One Bright and Shiny Morning

by mandymld

When your life is stolen from you, who do you blame, the sister who was the reason you died? The young man you loved that she moved on with, your family? your friends? and who do you use in your need to avenge the wrongs committed against you.

12. Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Georgie had to laugh as Johnny and she entered the carnival. Seeing the various booth, she reached out and grabbed his hand. "I want to try everything."

Hugging her, he said "Define everything because I am not going on the kiddie rides."

Pulling him into a kiss, she said after their lips had cooled down a bit "What about now?"

"It is going to take a lot more than a kiss to get me on that." he said pointing out the mini ferris wheel.

"I was thinking more along the lines of them." she said pointing at the Scrambler then the Tilt a Whirl. Stopping to get ticket, they soon rode the various adult rides, including the rocket. After which, Georgie dragged him off to get something to eat. After she explained the intricacies of eating a waffle with powered sugar on it without getting it on your clothes, he talked her into one of the candied apples.

As they continued playing the various games and after Johnny had lost the water gun game to an eight year old, Georgie couldn't help laughing as she insisted on buying a raffle ticket for the 57 T-Bird. "What are you going to do with it if you win it?"

"Drive it." she said with a smirk. "Duh, what a dumb question."

"Okay, you asked for it." he said as he pulled her into the one ride she didn't want to go on, claiming the Tunnel of Love was way too cheesy. At the exit, she said "That was way too short."

Kissing her love swollen lips, he said "We can come back tonight and sneak in."

"I would prefer just using our own bed." she replied with a sheepish grin then pulled him over to play the game near by, she really wanted that hanging panda bear. Only to miss all three baskets, she was swearing it was rigged even as Johnny edged her on to the next one. When she ended up with a gold fish, she found the nearest five year old and gave it to him, with the mother's resigned permission.

Working their way down the line of games Johnny kept an eye on the two agents following them, wondering if they realized how obvious they were dressed in dark suits and sunglasses. After playing several of the games, then deftly avoiding the hospital booth, he took her into the Haunted House. Waiting inside, just out of sight of the doorway he grimly told Georgie. "We have a tail."

"More than one." she said softly. "The two obvious FBI agents and I saw someone else that I recognize. Alfred, the Cassadine butler."

Looking out, Johnny saw the two agents hanging out at the exit for the ride and said "Let's go back out this way, lose them and deal with this butler."

Agreeing, Georgie and he slipped away from the men waiting on the other side, annoying the people behind them entering but were soon away. "Now what?"

"I think we need to get away for a few days. I am thinking we crash at Morgan's penthouse until dark then head out of town."

Georgie nodded in agreement and said "How did they know where to find us?"

"I am sure they have my car bugged, that is why we are walking." he said as they started to cross the street.

Meanwhile Nik had packed up Spencer's immediate needs and went to see if Rebecca was ready.. He had been sure she was his Emily, only to learn the truth earlier that week. She truly was his late fiancees sister. For that reason alone, he wasn't leaving her behind. He was not losing his last connection to Emily.

Hearing his phone ringing, he looked at the number then sighing snapped "What?"

"I lost them, sir." Alfred informed his employer. "Do you want me to return?"

"No, find them and keep an eye on them." he said before hanging up. Leaving the rest of the stuff, he ordered the nanny to bring Spencer to him then went to get Rebecca. An hour later they were at the air port, the jet ready to take off when he was denying a runway.

"What is the problem, I pay a fortune to facilitate not having to deal with this kind of delay." he snapped. He had seen Frisco talking to Mac and just knew that his time was up.

"Sir, airport fees have nothing to do with letting you escape police custody." said the air traffic controller. Nik went to the cockpit and ordered the pilot to take them out to a runway and fly them out of there. When the man rejected that idea, he pulled out a gun and said "I will shoot if you don't get this plane off the ground."

The pilot repeated his threat to the air traffic control tower only for Cassadine to be told that they had two F-18's circling the airport to prevent him for escaping. When he threatened to shoot his son if they didn't let him leave, Rebecca looked at the man and realized she didn't really know him after all.

