Ethan drove up to the building to what appeared to be an old fortress with a stone wall and metal gate that blocked off the entrance from the street. He never expected to enjoy riding the electric scooters, but the fresh Mediterranean air felt refreshing. Ethan walked along the perimeter attempting to locate the best route in. He parked the scooter in back and noticed a patch of wall with a few stones missing making the climb in that much easier. Once jumping to ground level he looked around for an unguarded door.

"Help!" He heard called out. "Help, I'm stuck."

He located when the voice was coming from finding a woman attempting to escape through manhole from a sewage tunnel. Ethan ran over to grab her hand as she held on to safety.

"My jeans, they are stuck on the ladder." She explained.

"Can you reach?" Ethan questioned. With her free arm she attempted to free the fabric but it was just out of her grasp. She shook her head no. "Okay, give me your other arm and kick as hard as you can."

She was able to thrust her leg out as Ethan pulled her out of the hole; she landed on top of him and quickly stood up to brush herself off. "I appreciate that. So, how do we get out of here?"

"Get out? Nah uh, you're bringing me in." Ethan replied.

"No I'm not." She argued. "Do you have any idea what it took to make it this far?"

"I don't care; you somehow got around security in order to do it. There's a good chance my future sister-in-law is inside that facility and you are my best chance in helping me find her."

"Consider her good as dead and get yourself to safety." The woman instructed.

"What is that supposed to mean? Who are you and what do you know about Samantha McCall?"

"I know that it's only a matter of time before Mrs. Cassadine doesn't need her anymore, and you have to know what that means or you wouldn't be here looking to rescue her."

"What does Helena want with Sam? And what does it have to do with you, Ms….?"

"Stephens. Mischa Stephens. I was a hand maiden in the castle but Helena decided I should serve as a higher purpose, and once that's done… well, your friend there isn't the only dead man walking, which means you have to help me out of here."

"Okay, you know what, Mischa, you're right this isn't your fight. If you're not going to help me you are free to go. I'll boost you over the wall and you can run in any direction you wish."

"She'll find me." Mischa replied as she shook her head. "I need your help to keep me safe."

"You want me to drop the search to save my friend in order to help you? Why would I do that?"

"Because I have something you want."

"What could that possibly be?"

"Tell you what, bring me to your hotel, give me haven, and I will draw out a map for you with all the crooks and crannies of that building."

"I don't know." Ethan shook his head. "By what you're saying Sam may not have that time."

"For the time being she's safe, now please can we just go and I'll fill you in on everything later."

"Everything?" He questioned.

"Everything." Mischa confirmed.

XXXXXX

"Claudia, did you want some more water?" Stella offered her. Claudia shook her head as she rested against Sonny while holding onto her stomach.

"It's okay, Claudia. I'm here." Sonny attempted to comfort her.

"Is she and the baby okay?" Johnny questioned Stella.

"Yeah, just a bad case of motion sickness."

"I can't do this." Claudia replied standing up as the hit the next bump. Stella stood up with her to direct her to the restroom.

"How has she been?" Sonny asked Joey once they were out of sight.

"The ride there was about this bad, if not worse, but once we got there and settled in she seemed to be doing better. She butted heads with her father on a consistent basis, and when he told her… I thought she was going to kill him in his sleep."

"When he told her what?" Johnny asked him.

"Mateo found out that Mrs. Jacks went missing and that Anthony was a suspect. Claudia approached him about it, and he let her believe that he had killed her as some kind of payback for you and Morgan. She was so worried about what that was going to do to her kids, especially the little one."

Sonny's head dropped as he realize how the news he gave must have struck her.

"If there's any good news out of this it's that both my father and Jerry Jacks are dead. They can't hurt anyone else." Johnny replied.

"How are you handling your part in that, John?" Joey questioned.

"I did what I had to, and obviously the police agreed because they let me go."

"I appreciate all of you covering for me." Joey responded.

"Thank Claudia." Johnny replied. "It was what she wanted."

"Joey; I know this is a bit premature, but I'm not sure when else to talk about it. When you're released, and I can see what I can do to help make that happen. I have a couple open positions in the company. John has denied the position of enforcer…"

"With your handy work at the house I would have assumed…" Joey looked to Johnny.

"I'm more comfortable with the shipping and receiving."

"I don't know what to say except you get me out of there and yes; I would be honored to be your second, Mr. Corinthos." Joey extended his hand to the offer.

XXXXXX

"Just what I wanted!" Molly exclaimed as she flipped over the card. "Sorry." She looked to Jax.

"Yeah, I'm sure you are." Jax rolled his eyes as he put his peg back in home position.

"My turn." Morgan said turning over the next card on the pile. "Three." He called out and casually put his third peg in winning position. "Only one left, I'm catching up to Krissy."

"All I need is a five." Kristina replied as she prepared for her turn. "Come on… damn!"

