Ethan set fire to the Jacks worked with Nik, the dirty FBI agent worked with two other men. One, a senator. FBI agent was in safe zone.
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."
Georgie looked at the man with the dark eyes, he would be considered handsome if it weren't for the lines of discontent marring his face. Her eyes darted around frantically looking for proof that the man was lying while knowing deep down he was telling the truth, he had killed the innocent kitten.
"Leo was no threat to you."
"No, he wasn't. He just annoyed me." With that the rogue agent looked at her, then her father and said "Take the gun out, place it on the floor in front of you, I want kick it to me."
Mac hoped, really, really hoped that Jason Morgan got bored and decided to use the infrared scope to look over the building, that he saw the man with the gun in the studio were it should only be his daughter and him. "Now, Commissioner. I haven't got all day." drawled out the man.
"Dad, it will be okay." said Georgie as she watched him obey the other man. Looking at the man she had seen walk past the dead bodies of her friends who had cruelly abused on his orders and said "I only want to know one thing, why? Why harm us?"
"Us? You mean the women at the whore's compound?" he asked with a delighted laugh. "Because you were there, the money that was spent on all of you, it belonged to me, so technically, all of you, belonged to me. My father set that money up for me. For my family, not that whore who stole from us, from him."
"Do you know what that man did to his daughter, to your sister?" she asked. "He offered his own child up, to a man old enough to be her father. She was fifteen and he gave her to a man who passed her on to others, who sold her into an even worse nightmare."
"She was a nothing, a nobody. The child of a concubine. It was bad enough that my father couldn't put me on the throne like he wanted, but then I had to flee my own country, I had to work, for yours. It wasn't fair, I am of royal blood." spat out the dark eyed man.
"So was your sister, I would say her fate was worse than yours." Georgie just kept trying to make him face the familial relationship with Emira's late daughter. She couldn't believe that even this man would condone his own flesh and blood being treated like that. "Her blood was equally royal."
"NO, NO IT WASN'T. SHE WAS A NOBODY. MY FATHER LOVED MY MOTHER ABOVE ALL OTHERS." he shrieked. Outside the door, John heard the man screaming, he heard Georgie poking at him with the emotional stick that was taking away his mental control and went to force open the door.
"No." whispered Jason. "I know this is hard, but if we push our way in there, we could get them killed. Let's find out what he knows, what is going on."
John glared at the blond even as he watched his hands shaking at the sound of the man inside's clearly insane rantings.
The alphabet soup was running around town, looking for Agent Raynor's partner, even as Hannah Scott was doing research and not liking what she was finding out. Making a call, she was told that they were aware of the connection and to let it go. "We want this to end, there in Port Charles. If you work things out so that there isn't a case, you will find yourself moving up the ladder of success in spite of your previous screw up."
Hannah went to the hotel, finding her boyfriend sitting in the room, she gave him the news. "Your contact was arrested two hours ago. They are going to claim to have found child pornography on his computer, but it is over. I was told to tell you, that you are done. Your career is over. Your choice, go home to DC and you go to jail, move elsewhere, your record is expunged."
Without a word, the man packed up his bags, then said "I am sure you can take care of the hotel."
Hannah went back to the police station, feeling a bit dirty but then getting the news regarding Nicolas Cassadine got that loose ends were being tied up. The NY CSI's were testing the likely poisons, but the rest of the suits were all leaving, none wanting to be there when the dirty agent was brought it, none likely the implications of what this case could do to their bosses.
She was almost certain that the agent wouldn't be brought in alive when she saw two other agents talking to someone on their cell phones, then leaving the station. Following them, she saw the guns and knew that if Morgan and Zachara didn't get the man, they were planning on doing so.
Meanwhile, Georgie was watching the man holding a gun on her and said "What was in the duffel bag?"
"Nothing you need to know about. Where is Emira?" he responded with annoyance. Glaring at the young woman who had somehow escaped him more than once and vowed she would die this evening, no matter what. He had made a deal with his half brother, he had promised to help him return home in exchange for the money that was taken. "Where is that woman, she is the property of the king, he wants her back."
