It could take years to find you

Chapter 2

Lucky sat at an outside table of Kelly's, waiting for Jason to show up with Emily and Nickolas' autopsy reports. He hated to use Jason like this, only for his connections, but he needed to know. It had been bothering him for years. He had hid it and tried to forget about it, but the questions just didn't stop. It just continued to attack him. He felt right then that they were calling him to solve the mystery.

Lucky then saw out of the corner of his eye Jason approaching. He was carrying two folders in his right hand.

Jason sat down in the seat to the right of his. "Sorry, I took so long." He apologized with some remorse.

"That's okay. I never expected you to arrive on time given the circumstances anyway." Lucky said, swapping away the apology. He was already messing with Jason and his connections, so he should be the one apologizing.

Jason fingered the folders and hesitantly handed them over to him. He wanted to know if his little sister lived, really he did. But if she was still living, where did that leave them? Sure, that small hurt that was present in his heart would be healed, but would Emily want anything to do with him?

Lucky noticed Jason's hesitation and put a hand on his shoulder. "We'll worry about all else when we find out if my theory is correct."

Jason nodded and handed over the folders. Lucky looked at the two folders. Which should he look at first? Undecided, Lucky put one aside and put the other in front of him.

He opened the flap to find the name of Nickolas Cassadine in bold print.

Jason looked over Lucky's shoulder and saw the chosen folder of Nickolas Cassadine, Lucky's half-brother. Lucky studied and read for a few silent minutes while Jason just watched and waited. Patiently, or not, it didn't matter. Lucky didn't even sense he was there.

Lucky looked over at one page, set it aside and looked at another, then set that one aside. Jason saw this and his hopes began to sink, even if it wasn't his sister's autopsy.

"What are you looking for?" Jason asked as Lucky set aside a few more pages. It was now obvious he wasn't finding what he wanted.

"Scars. But I am not seeing a list of them. Usually on autopsy reports they report anything obvious like a birthmark, tattoo, or unique scar." Lucky said as he continued to look through the folder.

"Do they list the Cassadine tattoo?" Jason asked curiously.

"Yeah, but- oh, here it is!" Lucky said with a drop of joy. He was getting tired of reading irrelevant anatomy terms and so on.

"Okay, so now you have found it. What are you looking for exactly?" Jason asked as he called on his patience. It's not exactly everyday which you find out your sister and her friend could be alive.

"You remember when Nickolas was shot in the throat?" At Jason's nod and wince, Lucky continued. "He should have some kind of scar. How many people get shot in the throat anyway?"

"It's possible Nickolas somehow had it removed; he did have money growing from a tree." Jason noted. It all came with the Cassadine name.

"Yeah, but I highly doubt it. Nickolas wouldn't waste his money on such a small thing as that, and that injury was soon forgotten anyway." Lucky argued, continuing to search the list. "It's not here!" He exclaimed, with uncertain emotions. "But that doesn't directly mean he's alive. The examiner could have passed it, for all we know."

"Who was the examiner?" Jason asked he knew a couple of them after all those legal encounters that he had to take care of for Sonny.

"A Kimberly Rivera." Lucky said after finding the name listed in on of the front pages of the folder.

"Don't know her." Jason said and a thought came to him. "What about Nickolas' blood type?"

"It says A blood." Lucky said when he caught Jason's meaning. Nickolas had AB blood, it could be a mistake, but two mistakes known made it unlikely. "But that isn't true. Signs are pointing to this being a different person, but there's still the possibility that the folders got mixed up."

"It's a thought, but what about Emily's? Two people being switched would be rare." Jason argued.

Lucky turned his attention to Emily's folder. He quickly found the scar list because he knew where they were now. It listed a scar on the torso, which probably pointed to where Emily first got a lump removed, which later proved there was more. And it had it listed on the right breast. He couldn't tell if that was true, though, he never learned too much of the first surgery. Maybe Jason would know. "Do you know where the lump was?"

"What lump?" Jason asked, lost to what Lucky was asking.

"You and Monica must have spoken of the surgery to remove it. I'm looking for that scar, but I can't be sure of what direction it was on." Lucky explained. He could always try the blood type but he was lost to that as well. It was Jason's turn to tell him things. Emily was his best friend, but he didn't know those kinds of things.

"We did, but give me a second to remember the conversation." Jason answered and took some time to think back to the conversation. A minute or two later Jason spoke up. "If I remember correctly it was the right one."

Lucky's face fell at that thought. It was the same. The blood type was a possibility though. "What about Emily's blood type?"

"I know that. Emily's blood type was A." Jason said easily.

Lucky cracked a small smile. "This says O."

"Which means chances are they are alive?" Jason asked, shocked. His little sister was alive?

"Unless the reports were mixed, it seems that way. There's only one way to find out now though." Lucky said, knowing he should be happy that the reports were wrong, but he couldn't until he knew for sure that his friend and brother were alive.

"What's that?" Jason said, speaking up. He was speechless that the reports said all the wrong things, mostly anyway. But that didn't mean Emily was alive, it just said it was possible. He didn't know how to find out for sure though, so that was left for Lucky to think of.

"I need to track them down. I need to use all my instinct and connections." Lucky explained. It seemed easy enough.

"And if this works we just go wherever and ask if they are living with aliases?" Jason said, somewhat unbelievable. Then where does that leave them? If yes, that's all good and then they could get answers to why, how and all that stuff that goes with making it all make sense. If no, they were just on a worthless goose chase. What a wonderful thought.

"Hard to say. I need to find out where they might be what possible names, that sort of thing." Lucky said, already thinking about all that.

Jason checked his watch. He needed to be going. He had a meeting he needed to be at. "Sounds good, but I need to be going. I have a meeting in a few. Keep me updated though."

"I will, don't worry. I appreciate the help." Lucky said and gestured to the autopsy reports.

"None needed. This is my baby sister after all. I think so at least." Jason said, taking his leave.

As he left Lucky sat there, heavy in thought. Jason's words echoed his thoughts. "I think so at least," he said. No reason to be a hundred percent positive, there was still that small possibility that the reports papers were switched. HE didn't want to think of such a thing, but it was possible.

Getting up from the chair and grabbing the reports Lucky made his way to his room, where his computer lay. He needed to do some research.

Author's note: Sorry for the very long update. I meant to type "on hiatus" on the summary, but didn't. Anyway, I had a severe writers block when it came to this story. Nem was around then it wasn't, and all that crap with Lydia and Zander, et cetera, et cetera. Now it's Mary! She is such a joke. But her time is limited, so I can't wait for her to make her exit. But all that is irrelevant when it comes to this story. I'm just trying to say to be patient with me and this story. I would appreciate it greatly. Feel free to express your opinions on the story or my writing as a whole.

p.s. I don't have too much material on this story, so don't expect that long of chapters.