"Is she really doing ok?" Nikki asked Bruno as they spoke on the phone.

"She misses her mama terribly but I think she is having a good time," Bruno replied.

"I'm glad that she's made friends with your nieces and nephews," Nikki told him.

"Would you like to talk to her?" he asked.

"No, if she talks to me now all she's going to want to know is how soon she can come home and that's something I can't tell her," Nikki replied.

"I still think leaving you alone was a bad idea, who knows when this Mercer character is going to show up," Bruno told her.

"Bruno let's not get into that again, I've told you before I can take care of myself, listen Bruno someone's at the door I'll have to call you back later, give Abby my love," Nikki said hearing the doorbell sound for a second time and hanging up the phone.

"May I help you?" Nikki asked seeing an attractive woman with long black hair and dressed in expensive clothing standing outside the door.

"Are you Nicole Hunter?" the woman asked her.

"Who wants to know?" Nikki questioned being cautious about revealing her identity.

"My name is Elsa Randall, actually my last name is Mercer now, I'm Anton's wife, I have something that I need to tell you," Elsa said seeing the look of shock that had come over Nikki's face.

"That monster actually found someone willing to marry him," Nikki scoffed.

"Ms. Hunter, I know that you and my husband have had a rather sordid past but I'm here to make amends for him, if you'll only give me a few minutes of your time I can explain things," Elsa told her.

"I've known that your husband was searching for me again and I would like to know the reason why, so I've guess I've got no choice but to let you in," Nikki said stepping aside to allow Elsa into her home.

"Thank you Nicole, I know this can't be easy for you," Elsa said.

"Please Mrs. Mercer, call me Nikki," Nikki told her as she led Elsa into the living room where they sat down on the couch.

"All right Nikki but please Mrs. Mercer sounds so formal, it's Elsa," she replied.

"You said you were here to make amends for your husband?" Nikki asked wanting to get this over with.

"He wasn't sure if you'd be willing to see him so I offered to come instead, Anton has told me everything about your past with him and he also told me the reason he believes you've been in hiding all these years," Elsa informed her.

"And what reason would that be?" Nikki asked.

"After the whole incident on the island, Anton was a changed man in more ways than one, it all started when he decided to test the Dino-DNA from the project he was working on with Tommy Oliver on himself," Elsa began.

"Wait a second, Anton experimented on himself?" Nikki questioned.

"Yes and that is why he appeared to you the way that he did, his body had a violent reaction to the DNA and subsequently changed him into that monster that appeared to you all those years ago, you must believe me Nikki that if Anton had been in his right mind he never would have come to you that way but the monster was already taking over," Elsa explained.

"This is unbelievable," Nikki replied.

"I know it's hard to understand, that monster took over Anton's body even taking on its own identity named Mesogog and it was a long time before he was able to gain control of it enough to even appear in his human form," Elsa told her.

"Tell me something was it Mesogog that caused that island to explode with Thomas on it, is Anton's alter ego the reason that my fiancée was killed," Nikki replied.

"I can't answer that, you'd have to speak to my husband yourself," Elsa said.

"Anton is here?" Nikki asked.

"He's waiting downstairs in the car if you're ready to see him," Elsa told her.

"I'm not afraid of him anymore, tell him to come up, he owes me some answers," Nikki said.

Moments later, Elsa returned with Anton.

"Hello Nicole, your still as beautiful as ever," Anton told her.

"I don't want compliments from you, just answers," Nikki snapped.

"I understand your anger toward me but let me make one thing clear, I'm not here to hurt you," Anton replied.

"Just like you weren't here to hurt me all those years ago when Mesogog or whatever you called yourself attacked me," Nikki retorted.

"Mesogog was destroyed, he's no longer a part of me, I'm not the same man I was all those years ago, I've changed for the better and I had a lot of help and support to get to this point," Anton said taking his wife's hand.

