Chapter 3

Anna sat in her office looking at an old photo of Robin. She ran her fingers over the glass taking in her daughter's features. Her beautiful baby girl grew up to be a respected doctor. She was a strong woman and losing her only caused the guilt and the regret to increase.

She thought she was doing the right thing when she kept Robert from knowing her. In retrospect, she wondered if she made the right call. She couldn't dwell on that. She had to remember all of the good times she had with Robin when Robert was around. She had to remember all the good times when Duke entered their lives.

Anna let out a deep sigh. She set the picture down and picked up the one with her, Robin and Emma. Emma. She reminded Anna of Robin. Emma was smart as a whip. She was a sweet girl sometimes unless she had to deal with Britt. Not that Anna blamed her for not liking the woman.

However, she knew Robin wouldn't want Emma to grow up being mean to anyone. She put the photo down and took off her glasses. She rubbed her eyes before closing them.

Anna thought about her last encounter with Robin in the hospital. They were playing a game when Robin went to find Patrick. If she had known that was going to be it, she would have stopped Robin from going to that lab. She would have traded places with Robin.

Anna let the tears fall failing to wipe them fast enough. Her head snapped up when Mac came in. He quickly noticed her red eyes. "Anna."

She wiped her face. "Mac, have a seat," she said. He did and looked at her confused.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

She held up a picture of Robin and he gave her a sad smile. "I miss her too," Mac said.

Anna cleared her throat. "Duke and I met up with Patrick and Emma at the cemetery yesterday. Emma wanted to visit her mother." She rubbed her hands on her pants and stood up. She folded her arms across her chest and stood up.

"You should have seen Emma. She told Robin how much she missed her. She kissed Robin's name. My heart breaks for her almost every time I see her. She will never know Robin like we do," she said her voice cracking.

Mac stood up and pulled Anna into a hug. He held her for a few minutes before she pulled away. "So, what brings you by?"

"Felicia and I wanted to invite you and Duke to our place for dinner," Mac said. "Also to give you an update on Robert. There's been no change in his condition."

Anna nodded slightly moving behind her desk. "I would really like his overbearing self to charge through my door. He makes me crazy but he's one of the few who I can depend on."

"Well, I'm no Robert but you always have me," Mac said.

"Trust me, the world cannot have two Robert Scorpios," Anna joked. "And yes, Duke and I would be happy to join you," she continued.

She tapped a pencil before eyeing him again. "I know I probably don't say this enough but thank you. You were the one constant in Robin's life when Robert and I couldn't be there. I am forever grateful for you. You did a great job in molding her to the woman she was."

"Thank you Anna. That girl could drive me up the wall but there's nothing I wouldn't do for her," Mac said.

"Now we have Robin 2.0 in Emma Drake. She might give Patrick a run for his money," Anna said chuckling. "She's a Scorpio and a Devane.

"Enough said," Mac stated.

"Oh shut up," Anna said laughing.

There was another knock on the door and Duke walked in. "Hello Mac. Anna." Mac nodded his head and Anna looked at him grateful to see him.

"I'll be going now," Mac said giving them some privacy. Once the door closed, Anna rushed into Duke's arms. He stroked her head until she was ready to speak.

"Thank you."

"For what?" he asked.

"For being there yesterday with us. For being a part of Robin's life. She adored you."

He moved hair out of her face. "I adored her. The little spitfire wormed her way into my heart. Emma has managed to do the same thing."

"Well, I would say so because you wore a tutu and put on makeup," Anna teased.

"Only for the Devane women."

Anna laughed again grateful for being able to. Talking about Robin helped her released whatever pent up emotion she had.

"Did you come by to say hello or did you need something?" asked Anna.

"Yes and yes. I was wondering if you found anymore information on that Ava Jerome."

She looked at him. "There's been no connection linking Ava to the Jerome family. Don't go looking for any either. I need you on the straight and narrow Duke."

"I promise I will. I just don't want anything happening to you," he said.

She smiled. "That's sweet but there's no need in looking for trouble when there isn't any to find."

"Ok. Point taken. I'm going back to ELQ. I'll call you later," Duke said. He headed for the door.

"Oh, we're having dinner at Mac and Felicia's tonight. Just the four of us…I think."

Duke nodded his head and left. Anna sat down and looked at the pictures before returning to work.

Germany….

