Chapter Two

Spencer Justice

Leah and Andrew met at the nurse's station on the ICU floor of GH, as she had called her husband to file a malpractice suit against Dr. Tony Jones at Steven's insistence. Steven walked up at that moment and shook hands with one of the most powerful lawyers in the country.

"It's good to see you again, Andrew. It's been too long," Steven said with a smile.

"Yes, it has. The last time I saw you was right before you left for medical school and I headed for law school," Andrew Whitman, Leah's husband, said with a smile. He was glad that his old friend hadn't known about Lucky being given the wrong medication. He really didn't want to bring a malpractice suit against him.

"I had no idea that you had gotten married, but I couldn't imagine a more perfect wife for you," Steven said.

"Thanks, Steven. Now, you encouraged Leah to bring a malpractice suit against Tony Jones. I understand the reasoning, but usually these suits only come about after a death," Andrew said.

"He almost did kill Lucky by giving him the wrong type of medication for his condition. He deserves to pay for it. He has done wrong before," Steven said.

"Steven's right, sweetie. He kidnapped Michael, Carly's son, when he was just a baby. He got off with little more than probation thanks to Helena Cassadine. I wouldn't doubt that she's pulling his strings again," Leah told her husband.

"I wouldn't doubt it either, darling. All the evidence points to it, I'm sure," Andrew said.

At that moment, a familiar face came out of the elevator. Andrew and Leah instantly glared at the man.

"What do you think you're doing here?" Leah asked menacingly.

The man seemed taken aback by recovered quickly. "I'm here to see Lucky."

"That is not possible for you, dad. You have been banned from Lucky's room," Leah said.

"By whom?" Luke asked his daughter.

"By me. You are banned from Lucky's room until he wakes up," Leah told him.

"Obviously, Leah, you don't know what Tony diagnosed," Luke said.

"Oh, I know exactly what he said. But he was totally wrong. Lucky will be fine. He will make it," Leah said.

"And how do you know that, Leah?" Luke asked his daughter.

"For crying out loud, dad, I am a neurologist! One of the top ones in the country! And I know most of the research. Why do you think they assigned me to the ICU? I can help most of the patients up here recover when before, they wouldn't have. And much of the blame on that is put on the man who is still a tool of Helena Cassadine, Tony Jones," Leah said.

"Young lady, Tony is your uncle…"

"Former uncle and he practically killed Lucky by giving him the wrong medication! The meds caused what looked like a stroke! And I can say that he may have done it at Helena's command," Leah said.

Luke stared at his daughter in shock. "He would never do that for that witch!"

"He's done it before dad. Kidnapping Michael, helping Helena defrost Stavros, and I wouldn't put it past him if he had done this for her as well," Leah said.

Ric Lansing stood up tall as Laurel and Shawn came into the squad room of the PCPD. It wasn't often when two of the best law enforcement officers showed up in Port Charles.

"Detective and Chief McMillan, welcome to Port Charles. We are honored to have you here. And is what I heard true, that it is no longer Chief, but Police Commissioner?" Ric asked.

"You heard right, Mr. Lansing. I am now police commissioner for the PCPD and my wife here is my right-hand detective, as my brother-in-law will be when he recovers," Shawn said.

"What about Mac Scorpio? He is commissioner," Ric said.

"Not anymore. He is out of a job. Laurel and I spoke to the board through teleconference days ago about our investigation and they totally agreed with our assessment. Mac Scorpio is no longer police commissioner," Shawn said.

Ric nodded and then thought about something else Shawn had just said. "Your brother-in-law?"

"Lucky Spencer is my brother-in-law, Mr. Lansing," Shawn said.

"Any charges that you were planning on placing on my twin brother are no longer allowed, Mr. Lansing. If Mac had done his work properly, none of this would've happened," Laurel said.

"Understood. Anything else?" Ric asked.

"Not for you to worry about," Shawn said.

Ric nodded, then took Shawn and Laurel down the hall to Mac's office and knocked on the door. Mac opened it a second later and the three of them could see that Mac was already busy gathering up his things.

Shawn smiled as he walked into his new office. He had plans for this place. "You know, Mac, this place will look so different when I'm done with it."

"I like it. Of course, it would be staying the same if the board hadn't fired me," Mac said.

"You brought it on yourself, Mac. If you had done things properly, this wouldn't have happened. And railroading my brother-in-law? I wasn't going to let you do that," Shawn said as he roamed the office.

"Your brother-in-law?" Mac asked, raising his head.

"Lucky Spencer is my brother-in-law," Shawn said.

Mac groaned. He knew something like this could happen and now it had, thanks to the nature of the Spencer Family.

An hour later, Mac was gone and Shawn was sitting at his new desk, looking over every crime report from the past six months and getting ready to reassign those cases if necessary. A knock sounded on the door and he looked up. "Come In!"

The door opened and his father-in-law walked in. "Shawn, I need your help."

"You're not getting it, Luke. We heard what you almost did to Lucky. And we will not allow you to do it again," Shawn told Luke.

"Shawn, he is my son and I know what's best for him," Luke said to his son-in-law.

"No, you don't, dad," came Laurel's voice from behind him. "Leah and I know what's best for Lucky. We are his other thirds, you know, and we know that he wants to stay with us, that he's fighting to get back to us. We can feel that. You know our triplet connection is very strong."