Taking the little boy she hide in the bathroom as the plane was surrounded and Nik finally taken off in handcuffs. She was bawling while Spencer sat on her lap when they heard the knocking on the door. "Miss Shaw, it's Anna DeVane, I am Robin Scorpio's mother. Are you able to come out?"

Unlatching the lock, she pushed the door open and said wiping her tears away... "He was going to do it, I saw it in his eyes, he was going to kill that little boy then more than likely me."

Helping the shaking woman off the plane, Anna directed her to the waiting ambulance with one of their teams already on it. When they arrived at GH, Rebecca was taken to a cubicle while Spencer was checked out immediately.

"Rebecca, how are you?" asked Patrick as he joined her. "We need to run a few tests if you don't mind..."

Looking up, she said wearily. "No, I am not Emily, tell Monica, I am sorry but well... I need to speak to an attorney then to Mac Scorpio and ONLY Mac Scorpio."

Nodding that he understood, Patrick went to call the Robin's uncle.

At Jason's, Georgie walked over to the pool table and hiding her smile suggested. "What do you say to a game of strip pool?"

Seeing his shock, she chuckled and said "What do you really think that Morgan never... wait, maybe not."

Pulling her into his arms, he leaned down and buried his head into her shoulder saying "I just get freaked out at the idea. I mean think about it..." He found it hard to even imagine Morgan that passionate about anyone. Then thinking about the beautiful Elizabeth Webber had to admit that maybe with her, the mobster might let her be naked near his pool table.

Laughing she said "I know, I know, but since I know there isn't a television here and am sure that Spinelli didn't leave a computer and since I can't imagine doing anything here, we need a plan. I know, let's go searching Spinelli's old bedroom."

Stopping her from entering the geek's room, Johnny made a quick call. "Max, did anyone ever search Spinelli's bedroom?"

There was silence then the former guard said "No, we never saw the need. What the hell were we thinking?"

"I have it, I borrowed Morgan's penthouse for a few days." he said then opened the door and said to Georgie, "Shall we?"

As they methodically searched the room from the closet to the dresser and then checked the bed, they placed anything suspicious and or dangerous in the hallway. Finding the cigarette, Georgie took a whiff and said with a smirk... "Morgan would kill him if he knew."

Once finished, they checked both of the vents and the light fixture soon finding more thumb drives. "We need to get these to someone who knows about computers."

"Here." she said then with a sheepish smile informed him. "I spent a lot of time learning while I was away."

Making a call, they soon had a laptop and were reading the various files. Johnny was shaking his head in anger and then called Max. "Find a way to pick up that little cretin. Then call Morgan. He is not going to believe this one. That little shit had every single file he ever looked for in regards to Jason. Including some of Jason and Elizabeth that neither are going to be happy with."

At the station, the FBI agents watched as Nicolas Cassadine was brought in wearing handcuffs and demanding to speak to his Aunt. Meanwhile Hannah Scott entered the station along with a representative of the State Department. As mass confusion reigned, Mac kept an eye on the Prince while his detectives dealt with the various agencies.

"Where is Alexis?" asked Nik leaning back positive that he would be released.

"On her way." he said then looking at Nik put down the files in front of the man deliberately. "If you will excuse me, I will see what is taking her so long."

Nik saw him leave then pushed open the top file, turning pale as he read what they had. "How the fuck?"

Mac went into his office and waiting for Hannah and the suit. "What may I do for you two?"

"We want Nicolas Cassadine released into my custody." said the man from the State department handing him a blue backed set of paperwork. He had been told not to step any toes that things were already tense but he had been asked by a Lobbyist to get some information from the Prince.

"That will happen the minute I get a call from either the governor or the President of the United States." retorted Mac then looking at Hannah said "I am surprised to see you here, Agent Scott."

Flushing, she replied. "I was called to help facilitate the transfer." She was in fact sleeping with the man and had told him her history in Port Charles. He had suggested using her contacts to get in and out quickly, pointing out that as soon as he got the job he had been offered from the man, they were out of Washington DC.

"Well, let me tell you what we already know. Nik was partners with Jerry Jacks on the pharmaceutical side, they then used his European lines to transfer women. By they I mean Warren James and Trevor Lansing since the Zachara family didn't have much trade in Europe."

