Chapter 18

It had been three days since his coffee business had been wiped out, Sonny was no closer to finding out who was behind it either. There had been no other threats made nothing to hint who was behind it. Like the warehouse, there were no witnesses and the surveillance was of no use. There had been two figures dressed in black the night before the explosion caught on video but again they had avoided having their faces towards the cameras.

"Jason we need to find out who's behind this, there has to be someone that saw something there has to be." Sonny had been on edge since this had all started.

"What kind of connections does Alcazar have, could this be because we made him disappear?" Jason asked.

"I had thought of that, I did some checking and he is right where we left him, still not sure why he's there or how he got there. He hasn't had contact with anyone on the outside so this wasn't him," Sonny told him.

"So is it someone that wants Port Charles, or is it something personal?"

"I don't know. Jason this isn't like any previous move made against me. No one is taking responsibility and I haven't heard any talk about what's happening." Sonny went and poured himself a drink.

"We need to make sure you're protected at all times. Whoever this is, it's only a matter of time before they come after you. They won't face you like a man so you have to be on your guard."

"I know, I've got the people in place to ensure that, you had better be careful as well. We don't know what their next move will be or when it's coming."

"I'm always careful, I'm going to get back out there, there has to be something we're missing," Jason said then left.

...

Robert was waiting in Mac's office when he returned. "Has he started to cooperate yet, will he take his meds?" Putnam had been moved to General Hospital, he had become very agitated and needed to be medicated and they couldn't do that in the holding cells.

"No, they've had to restrain him so now he shouldn't be able to pull out the IV. I don't know if Putnam's going to be any more help. They have him sedated now as well," Mac told him.

"So all we get in some guy's first name?" Robert stood up, he was tired of waiting to talk to Putnam again.

"I know it's not much but at least Putnam isn't out there plotting his next move anymore," Mac offered.

"No you're right, and that's a relief. I just wish we'd gotten a little more out of him."

"What's Anna up to?" Mac asked.

"She's meeting Robin for lunch I was going to join them once I'd talked to you."

"Well don't let me keep you, I can't tell you much else."

"Yeah OK, let me know if anything changes," he said, Mac nodded then Robert left.

...

"Jim we can't just gun Morgan down in the street, there has to be a better way to get to him. Both him and Corinthos will surely be expecting something to happen to them now," de Salva said.

"He rides a bike most of the time, they aren't as easy as a car to plant a bomb on."

"No we need something better than that, but another explosion could work we just need to figure out where to set him up." Jonathan thought about it for a few minutes then said, "We set up a meeting with him saying we have information about what's happened and we'd have him."

"I like that Jonathan, they have been asking around for information, this could work."

"It will work, It will have to have a remote detonation. Then as soon as Morgan enters, boom." Jonathan was smiling he was sure this next step would happen too. "Has Rodney heard anything about Putnam since he got picked up?" de Salva asked.

"He has been taken to the psych ward at General Hospital. There is a guard there at all times, he has been charged with kidnapping but it seems like he never told them anything about us."

"That's good, as long as he keeps quiet he can stay alive. He shouldn't be a problem now that he's going to be locked up again. Have we started looking at warehouse space here yet? As soon as Corinthos is out of the way I want to get started here."

"I actually have an appointment tomorrow, there's a new business looking for space in Port Charles," Jim told him.

"Good, that's good. Make sure it's a new business name something we've never used before."

"Of course Jonathan, I know what I'm doing."

"Yeah I know Jim, I just don't want anything to go wrong now that we're this close to getting Port Charles and taking down Corinthos."

...

"Well here's my two favorite ladies," Robert said as he joined Anna and Robin at Kelly's. "Did I miss lunch?"

"Yeah, we finished eating already. What did Mac tell you?" Anna asked.

"Putnam isn't going to be much help anytime soon. They've had to sedate him, and he's in restraints that's the only way they can give him his meds," Robert told them. "At least he's locked up again."

"I was talking to Tiffany earlier, Sean felt we should have called him earlier about this Putnam thing," Anna said.

"We could have but I don't think there was anything more he could have done, he's helping now. Besides we had Robin here helping us out."

"I think I have to hang up my spy skills for a while, Patrick is still freaked out by how I sprang into action and went after Putnam. He said there's an adrenaline junkie trying to take me over. I told him it's always been there, but it was in hibernation," Robin told them with a laugh.

"I would think he'd like that you're willing to take risks," Robert said.

"Yeah but not the risks that could get me killed by some crazy man that's come after me before. He'd be OK with me doing the kind of crazy things he likes," she said with a smile. "He understands that I did it to help you both, now I just don't want to give him any other reasons to worry about me right now."

"He doesn't want to lose you," Anna told her.

