Chapter 29

She knew that by helping Aidan there was a chance that Jason and Sonny wouldn't forgive her. They share so much history together that she felt a little guilty for what she was doing, but how could she not do anything. How could she just stand back and watch her cousin die, by Sonny's hand no less, or sit back and watch as Jason finally came after him for all the horrible things he did to Sam and her family? What would her aunt or her mother say? How would she be able to look at them in the eye and tell them that she stood by and did nothing to help? She made a split decision back at Akron hospital, a decision that she could live with, a decision that she hoped wouldn't come back to haunt her. She made the choice to take Aidan back to General Hospital and call her uncle Mac about his crimes. She couldn't live with herself if she just let her own cousin die, but she would be able to look at her aunt and mother and tell them that she did the best she could. Incarceration is better than death.

After they had left the hospital, she had called Patrick. Only after she received the third degree from her husband, along with much begging and pleading, did he finally decide to do the surgery that could save Aidan's life. Robin couldn't blame him for being hesitant at first, especially after all the crimes Aidan had done, but she knew that her husband would make the right choice about saving a life. She couldn't bare to lose another family member. She wasn't able to help Georgie, but at least she could try to help Aidan.

Turning her head to look at her cousin unconscious on the gurney, Robin felt a great sadness wash over her. What could've happened to Aidan to resort to such extreme measures? She knew her cousin was a good person. Then again, Patrick said the same about Lisa. Was Aidan any better than Lisa? They both became obsessed, they both stalked, and they both tried to mess with the other person's life. Lisa tried to switch her medication and tried to kill her. Aidan drugged Jason and Brenda, kidnapped Sam, and made everyone believe that she was dead. But he didn't stop there. No, he took it too far. But how could she turn her back on him? She had to at least make sure that he survived, that way he could spend time in prison or a facility that would help him overcome this obsession that he has for Sam.

Looking out the window, Robin knew that it was time to make the call. Picking up the phone that the paramedic let her use because Aidan had thrown hers away, she decided to call the one person that could help her out in this situation. Dialing the number, she hit send and placed the phone to her ear. "Hey mom, it's Robin, I need your help…."


The ride back to Port Charles was silent. Each person in their own world, no doubt thinking about tonight's events and those leading up to it all. Sonny sat in the front passenger seat with Nikolas driving in order to give Jason and Sam time holding each other in the back seat, Alexis sitting next to her daughter every now and then stroking Sam's hair or her arm, anything just to make sure that her eldest was alive and well.

That bastard really did a number on his family and he was glad that he shot the son of a bitch. Seeing Robin try to save him pissed him off, but he understood. Robin is a very compassionate and loving woman, sees the good in everybody, no matter who they were. And with everyone in Port Charles, including her husband, calling him and Jason criminals, Robin would always defend them. Aidan was still her family, and since Georgie died, she has been hanging on to Maxie and Mac more than ever.

The ringing of his cell phone broke the silence. Seeing Max on the caller ID, Sonny remembered his friends being shot. "Hey Max, how is everyone?"

"Uh, good, everyone's good. Milo is being an idiot but he'll live, and Cody is patched up and ready to go, we're just waiting to be discharged."

Seeing Nikolas mouth Lucky's name, Sonny went back to his call. "That's good. How's Lucky?"

"He's good, the bullet went right through, no serious damage and he's in the room with Milo and Cody." Clearing his throat, Max was about to explain the situation…. "Uh Mr. C… there's something you…."

"Is Devane still alive?" Sonny interrupted when Jason asked him about Aidan.

"Yeah, he's alive, but boss…."

"Good, listen Max… " Sonny once again cut him off. "I don't give a damn about how he is, or if he's in pain, but… if by some miracle he makes it through the night, I want you to call in some men and have them guard his room 24/7. Make sure that he doesn't get away…."

"Umm, boss…."

"You keep an eye out for anything suspicious."

"Sure, but Mr. C…"

"Have Lucky call Mac in and explain the situation…."

"He already did that, but…"

"But WHAT Max?!" Sonny snapped at being interrupted. "I'm giving you orders and I expect you to follow them. Do you understand?"

"No… I mean yes sir, but those orders aren't going to work."

"Why not?"

"Because Aidan is no longer in Akron." Hearing silence on the other end, Max closed his eyes and went for it, praying that he still was alive after this. "Dr. Scorpio checked him out and had him transported to General Hospital."

Closing his eyes, Sonny took a deep breath and sighed loudly, catching everyone's attention in the car. "Where is Robin?" He spoke as calmly as possible even though his blood pressure was spiking through the roof.

