.Six months ago

I was in Puerto Rico and my memory started to return. The first memories I had

scared me. They were my rape and my parents and grandmother dying. I locked myself

in my apartment and had to deal with all that over again. I kept getting my memories

back until I had enough to piece together my life. That was three weeks ago and here

I am. I'm still a little foggy on certain details, but I'm pretty good with main

events."

Luke and Laura were at a loss for words. They were both thinking that Elizabeth had to

through all of the pain of those memories alone. Just as Laura was about to open

her mouth and speak Lucky and Nikolas came through the door of the club took one

look at Elizabeth and wrapped her into a group hug.