"I know and I don't want to lose him either," Robin admitted. Her parents both smiled, they were happy for her.

"Have we gotten any closer to finding out who Rodney is?" Anna asked.

"No, it's still just a name that may or may not be the mystery guy. I'm starting to wonder if it was just some random name Putnam picked, for all we know it could have been his favorite orderly at Ravinview." Robert said, he knew it could be a lead but was starting to doubt it. "I think Putnam stopped taking his meds as soon as he was loose so it's a good thing we found him when we did. He could have snapped at any time, then it might have been more than just us that were in danger."

"I'm glad he didn't recognize you Robin, who knows what he would have done." Anna gave Robin a little hug, she couldn't lose either one of them.

...

There was a knock at the door, de Salva sent Jim to answer it. "Where's the boss?" Pauly asked.

"He's inside, why what's wrong?" Jim asked.

"I just overheard something that he will be interested in."

"Alright follow me." Jim lead him into the next room.

"Sorry for the interruption. I was just over at that little diner by the docks and the Scorpios were there. They were talking about Putnam, did you know that without his meds he is extremely dangerous?" Pauly asked.

"Yes, that's why he was perfect for what I wanted."

"Well, I overheard them talking and apparently he gave them Rodney's name but nothing else with it just his first name. They said something about a mystery man and whether Rodney is the same person they are looking for," Pauly explained.

"But they didn't know anything else?" de Salva wondered.

"No, I think they were doubting if Grant had even given them a real name."

"That's good if they find out who Rodney is he will have to be dealt with. They may have seen him again since we've been here and if they get to talk to him I'm not sure he won't talk. He's weak and scares easily."

"I understand, I'll take care of it if he becomes a problem." Pauly smiled, he had never liked Rodney and would get some pleasure from wiping him out.

...

Anna walked into their office to find Robert sitting at his desk, he was on the phone so she waited for him to hang up. "What are you working on now?"

He looked up and smiled, "Hi, I was just talking to Sean, he's been working the Ravinview angle hoping to find something to lead us to who got Putnam out. He's having no luck with that either," Robert told her then stretched in his chair.

"No more shop talk today," Anna walked over and sat on his desk. "I'm tired of thinking about this." Robert started rubbing her leg, "You don't think this is Faison do you?"

"I thought you didn't want to talk about it anymore today?" Robert said with a smile, Anna gave him a look that said just tell me. "No, I don't think it is. This isn't his style at all. He would have made sure you knew he was back here. Besides he would never have used Putnam, he wouldn't have risked your safety. Once he had you Faison would have come to see you and brag about having taken you away from me again."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." They both knew that was what Faison would have done.

"Do we have plans tonight?"

"No, we haven't had plans since this whole thing started."

"I think I owe you a night out then, where do you want to go?"

"How about you take me to a romantic little getaway for a week or something. I think we could both use the break."

Robert stood up, "I was thinking more of an evening out, once this is all over with I will take you away. I can think of a few places in France I would like to visit again," he smiled. "It's time for another honeymoon, once we were playing a role, once it was the real thing, this time it can be symbolic of our commitment to each other."

"That sounds amazing, we should go to San Remo while we're there. Find that fountain and say our own vows to each other."

"If that's what you want," Robert stood up and kissed her.

"I want you," she kissed him back. "Why haven't we had sex in here yet?"

"I don't know but I think we should fix that."

...

The call to Jason Morgan had been made, it seemed like he was very interested in what this person could tell him about the attacks. He was going to meet the informant at 9 in one of the warehouses on the docks. Pauly was in one of de Salva's apartments, Jay's team had rigged the explosives already so when Morgan entered all Pauly had to do was press a button and no more Jason Morgan. They had set up surveillance cameras all around the warehouse so they would know when he was coming.

Pauly knew there was still lots of time before the scheduled meeting but if Morgan was anything like him, he'd be there early to scope out the area. Pauly knew Morgan was good at what he did, and he and Corinthos must know someone is coming after them by now. So if Morgan showed up early he wanted to make sure he was ready to set off the explosion. For now, he would sit and watch, it seemed there was always activity on the docks, and he was finding it entertaining watching everyone go about their day.

...

"Our reservations aren't until 8 and I thought you might like to take a walk down on the docks before dinner," Robert said offering Anna his arm.

She smiled and linked arms with him, "I forgot how much I loved walking down here, the sounds, the smells, it can all put a smile on my face."

"The harbor bells," Robert said with a smile.

"You remember me saying that? When I'm feeling nostalgic they still remind me of our first time when I hear them."

"There was a time that I tried to put it all out of my mind but I remember so much about our past. I treasure those memories." Robert stopped walking. "How many times did we meet down here when you had first come back into my life. All those memories I had tried to forget, you made me remember them, remember us. I still loved you then, and I struggled with my mixed feelings for you."

