Jason saved Liz, but she never knew it...

Bobbie faces Elizabeth in court for firing her...

One hundred thousand dollars that Sarah stole from Elizabeth...

Rick woke up Starvos...

Chapter 5

On Spoon Island, Stavros sneered at his mother. "Your so called dangerous weapon was useless. He let Nik's bride escape and only Spencer is dead."

"Well, well, at least something was accomplished." drawled out Helena. "No thanks to you though. Now that Natasha has seen you, we are exposed. I told you, I told you to stay here, but no, you just could not listen to me."

"I wanted to see my wife." he snapped. "I went to see Lasha."

Rolling her eyes, Helena made a mental note to have Laura Spencer killed before her son threw away her grandsons future. Nik's wife, was the important one. This Elizabeth girl was who they needed. She had checked and found out that as a bonus, the girl was untouched.

Nik's wife wouldn't be a used up whore. Unlike the woman he had been sleeping with. She had soon put a stop to that. When she had learned that he had been using some base-born whore as a substitute, she had slowly manipulated things in order for him to see that having the real thing was much better.

Walking down the hallway, she saw the two girls being sent to a room. "Why are they here?"

"They caught me retrieving the ring, milady." said her guard. Andre handed it over then said "As an added bonus, they are perfect ways to control that bumbling police commissioner."

"Fine, but keep them out of my sight." she said then looking around asked "Where is the insipid blond?"

"Mr. Spencer is with her in a bedroom, ma'am. She drew him off earlier after Master Stavros yelled at him for not performing his duties."

"Keep an eye on my grandson, stop him from doing anything foolish. Then-"

The trembling woman approaching said "Madam, Miss Davis wants a meeting. She said here would do."

"NO, I will meet her... tell her I will meet her on the roof top at General Hospital." said Helena who then ordered Andre to keep Stavros away. "My son is forgetting who is running this family."

At the diner, things were finally under control. Bobbie had been horrified when the security tapes showed Lucky shooting her brother then tried to blame Elizabeth. Saying that if she had only gone with them, no one else would have been hurt.

Laura was in shock, the medics had pulled Mac off to the side and said "She is completely unresponsive, more than she should be. We are taking her to GH. The ME is transporting the body."

Mac was glad to get rid of everyone but Taggert who then said reluctantly. "I think that we have a problem. Mac, I heard Capelli on the phone earlier, assuring someone you would be at the station. I think whoever broke into your house was on the other end. There have been a few other conversations that haven't added up with what happened later. I as going to talk to you after the holidays."

"Mac, when are you going to go over there and bring Lucky back?" snapped Bobbie. "Who knows what is happening to him even as we speak."

"Lucky? Lucky is going to jail the minute I see him, for murder." pointed out Mac only for Bobbie to snap that Alexis was trying to kill him, that she should be the one arrested since she shot Luke. "Bobbie, go home, be supportive of your niece and your friend. Let me do my job."

When they finally got rid of her and Jason had been taken care of. Mac looked at him then said "Are you up to this?"

"It went through my arm, and not my shooting arm." he pointed out. Seeing Elizabeth's fear, he said "I can't leave you, don't ask me to."

Alexis mean while had been thinking about things and talking to Sonny. Looking up, she said "Wait, he wasn't talking about Helena as queen, he was talking about Elizabeth..."

"I get that." said Mac "I think we all do."

Alexis gave a slow grin in spite of the seriousness of the conversation. "Yes, but while Helena might accept that someday an unknown woman might replace her as queen, and a cousin as a wife, the last person she would accept is my mothers granddaughter."

"But you said cousins..." pointed out Jeff.

"Yes, but the queen bit, turned this into a whole new ball game." said Alexis as she pulled out her phone. Making a quick call, they were all convinced she had lost her mind until the woman on the other end agreed to meet.

"Mac, what about the girls?" asked Sonny. "Any idea what was going on there?"

"None, Felicia said she came too and they were gone and the house was trashed."

"What if she was looking for something, what if whatever was going on there between Scott and Rick Webber was why she or whoever was working for her went back?" asked Taggert who then glared at Sonny as he suddenly jumped up and said Taggert is right.

Alexis was waiting, hopeful that the security measures in place would keep her alive long enough to tell Helena that Nik's potential bride was her daughter. Looking around when she heard footsteps, she saw Helena's latest boy toy then the woman herself turn up.

"What right do you have to order me about? And why would you think this is any of your business?" snapped the elderly woman haughtily.

"Well, since it concerns my family, I am a part of this." said Alexis deliberately misleading the woman as she approaching her.

Helena looked at her with scorn and said "You are not a Cassadine, and are little more than my husbands misbegotten mistake."

"Oh, Helena, I am talking about this woman you are planning to have married off to Nik. As if pissing off the mob isn't enough..."

"I did some checking, they are only friends. And the mob, well, I am not scared of the mob."

