Chapter One

Sami hated this. She couldn't believe what had happened in the past few weeks. Her life with Lucas had come to a horrible end, at least to her. And Will hated her.

For weeks, she sat inside her apartment, not doing much. Though her emails kept her busy. She had been keeping in touch with certain friends of hers from her days in Colorado, but she hadn't checked it out in weeks. She was way behind and came upon an email from one of her good friends. The girl had been a wild child, but had calmed down considerably after she had been raped.

She read the message and smiled. She had never seen her so happy. Her good friend had gotten a second chance with her true love. Sami was about to email her back when she noticed how old the message was. She went to her email list and saw several other messages from her good friend. She opened each one and read about the renewed adventures her good friend was having, and then two shocking emails came from her.

The first she read in shock.

"Sami,

I can't believe what happened today. Lucky was shot by Helena Cassadine and he's in critical condition here at GH. I'm thankful Steven got him stabilized, but I am so scared! I can't lose him, not now that we're finding our way back to each other! I love him! I never stopped!

Let me tell you, Sami, I thought that was enough, but it seems that Mac Scorpio and my ex Ric Lansing want to charge Lucky with interfering in an investigation. I can actually say that he did for a reason and that is they were not doing their jobs. Lucky did what he had to.

Keep in touch, Sami. I need my good friend.

Elizabeth."

Oh my god! Poor Liz! Poor Lucky! That Helena needs to be put six feet under! Sami thought as she went to the next email from Elizabeth.

She read this one and knew her good friend needed her now.

"Sami,

I came so close to losing Lucky a few days ago. He flatlined and they had to bring him back. It didn't seem like he was going to come back, but finally he did. This was all caused by him having a stroke, thanks to his gunshot wound. Tony said he may never recover, but Lucky is stubborn. He knows that he can't leave, not when we have found our way back to each other.

Lucky's dad, Luke, wants to remove him off life support. Over my dead body. Emily, Nikolas, Skye, Bobbie, and I are fighting against him in court. We won't let him kill Lucky.

I wish you were here. I need my good friend so much through this situation. I hope to hear from you soon.

Elizabeth."

Sami quickly replied to this one.

"Liz,

Don't you worry. I'll be there soon. You need me too much right now, and trust me, there is no way I am letting that man take away the man you love.

There are a few things I need to tell you, but I will wait until I get there. See you soon.

Sami."

She sent the message and then ran into her bedroom and packed a few suitcases and wrote a quick note for her family and one for Lucas and Will before she marched out of her apartment and out to her car.

She started the car and sped toward the highway. Her good friend needed her and she'd be damned if she wasn't going to be there for her.

Elizabeth took her shift in barricading Lucky's room against Luke with a slight smile on her face. She loved being by Lucky's side and she wanted him to wake up soon and prove Luke and Tony wrong. She wanted so much for Lucky to prove both men wrong. She monitored his condition closely to see if there were any changes and there seemed to be some slight changes for the better, but Tony had said that it wasn't an improvement in his condition. But Steven had looked at it and said that it could show that Lucky was battling his way back to them slowly. Steven was ready to testify on their side in court so that Luke wouldn't be able to remove Lucky off of life support. His sister wasn't going to lose the man she loved. Over his dead body.

A knock sounded on the door and Liz turned to see her brother and a young woman standing outside the door. She unlocked the door and looked at her brother questioningly. "Steven, who's this?"

"Liz, this is Dr. Natalia Stenovich. She just transferred in and she wants to check out Lucky's condition and wants to gauge how he's doing," Steven said.

"Trust me, Liz. My little brother is one of the most important people in my life. I'm not going to let my stepfather kill him," Natalia said.

Liz's eyes went wide for a moment, then narrowed with slight realization. "You're Nikolas's twin sister?"

"Yes, one of them. Nadia is on her way right now after a meeting with the family board in Nik's stead," Natalia said.

"What could the family board do for Nikolas that we haven't tried already?" Liz asked.

"This is about Helena. They want her dead and they don't care how. Nadia went to discuss her execution. She's really into Roman history and I wonder if she convinced them to crucify the bitch, literally," Natalia said. She giggled slightly as she approached her half-brother. "Would you like that, Lucky? That bitch on a cross, dying like the criminal that she is?"

Lucky's heart rate sped up slightly and Natalia smiled. "So I see you like the idea. Well, bro, let's see how you're doing so we can prove Luke wrong," she said as she checked his vitals.

Lucky's heart rate rose a little more as Natalia checked him out and wrote down her findings, comparing them with his vitals after the stroke.

She shook her head. "That bastard must be working with grandmother again, Liz. Lucky has majorly improved since the stroke. He's on his way back to us. How can Tony say that nothing is improving, must either mean he's blind or that he's working with Helena."

"What could she be holding over his head this time?" Liz asked.

"She may have gone to him to help her hide, but we'll smoke her out one way or another," Natalia said with a smile.

Sami arrived in Port Charles later that night. She sighed as she drove into town and followed the directions Liz had given her once and arrived at GH. She got out of her car and walked into the hospital and took the elevator up to the 2nd floor. She walked up to the nurses station and waited for a nurse or doctor to notice her. At that moment, Steven walked off the elevator and recognized her.

"Samantha Gene, what in the world are you doing here?" Steven asked.

Sami quickly turned around and squealed. "Steven! Oh my god! It's great to see you!" she exclaimed as she ran for him.

Steven quickly embraced Sami and spun her around happily. "It's good to see you too! What brings you to Port Charles?"

They parted and Sami gave her good friend a serious look. "Liz emailed me and I knew she needed me."

"Understood. Liz could use all the support she can get," Steven said as he pressed the up button for the elevator. "She's taken today's shift of barricading Lucky's ICU room from anyone trying to harm Lucky."

Sami nodded. "She loves him, Steven. She's never stopped. I know that for a fact. She doesn't want to lose him again."

"Very true," Steven said as the elevator doors opened. "She lost him before, thanks to Helena. She doesn't need another tragedy to separate them again."

The two stepped into the elevator and rode up to the ICU.