"I wanted you back, I had come here with that as my goal, but you were married and happy. I couldn't break up your marriage as much as I hated the fact you'd moved on with Holly, I wanted you to be happy."

"I know what you felt seeing me with Holly, I felt the same seeing you with Lavery for all those years."

"That's all in the past." Anna kissed him then they started walking again.

Anna phone rang as they walked, it was Robin so she stopped to answer it, while they talked Robert just watched people pass by. One person caught his attention but Anna was talking and hadn't seen him. Robert got her attention then mouthed Rodney, she nodded then he went after him. He wasn't going to let him get away this time. Robert tailed him at a safe distance to see where he was heading. It seemed like he was heading towards some warehouses, this might be the right area to confront him. He picked up his pace to close the distance between them. Robert saw him stop to answer his phone and ducked out of sight. Rodney had a brief conversation and when he got off the phone he walked toward a warehouse looked around then went inside.

When Anna was done her call she went in the direction Robert had headed off in. He had seen their mystery man and she knew he wouldn't let him get away again. So she moved quickly trying to catch up with them. As she rounded a corner she saw them, Rodney was just going into a warehouse and Robert was moving toward the door.

Suddenly there was a loud blast she saw the doors burst open and Robert was sent flying through the air and crashed into some crates. "NO!" She ran to him, phone in her hand she was already dialing 911. "There's been an explosion on the docks, at least two men were close to it when it happened," Anna told them what dock they were on then went to Robert. He was laying on his back and there was blood on his face and some socking into his shirt. His eyes were closed, Anna knew he was unconscious. "Robert, can you hear me? I'm right here, don't you dare leave me. Come on baby open your eyes, I'm right here. Robert, please open your eyes." When the ambulance arrived Anna finally looked around. There was a fire inside the warehouse, "I called this in, the other man had gone inside I don't know if he could have survived that blast. I saw Robert get thrown against these crates when it happened."

"You know this man?"

"Yes, he's my husband. I'm coming with you to General Hospital. Dr. Patrick Drake should be notified that Robert Scorpio is coming in with possible head trauma."

"Ma'am we'll make that decision."

"You are taking him to General Hospital and he will see Dr. Patrick Drake," Anna insisted.

The EMT that was examining Robert looked up, "She's right he has possible head trauma and if either Dr. Drake is on call they should be the one to see him."

Once they were all in the ambulance Anna got her phone out and called Robin. She told her what had happened and to make sure Patrick was there to meet them when they arrived.

"You must have some pull over at that hospital if you can make a call like that," said the EMT, he had been listening to her phone call.

"I called our daughter, she needed to know what happened to her father before we get there. She's a doctor at GH, both Dr. Drakes will be waiting for us."

Like promised Patrick and Noah were both there waiting for them, Robin was there as well. "Mom, how did this happened?"

"He saw Rodney and started following him while you and I were talking. When I saw them Rodney had just entered a warehouse, and when Robert got close the place exploded. The blast threw the warehouse doors open and Robert got thrown into some crates. Another fucking explosion."

Robin was not used to hearing her mom talk like that. "He's in good hand mom Patrick and Noah are the best."

"I can't lose him, Robin, I can't." Anna had been so strong tell this point, but now she was starting to unravel. Robin led Anna inside, while Robert was taking in to be examined. Once she was inside Anna started pacing in the waiting area, she couldn't believe this was happening again.

Mac arrived a short time later, and he found Anna arguing with an intern. "What's going on here?" Mac asked.

"This little asshole thinks I shouldn't be allowed in to see Robert."

Mac looked at the intern who was holding a clipboard, "You might want to check those forms again, they might be from 1991 but you'll find Anna is listed as his wife. She will be going in to see him as soon as she can."

"That's the problem the paperwork is out of date."

He put his hands on Anna's shoulders hoping it would comfort her, but she walked away from him. She was too upset to stand still. "Get Dr. Alan Quartedmain down here he'll straighten this out," Mac told the intern.

Anna was pacing again, Mac had seen Robin do this enough he knew to leave her alone right now, as long as she was moving she wasn't yelling, so he left her alone. Robin came back and stepped in the path of her mother. "Dad will be in observation soon, he's still unconscious and Patrick wants to monitor him for the time being. They aren't sure of the extent of his injuries."

"OK, tell this little shit I will be going in to see him. He's my husband and I will be at his side."

Robin looked over at her uncle, then at the intern. "Why are you telling my mother she can't go in to see my father?"

"The paperwork is out of date."

"The three of us are his next of kin," Robin insisted.

"That might be true but this is out of date."

"Yeah that happens when you're believed to have died in a boat explosion 15 years ago," Robin snapped at him. "We are his family." Now both Anna and Robin were staring at the intern, neither one was going to back down.

