Chapter 6

While Luke was attempting to find Laura with very little help from Valentine's clue, Lucky was trying to find out what happened with his parents. After his break down in The Catacombs, he hopped on a flight back to Ireland. He needed to space himself away from Port Charles so he could focus on finding out what happened with his parents. Lucky knew if he told anyone he had a little faith that his parents might be alive that no one would believe him. But Lucky knew better than to allow others' opinions to change his mind. His parents were Luke and Laura Fucking Spencer. They don't randomly die in a plane crash or from a brain aneurysm. He knew something else had to happen. His gut was telling him that they were alive somewhere. He just knows it.

Lucky sat outside in front of his favorite church he found in Ireland. When his mom visited him, she would always find him here, clearing his head. After his break down, he knew this would be the perfect spot in coming up with some sort of plan for finding his parents. Anna told him about Robert's supposed death, so he couldn't call him for back up. Lucky had an epiphany. If his mom and Robert were together and if his gut is correct, this plane crash never happened and Robert was alive too! He had to figure out what happened. His parents and Robert were somewhere, probably in danger, but not in enough danger that they can't handle together. He's heard all the stories about how his parents and Robert, along with a dash of Tiffany, helped save the world. The experience on Ice Princess Island bonded the four of them for life. He knew that it didn't matter where life took any of them, that the four of them will have each other's backs through anything. If his gut was correct and his parents along with Robert were alive, then they were going to be fine. But, Lucky wanted to go after them himself. He felt he needed to not only prove his love to his parents, but do something worth writing home for. Lucky realizes that he is not the most present father. His kids deserve him to a be present and loving figure in their lives. Lucky realizes that he stays away from his family because he is so afraid that he'll end up having all the bad parts of his father's personality and none of his mother's best , he'll hurt his kids and family like his father has done so many times. He has this nagging at his heart and brain telling him that once he tracks down and saves his parents and Robert, he will understand that he is not his father. He is Lucky Spencer. He has the best of both his parents in him. He now needs to act like it.

Lucky gets up from his spot on the ground and walks toward the train station. After he purchases a ticket, he calls the one person that knows more about what happened 37 years ago than he does: Elsie Mae Crumholz.

"Hello. May I ask whose callin'?", answers a woman with a southern drawl.

"Tiffany. It's Lucky", responds Lucky.

"Lucky? As in Lucky Spencer? Luke and Laura's son?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Oh my God! Sean! You won't believe who I am talking to right now! Its…."

"Tiffany! Don't say anything to Sean! This conversation needs to remain between you and me. Please."

"Okay, okay, okay. Well, Lucky what can I do for you? I haven't spoken to you since you were a little boy playing with his ant farm. And I haven't spoken to your parents in quite sometime."

"My parents are with Robert. They are all in trouble. And only you could help me find them."

"Luke, Laura, and Robert are in trouble? The last time all three of them were in a bind was decades ago. How am I supposed to be of help to them?"

"Tiffany, don't you remember? You helped them all those decades ago against Mikkos Cassadine. I need you to help me find them. Please. You are my only hope."

"Oh, honey. I didn't do much decades ago. I only retrieved medicine for Laura and sneaked them in the building to confront Mikkos. I wasn't as much of a help as you are giving me credit for."

"Tiffany, you were there. You helped them. You saved the world just as much as they did. Please. I'm on a train to London. Meet me at the train station. Bring a small bag with essentials. We're going to save my parents."

"And Robert."

"Yes. And Robert. So, will you meet me and help me on this search?"

"Well, it will be very difficult to pack a small bag with necessities because you know, darling, everything in life is a necessity."

Lucky let out a laugh. "Bring whatever you need. And Tiffany? Thank you. You truly are the best friend my parents could ever have."

"And you, Lucky Spencer, are the best son anyone could every ask for. I'll meet you at the train station. Call me when you arrive. I'll leave shortly after your call. Bye Lucky."

"Bye Tiffany."

Lucky breathed a sigh of relief. He has Tiffany by his side. He feels relieved that he won't be doing this alone. He knew Tiffany would be the only one who could help him because she didn't know about his parents supposed deaths and she knew the history of the Cassadines. No one in Port Charles really keeps in touch with Sean and Tiffany anymore. He thinks that Sean and Tiffany just wanted their privacy, away from all the craziness in Port Charles. He admires Tiffany for her devotion to his parents and Robert. Not many people who have lost touch with one another would drop everything to go save each other. Lucky hopes that his gut is right and that Tiffany was the correct person to call. He's using his parents play book. His dad's rule was expect the unexpected. The unexpected would definitely be his parents being alive. And his mother's rule was to always trust your friends. Tiffany would know what to do. Everything was going to be fine. Tiffany and he were going to find his parents and Robert and bring them home. Alive.

Luke was wandering around the island, while Robert was trying to get any information out of Valentine Cassadine. Robert realized quickly that Valentine was smart. Even though Helena wasn't his biological mother, he acts more like her than like Mikkos. Valentine is sneaky and demented, just as Laura said he was. Robert could tell from speaking so little to him that he likes playing mind games. He may have Mikkos Cassadine's blood running through him, but he is just as ruthless as Helena. "So, Cassadine, when I am going to start helping you program this stupid machine?" asked Robert.

