A/N: Wow! No reviews for last chapter... oh well. I know is going slow
but am pretty sure that there will be Liason interaction in the next couple
of chapters. I also wanted to let you know that I'm starting a new fic call
Road to Nowhere, its going to be part AU so check it out to see if you like
it. I still don't know about this one so lets see how it goes. Here's the
next one for anybody out there who was waiting for, hope you enjoy it.
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Chapter 11: The Cowboy and the Princess
~ Port Charles Hotel~
Carly was waiting in the bar for Francis. He comes in and they walk to their table. After a couple of minutes of small talk they get to business.
" I'm sorry Mrs. Corinthos, but I'm sure you didn't came all the way from the island to talk to me about my love live, the weather or about gossip from Port Charles' finest. You asked me here to talk about Jason."
" Subtlety was never my strong point. I came to see him. I went directly to the Penthouse, but Max told me he wasn't around. He told me he never went back to Harborview Towers and that he was lost for six months. He said that four months ago he called you and that he bought a garage in Sullivan St."
" Our Max became talkative all of the sudden."
" He didn't want to say anything, but you know I have my ways." " Well if you already know this, why aren't you there right now?"
" I went there yesterday, right after I talked to Max. But I didn't found Jason."
" Did you stick around? He tends to go walk around."
" To the cemetery?"
" And the woods."
" He was there in body. But the person that looked through me instead of at me, wasn't my Jason."
" Well some dense shit has happened to him. We can't expect him to be the same after everything he's been trough."
" I know that. That's why am here. I want to help him Francis, but he says he doesn't want my help."
" If you already talked to him. What do you need from me?" " I know you've been around him. I need you to tell me everything. What happened after we left? Where he was? With whom?"
" I don't know..."
" Francis, I've been trying to get through to Sonny ever since we left. You know Sonny, when he gets an idea in his head there's no chance in hell to make him see otherwise. They are devastated without each other."
" Jason's been pretty bent out of shape himself."
" So are you going to help me help them?"
" Am not sure about this. Jason doesn't seem interested in fixing what Sonny broke."
" A friendship of years can't end like that for a misunderstanding."
" They were more than friends, they were brothers."
" I know. Please Francis."
" Look am not going to go against Jason. But I'll help you."
" YES!" Carly jumped up her sit and went to Francis and hugged him. He was already blushing.
" Mrs. Corinthos. Compose yourself."
" Are you blushing?"
" N-No. It's just that we are in public."
" Come with me. We have a lot to talk about."
~ New Orleans~
While Liz and Lucky were watching from their stand inside a black Sedan, the clock hit three o'clock. A minute later, a man walked towards the booth. He was wearing a floor length black coat, dark shades and a cowboy hat. Was that him? The car was on. As the man walked inside the booth machine guns went of.
" Get down Elizabeth!" He shoved her down.
" No. Wait. What are you going to do?"
" I have to help him."
Lucky turned the car around. The man was lying on the ground. The bullets stopped and everything became quiet. He stopped the car and got out. Liz was right behind him. They picked him up and tossed him in the back of the car and then drove away.
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" Are you sure we got him?"
" I don't know. I was about to go check up the body when a car rushed in."
" A car?"
" Yes. A black Sedan. A man and a woman picked him up and drove away."
" Did you take a good look at them? Could you give us a positive ID?"
" Yes. I also got the license plate of the car. I already gave the heads up to our contacts. They are looking for them as we speak."
" The Boss is not going to be happy about this. If Luke Spencer is alive we're going to have a really hard time."
~ Black Sedan~
" We have to see if he's ok."
" Someone's following us." " What?" She looked backed and saw the black SUV that was right behind them. " Lucky, what the hell are we going to do now?"
" Nothing."
" What do you mean nothing? We have a man wounded laying in the back seat of the car and a black SUV following us."
" Don't freak out. Call Lewis and tell him what's going on. Jump to the back seat and check him. Am gonna try to lose them."
Elizabeth jumped to the back seat of the car where the limp body of the man was laying face down. She felt the car take speed as Lucky tried to get away from the SUV that was following them. She moved the man so she could see his face. He was still wearing the hat and the sunglasses. Slowly she took them of to reveal the face of the man that was like a father to her. Luke Spencer.
~ Port Charles~
Jason was working on the estimate for a client when Emily Cassadine knocked on the door.
" Who is it?"
" Your favorite sister in the whole world."
