"Nikolas…" Lulu ran into her brother's arms in tears. "Is he okay? Where's dad?"
"Luke is in with the doctors right now." Nikolas replied.
"What happened?" She questioned. "And where is everyone? Where's Sam?"
"We haven't been able to get a hold of Sam. Tracy and Ethan are in the waiting room, and Liz is on her way here. I didn't want to tell Bobbie yet, not until we know how bad it is."
With that Luke came out to give the update.
"Dad?" Lulu looked to him with her distressed expression.
"He's going to be okay. The doctor thinks he'll be waking up in any moment." Luke insisted.
"How much damage?" Nikolas asked him.
"A concussion; a couple broken ribs, but considering what could have happened he made it out quite well. I wanted the two of you to be there when he wakes up."
Nikolas nodded and held on to his sister as Luke pointed out the room. Lulu thought she was going to pass out as she saw him with needles hooked to him and the fresh bruises forming under his eyes and forehead. Nik pulled out a seat for her and she sat next to him holding his hand.
"Lucky; the doctor's are betting on you waking up pretty quick." She told him. "You have to be okay. Not to sound all selfish, but I can't… and Bobbie, Lucas, they can't handle anything happening to you."
Lucky made some kind of grumble noise as he repositioned his head. "What happened?" He asked groggily.
"Oh, thank God." Lulu cried.
"You were driving when a semi pulled out. Do you remember any of that?" Nikolas questioned.
"Sam; where's Sam? I need to see her." He sat up in agitation.
"Whoa big boy. Lay down." Lulu cautioned after seeing the grimace of pain.
"We're trying to get a hold of her; her cell phone must have been turned off." Nik explained.
"No; she was with me." Lucky replied. "I had my siren on. We were on the way to the hospital. There was some iced tea, it must have been spiked. Sh.. she passed out. Where is she?!" He screamed.
"There was nobody in the car with you." Nikolas replied calmly.
"Helena… she must have set this whole thing up. I have to find her."
"You're not going anywhere." Dr. Patrick Drake said from the doorway. "I want to keep you here at least two days for observation. That's a decent sized bump you got there."
"I can't be here right now." Lucky argued. "Helena has made her move and I have no idea…"
"Wait. Didn't you say something about Sam being hooked up to a tracker? I can call Spinelli right now to find out where she is." Lulu offered.
"Go." Nikolas insisted. He had an ominous feeling that Lucky was right. She ran from the room to take her cell phone out.
"Okay, now what about this iced tea?" Nikolas questioned.
"It just showed up. She thought I had made it, or it was left over from the reception. I was checking it out when she fainted. I didn't 9-1-1 because I was sure that I could get here faster, but then that semi came and I couldn't stop."
"Patrick, is there anyway we can have Robin check out the contents of the tea?"
"Yeah; I'll call Mac about initiating an investigation. If it's believed to be poison they'll want to know."
**********
"How's Lucky doing?" Liz asked once Lulu entered the waiting room following her phone call. Matt came up to hold her.
"He's okay, but it sounds like Sam has been drugged and taken." Lulu replied. "Lucky was on his way to the hospital when the accident happened; I doubt that it was an accident though. He's certain Helena is behind it."
"And the Queen of the Damned strikes again." Luke shook his head.
"Who is going to tell Alexis?" Ethan posed. "She's staying with Jax and the kids, right?"
"Yeah; as if they weren't dealing with enough." Zander responded; he was there to provide support for Liz.
"She has to know." Liz said holding on to Zander's hand.
"Zander; you and Natasha used to be pretty close, right?" Luke questioned.
He nodded. "I can go over there. It's probably best if she hears it in person."
"Be safe." Liz warned him as he stood up.
"Don't leave this floor until I come back." He whispered to her giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"He's right." Luke instructed overhearing the comment. "We're implementing the buddy system effect immediately. Nobody leaves this room unaccompanied, and only to go down the hall to see Lucky provided he's up for visitation. Dr. Hunter, is there anyway to post security outside my son's room?"
"Absolutely; I'm on it." He replied before giving Lulu a kiss on the top of her head.
"What do you think she wants with Sam?" Tracy questioned finally speaking up among the commotion.
"I don't know, and until we find out nobody else is safe."
Noticing his sister's increase in agitation Ethan moved to be closer to her.
"I can't do this; I feel like I'm suffocating." She admitted.
"Nobody likes this, but we need to keep everybody safe." He held her hand.
"That sentiment alone is a piece of crap." Lulu replied angrily. "Let's give up the darn illusion, nobody is safe! We try to respect the rules of nature and protect our own, but those crazies out there, they don't care! In the food chain they win, because there's nothing sacred, nothing to lose!"
"You're wrong." Tracy replied. "We're stronger because we have something to fight for. Don't forget that."