"I have no idea, we all had escape routes, not of which we shared with one another. My guess, she is someplace safe, working on a plan to avenge the girls you killed or had killed. Where is Jerry Jacks, by the way?" Georgie knew that the man had to have been involved, after all he had been in the middle of the messes since the Metrocourt hostage crisis.
"Dead, he was a traitor. He did at least feed Cassadine the poison. The Greeks, they have always been rather stupid. Good sailors though. He had no idea, none what we were shipping, then when he found out, he had the nerve to tell them to stop the transporting. Like we were his loyal subjects, instead of his equals and some of us his betters. But like all men, greed, greed was his downfall."
"Did you know about his brother, what was going on there?" asked Mac knowing that the more time passed, the better for them. Looking at his watch, he prayed that they got out of here alive.
"No, that was strictly that old woman's mess." said John as he watched them through hooded eyes then he suddenly looked at the girl, curious about something. "You, you aren't much, yet men are willing to die for you. Why?"
Georgie shivered as she felt his eyes roaming over her body, there was a coldness to them, like he was taking inventory. She ignored his question, not bothering to try and explain that she had no idea what he was talking about. "When did you find out that you could feed Spinelli false information."
"When our people noticed his obsession with that hoari McCall woman. She was even dumber. We had it set up to kill her, but she didn't follow the clues." he said slightly frustrated. "We thought for sure she would land in our trap, but no. She stopped searching."
"She got what she wanted out of it. Jason and Elizabeth Morgan had ended their relationship, she was back chasing after her obsession." Mac stated.
Outside, Agent Raynor had arrived, looking at Morgan, then hearing what his partner was saying, he was sickened as the man talked about killing Warren James, then hiding and watching as Georgie entered the man's house. "Why did you kill him?"
"He was a loose end. I was going to wrap everything up, but then, I found out that the money wasn't where I put it. It was gone." he announced. "I had to stay, I had to find my money."
Georgie had caught a glimpse of fur next to the sofa and felt nauseous when she noticed it was her cat. Not even stopping to think about what she was doing, she took her robe from the hook and just went to cover it. "Stop, what are you doing?"
Georgie soon covered the small twisted body of her dead pet before looked at him with tears in her eyes. "He was a living breathing animal, couldn't you have at least let him die quickly."
"No, he annoyed me." taunted the man. Waving his gun at them, he ordered "Now sit down, on the couch."
Obeying him, Georgie swallowed her fear as she saw the way her father was moving closer to her. "Let my dad sit down too, he is getting older and has had too much going on."
His pride a bit affronted, Mac was soon next to his daughter when he felt something metal being pushed into his hands. Closing his eyes to hide his relief as his hand now gripped the cold hard handle of the gun, Mac waited until the man had leaned against the counter and said "Let Georgie go, she is no threat to you."
"No, I want to know where my money is. I know that you are different than the usual riff raff, I know that Emira gave your more information then the rest of the gutter rats. Tell me where she is!" he demanded. "Tell me what I need to know or I will shoot your father, then got after your sister."
"Why don't you do me a favor, start with Maxie." said Georgie leaning back. Mac saw the man getting agitated while outside they were all debating rushing in. Jason had called and ordered Cody on the infrared scope but the man had only reported in seconds before to say he had finally arrived.
"Jason, he is standing at the counter, Georgie and her father are on the sofa. Mac's gun looks like it is on the middle of the floor." Cody was getting ready to fire when inside the studio they heard the sound of a pop, pop, then a third pop.
The agent and the two mobsters rushed in terrified at what they would find, while across the street, Cody noticed that there was a stray man on the studio rooftop. Looking through the scope, he gave a cold smile and said "Hello scumbag."
An almost silent pop later, a body fell and Cody made the call to Jason who had to pry the gun from Mac Scorpio's hand as he stood over the dead body of the man who had been holding his family hostage. "Mac, it's over. Don't do this. His contact was on the roof, the second fake cop from the city. Cody took him out."
Georgie meanwhile was being restrained by Johnny after she had gotten a hold of her father's service weapon and was pointing it at the dead man. "No, he's dead. Raynor, call your people, make this go away. NOW!"
A short while later, the room was filled with agents, police officers and even mobsters. Hannah Scott was making sure that the report stated the man had lost it over his lost job, then suddenly the body was taken away, police officers were released back to their previous duties and agents were sent back to the capitol. "It's done."