"You don't know that for sure," Luke said.

"Yes, we do. Our connection has never wavered, not even when Lucky flatlined. He's staying here and you will not be allowed near him until he wakes up," Laurel said.

"We'll barricade Lucky's room if we have to in order to keep you away from him. You will not remove Lucky's life support again," Shawn said.

Elizabeth sat beside her beloved Lucky, continuing to hold his hand and tell him to wake up.

Elizabeth still locked the door to the room and only allowed into the room those on the visitation list, especially Leah and Steven.

She was glad her brother hadn't known about Tony giving Lucky the wrong medication. Even he was glad to see the dramatic change in Lucky's condition. Of course, anything that made Liz happy made Steven happy.

Leah knocked on the door at that moment and Elizabeth opened it. "Taking Lucky's vitals again?"

"Yes. I want to gauge his recovery and report it to the different research boards, but also to use against Dr. Jones in the malpractice case," Leah said.

"Steven convinced you to pursue it?" Liz asked.

"He convinced Andrew and me. Andrew can't wait. He loves these kind of cases," Leah said as she checked the monitors gauging Lucky's condition.

Liz sat back down in her chair and grasped Lucky's hand. She watched as Leah checked everything out until she felt Lucky's hand squeezing her own. She turned and saw that Lucky's eyes were slightly open. "Liz?" he asked softly, his voice hoarse from weeks of disuse.

Liz smiled. "Yes, Lucky, I'm here," she said.

Lucky smiled and opened his eyes further. He was glad to see her beautiful face.

Leah moved to Liz's side and smiled. "Hey, tripwit, welcome back."

Lucky rolled his eyes jokingly. His sister had always called him tripwit since she had been old enough to talk. She couldn't quite say triplet correctly when she had been younger, so she had said tripwit and it became her nickname for her twin brother.

"Hey, sissyfit. It's good to see you," Lucky said.

Leah groaned. Lucky had called her sissyfit ever since they were young. Their mom had once said to Lucky when Leah was having a tantrum, "Leah is having a hissyfit. You'd better go play, Lucky." And rather than say hissyfit, he said sissyfit and it became his nickname for her.

Lucky smiled at her and she leaned forward and kissed him on the forehead, then leaned back and smiled at him. "I'm glad that you made it through. Now Andrew has more ammunition for the case against Tony."

"What case?" Lucky asked.

"A malpractice suit against Tony because he practically killed you by giving you the wrong type of medication for your condition. If I hadn't come when I did, it would've killed you," Leah explained. "Of course, that may have been the idea."

"Leah's right. You know if Helena wanted you dead, she would've used Tony…" Liz trailed off as Lucky spoke.

"All she would have to do is blackmail him again," Lucky said. "Who knows what secrets she could know about him from when she had Alexis defend him when he kidnapped Michael?"

"If only it was Tony again this time," came Carly's voice from the doorway. "If only Tony had kidnapped Michael and Morgan this time, but it's Faith."

"Are you sure it's Faith?" Lucky asked his cousin.

"Yes, it's Faith. She kidnapped Kristina about a week ago and now she's got my boys," Carly said as she approached her cousins.

"Have you called the police?" Lucky asked.

"I called them and asked for Mac Scorpio, but they said he is no longer commissioner, so I spoke with the new commissioner Shawn McMillan and he said that he will find all three of them," Carly said.

"Carly, he will find them. Shawn does everything he possibly can to solve a case," Lucky said.

"How do you know that?" Carly asked.

"Carly, Shawn is my brother-in-law and he is one of the best cops out there. And so is Lauri and they will do anything for family as well as for justice. They will find the kids," Lucky said.

"You bet we will. Faith Roscoe will not steal a part of this family. She will not hurt this family anymore," came Laurel's voice from the doorway.

"And Mac Scorpio won't be railroading anyone in this family ever again," Shawn said from beside her. He quickly approached Carly and took her hand in his. "Don't you worry. We'll find the kids. Michael and Morgan are part of this family and its about time we started acting like it."

Tears filled Carly's eyes at the vow of her cousin-in-law. "Thank you, Shawn. Thank you so much."

Put your pictures away

And remember these days

Till we meet again

Or you need a friend

I won't stand in your way

Though I beg you to stay

But wherever you go

You need to know

Don't Forget

Don't Forget

Baby, Don't Forget

Blood is thicker than water

That between you and me

Nothing could be any stronger

And though we may be apart

There's a river that flows through my heart

Don't Forget

Blood is Thicker than Water

Until dawn we would talk

Through the fields we would walk

Hear them calling us home

But then further we'd go

Now's the time to be brave

As our innocence fads

There's so much we don't know

but the world can be cold

Lift your head

Look ahead

Baby, Don't Forget

Blood is thicker than water

That between you and me

Nothing could be any stronger

Baby Don't Forget

This love is forever longer

And if someone is breaking your heart

There's a light on for you in the dark

Don't Forget

Blood is Thicker than Water

I won't stand in your way

Though I beg you to stay

It's so hard letting go

Cause your all that I know

Don't Forget

Don't Forget

Baby, Don't Forget

Blood is thicker than water

That between you and me

Nothing could be any stronger

Baby, Don't forget

This love is forever longer

That between you and me

Nothing could be any stronger

Blood is Thicker than Water

Blood is Thicker than Water

(Blood is Thicker than Water by The Triplets)