"Yes they are," came from behind them. "Anna Devane Scorpio will be the first one allowed in," Alan said. "Robin as a doctor on staff you can go in as well, sorry Mac."

"No that's fine, Anna should be with him, he'd want to see them first anyway."

The intern looked at the file again. "Anna Scorpio, Robin Scorpio and Malcolm Scorpio."

"That's us and if you try to stop Anna from seeing him I won't stop her from hurting you," Mac told him.

The intern smiled thinking he was kidding, "Fine if the chief of staff says the paperwork is right that's good enough for me."

Anna looked up at Alan, "Thank you, when can I go in?"

"You'll have to wait till Dr. Drake says you can."

"I need to be with him Alan, I need to see him." He could hear the desperation in her voice.

"I know Anna you'll be allowed in soon." Then Anna started pacing again.

Robin had calmed down again as well, "At least she's stopped swearing, I don't think I've ever heard mom swear before," Robin told Mac.

"I did once, but she had me pinned on the ground at the time," Mac gave her a little smile. "You have her temper." Robin smiled, that made her proud.

Noah and Patrick came into the waiting area, "Anna you can go see him in a minute but I want to talk to you first," Noah said.

She had stopped as soon as she had seen them. "Is he going to be OK?"

"Right now we have to wait and see what happens. Did you see what happened?" Noah asked.

"Robert was following a man we wanted to question. The man walked into a warehouse, when Robert got close there was an explosion. The blast threw Robert into some crates then he fell to the ground. He was unconscious on his back when I got to him. I didn't move him I just sat with him."

"OK that helps, we aren't seeing any major trauma, but he is still unconscious. Hopefully, he wakes up soon, and all he has is a concussion. If he doesn't wake up within the next 24 hours we'll have to run some more test. There could be other damage that our first tests didn't detect," Noah told her.

"So can I go in now?"

"Yes of course," Patrick assured her then led her to Robert's room.

When she entered the room Robert was laying in bed attached to monitors, there were a few bandages on his head. "What kind of injuries does he have?"

"There are some cuts on his head that bleed a lot just because of where they were. He has a two bruised ribs but he was lucky, there aren't any internal injuries. Other than that there's a few minor cuts and bruises. If he doesn't wake up after 24 hours we have to worry about head injuries that didn't show up in the first scans. For now, we just have to wait, give him time to wake up on his own." While Patrick talked Anna had wrapped her arms around herself, she was trying not to cry. Robin waited in the hall for Patrick to come out. "Aren't you going in?"

"Not yet, mom needs to be alone with him right now. She is trying very hard not to break down in front of anyone," Robin looked at Mac. "You understand right?"

Mac wasn't sure what she meant. "Not totally, what's going on."

"What happened at the end of their relationships the first two times?"

"Explosions."

"Explosions that they witnessed. How many times do you think mom has replayed that scene on the tanker in her head since this happened?" Robin asked.

"Yeah, she needs time alone with him."

"Not only that she almost lost him when his office was bombed. This is just a lot for her to deal with right now."

Mac nodded in agreement "You'll stay here right?" Mac asked, "I have to make some phone calls."

"Yeah I'm not going anywhere," Robin told him, Mac gave her a hug then walked away. Robin went to the window and watched her parents.

Anna was now sitting in a chair beside him holding his hand. "You can't do this to me Scorpio. You can't leave me here alone." Anna wiped away her tears. She looked up at the monitors, she hated not knowing what any of them were telling the doctors. "You didn't come back to me just to leave me again six months later, that's not fair Scorpio." Anna finally let herself really cry, she had been so scared when she saw him get thrown against those crates. When she was all cried out she started talking to him again. "I'm not ready for you to leave me Scorpio. I love you, Robert, I'm not done with you. You just promised to take me away and I'm going to hold you to that, San Remo is waiting for us." She wiped away another tear that had fallen. She sat holding his hand willing him to wake up, to open his eyes. After about half an hour her fear started to get the better of her. "You can't do this you bastard. I need you, I have only ever needed you, and now you're going to pull this shit. Robert, wake up, look at me."

Robin could tell it was time to join her mom. She entered the room, walked up behind her and wrapped her arms around her. "He's not going to leave you, this isn't the end of Robert Scorpio."

"Oh sweety, where have you been?" Anna asked, glad she'd had some time alone with him before Robin came in.

"I was just outside watching you both, I knew you needed to be alone with him. Are you OK?" Robin asked still holding her.

"No. Not until I see those beautiful blues eyes looking back at me."

"Just give him time, he'll wake up. He loves you too much to let this take him away."

"So if he doesn't wake up in the next 24 hours what happens next?" Anna asked.