"Not by a long shot is it done." Georgie protested, her mind on all the women she knew were still in hell. Women that hadn't been as lucky as those Emira rescued. Women that James, Jacks, and Trevor Lansing had sold into slavery. "What about the others, what about looking into what they did. Where are the rest of the innocent victims?"
"Georgie, Nik and Jerry are dead. The man who was working with Jerry is in custody. And I am sorry to say, that only three of the girls are still alive, and Emira has disappeared."
Jason listened to Roy Deluca's daughter and knew that she was covering for someone but knew that if they wanted some peace and quiet they were going to have to let things go. "The agency has a whole task force dedicated to dealing with this crime. I know that it is hard, but you have to let them take care of this, you need to let yourself heal, let yourself move on with your life."
Georgie wasn't happy but she knew that Hannah was right about things, even more so when she saw them bringing the body down from the roof and she recognized the man as being at the airport the day she arrived. Getting that this was way bigger and much darker than she could even imagine she watched as the agents all scattered, all fled now that the man lying on her floor was dead.
Sure enough, the studio was emptied, the local vet coming to pick up Leo asked Georgie of she wanted a moment alone with her late cat. Standing near the sofa, unable to touch him, she asked "No, what happens now to his body?"
"That is up to you, I can bury him in the pet cemetery or he can be cremated." he said gently watching as the man he had often seen on the news holding the very lovely young woman.
"I would prefer he was cremated." she replied softly thinking on her last act at the compound and knowing that this would help give her closure for more than one lost life. The compound had been burnt to the ground, to this day she didn't know if it was Emira to protect the secrets of her lair or if it had been on orders from whoever was after them. She however could still recall the feel of the heat as she ran away from the flames.
"Georgie, why don't you come and stay at the house tonight?" asked Mac looking at the chalk outline on her floor then at his daughter who seemed a bit disoriented at first. When he saw her eyes meeting John Zachara he got that her doing so was unlikely but waited for her actual response.
Blushing a bit, she told him no thank you, explaining that she needed to be with Johnny. "Mac, I promise she will be safe with me." John was still not sure that he trusted it was over, he had no intention of letting Georgie be more than five feet from him until he was damn sure.
The father in the police commissioner didn't like that, but with everything else going on, the fact his daughter was in love with a criminal was the least of his issues. Heading home, he was tired as he let himself into the front door. Seeing Maxie still up, talking to Spinelli, he saw Frisco in the archway to the kitchen.
"It's over, Hannah Scott and the FBI are whitewashing everything." he said in disgust. "All that is left is what to do with that geek in there and that is our problem. I am not so sure he should be allowed to be working for any government, not even ours."
"Sean will keep him in line. Where is Georgie?" the man asked the question he really wanted to know.
"With Zachara." Mac said with a sigh. "I talked to Harper, the medical examiner is going to release Cassadine's body to his aunt, Jack will more than likely take care of his brother. Frisco, she is going to run."
"No she isn't." said the quiet voice coming in the outer door. Mac found himself wanting to reach out for his daughter, but he saw she was still acting leery of being touched by anyone but John. "I am staying. Tonight however, we are going to be at the Metrocourt. I just wanted to tell you something I forgot earlier."
Georgie had seen Mac's hands pull back and knew that she had a way of making him feel more assured that she was going to stick around then just her words. Taking a deep breath, she let go of Johnny's hand and saw him watching her, clearly worried at first until he saw what she was doing.
Mac was a bit surprised when she reached for his hand then felt his heart stop for a second as her voice seemed to crack as she said "I l-lost myself when I died. I gave up hope on you, but I forgot something very important. That no matter what, you have always, always come through for me, dad."
Mac closed his eyes to control the tears as his little girl hugged him. "I am sorry I wasn't there this time."
"If you had known, you would have been." she said softly then whispered "I love you." in his ears before stepping back. "We have to go, Frisco, thanks for what you did to help. But I can't stay here, if I go into that room Maxie will ruin this for me. I can't risk my mental health and my future around her. Even now, she doesn't get what the problem between us is."