Luke opened his eyes slightly adjusting to the new atmosphere. He looked around to see that he looked to be in a warehouse of some kind. "Perfect. Just perfect." He tried to loosen the ropes but he couldn't. He struggled for a few more seconds before he heard clapping.

"Bravo Mr. Spencer. I see you are determined to free yourself minutes after waking up. Are you in a hurry?" asked Jerry. Jerry grabbed a chair and sat in front of him.

"I thought you were poisoned or something. Why aren't you dead yet?" asked Luke.

Jerry let out a bitter laugh. "The same question can be posed to you. I see Helena managed to kill you slowly."

"I'm a Spencer. We don't give up easily. Once I'm out of here, I will make sure you pay for your part in this."

Jerry tapped his chin. "No. I don't see that happening anytime soon. I have some business in Port Charles and I do want to see my lovely niece Josslyn."

"Leave my great niece alone," Luke.

Jerry leaned back in his seat. "Suddenly you care for Carly and her kid. Sweet. I thought you hated the woman. Not that I can blame you but she is Josslyn's mother and Jax would never forgive me."

"Since when do you care about hurting Jax?"

"Family is important Luke. You of all people know how important life is considering yours is slipping away by the second," Jerry taunted.

"Helena said I needed to find answers. You are the only one who can give them to me. Do you have the antidote?" asked Luke.

He stood up and circled Luke. "An antidote. Such a precious commodity. Why would I give it to you when I can just kill you?" he asked pointing a gun at Luke's head.

"I don't care what you do to me," Luke said.

Jerry pulled the gun away from Luke's head. "Such bravery. Stupid really in light of what you are facing. However, I have someone else who can do a better job at disposing your corpse."

Luke rolled his eyes. "You're lying. Who would want to do your bidding?"

"Oh, a lovely woman actually. She finds me rather charming and a delight to be around," Jerry said.

"What did you do to the woman? Sleep with her or something," Luke said. Jerry stayed silent and walked out of one of the doors.

He met Robin and gave her a gun. "Dispose of him quickly. I'll be back. I trust you," Jerry said. Robin snuck in behind Luke. Her footsteps were quiet and Luke jumped when he felt the cold barrel pushed against his head.

"You can kill me. I'm sure Jerry is paying you handsomely. You have to be a psychopath to work with him. If you are going to shoot me, I would like to see the person's eyes."

Robin smiled wickedly and walked in front of him still holding the gun. Luke froze at the sight of her. She was alive. Anna was right. "Robin," he said in disbelief.

"Robin, it's me."

He saw no recognition in her eyes. They were cold and deadly. "Whatever Jerry did to you can be undone once we get home. Robin, you need to listen to me. You don't want to shoot me. I need to live so I can reunite you with your family."

"I have no family other than Jerry. You, sir, are a liability," Robin said with so much hatred dripping from her voice. She pulled the trigger hitting him in the leg. He screamed.

Robin crouched down. "Jerry said you want to get rid of him and you need to be eliminated but I prefer to let liabilities die painfully and slowly."

Luke gritted his teeth. "As much as I want to stay and chat about this, time is of the essence. Robin, we need to get you home. I need to get home too. I have a daughter who needs me and a grandchild on the way."

"Why should I care?" she asked.

Luke thought for a moment. "Because you will be giving a little girl a family. I know the real Robin is in there. Focus on me. In order to do that, I need an antidote."

"You mean this," Robin said pulling it out of her pocket. "Jerry said you'd come looking for it. The question is should I give it to you."

He felt his body growing weaker and the gunshot didn't help. "Please Robin. I'm begging you here."

She narrowed her eyes. "If I give you this, you will stop coming after me and Jerry."

"Yes," he said. She seemed to be weighing her options out. She could kill him but there was something about him that didn't make her want to kill him right now.

"Fine. Drink this," she ordered. She chugged it down his throat. She closed the bottle and cleaned up any evidence informing anyone she was there.

He watched her work fast alerting him to the fact that Jerry probably forced her to kill someone else. She reminded him of Jason. She headed to the back door. "Help is on the way. One word and I will kill you without hesitation," she threatened. She left to find the getaway car waiting.

She got inside. "Did it work?" asked Jerry.

"Yes, I gave him the antidote and I guess he will lead you to the others we need to get rid of."

He gave her a list of all the Port Charles residents that needed to die. Starting with Sonny Corinthos.