Chapter Five - Luke Saves the World

Tiffany Hill dressed up in the sexiest dress that she owned. It showed a great deal of cleavage and her long, luscious legs. "You're actually going out, dressed like that?" Victor asked in a hiss as he stared at her attire.

"Of course, darling. I want all eyes at the dinner table on me and my fantastic body," Tiffany responded.

"No one will be able to eat. They'll be so horny," Victor replied.

Tiffany just let out a long sultry giggle. "It's going to be an interesting evening," she said as she slipped out the door.

Tiffany had no intention of going to dinner. Her plan was to seduce the guards, so that Luke, Laura and Robert could make it into the compound and defeat the Cassadines.

XoooXooo

Tiffany didn't know it, but Mikkos Cassadine had already used his secret formula in an attempt cause mass destruction. His first target was Port Charles, New York where all of Luke and Laura's loved ones resided. Port Charles had been blasted with freezing temperatures, dangerous snow and ice, and tremendous, frigid winds. Everyone had been advised to stay at home and not to travel. As the temperature dropped steadily, there was a great chance of tragedy and loss of life. Watching the news broadcasts on the television in his control room, Mikkos marvelled at his evil scheme. The Ice Princess formula was proving to be a very powerful weapon. Mikkos didn't care how many people had to die as he prepared to sell his secret formula to third world countries.

Victor walked in and started to watch the screen with his older brother. "This is amazing," he said with happiness. "I hate everyone in Port Charles, New York. I hope they all suffer and quickly die."

"The suffering has already begun," Mikkos said with a sinister laugh. He moved some dials on the control panel, dropping the temperature another 10 degrees. In no time at all, Port Charles would become as frigid as the North Pole.

"It's too bad our younger brother Tony doesn't share in our delight. He made friends with some of the residents of Port Charles... and just last night, he was asking me to speak to you. He wanted me to beg you for mercy, so you wouldn't continue with your plan."

"That is all because of his lover, Alexandria. She has family in Port Charles. Women make you weak, little brother. And that's exactly what Alex does to Tony. He should be rid of her... just as you should be rid of that dim-witted Tiffany."

"Don't worry, Mikkos. Tiffany is just a willing body to me. There are other women... and I intend to bed as many as I possibly can."

"That's the spirit," Mikkos said as he slapped his younger brother on the shoulder. "You know me, married to Helena, but that is only for appearances and for show. I have had MANY affairs and over a half dozen illegitimate children. Stavros, my oldest son with Helena, he will take over my empire one day. I intend to make him just as ruthless and power-hungry as both of his parents."

"With Helena as his mother, I am certain that your sons will follow in our footsteps and become true Cassadines," Victor stated.

"But I worry about Anthony. He's become too soft. We have to get him away from that... that woman. We should kill her... and make it look like an accident."

"Yes, we'll kill her, just like we disposed of a few of the guests. There is no room in our plan for the weak or the simple-minded," Victor agreed.

XoooXooo

Tiffany approached the guards who were watching the door leading out of the compound. She sashayed closer to them as she used her feminine wiles to catch their eyes. "Hello, boys," she said as she batted her eyelashes at them in a sexy manner. "You seem so lonely. Would you like a little company?"

The two male guards were sexually frustrated. Mikkos never gave them a break. They had to watch the door day and night and if they stepped out of line even once, they'd be severely punished. They wanted to be entertained by the gorgeous Miss Tiffany Hill.

"What do you have in mind?" asked Helios, the head guard.

"I was hoping I could sit on your lap. How about a kiss?" Tiffany said as the guard was gazing at her ample cleavage.

"Only if I get some, too," spoke up Dareios, the other guard.

"I am sure I have enough kisses for the both of you," Tiff said as she settled herself on Helios lap. She began stroking his hair as she reached into his pocket, caressing his growing erection. The man let out a gasp as his cock stiffened under her hand. As she played with his throbbing member, she leaned forward with her cleavage in his face.

He was inhaling the scent of her breasts as the other guard moved closer, wanting in on the action as well. Neither realized that Tiffany had reached behind her, unlocking the doors of the compound by flipping the switch on the panel.

Suddenly all doors of the compound came open and 3 intruders hurried inside. With Tiffany's help, Luke and Robert were able to disarm and eliminate the two guards. Victor and Mikkos were in the dining room having dinner with their guests. They had no idea that their compound had been invaded.

Meanwhile, Alex and Tony walked into Mikkos's control room. They planned to disarm the weapon of destruction so the people of Port Charles would be safe. As the doors suddenly came open, they glanced inside the room that Mikkos had never allowed anyone to enter. It contained the actual freezing weapon that was being used in the assault against Port Charles.