"She went with him in the ambulance. They left a while ago and will probably reach GH in about a half hour." Suddenly becoming nervous about the silence, Max continued to explained. "After checking on the others, I went to go find Dr. Scorpio but some doctor told me that they left. She wouldn't tell me anything else. Sorry boss."

"What's going on?" Sonny heard Jason ask in the back seat, his voice tense and hard. But Sonny ignored him for the moment to issue orders to Max to best contain the situation. "Max, I want you to get some guys over at GH and as soon as Robin gets there with Devane, have the guards follow them everywhere. Do NOT lose him, and meet us at GH when you're done!" Slamming his cell phone closed, Sonny turned to Nikolas first. "Lucky's fine, the bullet went through and they've already patched him and discharged him." To everyone in general, "The others are fine too and will meet us at GH."

"What's going on Sonny? What about Devane?" Jason asked with a sense of unease. Keeping Sam enveloped in his arms, he squeezed her tighter to him, kissed the top of her head and waited for what he was sure was bad news.

"Robin transported him to GH." After several "what's?" went around, he continued. "Max doesn't know the details, he just knows that Robin is transporting Devane to GH in an ambulance and will probably reach there in about half an hour." He looked at the people around him for their reaction. Nikolas held the steering wheel tighter, Alexis kept her eyes on the window as she held on to Sam's hand, Sam closed her eyes and held on buried herself further into Jason's chest, and Jason looked straight into Sonny's eyes as they blazed with the promise of retribution. "Max is going to call some men and set them on Devane." Seeing Alexis reach for her phone, Sonny turned to her. "Lucky already called Mac. The hospital will be swarming with PCPD and my men. That bastard won't get away and we'll make sure Sam is protected." Seeing acceptance in her eyes, he gave Jason and Sam one last look and turned back in his seat. Yeah, he understood that Robin wanted to save her cousin, but shit, was it so difficult to give him and Jason a heads up. "What are you doing Robin?" He whispered to himself.


Running through the emergency doors at GH, Robin kept up with the gurney as they wheeled a still unconscious Aidan to where Patrick was standing waiting for them. Ignoring the patient for just a moment, he scooped up his wife and held her tight. "I'm so glad your back. Don't ever do that to me again?"

Pulling away from her husband, she turned her focus on Aidan. "You have to help him Patrick. He took a bullet to the back, he lost consciousness back in Akron and hasn't woken up since. Please, I know how you feel about this, but you have to help him. "

Shaking his head, Patrick wanted to understand what his wife was thinking but was having a difficult time. "I just don't get it Robin, after everything that Lisa did to us, why would you want to help someone like that?"

"It's not the same…"

"Think about it, it is the same…" Patrick ticked off the reasons on his fingers. "They both obsessively fixated on other people, they both would do anything to get what they wanted, both were willing to commit murder. Robin, they are exactly the same, it's just now one of them is related to you."

"Exactly!" Robin cried out, she desperately needed Patrick on her side. "You're right, OK? About all of it, but Lisa is now in custody and getting the help that she needs in Ferncliffe, all I want is for my cousin to have that same chance. A chance to get better, please Patrcik…"

Seeing his wife's sadness is what convinced Patrick to help this psycho that she called family. He couldn't and wouldn't turn his back on her. "Ok." Patrick conceded. "But after this, I don't want him anywhere near my family, especially Emma." After giving her a quick squeeze, he turned to the patient, grabbed the chart and turned into the surgeon he was born to be. After listening to the EMTs give him stats on the patients' health, Patrick sent them to the Operating Room. "Take him to OR 4 and have him prepped and ready to go by the time I get there." Turning to Robin after the EMTs wheeled Patrick through the operating room doors, he turned back to Robin. "Are you scrubbing in?"

"Yeah. Look Patrick, I know that he's done some horrible things but I can't desert him now. I called my mom and they're on their way with Aidan's superiors. I just don't understand this, he was never discharged from Special Ops Patrick, he went AWOL."

"Why would he do that?"

"Everything that Jason said was true, about what happened in Pine Valley. He's done this before, kidnapped a woman and took her away from her husband and children. When the feds caught up to him, they were overruled by the some military officials, Aidan's former superiors. They took him back to the military for his sentencing, he was supposed to work off his punishment with assignments in the Middle East, but he went AWOL a couple of months ago. They've been looking for him ever since."

"This isn't good Robin, if Jason and Sonny…."

"I know, I know, they're going to be so mad but I just couldn't let Aidan die without giving him a fighting chance. I just hope my mom gets here before Jason and Sonny get their hands on him. Maybe she can help him, he's mentally ill Patrick." After nodding his head in agreement, both doctors ran for the OR to help their patient not realizing the outcome of their actions will come back to haunt them.