Truths

Part Two

The next day

Lucky waits near gate seven at the Port Charles Airport waiting for Flight Seventy-four from Sydney Australia to arrive. He had volunteered to pick up Holly from the airport and take her to the jail to see Alex(as Zander now wants to be called.)

He hadn't seen Holly since before his cousin Bill Eckert had died. He remembered how nice she was and how easy she was to get along with. She was also very stubborn. He could see where Alex got it from. When both of your parents are stubborn, the children get it double time.

Lucky watched as the plane touched down and then taxied to the gate. He waited as the passengers disembarked and watched for Holly. He noticed when a woman about his mom's age stepped into the airport. Her dark hair was long and slightly wavy. Just like he remembered it.

"Holly!" Lucky called out to her.

Holly Sutton-Scorpio turned toward the handsome young man who had called out to her. He had grown up so much since she had last seen him.

"Lucky! Oh my god!" she exclaimed as she walked towards him. She embraced him. "It's so good to see you."

"It's good to see you too, Holly. Especially now that you're basically my stepmother," Lucky said with a slight smile.

Holly smiles back at him. "Stepmother was a word I thought I'd never hear. And now I am. I'm still trying to absorb it all. I mean, I have a son! I didn't miscarry! Luke and I have a son together!"

"And he is looking forward to meeting you. So how about we get going?" Lucky asked.

"Of course," Holly said as she and Lucky moved toward baggage claim and the door.

Alex paced his cell at the PC Jail. He was so nervous about meeting his birth mother. Knowing that Lucky, Nik, and Luke were his family was one thing, but this was another.

He wasn't sure when Holly's plane was due in, but she would be there as soon as she got to town. He was looking forward to meeting her.

He sat down on the bed and smiled. He still couldn't believe who he really was. He still couldn't believe that he was a Spencer.

His thoughts were interrupted by a guard coming to his cell. "Hey Smith! You've got a visitor!"

Alex approached the cell door and held out his hands, which were cuffed. He pulled back as they opened the door. He was led to the visitors room. He entered to see an older woman he didn't know, but knew he would get to know.

Holly raised her head and looked at the young man that had just entered the room. She smiled as she stood to face him. "You must be my son, Alex."

"And you are my mom, Holly Sutton-Scorpio. It's good to meet you," Alex said.

"It's nice to meet you too. It's something I'm glad to see now. I never thought that I would get this chance. Even if it's to my twenty year old son. How about we sit down and get to know each other?" Holly asked.

"Sure," Alex said as he stepped toward the chair on his side of the room.

Holly followed suit. She reached across the table and took his hands in hers. She examined him at close range. "You have my eyes. The same innocent hazel eyes that your father fell in love with. The same eyes that Robert fell in love with, god rest his soul."

"Robert Scorpio, my stepfather, correct?" Alex asked.

"Yes, and the brother of Mac Scorpio, the police commissioner here. I know how much many people don't know yet. I plan on telling Mac and I know Luke will tell Laura about you. And your brothers know and Laura will tell Lulu, but there are others who need to know about you and Mac is one of them," Holly explains.

"I know. And I can't wait to meet the rest of my family. My step-uncle, my little sister, my step-mother, my aunt, my cousins, my step-sister and anyone else I need to meet," Alex said with a smile.

"Well, I'm sure they're looking forward to it too," Holly said with a smile.

Luke walked up to the house that he and Laura had found when they had returned to Port Charles several years before. He hadn't lived there for a while, but he had always been there to see Lulu. And now he was there to tell Laura about Alex. He was nervouse about telling her. Something he almost never was.

Luke got up his courage and knocked on the door. Laura opened the door a minute later.

"Luke! I didn't know that you were coming over! Lulu isn't here at the moment," Laura said.

"I'm not here to see Lulu. I have something I need to tell you. May I come in?" Luke asked.

"Of course," Laura said as she stepped back and let her estranged husband inside.

The door closed behind them as Luke followed Laura toward the couch. "What do you have to tell me Luke?"

Luke sat down beside Laura before he spoke. "Well, it's a long story."

