(Author's Notes – Hey guys! I've finally updated! I know, tell me about it – it's been FOREVER! (I really need to try and crank out a chap of ES too…) Anyway, I hope you remember this story and like this new chapter! Please Read & Review! Thanks! –E.B.F.R.)

Chapter #26 – Storming in, Solitary Rooms, Busted.

Greece –

Luke shook his head in frustration. Their cell phones were completely useless, and there wasn't any type of electronics store anywhere close.

"Did you call Jasmine?" Luke asked suddenly.

"I called from the pay phone and left a message after I told Lucky that neither Jasmine or Elizabeth picked up the first time. I'm really worried Luke. Jas always picks up. She knows it's me who's calling." Nik replied.

"I'm sure she'll get back to you." Luke replied.

"Not without my cell working, she can't. We can't leave the hotel number, so what else is there?" Nik countered.

"Look, as important as the girls are, today's the big day. Today we have to get Alexis back, and the sooner we do that, the quicker we can get home to our loved ones." Lucky replied as Luke & Nik nodded their heads in agreement.

They had all gone over their plan to save Alexis, taking Nikolas' approach. Nikolas would distract Stavros, Lucky would find and get Alexis, while Luke would try and lay low.

"Are we ready?" Luke asked.

Luke's question hung in the air for the briefest of moments. Lucky had an automatic yes, but it was Nikolas who hesitated.

"Wait, is this smart? I mean, this plan, even if it was my idea...

"Nik, we have to do something." Lucky said, impatient that hadn't left yet.

"We are, we're going in there today." Luke said.

"But won't that just get us killed? Think about it, we storm in now and we lose! It's over! Then we'll never get back to our loved ones." Nik replied.

"It's always good to weight the pros & cons kid, except in this instance." Luke started.

"Right now, storming in may be the only way at this point. It may be our only choice." Lucky said trying to calm his brother. He himself was anxious as well.

"We have to get out of here as soon as possible. I don't like being away from Jasmine or my sons. Guys, something doesn't feel right. I've got a bad, bad feeling." Nik said, his face taking on a worried look.

"Soon boys, soon. We'll get home. I promise." Luke said quite determined.

Nikolas looked at his brother and stepfather, hoping they were right. Soon the men gathered what they needed and headed toward their goal. Nikolas focused on getting back to his wife and sons, in order to stop thinking that he was venturing into his doom. Ventured toward the castle which plagued and haunted Nikolas and Jasmine for so long.

Port Charles –

Previously: "Get her girls…"

Jasmine's eyes immediately flew open, unprepared for the oncoming onslaught.

Although still severely weakened from her hospital stay, Jasmine tried to defend herself. She didn't have much success though.

The other inmates in the cell block egged the antagonistic inmate's in Jasmine's cell on. Soon pairs of footsteps were heard as the corrections officers ran to stop the fight and ambush of punches.

"This is CO's Avery and Jones. We need backup to Women's block number 3 NOW! ASAP! ASAP!" Said the guard known as Chris Avery.

He and his partner D. Jones started to break up the fight between the four inmates, and were soon joined by 5 other female corrections officers.

They pulled the 3 bullying inmates away from the new, but lone inmate curled in a defensive ball on the floor. All the inmates, including the one on the floor were all cuffed. Jones' had taken the lone inmate into his custody.

"So, how should we do this?" He asked, seeing what the other officers would suggest.

"Well who started it?" Avery asked.

"Permission to speak?" Said the leader of the pack.

"Permission granted." Avery said.

"I didn't start this sir, it was her. She came in her runnin' her mouth. Obviously being the new girl, she don't know when to be quiet."

"What do you have to say?" Jones asked Jasmine.

"I swear, I didn't do or say anything sir. I never had the chance to even if I wanted to, which I didn't."

"Okay…solitary confinement for Waters and Cassadine for the rest of the day. You'll be let out tomorrow. Maybe we'll do a complete revamp of this cell block and its prisoners. Privileges are revoked for Fields and Evans." Jones replied.