***********
"Zander, come in. What can I help you with?" Jax invited him.
"Is Alexis around?" He questioned.
"She'll be right down. She and Kristina were helping put Morgan to bed."
He nodded in reply. "How is he doing?"
"Today went pretty well; we'll see what tomorrow brings."
"Hi Zan-man." Michael saw him from the steps. "Are you here to plan another ski-trip, because I may just take you up on that?"
"Maybe we can plan a weekend soon to go to Catamount, but I actually came…"
"Hi Zander." Alexis greeted him next.
"Alexis, we need to talk."
"Well that never sounds good. Jax, Britni is crying for you." Jax ran upstairs to take care of it while Michael went back to his room. "What's going on?"
"Maybe you should sit down." He offered a spot on the couch.
"I'm sitting." She replied.
"There's reason to believe that Helena made her move tonight and Sam was targeted." Zander explained further about the tea and the semi pulling out in front of Lucky's car.
"Why am I just hearing about this?" Alexis asked calmly.
"Until Lucky woke up we didn't know Sam was even in the car. Lulu called Spinelli to pull up some kind of tracking record on her. Hopefully we'll find her sooner than later."
"My baby…" Alexis started to cry.
"Alexis, I don't think she'd take her if she was planning on killing her. At least not yet; there's more to it than that."
"Mom, what's wrong?" Kristina asked.
Alexis shook her head attempting to calm herself down.
"Did something happen? Is Molly okay? What about Sam?"
"We think Helena has Sam." Zander replied.
"What? No! I was just with her. She was going to go home and stay with Lucky. She wasn't even going to leave the house; Lucky was bringing home dinner."
"There was an accident, Kristina." Alexis attempted to explain.
"No." Kristina refused to believe anything they were about to say as she ran towards the guestroom. She pulled out her cell and dialed as soon as he picked up she started crying. "Damon, this is Kristina. You have to tell me everything you know about your uncle. My sister's life might depend on it."
"Whoa, hold up, what? Kristina."
"I'm the girl you met outside school today." She sniffled.
"I know that much. What's wrong? I'll help in any way I can." He offered. "But first you have to let me know what is going on."
"I lied to you; I knew who you were. My sister is a private investigator; she asked me to get information about your uncle. We think our great step-grandmother was the one that killed him, now she's coming after us, and I think he's the clue to why."
"You set me up to get information from me? I thought you liked me, Kristina. The phone number, was that just for the follow-up interview?"
"No. I did like you! I was debating calling the number after you gave it to me in fear of dragging you deeper into this, but I'm serious, Helena Cassadine is evil and I don't know how long she's planning on keeping my sister alive."
"Helena Cassadine? That's your grandmother or however you put it?"
"Yeah."
"Aunt Lisa was right; she did do it. I honestly don't know much, just he was searching for a woman; a Davidovitch."
Kristina was stunned as she looked up at her mother standing in the doorway. "Damon, can I call you back?" She questioned wearily.
"Sure; I hope everything goes okay with your sister." He replied before hanging up.
"Who was that?" Alexis questioned.
"What do you know about a Lars Christian?" Kristina asked shaking.
"Wh… where did you get that name?"
***********
"Spinelli, Maxie, thank God you guys are here." Lulu hugged them.
"How's Lucky doing?" Maxie asked in concern.
"He's alright. Liz is sitting with him now. What did you find out?" Lulu asked Spinelli directly.
"The Jackal wasn't sure to whom he approach about this distressing discovery." Spinelli replied morose.
"Just say it." Ethan replied as Matt held on to Lulu.
"The feed suggests a location; however, the Jackal is regretful to report no cardiac activity has been picked up for the past half-hour…"
"What location?" Luke asked him.
"It looks as though the location is the exact placement of the recorded accident." Spinelli pointed out.
"And we know that Sam wasn't in the car." Tracy replied.
"Which has to mean that the tracking devise was removed, but how? How would Helena even know about it?" Lulu questioned to which Spinelli's head dropped.
"Spinelli, what did you do!" Luke yelled at him.
"Don't yell; you don't know that he did anything." Maxie defended him. "Just tell them."
"While stationed in the café in Greece the Jackal was approached by the Ice Princess, and before it was noticed that she was looming, the Ice Princess so brilliantly picked up on the intent of the software the Jackal was attentively surveying."
"How did she find out where the tracker was placed?" Ethan questioned.
"The Ice Princess is more intimidating than any the Jackal has confronted before and although her demeanor was polite in that instance… I…"
"You told her." Lulu shook her head.
"Um… Spinelli, why didn't you say anything before this?" Maxie asked trying not to be angry.
"The Ice Princess made it seem that the interest was in replicating the software for her own use. The Jackal had no idea that she would attempt to expunge it from the fair Samantha."