Georgie gave her father a wistful smile, then letting go of his hand found hers captured by Johnny as he led her out the kitchen door just as footsteps came in from the living room. "Dad, what is going on?"
"Nothing for you to be concerned about." said Mac looking at the blond and the geek standing behind her. "Maxie, it's over. Mr. Spinelli will be leaving in the morning so say your goodbyes."
"But dad-" she started to protest, then saw Spinelli shaking his head no. "Don't play the martyr, you don't want to go anymore than I want you to."
"Fair Maxie, I must. I did cause what happened to young Cameron, Stone Cold is never going to forgive me, and he would be right not to." said the geek. When the blond refused to say goodbye then stalked out the front door, he said to Frisco "Does she have to learn about the rest of my mistakes?"
"I will be telling her the day after you leave." said Mac grimly. "Damien, I have to say, the damage you have caused in this town, it was ten times the good you did. So while I thank you for the help you gave at the Metrocourt, I really wish you have left town immediately afterwords."
Walking to the car, Frisco looked at the geek then nodded at Mac who then closed his front door. Within minutes he was at a gas station filling up for the long drive to Maine. There Damien Spinelli would cease to exist.
Elizabeth heard a knocking on the front door, opening it to see Johnny and Georgie she said "Jason is reading to the boys. Come in."
Sitting down in the small living room, she asked if she could get them anything?
"Only if you have brownies hidden someplace." said Georgie with a slight smile only for the brunette to say that Cam had finished the last one earlier. "Elizabeth, I just wanted to say, thank you for coming to see me that morning. I am going to work things through, maybe talk to someone eventually."
When the mobster came down the stairs, he sat down next to Elizabeth and said "Cody got the remaining men. I had our contacts reach out to the brother. There was never a deal, he was a bit surprised to find out his brother was alive. There was a fatah issued when his mother was involved in a castle coup that failed."
"So it's over?" asked Elizabeth.
Jason looked at Johnny and said "Yes, except for finding out the truth about what happened at the ball, and I doubt we ever find out the truth. Max said that Frisco took Spinelli to Maine, so he is gone. Georgie, is there anything else besides helping the women we got out of town?"
"I feel guilty knowing that there are women out there stuck in that life, but I know it is too big of a job for me. All I can do is help when and where I can." she said. "Jason, what about Emira, do you know where she is?"
"No, but she wanted it to be that way. She left a folder, said it was for you. That you would know what to do with it." he stated. Standing he went to his desk and pulled it out. Reading the official paperwork, she said "It's ownership of Crimson. I will give it back to Jax, I want nothing to do with it."
"What about your sister?" Jason asked. "What happens to Maxie?"
"I honestly don't know. All I know is that she ceased being my sister the moment I heard what Logan had to say." clipped out Georgie, her mind in the cellar of the Outback listening to the angry blond man.
"Georgie, while I am no fan of Maxie, she isn't responsible for what Logan did." said Elizabeth looking at the other woman. "I get being angry, I just think you need to give it time and maybe while you are talking to whomever you talk to, you work through that part because no matter what, she is always going to be your sister even if you never speak to her again."
"Right now, I am taking her to the hotel, and feeding her." said John who saw that Georgie looked exhausted. When they stood, she hugged Elizabeth and said "Thank you and I know you are right about Maxie."
"One more thing, and don't tell anyone outside of this room, maybe the best thing in the world for the two of you, might be a knock down, drag out fight. It might help clear the air." she said with a laugh as Georgie smirked at the idea of kicking her sister's rear.
Jason's arm was around Elizabeth waist as they watched the two of them leaving. Hearing the buzzing of the phone again, Elizabeth looked at it in annoyance. "I am going to have to deal with her tomorrow."
"Why don't you let me." he replied then stepped outside to have one of the guards track down Laura Spencer. "Tell her to met us at the Metrocourt. Then call Jax and Carly, arrange for them to be there as well."
Across town, Michael was watching the news with Kristina who was upset to see her family once again dragged through the gutter. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I just wish my relatives weren't insane." she said with a sad laugh while Molly started to pontificate about how insanity runs in their genes. "Enough, Molly. Let it go for now. Let's discuss something more fun, like maybe going on vacation next week."
