Chapter Nine
Six days later
Port Charles International Airport
Gates3-8
Private Planes
It's Independence Day I'm free
And it's a strange place to be
I'm gonna break these chains
Unleash the changes in me
Cassadines, Davises, and Spencers all gathered around the gates that Alana had told them that the planes that would take them to Greece would be sitting at. The only ones that hadn't shown up yet were the Scorpios. Robin had a checkup this morning, so they knew that they would be a little late, but the planes weren't leaving until everyone was there.
Five minutes later Robert, Anna, Alex, Robin, and Felicia came up to the rest of the group.
"Good morning all," Anna greeted.
"Morning Anna," Alana greeted. Then she turned to Robin. "How did the checkup go?"
"It was alright. Still no change in the virus," she told Alana.
"Good. Well, since everyone is here, how about we get going?" Alana asked.
"Let's go!" Everyone exclaimed, heading for the gate where their family plane was waiting for them.
I see an endless road
I feel the restless wind
I've lost the fear inside
Cause I've got no choice
But to live or die
In the air over the atlanic
Alex stared out the window of the plane, thinking about Emily. What would she think of the truth now? He was a Spencer child. And what would Edward think of him now? Would his opinion change?
Lucky came over and sat down beside his elder brother. "Thinking about Emily?"
Alex turned and looked at him. "Yeah. What would she think of me actually being a Spencer? And what about the rest of her family? Would their opinion of me change?"
"Who knows? Lila likes you though and she can make Edward and the rest of the family change their minds. That is the advantage of having Lila on your side," Lucky tells him.
"I know. She has made Edward lay off of me at times. I guess we know who the true head of that household is," Alex said with a wry smile.
"Yeah, she is. She can silence Edward by just saying his name or telling him to put a sock in it," Lucky said with a smile.
"I noticed," Alex said, returning his brother's smile.
At that moment, both Lorelei and Elizabeth came over. "And what are you two talking about over here? It better not be about me," Elizabeth said suspiciously.
"We were talking about the Quartermaines and Alex was wondering if their opinion of him would change now that he is a Spencer," Lucky said as he pulled his fiance close. He gazed at the ring on her finger, the ring they had picked out the day before to replace the ring that Helena had given to him that was Stavros's. That ring was now where it belonged, on Alana's left hand.
Elizabeth laughed at what she believed what Edward would do now, while Lorelei asked, "Who are the Quartermaines?"
"The Quartermaines are one of the richest and most dysfunctional families that you will ever meet. Their favorite pasttime is arguing with each other. They sometimes argue over the stupidest things. And the fact is that they have part of the team at GH that helps save our lives at different times," Lucky explained.
"Really? They sound absolutely nuts! How can anyone stand them?" Lorelei asked.
"Well, it depends on if you are in good with someone in the family, like Alex was with their daughter Emily and all of us are in really well with the family matriarch Lila Quartermaine," Lucky explained to his twin.
"Really? Is she pretty nice to everyone?" Lorelei asked.
"Oh, yes. And she is the one person who can get Edward to shut up. All she has to say is either his name or she says to "put a sock in it Edward!"," Lucky tells her.
"My god, She is the boss in that household, that's for sure," Lorelei said.
"No kidding!" the rest of them exclaimed with a laugh.
Suddenly you're in this fight alone
Steppin' out into the great unknown
And the night's the hardest time
When the doubts run through your mind
Cause suddenly you find your self alone
Suddenly you find yourself
On the Davis plane, Alexis, Katya, and Dimitri were sitting around the plane just enjoying the fact that they were on their way to Greece to witness the demise of Helena. She was finally paying for all of her crimes.
Dimitri was sitting with his brand new laptop in one seat, playing computer games on the internet as well as chatting with a young woman he had met months ago in a chatroom on the computer in his cell in the New Zealand compound.
Katya was sitting in another seat, writing in her journal about the day of celebration they were going to have once Helena is dead.
Alexis was sitting on the couch, looking through some of her files for the cases she was working on in the next month or so. She looked up and smiled. Even though the plane was quiet, she still knew that her children were there and it filled her heart to know that they were home with her.
In an empty room
With a suitcase on the floor
It'll be daylight soon
I'm gonna wage my private war
Who's watchin' over me
Must be a guardian angel
I just need time to breathe
And give my life
The best of me
On one of the Cassadine planes, Stefan, Marcus, Angelica, and Eleni were sitting around, enjoying the fact that they were together and that they were about to witness the demise of the woman who had separated them.
Stefan laughed at the fact that here they were, playing chess, and all three of his children were beating him. He wondered how they had gotten so good.
"How can you three be beating me? I've never been beaten this bad," Stefan said with a laugh.
"It was one of the things that our guards did with us, papa. They taught us so many of the best chess moves in the world, every single trick and obviously, you didn't expect it," Eleni said somewhat seriously.
"I see. Maybe I should keep a closer eye on you three on the chessboard. I don't really want my losing streak to continue for much longer. I'd better learn from this," Stefan said.
"Watch and learn, papa. Pick up some new moves to add to your strategy," Angelica said as she took her place at the chessboard.
"Don't you worry. I will," Stefan said with a smirk as he made the first move on the chessboard.
Suddenly you're in this fight alone
Steppin' out into the great unknown
And the night's the hardest time
When the doubts run through your mind
Cause suddenly you find your self alone
Suddenly you find yourself
Suddenly you're in this fight
Steppin' out and then
On the other Cassadine plane, Alana and Stavros were sitting in one corner of the plane watching their children doing a variety of things. Natalia and Alexander were sitting in front of their laptops, playing an online poker game against a few of their online friends. Dimitria was on her laptop working on a project for Cassadine Inc. Mathias was hard at work, looking over the papers that he had to read and sign to truly take over the Cassadine fortune and legacy. On the day of Helena's execution he would take over as the Cassadine.
Stavros smiled proudly at his son, hard at work on what his legacy was. It was his family to run and rule now. Just yesterday, he had talked with Mathias about bringing the Cassadine family into the 21st century . Mat had told him that he was working on it.
He turned to his beautiful wife and gazed at her beautiful face. She hadn't changed in the least in 20 years. She had matured though, he realized, as a mother, wife, and friend. She had learned more of the world in hiding than she would've living on the Cassadine Island.
Alana raised her head and gazed into her husband's dark eyes. She loved him so much and he was on his way to rectifying himself for all of the crimes he had committed in the past, thanks to Helena. He now had her guidance in getting back to the husband he was when they had first gotten married.
Alana leans into her husband and they kiss passionately. They were so much more in love than they had benn when they had gotten married. In their years apart, their love had grown. In their case, absence did make the heart grow fonder.
Suddenly you're in this fight alone
Steppin' out into the great unknown
And the night's the hardest time
When the doubts run through your mind
Cause suddenly you find your self alone
Suddenly you find yourself
Suddenly you're in this fight alone
Steppin' out into the great unknown
And the night's the hardest time
When the doubts run through your mind
Cause suddenly you find your self alone
Suddenly you find yourself