Cassadine Industries. Nikolas' Office.

Lulu finished making her third copy of the clone of Spinelli's computer. She loaded it into the designated box.

"Do you need a hard copy of anything?," she asked.

"Just do a snapshot of the hard drive and print out a copy of the internet history."

"Okay."

Nikolas looked pale. That was never a good sign. He'd been listening to the recording with the green tape on it while he made copies of it.

"Nikolas?"

"Yes."

"What's wrong?"

Nikolas took out his earphones. "It's Sonny and Jason. This the tape about Claudia's murder."

"What do you mean?"

"They're planning it out. It's pretty graphic." Nikolas looked at Lulu, shaken.

"What is it?"

"They were going to take her out of the hospital while she was still weak from giving birth. Take her out to the woods." NIkolas' voice began to shake. "Put a bullet in her head. And bury her. She would have just gone missing. They were going to blame the Russians."

Lulu looked like she was going to be sick.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told you."

"No. It's okay," she said. She hoped Johnny never had to hear about this. She also felt a little shaky, thinking about all the times she'd gone to Sonny or Jason, asking them to leave Johnny alone. She looked at the pile in front of her, and then she looked at the clock. "We should hurry up and finish. I have to get to the hospital soon."

Nikolas nodded. He picked up a stack of handwritten letters and passed them to Lulu to copy.

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General Hospital. Loading dock.

Viktor parked the empty ambulance in the empty loading dock space. He got out and handed some papers to the security guards there. The guard checked the papers and nodded.

Viktor walked all the way to the front entrance parking lot and waited. From the entrance, a man in a leather jacket began to watch him. Viktor pulled the front of his cap down even further.

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Hidden Rooms Under General Hospital. Waiting Area.

The outside door slid open. Matt and Liz hurried in, wheeling in a gurney.

"Who's out there?," John called out.

"It's just me. Liz. And Matt."

Matt opened up the closet and removed two more outfits. He passed one to Liz.

She threw it back at him.

"This one's yours," she said.

Claudia cried out from the delivery room.

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Claudia's Delivery Room.

"Just one more push, Claudia. As soon as the next contraction comes, that should do it."

Johnny wiped her face again and then grabbed her hand. Liz came in, dressed in an EMT outfit, and grabbed her other hand.

"How are you doing?," Liz asked.

"You did this twice?," Claudia asked incredulously (and a little hysterically).

"You haven't gotten to the good part."

And that's when it happened.

Claudia was overcome by a contraction.

She cried out and bore down.

Dr. Waters helped the baby out.

And placed him on Claudia's chest while Liz cleaned out the baby's nose and mouth. Dr. Waters cut the umbilical cord.

"Claudia," Dr. Waters said. "The next push should be a lot easier than all of the others. You can go ahead with that whenever you're ready."

Claudia bore down again.

"A little more," Dr. Waters said. "Very good."

Claudia touched the baby's head. "Oh my God," Claudia said, starting to cry. "Here you are. Hello, little man. Hello."

The baby inched his way up Claudia's chest.

"Oh!," she said.

"That's the good part," Liz said.

John cradled the back of the baby's head as Claudia pulled the baby up to her and cradled him in her arms.

"Look, John! Look! It's your nephew."

"He's beautiful," John said, teary-eyed.

"Liz," Claudia said. "There's a camera in the labor bag. Could you...?"

"I'll go get it."

"Look at him," Claudia said. "He has my mother's eyes."

"He has your mouth," Johnny said.

"That's your mouth," she said. "He's so beautiful. Isn't he the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" She gently took the baby's hand. She bent her head forward and whispered, "I forgive you for that cervix pressing thing, but you owe me."

"Hey," Liz said. "Look up."

"Wait," Claudia said. "John, come here."

Johnny squeezed in close to Claudia and the baby.

Liz snapped three pictures. She handed the camera to Claudia.

Claudia gave it to Johnny. "Those are for you. For later."

Dr. Waters came over and pressed the baby's feet onto an ink pad. And put the footprints on a birth certificate.

"Name?," he asked.

"Jonah," she said. "J-O-N-A-H. No middle name. Just Jonah." She gently caressed the baby's cheek.

"Hey," Johnny said.

"Well, you know. It's like John. But it means 'dove.' As in peace." She looked up sharply at him. "This has nothing to do with me looking like a whale for the past few months."

"I would never think that," he said. "Thank you."

"Johnny," Liz said.

"I know," he said. He turned to Claudia. "I have to get changed."

"Okay," Claudia said.

"I'll be right back."

"We should get the baby ready, too," Liz said. "Okay?"

"Wait, I --" Claudia kissed the top of the baby's head, and then wiped away some tears. "Okay."

"Matt!"

"Right here," Matt said. He was now dressed in a security guard's outfit. He rolled up his sleeves and grabbed a baby blanket. He took the baby.

"Claudia?," Liz said. "I'm going to help you shower a little and then we'll get you changed. Nikolas had a seat put in the shower, so hopefully we'll be okay. How are you feeling? Can you do this?"

Claudia struggled to get up. Liz helped her out of the bed. Claudia's legs gave out. Dr. Waters hurried to Claudia's other side and they lifted her up and brought her into the bathroom.

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Diane Miller's Office.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Corinthos. That checks out with what our agent told us. We'll be looking for the men that did this to him."

"I hope you find them," Sonny said.

The two agents left Diane's office.

Diane rested her chin on her hand. "My, my, my. You have been a very busy boy, Mr. Corinthos. Any idea why the agent didn't give you up?"

"He's my son."

"Another one?"

"Diane. Call Mac Scorpio."

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Claudia's Waiting Room.

Johnny was dressed in a maintenance worker's outfit. Dr. Waters handed him the birth certificate. "That's for Mr. Cassadine."

Johnny nodded.

Matt finished lining a file box with a pillow and a baby blanket. "Claudia?," he said.

She came out of the bathroom, assisted by Liz, dressed in a clean robe.

She looked at Johnny, and fresh tears started running.

"Don't start," Johnny said.

She shook her head.

"You've been trying to get me out of here for months," Johnny said. "It's finally happening. I'm doing something you told me to do, without a fuss. You should be happy."

She threw her arms around him. He held her up. He kissed her cheek.

He pulled back and helped her to the couch, where they both sat down.

"Listen to me," he said.

"Uh-huh," she said, wiping at her face.

"We were kept apart before," he said. "And you fought your way back to me. No matter what, I'm going to find my way back to you."

"It's too dangerous."

"It won't always be. No one can make us stay apart."

Dr. Waters brought Jonah out from the bathroom, all cleaned up and dressed.

"Look. You made a person," Johnny said.

"I know," Claudia said. She stood up on her own. "You should hurry."

Johnny got up and dumped his luggage into the rolling garbage container and closed the lid. He turned back one last time.

"I love you."

"I love you, too," she said.

Johnny left, rolling the container in front of him.

Matt was quiet for several minutes. He looked at his watch. "Claudia?"

"I know." Claudia wiped away her tears and steeled herself.

Dr. Waters handed Claudia the baby. She kissed Jonah and then placed him in the file box. She tucked the blanket around him. She nodded at Matt. Matt put the cover on.

And Matt left with the baby.