"Kristina…" Alexis scorned.

"I'm sorry, darn." She corrected flipping over a twelve.

"Michael, your turn." Morgan called to his spaced out brother.

"Oh yeah." Michael replied and pulled an eleven which prompted him to switch his and Alexis' piece bringing him closer to his finish.

"Thanks Michael. He's doing this in his sleep and he still manages to put me in, well, second to last place." She teased Jax.

There was a knock on the door causing everyone to turn that direction. "I bet it's Cam." Morgan declared and got up to answer it. He opened the door to Luke, Bobbie, Cam, Spencer, and Jake.

"Are we interrupting something?" Bobbie asked noticing the game out.

"No; please, come in. We can put this away." Jax decreed. Britni was laying next to him on the floor matt. Just seeing the little girl made Bobbie light up. "Hey baby, I think Grandma wants to hold you."

"You don't have to disturb her." Bobbie assured him.

"She doesn't mind. She prefers being held anyway." He claimed picking her up to bring her over as the kids exchanged greetings. Molly and Cam compared notes on Disney.

"Hi Natasha." Luke greeted Alexis as they moved over to the kitchen.

"Any word yet from Ethan or Nikolas?" She asked him.

"I was going to ask you the same thing."

She shook her head. "No, not yet. How's Lucky?"

"He's home resting. Laura is over there now with Lucky and Lulu. I see Lansing Jr. is home."

"Yeah; Ric came back today. He's staying at his old penthouse working on the appeal for Mrs. Corinthos who is coming back from Spain as we speak."

"The appeal?" Luke questioned. "Tell me that Barbara Jean doesn't have to go through…"

"I'm sorry."

"Your ex is going to use what happened to Carolyn in order to negate the video testimony and police statement."

"I'm sure he will. It supports his theory the last time that Jerry very well could have been the culprit. He's sick and twisted, and now with the pregnancy the jury is going to be more sympathetic to Claudia."

"But everyone here knows…"

"That's why Ric is asking for a change of venue in order to get a fair and impartial hearing."

"That's… that's just great for Corinthos and his pack. Natasha?" Luke asked noticing her start to tear up.

"I could have plead down; Claudia would have served time and Jerry, Jerry would be behind bars those kids in there would have their mother. This case wouldn't be coming and I could focus on finding my daughter…"

"The coulda and woulda are of no use right now. We're going to find Sam, and somehow this is all going to turn out. She has become a part of my family now too, unofficially, but you know what that means."

"Leave no man behind." Alexis dried her eyes before going back to the living room. She was doing everything possible to stand strong for Jax who she knew was struggling more than he would ever show.

XXXXXX

"Excuse me, sir?" Jason attempted to get the attention of the kid selling body boards on the beach. He seemed distracted by the group of young woman helping each other apply tanning oil. "Excuse me!"

"G'day mate, how can I be of service?" He replied still gazing over.

"I was hoping you direct me to maybe a more private beach; one more equipped for water or jet skiing." Jason pried.

"The North end is best for that sort of thing, but we get the hottest Sheila's around. It appears that one is checking you out as we speak."

Jason gave a polite wave to the lady starring at him.

"Not your bowl of rice?"

"What?" He questioned the expression. "Oh, no. I'm taken. North end you say?"

The guy nodded as his attention turned back to the group of women.

"Okay." Jason said to himself before heading in that direction. Based on his mother's information he decided to start on Tasmania and see where it took him.

XXXXXX

"Where did you go?" Jerry asked Carly reacting to the pause in conversation which she appeared to completely black out and lose focus.

"Did I…? There were these flashing lights. How long..?"

"Just a couple of minutes." Jerry replied. "Stay here I'm going to get the doctor."

Jerry ran outside to flag down Seth who seemed to be enjoying the time out on the beach.

"What's going on?" Seth asked parking the jet-ski on the shore.

"What are symptoms of a seizure?" Jerry questioned.

"Am I assuming you are talking about petit mal?" Seth inquired figuring the grand mal would be more obvious. "Why don't you just tell me what she was experiencing?"

"About a three minute black out where she mentioned experiencing flashing lights." Jerry explained. "Okay, I can see that look on your face. Just tell me in your expert opinion what do you think is wrong?"

"What do I think? Initially I thought that the disruption to the memory indicated probable damage to the hippocampus which was the location of the surgery to remove her clot."
"And now?"

"With the progression of symptoms and the frequency of migraines I would guess further intracranial swelling, but like I said without the equipment to know for sure I can't give you an answer."

"What's the worse case scenario?" Jerry questioned.

"Worse case scenario is that she dies and I lose my medical license because I knew there was a problem and did nothing." Seth answered harshly.

"I found a place and have ordered the equipment that will be there and ready on Tuesday."

"Cross your fingers that she doesn't get worse before then."