"P…permission to speak sir?" Jasmine asked hesitantly, quickly noting how to address the corrections officers.

"Permission granted." Jones replied.

"What did I do to be placed in solitary?" Jasmine asked, coughing from her injuries and already bloody and bruised.

"You were involved in a fight which you may or my not have instigated. The main fight was between you and Waters, while Fields and Evans only encouraged, though they threw a few punches themselves. That's why you're going into solitary." Avery jumped in.

"Yes, sir." Jasmine replied, obediently. She was then, somewhat thankfully taken into Solitary Confinement. At least she was alone and not having to fend off inmates who only wanted to (most likely) kill her just for fun.

Her eyes filled with tears. She was completely alone now, left to her own torturous thoughts.

After only a half hour in solitary, Jasmine wants out. She wants her kids. She wants her husband. She wants home.

Greece –

Lucky, Nikolas, and Luke entered the castle in which Nikolas' wife and sons have lived for 6 years. He hated being here, but it was the only way to save his aunt.

Looking around the study, he saw nothing and no one. Chills went up his spine. As Luke and Lucky went separate ways to cover more ground, Nikolas walked toward the hallway when Stavros spun around. He was sitting in the leather business chair, an evil smile on his face.

"Well, what do we have here? My son, his half brother, and the infamous Luke Spencer. Come to save Alexis have you?"

"You did require me to be here, did you not? If I want Alexis alive, I had to be here correct?" Nikolas replied, an edge to his voice.

"Now, now son–"

"I'm not your son. I never will be." Nikolas interrupted with fury in his voice.

"You say that, yet right now you're displaying the Cassadine temper. Tell me Nikolas, how's your wife?"

"You leave my wife and children out of this!" Nikolas yelled.

"All I did was ask."

"That's none of your business. You leave them alone. I will not let you near my family. You stay away from my aunt, my brother, my wife and our sons, Luke, and my mother."

"Your sons? No, I don't think so. You know those boys are mine, technically your brothers as well."

"Stop! You're wrong! I don't CARE who they are biologically, they are MY sons in EVERY WAY. Get that straight!" Nikolas roared.

"My, my Nikolas, how you make me proud." Helena said stepping out from behind a corner.

"Where's Alexis? I came to get her, and go home."

"Home, such an overused word these days, don't you think Stavros?" Helena asked.

"Quite. I wonder what's going on there right now, while NIkolas who claims to love his wife is all the way over here, instead of Port Charles?" Stavros questioned with a wicked smile as he glanced up at his mother, then back to Nikolas.

Meanwhile, the Spencer men were both trying to find Alexis. Searching through dark corners, hidden doors or hidden section of the castle, they couldn't find her.

Going upstairs, Lucky remembered his nephews' room and looked in there. It was how Nikolas and the boys left it: a few toys scattered between the beds, the table lamp off, and the beds unmade. Lucky knew that when Nikolas brought those boys in, they had to move quickly. Sighing as he picked up a book by his feet, he tucked it in his back pocket, wanting to bring it back to the boys.

A light bulb soon went off in his head as he decided to check Nikolas and Jasmine's bedroom. "Where else would Stavros put her except in the most obvious place! Expect the unexpected, yet sometimes that's not always true…" Lucky soon made his way toward the bedroom only to find it locked.

GH –

After Elizabeth saw the car leave with Jasmine, she went back to sit by her nieces. There she cried, and felt a strong pair of hands rub her shoulders. She looked up, and hugged him.

It was her brother, Steven Webber. He held his little sister in his arms as she cried her heart out. As she did he wondered what had been happening since he'd been gone.

Elizabeth looked up at her brother, who in return looked down at her in concern. "What happened Liz?" Steven asked quietly.

"A good friend of mine just got carted off to jail due to a crime she never committed in the first place. Her sons got literally ripped out of her arms, she just got dragged away from her newborn daughters and her husband can't even help her."

