Thank you to those to take the time to review. It means a lot that you're still with me on this short story featuring Liason.
Title: Once Upon a Liason
Timeline: 2011
Summary: A curse has taken a hold over the people of Port Charles to keep them from ever finding true happiness. But true love can conquer all, with the help from Cameron. Features Liason, Lusam, and others. ThroughTheMirrorDarkly gave me permission to continue it as she chose not to.
Disclaimer: I don't own General Hospital or Once Upon a Time.
A TALE AS OLD AS TIME
Written by silverbellbaby
Part 9 of 12
'Showdown with the Male Enemies'
***Sanitarium Outside Port Charles***
(Nikolas hoped to hell that he made it in time to rescue his girl. He lost her years ago. He'd be damned if he was going to lose her again. Once he reached the place, he ran in. He was stopped by some staff asking him what he was doing there)
Female: "Sir, do you have an appointment here?"
Nikolas: "No. But, I know my girlfriend is here. Two men have her…Paul Hornsby and Anthony Zacchara."
Male: (sighs) "Sir, no one by that name is here."
(Nikolas knew that they were lying)
Nikolas: (frustratedly) "Look, you either tell me where they have her or I'll call the PCPD. Given the fact that Emily Quartermaine was recently here and had been held captive for years, I'm sure they'd be very interested."
(The male and female staff faced each other nervously. They weren't completely sure what to say or do)
Male: "S-Sir, I'm sorry, but…"
Female: "We-We can't help you."
(Nikolas knew that it was time to play dirty. He figured they wouldn't tell him anything unless they were threatened)
Nikolas: (raises his eyebrows) "Do you know who Jason Morgan is?"
(Both staff grew increasingly nervously upon hearing the name. Their eyes widened and mouths open a bit, Nikolas knew he hit a nerve)
Nikolas: (nods) "Judging by your frightened expressions, I'm guessing you've heard of the name. Well, not only is he Emily's brother, he's a mob enforcer. I'm sure he could easily convince you to let me see her." (tilts his head) "What do you say? It's up to you whether I see my girl or not."
Female: "We could lose our job if we allow you in."
Nikolas: (laughs incredulously) "I'd be more worried about my life than losing my job!" (angrily) "You both have two choices….either let me in or face Jason Morgan. Your choice. You have 30 seconds."
Male: "Okay, fine. But, for the record, we don't know where she is."
Nikolas: "Your institution isn't that big. The building isn't, at least. Between you and me, I'm sure we'll have no problems reaching our destination. Now, let's go."
(The male and female reluctantly help Nikolas out. After what felt like an eternity, but was only minutes, they approach a padded locked door. With a small window to peek in, Nikolas looks in with horrified eyes. Emily was strapped to a bed with Anthony and Paul facing her. Paul had a syringe in his hand. Nikolas attempts to open the door, but is unable to due to it being locked)
Nikolas: "Emily! I'm coming, baby!"
(Nikolas faces the male and female staff in determination)
Nikolas: "I know you have a key. As staff, you should have keys to all of the rooms for this place."
(Male guy looks on worried as does the female worker. Nikolas had enough! He grabs the collar of both staff and speaks in a frantic tone)
Nikolas: "I don't have time for this! She's strapped to the bed and they're going to do God knows what to her! Do you honestly want that on your conscious?!"
(Both the male and female staff looked at each other questionably as they wonder how to proceed. In the end, they knew the right call to make. The female staff took the keys out of her scrubs pocket. After a few moments, she finds the key and unlocks the door to the padded room)
(Nikolas bursts into the room, shocking both Paul and Anthony)
Paul: "What the hell?!"
Anthony: "How'd you get in here?!"
Nikolas: (deeply breathing) "Two kind souls that care more about others than their jobs. What have you done with Emily, you sick bastards?"
(Paul and Anthony smirk at each other before facing their enemy)
Paul: "Nothing….just going to silence her."
Anthony: "For good."
Nikolas: (shakes his head) "Not if I can help it."
Anthony: (laughs menacingly) "If you think you're going to silence us both on your own, you are sadly mistaken."
Jason: "No, he won't be the only one."
Lucky: "Think you can take all three of us on, dickhead?"
(Anthony and Paul look at Jason and Lucky with widened eyes! How the hell did Morgan and Spencer know where to find them? They thought they covered their tracks. They were in trouble. Nikolas looks at Lucky and Jason in confusion)
Nikolas: "How did you know I was here?"
Jason: "Monica and Alan told us. We called your cell phone and when it went straight to voicemail, we grew worried."
Lucky: "We called Monica, who was frantic with worry and said you'd be here and to find Emily."
Nikolas: (rolls his eyes) "I'm sure that you have quite an opinion on everything." (referring to his secrets)
Jason: "We'll worry about that later."
(Nikolas just nods as the three men face their enemies again. With Paul standing just inches away from Emily, he attempts to inject the needle, but Nikolas runs to him)
Nikolas: "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Paul: (scoffs in disbelief) "You can't hurt me."
