Chapter 29:

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A/N: I know I said a few chapters ago that there wont be that many more chapters, but I lied. Sue me! No don't just kidding. I don't have much. The only thing I have is my baby ring and cell phone bill (You can have that if you want. No problem there!) Those are probably the most expensive things I have so don't sue me. Anyway getting back on track Im not sure how many chapters there will be or when this story will end so no guarantees so disregard that statement a couple of chapters ago! Thanks for all the reviews I love you all!

Eight hours. Thats all it took to completely change his life. He never knew that his life could take a turn for the worse in just eight hours. Lets see. In the last eight hours his two kids were kidnap. His marriage was now on the rocks. And he doesn't know what the hell he is going to do. Nine hours ago he was happily married about to make love to his wife and had two kids at home but that was nine and not eight hours ago. Things change quickly.

He sat at his desk thinking. He occasionally looked at his wife who was passed out on the couch. It was now six in the morning and she had just fell asleep as soon as most of the cops left. The had some clues but not a lot which made Nikolas think Helena was defiantly behind this. The problem was, who was she working with. Helena always looked for an ally and Nikolas was pretty sure he knew but then again wasn't sure. Helena and Emily never got along. Helena tried killing her multiply times before so why would she work with him.

His brother walked in. "You should take Courtney upstairs and get some rest." He told him. "No thanks. I'll pass." Nikolas said back as he leaned back in his chair."She is your wife Nikolas! She has been through a lot in the past eight hours. You comforting her and getting some rest is best for everybody including you." Lucky told him. "What about you? You have two kids and a wife at home yet you've been at my house for the past eight hours." Nikolas said back. "This is my job. Your job is to be a good husband and father and do what we tell you until your kids are home." Lucky said.

"Its useless Lucky." Nikolas. "Why is it useless Nikolas?" He was confused. He now realized that the two of them were probably arguing but why. "Well lets see. My two kids are missing and so far you's don't have much of a lead. My marriage, well thats on the rocks now because my wife is mad at me. She hasn't said two words to me since our conversation upstairs at one o'clock this morning! Tell me what to do now." Nikolas said frustrated.

"Talk to her Nikolas." Lucky said. "She wont talk to me! On top of that Lulu, Ryan and Carly are all MIA ." Nikolas told his brother. "What do you mean Lulu is MIA with Carly and Ryan." "Exactly what I said." He said back. "How long have they been gone?" Lucky asked him. "I don't know. All I know is when me and Courtney came down stairs afterour fight she couldn't find them and none of them will answer their cell phone for anybody." He said back as he took a deep breath in.

"Take Courtney upstairs and get some rest. I'll wake you's up in a little bit when we get something." Lucky said even though he knew Nikolas was probably going to reject his demand. "Whatever." Nikolas said as he got up and walked over to the couch. He didn't wake Courtney up because she wouldn't have went upstairs with him. He scooped her up in his arms like he did with Nathan and Natalie except Courtney was bigger but it didn't matter to him. Lucky watched his brother as he walked up the steps. Now what was he going to do.

"Is this it?" The young teenager said as the four of them came up to an island. "Yup. This is Cassidine Island my dear." The guy said back. "Eww Dad. Don't say that again. You know you shouldn't really say things you don't mean." Lulu said back as Ryan just laughed. "What are you laughing at?" Luke asked Ryan. "You." He said. "Maybe we should go get some Greek food and wine before we start searching huh? There's nothing like catching Helena when you are half out there. Trust me. Its more fun!" Luke said.

"Luke I came to you for help because I know that you don't like Helena. Not so that you can get wasted in Greece." Carly said as she was frustrated. The only thing that mattered to her was getting her nephew and niece home safely. "Look Caroline. I know you are crazy and think this is going to be easy but its Helena Cassidine! Its not going to be as easy as you going insane. Trust me. Nor is it going to be as funny." Luke said as Carly just threw him a look and Lulu and Ryan laughed.

Two hours had past since Lucky told Nikolas to go upstairs and get some rest. Mac told Lucky not too long ago to also go home. He's been up all night and Lucky at first refused but Mac told him that if he didn't follow orders he wouldn't be on the case anymore so Lucky followed orders and went home.

"Mmm." She said as she stretched out her arms. She didn't realize that she had fallen asleep. She saw her husband laying next to her but she didn't wake him up. She got up and went down the steps and saw two cops standing in her living room as well as Mac. "Hey Mac." Courtney said as she made her way into there. "Hey Courtney." Mac said. "How are you doing?" he asked. He wasnt sure why he asked that question. "Not good. I want my babies back." She said as she poured a cup of Brandy. It might have been early but she didnt care.

"Well we are doing everything we can. We actually have a lead. Thats why we are here." He said. She put the cup down and diverted her attention to Mac. "Whats that?" She asked. "Well we also want to tell Nikolas so if you could go get him for us. We think its best if we talk to you's at the same time." Mac said. She took a deep breath and then answered. "Give me a moment." She said as she went upstairs. "Hey boss?" One of the cops said. "Yes?" Mac answered. "Do we always have to tell the parents together?" He was new. "If you think its best. Which in this case I know its best." he said as Courtney and Nikolas walked down the steps.

"Okay what is it?" Nikolas asked. "We found traces of two finger prints. One belongs to Helena." Mac said. Courtney was more pissed then before. Nikolas saw the look that came across his face but didn't do anything. He didnt want to cause a scene and make her more upset then she already was."What about the second one?" Nikolas asked. "We cant identify that one just yet. We are doing everything we can . The person had something on their fingers which is making it hard to find out who it belongs too." Mac said. "Okay thank you. Keep us posted." Nikolas said as Mac and the two cops began to walk out.