"As I was saying as if pissing off the mob wasn't bad enough, to do so for a woman you won't want Nik to marry, seems foolish."

"Well, she isn't my first choice." admitted Helena. "She is at least a virgin and from well... at least she isn't a Spencer. I heard there is a step family connection, but she is Nik's choice. So I will except that."

"Really, I gather you didn't research her very well." said Alexis. Then having an idea asked "Wait, did you trust Rick Webber's assessment of her?"

"What do you know about Dr. Webber?" she asked a bit nervous now. "And why do you think anything you say would interest me?"

"What did Dr. Webber tell you about Elizabeth?" asked Alexis.

"Not that it is any of your concern, but I know that she is his brother's illegitimate daughter with some woman woman. The man has them coming out of the woodwork." Helena couldn't help smirking at how she had made Natasha's daughter into little more than a willing sex partner for Lucky Spencer. All it had taken was an offer of money and a promise to make her sister go away.

"Did Rick tell you that?" asked Alexis with a smirk. "Why the break in at the Scorpio house?"

"Scorpio house?" asked Helena thinking back to the man who had helped that bastard Luke defeat her husband.

"The police commissioner, his house was broken into by Rick Webber then your people took Mac Scorpio's daughters when they went back. What did Rick do? Or rather what did he fail to bring you?"

Helena was now sure that whatever she knew, Alexis had the upper hand. "The ring that Nik wants to offer his new bride."

"Funny, I just don't see my daughter wearing that tacky old thing." said Alexis letting the information drop. "Yes, MY daughter. The young woman that Nik is so eager to marry is the child you forced on me then stole away."

"No, your daughter is the blond. Like her father. The younger girl is..." Helene spun around and said "Andre we are leaving."

As they disappeared, Jason and Mac followed them to the basement then to the secret passageway. "Damn, so that is how they did it."

Looking around, Mac said "It's how they did a lot of things. My guess is that this is where that Stavros was kept. Look at the equipment." Lifting a file, he said "Webber actually signed the charts. What an ass."

As they all convened together, Sean Donnelly was arriving at the airport. Calling Mac, he said "Wait for me."

On the Island, Helena had Andre push his way into the room and grab the naked blond by her hair. Dragging her into the hallway, he asked "Where my queen?"

"The study, get everyone there, immiediately. I want the truth."

Telling Sarah to shut up, Andre obeyed his mistress. Soon Nik, Stavros, an unwilling Stefan and the rest were gathered. When Lucky showed up and stood behind Helena opposite Andre, Nik asked "Why is my future sister in law without clothes?"

"Because I loath liars." snarled Helena. "I want to know again my dear who is your father?"

"Jeff Webber, I told you that. I also told you what my mother told me. Elizabeth isn't fit to be a queen, she is little more than Rick's illegitimate child with some whore." she said then looking around asked "What is this about?"

"Call your mother, NOW!" ordered Helena handing her the phone. Sarah rolled her eyes then did as she was ordered. After telling her mother she was on speakerphone, Sarah was gagged by Andre. "Dr. Webber, I am going to kill the girl who isn't your daughter. So do I kill Sarah or Elizabeth?"

"Elizabeth, she was the child forced upon my by my husband and his brother." replied Carolyn then said "What is this about?"

"You lied to me. I want to know the date, the real date Elizabeth came to live with you. Now, or I will still kill Sarah."

"May, she was brought to us in May, not November like I told you." she stuttered. "Don't hurt my daughter."

Hanging up, Helena paced back and forth before snapping. "My dear Nicolas, you need to chose a new bride."

"I am the Prince, it is not for you to tell me what to do." stated the Prince with a look at his father. "You answer to me."

"You don't understand, you can NOT marry that woman. She will not be an acceptable bride." said Helena.

"If I say I want her and that she will be, then there is no one to argue with me." he said then told his father. "We must retrieve her immediately before that thug has time to defile her."

Stavros didn't really care one way or another who Nik married, but right now... he was intrigued by his mother's panic. There were only two people that caused her to act that way and Luke Spencer was dead. "Mother, who is this Elizabeth?"

Helena said "Someone most unsuitable to be Nik's future wife..."

Stopping Nik from speaking, he said "Mother?"

"Natasha, she is Natasha's daughter." spit out Helena. Stavros remembered the story his mother had told him years ago and then looked at his son. "She is correct, you need to make a new choice."

"I am the Prince and it will be my choice or no one." said Nik. He was going to take everything from all who had ever opposed him, including the twosome even know bickering with one another.

As they argued, Sarah had finally figured out that her dream of being rich was fast falling apart. Walking backwards, she was almost to the door when she felt someone grab her by the neck. "Where do you think you are going? My mistress didn't say you could leave yet."

"I was planning on taking Lucky back to our room, this doesn't concern us." she said sweating slightly.

"Fine, you do that." said Andre as she took the brainwashed man with her. Once she had convinced him she was going to bath and show him a good time. Sarah slipped out through the bathroom door.