"Where is he?"

"Greece, saving Alexis Davis. We didn't have a clue that this was going to happen. He only left 2 days ago! That's not even the entire story." Liz said, exhausted.

"Care to tell me the entire story?"

"No, the less you know the better. Trust me."

"Well if you need anything, anything at all – let me know."

"Don't let the other doctors and nurses kick me out of here?"

"I"ll do my best." Steven said with a small smile, as he too now looked at the two sleeping girls.

"I'm going to visit my friend later today. I do hope they let me see her…" Liz said.

Port Charles – Prison – Solitary Confinement –

"Cassadine!" Someone shouted at Jasmine harshly. Jasmine looked up to find the warden's eyes boring into her. "Sir?" Came the soft reply.

The warden had come in with Officer Jones who had put her in solitary. "This is your prison psychologist, D. Jones. You will refer to him as 'sir,' just like you do everyone that hold authority over you. If you attack him, provoke him, or are disobedient in any way, be guaranteed he will report it to me. If that happens, then your time here in solitary will be prolonged. Is this clear?"

"Yes sir." Jasmine replied, wondering why she'd really need a psychologist in the first place, when there's only one woman who could legally fix this whole situation, and only one man who could help heal her heart.

As the warden left, both Officer Jones and Jasmine studied the other. They just stared at each other, taking in physical features, emotions that are displayed across their faces, and more importantly in their eyes.

As Jasmine studied at him, she saw that his hair was short and black, and a bit spiky in front. He had deep amber/hazel colored eyes. His eyes were kind and gentle at the moment. Jasmine drew a strange sense of comfort from them.

"Sir." Jasmine said politely, sticking her hand out for him to shake.

"Look…because it's just us here, you can call me Jones okay? You don't always have to refer to me as 'sir.' And when I'm here, you don't have to ask for permission to speak. Obviously when the warden is here, the rules apply. But for the most part, what he says does apply. You step out of line and I'll have to report you. Understood?" Jones replied as he shook her hand.

"Yes sir." Jasmine said, eyes slightly lowering.

"What's your name?"

"Cassadine." Jasmine said, a brief smile crossing her lips.

"No, I meant your first name." Jones said kindly.

Jasmine looked up at him, slightly perplexed. 'Am I supposed to answer him? Is this just a trick?' Jasmine thought. She decided to answer him. "Jasmine, sir."

Jones raised his eyebrows as a smirk came over him. "Oh, sorry." Jasmine said, realizing what she'd said. "How about you? What does the 'D' stand for?"

"It doesn't." Officer Jones replies.

"What?" Jasmine asked.

"It doesn't stand for anything specifically."

"Then why use it?"

"Because, well it's a very, very shortened version of my real name." Jones confessed.

"Which is? Come on, I told you my name." Jasmine said with a very small smile, something she never thought she would do while in a jail cell.

"Alex." Jones said simply.

"You mean Alexander."

"Yeah…"

"So, Officer Alexander Jones it is. And I gather that since you have you initial as D, then Jones probably isn't your real last name either correct?"

"Jasmine, that's another conversation for another day. Now onto the real reason I'm here. You."

"I…I have a question first."
"Go ahead."

"Why, I mean why are you here? Am I crazy already?"

"Nope. It's a standard procedure. Especially with any new inmates and it's always procedure when we have anyone go into solitary, no matter how many times."

"But, not that I'm accusing you – so I'm sorry if this is out of bounds but…this is the Women's Floor. I mean, shouldn't a female psychologist be patrolling this floor and not a male?"

"Very good question. But no woman wanted to fill the position of 'prison psychologist.' So I took the offer."

Jasmine nodded her head in understanding.

"So, I take it you know why I'm here…?" Jasmine asked.

"You mean because you weren't in the cell 10 minutes and you already got into a fight? Yeah I know, I helped break it up remember?"

"No, no. That's not what i meant. I meant why I'm in prison in the first place."

