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Chapter #27 – Disbelief

Greece –

"Sir, look who we found." Said the lead guard, as he, Lucky, and Alexis walked into the study.

"Ah, my dear Lucky. I see you've found my husband's bastard child. My, my how you've 'rescued' her. Not even out of the castle and you've already been caught. Getting a little rusty aren't we on those skills the 'great' Luke Spencer has taught." Helena taunted.

"Back off Helena!" Nikolas replied. Luke, Lucky, and I came here to save Alexis. We have her, and now we're leaving. End of story."

"You think it's that simple son? It's a pity…"

"What is?" Alexis asked.

"My dear sister…it's a pity how dearly you all underestimated me of course."

With a wave of Stavros' hand, the group of four who were severely out numbered were taken into the dungeon that lay far beneath the castle grounds.

Port Charles Prison –

"Please? You don't understand. I need to see her."

"I'm sorry Elizabeth. You can't. Jasmine Cassadine is in solitary confinement for the rest of the day, with all privileges taken away from her until tomorrow." Mac replied.

"But why?" Liz asked.

"Fighting."

"Fighting? Mac, she'd never start a fight."

"Well she may have started this one. Whether she did or not, has yet to be determined, and until tomorrow, she is forbidden to have any visitors or phone calls. I'm sorry but that's how it works. If a prisoner misbehaves, especially in such a way, then Solitary Confinement is the consequence."

"Can you at least give her a message for me?"

"I suppose."

"Tell her I said that I'll be by tomorrow and I promise to take care of her girls."

"I'll see what I can do." Mac replied.

Elizabeth walked away, frustrated and scared for her best friend. Making her way back to GH, hear heart was only pulled more when she saw strangers surrounding her nieces' incubators. "Steven, wheat's going on?"

"Ms. Jones is here to arrange a closed adoption once the girls are released from the hospital." Steven replied grimly.

"What? You can't, please. These girls are my nieces."

"I'm sorry Miss…?"

"Webber."

"Miss Webber, but without proper documentation stating that you and your fiancée are indeed these children's next of kin, godparents, and aunt and uncle, we cannot just hand them to you. Once out of the hospital, I guarantee you they will be placed in safe and loving homes."

"What of their father?"

"If he contacts us in a reasonable amount of time and is able to prove that he is their father, then they shall go to him. But until then, they will be placed in an orphanage."

"I've been trying to contact their father, as well as my fiancée. I haven't gotten a hold of them yet. They're away…we're not sure when they're due back."

"Well Miss Webber, if Mr. Cassadine does care for his daughters, then I suggest you get a hold of him as soon as possible."

"He doesn't even know that they've been born yet!" Elizabeth cried out.

"Then perhaps that's a discussion Mrs. Cassadine must have with her husband, so long as the warden allows it."

"Ms. Jones, do not accuse either Mr. or Mrs. Cassadine of not caring or loving their children. Ever." Elizabeth said, her voice low and angry.

"How could I not? Mrs. Cassadine is in jail for harming her two sons, and yet where is Mr. Cassadine in all of this? Away, who knows where, who knows exactly when he'll be back." She replied back.

"What if my fiancée and I adopt them?" Elizabeth said, thinking quickly. She couldn't let these girls go to some strangers. As the woman's entourage filtered out of the room, the woman lingered and eyed Elizabeth. "Miss Webber, you seem like a nice young woman, and I'm sure you and your fiancée would do well in raising those two little girls for your friends or bother in law. However how can you, when you're barley supporting yourselves, especially in this day and age where tuition is outrageous? Oh, and one more thing, this adopting is court ordered. I wouldn't rip a family apart unless I had to. Unfortunately for you, your fiancée, and Mr. Cassadine, (especially if he didn't have a clue of any of this at all) his wife has made that terribly easy for me. I don't like my job all of the time Miss Webber. But in order to save children, I must make the right decisions in regards to their best interests, and only their best interests."

"But you can't do this!"

"I'm sorry Miss Webber, really I am. But this is court ordered, I don't have a choice. Now if you'll excuse me, I must find these girls' pediatrician to see when they'll be released. And I see that look in your eyes, you cannot keep these girls in the hospital forever Miss Webber, no matter how strong you desire is to protect them."

With that, the woman known as Ms. Jones walked out of the room.

"This is terrible Steven! What am I going to do?" Liz cried as her elder brother held her once more.

Greece-

With what little possessions they had now confiscated, Luke, Lucky, Nikolas, and Alexis were all chained to a dungeon wall, one person to each wall. Neither men nor woman wanted to think of what else was in that dungeon with them. They were all scared based on being down there in the first place.

"You should have never left home for me Nikolas." Alexis said quietly.

"No, you're family. I was not going to and will not let you die Alexis."

"Yes, but now you're all stuck here, away from Laura, Elizabeth…and if I heard correctly, Nikolas you have a wife?"

"Yes. Her name is Jasmine. We have two sons: Anthony and Darien, and are expecting a pair of twins." Nikolas replied with a reflective smile as he thought of those he loves.

"Well I've taken you away from them then…"

"Alexis, Nik was worried about leaving. He wanted to be here yet at the same time was concerned for his wife too. Mom' hasn't been the greatest when it comes to Jasmine. Trust me, she's been anything but. Yet Jasmine encouraged Nik to go, despite his worries. She wasn't about to let him be pulled in two different directions by Stavros. So she encouraged him to go, and with both of them feeling confident in each other's ability to be safe while Nik was away, he decided to come save his favorite aunt." Lucky replied.

"Thank you Lucky, that makes me feel better. However, I know you Nikolas. You're worried sick about her, your sons and unborn twins too aren't you?