"Luke, just tell me what's going on," Laura said with determination.

"Well, yesterday, I kidnapped Nikolas and took him to Helena's yacht. I tried to get her to tell me what she had Faison do to Lucky. She wouldn't tell me anything, so I was about to strangle Nikolas, but Lucky and Liz came in and stopped me. I moved to strangle him again, but Cassie came in and stopped me and told me the truth about Nikolas," Luke explained to her.

"What truth?" Laura asked angrily.

"That Nikolas is my son. Apparently, you were already pregnant when you were kidnapped. The doctor that delivered Nikolas changed the paternity test results to protect him. The good news is that freed Lucky from the programming," Luke explained.

Laura sat silently. She couldn't believe it. Nikolas was their son! Hers and Luke's!

"Laura, angel, there's more."

"What else could there be, Luke?" Laura asks in wonder.

"The child that Holly thought she lost she didn't lose. Helena had her drugged and when she gave birth, Helena took the baby and gave him to another family to raise," Luke explains to her.

"Do you know who you and Holly's son is?" Laura asked.

"His name right now is Alexander Elijah Michaels-Smith. He has told me that he wants to change his name to Alexander Lucas Spencer," Luke explains to her.

"So he is here in Port Charles right now?" Laura asks.

"Yes, he is hte person who kidnapped Emily and is accused of killing an undercover cop. But Sorel was the one who killed the cop and he kidnapped Emily because he was desparate," Luke told her.

Laura nods in understanding. "Just like his father. We should have seen that all along. I assume Holly has been told about him by now. After all, she is his mother," Laura reasoned.

"She is here. She arrived earlier today and Lucky picked her up and took her to see Alex. She was really looking forward to it," Luke told Laura.

"I'm sure she was. Now you know how I felt when I was reunited with Nikolas," Laura said.

"Well, I'm just glad the truth is out in the open now. I have three sons that I am proud of. Helena doesn't have an heir to the Cassadine throne anymore and Lucky is totally free of her programming. I say we've won. Helena has lost," Luke said with a smile.

Laura smiled back at him. "You're right. Helena has lost. And we've won. We've finally beaten her!"

Lucky was walking down by the docks, enjoying the quiet. He was still absorbing everything that had happened the day before. But also, he was feeling something he hadn't felt in a long time. Freedom. He was truly free of the programming! He felt a great deal of joy at that.

He heard footsteps coming down the stairs behind him. He turned and saw his cousin Carly coming down the stairs.

"Hey, cous! Where are you heading?" Lucky asked her.

"Just taking a walk," she told him.

He gave her a look that told her he wasn't buying it. "Which one is is this time? Sonny or AJ?"

"AJ. He tried to see Michael and he almost did too. I just needed to get out of there," Carly said with a sigh. She walked to one of the benches and flopped down on it.

"Well, he really can't see him anyway. After all, you have sole custody of Michael and he doesn't have visitation rights," Lucky said.

"I know. But it doesn't make a difference to AJ. He just wants to be with Michael," Carly said.

"Is he still drinking?" Lucky asked.

"Yes.

"Then he doesn't deserve to be anywhere near any child, especially Michael," Lucky said.

"He doesn't see it that way, you know that," Carly said.

"I know, cous. I know," Lucky said.

"What brings you out here? I thought you'd be with Lizzie," Carly said, not hiding her disdain for her cousin's girlfriend.

"I'm still absorbing everything I found out yesterday," Lucky said as he sat down beside her.

"What did you find out now?" Carly asked.

"Well, for one, Nik is my full brother, not my half-brother, and two, Zander is my half-brother," Lucky told her.

Carly looked at him in shock. "How can that be?"

"The doctor that delivered Nik changed the paternity test that was doen when Nik was born to save his life. The original test showed that Nik is dad's son. And Zander was taken from dad and Holly Sutton when he was born and Holly was told she had miscarried," Lucky explained to her.

"Wow! Now Sonny has all the more reason to protect Zander. He's my cousin!" Carly exclaimed.

Lucky laughed at his cousin. It made him feel good about the situation.