" Come in." He put down the paper he was working on and looked up at his sister with the ghost of a smile on his lips. " You're my only sister."
" That doesn't mean am not your favorite." She walked into the office and sat down in one of the chairs in front of the desk. " Even though you don't act like it. Why haven't you call me? Like vanishing from the face of the Earth for eight months wasn't enough, now you don't even call for weeks?"
" I'm sorry, Em. I've been busy."
" So much so that you don't even have time to call your precious little sister?"
" I already said I was sorry."
She smiled at him. " Ok. I'll stop now. How's
everything going around here?"
" Good."
" And with you? How are you?" She asked concerned for his well being.
" Am ok. You? How's everything now that you're Mrs. Nikolas Cassadine.?"
Her concerned face turned in to a wide smile. " Oh! Everything's perfect. We're really happy together. Am still getting used to be called Mrs. Cassadine. The other day I was waiting for my appointment at the hospital and when the nurse called me she said ' Mrs. Cassadine the doctor is waiting for you.' I turned around expecting Helena to walk by me." She was laughing and he could tell she was happy.
" You were at the hospital. Is something wrong?"
" No. No. I was just in for a routine check up. You know, better to be safe than sorry."
" That's good."
" So. I guess I should get going. Nikolas is meeting me for dinner at The Grill. I don't want to make him wait too long." They stood up and Jason walked towards her.
" Thanks for coming."
" I wanted to make sure you hadn't disappear on me again." She hugged him tightly. Their embrace was cut short when Emily's cell phone started ringing. She answered and found her husband's voice in the other end.
" Hey sweety. No, I'm at Jason's. I was on my way there. Why? . . . What? . . . I- I . . . Ok. Yes. I understand. Please be careful. I love you too."
She hung up the phone, her face was pale.
" What's wrong? Did something happened?"
" Yes. He's on his way to the airport. Lucky and Elizabeth are in trouble."
~ Rundown Building~
Elizabeth and Lucky were standing in the leaving room with Lewis B.
" He's a Lucky bastard!"
" He was wearing a bulletproof vest. He knew they were expecting him. Something must've gone wrong." Lucky was worried.
" What know? I mean, those men definitely wanted Luke dead. And now they know that we helped him. They must be out there looking for us."
" Don't worry darling. They're not going to find you here. The three of you are safe for a couple of days. But you need to figure out what was all that about. My contacts tell me Luke came straight from the airport. There's got to be a connection there some how."
" I called Nikolas. Maybe he can help us figure out what's going on. He's on his way."
~ Jason's office~
He walked in with a glass of water for his sister. Emily was trembling.
" Here drink this."
" Am scared Jason. I- If Helena finds out that Nickolas is involved in any of this she's not going to hesitate in killing him."
" You have to calm down. Tell me what happened to them. Are they hurt?"
" No, no they are fine. They found..."
" What? Did they found Laura?"
" How do you know about that?"
" E-Elizabeth told me."
" When did you see Elizabeth?"
" Four months ago. She and Lucky came to Port Charles looking for clues on Luke's whereabouts."
" They came home? And they told you? Four months ago?"
" To make a long story short. Elizabeth walked into Jake's and saved me. Then I helped her and Lucky find something they were looking for."
" So let me get this straight. Four months ago, when no one knew where you were, Elizabeth found you. At Jake's. She knew you were ok. Funny how she didn't mention any of this in one of her monthly phone calls."
" Look, no one was suppose to know they were here. And I wasn't at my best back then. Now, can you tell me what happened to her."
" Nothing. Well at least Nikolas didn't say. They found Luke, but he was ambushed. He was wearing a bulletproof vest but now they blew their cover and Helena's men are after them as well."
" Where are they?"
" He didn't say."
" Damn it."
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Next day . . .
Luke woke up to find Lucky and Elizabeth standing by his side. He sat down, reclining his back in the bed's headboard.
" Cowboy, Princess. What the hell are you doing here?"
" Nice to see you too." Lucky smirked at his father's reaction.
" How are you feeling, Luke?" Elizabeth asked sweetly.
" Am fine sweetheart. But I asked a question first. What the hell are you two doing here?"
" Saving your butt." Nikolas said coming into the room.
" Great! Who else is hiding out there? Is Barbara Jean coming in with a bowl of chili? Or maybe Leslie is about to barge in with Lulu in tow?"
" I see you're feeling better. Now, can you tell us what the hell where you pulling out there yesterday? Lucky was getting anxious.