"They will run some more tests. If that happens there could be a brain injury that the first tests didn't pick up. Don't worry about that yet Mom, Patrick and Noah are going to do everything they can to make sure dad comes through this just fine. It's early yet though, just give dad time."

...

"Why did you set off that explosion? Morgan was nowhere near the warehouse." de Salva was yelling at Pauly.

"I had to, while I was watching the area around the warehouse I saw Scorpio tailing Rodney, that idiot didn't even notice. I couldn't let him get picked up. I called him and told him to go into the warehouse, I was hoping to take Scorpio out at the same time. Devane must have called the ambulance because they came very quickly," Pauly explained.

"So you killed Rodney and tried to kill Scorpio. What about Morgan, now he'll think it was a setup?"

"He might not, there was a body pulled out of that warehouse. He might think that the informant was taken out before he had a chance to talk."

"That's true," de Salva said. "This could work in our favor after all. They'll think whoever is coming after them, already has a network here that is working against them. We won't be able to lure Morgan to another meeting so we'll have to come up with another way to take him out."

...

Sonny knocked on Jason's penthouse door, then walked in, Jason had been waiting for him.

"What happened out there tonight?" Sonny asked.

"The warehouse I was told to meet Simon at was a trap, there was an explosion inside of it. I was in the area just watching what was going on. Then a man I assume could have been Simon went inside, it might have been someone else. I'm not sure if we'll know for sure who he was because he's dead. The odd thing was that Robert Scorpio was following him."

"Really, are you sure?"

"Yeah, if Scorpio had gotten there a little sooner he might have been killed as well. He was taken to the hospital. I haven't heard anything about him since," Jason told him.

"So why would Scorpio be following someone that had information on what happened to my businesses? What the hell is going on here?" Sonny didn't like any of this. "We'll have to talk to Scorpio."

"He's not going to tell you anything."

"He might, he knows I did him a favor by getting rid of Alcazar. You're sure he was following the guy that went into the warehouse?" Sonny asked.

"Yeah, he's good too. That guy had no idea Scorpio was behind him, when he stopped to answer his phone I even lost sight of Scorpio until the guy started moving again."

"So why was he following him? Scorpio and Devane aren't helping with this investigation are they?"

"No they were working on Devane's abduction, but I heard they got the guy behind that."

"You said you don't know how Scorpio is doing. I might have to go visit Robin, she should at least tell me how her father is," Sonny suggested.

"Yeah OK, I'd like to know what he was doing too."

Sonny turned and left the penthouse, he'd go and find Robin. If her father was still at the hospital he was sure that was where she'd be.

...

Anna had not left Robert's side, she was holding his hand with her head on his chest listening to him breathe. When the door opened, Robin came back in. She wasn't sure if her mom had fallen asleep so she quietly made her way over to them. "Come on dad don't do this to her, mom needs you to wake up."

Anna lifted her head, "Yes I do."

"Oh hi mom, I didn't know if you were asleep."

"I was just listening to him breathe. I keep telling myself this isn't as bad as the other times in the past, but he's not a young man anymore either." Anna stood up and stretched. "Patrick came in a while ago and checked on him."

"Yeah he told me, he still says we just have to give him time to wake up, so far he's not worried. Uncle Mac called Uncle Sean, they're on their way here. I've updated both of your files, I didn't have to change anything on dad's but I added Alex to yours, is that OK?"

"Yeah that's good, thank you." Anna looked up and noticed Sonny out in the hallway. "What's he doing here?"

Robin turned to see who she was talking about, "Um, I don't know I'll go talk to him."

After Robin left Anna went back and sat beside Robert, "Come back to me darling, please." She took his hand and held it between hers, she sat like that for some time just watching him. It was getting late and Anna finally drifted off, her head on her crossed arms on the bed beside him. She woke to the door opening, she was on her feet in an instant, ready to attack if needed.

"It's just me Anna."

"Oh Sean," she went and hugged him, glad to see her dear friend.

"How's he doing?" he asked.

"He still hasn't woken up. What time is it?"

"It's just after six, I just got in."

"Sean I just want him to open his eyes, to wake up and give me that cocky smile. I don't know what I'll do if anything happens to him."

"He's going to pull through this just fine, Anna."

"How can you be so sure Sean?"

"All he wanted for all those years was to come home to you, you and Robin. He's not going to give it up now, he'll wake up soon."

"I hope you're right Sean." Anna turned back to face Robert.

"I just wanted to check in on him and you, let you know I'm here. I'm going to get you something to eat, do you want coffee or tea?"

"Tea please," she wasn't hungry but knew there was no point arguing with him about it. She walked over to the bed, and touched his face, "Robert I hate this, open your eyes, look at me Robert, please." Over the next few hours people would come in, talked to Anna for a little while then leave them alone again, she had even tried picking at the food Sean had brought her.