"Not so fast Scorpio. You really didn't think everything would be so easy, did you?", questioned a smirking Valentine.

"What do you mean?"

"I know you are a smart man. You probably expected me to allow you to procrastinate and pretend that you don't remember anything from 1981 that revolves around the weather machine. Then, your good buddy, Luke, would find Laura and rescue her and you all would save the world, again. Well, I hate to break it to you, but that isn't going to happen this time around."

"How are you going to play this, Cassadine? You know I don't want to help you. What I want is to get off this damn island, save Laura, and lock you up. Or freeze you like Luke did to your father. And, why are you so confident that Luke is going to find Laura. The clue you gave him was completely unsolvable."

"Luke will find Laura or die trying. Yes, the clue was very ambiguous, but if the stories I've heard are true and if your friend really cares about his "angel", he will find her. Now, he may find her too little, too late, but he will reach her. And I don't think he will find her in less than 48 hours, so I have to make you help me program the weather machine by mind control."

"Mind control? Are you nuts, Cassadine? I mean, seriously, are you sure Helena isn't your biological mother because you are following her favorite method of control? How do you think you are going to be able to read my mind and control me? My mind has a steel lock. Only I can get in and out of it."

"Don't underestimate me, Scorpio. I am the most powerful Cassadine who has ever lived, even Helena was afraid of me."

"Yet, Laura told me how she made you stutter, twice, in fear of her. Now, Laura can be vicious, but I don't think she could put the fear of God in the 'most powerful Cassadine'. Your words, not mine."

"So, she's scared me once or twice. So, what? I "supposedly" killed her son, attempted to kidnap her grandson, kept her granddaughter away from her daughter, and finally, I almost killed her but shot her precious Dr. Kevin Collins instead. I let her have a few jabs and make her feel powerful. But I'm a Cassadine. No one gets anything past me."

"What are you going to do to me?"

"Since I'm in a good mood, I'll give you two choices. Option one is you get knocked out and let my mind control machine do its job. Option two is you remain conscious, but one inkling of you presenting a mental block and I'll knock you out and its back to option one. Your move, Scorpio."

Robert took a moment to think about which one he was going to choose. The clue Valentine gave Luke about where he placed Laura was unsolvable. As smart as Luke can be, there is no way he could find Laura in less than 48 hours with that clue. He had to pick the option that gave Luke the longest amount of time. If he picks option one, he can't control what information his mind will give. If he picks option two, he would be able to control what information he can give Valentine. But, as much as he hates admitting it, Valentine is smart. Valentine would be able to decipher whether Robert was being forth-coming or if he was holding back information. Robert knows he can fake his way through some situations, but this Cassadine could surely tell if Robert was hold back.

Valentine interrupted Robert's thoughts when he asked, "So, Scorpio, what is your decision?".

Robert responded, "Option two".

"As I expected, you chose the option that gives you some control. But forewarning, option two will be painful if you do not cooperate. Not just painful for you, but for Laura as well. So, be careful with your decisions. You could end up killing Laura before Luke even has the chance to find her."

Valentine exited the control room to prepare for Robert's mind control session leaving Robert alone in silence. Robert would never admit this out loud, but he was actually nervous. He knows deep down that Luke has it in him to figure out Valentine's clue, but he wasn't sure if Luke would have enough time. At first there was only a 48-hour time limit maximum, but now if Robert makes the wrong move, he could end up killing Laura. Robert began pacing back and forth. Laura was right. This Cassadine is demented. He loves mind games. He's playing separate mind games between Luke and himself, but the bait in both situations was Laura. Any wrong move on his part or Luke's could be detrimental to Laura.

"Man, I thought fighting Mikkos in 1981 was hard, this is worse. Valentine knows that the three of us work better together as opposed to apart. That's why he split us up! He's playing this game like a true Cassadine. He has learned from past Cassadines' mistakes. Ugh! How am I going to play this game? Come on, Scorpio! Think! What is his next move going to be? Beat him at his next move. I have no back up. It's all on me. I can do this. I can do this. Okay, so he'll probably be hooking me up to some kind of machine. If I answer a question wrong or give him wrong information, he said it will be painful. Painful? Shocks! He's going to shock Laura and myself for every bad piece of information. He's going to up the shock every time I hold something back. I know how I'll play his game. He doesn't know who he's playing with! I am Robert Xavier Scorpio for God's sake! This Cassadine has seen nothing yet", said Robert talking to himself.

Jean Claude and Valentine entered the control room. Robert noticed the handcuffs in Jean Claude's hands. Valentine smirked and said, "Scorpio, hold out your hands. Jean Claude will be handcuffing you to ensure that you do not attempt any escaping or physical altercations with Jean Claude or myself. Oh. By the way, I changed my mind. You'll be doing option one instead".

And everything went black.