" Lucky, please. Give him a chance to adjust."
" Liz is right. Let's give him a moment."
" Look Princess, I appreciate you're kindness. But am ok. I just need to know what are you all doing here. Oh and by the way, where are we?"
" First things first. Do you even remember what happened yesterday?"
" I was in a Monastery in the south of France."
" Where?"
" No wait that was... I... I don't. Give me a minute. Nop. No I don't remember."
" Well let me refresh your memory. Yesterday you were walking into a trap. A trap filled with bullets."
" A trap? What do you mean a trap?"
" What Lucky means is that you were going to the booth, the phone booth where you answered a phone call every Friday at 3."
" The phone call. Yes. I remember, I was suppose to be there. But I almost don't make the plane. I- I received a message. It said that if I showed up to answer the phone, I wouldn't walked out of it alive."
" Do you know who sent the message?" " Not a freaking clue. But I thought, what the heck and put on the vest just in case."
" Well thank God you did!" Elizabeth let out a breath of relieve.
" You where there. I remember faintly that you picked me up."
" Yeah. We..."
" You... what?"
" We've been sort of following you around since last November." Liz said timidly.
" You where what? Are you two crazy or just plain stupid? You could've been hurt. You know better than that Cowboy. And you brought the Princess along? Where you high?"
" Luke take it easy. They were just trying to help." Nikolas interrupted.
" Help? This has you written all over it. You told him about Laura didn't you? "
" I couldn't do anything myself, so I thought Lucky could look after you."
" JA!" Luke let out a laugh. " Look after me. That's a good one. What were you thinking? You put in danger not only me, but Lucky and Laura. And on top of that my brilliant son drags along his ex-girlfriend."
" He didn't dragged me along. I came by my own accord. I wanted to help. You and Laura are like family to me."
" You're so sweet. But that doesn't change the stupid risk you put yourself in to."
Tire of hearing his brother and friend trying to defend their actions Lucky stood up and almost yelled.
" That's enough! I can't believe you. We just saved your butt out there and the only thing you have to say is how stupid we are? Let me tell you something. We just lost 10 months of our lives trying to find you, worrying and busting our butts so we could get a hold of what was going on. I'm not going to stand here and listen at what you have to say, if you don't have a nice thing to say just shut the hell up. We are here and we are in it, like it or not. The woman you're looking for is my mother and am not going home without her. And without you either. Have something to say about that?"
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Chapter 11: The Cowboy and the Princess
~ Port Charles Hotel~
Carly was waiting in the bar for Francis. He comes in and they walk to their table. After a couple of minutes of small talk they get to business.
" I'm sorry Mrs. Corinthos, but I'm sure you didn't came all the way from the island to talk to me about my love live, the weather or about gossip from Port Charles' finest. You asked me here to talk about Jason."
" Subtlety was never my strong point. I came to see him. I went directly to the Penthouse, but Max told me he wasn't around. He told me he never went back to Harborview Towers and that he was lost for six months. He said that four months ago he called you and that he bought a garage in Sullivan St."
" Our Max became talkative all of the sudden."
" He didn't want to say anything, but you know I have my ways." " Well if you already know this, why aren't you there right now?"
" I went there yesterday, right after I talked to Max. But I didn't found Jason."
" Did you stick around? He tends to go walk around."
" To the cemetery?"
" And the woods."
" He was there in body. But the person that looked through me instead of at me, wasn't my Jason."
" Well some dense shit has happened to him. We can't expect him to be the same after everything he's been trough."
" I know that. That's why am here. I want to help him Francis, but he says he doesn't want my help."
" If you already talked to him. What do you need from me?" " I know you've been around him. I need you to tell me everything. What happened after we left? Where he was? With whom?"
" I don't know..."
" Francis, I've been trying to get through to Sonny ever since we left. You know Sonny, when he gets an idea in his head there's no chance in hell to make him see otherwise. They are devastated without each other."
" Jason's been pretty bent out of shape himself."
" So are you going to help me help them?"
" Am not sure about this. Jason doesn't seem interested in fixing what Sonny broke."
" A friendship of years can't end like that for a misunderstanding."
" They were more than friends, they were brothers."
" I know. Please Francis."
" Look am not going to go against Jason. But I'll help you."
" YES!" Carly jumped up her sit and went to Francis and hugged him. He was already blushing.
" Mrs. Corinthos. Compose yourself."
" Are you blushing?"