Noah came into check on Robert, "How much longer till you start to worry if he doesn't wake up?" Anna asked.

"We're not there yet," he told her.

"Noah that's an answer I'd expect from your son, who doesn't want to worry me. Please, how much longer until you have to run more test? What are you going to be looking for, things like brain bleeds, what? I've had a major head injury so please tell me what to expect."

"We have about another eight hours before we start running more tests. Anna the results we got from the test last night didn't show anything that gave us reason to worry. He took a hard blow to the head, I'm not going to lie if he doesn't wake up soon that could mean there's more wrong then we first thought. Don't start thinking about that yet, there's still time for him to wake up."

"These monitors haven't changed much all night, that's a good thing right?"

"Yes, it is, Anna." Noah put his hand on her shoulder.

"Hands off Drake." Anna spun around, Robert was smiling weakly back at her. "Hi, sweety."

"Robert," she rushed over to him, "You're awake," she kissed him. "You can't do this shit to me."

"Sorry, Luv. What the hell happened?"

"You tried to get yourself blown up again. You saw Rodney and went after him."

"I remember that. I saw him go into that warehouse."

"Yeah, then when you got close to the door an explosion went off inside. The blast threw you against some crates, knocking you out cold. It's a good thing you're a tough old bastard. Noah's going to want to do some tests on you now that you're awake."

"How long was I out?"

"Around 16 hours." Anna wiped away her tears.

"I'm OK Luv."

"I saw the blast, I saw you get thrown into those crates, Robert. All of the sudden I was back in time seeing you get blown off that tanker."

Robert sat up and Anna sat beside him, taking each other in their arms. "Anna I'm OK, I not going anywhere."

"You better not I can't lose you again."

Noah gave them a few minutes before speaking, "Anna I would like to check Robert over now, can you give us a little time here? If Patrick's out in the hallway you can send him in, thanks." Anna kissed Robert again then got up and left the room.

Robin saw her wandering in the hallway first, "Mom what's going on?"

Anna looked up, there were four people now walking towards her, "He's awake. Patrick, Noah wants you to go inside."

"How is he?" Mac asked.

"He seems alright, they're examining him now." They had other questions and Anna answered them although she didn't seem to really be aware of the people around her.

Sean walked over to her, "Hey Anna." He grabbed her by the arms and she looked up at him. "He's going to be fine. This isn't like before you're here with him, no one is walking away. You aren't going to be separated by this, he's going to be fine you understand me." Anna just stared at him. "Robert told me about your dream, this explosion isn't the end of anything, no one is leaving, you two are going to be just fine."

"I need him, Sean."

"I know you do. He's not going anywhere, you said it yourself, he seems fine right. He loves you, nothing has changed, this wasn't the WSB or Faison messing with your lives. Anna everything is going to be OK."

"I know, I know. Sean I'm still trying to tell myself he's OK that I haven't lost him again. I'll be fine once I'm back in there and they tell me he is alright. I need to hear that first."

"OK let's go over there, as soon as they're done I'm sure they'll let you go back in his room," Sean told her then he led her back towards Robert's room. Robin and Mac stayed just a little behind them, Sean Anna and Robert had been through so much together, right now Sean could get through to her better then they could.

Anna and Sean were waiting together when Noah and Patrick came out. "Well, he's going to have a hell of a headache for a few days. He has a couple bruised ribs, but other then that he seems to be fine, there is sure to be stiffness and he's going to be sore, but he seems to be OK," Noah told them.

"What about a concussion?" Anna asked.

"He must have a hard head because he isn't showing any of the signs of having a concussion," he told her.

"Can we go in now, can Sean come with me?"

"Yes, of course, Anna you can all go in for a little while," Patrick told them.

"Thank you, Patrick, Noah. I'm glad you were here for him." Anna gave them both a hug, then she and Sean entered Robert's room. Sean had his hands on her shoulders, while Anna had her arms crossed in front of herself.

"Hey old buddy, it's not nice to scare this amazing woman like that. How are you feeling?"

"I feel like I got slammed into a wall and my head is pounding but other than that I'm good. Anna, come here." He moved over to make room for her beside him on the bed. "Don't worry the bruised ribs are on the other side." Anna climbed onto the bed beside him, and he put his arm around her. "I'm going to be just fine Anna." Then he turned his head and whispered in her ear, "I love you, Anna. I'm not done with you either." Anna smiled he had heard what she had been saying to him.

Sean went to the door and told the others they could come in. Robin smiled when she saw her parents snuggled up together. "That's how I like to see you two, dad you gave us all quite a scare."

"Sorry about that, but as you can see I'm going to be just fine. How long are they going to keep me here Robin? If I have to spend another night here I want to make sure Anna can stay with me."