Alexis entered the house to the sound of the television. Finding her daughters curled up with each other and Michael on the other end of the sofa, she turned off the noise and woke them up to send them to bed. "Mommy, what is going to happen to Spencer?"
Groaning, Alexis reached for her phone then called to find out where the little boy was. "Thanks Monica. Do you know if they will release him to me?"
Getting the answer, she went to check the files and made another quick call. "Tomorrow? Okay, can we meet after that?"
Jax told her fine then went to track down his wife who was arguing with Laura Spencer in the lobby of the hotel. Seeing Johnny and Georgie entering, he intercepted them before the blond saw them, listened to what Johnny had to say then gave him his hotel pass key. "Take the Penthouse suite."
Meanwhile Carly looked at Laura and said "You must be nuts, I don't know why Luke doesn't lock you up for good and throw away the key. Seriously, why are you allowed to be walking the streets without a care giver?"
Leaving the older blond, Carly read the message on her phone, then looked back at the blond and said "Laura, I will see you tomorrow, but now I have to go and see my children."
In the car outside, she was comparing notes with Jax and said "It's over, I wonder if Laura knows that Nik is dead? Wait, where is Spencer?"
As he explained what Alexis said, she rested her head against the back of her seat and replied. "He has already had so many parents, sometimes I wonder why all of this has happened to him."
"At least that old woman will die before long." he replied his mind on Helena and what his people had found out regarding Nik wanting her dead and finally doing something about it. He couldn't help wondering if that was why he was dead.
In the hotel suite, Johnny hung up the phone then walked over to where Georgie was unpacking what the guards had brought over for them. Lifting the clothes, he said "I can't believe it's over."
Resting her head on his shoulder she said "I can't either but I am going to enjoy the quiet time. What did Jason want?"
"They are confronting Laura Spencer tomorrow, they want us there to help deal with her finding out the truth. Plus, Lulu is being worked with by Lainey Winters. She asked to speak to you." he hesitated then said "You don't have to go if you don't want to."
"No, I do have to go, at one time, Lulu and I were at least civil and I was taunting her before I knew the truth. I owe it to her." she said turning in his arms and raising her head just enough to brush a kiss against his lips. "Just how tired are you?"
"Why?" he asked as he gently kissed her. "Are you planning something?"
"Yes, you and I are going to eat our dinner, then I am planning on finding our way into that bed about twenty feet away from us." she said as soon as she could breath again. "Are you interested?"
"Always and forever." he teased. "But it is going to have to wait."
"Why?" she asked pouting a bit when he let go of her waist.
"That sound is our doorbell, with a waiter outside hoping wanting to roll our dinner into the room." he responded then walked to open the oak door. Quickly the food was set up, then the waiter tipped as they were now all alone, sitting across from each other as they both faced that the time was finally right for them.
Dinner was eaten slowly as they discussed their real lives, piano playing, growing up, learning to ride bikes and most importantly getting to know one another like they had started to when she was Bella and he was her boss. Now as Georgie and Johnny, they found they had a lot in common and several things that they were polar opposites about. "Seriously, the only Easter bunny I ever ate, it was feet first."
"You are supposed to start with the ears." she insisted as she found herself lifted onto his chair so they could continue the argument face to face.
"Really, so where is this rule written down, because I have never, ever heard of it." he teased. "What about corn, or an ice cream cone, do you have rules for them too?"
"Only to eat the ice cream cone before it melts." she retorted then kneeling next to him said "How about I show you the correct technique sometime soon."
John's mind went someplace very naughty but then looked at the television that was on mute. They were showing the front of the police station with the words breaking news across the banner. Holding onto Georgie, he hit the volume button and postponed their plans for the evening as he watched the white washing continue.
There was silence as the young couple got ready for bed, a bit shocked at the way the federal agents had turned it all on Nicolas Cassadine who was the least culpable of the baddies and made their agent seem like a hero. Seeing the New York City police leaving in the background, Georgie was glad that at least someone out there besides those in Port Charles knew the truth.
Georgie sighed as she rested her head on her pillow and then gave a hidden smile as she noticed that Johnny was already fast asleep. Recalling what she had learned in one of her sessions at the compound, she made plans to wake up early and show John that she was more than ready to move on to the next level in their relationship.
TBC