| Chapter 3 Zoe, Dimitri, and Edmund were on the Marrick family jet headed towards Port Charles. They had been in the air for an hour. "What are you expecting to find in Port Charles?" Zoe asked Dimitri. "I don't know." Zoe nodded as the pilot walked over to him. "Mr. Marrick, we are having a problem with the fuel. We need to land in Llanveiw." "What sort of problem?" "We're not sure," the pilot said. He stole a sideways glance at Zoe who nodded shyly. "But we must land." "Go ahead," Dimitri answered. Zoe let out a breath she wasn't aware she was holding. "I'll call ahead and see if there are commercial flights to PC from Llanview," Zoe said. Dimitri nodded. Zoe stood and went to the back of the plane. ~~~ Sonny walked into the penthouse to find Stormy and Courtney on the sofa talking. They both looked up when he entered. "I need to talk to you," he told Stormy. "About?" Stormy asked smiling. "Your niece." Stormy spoke in Russian. "Any word?" "It's like he doesn't exist," Sonny answered, also in Russian. ~~~ The Marrick jet landed in Llanview. Zoe, Dimitri, and Edmund stepped off and were greeted by more than ten people who had their weapons trained on them. "What is the meaning of this?" Dimitri asked as a man appraoched. "Dimitri Marrick, I'm Frisco Jones with the World Security Bureau." "Mr. Jones..." "Agent Jones," Zoe corrected. "What is the meaning of detaining us here?" "The three of you are interferring in a WSB investigation," Frisco said. "How?" Dimitri asked. "Your search into the whereabouts of Alexandra Devane aka Anna Scorpio who is wanted by the WSB on charges of treason." Frisco nodded to three agents standing nearby who quickly cuffed them. Dimitri and Edmund were led to car. After the car drove away Frisco took the cuffs off of Zoe. "That was an interesting performance," she said smiling as she followed him to a car. They both got in and followed the other one. ~~~ Dimitri and Edmund were both trying to piece together in their heads what was going on. "Where are we going?" Edmund asked. "To HQ," the agent in the passenger's seat said. An uncomfortable silence followed for a few moments. "Curtis, look out," the passenger seat agent said. "What is it Grant..." Curtis began. On the narrow road an SUV was heading straight towards them. Curtis swerved, and the car went into the ditch. ~~~ When Sean and Frisco had searched the area for a house to use as headquarters, they had chosen one with only two roads to and from. Dimitri and Edmund were being taken through the back way which is a narrow, two lane, dirt road. Curtis had taken a black Lincoln which wasn't hard to spot when Frisco and Zoe drove by. They took their car up a couple hundred yards before stopping, got out and ran back to the other car. Zoe opened the passenger door. Dimitri and Edmund were consciouss but the two agents in front were not. "Jones, call HQ, have Jack bring the van..." She was interrupted mid-sentence by a gunshot. She looked up to see Frisco fall to the ground. "JONES!" She dove to the ground and opened the back door of the car allowing Dimitri and Edmund to get out. She uncuffed them both while pulling her gun out. ~~~ Robert was doing better, or so he thought, and he wanted to go to Port Charles. "Alex, I need to go," he said as she gently pushed him back down onto the bed. "I know you want to go Robert, but you're not going to be much help to Robin or Stormy in your condition." "What condition? I'm as healthy as a damn horse." "And as stubborn as a donkey," she retorted, hands on her hips. "Now Anna agrees with me on this, wait until you're stronger." She turned to leave. "If I come back in here and you're out of bed again, I'll call Stormy and have her come lecture you." Robert frowned as she left laughing. ~~~ "Zoe, what's going on?" Dimitri asked. Several more shots rang out. "ZOE," came a fierce whisper. Frisco crawled over. She looked him over. "I see that she forced you to wear a vest," she noted. He nodded. Zoe laughed in spite of the situation they were in. The shots suddenly stopped as Zoe felt a gun being held to her head. The man suddenly grabbed her and lifted her up and took her gun. "Stand up," he ordered. All three men stood. ~~~ Stormy's cell phone rang. "Scorpio." "Your brother won't stay in bed," Alex said from the other end. "I told you." "Yeah, I know. I threatened him." "With what?" Silence. "Alex, what did you threaten him with?" "A lecture from his little sister." Stormy started laughing. "Okay, next time tell him that I'll tell Malcolm where he is." Alex laughed and hung up. "Who threatened who?" Sonny asked when Stormy stopped laughing. "Alex threatened Robert." "Oh." "He's doing better. Except he's driving Alex insane." Sonny laughed. "Insanity is not that far of a strech from what you've told me about her mother." Stormy shook her head "You better watch it Sonny. If Alex or Anna hear you say that...well," she smiled. ~~~ "Drop your gun Jones," the man ordered with a thick Russian accent. Frisco complied. Frisco looked at Zoe, she blinked twice quickly, silently asking the question. He silently answered. She agreed with a blink of her eyes. Dimitri watched the scene, what the hell was going on? Zoe closed her eyes a second before she elbowed the guy holding her in the gut. As he doubled over she took his gun and shot two of the men that were behind him. Frisco picked up his own gun and trained it on the other two. "Drop 'em," Frisco said. The two men complied, albeit relunctantly. "Who do you work for?" Zoe demanded. The men looked at her questioningly. She repeated her question in Russian. The smaller one answered nervously. Zoe's eyes widened slightly as she asked another question. The smalled man answered again. Zoe walked up to them and hit them both with the butt of the gun knocking them unconscious. She walked up to Frisco. "Torres is just a hired hand, Faison's pulling the strings." |