" N-No. It's just that we are in public."
" Come with me. We have a lot to talk about."
~ New Orleans~
While Liz and Lucky were watching from their stand inside a black Sedan, the clock hit three o'clock. A minute later, a man walked towards the booth. He was wearing a floor length black coat, dark shades and a cowboy hat. Was that him? The car was on. As the man walked inside the booth machine guns went of.
" Get down Elizabeth!" He shoved her down.
" No. Wait. What are you going to do?"
" I have to help him."
Lucky turned the car around. The man was lying on the ground. The bullets stopped and everything became quiet. He stopped the car and got out. Liz was right behind him. They picked him up and tossed him in the back of the car and then drove away.
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" Are you sure we got him?"
" I don't know. I was about to go check up the body when a car rushed in."
" A car?"
" Yes. A black Sedan. A man and a woman picked him up and drove away."
" Did you take a good look at them? Could you give us a positive ID?"
" Yes. I also got the license plate of the car. I already gave the heads up to our contacts. They are looking for them as we speak."
" The Boss is not going to be happy about this. If Luke Spencer is alive we're going to have a really hard time."
~ Black Sedan~
" We have to see if he's ok."
" Someone's following us." " What?" She looked backed and saw the black SUV that was right behind them. " Lucky, what the hell are we going to do now?"
" Nothing."
" What do you mean nothing? We have a man wounded laying in the back seat of the car and a black SUV following us."
" Don't freak out. Call Lewis and tell him what's going on. Jump to the back seat and check him. Am gonna try to lose them."
Elizabeth jumped to the back seat of the car where the limp body of the man was laying face down. She felt the car take speed as Lucky tried to get away from the SUV that was following them. She moved the man so she could see his face. He was still wearing the hat and the sunglasses. Slowly she took them of to reveal the face of the man that was like a father to her. Luke Spencer.
~ Port Charles~
Jason was working on the estimate for a client when Emily Cassadine knocked on the door.
" Who is it?"
" Your favorite sister in the whole world."
" Come in." He put down the paper he was working on and looked up at his sister with the ghost of a smile on his lips. " You're my only sister."
" That doesn't mean am not your favorite." She walked into the office and sat down in one of the chairs in front of the desk. " Even though you don't act like it. Why haven't you call me? Like vanishing from the face of the Earth for eight months wasn't enough, now you don't even call for weeks?"
" I'm sorry, Em. I've been busy."
" So much so that you don't even have time to call your precious little sister?"
" I already said I was sorry."
She smiled at him. " Ok. I'll stop now. How's
everything going around here?"
" Good."
" And with you? How are you?" She asked concerned for his well being.
" Am ok. You? How's everything now that you're Mrs. Nikolas Cassadine.?"
Her concerned face turned in to a wide smile. " Oh! Everything's perfect. We're really happy together. Am still getting used to be called Mrs. Cassadine. The other day I was waiting for my appointment at the hospital and when the nurse called me she said ' Mrs. Cassadine the doctor is waiting for you.' I turned around expecting Helena to walk by me." She was laughing and he could tell she was happy.
" You were at the hospital. Is something wrong?"
" No. No. I was just in for a routine check up. You know, better to be safe than sorry."
" That's good."
" So. I guess I should get going. Nikolas is meeting me for dinner at The Grill. I don't want to make him wait too long." They stood up and Jason walked towards her.
" Thanks for coming."
" I wanted to make sure you hadn't disappear on me again." She hugged him tightly. Their embrace was cut short when Emily's cell phone started ringing. She answered and found her husband's voice in the other end.
" Hey sweety. No, I'm at Jason's. I was on my way there. Why? . . . What? . . . I- I . . . Ok. Yes. I understand. Please be careful. I love you too."
She hung up the phone, her face was pale.
" What's wrong? Did something happened?"
" Yes. He's on his way to the airport. Lucky and Elizabeth are in trouble."
~ Rundown Building~
Elizabeth and Lucky were standing in the leaving room with Lewis B.
" He's a Lucky bastard!"
" He was wearing a bulletproof vest. He knew they were expecting him. Something must've gone wrong." Lucky was worried.
" What know? I mean, those men definitely wanted Luke dead. And now they know that we helped him. They must be out there looking for us."
" Don't worry darling. They're not going to find you here. The three of you are safe for a couple of days. But you need to figure out what was all that about. My contacts tell me Luke came straight from the airport. There's got to be a connection there some how."