Mac saw he hit it out of the ball park and hoped that Frisco and Anna were getting all of this. "We know it is an old Cassadine company and that the WSB raided the accounts today. I also know that you are trying to cover up that rouge agents in the FBI and people with interests in keeping weapons flowing to these countries. I also know that Cassadine ships went in with arms and came out with women from several former Soviet block countries."

"Mr. Scorpio, that is need to know..." Hannah's lover started to sweat. He had been told that there was no way to find out about this, that he just had to shut up the Prince.

Standing, Mac moved over in front of the man then when Hannah tried to intervene snapped "You stay out of this."

Then inches away from the officious man, he said growling. "MY daughter was kidnapped by these people, the same daughter was almost killed by your rouge agents and my town was caught in the middle of this...while once again MY DAUGHTER was almost railroaded because you people and your cover-up almost got her killed once again. So I would say that I have a need to know. Now get the hell out of here and Cassadine, well he isn't going anyplace."

"You don't know who you are dealing with." protested the man while there was a knock on Mac's door.

"Sir, Patrick Drake needs you to call him." he was informed as he walked to the bullpen. Looking around, Mac counted to ten then said "Raynor, where is your partner?"

"Uh, working on a case." said the agent in spite of having no idea where the man was.

"I wouldn't lie to me, not now." he said then looking around for the New York CSI he said "Taylor, can you search Cassadine."

Mac walked back into the interrogation room then looking at Nik said "My daughter's life was almost hell because of you. I am going to take great pleasure in making you pay."

Handing him police issue cloths, the other man watched as the Prince stripped and handed over his clothing. "Now take him to a cell."

Calling Patrick, Mac said "Talk to her, tell her I can't come over right now then see if you can get her to come here."

Johnny thanked Milo for the laptop and handed it over to Georgie. As she started the appropriate program, she groaned. "I need a password. Think like Spinelli."

"Stone Cold, Goddess, er... Jackal." said Johnny as he sat down next to her.

"Nothing." she replied then thought about it. Starting with other nicknames, she got no place and was getting worried she might trigger a self destruct code so she stopped and said "Let's get something to eat."

An hour later, they were back trying to find the right code. "Let's try something else, what about real names..."

Georgie suddenly froze then started to type in Maxie's name then with a grimace tried Sam's. Nothing at first then she had an idea. "S-A-M-A-N-T-H-A, but what about since her real one and Morgan doesn't work try S-P-I-N-E-L-L-I."

When the codes started to pop up, Johnny looked at the screen and grimaced. "I hate to say it but the one thing I thought you were wrong about was his interest in Sam. Yuck!"

Shrugging, Georgie started to read. Swearing a bit into it, she showed him the various files. "Jerry Jacks killed Stan Johnson... wait, this HAS to be wrong... read this..."

Johnny knelt on the floor next to her and read what it said in regards to Ian Devlin, Jerry Jacks and his sister. Standing, he felt his heart racing then clenched his fists before going over and punching the wall. "I can't believe this... he was pulling the strings all along. Damn it."

Georgie stood and watched Johnny letting him get his anger out. "What do you want to do with this..."

"What do you mean?" he asked confused.

"Do we keep it quiet and let Morgan handle it or do we go to the police or even a combination of all three." she said quietly. "I want Nicolas Cassadine to pay for what he did to Elizabeth and her sons, to me, to everyone but I honestly think that he won't if the police get involved."

"We have to tell them, I won't let this murder accusation hang over your head, Georgie." he replied as he moved in closer. "They already are aware that there isn't enough to convict you and that the evidence was tainted by this planted fingerprint."

Georgie stopped him from pulling her into his arm. "Johnny, I was there to kill him, the only reason I didn't succeed was that he was already dead."

"Doesn't change that someone else actually committed the crime, Georgie." he said encircling her waist. "But I will leave it up to Jason, his family was the one the most hurt by this. From the looks of things for years."

"I just wonder, do you think he knew about Lucky/Ethan?" she asked shivering.

At the station, Mac had dealt with the entire alphabet soup and was well past annoyed by the time that he was told that someone from the was looking for him. Entering he looked at the man and said "What may I do for you?"

