Chapter 40

"Robin." Robin felt someone shaking her and speaking to her softly. "Robin."

Robin opened her eyes and saw Patrick sitting next to her. "Patrick?"

"Hey sunshine. What do you say we get out of here?" Patrick barely got the words out before Robin kissed him. "There's plenty of time for that later – your parents are upstairs. Let's go."

Patrick stood up and held his hand. Robin took it and let him lead her out of the cage and to the door. Lucy was lying on the ground and Robin looked at Patrick. "Just some chloroform, I promise. Cujo will be fine."

Robin nodded and followed Patrick down the hall. They were just about to the door when Patrick stopped and Robin ran into his back. "Patrick?"

Patrick turned around and Robin saw a knife coming from his belly, blood pouring out of the wound. She tried to hold him up but he collapsed to the ground as she heard laughter coming from the doorway. "Come on Robin – you didn't think it would be that easy?"

Grant reached down and grabbed Robin while kicking Patrick out of the way. "Time to go – we still need to pick up Emma."

"No!" Robin shot up in bed.

A pair of arms quickly wrapped around her and held her close. "It's alright Robin – I have you now and I will never let you go again."

Robin tensed up as she recognized the voice. She slowly looked up and stared with disbelief at the man next to her in bed. "Marcus?"

"What do you mean Putnam's son?" Robert found it hard to believe anyone would be with that man willingly. "And how the hell did he get mixed up with Helena?"

"Back when Putnam was still a spy for Russia he was involved with a woman. She got pregnant and had a son. After he was arrested for his crimes, she changed their names and moved to England to start over again." Jerry really didn't have time for this – he wanted to get going. "Foolish woman still allowed the child to visit Putnam and he, of course, filled young Marcus's head with all sorts of ideas for revenge."

"How does that tie into Helena?" Lucky was confused about the Cassadine connection.

"Years ago, Helena put out a request for all enemies of Robert Scorpio to contact her. She is a real enemy of my enemy kind of a woman. Anyway, Putnam's son contacted Helena and let her know that they were both interested in working with her." Jerry looked at Patrick. "Then plan was to take Robin away from Robert. As long as he got revenge on Robert for the years of separation from his father, Marcus was happy. What better revenge that to separate Robert from his beloved daughter? Falling in love with her was just a bonus."

"Son of a bitch." Robert had heard enough. "So where are they?"

"I don't know." Mac moved towards him but Jerry just shook his head. "If I knew I would tell you but I can give you the number of the phone he was using." Jerry held out a piece of paper and handed it to Robert. "May I go now?"

Robert looked at the number and then back at Jerry. "Fine, but remember what I told you…"

"Yes, yes, ends of the earth – I understand." Jerry stood up and headed to the door. "Believe or not, I want Robin found. After all, I may have need of her services again in the future and it would help me tremendously if I knew where to find her."

This time Robert didn't move fast enough and Mac landed a punch firmly on Jerry's jaw. "You stay the hell away from her!"

Jerry stepped out of the door, rubbing his sore jaw. He took one last look in the room and, after briefly considering another smart remark, decided it was wiser to leave without saying another word. The door slammed behind him as he left the house.

Patrick smiled at Mac. "I don't know about you but I certainly enjoyed punching him."

"Me too." Mac turned to Robert. "You want me to get Spinelli on that number?"

"Yes – he sees no need to go through proper channels and time is of the essence." Robert handed him the slip of paper and looked at Anna. "Are we sure Banks is dead?"

"Dental records confirmed it but with this new information, I just don't know. What are you thinking?"

Robert looked at Patrick and then back at Anna. "I think one of two things is going on – one, this is purely revenge on us and he will keep Robin prisoner for the rest of her life or…"

Patrick interrupted him, "or what Robert?"

"Or Marcus is alive and he is reuniting him with the woman he loves. Either way, we won't be hearing from Putnam again because he has what he wants." Robert hated being that blunt but it was necessary right now.

"What about Emma? I thought she was the target?" Patrick wanted to find Robin but he also needed to keep Emma safe.

"My guess would be that the goal all along was to get Robin. Now that he has her he will use the promise of Emma's safety to get Robin to cooperate." Robert wasn't saying anything new – everyone in that room knew about Robin's devotion to Emma.

Patrick felt sick. Robin would do anything to guarantee her daughter's safety and if Marcus was still alive and with his father then time was of the essence. "Oh God Robert, we have to find her." Patrick looked at Robert and Anna with pleading eyes. "No matter what it takes – we have to find her now. Before he..."

Robert understood exactly what Patrick was saying and pulled out his phone one more time. "Frisco, we need your help and we need it with no questions asked."