"I'll talk to Patrick, I'm sure it won't be a problem for mom to stay with you again tonight. The chief of staff kind of likes the two of you."

"Alan may have told a little white lie last night, saying we are still married," Anna told him. "Robin has updated our files to reflect that now as well, apparently they were a little out of date."

"The last time I updated it was shortly after we got married."

"Yeah, that whole being dead for almost 15 years was the problem," Anna told him with a smile.

"Oh right that little thing."

"Robby I'm glad you are going to be fine, but I now have yet another explosion to investigate now. So I will check in on you later," then Mac left.

"Sean, you are staying at our place again? If for some reason Anna can't stay I need to know you there with her," Robert told her.

"Of course, I take it our room is waiting for us then. Tiffany and Ann will be here soon."

"I finally get to meet her," Robert smiled.

"She figured she better come out this time, she wants to meet you as well," Sean told him. "Speaking of which their plane should be here in just under an hour, I should probably go pick them up. We'll get settled in then come back here to check on you."

Once Robin was alone with her parents she pulled a chair over to the bed so they could talk. "Sonny was here last night, he wanted to see how you were. He also wanted to know why you were following that guy. He told me Jason was scheduled to meet a guy calling himself Simon in that very warehouse at 9 last night, that would have been an hour and a half after the explosion."

"How does he know I was following him?" Robert asked.

"Jason was watching the warehouse and surrounding area, to see if the meeting was a setup."

"What if that explosion was meant for Jason?" Anna speculated. "He might not have been the only one watching the area. What if you were noticed following our mystery man and his boss didn't want to risk him talking? They could have set him up and tried to take you both out."

"He did get a phone call right before going in there. That's one more thing pointing to the fact the same person going after Corinthos is the one that sent Putnam after us. He did seem to know about that second explosion," Robert added.

"Why? What do you two have in common with Sonny?" Robin asked.

"Nothing, but it looks like we could share a common enemy," Anna said. "How's your head hon?"

"Noah gave me something for the pain but now I'm starting to feel tired."

"We should let you get some sleep." Anna started to get up off the bed.

"No, you're not going anywhere. I know you didn't sleep much last night."

"He's right mom, stay here. I'll come back in a while," Robin told them then left them alone.

"How are you doing Luv?"

"I'm better now that you're awake. I was so scared I'd lose you."

"I'm not going anywhere, I just got banged up a little."

Anna started to tear up again, "Banged up, yeah."

"Anna I'm OK, no more tears OK." She wiped her eyes and looked at him. "Remember when you got shot on the dock, I found you and rolled you over, you had that scratch on your face?" She nodded, "All of the sudden we were in Paris, your face covered in blood, I know what you felt seeing this happen to me." Anna realized he did, "You were fine then, and I'm fine now."

"You're right, it just really scared me." Anna snuggled back in beside him, "You need to get some rest now and you're right I didn't sleep much at all last night."

"I'll rest but if you wake up before me don't leave," Robert asked. "I want you here with me."

"I'm not going anywhere," she kissed him, then they both closed their eyes and fell asleep.

...

"I'm glad they've found their way back to each other, I remember how happy they were when they got married," Monica said as she joined Robin outside her dad's room. "It seems like they have found that happiness again."

Robin smiled at her, "They have, the first day I spent with them after they got back together felt just like it did before I lost them."

Monica put her arm around her shoulder, "They deserve a chance to be together."

"Yeah, they just need to figure out who's coming after them and stop them."

"I thought something must be going on, first your mom's abduction, now this." Monica had been worried about her old friends since the kidnapping.

"It's like someone knows their biggest fear is losing each other again and is using that against them. Patrick said dad has to stay one more night for observations, and he wants mom to stay here with him. I told them that wouldn't be a problem," Robin looked at her hoping she was right.

"That's fine, Alan told me about the little scene last night," she smiled. "Do you think they're going to get married again?"

"They say they aren't. They don't want to tempt fate, they consider themselves husband and wife already anyway," Robin explained. Monica just smiled, she was happy for them either way.

Noah comes over to them, "Is he still sleeping?"

"I was just going to check on them, they were both asleep the last time I was in there," Robin told him.

"He's a tough guy, other people would have had much worse injuries then what he sustained. I just want to make sure we haven't overlooked anything," Noah told them. "Anna isn't going to leave his side is she."

"No, she'll stay with him as long as you'll let her. I remember thinking I'd have to have her removed just to examine him, but she would leave, she wouldn't go far though," Monica told him.

"When was this?" Noah asked.