"We have to go in there, Tony," said Alex. "We have to disarm the weapon... or my Uncle Edward and the rest of my family will become giant icicles."

Tony could never tell his beloved 'no,' despite the fact that he had a bad feeling about setting foot in that room. "It's dangerous, Alexandria. We both could die."

"It's worth it. We could save an entire city."

Tony pulled Alex into his arms and kissed her tenderly. "Let's do this quickly, before my brother realizes our intentions."

They held hands as they rushed into the the room containing the powerful weapon. As they disappeared, the door suddenly went closed, locking them inside.

XoooXooo

Robert, Laura, and Luke were armed. They showed up at the dinner party, shocking Victor and the guests. For some reason, Mikkos wasn't present. He had been alerted about a breach in security which sent him scrambling back to the control room. When he walked into the control room, he realized immediately that something was amiss.

"Ohhh it cannot be," he said breathlessly when he came to the conclusion that someone had gone into the room that was like a giant freezer. The two that had went in had been trapped inside. There had been no means of escape. Mikkos' eyes went misty when he saw the ice-covered corpses of his youngest brother and his lover, Alexandria Quartermaine. They had frozen to death inside the chamber.

"My little brother... May your death not be in vain," said Mikkos as he sat down at the controls and attempted to regain control of his compound. He spoke over the loudspeaker, telling his guards to find the intruders.

"Shoot to kill; I want them dead at once!" he shouted. "They will not defeat the Cassadines!"

XoooXooo

At gunpoint, Luke forced Victor to take him and Laura to Mikkos's control room where the giant weather machine was housed. Meanwhile, Robert kept watch over the guests as Tiffany drank wine from a golden fountain and entertained him with all her stories of her many adventures. He came to realize that most of the guests had no clue about Mikkos's evil plan. They had been used as pawns in the Cassadine's deadly game.

Mikkos was shocked when Luke and Laura arrived, holding a gun to Victor's head. "You'll turn off your machine or your little brother here gets a bullet into his brain," Luke warned.

"Where's Tony?" Victor asked frantically. "He and Alex weren't at dinner and I haven't seen him anywhere."

"I am afraid that he and Alexandria are among the dearly departed. They went into the frozen chamber. Probably her dumb idea," Mikkos stated.

"Our brother is dead?" Victor said in shock.

"Yeah, and you're gonna be dead, too if one of you doesn't turn off the damn machine!" Luke cried out.

"Luke Spencer, you are an idiot to grapple with me! You'll never win!" Mikkos said in a threatening voice.

Mikkos stood up quickly, charging at Luke. Laura screamed as the gun went off. It happened so fast. Mikkos lay on the floor in a pool of bright red blood. Luke had shot him in the chest.

"You shot my brother!" Victor exclaimed.

"That's right. And I am going to shoot you, too if you don't-." Luke's words trailed off as Victor wrapped his arms around Laura. He had her in a vice-like grip, squeezing her with so much force that she had no other choice but to drop her weapon.

She cried out, feeling an intense pain in her middle. It was like a contraction, only sharper. It made her gasp in great agony.

Luke couldn't shoot Victor. It was too close. He might harm Laura. Victor manhandled Laura, making her cry out with pain.

"Let her go!" Luke said protectively. "Or I'll blow you away!"

Victor did the only thing he could to escape - he tossed a very pregnant Laura in Luke's direction and disappeared out the door. He didn't get far when he was intercepted by Robert. He was unable to get away.

Luke caught Laura before she fell to the floor. "Baby, are you okay?" he asked.

"I don't know," Laura said as she was still feeling stabs of pain. "I might... I might be going into labor."

"What?! Oh hell, no. Not now, Laura! We're trying to defeat the Cassadines!"

"I have no control over when the baby decides to come out!" she exclaimed.

She winced, rubbing her large, rounded stomach. "Luke, you better save the world FAST."

Luke look flustered as he looked at all the dials and levers on Mikkos's control panel. He had no clue how to disarm the weapon, but he had to do something. After a few minutes of toying with the machine, he came to the conclusion he had to know the password in order to gain control.

"Laura, think! What could the password be?"

She named all of the Cassadine brothers, Alexandria Quartermaine, the Titan, which was the name of the Cassadine's yacht and everything else she could possibly think of that might be the password. None of her ideas worked.

Luke was becoming incredibly frustrated. "Damnit! What could it be?"

"The Ice Princess," Laura suggested.

Luke typed the words onto the keyboard and sure enough, that was it! He had complete control now of the weapon so he could disarm it and save Port Charles and the rest of the work.

