Chapter 18

Mac walked into the conference room at the PCPD unsure of what to expect. Anna had called and asked him to meet her there to discuss some things she had discovered about Robin so he had reluctantly agreed to come in. He walked through the door and was immediately upset. "What the hell is he doing here?"

Mac stormed over to Patrick and got in his face. "You didn't care enough about her to see she was in trouble so why don't you go back to the nice little life you built with Sam and let the people that truly love Robin take care of her?"

"Mac, you have every right to be angry with me but this isn't about us – it is about helping Robin." Patrick had expected Mac's anger and he didn't blame Robin's uncle for the way he felt. "I know you don't believe me, but I do love Robin and I hate myself for being so blind and not seeing what was so obvious now."

"And what would that be?" Mac refused to back down.

"That Robin was in trouble and wasn't leaving us willingly." Patrick saw no need to whitewash it – he had been a blind fool and Robin had paid the price. "I can't change the past but I can sure as hell do something about the future. We all want to help Robin and it will go a lot faster if we do it together."

Mac finally stepped back and looked around the room at the people gathered. Besides Patrick and Anna there was also Robert, Lucky and Dante. "Fine – tell me what you know."

Patrick and Mac both sat down and Patrick started the conversation. "Robin wasn't in Paris."

"How do you know that?" Mac already knew that Robin hadn't been in Paris but he wanted to know how Patrick had figured it out.

"Because Nikolas told me and Robin confirmed it the other night after the attempted robbery. Nikolas said he didn't know where she was but she wasn't in Paris. He also called a few hours ago and told me that, wherever she was, Helena Cassadine was the one holding her. Helena is in hiding but she is threatening Spencer so Nikolas is going along with her demands for now." No one in the room was surprised to learn that Helena Cassadine was involved.

"There's something else – wherever she was, Marcus was there with her. Nikolas said that Helena told her I knew where she was and refused to come and get her. Unfortunately, she had every reason to believe it given the way I treated her. Marcus used her doubt in me to get her to trust him." Patrick hadn't seen Robin since the other night but he had had plenty of time to think about Robin's behavior. "There's something else to that relationship though – she seems afraid of him."

Dante sighed. "I noticed that too."

All eyes turned towards the detective. "What do you mean you noticed that too?" Anna was already feeling guilty and nothing she was hearing helped assuage that guilt.

"When I was with Robin and Marcus the other night there was a moment when she looked scared – it was when she was telling him she wasn't leaving Patrick's side and he was obviously unhappy with her decision. I got some basic information on the guy but it is leading nowhere. I can't find any evidence that this guy existed before a few years ago." Dante was glad that he wasn't the only who had a bad feeling about Dr. Banks.

"That's what Spinelli and Sam said." Mac interrupted. "Spinelli said it looked like everything about the guy was only added to the internet a few years ago and backdated to look older."

"What do you mean Sam?" Patrick couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Wait – you mean your girlfriend didn't tell you what she was doing?" Mac wasn't even trying to be nice.

"She's not my girlfriend and no she didn't." Patrick ran his hands through his hair. "So we have no idea who this guy is but I know one thing – he's in love with her."

Robert looked at Patrick questioningly. "What makes you think that?"

"Because I can see it when he looks at her and Nikolas confirmed it. Whatever else his plans are, this man wants to be with Robin and he may do whatever it takes to make it happen. Right now Nikolas is protecting her as best he can but it may not be enough, especially with Helena's involvement." Patrick felt absolutely useless.

"Well that would certainly explain Dr. LeGrasse's disappearance." Robert stood up and began pacing the room. "Helena has enough power and money to make that happen but why send Laura back to Port Charles and make Robin her doctor?"

"Revenge – plain and simple. Helena must be planning something and she is hoping to use my mom as a pawn in her game. I have no doubts that Helena must have Robin working on something diabolical, against her will of course, and I could see her using my mom as a test subject." Lucky felt sick as he put it all together.

"Robin wouldn't do that." Patrick looked Lucky straight in the eyes. "She loves Laura, she would never do anything to hurt her."

"She may not be given a choice." Robert sighed at looked at the men. "Helena is pit viper – she will do whatever it takes and hurt whoever she needs to get what she wants. Robin's love for her family is her Achilles heel and Helena will use that against her until the day she dies."

Mac kicked the wall. "Damn it! I should have known something was wrong but…" He stopped and looked at the group assembled before him. "We need a plan and we need to get her out of there as soon as possible. Robert and Lucky – time to call in some favors at the WSB and see if we can figure out where Helena is hiding out. Anna, we will work together to find out what we can on this Dr. Banks and Patrick," he sighed as he looked at Robin's ex-husband, "do what you can to keep tabs on Robin and get any additional information you can about what is going on out of that damn island. Keep in touch with Nikolas and keep me posted about anything you find out – you understand me?"

Patrick nodded his head in understanding.

"Good. Okay everyone, let's figure out a plan so we can save our girl."