" I called Nikolas. Maybe he can help us figure out what's going on. He's on his way."
~ Jason's office~
He walked in with a glass of water for his sister. Emily was trembling.
" Here drink this."
" Am scared Jason. I- If Helena finds out that Nickolas is involved in any of this she's not going to hesitate in killing him."
" You have to calm down. Tell me what happened to them. Are they hurt?"
" No, no they are fine. They found..."
" What? Did they found Laura?"
" How do you know about that?"
" E-Elizabeth told me."
" When did you see Elizabeth?"
" Four months ago. She and Lucky came to Port Charles looking for clues on Luke's whereabouts."
" They came home? And they told you? Four months ago?"
" To make a long story short. Elizabeth walked into Jake's and saved me. Then I helped her and Lucky find something they were looking for."
" So let me get this straight. Four months ago, when no one knew where you were, Elizabeth found you. At Jake's. She knew you were ok. Funny how she didn't mention any of this in one of her monthly phone calls."
" Look, no one was suppose to know they were here. And I wasn't at my best back then. Now, can you tell me what happened to her."
" Nothing. Well at least Nikolas didn't say. They found Luke, but he was ambushed. He was wearing a bulletproof vest but now they blew their cover and Helena's men are after them as well."
" Where are they?"
" He didn't say."
" Damn it."
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Next day . . .
Luke woke up to find Lucky and Elizabeth standing by his side. He sat down, reclining his back in the bed's headboard.
" Cowboy, Princess. What the hell are you doing here?"
" Nice to see you too." Lucky smirked at his father's reaction.
" How are you feeling, Luke?" Elizabeth asked sweetly.
" Am fine sweetheart. But I asked a question first. What the hell are you two doing here?"
" Saving your butt." Nikolas said coming into the room.
" Great! Who else is hiding out there? Is Barbara Jean coming in with a bowl of chili? Or maybe Leslie is about to barge in with Lulu in tow?"
" I see you're feeling better. Now, can you tell us what the hell where you pulling out there yesterday? Lucky was getting anxious.
" Lucky, please. Give him a chance to adjust."
" Liz is right. Let's give him a moment."
" Look Princess, I appreciate you're kindness. But am ok. I just need to know what are you all doing here. Oh and by the way, where are we?"
" First things first. Do you even remember what happened yesterday?"
" I was in a Monastery in the south of France."
" Where?"
" No wait that was... I... I don't. Give me a minute. Nop. No I don't remember."
" Well let me refresh your memory. Yesterday you were walking into a trap. A trap filled with bullets."
" A trap? What do you mean a trap?"
" What Lucky means is that you were going to the booth, the phone booth where you answered a phone call every Friday at 3."
" The phone call. Yes. I remember, I was suppose to be there. But I almost don't make the plane. I- I received a message. It said that if I showed up to answer the phone, I wouldn't walked out of it alive."
" Do you know who sent the message?" " Not a freaking clue. But I thought, what the heck and put on the vest just in case."
" Well thank God you did!" Elizabeth let out a breath of relieve.
" You where there. I remember faintly that you picked me up."
" Yeah. We..."
" You... what?"
" We've been sort of following you around since last November." Liz said timidly.
" You where what? Are you two crazy or just plain stupid? You could've been hurt. You know better than that Cowboy. And you brought the Princess along? Where you high?"
" Luke take it easy. They were just trying to help." Nikolas interrupted.
" Help? This has you written all over it. You told him about Laura didn't you? "
" I couldn't do anything myself, so I thought Lucky could look after you."
" JA!" Luke let out a laugh. " Look after me. That's a good one. What were you thinking? You put in danger not only me, but Lucky and Laura. And on top of that my brilliant son drags along his ex-girlfriend."
" He didn't dragged me along. I came by my own accord. I wanted to help. You and Laura are like family to me."
" You're so sweet. But that doesn't change the stupid risk you put yourself in to."
Tire of hearing his brother and friend trying to defend their actions Lucky stood up and almost yelled.
" That's enough! I can't believe you. We just saved your butt out there and the only thing you have to say is how stupid we are? Let me tell you something. We just lost 10 months of our lives trying to find you, worrying and busting our butts so we could get a hold of what was going on. I'm not going to stand here and listen at what you have to say, if you don't have a nice thing to say just shut the hell up. We are here and we are in it, like it or not. The woman you're looking for is my mother and am not going home without her. And without you either. Have something to say about that?"