"Are you okay?" Nikolas asked as he walked up behind Courtney and started rubbing her shoulders. She pushed away at an instant. "Does it look like I'm okay Nikolas?" She asked him. Her eyes were filled with tears but she didn't want to cry. She was too pissed at him to let him comfort her and she knew thats what would have happened. "Courtney why cant we just talk about whats wrong?" he asked. "Because Nikolas. It wont get us anywhere." She said back to him. "Why are you so mad at me? I told you why I did it." He said. "Its because you don't think I can handle anything. Im not three. I am a grown women and I deserve to know the truth from my husband!" She shouted at him.

He just looked at her. "So your mad at me because I didn't tell you something?" He asked. "Its not the first time you did it Nikolas! I mean it makes me wonder what else you are keeping from me." She said. "You kept things from me too Courtney." He said. "Like what?" She asked him. "Ryan." He shouted at her. "We were dating." She shot back but knew he made a point but still. "I don't think it matters." He said. "How many times have you kept something from me. How many more secrets do you have that you haven't told me yet Nikolas?" She was furious.

"Do you think that I keep everything from you Courtney?" He asked her. "I don't know you tell me?" She told him. "Whatever. You think what you want to think anyway. I do one thing to try and protect you and get mad at me." He said as he walked over to his desk. "I don't need protecting Nikolas. I told you that. I especially don't need it when it comes to my kids safety." She said. They just looked at each other. "Im leaving." She said a few minutes later. "Where are you going?"Nikolas asked her. "To see my brother." she said as she grabbed her purse. "Wait. Why? I thought we were going to stick together." He said. "Yeah well I thought the same thing about our marriage but that didn't happen did it?" She said as she headed towards the door.

"What are you saying Courtney? Is this your way of telling me that we are over?" Nikolas asked her. "I don't know. It depends." She said. "On what exactly?" He asked her. "On you." She said as she walked out the door. He picked up the cup that had her brandy in it and threw it across the room. It shattered once it hit the wall. "You okay?" He heard a voice say. He turned around. It was his brother. "Do I look okay?" Nikolas asked. "Tell me what happened." Lucky said. "Remember how I told you that my marriage was on the rocks well its hanging off a 200ft cliff by a thread now." He said. Lucky didn't say anything. "Have you tried talking to her?" Lucky asked. "How do you think it went from the rocks to the cliff?" He asked. "Your right sorry." Lucky said.

"Courtney whats wrong?" Sonny said when he opened the door. "I don't know what to do anymore Sonny." She said as more tears came flowing down her face. Sonny pulled her into a hug. "Tell me whats wrong." Sonny said. "Okay." Courtney said as they made their way into the living room. Courtney told him everything that had happen. "I just don't know what to do. I don't know where this leaves my marriage." She said as she wiped her tears. "Courtney I don't think you are mad at Nikolas for not telling you. Upset because he didn't. Yes but mad, no. You are taking it out on him because you are worried and scared for your children which is perfectly natural. So go home and talk to Nikolas and focus on getting your kids home." Sonny said. She looked at him for a few minutes before saying anything to him."Your right." Courtney said. "Yeah. Keep me posted please?" Sonny said as he walked his sister to the door. "Okay." She said as she gave him a kiss on the cheek and left.

"Nikolas?" Courtney said as she walked into the living room. She saw him sitting on the floor. She quickly walked over to him and sat down beside him. "Im sorry." She whispered in his ear as tears came down. "No. Im sorry. I shouldn't have tried to protect you. You had every right to know." Nikolas said back to her. "I understand why you did it. I didn't mean anything I said earlier." She said as they were both now sitting on the floor. "Its okay baby. Don't apologize." He said as he pulled her into a kiss. A second later her phone started ringing.

"Its Ryan!" She said as she looked at the caller-id. "Ryan where are you?" Courtney said into the phone. "You what!" She couldn't believe what she just heard. "Don't do anything. We will be there in just a few hours. I mean it." She said as she flipped her phone shut. "What did he say?" Nikolas asked. "Carly, him, Lulu and Luke are in Greece on a boat right outside of Cassidine Island. They think Helena is there." Courtney told him. "Its possible. Lets go." Nikolas said as they both got up and walked out the door.

"What are you doing?" Helena yelled. "I knew this was a bad idea!" The person yelled back. "Well if you weren't such a stupid twit we wouldn't have a problem now would we?" Helena shot back coldly. "Look. If we didn't work together you would have been too late. Okay? I have a question by the way." The second one said. "Ugh. More questions. Haven't you asked enough?" "Why do we have the baby? I mean all we wanted was Nathan right?" "My dear. You are new to this. Nathan may be the Cassidine heir and Nikolas's first born but nobody is closer to daddy's heart then his little girl." She said coldly with a grin. "I never thought I would ever say this but you are absolutely correct Helena." The second one said. "Well I don't think I could have pulled this off so soon without your help Emily." Helena said back as the girls looked at each other and smiled.

A/N: This chapter took me a little bit longer then expected. Sorry. I was watching the series finale of 7th Heaven, yes I watched that show. I watched it ever since it first aired in 1996. Never missed one episode. So I had to watch the finale which sucked by the way. It makes me wonder what the hell happened to everybody the next day. I hate shit like that but anyway thats why it took me longer then expected. I forgot what I was doing and I remember that I started writing thisMonday and I had to finish it.

P.S. I now officially hate the word yesterday! I've been spelling it yesturday since like the third grade and I know Im not a good speller (cant spell anything over five letters long. I occasionally mess up on my own name! No lie!) But you would think somebody would have told me before now right? A teacher. parent hell a friend even but no!Im so mad. Its been like almost ten years. Now that sucks!