"Yes, I know that as well. Because I see many inmates, I get the proper background of why they're in this prison to begin with, how dangerous they are, etc."

"Well then I should have you know that I am completely innocent, despite what the jury and judge said. I know it's virtually impossible to believe but I could never do what I'm charged with right now. I love my family too much."

"What evidence did they have against you?" Jones asked.

"Pictures of my sons, except the injuries that looked apparent were completely fake. It was all makeup. That's it. I've never laid a hand on them, nor would I ever."

"Sounds like a tough case. But I'm here to help you, if you have any more questions, and am here to help you with your emotions." Jones replied.

"My emotions…yeah…right now all I want to do is go home, and it's not even close to possible." Jasmine muttered hollowly. Jasmine then stared at the wall.

No window's were present, therefore no daylight shining though. If she could get her head to stop spinning then Jasmine would realize that it was a dark and stormy day earlier today when she was shoved into a police car that was going to take her to her current residence.

"Jasmine…what is it?" Jones asked with concern as she became quiet.

Jasmine shook her head. "Not today." She replied simply.

"All right. I'll check on you later and tomorrow. I have to make the rounds anyway and see how Waters is doing. See you later."

"Bye sir." Jasmine said quietly, still staring at the wall until she heard Officer Jones leave. Once the door closed, and his footsteps disappeared, Jasmine curled up and cried.

Greece –

Nikolas and Jasmine's Bedroom –

After looking around to see if anyone was approaching, Lucky picked the door lock. When he entered, he found Alexis tied up to a chair and gagged. Quickly moving, Lucky untied Alexis, as she pulled the rag out of her mouth. "Are you okay?" Lucky asked in concern, quickly looking her up and down to check for injuries.

"A little sore from the ropes, a bit freaked that Stavros is alive, glad as hell Nikolas is alive, but other than that, okay. I made good use of my stay here. Come, I'll show you what I've observed. I hope you have your camera, something tells me we may need it." Alexis replied.

The Study –

"I love my wife, with everything I have! Trust me, I spoke to her about it. She encouraged me to come, not because she didn't love me, but because she knows I am close to my aunt. I was torn on whether to go or not, but my wife was completely understanding." Nikolas replied.

"Love, how sweet." Stavros drawled.

"Nikolas dear, where are those two Spencer's that you refer to as your brother and stepfather?" Helena asked.

Nikolas gave a roll of his eyes, indicating that he wasn't about to answer them.

"We know they're here Nikolas, where are they?" Stavros demanded.

"Not sure where Cowboy went, but I'm here! How's it goin' ya old hag? Stiffy?" Luke replied from behind Helena & Stavros.

"Spencer…"

"Cassadine…Nothing's changed I see, still kidnapping women and holding them hostage on an island." Luke said.

"Women that are taken here, are well deserved to be here." Stavros said, looking at Nikolas straight in the eyes.

Nikolas narrowed his eyes. "I've told you once, I'll tell you again. I'm here to get Alexis, and go home. Now, once again, where is Alexis?"

Nik & Jas's Bedroom –

"I can't believe it…There had to be some type of struggle in there…As soon as we get the chance, I'll have these pictures developed." Lucky said to Alexis as they both quietly crept out of the bedroom. It dawned on him that the mess before him was probably part of the reason Jasmine came to the hospital that night. Lucky shook his head with a sigh, and soon returned his concentration on Alexis.

"I had nothing to do and had the perfect angle to see the entire bathroom – what a scene..." Alexis said.

Lucky remembered the way in which he entered and snuck around the castle. He carefully made his way back along the same path, mindful to make sure Alexis was able to up.

Hearing Alexis gasp, Lucky quickly turned around to look at her and make sure she was all right. Seeing the look of shock in her eyes, Lucky slowly turned back around to view a few guards and guns pointed in their direction.

"Come with us you two." Came the gruff reply as both Lucky and Alexis were escorted.

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