"Yes…"

"Something's gotten you worried hasn't it? It's not just Stavros or Helena is it?"

"No, but I can't tell you what, just a feeling…like a sixth sense almost. Something is wrong back home and I have to get back there to see what it is and if my family is alright. That includes Elizabeth."

"Nikky-boy, if I had a cell phone on me, I'd let you use it in a heartbeat to call your wife."

"Thank you Luke…How will I explain to Jasmine not calling her everyday like I promised?"

"There's gotta be a way outta this….somehow…" Luke replied quietly.

The Next Day –

Port Charles Prison – Solitary Confinement –

It has only been 18 hours since Jasmine first came to jail. She hated virtually every minute of it. She's barley slept, hasn't necessarily eaten what she should have, and is scared to even move. Her mind is playing tricks on her due to lack of sleep, and she just wants her family back and safe.

Exhaustion soon hits, as Jasmine slowly drifts off to sleep.

"Jasmine! Jasmine wake up!" Elizabeth called, as Jasmine jolted awake.

"Huh? Wha…Liz? What are you doing here?" Jasmine asked puzzled. She looked at the ticking clock above them, its 10am. She should be out of Solitary in about an hour or so if she calculated correctly. Shaking her head of her thoughts, Jasmine returned her attention to a very excited Elizabeth.

"The warden, and your psychologist let me in, I've got great news!"

"What? What is it?"

"The guys are back! They have Alexis! They're on their way now. We're gonna get you out of here, and find a way to reunite you and Nik with the kids."

"Really? Are you serious?" Jasmine asked in disbelief.

"Yes! I just spoke to the Cassadine jet pilot. Because the guys don't have their cell phones anymore, the pilot called, said they were landing as he spoke to me."

"This is incredible! But how am I to look Nik in the eyes Liz?"

Liz frowned. "I don't know Jas, but just remember, this isn't your fault. It's Laura's doing."

"How will I get Nik or Lucky or Luke for that matter to believe me."

"Because you have me to back you up."

"Thanks."

"Come on, let's get you ready for their arrival."

An Hour Later –

Jasmine couldn't wait to see her husband, brother-in-law, Luke and Alexis. Out of Solitary, she paced the small waiting room. Elizabeth had gone to meet everyone at the hotel before coming back shortly before everyone's arrival.

Jasmine didn't like the look upon Elizabeth's face. "What's wrong?"

Elizabeth didn't have words, but shook her head, as she held back angry tears. Lucky soon walked in, followed by Luke and Alexis. All were shocked when Liz told them Jasmine was here, all were angry when they saw her here, not at her, but at the injustice of it all.

"Where's Nikolas?" Jasmine asked hopefully, happy that those who were already in the room where there.

Lucky looked as if he wanted to cry and rage all at the same time when his brother's name was mentioned. "Lucky? What's wrong?" Jasmine asked quietly. Closing his eyes, and sighing deeply, he drew his best friend into a tight hug, wishing his brother wasn't going to be in the room at any moment.

"Lucky?" Jasmine asked puzzled.

Someone behind Jasmine cleared their throat.

"Nikolas!" Jasmine rushed to him and clung tightly to him. He held her as well, but something was off. "Nik? What is it?"

"I promise you, I will fix this for you. You'll be out of here in no time."

"There's something you're not telling me. Nik what's wrong?"

"Could I please have a few minutes alone with Jasmine?" Jasmine herself noticed that he didn't say 'my wife' this time around. She knit her brow in confusion.

Everyone walked out of the room, most of them shooting daggers at Nikolas, while giving looks of sympathy to Jasmine. Lucky was the last one out. "Nik, how could you? How are you going to live with what you're about to do, and not much guilt? How?" With one last final stare, Lucky left, prepared to do some major comforting and consoling later on.

"Nikolas! What's going on?" Jasmine demanded. Nikolas only looked at her with sympathy and sorrow in his eyes.

"I'm sorry Jasmine…but I'd like a divorce."

"What? You're kidding me right? You can't be my husband, Nikolas would never do this! Not like this, not here, not at all!"

"I'm sorry. I know I'm hurting you. And I love you, but not like that anymore. You will always have a place in my heart, but my heart has moved on."

"No, please. This has to be a mistake! Nikolas please, don't do this. I love you too much to lose you. I don't want a divorce, why do you!"

"I'm sorry Jasmine, but I don't love you. I still consider the boys my sons, and I'll give you joint custody of both sets of twins, no questions asked. It's just that I've found someone else that I am in love with."

"No!" Jasmine cried, as she backed away from Nikolas and slid down against the wall.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here? Seems my son finally woke up." Laura said, waltzing in.

"Mother…" Nikolas said in warming.

"What? Nikolas you've finally woken up, you found someone new, someone better to love and to be loved by."

"Just because I want a divorce, doesn't mean you should gloat. I still hold Jasmine in high regard, and she deserves respect not cruelty of rubbing salt into her wounds." Nikolas said, aggravated. This is not how he wanted the conversation to go.

"Face it Jasmine, you're nothing!" Laura spat and left before Nikolas could say another word.

Gasping for air and drenched in a cold sweat, Jasmine looked at her surroundings. Hearing the buzzers and clanging of cell doors, she realized no one was in the cell with her.

'It was all just a nightmare, one big nightmare…It would never happen. Nikolas would never do that to me, to us, to our family…never.' Jasmine silently thought as she clutched the thin blanket tighter around her and a new batch of tears invaded her eyes while she waited for a guard to assist her to a regular cell.

(Author's Note- Sorry if it wasn't the most well-written chapter, I suppose I sort of rushed it. Sorry guys. The upcoming chapters will be better written. Please Review! Thanks! –E.B.F.R.)