"Do you expect me to be happy for you, that you found a way to free yourself and have a new life when that same chance wasn't given to Thomas, tell me something did he know what you had done to yourself, did he catch you is that why he's dead and your still here alive and well," Nikki said growing angry.

"Nicole, I am so sorry for the pain that I've cause you, you must believe me if I could go back and give you all those years back that you spent in hiding I would, but it's too late for that but I can give you the truth, you deserve that much," Anton told her.

"The truth about Thomas' death," Nikki said.

"I swear to you Mesogog did not kill Tommy, but there was an explosion on that island and even though I managed to get off I believed that there was no way that Tommy could have survived and that's why I went to London to see you, I wanted to be there for you and give you the future that I know you wanted with Tommy but he was gone so I thought that maybe just maybe you'd be willing to give me that chance, but when you didn't and you rejected me something stirred up inside of me and then I was powerless to stop Mesogog from coming out, if I could take that day back believe me I would," Anton explained.

"Why after all this time did you start the search for me?" Nikki questioned.

"Because I made a promise to someone that I would do everything in my power to find you and explain what happened all those years ago since I was the reason that you disappeared in the first place" Anton told her.

"Who would care about knowing where I was after all this time, was it Haley, she was the last person I talked all those years ago," Nikki said.

"I didn't see Haley for years but eventually I found myself in Reefside where she owns and operates a cyber cafe, in a way, Haley was one of many people who helped to free me from Mesogog but no she's not the person who asked me to find you," Anton told her.

"Then I don't understand, who else besides Haley could want to know where I ran off to?" Nikki asked.

"There's really no easy way to say this so I'm going to give it to you straight, I found you because Tommy asked me to, he knew that I would be the only one with enough resources to find you," Anton told her.

"How could Thomas' have asked you to find me, he's dead," Nikki said in almost a whisper.

"No he's not, we were wrong, he didn't die on that island like I originally thought but believe me it was years before I learned that he too was alive and by that time it was too late to find you and tell you the truth, I didn't want to risk you exposing my secret to him, so I chose not to search for you," Anton informed her.

"No, no, you're lying, how can he be alive, how could I not know, how could you choose not to search for me when you knew that I mourning his death, you said you weren't here to hurt me but what the hell do you think this news is doing to me," Nikki yelled.

"Nikki I know how much this news must hurt especially after all the time you've lost but believe me, Tommy Oliver is alive, I know him, in fact he's a friend of the family, he and Anton have overcome their differences," Elsa said finally speaking up.

"He's alive," Nikki whispered as tears streamed down her face.

"He wanted to come here and see you for himself but I felt like the shock would be too much for you so I insisted that he let me come first," Anton explained.

"Where is he?" Nikki asked.

"He lives in Reefside, he's a science teacher at Reefside High where Elsa is the principal," Anton told her.

"All this time I thought he was dead and I spent the last three years in hiding because I thought I was in danger from you and he's really been alive, do you have any idea what you've done to my life," Nikki replied.

"I'm so sorry Nicole, I know I can't expect to be forgiven for all the pain I've caused but Tommy is alive and he wants to see you," Anton said.

"Please leave, I don't want you here anymore, you've done what you came to do, just get out," Nikki said walking over to the door and holding it open.

"Come on, she needs time to sort all this out," Elsa said leading her husband out.

"If you doubt anything I've just told you then call Haley, her number is written here on this paper along with the name of the hotel where Elsa and I are staying, we're going back to Reefside tomorrow and if you want to go back with us you can meet us a the private airport hanger," Anton said giving her the paper. Nikki quickly shut the door and immediately ran over to her phone.

"Hello?" a voice asked.

"Haley, is it really you?" Nikki asked.

"Oh my gosh, Nikki?" Haley said.

"Is Thomas alive, was Anton telling me the truth?" Nikki questioned.

"Yes, he is, oh Nikki we've been searching for you for so long, you have no idea how happy Tommy is going to be knowing that Anton actually found you," Haley said but there was no reply as the line went dead.