Creighton Hotel: Stefan(grabs Yuri by the neck as he enters his room)You want to explain to me what happened. You were supposed to kill Corinthos, not Katherine Bell. Yuri:(pulls away from his gasping for air)It wasn't my fault. Just as I fired at Corinthos, the woman got in the way. Stefan:I should kill you for this. Cassadines don't suffer incompetence graciously. And I would if I didn't have further use of you. I'm going to give you one last chance to get back into my good graces. But mess up this time and you're history. Yuri:Yes, Mr. Cassadine. Anything, Mr. Cassadine. Stefan:One of my contacts in the PCPD has informed me that both Katherine Bell's body, and Jasper Jacks have disappeared. I intend to use the situation to my advantage. Yuri:What do you want me to do, Mr. Cassadine? Stefan:I want you to break into Miss Bell and Mr. Jack's penthouses and acquire certain items for me. And let me warn you. If you fail, it'll be the last thing you fail at. Yuri:I won't, Mr. Cassadine, I promise. P.C.P.D.: Garcia(as Taggert and V enter)Well, have you two managed to track down Jax? V:We can't find him anywhere. His car is parked in his space in the Port Charles Hotel Parking Garage. And his plane is still in the hangar at the Port Charles Airport. It's like he's vanished off the face of the earth. I'm really beginning to get worried about him. Taggert:Save your energy, Ardanoski. It's obvious he's a runner. He's got enough money to vanish without a trace. And he's definitely got the motivation. I'm sure a prettyboy like him doesn't have any intention of rotting in prison. I'd bet you right now he's setting himself up on some nice cosy island somewhere where he can live out the rest of his life comfortably and permanently avoid prosecution for the crime he committed. V:I don't believe it. Mr. Jacks wouldn't do something like that. Garcia:Taggert, I have to agree with V on this one. But not because I don't think he's capable of it. If he was going to take a powder, I doubt he'd leave Brenda Barrett behind. They guy's obsessed with her. Taggert:Garcia, maybe the guy's finally wised-up to her. We all know what a fool Goldilocks has been making of himself over his little Baby Bear. But even he's got to have a breaking point when he's finally had enough of her. Maybe he's finally reached it. And if that's the case, he'd definitely go underground without her. Garcia:Well, whatever the case, I'm putting an A.P.B. out on the guy. Taggert:Any news about Bell's body? Garcia:Apparently, the meat wagon that arrived at the hospital wasn't from the coroner's office. We're trying to trace it, but it doesn't look good. Taggert:Are we sure she's really dead? Garcia:Yes, Taggert, we're sure. She was already starting to turn stiff when she was loaded on the stretcher. V:Detective Garcia, that's disgusting. I don't understand what anyone would want with her body. Garcia:Obviously, there's something about Bell's body the killer doesn't want us to find out about and if we don't find her body we never will. Luke's Club: Tracy:How long do you think we should keep Jax on ice? Luke:Long enough for the police to be convinced Jax did it and to arrange for them to catch Jason trying to whack him. Laura(enters)Do you have time to talk with me, now? Luke:Looks like you're not going to give me a choice. Laura:You got that right. Tracy:I think I'll leave. We'll finish this later. Laura:Good idea.(Tracy exits)I had an interesting chat with Sonny. Sonny tells me you want to take over the mob from Jason. And I told him that couldn't possibly be true because you promised me you'd stay away from that world. So, Luke, tell me Sonny's got it all wrong. Luke(lights up a cigar)It's true. I intend to assume the mantel of leadership I would have acquired had I married Jennifer Smith. You got a problem with that. Laura:You bet I do. How could you do this. Do you honestly think I'm going to be some obedient mafia wife. And what about our kids? Do you intend to let Lucky get sucked into the mob, as well. Luke:Woman, you're in no position to lecture me. You've done nothing but lie to me for years. Where I'm sitting the mob is the Boy Scouts of America compared to your bosom buddies the Cassadines. Laura:Are you forgetting that the mob shot up out house and almost killed Lulu? Luke:Are you forgetting your lover nearly got out son killed by playing Timoria with him and that your lover kept your mother drugged up and imprisoned for years? Look, if it wasn't for you, the Cassadines wouldn't be in our lives, today. If I have to take over the mob to get them out of our lives, then that's what I'm going to do. And if you don't like it, darlin, that's just tough. The Cassadines are a bigger threat to us than the mob ever thought of being. The mob didn't steal our first born child from us. Jason's Penthouse: Jason:I've checked with my contacts and it wasn't a mob hit. The mob had nothing to do with what happened at the opening ceremony. Sonny:Then it must have been Jax. I still find that hard to believe. I didn't think he had the guts to do it. Jason:I want him, Sonny. Sonny:Then take him. Jason:Do you mean that? Always before you held me back. Sonny:Candyboy crossed over the line, this time. He could have waited until after the opening ceremony was over to confront me about my alleged affair with his beloved Brender. But he knew how important it was to me and he wanted to ruin it. I don't care what you do to him. Port Charles Crematorium: Alexis(looks down at Kat's lifeless body, then looks at Leo)Did you have any trouble snatching her? Leo:As these american say, it was a piece of cake. We just said we were from the coroner's office and they let us take the body away. By the way, Alexis, when I was examining the body, I noticed something you might find interesting. You see, here, here, here, and here? Alexis:Four different wounds? Are you telling me she was shot four times? But I only shot her once. Leo:I know. That could mean you're not the one who killed her. Alexis;Then again, I still might be. I guess there's no way I'll ever know for sure. On the nights I can't sleep and I'm feeling guilty, I'll just reassure myself it wasn't my bullet that actually killed her. Leo:There may be a way to find out the truth. Before we cremate her, we could have an autopsy done on her to find out which bullet actually killed her and see if it matches your gun. Alexis:Forget it, Leo. I'm not that curious. Frankly, I don't really care who killed her, as long as she's dead. Leo:Would you like to say a few words over her before she's reduced to a pile of ashes? Alexis:Why not? Here lays Katherine Bell. She died as she lived. Annoying someone. In the immortal words of Sonny Corinthos. See ya, I wouldn't wanna be ya.(she pressed as button that sends Kat's corpse into the awaiting furnace.)Buh-bye, Katherine. Leo:What do you want me to do with her remains, afterwards? Alexis:Flush her down the toilet for all I care. No, wait. I've got a better idea of what to do with her. Leo:Do you think this will solve the problems in the family? Alexis:I can only hope so. Stefan was an effective leader of this family until his unsuitable attachment to that peroxide piranha. Now that she's been removed, I can only hope he'll be once more. Leo, I had no choice. Katherine had to go. The risk was too great that Helena could have successfully used her to regain her power. We both know that is something that must never happen. Leo:What will you do if Stefan remains incompetent at his post? Alexis:Then he'll leave me no other choice. For the good of the family I'll have to stage a coup of my own and take all the power away from him. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com