"Mac Taylor called me, I am a criminal financial forensics expert. He send me to look at the corporation tax papers of two different companies. Cassadine Industries and a shadow company connected to it and to Warren James' corporate holdings. Sorry for the delay but I had to report my finding to a lot of difference agencies, but from the looks of things I could have come here first. Are they all here?" he asked looking around at the various ID's attached to pockets.

"What did you find?"

"Cassadine is pretty much hooked into everything. Part of this looks like it goes back to the 1930's and other parts, well the trafficking of women, well he hid it pretty good but screwed up in fall of 07, I heard he was having mental issues at that time..."

"How do we take him down?" asked Mac and then saw Raynor rushing in. "What is it?"

"I took the wrong cell phone." he said panicking as he looked around, then at Mac. "I can't believe it, there is no way possible. He always has such a hard on for these cases, saying that these women, they need help for what is done to them... there is no way he did this."

As the agent kept rambling in shock, Mac took pleasure in Hannah Scott who walked up and slapped the man across the face. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Scrambling to put his brain back together, Raynor said "Nik Cassadine had a meeting with my partner, John said he was going to ask him about the inconsistencies in the logs, then when he returned he went to charge his phone like it was nothing. Mine was already charging when he got a call then went to talk to your people. I heard a phone beep that it was charged and grabbed what I thought was mine."

Seeing them getting annoyed he said "There was a call, and then a text, here."

Reading the Ivan part, confused them until the accountant said John is Ivan in Russian. The rest of the message on the surface seemed benign but with what they were in the middle of was it was clearly an order from someone to take out Nik then Georgie.

"We have to protect Cassadine." said the State Department puke. "We need what he knows, besides how do we find this girl."

Mac looked at Hannah who felt sick before the cop walked out the door. Turning to her lover Hannah said "That is his daughter and we had better hope that he gets to her first."

Not caring about some small town two-bit cop, he went to call his contact. "Sir, they won't let Cassadine out of jail, what now?"

"It's fine, he doesn't know about me, but I was afraid he would tell someone what he did know. I dealt with the only connection between the two of us and the money was cleansed. Return to Washington, stay quiet and in a month tell them that the stress is too much. We will move you into my team quietly."

The Senator hung up then told his assistant. "Don't let any more calls from that man get through to me."

In the studio, the man stood over the dead cat and said "I have always hated cats. Now where oh where is your mistress. She won't leave you without food too long. I guess I just sit and wait."

Getting comfortable, he checked his weapon and sat down counting kills. With this one, he would only have the woman who had stolen from his father left to deal with. That a wife should think she could steal from her husband, and get away with it, that money had been for his heirs, his children that mattered. Instead, he had been forced to flee when his eldest the first son took over leaving him with nothing.

Not that many knew of his family connections, it was something he kept quiet as it was his faint middle eastern appearance kept him from moving up as far as he should have in the agency. Instead he was stuck with Raynor who cut corners and made secret deals that often led to nothing. When they had been assigned the Port Charles post, he had been happy.

His mother, who should have been the respected first wife had instead been a concubine, because she wasn't of his father's religion and had been a pale Russian blond sold to his father by Mikkos Cassadine's cousin Petreos. His father had made it clear that if not for family obligations he would have married his mother.

So his younger legitimate brother was the leader of the kingdom and he, he was stuck working for peasants that had no concept of right or wrong. Looking around the room in distaste, he wished he dared trash it but he needed to make it look like a simple robbery.

Johnny answered his cell phone then grabbed Georgie's hand. "Sir where do you want to meet?"

"I have no idea. I don't want the two of you out in public. I will come to the Towers. Nik is in custody, but I have no idea how long he will remain there. Too many people have a vested interest in keeping him quiet." said Mac as he pulled into the garage.

Once upstairs, he listened to what they had learned and found out that if Spinelli had gone to someone with this none of the last year would have happened. "Sir, Sam McCall is implicated in the kidnapping of Jake Morgan. He was erasing the evidence. If he had bothered looking at the tapes more thoroughly other than when she was on them... there is more. Epiphany Johnson's son, he died at the hands of Jerry Jacks."