"Luke, you did it!" Laura said, kissing him all over as she held him and jumped up and down with happiness.

"I couldn't have done it without you, baby," he said as he returned her enthusiastic kisses.

"And just in the nick of time..." Laura said as she looked down to see a small puddle of liquid at her feet. "Luke, my water just broke."

Luke grumbled and said something about pregnant women, tropical islands, monkeys, and man men and how those things just didn't mix. "Does this mean I have to deliver another kid?" Luke asked.

"Well, I don't really want Robert looking down there," Laura said. "And besides you did it before when Staci..."

"Ohhh God, don't remind me."

At that point, Robert had secured the compound. Victor and the guards were all tied up in the dining room. He and Tiffany had come to see if they might be any assistance to Luke and Laura.

"How can I help?" Robert asked as he entered the control room with Tiff.

"We are going to need towels, hot water, and a sharp pair of scissors," Luke replied.

"What?" Robert gasped.

"Laura's in labor. Tiffany, can you help her find a comfortable place to lie down?" Luke asked.

"Sure, she can lay down in my bedroom," Tiffany said as she escorted Laura from the room.

"You defeated the Cassadines and now you're gonna deliver a kid," Robert said to Luke.

"Yeah, and you're gonna help me."

"I gotta draw the line somewhere," Robert said. "Have Tiffany help. I need to ... to take care of Victor and make sure that the guards don't..."

"Coward!" Luke accused.

"I have no desire to see a blood-stained little human leaving your girlfriend's..."

"Watch it, buddy!" Luke warned.

"Ohhh hell!"

"Come on. I'm going to need you."

Reluctantly, Robert accompanied Luke to Tiffany's bedroom in the compound where Laura had lay down on the bed to prepare for giving birth. Tiffany was making Laura as comfortable as possible. When Luke came to Laura's side, she took his hand. They stared into each other's eyes. "We can do this, Luke. We defeated Frank Smith and now we've conquered the Cassadines. After all that excitement, it's time to bring our second child into this world," Laura stated.

"Robert, let's go get some towels and hot water," Tiffany suggested.

"And don't forget the very sharp scissors," Robert said as she drug him toward the bathroom.

Luke pulled back the blanket to expose Laura's lower body. He lay a hand on her stomach, feeling the strong contractions that were preparing her for their child's birth. Laura gasped as a sharp contraction tore threw her middle. "That was the strongest one yet," Laura said. "I think it's almost time."

"If we ever have another kid, he or she is being born in a hospital," Luke said as he saw that the child's tiny head was visible. "Do you hear me, Laura?" He knew then that the birth was imminent and he had no other choice but to deliver their son or daughter.

Laura couldn't answer; she was too busy pushing. Her body had taken over. In a matter of minutes, the little one had been born, right into Luke's hands. He stared at their child as the baby let out a cry.

"It's a boy," he said joyfully. "Lucas Lorenzo Junior."

He was so proud as he lay the baby in Laura's loving arms. She stared at her newborn with happy tears. "Ohhh Luke, he's just perfect."

"Did we miss something?" said Tiffany as she and Robert came into the room, carrying a pitcher of hot water and an armload of towels.

"Damn right you did. Where's the hot water and the towels?" Luke demanded.

Robert saw the squirming infant covered in mucus and other fluids. He felt weak and sick to his stomach as he handed over the towels he had been holding.

"Tiff, please tell me you're on the Pill," Robert said as she gave Luke the scissors and the pitcher of hot water.

Laura could only laugh as she cuddled her newborn son. "I want to call him Lucky," she said.

"He's lucky you didn't birthe him in a hut or in shark-infested waters," Luke stated with sarcasm.

Tiffany was marvelling at the little miracle as Luke cleaned off his son and wrapped him in a towel. "Awwww, he's so cute. I want to have one," Tiffany said.

Robert just shook his head. He wasn't ready for fatherhood. He just wanted to play when he wasn't on his WSB adventures.

"How about a puppy?" he tried to bargain with Tiffany.

"A poodle?"

"Yeah. A poodle then," Robert agreed.

"I want to name him Fuzz-A," Tiffany stated. "And if it's a girl, we'll name her Fluffykins."

Robert hugged Tiffany. "It's a deal. When we go back to Port Charles, we'll get ourselves a poodle."

Tiffany was so excited as she hugged and kissed Robert. Then she congratulated the happy parents of baby Lucky - Luke and Laura.

"I can't wait to get home to our little Staci. We have a big surprise for her," Laura said happily to Luke.

Author's Note: Stay tuned for Chapter Six - Luke and Laura's Wedding