Nikolas: (nods) "Watch me."
(Nikolas punches Paul in the face with all of his strength, causing the lawyer to fall the ground unconscious. The syringe lays on the floor next to Paul. As Nikolas bends down to pick up the syringe, Anthony attempts to escape. He is caught by Jason and Lucky)
Jason: "Now, you weren't actually thinking about leaving, were you, Zacchara? Boy, do we have plans for you."
Anthony: "What kind of plans?"
(Jason watches as Nikolas injects the syringe into Paul through the neck)
Nikolas: "There. Now, whatever that was you were going to inject into Emily, which I'm going to guess was going to kill her, Paul got to be the intended party." (to Jason) "What do you think, Jason?"
Jason: "One down, one to go."
(Jason and Anthony face each other. Anthony tries not to show his horrified face, but was failing miserably)
Anthony: "You wouldn't hurt an old man, would you, Jason?"
(Jason looks at Nikolas, then back at his enemy, showing no remorse. Jason was glad he finally had this opportunity to end Zacchara's life)
Jason: (nods) "Yep, I would."
(Before Anthony can respond, Jason kills him by snapping his neck. Anthony's lifeless body falls to the ground. Afterwards, Nikolas, Lucky, and Jason walk to each other)
Lucky: "I wonder what was in that syringe Hornsby was going to inject into Emily?"
Nikolas: "Something tells me it was lethal to silence her."
Jason: "What matters is they never injected her with it."
(They rush to Emily's side. Lucky and Jason respected Nikolas wanting to be the first person Emily sees when she woke up. Nikolas kneels to the side of Emily's bed and rests his hands over hers)
Nikolas: "Emily, baby, can you hear me?"
(When she doesn't move, Nikolas worriedly checks her pulse to make sure she was still conscious. It never even occurred to him to make sure she was still breathing while he rescued her. He sadly lifts up her hand and checks her pulse. He breathes a sigh of relief when he feels a faint beat)
Jason: (concerned) "Is she okay?"
Lucky: (gulps) "She's…not….dead…is….she…?"
Nikolas: "No. she's got a pulse. It's not a strong one, but she does have one."
Jason: "We need to get her transferred to GH incase she has anything bad in her bloodstream that has serious affects for her."
Lucky: (nods) "I'm on it. I'll call GH right now."
(While Lucky is on the phone with General Hospital, Jason angrily faces Nikolas. Nikolas knew that he was now in the doghouse. Nikolas sighs deeply in defeat as he nods at Jason. Nikolas briefly looks away and rubs his face before looking back at the mob enforcer)
Nikolas: "Okay, lay it on me. I know you have a lot of questions or comments you would like to share."
(Jason shook his head in continued anger as he spoke)
Jason: "I have questions to ask and a lot of things to say, yes. However, Elizabeth and Lucky take precedence. As for Emily, once she hears everything you've done, she'll probably have the same questions and concerns. Emily will get the care she needs at GH through Monica and Alan. Right now, my fiancé and your brother have questions that will be asked when we're at home. Let's go."
(Lucky heard all of this and agreed with Jason. He wanted an explanation from his brother about everything. Emily's care took first priority, though)
(On the way to Jason and Elizabeth's house, Jason spoke to Monica over the phone. Monica was alarmed at what Paul and Anthony did to her daughter. She was relieved to hear that the men took care of the enemy. Jason offered to be there for Monica while she worked on Emily's care. Monica assured her son that Emily was in good hands and Monica would be okay as Alan was there. She told Jason to get to the bottom of everything, which he said he would do. After hanging up, Lucky spoke)
Lucky: "How's Emily?"
Jason: "She'll be okay. Monica and Alan are with her. They didn't need our help as she preferred we find the answers we are looking for."
Lucky: (rolls his eyes) "Oh, yes. From my dear brother."
Jason: "We're almost to my place where Elizabeth is. We'll have more privacy there."
Lucky: "What about Cameron and Aiden?
Jason: "Audrey has them. Elizabeth knew that things would get heated when the shit hit the fan. So, she asked Audrey to take the boys. Audrey was fine with that."
(Jason stares into the inside review mirror to look at Nikolas)
Jason: "I hope you're ready for Elizabeth's wrath. I have NO plans on defending you because what you did? It REALLY takes the cake. As for Lucky, who's been silent this whole time regarding the situation…" (chuckles dryly) "You will definitely have a lot of explaining to do. I don't blame him at all for staying quiet during this whole time."
Nikolas: (sighs) "Yeah, okay. I already know my ass is grass. Thank you."
Jason: "You may not fully comprehend what the hell you've done, Nik. After we're all through with you…you definitely will then."
Chapter 9 Done
I know Elizabeth wasn't in this chapter. She will be in the next chapter. I broke Chapter 9 into 2 chapters otherwise it would've been too long. Chapter 9 will continue next in Chapter 10. Reviews are appreciated. Thanks for reading.