"We will deal with that later, right now, we have to get you to safety. I am think your studio might be the safest place for the both of you." said Mac only for Georgie to disagree.

"If he has people on me, he knows I live there. What about... Johnny who lives at your old house?"

"No one, it's empty but it is too big to defend." he said then suggested "What about Corinthos place?"

"Same thing, too big to defend." replied Mac then thought about it. "Georgie, I think that we need to get you out of town."

"I can't run, he will just follow dad. Why not keep this on our own territory."

There was the sound of the door opening, then Mac and Johnny drew their weapons as Jason came in followed by Elizabeth. "Aren't you two supposed to be in Italy."

"We were but we came across something and knew we had to return to town." said Elizabeth as she sat down and let Jason explain. Telling Mac and Johnny all they had learned, he quickly called Frisco who made a call to Sean who then dialed a secret number only he had.

As the calls trickled back down, Sean called both Mac and Frisco. "The alphabet soup is leaving even as we speak. The Senator and his money man in Milan are done for. I will send my people to help take down this agent but Frisco and you are on your own until I can get them there."

"Not necessarily." he said looking at Morgan then at Johnny. "I am going to have some help. Look, I have to make a call."

Calling his office, he asked Mac Taylor for a favor and the man went to the trunk of his vehicle then called Mac back. "I just need a location."

Looking at Jason then Johnny he said "The Morgan Coffee warehouse. There is a studio across the street, I am sending someone who I trust to handle the weapon."

Looking at Morgan he asked "Can you handle a Stealth Recon Scout .338?"

"I will meet him there." he said grimly before kissing Elizabeth and telling her to head home with the guards.

"Georgie, you go with her." said Johnny only for her to point out she couldn't.

"He knows me, he has been hunting me. I have to be there." she said only to come up against his stubborn shake of the head. "Dad, talk to him."

Mac said to the two of them. "Leave me out of this. I don't like the idea of using you as bait either."

"Dad, he has been studying me, Elizabeth, do you get why I am insisting on doing this?" she asked.

Elizabeth thought about shooting Sam the day she had tried to kill Jake and then said "Johnny, I know you hate this, but you need her. I am going home because I would be in the way, but Georgie is right, she has to be there."

Georgie gripped his hands then watched as Elizabeth left with the guards. She was shaking inside but knew that they had to draw this man out. "Now what?"

"I sent it out on the police radio that we are moving you in an hour through one of Morgan's boats." said Mac as he prayed for help.

"Where do you want me?" asked Frisco as he entered the penthouse. "Georgie, I don't like this but I get why you are doing it. Your mother would be proud."

Seeing the annoyed looks he was getting, he just went to the window. "Okay, so you have who on the Rifle?"

"Morgan, he is the best shot. Johnny, I know you are going to want to be in close with Georgie, good. Frisco I need you out in the water, in case he tries to get her from a boat." said Mac as he took one last look at the evidence they had.

His phone rang and he swore as he hung up. "Nik was found dead in his cell, it looks like he was poisoned and swallowed his own tongue."

"So I am the last target." said Georgie softly then said "I have to pack a bag, make it look like I am really leaving."

"I will take you." said Mac who then ordered Johnny to come to the studio in a half hour. As they left, Johnny looked at the files on the computer, then out the window before he said to himself "I don't like this. We are missing something."

Leaving he was down in the garage when it hit. Speeding out, he raced to catch up with them, squealing his tires as he stopped quickly in front of the building. Calling Morgan, he said "The studio, he is at the studio."

He could hear Morgan as he joined him racing to the door. Knocking on it, he heard a thump then nothing before saying. "How do we get in?"

"Come with me." said Jason as he grabbed his keys. On the roof, he said "If we are wrong, we are blowing any chance of catching this guy."

"I want him dead." replied the ice cold mobster.

At the same time Johnny had left the Towers, Georgie was letting her father into her studio. "I have to warn you, I have a very jealous cat."

"I would say had, Ms. Bestat or should I say Miss Jones." replied the man inside as he pointed the gun on Mac and her. "Join me. We have a lot to talk about."