"Back in '91, it was the third attempt on dad's life in a matter of weeks. Someone bombed his office at police headquarters, that was just after they got back together," Robin said then wrapped her arms around herself. "How sad is it that we all have this feeling that good things can't last? Their life experiences have shown me that when you're happy it can't last, especially when it comes to love." Robin wiped away a tear. "I was going to spend the rest of my life with Stone, instead he died in my arms."

"Robin, you don't really feel like that do you?" Noah asked, wondering if she's as afraid of love as Patrick is?

"Sometimes," she admitted. "I try to shake it off when it hits me. Besides dad told mom and I this time we get to be happy. For all those years he believed he'd lost us forever, he was wrong. If they believe it, I know I can." She turned and looked at them. "The reason mom isn't willing to leave his side and dad wants her to stay with him is they just need to know the other one is safe and they haven't lost them again, plain and simple."

...

Jonathan looked up when he heard someone knock on his office door, he was sitting with Jim going over some paperwork. "Scorpio is awake, I don't know about any of his injuries but he woke up about an hour ago," Pauly told de Salva.

"Do you know if they've identified Rodney?"

"No, they haven't. It was easier to get information about that then it was about Scorpio. He has a lot of friends at that hospital."

"You'll have to do better, I need to know if he's going to be let out anytime soon."

"Do you think he'll be in any shape to cause us problems right away?" Jim wondered. "Besides there's no way he could have found out anything about you yet."

"No I don't think he has either but I just don't want him looking too hard into what happened or to find out it was meant for Morgan. The last thing we need is for them to find out that we are behind everything happening to both them and Corinthos," de Salve explained.

...

Anna was sitting in the chair talking to Robert who was sitting up in bed when there was a knock at the door. "Hey, are you ready for visitors?" Sean asked as he opened the door.

"Of course I am. I'm not even sure why I have to stay another night," Robert told him with a smile.

"They want to make sure they haven't missed anything," Anna reminded him.

"Is it just you, where's Tiffany and Ann?" Robert asked.

"Am I not enough for you?" he teased. "They're on their way up here, apparently we should have brought Ann here before, everyone is excited to meet her," Sean told them proudly.

"Well before they get up here we should fill you in on a few things. Someone is making a move against Corinthos, I'm sure you've heard that." Sean nodded. "We're starting to think the same person that wants to take out Sonny is the one that seems to be coming after us."

"What, why?" Sean asked. Robert explains about Putnam's reaction to the explosion and that they now believe the latest explosion may have been meant to take out Jason.

Then Anna added, "So we need to meet with Corinthos or Jason, maybe both."

"Yeah, tomorrow hopefully, I'm going to ask Robin to talk to Sonny and see if he's willing to meet with the three of us," Robert explained. "I assume you're here until this is over now."

"You know I am."

"We should make sure no one sees us talking to them," Anna suggested. "Whoever this is has a lot of power, and most likely has eyes all over Port Charles."

"She got a good point, Robert," Sean agreed.

"The cottage, no one would be looking for Corinthos out there." Anna and Sean agreed that would be the ideal place for the meeting. Robert wanted to leave the hospital now. He wanted to find out who was behind all of this but knows he has to wait one more night. Their talk is interrupted by another knock at the door.

Tiffany poked her had in, "I thought you'd all be in here." She smiled, then she and Ann come into the room, she turns to Ann, "You've met Anna before, and this would be Robert Scorpio."

Ann and Anna hugged then she went over to Robert, "It's nice to meet you, I've heard so many stories about you I feel like I know you already." Then she gave him a hug as well.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, I've heard a lot about you, especially since my return from the dead," he told her with a smile.

They were all talking happily when Robin and Patrick came into the room, "Wow there a little party in here," Robin said with a smile. "Ann, hi. It's so good to see you again." Robin went and gave her a big hug, then looked at Robert, "Dad you're supposed to be resting."

"I've slept enough, if I was allowed to go home we could all be visiting there."

"One more night, I'm not willing to face the wrath of these two if we've missed something, please Robert, for my safety," Patrick requested with a smile, both Sean and Robert started to laugh.

"Mom why don't you come with me we'll go get something to eat. Aunt Tiffany, Ann would you want to join us?"

"Sean you stay with him," Anna told him.

"Yes ma'am. We can talk a little more while you're gone," Sean told her. After the ladies had all left Sean looked at Patrick. "You're a smart man, the last thing you want is Anna and Robin mad at you at the same time, right Robert," he said with a smile.

"I would rather face another firing squad, it's a little safer," Robert said with a smile.

"Dad's going to be in soon to check you over once more, then after that as long as nothing happens overnight you'll be released in the morning," Patrick informed him.

"You can't get him out of here fast enough," Sean said with a laugh.

"I've been hearing stories about how difficult a patient someone can be, so the sooner he's out of here the happier everyone will be."

Robert smiled, "I can be a little disagreeable at times, I'll admit it."